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wonder collapse: something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science"; the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising; have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"; place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"; be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"

muster roll collapse: a list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship's company

whoop collapse: a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement; shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm; "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"

dun collapse: horse of a dull brownish grey color; a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun"; of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie"; make a dun color; cure by salting; "dun codfish"; persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"

straddle collapse: the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options; the act of sitting or standing astride; a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars; a noncommittal or equivocal position; be noncommittal; sit or stand astride of

substance collapse: that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"; the stuff of which an object consists

beep collapse: a short high tone produced as a signal or warning; call, summon, or alert with a beeper

indicate collapse: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"; to state or express briefly; "indicated his wishes in a letter"; suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

sophism collapse: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

logrolling collapse: act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects

dilemma collapse: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

scold collapse: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

impertinent collapse: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

fault collapse: (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double faults"; responsibility for a bad situation or event; "it was John's fault"; (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"; (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

hooker collapse: (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot; a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers); English theologian (1554-1600); United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)

think up collapse: devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

book value collapse: the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation

indwelling collapse: existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle; "an indwelling divinity"; "an indwelling goodness"

truly collapse: in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"

chastise collapse: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

bet collapse: the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet"; maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"; stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"

interview collapse: the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists; "my interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds"; conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting; discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation; "We interviewed the job candidates"; go for an interview in the hope of being hired; "The job candidate interviewed everywhere"

rubric collapse: category name; "it is usually discussed under the rubric of `functional obesity'"; a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type; an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure; directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book); adorn with ruby red color

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