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snowdrift collapse: a mass of snow heaped up by the wind

linger collapse: take one's time; proceed slowly; remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

snipe collapse: a gunshot from a concealed location; Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks; hunt or shoot snipe

tall story collapse

fish story collapse

black and white collapse: a black-and-white photograph or slide

Samson collapse: (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah

revert collapse: undergo reversion, as in a mutation; go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

mendacity collapse: the tendency to be untruthful

scrabble collapse: a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game

jump up collapse

hydrant collapse: a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks

listen in collapse: listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation; listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"

wiretap collapse: the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information; tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"

Bolshevik collapse: emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries; a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party; of or relating to Bolshevism; "Bolshevik Revolution"

fife collapse: a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band

call collapse: (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"; a visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's visits to his parishioners"; "a visit to a dentist"; "the salesman's call on a customer"; a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"; a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"; a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"; an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"; a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"; a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"; a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call"; rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"; consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful"; challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact"; utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids"; order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty"; order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday"; lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks"; get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"; order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"; declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out"; challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that"; require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond"; ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful"; utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another"; send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"; read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll"; indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate"; give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance; demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan"; call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week"; make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow"; stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game"

contender collapse

tweedle collapse: entice through the use of music; play negligently on a musical instrument; sing in modulation

impulsively collapse

Charley collapse

toot collapse: a blast of a horn

dabble collapse: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid; work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"; play in or as if in water, as of small children

puff collapse: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"; exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes); a light inflated pastry or puff shell; a short light gust of air; gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"; blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"; to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"; speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"; praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"; smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"; suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"; make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"

tracing collapse: the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline; a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

graph collapse: a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes; represent by means of a graph; "chart the data"; plot upon a graph

fib collapse: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"; tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

potshot collapse: a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter); criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration; "reporters took potshots at the mayor"

steer collapse: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling; direct (oneself) somewhere; "Steer clear of him"

sit up collapse: change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"

falsehood collapse: a false statement

sop collapse: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"; piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid; dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"; be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid; give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

fiddle collapse: play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"; play the violin or fiddle; commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"; avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

weather vane collapse

unseasoned collapse: not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"; not aged or processed; "unseasoned timber"

uprear collapse

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