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yore collapse

platitude collapse: a trite or obvious remark

roaster collapse: a special cooking pan for roasting; flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting; a cook who roasts food; a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment); "the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got"

stopple collapse

gosling collapse: young goose

misusage collapse

hen collapse: female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster; adult female bird; adult female chicken; flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing

case history collapse: detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment

spoonerism collapse: transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

stag collapse: adult male deer; attend a dance or a party without a female companion

spile collapse

fryer collapse: flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying

prose collapse: ordinary writing as distinguished from verse; matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

banty collapse

broiler collapse: an oven or part of a stove used for broiling; flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling

prosaicism collapse

alibi collapse: (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question; exonerate by means of an alibi

peacock collapse: male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots; European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

lid collapse: a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening of a container

jape collapse

fluff collapse: a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines); any light downy material

Clio collapse: (Greek mythology) the Muse of history

scream collapse: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"; make a loud, piercing sound; "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"

legend collapse: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

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

laugh collapse: a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing; "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"; the sound of laughing; produce laughter

cliche collapse

hagiography collapse: a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)

summation collapse: the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven"; a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court); (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce

haystack collapse: a stack of hay

duckling collapse: young duck; flesh of a young domestic duck

wheeze collapse: breathing with a husky or whistling sound; (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat"; breathe with difficulty

stopper collapse: (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"; close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"

chronology collapse: the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events; a record of events in the order of their occurrence; an arrangement of events in time

fun collapse: activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"; violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun"; verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"

peeler collapse: a device for peeling vegetables or fruits; "she invented a potato peeler"; a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables

malapropism collapse: the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

annals collapse: a chronological account of events in successive years; reports of the work of a society or learned body etc

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