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bickerer collapse

swordsman collapse

struggler collapse: a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort

gladiator collapse: (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat

rip off collapse

smidgen collapse

playhouse collapse: plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of

sit in on collapse

streetfighter collapse

farthing collapse: a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny

driblet collapse

ounce collapse: a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams; a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

embezzle collapse: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"

rustle collapse: the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind; make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"; take illegally; "rustle cattle"

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

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

fish story collapse

tall story collapse

squeezing collapse

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

scrounge collapse: collect or look around for (food)

tightening collapse: the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"

jump up collapse

whit 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?"

caw collapse: the sound made by corvine birds; utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens

contender collapse

impulsively collapse

cubbyhole collapse: a small compartment

granule collapse: a tiny grain

pilfer collapse: make off with belongings of others

hard up collapse: not having enough money to pay for necessities

scant collapse: limit in quality or quantity

crick collapse: English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004); a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British); twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck"

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"

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