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jeer collapse: showing your contempt by derision; laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

response collapse: a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister; a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa"

drawing room collapse: a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained; a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet

fleer collapse: contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words; to smirk contemptuously

come to collapse: return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"; attain; "The horse finally struck a pace"

van collapse: a truck with an enclosed cargo space; a camper equipped with living quarters

backfire collapse: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker; a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path; a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine; set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire; emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"; come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"

govern collapse: direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"; exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"; require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"

reaction collapse: doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"; a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"; an idea evoked by some experience; "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"; extreme conservatism in political or social matters; "the forces of reaction carried the election"; a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude; "he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"; "John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp"; (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"

echo collapse: the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped; a reply that repeats what has just been said; (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained; call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"

stool collapse: a simple seat without a back or arms; (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings; have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"; grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers; react to a decoy, of wildfowl; lure with a stool, as of wild fowl

seesaw collapse: a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end; move up and down as if on a seesaw

fellowship collapse: money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research

fusillade collapse: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"; attack with fusillade

pleasantry collapse: an agreeable or amusing remark; "they exchange pleasantries"

strangulation collapse: (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine"; the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

chamber collapse: a natural or artificial enclosed space; a room where a judge transacts business; an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy"; a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"; place in a chamber

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