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rain collapse: anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"; water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere; drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds; precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"

dealer collapse: a firm engaged in trading; the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game; a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods"

bookmaker collapse: a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races); a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books

dare collapse: a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare"; to be courageous enough to try or do something; "I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others"

spiel collapse: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson); speak at great length (about something)

second collapse: a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?"; the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match; a 60th part of a minute of arc; "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here"; following the first in an ordering or series; "he came in a close second"; 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; having the second highest gear ratio; "second gear"; coming next after first; "a second chance"; "the second vice president"; a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first; "second flute"; "the second violins"; coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude; in the second place; "second, we must consider the economy"; transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment; "The officer was seconded for duty overseas"; give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"

bugle collapse: a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares; a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration; any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover; play on a bugle

cheat collapse: a deception for profit to yourself; defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit; deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"; engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"

luminescence collapse: light from nonthermal sources; light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures

fluorescence collapse: light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength

phosphorescence collapse: a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased

cathartic collapse: strongly laxative; emotionally purging (of e.g. art); emotionally purging

major league collapse: the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)

fata morgana collapse: a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)

precursor collapse: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another; a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

insincere collapse: lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"

handmaid collapse: a personal maid or female attendant; in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"

lever collapse: a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum; a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock; a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

quadruplicate collapse: any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly; "it was signed in quadruplicate"; reproduce fourfold; "quadruplicate the bill"

secondary collapse: the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen; belonging to a lower class or rank; not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events"; being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"; depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"

sell collapse: the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell"; persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"; give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career"; exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"; be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes"; be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products"; be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles"

organizer collapse: a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise; someone who enlists workers to join a union

ion collapse: a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons

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