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goldbrick collapse: anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless; a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not; an idle worthless person; a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

vintage collapse: the oldness of wines; a season's yield of wine from a vineyard

stand still collapse: remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"

whack collapse: the sound made by a sharp swift blow; hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"

yoke collapse: stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team; fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment; a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together; support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end; a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke; "pulled by a yoke of oxen"; an oppressive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination"; put a yoke on or join with a yoke; "Yoke the draft horses together"; link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together"; become joined or linked together

phosphor collapse: a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes

ground floor collapse: the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building; becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage); "he got in on the ground floor"

unresolved collapse: characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved

viable collapse: capable of life or normal growth and development; "viable seeds"; "a viable fetus"

trickster collapse: a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts

liberality collapse: the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament; an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom

epoch collapse: a unit of geological time; (astronomy) the precise date that is the point of reference for which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is referred

era collapse: a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods; a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

pusher collapse: a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes; someone who pushes; an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs; one who intrudes or pushes himself forward

meteoric collapse: like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience; "a meteoric rise to fame"; pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids; "meteoric shower"; "meteoric impacts"

couple collapse: a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"; a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"; (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines; two items of the same kind; a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days"; link together; "can we couple these proposals?"

alliteration collapse: use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"

assonance collapse: the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words

brevity collapse: the attribute of being brief or fleeting; the use of brief expressions

conjugate collapse: of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond; formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein"; of a pinnate leaflet; having only one pair of leaflets; joined together especially in a pair or pairs; unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds; undergo conjugation; add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb"

prevail collapse: use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"; prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"; continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"; be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

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