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shirr collapse: bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the eggs"

corrode collapse: become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"; cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"

fricassee collapse: pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings; make a fricassee of by cooking; "fricassee meats"

adventurous collapse: willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"

thirsty collapse: able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels"; feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty"; needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky"

mischief collapse: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

Baal collapse: any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god

heckle collapse: challenge aggressively; comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"

seniority collapse: higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service

degage collapse: showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"; free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson

grass roots collapse: the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity); the essential foundation or source; "the problem was attacked at the grass roots"

tumble collapse: an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end; do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully; suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat; put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"; fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"; throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"; roll over and over, back and forth; fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

vagabond collapse: anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"

jacket collapse: a short coat; an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets"; the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition; the outer skin of a potato; put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed"; provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed"

wildcat collapse: any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild; (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells"; outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes"

griddle collapse: cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked; cook on a griddle; "griddle pancakes"

landholding collapse: a holding in the form of land; ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land

corpus delicti collapse: the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)

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