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playbook collapse: a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign; "they borrowed a page from the playbook of the opposition"; a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays; "the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene"; a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)

blush collapse: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty); turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"; become rosy or reddish; "her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air"

painting collapse: the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"; the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"; creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"; graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

synthetic collapse: a compound made artificially by chemical reactions; of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"; systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words; involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis; "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"- P.S.Welch; not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will

double cross collapse: an act of betrayal; "he gave us the old double cross"; "I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing"; betray by double-dealing

tempera collapse: pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk

storybook collapse: a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children)

thrift collapse: any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers

coloration collapse: choice and use of colors (as by an artist); appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"

dew collapse: water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air; "in the morning the grass was wet with dew"

bluff collapse: the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards; pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"; a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion); bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"; very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"; frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is; deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

corruption collapse: inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"; destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"; moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"; decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

oversight collapse: a mistake resulting from inattention; an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

Tartuffe collapse: a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)

pharisee collapse: a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions; a self-righteous or sanctimonious person

loser collapse: a gambler who loses a bet; a contestant who loses the contest

balk collapse: an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base; the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"

lithography collapse: the act of making a lithographic print; a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface

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