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addict collapse: someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms; someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"; to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

upper collapse: piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot; "Uppers come in many styles"; higher in place or position; "the upper bunk"; "in the upper center of the picture"; "the upper stories"; superior in rank or accomplishment; "the upper half of the class"; the topmost one of two

flurry collapse: a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that); "he had to close the window against the flurries"; "there was a flurry of chicken feathers"; move in an agitated or confused manner

memory collapse: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"; the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"; the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father"; something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost"; the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"

tripper collapse: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"; (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations

apparatus collapse: equipment designed to serve a specific function; (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"

alacrity collapse: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"

coke collapse: street names for cocaine; carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal; become coke; "petroleum oils coke after distillation"

flight collapse: a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago"; an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"; a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next; passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"; an air force unit smaller than a squadron; a formation of aircraft in flight; a flock of flying birds; fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese"; shoot a bird in flight

infiltrate collapse: pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict; pass into or through by filtering or permeating; "the substance infiltrated the material"; cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices; enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"

rib collapse: support resembling the rib of an animal; a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural; a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant; any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates); a teasing remark; cut of meat including one or more ribs; form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"

whip collapse: a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"; an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping; (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club; a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit; a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline; strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"; thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"

exposure collapse: the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"; abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open); presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the exposure of his anger was shocking"; the act of exposing film to light; vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure";; aspect re light or wind; "the studio had a northern exposure"; the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"; the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"

go around collapse: become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"; be sufficient; "There's not enough to go around"

encourage collapse: spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"; inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

on the spot collapse: without delay or immediately; "we hired her on the spot"; "thought they were going to shoot us down on the spot"; at the place in question; there; "they were on the spot when it happened"; "it had to be decided by the man on the spot"; in a difficult situation; "that question really put him on the spot"

blitz collapse: a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment; attack suddenly and without warning; "Hitler blitzed Poland"

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