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song collapse: the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"; a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"; a distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead"; a very small sum; "he bought it for a song"

curtain raiser collapse: any preliminary activity; a short play presented before the main play

heroic collapse: having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"; relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity; "heroic legends"; "the heroic age"

cynosure collapse: something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"; something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"

copywriter collapse: a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy

precede collapse: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"; move ahead (of others) in time or space; be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"; come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

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

smile collapse: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement; change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure; express with a smile; "She smiled her thanks"

lilt collapse: a jaunty rhythm in music; articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way

common law collapse: a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"

twinkle collapse: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash; emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"

malapropism collapse: the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

rock collapse: pitching dangerously to one side; a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"; (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew; United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984); material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"; move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"; cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"

national anthem collapse: a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation

housewarming collapse: a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home

hieroglyphic collapse: written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols; resembling hieroglyphic writing

palpitate collapse: beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"; cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"

designing collapse: concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"

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