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buoyancy collapse: the tendency to float in water or other liquid; cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

redden collapse: turn red or redder; "The sky reddened"; make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky"

jazz up collapse: make more interesting or lively; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper"

unplanned collapse: without apparent forethought or prompting or planning; "an unplanned economy"; "accepts an unplanned order"; "an unplanned pregnancy"; "unplanned remarks"

bang collapse: a fringe of hair that is cut short squarely across the forehead; a sudden very loud noise; the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"; directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"; move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"; to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"

bagatelle collapse: a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over; something of little value or significance; a light piece of music for piano

crackle collapse: glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface; the sharp sound of snapping noises; having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze"; to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"

click collapse: depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for example"; become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"; produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"; make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"

bear down collapse: exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"; pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"; exert full strength; "The pitcher bore down"; contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

kick back collapse: spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"; pay a kickback; make an illegal payment

resilience collapse: the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit; an occurrence of rebounding or springing back

hotfoot collapse: a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it; without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston"

vitalize collapse: make more lively or vigorous; "The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man"; give life to; "The eggs are vitalized"

write in collapse: write to an organization; "Many listeners wrote in after the controversial radio program"; cast a vote by inserting a name that does not appear on the ballot; "Many voters wrote in the names of strangers"

drink collapse: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"; a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"; any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"; take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"; consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"; drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife"

boomerang collapse: a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower; return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang

bite collapse: a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"; the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws; (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"; a light informal meal; a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person; penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"; to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"; cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"

react collapse: undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"; show a response or a reaction to something; act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"

hurried collapse: moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"

skewer collapse: a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted; drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ"

lob collapse: the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc; an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc; propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"

latch collapse: catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove; spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key; fasten with a latch; "latch the door"

buckle collapse: fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong; fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"; fasten with a buckle or buckles

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