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twang collapse: exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects); a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string); pronounce with a nasal twang; pluck (strings of an instrument); "He twanged his bow"; twitch or throb with pain; sound with a twang; "the bowstring was twanging"; cause to sound with a twang; "He twanged the guitar string"

inaugural collapse: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"; occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction; "the President's inaugural address"; "an inaugural ball"

intercommunication collapse: mutual communication; communication with each other; "they intercepted intercommunication between enemy ships"

traffic collapse: buying and selling; especially illicit trade; the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time; "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"; the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time; trade or deal a commodity; "They trafficked with us for gold"; deal illegally; "traffic drugs"

reading collapse: the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"; the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "he enjoys reading books"; a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"; written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"; a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"; a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England

slang collapse: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"; informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions"; abuse with coarse language; use slang or vulgar language

commerce collapse: transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services); social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.

shattered collapse: ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past"

hiss collapse: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"; make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval; express or utter with a hiss; move with a whooshing sound

unsatisfactory collapse: not giving satisfaction; "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory"

fallible collapse: likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

speech collapse: (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"; the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"; something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"

dialect collapse: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

launching collapse: the act of propelling with force; the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time

croak collapse: a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog); utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

injured collapse: usually used of physical or mental injury to persons; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

slashed collapse: having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric; "a slashed doublet"; "slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining"; patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes; "brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather

flotation collapse: financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares; the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)

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