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guillotine collapse: instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people; kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"

logrolling collapse: act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects

vaulter collapse: an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole

hopper collapse: funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below; someone who hops; "at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children"

jackrabbit collapse: large hare of western North America; go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement

grasshopper collapse: terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)

flea collapse: any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

assizes collapse: the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by crown courts)

filing collapse: preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.; "I have some filing to do"; the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object); the entering of a legal document into the public record; "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax return"; a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file

frog collapse: any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species; a decorative loop of braid or cord; a person of French descent; hunt frogs for food

armadillo collapse: burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates

platypus collapse: small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

opossum collapse: nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

elephant collapse: five-toed pachyderm; the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

kangaroo collapse: any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail

mammal collapse: any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

hare collapse: swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes; run quickly, like a hare; "He hared down the hill"

chancery collapse: an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records; a court with jurisdiction in equity

antelope collapse: graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

salmon collapse: any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn; flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae; a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho

goat collapse: any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

gazelle collapse: small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes

jumper collapse: (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump; a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing; a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen; a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections; a coverall worn by children; an athlete who competes at jumping; "he is one hell of a jumper"; a person who jumps; "as the jumper neared the ground he lost control"; "the jumper's parachute opened"

filibuster collapse: a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches; a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes; obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation

rat collapse: any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse; a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure; catch rats, especially with dogs; give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat; employ scabs or strike breakers in; desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

deliberation collapse: the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision; "he was a man of judicial deliberation"; careful consideration; "a little deliberation would have deterred them"; (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question; "the deliberations of the jury"

pig collapse: a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace; live like a pig, in squalor

vote collapse: the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote"; a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; the total number of votes cast; "they are hoping for a large vote"; a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote"; express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion"; "None of the Democrats voted last night"; bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"; express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"; express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the Democratic ticket"; be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience"

bat collapse: (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats"; nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate; a club used for hitting a ball in various games; wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"; strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"; use a bat; "Who's batting?"; have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"

stag collapse: adult male deer; attend a dance or a party without a female companion

horse collapse: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times; a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs; provide with a horse or horses

animal collapse: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement; of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals; "the animal kingdom"; "animal instincts"; "animal fats"

introduction collapse: the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line"; the first section of a communication; a basic or elementary instructional text; a new proposal; "they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives"

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