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urgency collapse: pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"; an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"; the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

drop in the bucket collapse

personnel collapse

killing collapse: the act of terminating a life; an event that causes someone to die; a very large profit; very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"

animadversion collapse

pinprick collapse: small puncture (as if made by a pin); a minor annoyance

giveaway collapse: an unintentional disclosure; a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group

vaudeville collapse: a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.

trample collapse: the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet"; injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant"

burn the midnight oil collapse

dangerous collapse: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"; involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"

privation collapse: act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"; a state of extreme poverty

come back at collapse

curio collapse: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

converge collapse: come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power"; move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"; be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"; approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit

purposeless collapse: not evidencing any purpose or goal

bomb collapse: an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

strangler collapse: an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

pittance collapse: an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"

pang collapse: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"; a sharp spasm of pain; a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"

detonate collapse: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

shove off collapse: leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"

backseat driver collapse: a meddler who insists on giving unwanted advice

nonspecific collapse: not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides; "nonspecific enteritis"

collide collapse: crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"; cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles"

snitch collapse

wallop collapse: a severe blow; defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"

decode collapse: convert code into ordinary language

inoculation collapse: taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

charade collapse: a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

cut out collapse: having been cut out; "the cut-out pieces of the dress"; cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out"; delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article"; form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper"

teamster collapse: someone who drives a truck as an occupation; the driver of a team of horses doing hauling

truckman collapse

cabdriver collapse

plunk collapse: (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly; a hollow twanging sound

potion collapse: a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage

offhand collapse: casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"; in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"; without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"

extravaganza collapse: any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment

mirroring collapse

rub collapse: the act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"; move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"; cause friction; "my sweater scratches"; scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"

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