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tinker collapse: formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living; a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts; try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"; work as a tinker or tinkerer

stumble collapse: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"; miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"; walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"; encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

flounder collapse: any of various European and non-European marine flatfish; flesh of any of various American and European flatfish; behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

torment collapse: torment emotionally or mentally; treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

speculate collapse: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"; talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"; invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

doom collapse: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"; make certain of the failure or destruction of; "This decision will doom me to lose my position"

operate collapse: happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"; handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"; direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

functioning collapse: performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight"

parlay collapse: a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers; stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

dabble collapse: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid; work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"; play in or as if in water, as of small children

wrack collapse: dried seaweed especially that cast ashore; the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"

fidget collapse: a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"; move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"

compromise collapse: a middle way between two extremes; an accommodation in which both sides make concessions; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'"; settle by concession; make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"; expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"

bloodbath collapse: indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"

tableau collapse: any dramatic scene; a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)

deflower collapse: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"

dancing collapse: taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

drama collapse: the quality of being arresting or highly emotional; the literary genre of works intended for the theater; an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

corrupt collapse: lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"; touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"; containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"; alter from the original; corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

soap collapse: a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats; street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate; money offered as a bribe; rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning

loiter collapse: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

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