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skipper collapse: a student who fails to attend classes; work as the skipper on a vessel

commander collapse: someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others; a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain

ensign collapse: colors flown by a ship to show its nationality; a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade

lieutenant collapse: an officer in a police force; a commissioned military officer; an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade

captain collapse: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers; the pilot in charge of an airship; the naval officer in command of a military ship; a policeman in charge of a precinct; an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant; the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"; be the captain of a sports team

rearward collapse: direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"; directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"

buttocks collapse: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

behind collapse: in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind"; remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind"; in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"; in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"; of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"

upend collapse: set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the contents"; become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended"

upwind collapse: towards the side exposed to wind; in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind"

escalate collapse: increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

hoist collapse: lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects; raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"; raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"; move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"

levitate collapse: be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"; cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman"

breech collapse: opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded

crupper collapse: a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward

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"

posterior collapse: at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates

go up collapse: be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere"

heft collapse: the property of being large in mass; test the weight of something by lifting it

aft collapse: at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"

croup collapse: a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing

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