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strike a bargain collapse

gudgeon collapse: small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers

booby collapse: small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both

spirits collapse

beverage collapse: any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

pellet collapse: a small sphere

zombie collapse: several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur

refraining collapse

frostbite collapse: destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene

whelm collapse

immerse collapse: thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"; enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

crouch collapse: the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body; bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

greeny collapse

elude collapse: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"; be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

hem and haw collapse: utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

nonconformist collapse: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct; a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England; not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers"

chump collapse: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

nonintervention collapse: a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes

dinosaur collapse: any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era

dud collapse: failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine"

make a deal collapse

bilk collapse: evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"; cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

dark horse collapse: a racehorse about which little is known; a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly

blench collapse

embarrassed collapse: made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"

sheer off collapse

flinch collapse: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

immersion collapse: a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged

submerge collapse: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"; put under water; "submerge your head completely"; sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

meerschaum collapse: a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum; a white clayey mineral

forestalling collapse

baptize collapse: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"

groundling collapse: in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section

pie collapse: dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top

waffle collapse: pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

quiz collapse: an examination consisting of a few short questions; examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"

obeisance collapse

submersion collapse: the act of wetting something by submerging it

tracer collapse: ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke; (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes; an instrument used to make tracings; an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods

brooder collapse

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