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flop collapse: the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop"; a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"; someone who is unsuccessful; with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"; fall suddenly and abruptly; fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"

bring out collapse: direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"; take out of a container or enclosed space; "Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!"; bring out of a specific state; encourage to be less reserved; "The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy"

pretension collapse: a false or unsupportable quality; the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"

barnstorm collapse: tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays; "The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month"; appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper

body language collapse: communication via the movements or attitudes of the body

crisis collapse: a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"; an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"

negotiator collapse: someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)

motion collapse: the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"; a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"; a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"; a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"

swagger collapse: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

pose collapse: a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes; pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"; behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"

patter collapse: a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"; make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain"

display collapse: something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"; a visual representation of something; an electronic device that represents information in visual form; something intended to communicate a particular impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested"; exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage"; behavior that makes your feelings public; "a display of emotion"; attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals

burlesque collapse: a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease); relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; "burlesque theater"

debunk collapse: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

press agent collapse: someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)

cartoon collapse: a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence; a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine; draw cartoons of

falsity collapse: the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"

evidence collapse: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"; an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear"; (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

dangle collapse: cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree"; hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"

handbook collapse: a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

grandstand collapse: a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof; the audience at a stadium or racetrack; perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause; "She never misses a chance to grandstand"

reference book collapse: a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

perform collapse: carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"; give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"; perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

ostentation collapse: pretentious or showy or vulgar display; lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity; a gaudy outward display

presentment collapse: an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative; a document that must be accepted and paid by another person

minstrel collapse: a performer in a minstrel show; celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels

song and dance collapse: theatrical performance combining singing and dancing

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