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cuff collapse: the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg; hit with the hand

bell the cat collapse: take a risk; perform a daring act; "Who is going to bell the cat?"

turnaround collapse: act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip; an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around; time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip

juxtaposed collapse: placed side by side often for comparison; "juxtaposed pictures"

pout collapse: a disdainful grimace; make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"

inversion collapse: the act of turning inside out; turning upside down; setting on end; a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex; (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa; (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed; the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer; a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa; abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)

speak up collapse: speak louder; raise one's voice; "The audience asked the lecturer to please speak up"

slap collapse: a blow from a flat object (as an open hand); hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

contiguous collapse: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"

stare down collapse: overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring; "He simply stared down his opponent"

avert collapse: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"

whack collapse: the sound made by a sharp swift blow; hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"

switch over collapse: change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

adjacent collapse: near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"; nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"

suddenly collapse: happening unexpectedly; "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side"

lacquer collapse: a hard glossy coating; a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish; coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"

impetuously collapse: in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions; "he often acts impulsively and later regrets it"

connecting collapse: syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence; "`and' is a copulative conjunction"

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