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sizzle collapse: a sizzling noise; burn or sear with a sizzling sound; "The fat sizzled in the pan"; make a sound like frying fat; seethe with deep anger or resentment; "She was sizzling with anger"

blubber collapse: an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil; utter while crying

roadblock collapse: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

mumble collapse: a soft indistinct utterance; talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice; grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"

ebb collapse: the outward flow of the tide; a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number); fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"; hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb; flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

keep off collapse: refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises"; refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"

hector collapse: (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War

garrote collapse: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation; strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"

timer collapse: a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end; a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times

stop collapse: a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"; the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"; (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes; "the organist pulled out all the stops"; the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"; a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is Atlanta"; cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"; come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"; interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"; stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

terminus collapse: either end of a railroad or bus route; (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

persevere collapse: be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

lid collapse: a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening of a container

pause collapse: temporary inactivity; a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something; cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

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

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

lagging collapse: used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

veto collapse: a vote that blocks a decision; the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature); vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

interrupt collapse: a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out; terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"; destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"; interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"; make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

arrest collapse: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

intercept collapse: the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis; seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

phoneme collapse: (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

diphthong collapse: a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another

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