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jesuitical collapse: having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism; "Jesuitical education"

berating collapse: a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him"

vibrate collapse: shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner

jester collapse: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

candor collapse: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

droll collapse: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"

enfant terrible collapse: a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others

converse collapse: a proposition obtained by conversion; turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"; of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"; carry on a conversation

fluctuate collapse: be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"; move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"; cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

vernacular collapse: the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

vituperation collapse: abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will

slip of the tongue collapse: an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking

parlance collapse: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

lecture collapse: teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class); a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"; a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"; deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

mouth collapse: the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth"; the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"; the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"; the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water; "New York is at the mouth of the Hudson"; an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge); "he rode into the mouth of the canyon"; "they built a fire at the mouth of the cave"; a person conceived as a consumer of food; "he has four mouths to feed"; articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word"; touch with the mouth

lash collapse: leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip; bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse"; lash or flick about sharply; "The lion lashed its tail"

doorbell collapse: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

sleigh bell collapse: bell attached to a sleigh, or to harness of horse pulling a sleigh

insincerity collapse: the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

chatter collapse: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys); the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine; speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly; make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees"; cut unevenly with a chattering tool; click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"

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