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wharf rat: brown rat that infests wharves; someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses

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paradiddle collapse: the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

drumbeat collapse: a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"; (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown

pounding collapse: repeated heavy blows

tom tom collapse

platypus collapse: small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

armadillo collapse: burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates

thrum collapse: a thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo"

thumping collapse

opossum collapse: nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

elephant collapse: five-toed pachyderm; the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

kangaroo collapse: any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail

mammal collapse: any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

pulsation collapse: (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"; a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity

hare collapse: swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes; run quickly, like a hare; "He hared down the hill"

antelope collapse: graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

marina collapse: a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers

seaport collapse: a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

dry dock collapse: a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline

quay collapse: wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

wharf collapse: moor at a wharf; "The ship was wharfed"; discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers"; store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise"; provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river"

ruff collapse: (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit; common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

throbbing collapse: a sound with a strong rhythmic beat; "the throbbing of the engines"; pounding or beating strongly or violently; "a throbbing pain"; "the throbbing engine of the boat"

pitapat collapse

drumming collapse: the act of playing drums; "he practiced his drumming several hours every day"

stevedore collapse: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

rat race collapse: an exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation

meanie collapse: a person of mean disposition

SOB collapse: convulsive gasp made while weeping; weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"

jutty collapse

son of a bitch collapse

rat collapse: any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse; a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure; catch rats, especially with dogs; give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat; employ scabs or strike breakers in; desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

redneck collapse: a poor white person in the southern United States

mountain man collapse

spatter collapse: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface; the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"; dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"; spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"

mooring collapse: (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place; a place where a craft can be made fast

testify against collapse

bear witness against collapse

dockage collapse: a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock

backwoodsman collapse

pig collapse: a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace; live like a pig, in squalor

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