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drum collapse: small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise; a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end; a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids; the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"; play a percussion instrument; make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"

carving collapse: removing parts to create a desired shape; a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape

sputter collapse: an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage); cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"; utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage; make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"

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

miser collapse: a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

spill the beans collapse: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"

drowse collapse: be on the verge of sleeping; "The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class"

plotter collapse: an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures; a clerk who marks data on a chart

whirlpool collapse: a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

louse collapse: wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals

pirouette collapse: (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet); do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance

grove collapse: garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth; a small growth of trees without underbrush

siding collapse: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass; material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

shingle collapse: a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.; coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel); building material used as siding or roofing; cover with shingles; "shingle a roof"

bat collapse: (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats"; nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate; a club used for hitting a ball in various games; wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"; strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"; use a bat; "Who's batting?"; have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"

fink collapse: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police; take the place of work of someone on strike

engraver collapse: a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate; a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching

sourdough collapse: a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska); a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread

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