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amusement
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"Amusement" is a song by Hüsker Dü released as a single in 1981. It was the band's first single, b/w the song Statues . This release finds the band in a period where its music was drifting from punk to post-punk . The single's pressing was limited to 2,000 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES amusement arcade amusement park with interest/amusement etc ▪ A small crowd of people were watching them with interest. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE great ▪ They did not want it to be too obvious, since observing ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "diversion of attention," especially in military actions, from French amusement , noun of action from amuser (see amuse ).\n\nAnd because all bold and irreverent Speeches touching matters of high nature, and all malicious and false Reports tending ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) entertainment 2 (context countable English) An activity that is entertaining or amuse, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.
Usage examples of amusement.
History was reduced to dry and confused abridgments, alike destitute of amusement and instruction.
By his secrecy and diligence he entertained some hopes of surprising the person of Constans, who was pursuing in the adjacent forest his favorite amusement of hunting, or perhaps some pleasures of a more private and criminal nature.
He was very affable, and visited every part of the ship, and all the amusements which had been prepared for the different classes of persons.
He indicated a narrow door barely visible between a wardrobe and a stack of boxes, watching with amusement as Alec explored the wonder of an lyim Flewelling indoor privy.
Tykir shook his head in amusement at his friend, who appeared to be amassing a fortune off the back of Lady Alinor.
Sociology, which the anchorite said she read more for amusement than insight, but which Cale found fascinating for the descriptions of large numbers of people living together in cities on different worlds.
Whenever those aboard the cruisers wished amusement, they turned their guns on Ancon and knocked over a few houses.
Ialin sat on a chest with his chin in his hands, a grin of amusement on his homely, androgynous features.
Not only had she been made a widow during her twentieth anniversary celebration, but she and her daughter were locked in cages, kept like slaves for the amusement of a couple of demented perverts.
Keep up the circulation of his blood for years to come, and excite aphorism and anecdotes and dreams for the instruction and amusements by the action of his brain upon his mind.
McWatt was deeply impressed with Milo, who, to the amusement of Corporal Snark, his mess sergeant, was already buying eggs for seven cents apiece and selling them for five cents.
Some people therefore think that Armado was intended as a satire on Raleigh for the amusement of the Essex coterie.
Marcus turned back toward her and, in an atypical display of amusement, saluted her.
Evangeline-fixe, since she keeps trying to distract me with speculations on idle playing among the auberge clientele, the political implications of Exile, and other anthropological amusements.
Holmes had spent several days in bed, as was his habit from time to time, but he emerged that morning with a long foolscap document in his hand and a twinkle of amusement in his austere gray eyes.