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tranked

vb. (en-past of: trank)

governmentwide

a. Extending throughout a government

ethnocultural

a. 1 Of or pertaining to the culture of an ethnic group 2 Describing an ethnic group that has a distinct culture

sidelocks

n. (plural of sidelock English)

backbites

n. (plural of backbite English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: backbite)

spill out

vb. 1 (&lit to spill out English) 2 (context intransitive said of people English) to exit (outside) in large quantities 3 (context intransitive said of emotions or feelings English) to be released without constraint

crystallines

n. (plural of crystalline English)

storm out of the blocks

vb. (context idiomatic English) To begin rapidly.

ham shank

n. (context Cockney rhyming slang vulgar English) A wank. Masturbation.

sibilancies

n. (plural of sibilancy English)

deekyin

vb. (present participle of deeky English)

marketer

n. One who designs and executes marketing campaigns.

throws the baby out with the bathwater

vb. (en-third-person singularthrow the baby out with the bathwater)

wails

n. (plural of wail English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: wail)

whisky

n. 1 (context chiefly UK and Canada English) An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged in in oak barrels. 2 (context chiefly UK and Canada English) A drink of this liquor.

singletails

n. (plural of singletail English)

forebeam

n. The breast beam of a loom.

pyrosomes

n. (plural of pyrosome English)

cahooting

vb. (present participle of cahoot English)

fuckings

n. 1 (context vulgar English) (plural of fucking English) 2 (context demoscene English) Public abuse directed at rival demosceners, often included in the scrolltext of a demo; the negative equivalent of greets.

spring out

vb. (rfdef: English)

hajduks

n. (plural of hajduk English)

push the boat out

vb. (context British idiomatic English) to do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.

knightship

n. The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.

last hurrah

n. A final act (by a politician etc.) or performance (by an actor etc.) that marks the end of a career

when the dust settles

adv. (context idiomatic English) after an active or heated period. alt. (context idiomatic English) after an active or heated period.

constructive memory

n. An apparent memory, of an event that did not actually happen, unconsciously constructed to fill a gap.

weariness

n. 1 exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness 2 a lack of interest or excitement

implunged

vb. (en-past of: implunge)

ecthyma

n. An ulcerative pyoderma of the skin, caused by bacteria.

backseat drivers

n. (backseat driver English)

zacatecas

n. A state of Mexico.

anatomically correct

a. 1 accurately depicting or replicate the body, or a body part, of a human being or animal. 2 (label en euphemistic of a doll, figurine, etc.) Possessing a physiologically accurate representation of sex organs.

versions

n. (plural of version English)

thujene

n. (context organic compound English) Any of several isomeric bicyclic monoterpenes found in various herbs

get out

interj. 1 Indicating incredulity. 2 (context UK slang English) Expressing disapproval or disgust, especially after a bad joke. vb. 1 To leave or escape 2 To come out of a situation ; to escape a fate 3 To help someone leave 4 To leave a vehicle such as a car. ''(Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)'' 5 To become known. 6 To spend free time out of the house. 7 To publish something, or make a product available. 8 To say something with difficulty. 9 To clean something. To eliminate dirt or stains. 10 To take something from its container.

posher

a. (en-comparative of: posh) alt. (en-comparative of: posh)

slipstitch

n. (context knitting English) A kind of stitch that is passed from the left needle to the right needle without being knitted.

malapert

a. (context now archaic English) impudent, cheeky, saucy. (from 15th c.) n. (context now archaic English) An impudent or saucy person. (from 15th c.)

unbonnet

vb. To remove a bonnet from.

trembling

n. a tremble vb. (present participle of tremble English)

toon shading

n. cel shading

baya

n. ''Ploceus philippinus'', a weaverbird of southern Asia.

beratingly

adv. So as to berate or scold.

quizzees

n. (plural of quizzee English)

soft fruits

n. (soft fruit English)

air sport

n. Any recreational activity performed in flight or during freefall from a flight through the atmosphere.

tbl

abbr. (context knitting English) through back loop(s)

stuns

vb. (en-third-person singular of: stun)

Usage examples of "stuns".

The sloops hung on the offing, the hunting brigades, led by Baranof in one of the big skin canoes, paddling for the surf wash and kelp fields of the boisterous, rocky coast, which sea-otter frequent in rough weather.

Nodding donkeys walked up the cliff stair carrying panniers filled with kelp and dulse, wrack, oar weed, and laver.

To 4 litres of water he adds 2 tablespoons of fish emulsion, 2 tablespoons of powdered kelp and 2 tablespoons of soap.

Graves studied the vast thing and saw in her mind the glyphic arts as practiced at sea: compacted kelp shaved and whittled into little heirloom boxes, miniature portrait busts of children.

Ambrose Lutterworth, apparent victim of a sailing mishap off Point Loma, were found entangled in the kelp beds by a fishing trawler on May 6, the date of the first Kiwi victory.

Segnbora said to the first ouzel, which had come back with a piece of kelp nearly twice its size.

A mop-headed Rasta groupie with a tubular stoned look watched, and a coyote with a kelp mane howled with his head thrown back.

The breeze was warm, and Anton detected a sour tang of blooming aquatic plant life, rafts of large orange flowers like a crossbreed of lily pads and ribbony kelp.

Kelp gave him an alert look, but first Bernard had to taste his Sambuca, then he had to put a sugar cube in his espresso.

Hers were the kelp and upcast amber, hers the fish, fowl, seals, great whales, and ships.

Walking across the floor, with Kelp still behind him, he went down a concrete ramp past another parking level with more dusty cars, and at the third level down walked out past a lot of less dusty cars to a brown Volkswagen Microbus with red side curtains.

It was the eternally optimistic Kelp who had first met the old coot, named Hiram Rangle, and brought him around to the OJ.

Clumps of dried air-weed and red kelp were encrusted across the bitumened plates of the pontoon, shrivelled and burnt by the sun before they could reach the railing around the laboratory, while a dense refuse-filled mass of sargassum and spirogyra cushioned their impact as they reached the narrow jetty, oozing and subsiding like an immense soggy raft.

Full Fathom Five had gotten four stars inThe Epicure and dropshafts carried diners to the bottom to dine in elegance while watching the electro stims put on their regularly scheduled shows among the kelp beds.

She stopped at a foursome two booths down and served two plates of steamed seafood in kelp boats, plus one of chilled noodles with peanut-miso sauce and another of a variety of meats and vegetables deep-fried tempura style.