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noun
- (firefighting) (alternative spelling of, back fire)
verb (backfir, ing)
- (of a gun or cannon) to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel
- to fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
- His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars horribly backfired when fuel prices tripled.
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adjective
- Having no hair.
- Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
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noun
- (countable) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
- a cracker
- The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons.
- Quotations
- 1882: Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 205.
- 1882: 23 Hen. VIII, cap. 4... The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18 gallons the firkin 9. But the barrel, kilderkin, and firkin of ale are to contain 32, 16, and 8 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 205.
- A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case;
- ''the of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
- A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
- (obsolete) A jar. Obs. 1 Kings xvii. 12.
- (archaic) A tube.
- (zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.
- (music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
- (context, idiomatic, surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
- (context, US, specifically, _, New England) A waste receptacle.
- Throw it away in the trash .
- The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
verb (barrel, l, ed)
- to move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner
- He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.
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noun
- (archaic) prayer, Prayer, later especially with a rosary.
- 1760: That he must believe in the Pope;"go to Mass;"cross himself;"tell his beads;"be a good Catholick, and that this, in all conscience, was enough to carry him to heaven. " Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 115)
- Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
- A small round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire.
- A small drop of water or other liquid.
- beads of sweat
verb
- (intransitive) To form into a bead.
- The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.
- (transitive) To apply beads to.
- She spent the morning beading the gown.
- (transitive) To form into a bead.
- He beaded some solder for the ends of the wire.
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noun
- A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
- As part of the act, the fat clown's broke, causing his pants to fall down.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- Keep your fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- The motor had a single that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist.
- After the bouncer gave him a solid to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of barfighting.
- (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product or feature (Corn Belt, Bible Belt).
verb
- (transitive) To encircle.
- The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
- (transitive) To fasten a belt.
- Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
- The rotund man had difficulting belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.
- (transitive) To hit with a belt.
- The child was remanded to state custody when the lacerations on her back where her parents had belted her in punishment were revealed.
- (transitive) To sing in a loud manner.
- He belted out the national anthem.
- (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
- He belted down a shot of whisky.
- (context, transitive, slang) To hit someone or something.
- The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
- (intransitive) To move very fast
- He was really belting along.
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proper noun
- The capital city of Germany.
- One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.
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noun
- The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
- The panel that covers the front of a computer case, or the panel covering each drive bay that can be removed to install a removable drive that requires external access, such as a CD/DVD-ROM drive, which will generally but not always have its own preinstalled bezel.
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initialism - brake horsepower
| | black box |
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noun
- informal, Informal name for the brightly colored cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in an aircraft that aid in determining the cause of an accident.
- A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.
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noun
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- A of ice.
- A of stone.
- A cuboid of wood, plastic or other material used as a base on which to cut something.
- Anne Boleyn placed her head on the and awaited her execution.
- A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets
- I'm going for a walk around the .
- A group of buildings in a city or town, demarcated by streets.
- A of flats.
- The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- The place you are looking for is two long blocks east and one short north.
- (slang) The human head.
- I'll knock your off.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.
- A of 100 tickets.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one ore more physical sector, sectors (see cluster).
- (context, rigging) A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example, as part of the rigging of a sailing ship.
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- Something that prevents something from passing (see blockage).
- There's a in the pipe that means the water can't get through.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (Cricket) A shot played by holding he bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter"s court.
(WikiSaurus?-link, head)
verb
- (transitive) To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- The pipe is blocked.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- You're blocking the road - I can't get through.
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- His plan to take over the business was blocked by the boss.
- (transitive) The act of impeding an opponent in sports.
- He blocked the basketball player's shot.
- The offensive lineman, offensive linemen tried to the blitz.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors.
- It was very difficult to this scene convincingly.
- (transitive, Cricket) To hit with a block.
- (intransitive, Cricket) To play a block shot.
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noun
- a sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre / tire
- a sudden release of oil and gas from a well
- a social function, especially one with large quantities of food
- (sports slang) A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt. Often occurs when one team is superior to the other.
- The game between the two teams was nothing but a .
- (Australia) an extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
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noun
- A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
- A blow with the foot; a kick.
- (automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
- Please put the luggage in the boot, not on the seats.
- (computing) The starting or re-starting of a computing device.
- It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.
- A flexible cover of rubber, plastic or similar to protect a shaft, lever, switch etc.
- (usually with "the"): Sacked, dismissed.
- I am sorry for your husband and children, but I have to give the boot, give you the boot.
- (computing) (colloquial) The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.
- A bootleg recording
- A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
- A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid.
- A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft's wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A wing boot.
verb
- To kick.
- I booted the ball toward my teammate.
- To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering)
- (colloquial) To forcibly eject.
- We need to those troublemakers as soon as possible
- (slang) To vomit.
- Sorry, I didn't mean to all over your couch.
- (computing) To start a system, eg. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap. Refers specifically to a cold start, ie. at the time power is first turned on. To describe a restart (warm start) performed when the system is already running, use to reboot.
- (computing) (colloquial) To disconnect, to be involuntarily removed from an online conversation; can refer to an accidental glitch, or a purposeful action by others
- I got booted from the chatroom., He booted me from the channel.
- 2002, Dan Verton, The Hacker Diaries - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0072223642&id=le6jbnYNgQsC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=irc+booted&sig=UXlM74njMYW6gz4uZwV1fZV8Bbc Page 67 - "As an IRC member with operator status, Swallow was able to manage who was allowed to remain in chat sessions and who got booted off the channel."
- 2003, John C. Dvorak, Chris Pirillo, Online! - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0131423630&id=jpGCib8MIgsC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=irc+booted&sig=1sCReq9FPBp4yk4WTyRi1YjkOPQ Page 173 - "Even flagrant violators of the TOS are not booted.
- 2002, Jobe Makar, Macromedia Flash Mx Game Design Demystified - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0201770210&id=sdfWzPrNx2gC&pg=PA544&lpg=PA544&dq=irc+booted&sig=jL_eLr6Zhij93XmBWu6lw2-ULkw Page 544 - "In Electroserver, the kick command disconnects a user totally from the server and gives him a message about why he was booted.
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noun
- The lowest part from the uppermost part, in either of these senses:
- The part furthest in the direction toward which an unsupported object would fall.
- The part seen, or intended to be seen, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the lowest visible objects, as "footers appear at the bottoms of pages".
- (euphemism) The buttocks or anus.
- (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn to bat.
- A submissive in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- (gay sexual slang) A gay man who likes take a passive sexual role rather than an active role (e.g. to be penetrated in anal sex rather than to penetrate).
- (nautical)
- a cargo vessel, a ship.
- certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
verb
- To fall to the lowest point.
- John J. Murphy, Intermarket Analysis: Profiting from Global Market Relationships (2004) p. 119:
- :The Dow Jones Industrial Average bottomed on September 24, 2001. The CRB Index bottomed on October 24.
- To be the source of support or authority for something.
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, Executive Orders and Presidential Directives, (2001) p.59.
- :Moreover, the Supreme Court has held that the President must obey outstanding executive orders, even when bottomed on the Constitution, until they are revoked.
- To be the submissive in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
adjective
- The lowest or last place or position.
- ''Those files should go on the shelf.
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noun (boxes)
- Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus w:Buxus, Buxus.
- 1885: the application of woods other than for purposes for which that wood is now used would tend to lessen the demand for — Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885
verb (box, es)
- To place inside a box.
- To place a primitive value into an object (such as an int into an Integer) -- see also autoboxing.
- To hem in.
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noun (wikipedia, Brassiere)
- a brassiere
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noun
- A device used to slow or stop a vehicle, by friction; often installed on the wheels.
- something that slows or stops an action
- (nautical) the handle, manned by up to six men, by which a ship's pump was worked
- a thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
- A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia:Brake (box and pan), wikipedia.)
verb (brak, ing)
- To operate a brake.
- To be stopped or slowed, as if by a brake.
- (archaic) past tense of break
- Exodus 32:3, KJV: And all the people brake off the golden earrings...
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noun
- Something that breaks.
- A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines
- The building in which such a machine is placed.
- A small cask of water kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck
- (especially, in plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard
- A breakdancer.
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noun
- A male deer or goat.
- A male rabbit or hare.
- A male of other species, such as the ferret.
- An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
- (context, US, Canadian English, colloquial) A dollar (one hundred cents).
- (context, Canadian English, colloquial) By extension, one hundred of anything.
- The police caught me driving a -forty on the freeway.
- (context , North America, derogatory) A black or Native American man.
- A young buck; an adventurous or high-spirited young man.
- (context, UK, obsolete) Hence, a fop or dandy.
- (rfv-sense) (poker) A plastic disc used to represent the player in dealer position.
- blame, Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.
- w:Harry S. Truman, Harry S. Truman,
- : The stops here.
verb
- Of a horse: to rise sharply up on its hind legs.
- Of a horse: to leap upward arching its back.
- 1848: At the same time we got speared, the horses got speared too, and jumped and bucked all about — Statement by Jackey Jackey (an Aborigine) published in William Carron Narrative of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Direction of the Late Mr. Assistant Surveyor E. B. Kennedy (http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html
- carron at Project Gutenberg Australia)
- By extension, to move in any sharp or jerking manner.
- By extension, to resist obstinately.
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noun
- A form-fitting seat for one passenger in automobiles, aircraft, and other such modes of transport.
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noun
- Someone or something that bumps.
- (cricket) A bouncer.
- (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision.
- Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
- The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.
- (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
- A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
- (context, television, radio) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
adjective
- large, Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
- We harvested a crop of arugula and parsnips this year.
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