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noun
- an English coin worth half a penny
- (UK) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
- (philately, historical) A postage stamp worth half of one penny.
- (UK) An amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) An amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) A similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
verb
noun
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- (informal) An engine.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- move about in a confused manner
- grind with a mill
adv
noun
- a levy of one tenth of something
- an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
- (historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.
- A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church).
- A small part or proportion.
verb
- levy a tithe on (produce or a crop)
- pay a tenth of one's income; pay one tenth of, especially to the church
- exact a tithe from
- To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
- (transitive) To enforce or collect a tithe upon someone or something.
- (transitive) To spare only every tenth person, killing the rest (usually in relation to the sacking of the episcopal seat at Canterbury by the pagan Danes in 1011).
- (intransitive) To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax
- (intransitive) To enforce or collect a tithe.
- (transitive) To pay a tithe upon something.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To pay or offer as a levy in the manner of a tithe or religious tax.
- (transitive) To pay something as a tithe.
- (transitive) To impose a tithe upon someone or something.
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- (snowboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty slide, a rail slide where the snowboard is longitudinally aligned with the direction of the slide, down the centerline.
- (sports) A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession.
- (skateboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty grind, a rail or edge grind, using both trucks to grind along, longitudinally aligned.
noun
- a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
- (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.
- street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
- (American football, Canadian football) A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.
- (slang) Ten dollars.
- (slang) A ten-year prison sentence.
- (Canada, US) A small amount of money.
- (slang) A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags.
- (slang) Payment responsibility.
- (American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.
- (US, slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
- (slang) A thousand dollars.
- (US, Philippines, basketball) An assist.
verb
noun
- A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
- A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
- (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
- Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).
- (colloquial, often as a term of endearment) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.
- A lepton, a small coin used in Judea in the time of Christ.
- any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
- a slight but appreciable amount
verb
noun
- A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent.
- (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
- (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
- (usually countable, baking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
- (uncountable, baking, Australia and New Zealand) A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants.
- Alternative letter-case form of Brownie (“a girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts)”).
- (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
- (informal) A widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A person with brown skin.
- square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
- (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
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name
- A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
- A city, the county seat of Venango County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
- A town and river in Tasmania.
- A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Renville County, Minnesota.
- A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
- A town in Franklin County, New York.
- A minor city in Lee County, Iowa.
- (historical) An unrecognized proposed state in modern eastern Tennessee, United States. Capital: Greeneville.
- A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
- A city in Franklin County, Idaho.
- A number of townships in the United States, including in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, listed under Franklin Township.
- An unincorporated community in Dalton Township, Wayne County, Indiana.
- A town in Hancock County, Maine.
- A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
- A city in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
- A town and village in Delaware County, New York.
- A town in Izard County, Arkansas.
- A municipality of Quebec, Canada.
- A city, the parish seat of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
- A minor city in Howard County, Missouri.
- A town, the county seat of Macon County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- A census-designated place in Merced County, California.
- A city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; a suburb of Milwaukee.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers.
- A village in Morgan County, Illinois.
- A town in Macon County, Alabama.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- A minor city, the county seat of Franklin County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama.
- A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
- A city, the county seat of Simpson County, Kentucky.
- A city in Warren County, Ohio.
- A village in Southfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
- A city, the county seat of Robertson County, Texas.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
- A city, the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee.
- A town and unincorporated community in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
- A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
- A census-designated place in Crawford County, Kansas.
- A minor city, the county seat of Heard County, Georgia.
- A town in New London County, Connecticut.
- A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas
- An independent city in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
- A borough in Sussex County, New Jersey.
- A town, the county seat of Pendleton County, West Virginia.
- A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
noun
noun
- a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
- five dollars worth of a drug
- a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
- (US, slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
- (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
- (US, slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
- (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
- (US, slang) A five-year prison sentence.
- (US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
- (UK, World War II) An airborne propaganda leaflet.
- (American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more-common four.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
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adv
noun
- (numismatic slang) Clipping of half-dollar.
- (sports) One of two equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (sports) abbreviated form for half marathon.
- (British) half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.
- (liquor trade) A barrel measure of 27 gallons (half a hogshead).
- Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
- One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
- (sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
- (slang) A half sibling.
- (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
- one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
- one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
adj
- (of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
- Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
- (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
- Consisting of a half (½, 50%).
- consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
- (of siblings) related through one parent only
- partial
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noun
- an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
- the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
- (historical) Alternative form of schilling, a coin formely used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig.
- (historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
- (historical) Alternative form of skilling, a coin formely used in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning.
- (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
verb
noun
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- an unspecified person
- one of four equal parts
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- A quarterfinal.
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
verb
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
adj
noun
- A coin having face value of one centime.
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- (historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
- a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo
noun
- (slang) A fifty pence piece.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, half the volume of a standard bottle; a split.
- A small glass used chiefly in France (especially for beer) holding 250 milliliters.
- Alternative spelling of demy.
- A member of the demimonde; a woman maintained by a wealthy man.
adj
noun
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A point in time; a moment.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
- a short note
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
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verb
noun
- A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
- Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
- A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
- The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
- A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
- the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
- formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
noun
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- a fractional monetary unit of several countries
- (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
- (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
- Abbreviation of centigrade.
- (music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
- (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- Abbreviation of century.
- (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
- Abbreviation of center.
- (informal) A small sum of money.
noun
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- (historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
- In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
- In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.
- Money in general.
- (historical) In Ireland, a coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
- A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
- In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
verb
- (Oxbridge slang) During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink with the expectation that they finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge.
- (electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.
- (slang) To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
noun
- a small amount of money
- a lace used for fastening shoes
- An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1).
- Chiefly in on a shoestring: very little money; a tight budget.
- (chiefly US) The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace.
- (cooking) A long, narrow cut of a food; a julienne.
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noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
- a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
- a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- (US, slang) One hundred.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, informal) A dollar (one hundred cents).
- (finance) One million dollars.
- (US, military slang, WWI–WWII) Lowest rank; a private.
- A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
- Clipping of buckshot.
- Synonym of mule (“type of cocktail with ginger ale etc.”).
- The sound made by a chicken.
- A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork.
- (UK, dialect) The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
- (Africa) An antelope of either sex; compare with Afrikaans bok.
- A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
- (by extension, Australia, South Africa, US, informal) Money.
- (Scotland) The beech tree.
- (US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
- A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad and kangaroo.
- A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting.
- (South Africa, informal) A rand (currency unit).
- (informal, rare) A euro.
verb
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- move quickly and violently
- to strive with determination
- resist
- (chiefly Ireland, humorous or euphemistic) To fuck.
- (MLE) To meet, to encounter, to come across.
- (intransitive, by extension) To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
- (transitive, military) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.
- (transitive, by extension) To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against.
- (metalworking, construction) To press a heavy, shaped bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet, while the opposite end (the rivet factory head) is hammered by a rivet gun, to upset the bucktail into an appropriate shape, most commonly a pancake-shape.
- (intransitive) To bend; buckle.
- (US, military slang) To strive or aspire e.g. to a promotion.
- (forestry) To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
- (transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
- (intransitive, by extension) To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
- (intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.
- (intransitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.
- (electronics) To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage.
noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
- flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
- (slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.
- (informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
- A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
- A kind of vise, usually of wood.
- (slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva.
- (historical, in the plural) A type of strong pincers or forceps.
- (rowing) Alternative form of CLAM.
- clamminess; moisture
- A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
- (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar.
- (slang, music) A wrong or misplaced note.
verb
noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- a symbol of commercialism or greed
- the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
- a United States coin worth one dollar
- Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
- (attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
- (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.
- (by extension) Money generally.
- (by extension, Malaysia, colloquial) A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.
- (UK, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
noun
- an English coin worth half a penny
- (UK) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
- (philately, historical) A postage stamp worth half of one penny.
- (UK) An amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) An amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) A similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
noun
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- (informal) An engine.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- move about in a confused manner
- grind with a mill
noun
- a levy of one tenth of something
- an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
- (historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.
- A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church).
- A small part or proportion.
verb
- levy a tithe on (produce or a crop)
- pay a tenth of one's income; pay one tenth of, especially to the church
- exact a tithe from
- To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
- (transitive) To enforce or collect a tithe upon someone or something.
- (transitive) To spare only every tenth person, killing the rest (usually in relation to the sacking of the episcopal seat at Canterbury by the pagan Danes in 1011).
- (intransitive) To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax
- (intransitive) To enforce or collect a tithe.
- (transitive) To pay a tithe upon something.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To pay or offer as a levy in the manner of a tithe or religious tax.
- (transitive) To pay something as a tithe.
- (transitive) To impose a tithe upon someone or something.
noun
- a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
- (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.
- street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
- (American football, Canadian football) A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.
- (slang) Ten dollars.
- (slang) A ten-year prison sentence.
- (Canada, US) A small amount of money.
- (slang) A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags.
- (slang) Payment responsibility.
- (American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.
- (US, slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
- (slang) A thousand dollars.
- (US, Philippines, basketball) An assist.
verb
noun
- A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
- A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
- (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
- Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).
- (colloquial, often as a term of endearment) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.
- A lepton, a small coin used in Judea in the time of Christ.
- any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
- a slight but appreciable amount
verb
noun
- A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent.
- (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
- (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
- (usually countable, baking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
- (uncountable, baking, Australia and New Zealand) A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants.
- Alternative letter-case form of Brownie (“a girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts)”).
- (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
- (informal) A widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A person with brown skin.
- square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
- (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
noun
name
- A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
- A city, the county seat of Venango County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
- A town and river in Tasmania.
- A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Renville County, Minnesota.
- A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
- A town in Franklin County, New York.
- A minor city in Lee County, Iowa.
- (historical) An unrecognized proposed state in modern eastern Tennessee, United States. Capital: Greeneville.
- A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
- A city in Franklin County, Idaho.
- A number of townships in the United States, including in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, listed under Franklin Township.
- An unincorporated community in Dalton Township, Wayne County, Indiana.
- A town in Hancock County, Maine.
- A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
- A city in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
- A town and village in Delaware County, New York.
- A town in Izard County, Arkansas.
- A municipality of Quebec, Canada.
- A city, the parish seat of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
- A minor city in Howard County, Missouri.
- A town, the county seat of Macon County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- A census-designated place in Merced County, California.
- A city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; a suburb of Milwaukee.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers.
- A village in Morgan County, Illinois.
- A town in Macon County, Alabama.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- A minor city, the county seat of Franklin County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama.
- A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
- A city, the county seat of Simpson County, Kentucky.
- A city in Warren County, Ohio.
- A village in Southfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
- A city, the county seat of Robertson County, Texas.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
- A city, the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee.
- A town and unincorporated community in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
- A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
- A census-designated place in Crawford County, Kansas.
- A minor city, the county seat of Heard County, Georgia.
- A town in New London County, Connecticut.
- A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas
- An independent city in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
- A borough in Sussex County, New Jersey.
- A town, the county seat of Pendleton County, West Virginia.
- A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
noun
noun
- a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
- five dollars worth of a drug
- a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
- (US, slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
- (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
- (US, slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
- (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
- (US, slang) A five-year prison sentence.
- (US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
- (UK, World War II) An airborne propaganda leaflet.
- (American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more-common four.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
verb
noun
- an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
- the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
- (historical) Alternative form of schilling, a coin formely used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig.
- (historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
- (historical) Alternative form of skilling, a coin formely used in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning.
- (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
verb
noun
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- an unspecified person
- one of four equal parts
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- A quarterfinal.
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
verb
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
adj
noun
- A coin having face value of one centime.
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- (historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
- a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo
noun
- (slang) A fifty pence piece.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, half the volume of a standard bottle; a split.
- A small glass used chiefly in France (especially for beer) holding 250 milliliters.
- Alternative spelling of demy.
- A member of the demimonde; a woman maintained by a wealthy man.
adj
adv
noun
- (numismatic slang) Clipping of half-dollar.
- (sports) One of two equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (sports) abbreviated form for half marathon.
- (British) half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.
- (liquor trade) A barrel measure of 27 gallons (half a hogshead).
- Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
- One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
- (sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
- (slang) A half sibling.
- (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
- one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
- one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
adj
- (of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
- Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
- (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
- Consisting of a half (½, 50%).
- consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
- (of siblings) related through one parent only
- partial
intj
prep
noun
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A point in time; a moment.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
- a short note
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
adj
verb
noun
- A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
- Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
- A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
- The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
- A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
- the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
- formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
noun
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- a fractional monetary unit of several countries
- (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
- (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
- Abbreviation of centigrade.
- (music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
- (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- Abbreviation of century.
- (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
- Abbreviation of center.
- (informal) A small sum of money.
noun
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- (historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
- In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
- In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.
- Money in general.
- (historical) In Ireland, a coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
- A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
- In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
verb
- (Oxbridge slang) During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink with the expectation that they finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge.
- (electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.
- (slang) To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
noun
- a small amount of money
- a lace used for fastening shoes
- An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1).
- Chiefly in on a shoestring: very little money; a tight budget.
- (chiefly US) The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace.
- (cooking) A long, narrow cut of a food; a julienne.
adj
verb
noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
- a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
- a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- (US, slang) One hundred.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, informal) A dollar (one hundred cents).
- (finance) One million dollars.
- (US, military slang, WWI–WWII) Lowest rank; a private.
- A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
- Clipping of buckshot.
- Synonym of mule (“type of cocktail with ginger ale etc.”).
- The sound made by a chicken.
- A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork.
- (UK, dialect) The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
- (Africa) An antelope of either sex; compare with Afrikaans bok.
- A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
- (by extension, Australia, South Africa, US, informal) Money.
- (Scotland) The beech tree.
- (US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
- A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad and kangaroo.
- A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting.
- (South Africa, informal) A rand (currency unit).
- (informal, rare) A euro.
verb
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- move quickly and violently
- to strive with determination
- resist
- (chiefly Ireland, humorous or euphemistic) To fuck.
- (MLE) To meet, to encounter, to come across.
- (intransitive, by extension) To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
- (transitive, military) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.
- (transitive, by extension) To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against.
- (metalworking, construction) To press a heavy, shaped bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet, while the opposite end (the rivet factory head) is hammered by a rivet gun, to upset the bucktail into an appropriate shape, most commonly a pancake-shape.
- (intransitive) To bend; buckle.
- (US, military slang) To strive or aspire e.g. to a promotion.
- (forestry) To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
- (transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
- (intransitive, by extension) To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
- (intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.
- (intransitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.
- (electronics) To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage.
noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
- flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
- (slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.
- (informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
- A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
- A kind of vise, usually of wood.
- (slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva.
- (historical, in the plural) A type of strong pincers or forceps.
- (rowing) Alternative form of CLAM.
- clamminess; moisture
- A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
- (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar.
- (slang, music) A wrong or misplaced note.
verb
noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- a symbol of commercialism or greed
- the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
- a United States coin worth one dollar
- Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
- (attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
- (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.
- (by extension) Money generally.
- (by extension, Malaysia, colloquial) A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.
- (UK, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
verb
adv
adv
noun
- (numismatic slang) Clipping of half-dollar.
- (sports) One of two equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (sports) abbreviated form for half marathon.
- (British) half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.
- (liquor trade) A barrel measure of 27 gallons (half a hogshead).
- Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
- One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
- (sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
- (slang) A half sibling.
- (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
- one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
- one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
adj
- (of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
- Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
- (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
- Consisting of a half (½, 50%).
- consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
- (of siblings) related through one parent only
- partial
intj
prep
adj
adv
noun
- (snowboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty slide, a rail slide where the snowboard is longitudinally aligned with the direction of the slide, down the centerline.
- (sports) A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession.
- (skateboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty grind, a rail or edge grind, using both trucks to grind along, longitudinally aligned.