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noun
- an officer in a police force
- a commissioned military officer
- an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
- an assistant with power to act when their superior is absent
- A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person; a manager to their director.
- (military, US) A commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration whose rank is above that of ensign and below lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.
- (military, UK) A naval officer whose rank is above that of sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander.
- (military, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A naval commissioned officer who holds the rank above sub-lieutenant and below lieutenant commander.
- The second-in-command (2IC) of a group.
- (military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant" or as the complete forms of the ranks.
- (military, US, navy) A naval officer whose rank is above that of ensign in the United States Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.
- (military, UK) A commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant"; however, "second lieutenant" is to specify that the officer is not yet a full lieutenant.
adj
noun
- a policeman in charge of a precinct
- a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- the naval officer in command of a military ship
- the leader of a group of people
- the pilot in charge of an airship
- an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- A maître d', a headwaiter.
- The leader of a group of workers.
- The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
- One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- (aviation) A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- The head boy of a school.
- A chief or leader.
- A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
- (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
verb
noun
- a member of a police force
- someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
- a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
- any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
- A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- One who holds a public office.
- (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
verb
noun
- A police officer assigned to keep tabs on other members of the police.
- an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen
- (US, railways) A device for throwing the track temporarily to one side for carrying out repairs, etc.
- A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
- a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck)
noun
verb
noun
- A higher-ranking police officer.
- An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account.
- An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
- (Scots law) The judge in a commissary court.
- An officer who supplies provisions to an army.
- One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
- A cafeteria at a television or movie studio.
- A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.
- a snack bar in a film studio
- a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
noun
name
noun
- a state police officer
- a mounted police officer
- (Australia, law enforcement) A mounted policeman.
- a soldier in a motorized army unit
- a soldier mounted on horseback
- (military) A cavalry horse; a charger.
- (figurative, colloquial) Misspelling of trouper (“one who stoically endures adversity”) .
- (military) A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armor.
- (military) A soldier.
- (British, nautical, military) A troopship.
- (US, law enforcement) Ellipsis of state trooper.
verb
noun
- (slang) A police officer.
- A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
- Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
- (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
- (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
- (Internet, video games) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
- A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
- A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
- (graphical user interface) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
- an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
- any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)
verb
noun
- (slang) A police officer.
- (often in the plural) A very small piece of plush material such as lint.
- Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
- (slang) A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.
- (slang, military) A soldier with the rank of private.
adj
- Not clear; unfocused.
- (computing theory) Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.
- Vague or imprecise.
- Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
- Warm and comforting; affectionate.
- covering with fine light hairs
- confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out
- indistinct or hazy in outline
noun
verb
noun
- a police officer who investigates crimes
- an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
- (law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
- A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
adj
noun
- (uncommon, costermongers) A policeman.
- (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
- Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot.
- (uncountable) Semi-solid-like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
- (figurative, derogatory) Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s.
- (sometimes in the plural) Domestic wastewater.
- (South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
- (Internet, artificial intelligence, derogatory) Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content.
- (slang) Fellatio.
- (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
- (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
- (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
- wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
verb
- (transitive, games) In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- (intransitive) To make one's way through soggy terrain.
- (transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
- (transitive) To feed pigs.
- feed pigs
- ladle clumsily
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- walk through mud or mire
noun
- a police officer of the lowest rank
- a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
- (historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
- The warden of a castle.
- (UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
- (US) An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
- A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
- (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
- One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
noun
- (law enforcement) A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
- A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
- (computer graphics) In OpenGL, a global shader variable whose value does not change between rendering calls, serving as a parameter.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification
adj
- (mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
- Unvarying; all the same.
- (geometry) (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.
- Consistent; conforming to one standard.
- (chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
- the same throughout in structure or composition
- not differentiated
- evenly spaced
- always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
verb
noun
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
adj
verb
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
- coat with a layer of copper
noun
- a male officer of the law
- (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
- (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
- (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
- (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
- (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
noun
- (British, slang) A police officer.
- (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“one of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle”).
- (Australia) A swim or bathe; a bath.
- (UK) A piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril; a booger.
- (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
- (military, aviation, slang, proscribed) Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.
- A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
- (military, aviation) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“hand-operated truck or trolley”).
- (golf) The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone.
- (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- (UK, engineering) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
- an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
- (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
- a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
verb
noun
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- (slang, music) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.
- (television, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
- A rolling pin
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
- (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- (slang) A wheelchair user.
- Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
- A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- (disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
- (slang, informal) A Rolls-Royce motorcar.
- A cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- A roller towel.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- a cylinder that revolves
- a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
- pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
- a grounder that rolls along the infield
- Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
verb
noun
- an officer in a police force
- a commissioned military officer
- an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
- an assistant with power to act when their superior is absent
- A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person; a manager to their director.
- (military, US) A commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration whose rank is above that of ensign and below lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.
- (military, UK) A naval officer whose rank is above that of sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander.
- (military, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A naval commissioned officer who holds the rank above sub-lieutenant and below lieutenant commander.
- The second-in-command (2IC) of a group.
- (military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant" or as the complete forms of the ranks.
- (military, US, navy) A naval officer whose rank is above that of ensign in the United States Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.
- (military, UK) A commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant"; however, "second lieutenant" is to specify that the officer is not yet a full lieutenant.
adj
noun
- a policeman in charge of a precinct
- a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- the naval officer in command of a military ship
- the leader of a group of people
- the pilot in charge of an airship
- an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- A maître d', a headwaiter.
- The leader of a group of workers.
- The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
- One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- (aviation) A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- The head boy of a school.
- A chief or leader.
- A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
- (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
verb
noun
- a member of a police force
- someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
- a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
- any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
- A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- One who holds a public office.
- (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
verb
noun
- A police officer assigned to keep tabs on other members of the police.
- an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen
- (US, railways) A device for throwing the track temporarily to one side for carrying out repairs, etc.
- A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
- a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck)
noun
verb
noun
- A higher-ranking police officer.
- An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account.
- An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
- (Scots law) The judge in a commissary court.
- An officer who supplies provisions to an army.
- One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
- A cafeteria at a television or movie studio.
- A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.
- a snack bar in a film studio
- a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
noun
name
noun
- a state police officer
- a mounted police officer
- (Australia, law enforcement) A mounted policeman.
- a soldier in a motorized army unit
- a soldier mounted on horseback
- (military) A cavalry horse; a charger.
- (figurative, colloquial) Misspelling of trouper (“one who stoically endures adversity”) .
- (military) A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armor.
- (military) A soldier.
- (British, nautical, military) A troopship.
- (US, law enforcement) Ellipsis of state trooper.
verb
noun
- (slang) A police officer.
- A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
- Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
- (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
- (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
- (Internet, video games) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
- A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
- A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
- (graphical user interface) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
- an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
- any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)
verb
noun
- (slang) A police officer.
- (often in the plural) A very small piece of plush material such as lint.
- Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
- (slang) A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.
- (slang, military) A soldier with the rank of private.
adj
- Not clear; unfocused.
- (computing theory) Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.
- Vague or imprecise.
- Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
- Warm and comforting; affectionate.
- covering with fine light hairs
- confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out
- indistinct or hazy in outline
noun
verb
noun
- a police officer who investigates crimes
- an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
- (law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
- A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
adj
noun
- (uncommon, costermongers) A policeman.
- (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
- Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot.
- (uncountable) Semi-solid-like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
- (figurative, derogatory) Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s.
- (sometimes in the plural) Domestic wastewater.
- (South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
- (Internet, artificial intelligence, derogatory) Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content.
- (slang) Fellatio.
- (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
- (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
- (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
- wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
verb
- (transitive, games) In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- (intransitive) To make one's way through soggy terrain.
- (transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
- (transitive) To feed pigs.
- feed pigs
- ladle clumsily
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- walk through mud or mire
noun
- a police officer of the lowest rank
- a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
- (historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
- The warden of a castle.
- (UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
- (US) An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
- A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
- (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
- One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
noun
- (law enforcement) A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
- A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
- (computer graphics) In OpenGL, a global shader variable whose value does not change between rendering calls, serving as a parameter.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification
adj
- (mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
- Unvarying; all the same.
- (geometry) (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.
- Consistent; conforming to one standard.
- (chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
- the same throughout in structure or composition
- not differentiated
- evenly spaced
- always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
verb
noun
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
adj
verb
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
- coat with a layer of copper
noun
- a male officer of the law
- (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
- (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
- (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
- (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
- (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
noun
- (British, slang) A police officer.
- (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“one of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle”).
- (Australia) A swim or bathe; a bath.
- (UK) A piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril; a booger.
- (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
- (military, aviation, slang, proscribed) Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.
- A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
- (military, aviation) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“hand-operated truck or trolley”).
- (golf) The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone.
- (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- (UK, engineering) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
- an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
- (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
- a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
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noun
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- (slang, music) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.
- (television, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
- A rolling pin
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
- (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- (slang) A wheelchair user.
- Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
- A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- (disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
- (slang, informal) A Rolls-Royce motorcar.
- A cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- A roller towel.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- a cylinder that revolves
- a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
- pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
- a grounder that rolls along the infield
- Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
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