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bauble
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n 1: a mock scepter carried by a court jester
2: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: bangle,
bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket]
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bobble
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n 1: the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the
second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw
the runner out"
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up]
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caudal
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adv 1: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: caudally,
caudal]
adj 1: constituting or relating to a tail; "caudal appendage"
[ant: cephalic]
2: resembling a tail [syn: caudal, taillike]
3: situated in or directed toward the part of the body from
which the tail arises; "caudal fins"; "the caudal end of the
body"
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cobble
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n 1: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make
roads [syn: cobble, cobblestone, sett]
v 1: pave with cobblestones [syn: cobble, cobblestone]
2: repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
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corbel
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n 1: (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone
(usually of slight extent) [syn: corbel, truss]
v 1: furnish with a corbel
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dawdle
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v 1: take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: linger, dawdle]
[ant: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along,
hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush,
rush along, speed, step on it]
2: waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: dally, dawdle]
3: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress,
development, etc. [syn: lag, dawdle, fall back, fall
behind]
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gobble
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n 1: the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock
v 1: eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"
[syn: gobble, bolt]
2: make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys
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hobble
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n 1: a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: fetter, hobble]
2: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
[syn: hitch, hobble, limp]
v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The
old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn:
limp, gimp, hobble, hitch]
2: hamper the action or progress of; "The chairman was hobbled
by the all-powerful dean"
3: strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a
horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in
unison; "hobble race horses" [syn: hopple, hobble]
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squabble
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n 1: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering,
spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss]
v 1: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
[syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker,
squabble, brabble]
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trouble
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n 1: a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed
the job"; "what's the problem?" [syn: trouble, problem]
2: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they
had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss,
trouble, bother, hassle]
3: an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?";
"heart trouble"
4: an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble";
"he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking";
"finished the test only with great difficulty" [syn:
trouble, difficulty]
5: a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of
being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he
wanted to die and end his troubles" [syn: worry, trouble]
6: an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble"
v 1: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
[syn: disturb, upset, trouble]
2: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble
you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience,
disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]
3: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or
alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her
father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge,
disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder]
4: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did
not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't
bother, please" [syn: trouble oneself, trouble, bother,
inconvenience oneself]
5: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed [syn:
trouble, ail, pain]
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warble
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n 1: a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused
by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
v 1: sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note
above or below [syn: warble, trill, quaver]
2: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians
were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: yodel, warble,
descant]
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wobble
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n 1: an unsteady rocking motion
v 1: move unsteadily; "His knees wobbled"; "The old cart wobbled
down the street" [syn: wobble, coggle]
2: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out
of control" [syn: careen, wobble, shift, tilt]
3: tremble or shake; "His voice wobbled with restrained emotion"
[syn: shimmy, wobble]
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caudle
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beall
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fauble
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cauble
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kauble
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