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are
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n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
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birr
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents
2: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings";
"the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
whirring, birr]
v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir,
birr, purr]
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blocker
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n 1: a football player whose responsibility is to block players
attempting to stop an offensive play
2: a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
[syn: blocker, blocking agent]
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blotter
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n 1: absorbent paper used to dry ink [syn: blotting paper,
blotter]
2: the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police
station [syn: blotter, day book, police blotter, rap
sheet, charge sheet]
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bobber
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n 1: a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing
line [syn: bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat]
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bur
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n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr]
2: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr]
v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
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burr
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n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr]
2: rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or
cutting
3: United States politician who served as vice president under
Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander
Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836) [syn: Burr,
Aaron Burr]
4: rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
5: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr]
v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
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chopper
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n 1: a grounder that bounces high in the air [syn: chop,
chopper]
2: informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: chopper, pearly]
3: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the
rotation of overhead blades [syn: helicopter, chopper,
whirlybird, eggbeater]
4: a butcher's knife having a large square blade [syn:
cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper]
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clobber
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n 1: informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all
your clobber?" [syn: stuff, clobber]
v 1: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter]
2: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;
"We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat,
clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
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cobber
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n 1: Australian term for a pal
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cocker
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n 1: a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in
England [syn: cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel,
cocker]
v 1: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby,
coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
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copper
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n 1: 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 [syn:
copper, Cu, atomic number 29]
2: a copper penny
3: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop,
copper, fuzz, pig]
4: a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
[syn: copper, copper color]
5: any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
having coppery wings
v 1: coat with a layer of copper
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cotter
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n 1: a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands [syn: cotter,
cottar]
2: a medieval English villein [syn: cotter, cottier]
3: fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot
to hold two other pieces together [syn: cotter, cottar]
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cropper
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n 1: small farmers and tenants [syn: sharecropper, cropper,
sharecrop farmer]
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dauber
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n 1: an unskilled painter
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jobber
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n 1: someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to
merchants rather than to the ultimate customers [syn:
jobber, middleman, wholesaler]
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macabre
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adj 1: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds";
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of
burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome
evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and
plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived
by madmen" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome,
macabre, sick]
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robber
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n 1: a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
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slobber
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n 1: saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: drool, dribble,
drivel, slobber]
v 1: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn:
drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber,
dribble]
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stockjobber
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n 1: one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers
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bopper
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clocker
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sobber
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bir
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buhr
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bober
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