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bustle
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n 1: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle,
flurry, ado, fuss, stir]
2: a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving
fullness to a woman's skirt
v 1: move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The
cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their
performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle]
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corpuscle
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n 1: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom,
molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
2: either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes)
and sometimes including platelets [syn: blood cell, blood
corpuscle, corpuscle]
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guzzle
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v 1: drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys
guzzled the cheap vodka"
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hustle
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n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco
game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick,
confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting,
flimflam]
2: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry,
ado, fuss, stir]
v 1: cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service
agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"
2: move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The
cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their
performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle]
3: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and
especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck,
roll]
4: get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the
waiter"
5: pressure or urge someone into an action
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imbecile
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adj 1: having a mental age of three to seven years [syn:
imbecile, imbecilic, idiotic]
n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot,
imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit,
retard]
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muscle
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n 1: one of the contractile organs of the body [syn: muscle,
musculus]
2: animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
[syn: muscle, muscular tissue]
3: a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had
his muscleman to protect him" [syn: muscleman, muscle]
4: authority or power or force (especially when used in a
coercive way); "the senators used their muscle to get the
party leader to resign"
5: possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness,
muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness]
v 1: make one's way by force; "He muscled his way into the
office"
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mussel
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n 1: black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine
2: marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to
rocks etc.
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muzzle
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n 1: the open circular discharging end of a gun [syn: gun
muzzle, muzzle]
2: forward projecting part of the head of certain animals;
includes the jaws and nose
3: a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout
(especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from
eating or biting
4: restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or
shouting [syn: gag, muzzle]
v 1: fit with a muzzle; "muzzle the dog to prevent it from
biting strangers" [ant: unmuzzle]
2: prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" [syn:
gag, muzzle]
3: tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them;
"The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"
[syn: gag, muzzle]
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nuzzle
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v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position;
"We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children
snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: cuddle,
snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close]
2: rub noses [syn: nuzzle, nose]
3: dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"
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puzzle
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n 1: a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a
correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles";
"that's a real puzzler" [syn: puzzle, puzzler,
mystifier, teaser]
2: a game that tests your ingenuity
v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--
I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick,
get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose,
bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel,
amaze, dumbfound]
2: be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding
or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden
departure"
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rustle
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n 1: a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves
blowing in the wind [syn: rustle, rustling, whisper,
whispering]
v 1: make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry
leaves were rustling in the breeze"
2: take illegally; "rustle cattle" [syn: rustle, lift]
3: forage food
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tussle
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n 1: disorderly fighting [syn: hassle, scuffle, tussle,
dogfight, rough-and-tumble]
v 1: fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the
drunken men started to scuffle" [syn: scuffle, tussle]
2: make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair" [syn:
muss, tussle]
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russell
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n 1: United States religious leader who founded the sect that is
now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916) [syn: Russell,
Charles Taze Russell]
2: English film director (born in 1927) [syn: Russell, Ken
Russell, Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell]
3: United States basketball center (born in 1934) [syn:
Russell, Bill Russell, William Felton Russell]
4: United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic
operas (1861-1922) [syn: Russell, Lillian Russell]
5: United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar
evolution (1877-1957) [syn: Russell, Henry Russell,
Henry Norris Russell]
6: Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935) [syn:
Russell, George William Russell, A.E.]
7: English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with
Whitehead (1872-1970) [syn: Russell, Bertrand Russell,
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell]
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justle
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trussell
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brussel
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fussell
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mussell
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nussle
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russel
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hornbostel
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