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blooper
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n 1: an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper,
bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup,
flub, botch, boner, boo-boo]
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blubber
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n 1: an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and
other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
2: excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as
well as in others" [syn: fatness, fat, blubber,
avoirdupois] [ant: leanness, spareness, thinness]
v 1: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got
yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle,
blubber, blub, snuffle]
2: utter while crying [syn: blubber, blubber out]
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blucher
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n 1: Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in
the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819) [syn: Blucher, von
Blucher, G. L. von Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von
Blucher]
2: a high shoe with laces over the tongue
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brooder
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n 1: apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a
constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for
chicks or premature infants [syn: incubator, brooder]
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commuter
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n 1: a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers
who travel regularly from one place to another [syn:
commuter, commuter train]
2: someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work
in a city
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computer
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n 1: a machine for performing calculations automatically [syn:
computer, computing machine, computing device, data
processor, electronic computer, information processing
system]
2: an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating
machines) [syn: calculator, reckoner, figurer,
estimator, computer]
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crapshooter
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n 1: a gambler who plays the game of craps
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cur
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n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur,
mongrel, mutt]
2: a cowardly and despicable person
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euchre
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n 1: a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards
and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a
hand [syn: euchre, five hundred]
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future
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adj 1: yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate
him" [ant: past, present(a)]
2: effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing
for future employment opportunities"
3: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next
president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)]
4: a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states
that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary"
n 1: the time yet to come [syn: future, hereafter,
futurity, time to come] [ant: past, past times,
yesteryear]
2: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
[syn: future, future tense]
3: bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for
delivery at a specified future date
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grouper
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n 1: flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass
2: usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas
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hooter
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n 1: informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker,
hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle,
schnoz]
2: a device on an automobile for making a warning noise [syn:
automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn,
hooter]
3: nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and
large head with front-facing eyes [syn: owl, bird of
Minerva, bird of night, hooter]
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lucre
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n 1: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread,
cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale,
lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf,
scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
2: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time
(including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) [syn:
net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit,
profits, earnings]
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moocher
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n 1: someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
[syn: moocher, mooch, cadger, scrounger]
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neuter
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adj 1: of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular
neuter pronoun" [ant: feminine, masculine]
2: having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex
organs [syn: neuter, sexless]
n 1: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to
inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
v 1: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter,
neuter, spay, castrate]
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pewter
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n 1: any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other
metals (especially lead)
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rooter
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n 1: an enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: sports fan,
fan, rooter]
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scooter
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n 1: a motorboat resembling a motor scooter [syn: water
scooter, sea scooter, scooter]
2: child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot
3: a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered
gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel [syn: motor
scooter, scooter]
4: a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame;
suitable for traveling over ice [syn: iceboat, ice yacht,
scooter]
5: large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern
hemisphere [syn: scoter, scooter]
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shooter
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n 1: a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
[syn: taw, shooter]
2: a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to
shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" [syn: shot,
shooter]
3: a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps [syn:
shooter, crap-shooter]
4: (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or
a basketball player who shoots at the basket)
5: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
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suitor
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n 1: a man who courts a woman; "a suer for the hand of the
princess" [syn: suitor, suer, wooer]
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trooper
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n 1: a soldier in a motorized army unit [syn: cavalryman,
trooper]
2: a mounted policeman
3: a state police officer [syn: trooper, state trooper]
4: a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes
good care of his mount" [syn: cavalryman, trooper]
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trouper
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n 1: a person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working
2: an actor who travels around the country presenting plays
[syn: barnstormer, playactor, play-actor, trouper]
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tutor
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n 1: a person who gives private instruction (as in singing,
acting, etc.) [syn: coach, private instructor, tutor]
v 1: be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She
tutored me in Spanish"
2: act as a guardian to someone
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whooper
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n 1: rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage
and a trumpeting call [syn: whooping crane, whooper,
Grus americana]
2: common Old World swan noted for its whooping call [syn:
whooper, whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus]
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looper
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n 1: small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front
and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family
Geometridae [syn: measuring worm, inchworm, looper]
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ruder
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coucher
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curr
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