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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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boggle
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v 1: startle with amazement or fear
2: hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or
fear
3: overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!" [syn:
flabbergast, boggle, bowl over]
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boondoggle
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n 1: work of little or no value done merely to look busy
v 1: do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
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bottle
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n 1: a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other
liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a
narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
2: the quantity contained in a bottle [syn: bottle,
bottleful]
3: a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or
formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and
very young children [syn: bottle, feeding bottle,
nursing bottle]
v 1: store (liquids or gases) in bottles
2: put into bottles; "bottle the mineral water"
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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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cockle
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n 1: common edible European bivalve
2: common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a
strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
v 1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple,
ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate]
2: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She
puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle,
crumple, knit]
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coddle
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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]
2: cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs"
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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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debacle
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n 1: a sudden and violent collapse [syn: debacle, fiasco]
2: flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river
during the spring or summer
3: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle,
drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
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doddle
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n 1: an easy task
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model
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adj 1: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model
citizens" [syn: exemplary, model(a)]
n 1: a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process;
"the computer program was based on a model of the
circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: model,
theoretical account, framework]
2: a type of product; "his car was an old model"
3: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor;
"the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist
worked from photos" [syn: model, poser]
4: representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
[syn: model, simulation]
5: something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model
of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
[syn: exemplar, example, model, good example]
6: someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model"
[syn: model, role model]
7: a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his
example" [syn: model, example]
8: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
fat to be a mannequin" [syn: mannequin, manikin,
mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model]
9: the act of representing something (usually on a smaller
scale) [syn: model, modelling, modeling]
v 1: plan or create according to a model or models [syn:
model, pattern]
2: form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" [syn:
model, mold, mould]
3: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the
woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose,
sit, posture]
4: display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion"
5: create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained
in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn:
model, simulate]
6: construct a model of; "model an airplane" [syn: model,
mock up]
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mollycoddle
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n 1: a pampered darling; an effeminate man
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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remodel
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v 1: do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these
rooms" [syn: remodel, reconstruct, redo]
2: cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please
the electorate in her home state" [syn: recast, reforge,
remodel]
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supermodel
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n 1: a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity
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swaddle
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v 1: wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" [syn:
swaddle, swathe]
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toddle
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v 1: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle,
coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle]
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twaddle
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n 1: pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney,
boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug,
taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-
tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
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waddle
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n 1: walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one
foot to the other; "ducks walk with a waddle"
v 1: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle,
coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle]
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noddle
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n 1: an informal British expression for head or mind; "use your
noddle"
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audile
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adj 1: of or relating to the process of hearing; "auditory
processing"; "an audile person" [syn: auditory,
audile, auditive]
n 1: one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or
motor
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acaudal
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adj 1: lacking a tail or taillike appendage [syn: acaudate,
acaudal] [ant: caudate, caudated]
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wadle
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caudill
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longicaudal
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