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codswallop
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n 1: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish,
tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce,
codswallop]
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develop
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v 1: make something new, such as a product or a mental or
artistic creation; "Her company developed a new kind of
building material that withstands all kinds of weather";
"They developed a new technique"
2: work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution" [syn:
evolve, germinate, develop]
3: gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to
television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and
wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new
position"; "develop a passion for painting" [syn: develop,
acquire, evolve]
4: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and
attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed
abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body";
"Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce,
get, acquire]
5: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious
movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up
from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short
story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: originate,
arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow]
6: change the use of and make available or usable; "develop
land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The
remote areas of the country were gradually built up" [syn:
build up, develop]
7: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop
the ideas in your thesis" [syn: explicate, formulate,
develop]
8: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training
world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the
future" [syn: train, develop, prepare, educate]
9: be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The
plot developed slowly";
10: grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of
evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive
environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The
country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo
develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a
long time"
11: become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are
now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is
modernizing rapidly" [syn: modernize, modernise,
develop]
12: cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its
natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the
grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" [syn: develop,
make grow]
13: generate gradually; "We must develop more potential
customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
14: grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully
in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp,
the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old
adolescent behavior" [syn: develop, grow]
15: make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop
this roll of film for me"
16: superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without
stretching, in geometry
17: move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous
positions; "Spassky developed quickly"
18: move into a strategically more advantageous position;
"develop the rook"
19: elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the
working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the
theme; "develop the melody and change the key"
20: happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political
movements recrudesce from time to time" [syn: break,
recrudesce, develop]
21: expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the
following form"
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dollop
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n 1: a small measure (usually of food)
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envelop
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v 1: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;
"Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold,
enwrap, wrap, enclose]
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escallop
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n 1: edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served
broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces [syn:
scallop, scollop, escallop]
2: thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
[syn: cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop]
3: edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that
swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of
snapping motions [syn: scallop, scollop, escallop]
v 1: bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
[syn: scallop, escallop]
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fillip
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n 1: anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added
fillip" [syn: bonus, fillip]
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gallop
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n 1: a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all
four legs are off the ground simultaneously
v 1: ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road"
2: go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"
3: cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just
now?" [syn: gallop, extend]
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julep
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n 1: bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice [syn: julep,
mint julep]
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lollop
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v 1: walk clumsily and with a bounce
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megaflop
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n 1: (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a
computer system [syn: megaflop, MFLOP, million
floating point operations per second]
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orlop
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n 1: the fourth or lowest deck [syn: orlop deck, orlop,
fourth deck]
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polyp
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n 1: a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
[syn: polyp, polypus]
2: one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or
coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body
usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth; "in some
species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle
that alternates with a medusoid phase"
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redevelop
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v 1: develop for a second time, in order to improve the
contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print
2: formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or
hypothesis [syn: redevelop, reformulate]
3: change the plans for the use of (land)
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scallop
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n 1: one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches
between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge
of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a
shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution
etc.) [syn: scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel,
crenelle]
2: edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served
broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces [syn:
scallop, scollop, escallop]
3: thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
[syn: cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop]
4: edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that
swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of
snapping motions [syn: scallop, scollop, escallop]
v 1: decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped
skirt"
2: bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
[syn: scallop, escallop]
3: form scallops in; "scallop the meat" [syn: scallop,
scollop]
4: fish for scallops [syn: scallop, scollop]
5: shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress"
[syn: scallop, scollop]
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trollop
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n 1: a dirty untidy woman [syn: slattern, slut, slovenly
woman, trollop]
2: a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress,
hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet,
trollop]
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wallop
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n 1: a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an
important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop"
[syn: impact, wallop]
2: a severe blow
v 1: hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy" [syn: whack,
wham, whop, wallop]
2: defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"
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gallup
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n 1: a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border
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scollop
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n 1: edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served
broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces [syn:
scallop, scollop, escallop]
2: thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
[syn: cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop]
3: edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that
swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of
snapping motions [syn: scallop, scollop, escallop]
v 1: form scallops in; "scallop the meat" [syn: scallop,
scollop]
2: fish for scallops [syn: scallop, scollop]
3: shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress"
[syn: scallop, scollop]
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trollope
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n 1: English writer of novels (1815-1882) [syn: Trollope,
Anthony Trollope]
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escalope
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jalap
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overdevelop
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dunlop
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bellyflop
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gigaflop
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callop
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galop
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salop
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shallop
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salep
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gollop
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