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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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finger
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n 1: any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes
excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
2: the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
[syn: finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit]
3: one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a
finger or thumb
v 1: feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the
book" [syn: finger, thumb]
2: examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer
fingered the sweater" [syn: feel, finger]
3: search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found
that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
4: indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for
keyboard instruments
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linger
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v 1: remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her
perfume lingered on"
2: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the
department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag,
loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry,
linger, lurk, mill about, mill around]
3: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger]
4: 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]
5: move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
[syn: hover, linger]
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ringer
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n 1: a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the
congregation) [syn: toller, bell ringer, ringer]
2: a person who is almost identical to another [syn: ringer,
dead ringer, clone]
3: a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
4: (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so
as to encircle a stake or peg
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singer
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n 1: a person who sings [syn: singer, vocalist, vocalizer,
vocaliser]
2: United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing
machine (1811-1875) [syn: Singer, Isaac M. Singer, Isaac
Merrit Singer]
3: United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and
novels (1904-1991) [syn: Singer, Isaac Bashevis Singer]
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stinger
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n 1: a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
2: a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of
all" [syn: stinger, cut]
3: a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using
infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder
4: a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray
or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
5: a sharp stinging blow
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stringer
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n 1: a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a
second stringer"
2: a worker who strings; "a stringer of beads"
3: brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a
fuselage or hull
4: a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
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swinger
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n 1: someone who swings sports implements
2: a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex [syn:
swinger, tramp]
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winger
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n 1: (sports) player in wing position
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wringer
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n 1: a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the
wet clothes are squeezed
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zinger
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n 1: a striking or amusing or caustic remark; "he always greeted
me with a new zinger"; "she tried to think of some killer
of an argument, a real zinger that would disarm all
opposition"
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binger
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n 1: someone addicted to crack cocaine [syn: crack addict,
binger]
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inger
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n 1: a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the
Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built [syn:
Ingrian, Inger, Ingerman]
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springer
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n 1: the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs [syn:
springer, impost]
2: a cow about to give birth [syn: springer, springing cow]
3: a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver
and white [syn: springer spaniel, springer]
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slinger
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n 1: a person who uses a sling to throw something
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clinger
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dinger
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minger
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schwinger
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yinger
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klinger
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gumbinger
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bobbinger
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