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aglitter
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adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant,
fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering,
glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly]
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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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bicker
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n 1: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering,
spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss]
v 1: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
[syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker,
squabble, brabble]
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bidder
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n 1: someone who makes an offer
2: someone who makes a bid at cards
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bigger
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adj 1: large or big relative to something else [syn: bigger,
larger]
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bitter
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adv 1: extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter
cold" [syn: piercingly, bitterly, bitingly,
bitter]
adj 1: marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious
dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" [syn: acrimonious,
bitter]
2: very difficult to accept or bear; "the bitter truth"; "a
bitter sorrow"
3: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her
acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words";
"blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political
assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a
sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" [syn:
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering,
caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent,
vitriolic]
4: expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears"
5: proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity;
"a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies"
6: causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is
bitter"
7: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used
especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" [syn:
biting, bitter]
n 1: English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor
of hops (usually on draft)
2: the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the
mouth [syn: bitter, bitterness]
3: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste [syn:
bitterness, bitter]
v 1: make bitter
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bootlicker
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n 1: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who
behaves as if he had no self-respect [syn: apple
polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler,
truckler]
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chipper
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adj 1: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;
"looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"-
Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and
debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a
jaunty optimist" [syn: chipper, debonair,
debonaire, jaunty]
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clipper
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n 1: (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output
is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous
amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a
waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
[syn: limiter, clipper]
2: a fast sailing ship used in former times [syn: clipper,
clipper ship]
3: shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the
plural)
4: scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the
plural)
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consider
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v 1: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I
consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation
quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider,
reckon, view, regard]
2: give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of
moving" [syn: study, consider]
3: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the
case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn:
consider, take, deal, look at]
4: show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider
her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was
lenient" [syn: consider, count, weigh]
5: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the
possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your
mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over,
deliberate]
6: judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very
smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is
her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be
inferior" [syn: think, believe, consider, conceive]
7: look at attentively [syn: regard, consider]
8: look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem" [syn:
view, consider, look at]
9: regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem;
"Please consider your family"
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critter
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n 1: a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic
animals)
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dipper
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n 1: a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
2: a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the
dipper's handle is Polaris [syn: Little Dipper, Dipper]
3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain,
Wain, Wagon]
4: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
plumage [syn: bufflehead, butterball, dipper,
Bucephela albeola]
5: small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-
flowing streams and feeds along the bottom [syn: water
ouzel, dipper]
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flipper
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n 1: a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in
swimming (especially underwater) [syn: flipper, fin]
2: the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for
swimming
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kipper
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n 1: salted and smoked herring [syn: kipper, kippered
herring]
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mudskipper
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n 1: found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able
to move on land on strong pectoral fins [syn: mudskipper,
mudspringer]
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nipper
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n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British
term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster,
minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler,
tike, tyke, fry, nestling]
2: a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other
arthropods [syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]
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ripper
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n 1: a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the
Ripper was probably a madman"
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shipper
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n 1: someone who ships goods
2: a company in the business of shipping freight
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sipper
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n 1: a drinker who sips
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skipper
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n 1: a student who fails to attend classes
2: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn:
master, captain, sea captain, skipper]
3: the naval officer in command of a military ship [syn:
captain, skipper]
v 1: work as the skipper on a vessel
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slipper
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n 1: low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually
worn indoors [syn: slipper, carpet slipper]
2: a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
[syn: skidder, slider, slipper]
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stripper
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n 1: a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish
2: a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves
and binds the leaves together into books [syn: stripper,
stemmer, sprigger]
3: a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing
to music [syn: stripper, striptease artist, striptease,
stripteaser, exotic dancer, ecdysiast, peeler]
4: an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten
barrels a day [syn: stripper well, stripper]
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tipper
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n 1: a person who leaves a tip; "a generous tipper"
2: truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the
front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that
the load is discharged by gravity [syn: dump truck,
dumper, tipper truck, tipper lorry, tip truck,
tipper]
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tripper
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n 1: (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is
undergoing hallucinations
2: a walker or runner who trips and almost falls [syn:
stumbler, tripper]
3: a tourist who is visiting sights of interest [syn:
sightseer, excursionist, tripper, rubberneck]
4: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure
activates the tripper and releases the water" [syn:
tripper, trip]
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vigour
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n 1: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy";
"he's full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour,
zip]
2: active strength of body or mind [syn: vigor, vigour,
dynamism, heartiness]
3: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing);
"his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity
of style" [syn: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour,
vim]
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wicker
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n 1: slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or
some canes); used for wickerwork
2: work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow
branches) [syn: wicker, wickerwork, caning]
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zipper
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n 1: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means
of a sliding tab [syn: slide fastener, zip, zipper,
zip fastener]
v 1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn:
zip up, zipper, zip] [ant: unzip]
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whipper
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n 1: a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or
whip [syn: switcher, whipper]
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agrippa
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n 1: Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the
forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC) [syn:
Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa]
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clicker
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dripper
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gripper
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snipper
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kippur
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gipper
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knipper
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schipper
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lipper
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pippa
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