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bobby
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n 1: an informal term for a British policeman
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blocky
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adj 1: resembling a block in shape [syn: blockish, blocky]
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blotchy
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adj 1: marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots [syn:
blotched, blotchy, splotched]
2: marred by discolored spots or blotches; "blotchy skin"
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body
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n 1: the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or
human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"
[syn: body, organic structure, physical structure]
2: a group of persons associated by some common tie or
occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed
out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative
body"
3: a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they
found the body in the lake" [syn: body, dead body]
4: an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is
distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body"
5: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved
their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: torso, trunk,
body]
6: a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body
of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"
7: the property of holding together and retaining its shape;
"wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough
consistency it is ready to bake" [syn: consistency,
consistence, eubstance, body]
8: the central message of a communication; "the body of the
message was short"
9: the main mass of a thing
10: a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of
a violin) [syn: soundbox, body]
11: the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car
was badly rusted"
v 1: invest with or as with a body; give body to [syn: body,
personify]
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botchy
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adj 1: poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an
unskillful attempt" [syn: botchy, butcherly,
unskillful]
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choppy
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adj 1: marked by abrupt transitions; "choppy prose" [syn:
choppy, jerky]
2: rough with small waves; "choppy seas"
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cocky
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adj 1: overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky
young man"
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copy
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n 1: a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or
school record) [syn: transcript, copy]
2: a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing;
"she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a
copy of its ancestor"
3: matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials [syn:
copy, written matter]
4: material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes
make good copy"
v 1: copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the
alphabet over and over"
2: reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the
passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older
siblings" [syn: imitate, copy, simulate]
3: reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell";
"copy the genetic information" [syn: replicate, copy]
4: make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture
by Rembrandt" [syn: copy, re-create]
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floppy
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adj 1: hanging limply; "a spaniel with floppy ears"
n 1: a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope
with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a
microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively
slow speed and small capacity and low price" [syn:
diskette, floppy, floppy disk]
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jalopy
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n 1: a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen
off that old bus" [syn: bus, jalopy, heap]
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photocopy
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n 1: a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work
v 1: reproduce by xerography [syn: photocopy, run off,
xerox]
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poppy
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n 1: annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
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sloppy
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adj 1: lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy
habits"
2: wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material; "a
sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"
3: (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot";
"a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland";
"muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the
pond"; "swampy bayous" [syn: boggy, marshy, miry,
mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy,
squashy, swampy, waterlogged]
4: not fitting closely; hanging loosely; "baggy trousers"; "a
loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather" [syn:
baggy, loose-fitting, sloppy]
5: excessively or abnormally emotional [syn: overemotional,
sloppy]
6: marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of
record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling";
"sloppy workmanship" [syn: haphazard, slapdash,
slipshod, sloppy]
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soppy
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adj 1: wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the
door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's
sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" [syn: sodden, soppy]
2: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";
"maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a
schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
[syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish,
kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental,
soppy, soupy, slushy]
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stroppy
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adj 1: obstreperous [syn: bolshy, stroppy]
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cloggy
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adj 1: (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil
was heavy and easily saturated" [syn: clayey, cloggy,
heavy]
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kopje
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n 1: a small hill rising up from the African veld [syn: kopje,
koppie]
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microcopy
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v 1: photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is
reduced in size
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miscopy
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clotty
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gloppy
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groppy
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loppy
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microfloppy
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hoppy
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