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adder
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n 1: a person who adds numbers
2: a machine that adds numbers
3: small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia [syn:
adder, common viper, Vipera berus]
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bagger
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n 1: a workman employed to pack things into containers [syn:
packer, bagger, boxer]
2: a machine for putting objects or substances into bags
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bladder
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n 1: a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or
gas) [syn: bladder, vesica]
2: a bag that fills with air
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bragger
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n 1: a very boastful and talkative person [syn: bragger,
braggart, boaster, blowhard, line-shooter,
vaunter]
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carpetbagger
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n 1: an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously;
"after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried
to take over the south"
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clabber
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n 1: raw milk that has soured and thickened
v 1: turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber,
clot] [ant: homogenise, homogenize]
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crater
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n 1: a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
[syn: volcanic crater, crater]
2: a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra
and Corvus
3: a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite
or bomb
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creator
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n 1: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
Almighty, Jehovah]
2: a person who grows or makes or invents things
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crusader
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n 1: a disputant who advocates reform [syn: reformer,
reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist]
2: a warrior who engages in a holy war; "the Crusaders tried to
recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims"
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dagger
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n 1: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or
stabbing [syn: dagger, sticker]
2: a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or
footnote [syn: dagger, obelisk]
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dapper
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adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing,
jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy,
snappy, spruce]
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debater
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n 1: someone who engages in debate [syn: debater, arguer]
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dragger
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n 1: someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move
something [syn: puller, tugger, dragger]
2: a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish
[syn: trawler, dragger]
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nagger
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n 1: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by
constantly finding fault [syn: scold, scolder, nag,
nagger, common scold]
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sandbagger
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n 1: someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in
order to take advantage of you
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stagger
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n 1: an unsteady uneven gait [syn: lurch, stumble,
stagger]
v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken
man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel,
keel, lurch, swag, careen]
2: walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy
snow" [syn: stagger, flounder]
3: to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the
lecture hall" [syn: stagger, distribute]
4: astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with
bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the
earthquake"
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swagger
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adj 1: (British informal) very chic; "groovy clothes" [syn:
groovy, swagger]
n 1: an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal
belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of
work [syn: swagman, swagger, swaggie]
2: a proud stiff pompous gait [syn: strut, prance,
swagger]
v 1: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen
house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance,
strut, sashay, cock]
2: discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner;
intimidate [syn: browbeat, bully, swagger]
3: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
[syn: swagger, bluster, swash]
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jagger
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n 1: English rock star (born in 1943) [syn: Jagger, Mick
Jagger, Michael Philip Jagger]
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belabor
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v 1: to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious" [syn:
belabor, belabour]
2: attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by
her fellow students" [syn: belabor, belabour]
3: beat soundly [syn: belabour, belabor]
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dagga
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n 1: relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
[syn: dagga, Cape dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga,
Leonotis leonurus]
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quagga
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n 1: mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct
since late 19th century [syn: quagga, Equus quagga]
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lagger
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n 1: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who
lags behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger,
trailer, poke]
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jaeger
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n 1: rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them
drop their prey
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blacker
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dabber
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mager
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haggar
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pagar
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jaegar
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saggar
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