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banking
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n 1: engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and
checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and
credit etc.
2: transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing
funds or requesting a loan etc.
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blinking
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adj 1: closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood
blinking in the bright sunlight" [syn: blinking,
winking]
2: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance";
"a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn:
bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a),
crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)]
n 1: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn:
blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking,
nictitation, nictation]
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drinking
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n 1: the act of consuming liquids [syn: drinking, imbibing,
imbibition]
2: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was
his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing,
drunkenness, crapulence]
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hanging
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n 1: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a
window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
[syn: hanging, wall hanging]
2: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck
from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the
hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
3: the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it
moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of
the portrait" [syn: suspension, dangling, hanging]
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saying
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n 1: a word or phrase that particular people use in particular
situations; "pardon the expression" [syn: saying,
expression, locution]
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shrinking
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n 1: process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the
material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage" [syn:
shrinking, shrinkage]
2: the act of becoming less
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sinking
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n 1: a descent as through liquid (especially through water);
"they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"
2: a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength); "after
several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the
market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs"
3: a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a
sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"
[syn: sinking, sinking feeling]
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stinking
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adj 1: very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn:
icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty,
stinking, stinky]
2: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled
really funky" [syn: fetid, foetid, foul, foul-
smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-
scented]
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thinking
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adj 1: endowed with the capacity to reason [syn: intelligent,
reasoning(a), thinking(a)]
n 1: the process of using your mind to consider something
carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused
for thought" [syn: thinking, thought, thought
process, cerebration, intellection, mentation]
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unblinking
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adj 1: showing no visible emotion; "stood unblinking and
accepted a sentence of a year"
2: not shrinking from danger [syn: unblinking, unflinching,
unintimidated, unshrinking]
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unthinking
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adv 1: in a thoughtless manner; "he stared thoughtlessly at the
picture" [syn: thoughtlessly, unthinkingly,
unthinking] [ant: thoughtfully]
adj 1: not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought [syn:
unreflective, unthinking, unthoughtful]
2: without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying
of a great princess on being informed that the people had no
bread; `Let them eat cake'" [syn: thoughtless, uncaring,
unthinking]
3: mentally sluggish [syn: lumpish, lumpen, unthinking]
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winking
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adj 1: closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood
blinking in the bright sunlight" [syn: blinking,
winking]
n 1: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn:
blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking,
nictitation, nictation]
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clinking
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adj 1: like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being
tapped
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countersinking
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linking
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plinking
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rethinking
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slinking
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syncing
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chinking
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finking
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kinking
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prinking
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zincking
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