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bobble
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n 1: the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the
second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw
the runner out"
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up]
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boggle
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v 1: startle with amazement or fear
2: hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or
fear
3: overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!" [syn:
flabbergast, boggle, bowl over]
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boondoggle
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n 1: work of little or no value done merely to look busy
v 1: do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
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bottle
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n 1: a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other
liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a
narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
2: the quantity contained in a bottle [syn: bottle,
bottleful]
3: a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or
formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and
very young children [syn: bottle, feeding bottle,
nursing bottle]
v 1: store (liquids or gases) in bottles
2: put into bottles; "bottle the mineral water"
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caudal
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adv 1: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: caudally,
caudal]
adj 1: constituting or relating to a tail; "caudal appendage"
[ant: cephalic]
2: resembling a tail [syn: caudal, taillike]
3: situated in or directed toward the part of the body from
which the tail arises; "caudal fins"; "the caudal end of the
body"
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cobble
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n 1: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make
roads [syn: cobble, cobblestone, sett]
v 1: pave with cobblestones [syn: cobble, cobblestone]
2: repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
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cockle
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n 1: common edible European bivalve
2: common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a
strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
v 1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple,
ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate]
2: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She
puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle,
crumple, knit]
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coddle
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v 1: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby,
coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
2: cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs"
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debacle
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n 1: a sudden and violent collapse [syn: debacle, fiasco]
2: flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river
during the spring or summer
3: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle,
drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
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hopple
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v 1: strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a
horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in
unison; "hobble race horses" [syn: hopple, hobble]
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stopple
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n 1: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole
tightly [syn: plug, stopper, stopple]
v 1: close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She
stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their
babies' mouths with pacifiers" [syn: stopper, stopple]
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topple
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v 1: fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade
Center tumbled after the plane hit it" [syn: tumble,
topple]
2: cause to topple or tumble by pushing [syn: topple,
tumble, tip]
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estoppel
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n 1: a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying
the truth of a fact that has already been settled
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coppel
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copple
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