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blocker
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n 1: a football player whose responsibility is to block players
attempting to stop an offensive play
2: a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
[syn: blocker, blocking agent]
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blotter
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n 1: absorbent paper used to dry ink [syn: blotting paper,
blotter]
2: the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police
station [syn: blotter, day book, police blotter, rap
sheet, charge sheet]
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bobber
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n 1: a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing
line [syn: bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat]
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chopper
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n 1: a grounder that bounces high in the air [syn: chop,
chopper]
2: informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: chopper, pearly]
3: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the
rotation of overhead blades [syn: helicopter, chopper,
whirlybird, eggbeater]
4: a butcher's knife having a large square blade [syn:
cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper]
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clobber
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n 1: informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all
your clobber?" [syn: stuff, clobber]
v 1: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter]
2: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;
"We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat,
clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
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clodhopper
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n 1: a thick and heavy shoe [syn: brogan, brogue,
clodhopper, work shoe]
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cocker
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n 1: a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in
England [syn: cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel,
cocker]
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]
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copper
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n 1: a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant
diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals
but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large
masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor [syn:
copper, Cu, atomic number 29]
2: a copper penny
3: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop,
copper, fuzz, pig]
4: a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
[syn: copper, copper color]
5: any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
having coppery wings
v 1: coat with a layer of copper
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cotter
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n 1: a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands [syn: cotter,
cottar]
2: a medieval English villein [syn: cotter, cottier]
3: fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot
to hold two other pieces together [syn: cotter, cottar]
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cropper
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n 1: small farmers and tenants [syn: sharecropper, cropper,
sharecrop farmer]
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dauber
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n 1: an unskilled painter
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dropper
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n 1: pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one
end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a
time; "she used an eye dropper to administer medication to
the eyes" [syn: dropper, eye dropper]
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improper
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adj 1: not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper
to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication";
"improper attire for the golf course" [ant: proper]
2: not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention;
"an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices"
[syn: improper, unconventional, unlawful]
3: not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "said all the
wrong things" [syn: improper, wrong]
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pauper
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n 1: a person who is very poor
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proper
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adj 1: marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness;
"proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" [ant:
improper]
2: having all the qualities typical of the thing specified;
"wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a
proper job"
3: limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim
is connected with the deed proper"
4: appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a
person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place";
"the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the
position" [syn: proper, right]
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shopper
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n 1: someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy
2: a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in
order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of
the store that employs her
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stopper
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n 1: an act so striking or impressive that the show must be
delayed until the audience quiets down [syn: show-
stopper, showstopper, stopper]
2: a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
[syn: conversation stopper, stopper]
3: (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to
insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner
has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"
4: 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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topper
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n 1: a worker who makes or adds the top to something
2: a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)
3: the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who
tops all others; "he could beat the best of them" [syn:
best, topper]
4: an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have
gone before
5: a woman's short coat
6: a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or
with beaver fur [syn: dress hat, high hat, opera hat,
silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver]
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whopper
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n 1: a gross untruth; a blatant lie [syn: whopper, walloper]
2: something especially big or impressive of its kind [syn:
whacker, whopper]
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bopper
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clocker
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clopper
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gropper
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