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chit
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n 1: a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks
respect; "she was incensed that this chit of a girl should
dare to make a fool of her in front of the class"; "she's a
saucy chit"
2: the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check"
[syn: check, chit, tab]
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crotchet
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n 1: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn:
hook, crotchet]
2: a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole
note [syn: quarter note, crotchet]
3: a strange attitude or habit [syn: oddity, queerness,
quirk, quirkiness, crotchet]
4: a small tool or hooklike implement
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docket
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n 1: (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be
tried or a summary of the court's activities
2: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
[syn: agenda, docket, schedule]
v 1: place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120
cases docketed were tried"
2: make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe
it in a list
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gobbet
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n 1: a lump or chunk of raw meat
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latchet
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n 1: a leather strap or thong used to attach a sandal or shoe to
the foot
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locket
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n 1: a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a
lock of hair and is worn on a necklace
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moppet
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n 1: a little girl (usually one you are fond of)
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pocket
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n 1: a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
2: an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
[syn: pouch, sac, sack, pocket]
3: a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
4: (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind
it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave
him a perfect strike"
5: a hollow concave shape made by removing something [syn:
scoop, pocket]
6: a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes
a plane to lose height suddenly [syn: air pocket, pocket,
air hole]
7: a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in
pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for
cleaning up pockets of resistance"
8: (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a
marsupial or gopher or pelican) [syn: pouch, pocket]
9: an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table
into which billiard balls are struck
v 1: put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
2: take unlawfully [syn: pocket, bag]
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rocket
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n 1: any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine [syn:
rocket, projectile]
2: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by
reaction propulsion [syn: rocket, rocket engine]
3: erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be
harvested when young and tender [syn: rocket, roquette,
garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa,
Eruca vesicaria sativa]
4: propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a
lifesaving line or harpoon [syn: rocket, skyrocket]
5: sends a firework display high into the sky [syn: skyrocket,
rocket]
v 1: shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed"
[syn: rocket, skyrocket]
2: propel with a rocket
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socket
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n 1: a bony hollow into which a structure fits
2: receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone)
is inserted
3: a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
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sprocket
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n 1: roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper
through
2: thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain [syn:
sprocket, sprocket wheel]
3: tooth on the rim of gear wheel [syn: cog, sprocket]
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hobbit
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n 1: an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with
hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien
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poppet
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n 1: a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its
seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines [syn:
poppet, poppet valve]
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planchet
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n 1: a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin [syn:
planchet, coin blank]
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cit
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pritchett
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lynchet
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