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are
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n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
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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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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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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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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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scraper
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n 1: any of various hand tools for scraping
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scrapper
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n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant,
battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]
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shaker
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n 1: a person who wields power and influence; "a shaker of
traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business
world" [syn: shaker, mover and shaker]
2: a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal
living and common possession of property and separation from
the world
3: a container in which something can be shaken
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shatter
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v 1: break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"
2: damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered
her life"
3: cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"
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slacker
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n 1: a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who
tries to evade military service in wartime) [syn:
slacker, shirker]
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smacker
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n 1: a loud kiss
2: a very powerful blow with the fist
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smatter
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v 1: work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in
astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never
makes any money" [syn: dabble, smatter, play around]
2: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the
baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether,
blither]
3: speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters
Russian"
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snatcher
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n 1: a thief who grabs and runs; "a purse snatcher"
2: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually
for ransom) [syn: kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor,
snatcher]
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spatter
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n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering
explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn:
spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering,
sputter, splutter, sputtering]
2: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn:
spatter, spattering, splash, splashing,
splattering]
v 1: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter,
plash, splash, splosh, swash]
2: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
[syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-
patter]
3: spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"
[syn: spatter, bespatter]
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splatter
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n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering
explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn:
spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering,
sputter, splutter, sputtering]
2: a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of
paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" [syn:
dab, splash, splatter]
v 1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a
container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn:
spill, slop, splatter]
2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash,
splash, splosh, swash]
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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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tagger
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n 1: someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents
of textual matter
2: someone who appends or joins one thing to another; "a theory
that was simply added on by some anonymous tagger"
3: a computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical
constituents of textual matter [syn: tagger, tagging
program]
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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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haggar
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magar
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pagar
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snagger
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saggar
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