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apple
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n 1: fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart
crisp whitish flesh
2: native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for
its firm rounded edible fruits [syn: apple, orchard apple
tree, Malus pumila]
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bedraggle
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v 1: make wet and dirty, as from rain [syn: bedraggle,
draggle]
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cattle
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n 1: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or
age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come
home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of
oxen" [syn: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus]
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draggle
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v 1: make wet and dirty, as from rain [syn: bedraggle,
draggle]
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gaggle
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n 1: a flock of geese
v 1: make a noise characteristic of a goose; "Cackling geese"
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haggle
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n 1: an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn:
haggle, haggling, wrangle, wrangling]
v 1: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle,
chaffer, huckster]
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rabble
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n 1: a disorderly crowd of people [syn: mob, rabble, rout]
2: disparaging terms for the common people [syn: rabble,
riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail]
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rattle
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n 1: a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with
a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the
death rattle" [syn: rattle, rattling, rale]
2: a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
3: loosely connected horny sections at the end of a
rattlesnake's tail
v 1: make short successive sounds
2: shake and cause to make a rattling noise
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saddle
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n 1: a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
2: a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is
shaped like a saddle) [syn: saddleback, saddle]
3: cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of
the backbone and both loins
4: a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
5: a seat for the rider of a bicycle [syn: bicycle seat,
saddle]
6: posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
v 1: put a saddle on; "saddle the horses" [ant: offsaddle,
unsaddle]
2: load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy
responsibility"
3: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged
her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn:
charge, saddle, burden]
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scrabble
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n 1: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle]
2: a board game in which words are formed from letters in
patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a
value and those values are used to score the game
v 1: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"
[syn: grope for, scrabble]
2: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn:
scribble, scrabble]
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scrapple
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n 1: scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and
shaped into loaves for slicing and frying
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shackle
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n 1: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially
something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn:
shackle, bond, hamper, trammel]
2: a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain
links and closed with a bar
v 1: bind the arms of [syn: pinion, shackle]
2: restrain with fetters [syn: fetter, shackle]
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spackle
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n 1: powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed
with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and
holes in plaster [syn: spackle, spackling compound]
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straddle
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n 1: a noncommittal or equivocal position
2: a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of
the parallel bars
3: the act of sitting or standing astride [syn: straddle,
span]
4: the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or
commodity future) at a given price before a given date;
consists of an equal number of put and call options
v 1: sit or stand astride of
2: range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants
straddle the entire state" [syn: range, straddle]
3: be noncommittal
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straggle
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n 1: a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons);
"a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
v 1: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack,
depart, digress, straggle]
2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches
straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl, straggle]
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table
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n 1: a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1"
[syn: table, tabular array]
2: a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually
supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy
table"
3: a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on
it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant"
4: flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively
safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for
water" [syn: mesa, table]
5: a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game;
"he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks"
6: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and
board" [syn: board, table]
v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn:
postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table,
shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off]
2: arrange or enter in tabular form [syn: table, tabularize,
tabularise, tabulate]
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tackle
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n 1: the person who plays that position on a football team; "the
right tackle is a straight A student"
2: gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and
sails [syn: rigging, tackle]
3: gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle, fishing
tackle, fishing rig, rig]
4: (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "it
takes a big man to play tackle"
5: (American football) grasping an opposing player with the
intention of stopping by throwing to the ground
v 1: accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"
[syn: undertake, tackle, take on]
2: put a harness; "harness the horse" [syn: harness, tackle]
[ant: unharness]
3: seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries
the ball
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tattle
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n 1: disclosing information or giving evidence about another
[syn: tattle, singing, telling]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-
tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
2: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his
secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of
the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble,
sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth
shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]
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waggle
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n 1: causing to move repeatedly from side to side [syn: wag,
waggle, shake]
v 1: move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail"
[syn: wag, waggle]
2: move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion [syn:
wamble, waggle]
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babel
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n 1: (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants
(probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to
heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they
could no longer understand one another [syn: Tower of
Babel, Babel]
2: a confusion of voices and other sounds
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statal
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gagel
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hagel
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magel
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nagele
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pagel
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raggle
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schlagel
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scraggle
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slagel
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