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birr
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents
2: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings";
"the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
whirring, birr]
v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir,
birr, purr]
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bur
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n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr]
2: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr]
v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
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burr
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n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr]
2: rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or
cutting
3: United States politician who served as vice president under
Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander
Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836) [syn: Burr,
Aaron Burr]
4: rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
5: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr]
v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
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fibber
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n 1: someone who tells lies [syn: storyteller, fibber,
fabricator]
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gibber
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n 1: unintelligible talking [syn: gibberish, gibber]
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: chatter inarticulately; of monkeys
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sipper
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n 1: a drinker who sips
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sitter
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n 1: Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe
and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934) [syn:
Sitter, Willem de Sitter]
2: an organism (person or animal) that sits [ant: stander]
3: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are
not home [syn: babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter]
4: a person who poses for a painter or sculptor [syn: artist's
model, sitter]
5: a domestic hen ready to brood [syn: brood hen, broody,
broody hen, setting hen, sitter]
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skipper
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n 1: a student who fails to attend classes
2: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn:
master, captain, sea captain, skipper]
3: the naval officer in command of a military ship [syn:
captain, skipper]
v 1: work as the skipper on a vessel
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skitter
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v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter,
scuttle]
2: glide easily along a surface
3: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
[syn: skim, skip, skitter]
4: twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the
surface of water
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slicker
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n 1: a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and
pigment to make it waterproof [syn: oilskin, slicker]
2: a person with good manners and stylish clothing
3: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
[syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster,
beguiler, slicker]
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slipper
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n 1: low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually
worn indoors [syn: slipper, carpet slipper]
2: a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
[syn: skidder, slider, slipper]
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snicker
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n 1: a disrespectful laugh [syn: snicker, snort, snigger]
v 1: laugh quietly [syn: snicker, snigger]
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snigger
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n 1: a disrespectful laugh [syn: snicker, snort, snigger]
v 1: laugh quietly [syn: snicker, snigger]
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sticker
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n 1: a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or
leaf [syn: spine, thorn, prickle, pricker,
sticker, spikelet]
2: an adhesive label [syn: gummed label, sticker, paster]
3: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
[syn: poser, stumper, toughie, sticker]
4: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or
stabbing [syn: dagger, sticker]
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stripper
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n 1: a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish
2: a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves
and binds the leaves together into books [syn: stripper,
stemmer, sprigger]
3: a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing
to music [syn: stripper, striptease artist, striptease,
stripteaser, exotic dancer, ecdysiast, peeler]
4: an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten
barrels a day [syn: stripper well, stripper]
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ticker
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n 1: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and
between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood
through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping
wildly" [syn: heart, pump, ticker]
2: a small portable timepiece [syn: watch, ticker]
3: a character printer that automatically prints stock
quotations on ticker tape [syn: ticker, stock ticker]
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tipper
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n 1: a person who leaves a tip; "a generous tipper"
2: truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the
front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that
the load is discharged by gravity [syn: dump truck,
dumper, tipper truck, tipper lorry, tip truck,
tipper]
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titter
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n 1: a nervous restrained laugh
v 1: laugh nervously; "The girls giggled when the rock star came
into the classroom" [syn: giggle, titter]
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trigger
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n 1: lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun [syn:
gun trigger, trigger]
2: a device that activates or releases or causes something to
happen
3: an act that sets in motion some course of events [syn:
trigger, induction, initiation]
v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction";
"actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger,
activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off,
touch off]
2: release or pull the trigger on; "Trigger a gun"
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tripper
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n 1: (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is
undergoing hallucinations
2: a walker or runner who trips and almost falls [syn:
stumbler, tripper]
3: a tourist who is visiting sights of interest [syn:
sightseer, excursionist, tripper, rubberneck]
4: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure
activates the tripper and releases the water" [syn:
tripper, trip]
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libber
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n 1: a supporter of feminism [syn: feminist, women's
rightist, women's liberationist, libber]
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vigor
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n 1: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy";
"he's full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour,
zip]
2: active strength of body or mind [syn: vigor, vigour,
dynamism, heartiness]
3: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing);
"his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity
of style" [syn: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour,
vim]
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dibber
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n 1: a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes
in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs [syn: dibble,
dibber]
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bibber
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cribber
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glibber
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jibber
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winebibber
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ribber
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buhr
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ditchdigger
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jibba
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