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kerfuffle A kerfuffle is some kind of commotion, controversy, or fuss. If you read about a scandal in a newspaper, it could be described as a kerfuffle. Kerfuffle is a humorous-sounding word for a mostly non-humorous situation: some kind of disturbance, scandal or mess. However, a kerfuffle usually isn't 100% serious. People talking loudly in public could be making a kerfuffle. If a politician says something embarrassing by accident, it could cause a kerfuffle.
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shackle Definition of shackle for English Language Learners. : 1  one of two rings or bands that are placed around a person's wrists or ankles and that are connected by a chain. 2  shackles : something that prevents people from acting freely.
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barrackverb  [ T] uk ​ /ˈbær.ək/ us ​ /ˈber.ək/ UK. › to shout loudly in order to interrupt someone that you disagree with: Every time the minister got up to speak he was barracked mercilessly. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words.
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- (in medieval Europe) 1  the ringing of a bell to prompt people to extinguish fires and lights. 2  the time at which the curfew bell was rung. 3  the bell itself.
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Crunk Crunk is a subgenre of hip hop music that emerged in the early 1990s and gained mainstream success during the mid 2000s. Performers of crunk music are sometimes referred to as crunkmeisters. Crunk is often up-tempo and one of Southern hip hop's more dance and club oriented subgenres.
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knuckle noun. 1  a. 2  A cut of meat centering on the carpal or tarsal joint, as of a pig. 3  The part of a hinge through which the pin passes. 4  A sharp angle formed by the meeting of two surfaces, especially two ship's timbers. 5  knuckles Brass knuckles.
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hopscotch HOPSCOTCH Defined for Kids. hopscotch. play. noun hop·scotch \ˈhäp-ˌskäch\. Definition of hopscotch for Students. : a game in which a player tosses a stone into sections of a figure drawn on the ground and hops through the figure and back to pick up the stone.
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shackle Definition of shackle. 1  1 : something (as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms. 2  2 : something that checks or prevents free action as if by fetters —usually used in plural. 3  3 : a usually U-shaped fastening device secured by a bolt or pin through holes in the end of the two arms.
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- Full Definition of SKUNK. 1. a: any of various common omnivorous black-and-white New World mammals (especially genus Mephitis) of the weasel family that have a pair of perineal glands from which a secretion of pungent and offensive odor is ejected b: the fur of a skunk. 2. : an obnoxious or disliked person.
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- Definition of kerf. 1  1 : a slit or notch made by a saw or cutting torch. 2  2 : the width of cut made by a saw or cutting torch.
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Crunk Music Urban Dictionary defines crunk as a mixture of the words crazy and drunk.. Before it became a subset of southern rap, crunk was an everyday word that defined a state of crunkedness (more on this later).
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- The definition of a kerfuffle is a British word for a state of confusion or disorder. An example of a kerfuffle is rushing around to find important papers before a big presentation. YourDictionary definition and usage example.
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The Bronsted-Lowry and Lewis Definition of Acids and Bases The Bronsted-Lowry definition says that an acid is anything that can donate a proton. The Arrhenius definition says that an acid is anything that can donate a proton. The Bronsted-Lowry definition says that all acids must be in aqueous solution. The Arrhenius definition says that anything that donates a pair of electrons is an acid. The Bronsted-Lowry definition says that an acid is anything that can donate a proton. The Arrhenius definition says that anything that donates a pair of electrons is an acid. The Bronsted-Lowry definition says that all acids must be in aqueous solution. The Arrhenius definition says that all acids must be in aqueous solution. The Bronsted-Lowry definition says that anything that can donate a pair of electrons is an acid.
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- The act of drinking a large amount of alcohol, and gobbling like a turkey. Jim drank a whole bottle of Dack Janiels and gobbled loudly and waddled around like a turkey for well over ten minutes. Then soon after, a police officer tasered him, cuffed him, and took him into custody. He's going to do six months community service for his G.U.I. That poor bastard.
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- Definition of DOGGEREL. : loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect; also: marked by triviality or inferiority.ADVERTISEMENT. loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect; also: marked by triviality or inferiority.
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- Blackened Irish Shillelagh. A shillelagh (/ʃɨˈleɪli/ shi-lay-lee or /ʃɨˈleɪlə/ shi-lay-lə; Irish: sail éille [ˈsalʲ ˈeːl̠ʲə], a cudgel with a strap) is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty stick with a large knob at the top, that is associated with Ireland and Irish folklore. Construction.
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- To weaken or make less dangerous. Taken from the Nerf brand name, which makes sports equipment toys out of a soft foam (e.g., the Nerf football is soft foam rather than the hard leather of a real football). Used frequently in the context of computer game balance changes. The chaingun was awesome til they nerfed it, now you can't hit shit with it..
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wattle (plural wattles) 1  A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof. 2  A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. 3  A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.  A barbel of a fish.
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- dingleberry (plural dingleberries) 1  A common name for Vaccinium erythrocarpum, the southern mountain cranberry. 1937, US Government Printing Office, Range Plant Handbook: dingleberries, or mountain-cranberries (Huge'ria, syn. ( 2 slang) A stupid or foolish person. ( 3 slang) Dried faecal material adhering to anal hair.
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- The definition of a ruckus is commotion or a noisy disturbance. People yelling and getting into a fight in the middle of a movie is an example of a ruckus. ruckus. ruckus.
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screech The definition of a screech is a high-pitched yell or noise. An example of a screech is the sound a barn owl makes. Screech is defined as to make a high-pitched yelling sound. An example of screech is a bird making a loud piercing sound.
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- The definition of a kerfuffle is a British word for a state of confusion or disorder. An example of a kerfuffle is rushing around to find important papers before a big presentation. kerfuffle
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Hurdy-gurdy In the eighteenth century the term hurdy-gurdy was also applied to a small, portable  barrel organ  (a cranked box instrument with a number of organ pipes, a bellows and a barrel with pins that rotated and programmed the tunes) that was frequently played by poor buskers (street musicians).ccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, the mid 18th century origin of the term hurdy-gurdy is onomatopoeic in origin, after the repetitive warble in pitch that characterizes instruments with solid wooden wheels that have warped due to changes in humidity or after the sound of the buzzing-bridge.
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knuckle knuckle definition: The definition of knuckle is a joint at the hand or toe that sticks out when you make a fist. (noun) The joint in the middle of your finger that sticks forward when you make a fist is an example of the knuckle....
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Definitions &Translations Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Clique. klēk, n. a group of persons in union for a purpose: a party or faction: a gang—used generally in a bad sense.—adj. Cliqu′ish, relating to a clique.—ns.
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- Definition of CLINKER. 1. : a brick that has been burned too much in the kiln. 2.: stony matter fused together: slag.efinition of CLINKER. 1. : a brick that has been burned too much in the kiln. 2. : stony matter fused together: slag.