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noun
- A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
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proper noun
- (given name, male, , )
- (mythology) The eldest son of Adam and Eve as described in Genesis; considered the first murderer. (see w:Cain and Abel).
| | caller |
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noun
- The person who made a telephone call.
- I've got someone on the line
- Who's the ?
- A visitor.
- (context, bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
| | cant |
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noun
- The jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
- He had the look of a prince, but the of a fishmonger.
- A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
- empty, Empty, hypocritical talk.
- People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely .
- A musical singing sound.
- (heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name of the bearer.
verb
- (intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
- (intransitive) To speak in set phrases.
- (intransitive) To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
- (context, intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
adjective kant
- (English dialect) lively, lusty.
| | cantrip |
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noun
- A spell or incantation; a magic trick.
- 1976: For one thing, I've no intention of distributing cantrips and costly crucifixes to every rapable woman in the Parish of St Magloire. " Kyril Bonfiglioli, Something Nasty in the Woodshed (Penguin 2001, p. 422)
- 1984: "And when I say now the power of the name Jesus makes you whole, I indulge in no petty mountebank"s cantrips." " Anthony Burgess, Enderby's Dark Lady
| | CAR |
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initialism
- Central African Republic
| | carline |
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noun
- (context, chiefly, Scotland) A woman; a hag or witch.
- (nautical) A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft betweek the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
| | cleek |
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noun
- (context, sports, dated) A metal headed golf club with little loft. Equivalent to a one or two iron a modern set of clubs.
| | cock |
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noun
- A male bird, especially a domestic fowl.
- Male chicken.
- A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
- The hammer of a firearm.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
- The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
- (UK, pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
- (UK, informal) An informal term of address.
- All right,
verb
- (transitive) To lift the cock of a firearm; to prepare (a gun) to be fired.
- (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side.
- (UK, transitive, slang) To copulate with.
| | coof |
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noun - Scottish An idiot, or fool.
| | Cook |
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proper noun
- an English occupational name (surname) for a cook, or a seller of cooked food
| | cookie |
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noun
- (context, chiefly, North America) A small flat, baked cake which is either crisp or soft but firm (often with chocolate chips, candies or nuts mixed in.)
- (context, Scotland) a bun.
- (computing, browsers) An HTTP cookie, web cookie.
- (computing) A magic cookie.
- A young, attractive woman. As it is often intended to sexually objectify said woman, it can be seen as offensive (though only mildly, as it is a somewhat dated term, but not yet obsolete).
| | corbie |
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noun
- raven, crow
| | | cornmeal |
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noun
- A meal
- Etymology 2, meal or flour that has been milled from dried corn (maize.)
- She made a kind of polenta from and chicken broth, with some sprinkled cheese on top.
| | Corrie |
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proper noun
- (given name, male), diminutive of Cornelius.
- (given name, female), diminutive of Cornelia.
| | cotter |
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noun
- (context, mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
- Erroneously, sometimes used of a cotter pin.
| | coup |
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noun - A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; a triumph.
- A coup d'état.
- By extension, a takeover of one group by another.
| | crack |
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noun
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- A large had formed in the roadway.
- A narrow opening.
- We managed to squeeze through a in the rock wall.
- When forming an opening, a small amount.
- Open the door a .
- (context, onomatopoetic) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- The of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
- (context, onomatopoetic) Any sharp sound.
- The of the bat hitting the ball.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- I didn't appreciate that about my hairstyle.
- (vulgar) The space between the buttocks.
- Pull up your pants! Your is showing.
- (context, Scots language, common in lowland Scotland and Ulster) conviviality; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company.
- The was guid.
- Thon was guid .
- He/she is quare good .
- The party was great .
- (context, Geordie) Business/events
- What's the ?
- (computing) A program, password or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- (context, slang) A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- w:Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston:
- : I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack.
- (context, Cumbrian, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
- (vulgar, slang) vagina.
- I'm so horny even the of dawn isn't safe!
- (colloquial) An opportunity to attempt something.
- I'd like to take a at that game.
- (Ireland) (colloquial) good fun. (See usage note re Scots sense).
- 2006, Patrick McCabe?, Winterwood, Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
- :By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!
verb
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- It's been so dry, the ground is starting to .
- (intransitive) To break apart under pressure.
- When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- Anyone would after being hounded like that.
- (intransitive) To yield under interrogation.
- When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
- (context, intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- His voice cracked with emotion.
- (context, intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.
- (computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can it.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- The ball cracked the window.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- You'll need a hammer to a black walnut.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- Could you please the window?
- (transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
- They managed to him on the third day.
- (transitive) To solve a difficult problem. (i, Figurative, from cracking a nut.)
- I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- 2001: Doug McGuinn?, The Apple Indians
- : Hershell cracked his knuckles, a nervous habit that drove Inez crazy....
- (transitive, chemistry, informal) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700 °C.
- (transitive, colloquial) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- I'd love to open a beer.
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
adjective
- Highly trained and competent.
- Even a team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
| | crag |
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noun
- A rocky outcrop.
| | creature |
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noun
- A created thing, whether animate or inanimate.
- Anything created or not self-existent.
- A living being that moves of its own volition.
- An animal or human.
- A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
- ''In order to remind the Kapos they were just his creatures, the concentration camp commandant regularly gave one of them an arbitrary lashing on the bare; any willfullness meant replacing by a new, humbler
| | crummy |
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noun (crumm, ies)
- (colloquial, British Columbia, and, U.S. Pacific Northwest) Small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to worksite.
adjective (crummi, er)
- (informal) bad; poor
- Do not bother buying knives if you are serious about cooking.
| | cuddy |
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noun (cuddies)
- (nautical) a cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck
- a small cupboard or closet
- (slang) used by inercity youths for pals. Like "cousin"+"buddy"=cuddy.
| | currach |
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noun - (nautical) An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars
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