tableau |
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noun (tableaux)
- a striking and vivid representation; a picture
- a vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting
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tag |
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noun
- A small label.
- A game played by two or more children in which one child (known as "it") attempts to catch one of the others, who then becomes "it".
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(also skin tag) An excrescence of skin.
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(also dung tag or dag) A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung.
- A type of cardboard.
- Graffiti in the form of a stylised signature particular to the person who makes the graffiti.
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(baseball) An instance of touching the runner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
The was applied at second for the final out.
- (Chiefly US) a vehicle number plate.
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(computing) An element of HTML code which starts with "<...>" and ends "</...>".
<title> Hello </title> - title tag
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takeout double |
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noun
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(bridge) A double, usually indicating strength and a desire to play the hand; partner is expected to "take out" by making a bid.
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talon |
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noun
- the sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal
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tarot |
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noun
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(context, singular or plural) A card game played in various different variations.
- Any of the set of 78 playing-cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps).
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ten |
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noun
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(uncountable) The number following nine.
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(countable) (playing_cards, Cards) The card between the nine and jack in a given suit.
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(countable) A monetary denomination worth ten units.
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(countable) (slang) A superb specimen.
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(countable) (Jamaican) (slang) A beautiful woman.
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tenace |
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noun
- From the card game Bridge: an interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit - such as the King and Jack or the Ace and Queen.
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tetherball |
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noun
- A two-person sport where you hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposte directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole
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three |
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noun
- The digit/figure 3.
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throw |
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noun
- The flight of a thrown object; as, a fast throw.
- A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
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Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a .
verb (throws, throwing, threw, thrown)
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(transitive) To cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
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(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
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a shoe
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a rod
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the horse threw its rider
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(transitive) To move to another position; to displace.
- the switch
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(context, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
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(context, transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
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(context, transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
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If the file is readonly, the method throws an invalid operation exception.
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<code>if(this.IsReadonly?)</code>
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:<code> new System.InvalidOperationException?("Cannot write to readonly file.");</code>-->
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(sports) to intentionally lose a game
- ''The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to the match.
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tic-tac-toe |
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noun
- a game in which two players take turns putting circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and try to get three of the same symbols in a line
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tiddlywinks |
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noun
- A game in which the objective is to shoot winks into a cup or at a target by flicking them with a shooter (nowadays called a squidger) from a surface.
- A competitive partnership game in which the objective is to gain an advantage over opponents by squopping opponent winks and by squidging friendly winks into a pot.
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Tonk |
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abbreviation
- A Tonkinese cat
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trifecta |
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noun
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(context, US, Australian English, New Zealand English) A bet in which the winner, winners of the first three places (first, second, and third) are selected in the correct order
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(context, US, Australian English, New Zealand English) The situation of having three major accomplishment, accomplishments or achievement, achievements in a sport, profession, or pastime
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trump |
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noun
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(US, singular) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
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(UK, in plural) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
Diamonds were declared trumps.
- A playing card of that suit.
He played an even higher .
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(figurative) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
verb
- To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump; to ruff.
- To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
- To supersede
- In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.
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twenty-one |
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noun
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(context, Card games): Another name for blackjack.
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two |
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noun
- The digit/figure 2.
The number 2202 contains three twos.
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(US informal) A two-dollar bill.
- A child aged two.
This toy is suitable for the s and threes.
adjective
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(rfd-sense) Two years of age; two years old.
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two-up |
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noun
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(Australia) A game of chance, played by betting on the outcome of two penny, pennies thrown in the air.
adverb
- having two people riding on a motorcycle.
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