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proper noun
- A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Chad.
- (given name, male) from Old English Ceadda, a seventh century saint.
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| Chad Basin |
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proper noun Chad basin, Basin
- The area surrounding Lake Chad and constituting the largest inland drainage area in Africa, with three major streams, the Komadugu Yobe, Logone, and Chari.
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| Chadian |
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noun
- A person from Chad or of Chadian descent.
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Chad, the Chadian people or the Chadian language.
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| Chadless punch |
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noun
- a paper tape punch that did not produce little pieces of paper
Etymology: From the surname of its inventor
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pronoun (infl, en, pronoun)
- (context, obsolete, dialectal) I.
Etymology: Aphetic form of ich, utch, ultimately from ic, iÄ.
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pronoun
- (context, obsolete, attached to following verb) I.
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abbreviation
- Church
- chapter
- (biblical) Book of Chronicles, also see: w:Wiktionary_Appendix:Abbreviations
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noun
- The drink made by infuse, infusing the dried leaves or buds of the tea plant in hot water, often served with milk or cream and sugar added.
- Would you like a cup of ?
Etymology: From Hindustani àà / (URchar, Ú) (ÄÄ) < (Pers.) (FAchar, Ú) < (Chin.) è.
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| cha-cha |
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noun
- A ballroom dance to a Latin American rhythm
- The music for this dance
verb to cha-cha
- (intransitive) To dance the cha-cha
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| cha-ching |
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verb
- To make a cash register or slot machine noise; to make the noise of coins falling.
Etymology: imitative, Imitative of the sound of a cash register when an amount is ring up, rung up. Popularized in 1992 by the movie w:Wayne's World, Wayne's World http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=uFD234eGNIUC&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=cha-ching&prev=http://books.google.com/books3Fq3Dcha-ching26lr3D26start3D10&sig=EhMu65HaBv0NssHk4gqMvo5CP_M 1 and by a 1992 advertisement featuring w:Seth Green, Seth Green http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/bio 2.
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| chaat |
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noun
- any savory snack sold from a roadside stall in India
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| chachka |
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noun (pl=uncertain, uncertain)
- (alternative spelling of, tchotchke
- English, tchotchke)
Etymology: From (Yidd.) from .
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| chack |
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verb
- (context, ice-skating) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.
Etymology: From w:Michael Chack, Michael Chack, an American figure skater whose bronze medal winning performance at the 1993 US National Championships was not broadcast on televsion because the producers did not think he would win a medal.
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verb
- (past of, chack)
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| chacking |
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verb
- (present participle of, chack)
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verb
- (third-person singular of, chack)
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| chad |
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noun (wikipedia, Chad (paper))
- (uncountable) Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, punched cards, paper tape etc.
- ''This card puncher creates a lot of .
- (countable) One of these pieces of paper.
Etymology: Uncertain; predates the Chadless punch (see http://www.snopes.com/business/names/chad.asp the Snopes article on this supposed origin; possibly from (Sco.) Scots, chad, "river gravel", or the English slang term chat, "louse".
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| chadar |
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noun
- A loose black robe, made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by Muslim women, especially in Iran.
Etymology: From Persian (FAchar, Ú) Äídor.
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| chadars |
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noun
- (plural of, chadar)
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| chador |
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noun
- A loose robe, made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by Muslim women, especially in Iran.
Etymology: From (Pers.) (FAchar, Ú) Äídor.
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| chadors |
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noun
- (plural of, chador)
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| chaebol |
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noun Chae·bol
- (Usually pejorative) One of various large, family-controlled South Korean business conglomerates.
Etymology: From Korean word, "ìë (èé, jaebeol)" in Late 20th century.
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| chafe |
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noun
- head, Heat excited by friction.
- Injury or wear caused by friction.
- vexation, Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
verb (chaf, ing)
- (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
- (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
- (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Etymology: (term, chaufen, , to warm, lang=enm) < (term, chaufer, lang=fro) (modern French (term, chauffer, lang=fr)) < (term, calefacere, lang=la), (term, calfacere, , to make warm, lang=la) < (term, calere, , to be warm, lang=la) + (term, facere, , to make, lang=la). See (term, caldron).
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| chafed |
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verb
- (past of, chafe)
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| chafery |
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noun - an open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
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- 1957: The open hearths of finery and chafery are surmounted each by a huge chimney. — H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 224.
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