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proper noun
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(biblical character) Fifth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Bilhah.
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(biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Dan.
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(given name, male, from Hebrew, )
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(given name, male), diminutive of Daniel
- A surname.
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| daypack |
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noun
- A small backpack, suitable for a one-day hike or for schlepping books around campus.
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| defense |
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noun
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
- An argument in support or justification of something.
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| deke |
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noun
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(in hockey) A move intended to deceive the opponent.
verb (dek, ing)
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(Canadian English) To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery.
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(in hockey) To execute a .
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| designated hitter |
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noun
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(baseball) a batter who is permitted to substitute for a pitcher in the batting rotation in Major League Baseball's American League
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(colloquial) a person who is asked to substitute for another in handling a portion of a task for which the other is less capable
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| dice |
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noun
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(form of, one of the two plurals, die
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Noun, die)
- 1972, (translation), Einstein: The Life and Times, Avon Books
- : I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw .
- 1926 December 12, Albert Einstein, letter to Max Born
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: Jedenfalls bin ich í¼berzeugt, dass der Alte nicht wí¼rfelt.
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(colloquial) An alternative singular of die when the plural is .
- 1980, Benny Andersson and Bjí¶rn Ulvaeus, "The Winner Takes It All", Super Trouper, Polar Music
- : The gods may throw a / Their minds as cold as ice
verb (dic, ing)
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(transitive) To cut into small cubes.
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| direct free kick |
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noun
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(soccer) a free kick from which a goal may be scored directly
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| dislocate |
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verbto dislocate (dislocatesdislocateddislocating)
- to put something out of its usual place
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(medicine) to (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint
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Bill dislocated his shoulder in the fall.
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| dismount |
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noun
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(gymnastics): The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.
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A stylish routine, let down by a sloppy .
verb
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(transitive) to get off of (something)
She carefully dismounted from the horse.
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(computing): (transitive) to make a hard drive unavailable for use
The VMS operator tried to the unix hard drive with the <tt>DISMOUNT DISK$NFSMOUNT</tt> command, instead of <tt>umount /mnt/nfshome</tt>.
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| dojo |
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noun
- A training facility for martial arts, usually led by one or more sensei.
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| double dribble |
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noun
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(basketball) A violation committed by dribbling for a second time without giving up possession of the ball.
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| downhill |
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noun
- A discipline of alpine skiing, involving the rapid descent of a hill
- The rapid descent of a hill in related sports
adjective (further downhill, furthest downhill)
- located down a slope or hill
- going down a slope or a hill
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(context, by extension) easy
adverb
- Going down a slope
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Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there
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| dunk |
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noun
- The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.
- The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.
verb
- To submerge briefly in a liquid.
I like to dunk my donut in my coffee.
- To set down carelessly.
Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.
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(basketball) (also intransitive) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop.
The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.
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