A little boy comes home with his mother from a trip down town. Above his head he has a big bunch of balloons.
- Why do you need so many? - Asks his father. - Did not your mother and I teach you that you should save your money?
- I did not spend any! Its just that every time Mummy bought something the salesperson gave me a free balloon.
abbr. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a usu. Fatal cattle disease.
BSI
abbr. British standards institution.
BST
abbr. - british summer time.
- bovine somatotrophin, a growth hormone added to cattle-feed to boost milk production.
BUD
—n. - a knoblike shoot from which a stem, leaf, or flower develops. B flower or leaf not fully open.
- asexual outgrowth from an organism separating to form a new individual. —v. (-dd-) 1 form buds.
- begin to grow or develop (budding artist).
- graft a bud of (a plant) on to another. [origin unknown]
BUG
—n. - a any of various insects with mouthparts modified for piercing and sucking. B esp. Us small insect.
- slang virus; infection.
- slang concealed microphone.
- slang error in a computer program or system etc.
- slang obsession, enthusiasm, etc. —v. (-gg-) 1 slang conceal a microphone in.
- slang annoy. [origin unknown]
BUM
n. Slang buttocks. [origin uncertain]
- us slang —n. Loafer or tramp; dissolute person. —v. (-mm-) 1 (often foll. By around) loaf or wander around.
- cadge. —attrib. Adj. Of poor quality. [german bummler loafer]
BUN
fight n. Slang tea party.
- n. - small sweet bread roll or cake, often with dried fruit.
- hair coiled and pinned to the head. [origin unknown]
BUR
n. - a prickly clinging seed-case or flower-head. B any plant having these.
- clinging person.
- var. Of *burr n. 2. [scandinavian]
BUS
lane n. Part of a road mainly for use by buses.
- shelter n. Shelter beside a bus-stop.
- station n. Centre where buses depart and arrive.
- —n. (pl. Buses or us busses) 1 large esp. Public passenger vehicle, usu. Travelling a fixed route.
- colloq. Car, aeroplane, etc. —v. (buses or busses, bussed, bussing) 1 go by bus.
- us transport by bus, esp. To aid racial integration. [abbreviation of *omnibus]
BUT
—conj. - a nevertheless, however (tried but failed). B on the other hand; on the contrary (i am old but you are young).
- except, otherwise than (cannot choose but do it; what could we do but run?).
- without the result that (it never rains but it pours). —prep. Except; apart from; other than (all cried but me; nothing but trouble). —adv. - only; no more than; only just (we can but try; is but a child; had but arrived).
- in emphatic repetition; definitely (would see nobody, but nobody). —rel. Pron. Who not; that not (not a man but feels pity). —n. Objection (ifs and buts). but for without the help or hindrance etc. Of (but for you i'd be rich). But one (or two etc.) Excluding one (or two etc.) From the number (next door but one; last but one). But then however (i won, but then i am older). [old english]
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