While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the overturned craft.
Spotting and old beachcomber standing on the shore, the tourist shouted,
"Are there any gators around here?!"
"Naw," the man hollered back, "they ain"t been around for years!"
Feeling safe, the tourist started swimming leisurely toward the shore.
About halfway there he asked the guy,
"How"d you get rid of the gators?"
"We didn"t do nothin"," the beachcomber said. "The sharks got "em."
comb. Form 1,000 (esp. In metric units). [greek khilioi]
- n. (pl. -s) kilogram. [french, abbreviation]
KILT
—n. Pleated knee-length usu. Tartan skirt, traditionally worn by highland men. —v. - tuck up (the skirts) round the body.
- (esp. As kilted adj.) Gather in vertical pleats. [scandinavian]
KIND
—n. - race, species, or natural group of animals, plants, etc. (human kind).
- class, type, sort, variety.
- natural way, fashion, etc. (true to kind). —adj. (often foll. By to) friendly, generous, or benevolent. in kind 1 in the same form, likewise (was insulted and replied in kind).
- (of payment) in goods or labour, not money.
- character, quality (differ in degree but not in kind). Kind of colloq. To some extent (i kind of expected it). A kind of loosely resembling (he's a kind of doctor). [old english]
KING
charles spaniel n. Small black and tan spaniel.
- n. - (as a title usu. King) male sovereign, esp. A hereditary ruler.
- pre-eminent person or thing (oil king).
- (attrib.) Large (or the largest) kind of plant, animal, etc. (king penguin).
- chess piece which must be checkmated for a win.
- crowned piece in draughts.
- court-card depicting a king.
- (the king) national anthem when the sovereign is male. kingly adj. Kingship n. [old english]
- of arms n. A chief herald.
- of beasts n. Lion.
- of birds n. Eagle.
KINK
—n. - a twist or bend in wire etc. B tight wave in hair.
- mental twist or quirk, esp. When perverse. —v. (cause to) form a kink. [low german or dutch]
KIRK
n. Scot. & n.engl. - church.
- (the kirk or the kirk of scotland) church of scotland. [old norse kirkja = *church]
KISS
of death n. Apparent good luck etc. Which causes ruin.
- of life n. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
- —v. - touch with the lips, esp. As a sign of love, affection, greeting, or reverence.
- (of two people) touch each others' lips in this way.
- lightly touch. —n. - touch with the lips.
- light touch. kiss and tell recount one's sexual exploits. Kiss a person's arse coarse slang toady to. Kiss the dust submit abjectly. [old english]
KITE
n. - light framework with a thin covering flown on a string in the wind.
- soaring bird of prey. [old english]
KITH
n. kith and kin friends and relations. [old english, originally ‘knowledge’: related to *can1]
KIWI
fruit n. Green-fleshed fruit of a climbing plant.
- n. (pl. -s) 1 flightless long-billed new zealand bird.
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