A man went to the Police Station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before.
"You"ll get your chance in court," said the sergeant.
"No, no no!" said the man. "I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I"ve been trying to do that for years!"
n. Small arachnid, esp. Of a kind found in cheese etc. [old english]
- n. - any small monetary unit.
- small object or person, esp. A child.
- modest contribution. [probably the same as *mite1]
MITT
n. - (also mitten) glove with only two compartments, one for the thumb and the other for all four fingers.
- glove leaving the fingers and thumb-tip exposed.
- slang hand or fist.
- baseball glove. [latin: related to *moiety]
MLLE
abbr. (pl. -s) mademoiselle.
MOAN
—n. - long murmur expressing physical or mental suffering or pleasure.
- low plaintive sound of wind etc.
- colloq. Complaint; grievance. —v. - make a moan or moans.
- colloq. Complain, grumble.
- utter with moans. moaner n. [old english]
MOAT
n. Defensive ditch round a castle etc., usu. Filled with water. [french mote mound]
MOCK
orange n. White-flowered heavy-scented shrub.
- turtle soup n. Soup made from a calf's head etc. To resemble turtle soup.
- —v. - (often foll. By at) ridicule; scoff (at); act with scorn or contempt for.
- mimic contemptuously.
- defy or delude contemptuously. —attrib. Adj. - sham, imitation.
- as a trial run (mock exam). —n. (in pl.) Colloq. Mock examinations. mockingly adv. [french moquer]
MODE
n. - way in which a thing is done.
- prevailing fashion or custom.
- mus. Any of several types of scale. [french and latin modus measure]
MOLD
(brit. Mould) —n. - hollow container into which a substance is poured or pressed to harden into a required shape.
- a vessel for shaping puddings etc. B pudding etc. Made in this way.
- form or shape.
- frame or template for producing mouldings.
- character or type (in heroic mould). —v. - make (an object) in a required shape or from certain ingredients (moulded out of clay).
- give shape to.
- influence the development of. [french modle from latin *modulus]
- n. (brit. Mould) furry growth of fungi occurring esp. In moist warm conditions. [old norse]
- n. (brit. Mould) 1 loose earth.
- upper soil of cultivated land, esp. When rich in organic matter. [old english]
MOLE
n. - small burrowing mammal with dark velvety fur and very small eyes.
- slang spy established in a position of trust in an organization. [low german or dutch]
- n. Small permanent dark spot on the skin. [old english]
- n. - massive structure serving as a pier, breakwater, or causeway.
- artificial harbour. [latin moles mass]
- n. Chem. The si unit of amount of a substance equal to the quantity containing as many elementary units as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. [german mol from molekUl *molecule]
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