- (often foll. By about, on) colloq. Wildly excited or infatuated.
- colloq. Angry.
- (of an animal) rabid.
- wildly light-hearted. like mad colloq. With great energy or enthusiasm. madness n. [old english]
- cow disease n. Colloq. = *bse.
MAE
west n. Slang inflatable life-jacket. [name of a film actress]
MAG
n. Colloq. = *magazine 1. [abbreviation]
MAJ
Abbr. Major.
MAL
comb. Form 1 a bad, badly (malpractice; maltreat). B faulty (malfunction).
- not (maladroit). [french mal badly, from latin male]
MAN
about town n. Fashionable socializer.
- friday n. Male helper or follower.
- in the street n. Ordinary person.
- of letters n. Scholar or author.
- of the world see *world.
- to man adv. Candidly.
- —n. (pl. Men) 1 adult human male.
- a human being; person. B the human race.
- a workman (the manager spoke to the men). B manservant, valet.
- (usu. In pl.) Soldiers, sailors, etc., esp. Non-officers.
- suitable or appropriate person; expert (he is your man; the man for the job).
- a husband (man and wife). B colloq. Boyfriend, lover.
- human being of a specified type or historical period (renaissance man; peking man).
- piece in chess, draughts, etc.
- colloq. As a form of address. 10 person pursued; opponent (police caught their man). —v. (-nn-) 1 supply with a person or people for work or defence.
- work, service, or defend (man the pumps).
- fill (a post). as one man in unison. Be one's own man be independent. To a man without exception. manlike adj. [old english]
MAP
—n. - a flat representation of the earth's surface, or part of it. B diagram of a route etc.
- similar representation of the stars, sky, moon, etc.
- diagram showing the arrangement or components of a thing. —v. (-pp-) 1 represent on a map.
- math. Associate each element of (a set) with one element of another set. map out plan in detail. [latin mappa napkin]
MAR
Abbr. March.
- v. (-rr-) spoil; disfigure. [old english]
MAT
—n. - small piece of coarse material on a floor, esp. For wiping one's shoes on.
- piece of cork, rubber, etc., to protect a surface from a hot dish etc. Placed on it.
- padded floor covering in gymnastics, wrestling, etc. —v. (-tt-) (esp. As matted adj.) Entangle or become entangled in a thick mass (matted hair). on the mat slang being reprimanded. [old english]
- var. Of *matt.
MAW
n. - stomach of an animal or colloq. Greedy person.
- jaws or throat of a voracious animal. [old english]
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