A drummer, sick of all the drummer jokes, decides to change his instrument. After some thought, he decides on the accordion.
So he goes to the music store and says to the owner, "I"d like to look at the accordions, please."
The owner gestures to a shelf in the corner and says, "All our accordions are over there."
After browsing, the drummer says, "I think I"d like the big red one in the corner."
The store owner looks at him and says, "You"re a drummer, aren"t you?"
The drummer, crestfallen, says, "How did you know?"
The store owner says, "That "big red accordion" is the radiator."
- law put (esp. Forged money) into circulation. [dutch]
UTURN
n. - u-shaped turn of a vehicle so as to face in the opposite direction.
- abrupt reversal of policy.
UVULA
n. (pl. Uvulae) fleshy part of the soft palate hanging above the throat. uvular adj. [latin diminutive of uva grape]
UGLIFY
v. (-ies, -ied) make ugly.
ULLAGE
n. - amount by which a cask etc. Falls short of being full.
- loss by evaporation or leakage. [french from latin]
ULSTER
n. Long loose overcoat of rough cloth. [ulster in ireland]
ULTIMO
adj. Commerce of last month (the 28th ultimo). [latin, = in the last (mense month)]
UMLAUT
n. - mark (¨) used over a vowel, esp. In germanic languages, to indicate a vowel change.
- such a vowel change, e.g. German mann, männer, english man, men. [german]
UMPIRE
—n. Person enforcing rules and settling disputes in esp. Cricket or between disputants. —v. (-ring) (often foll. By for, in, etc.) Act as umpire (in). [french nonper not equal: related to *peer2]
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