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."
- not mentally active; showing no interest. vacantly adv. [latin: related to *vacate]
- possession n. Ownership of an unoccupied house etc.
VACATE
v. (-ting) leave vacant, cease to occupy (a house, post, etc.). [latin vaco be empty]
VACUUM
brake n. Brake worked by the exhaustion of air.
- cleaner n. Machine for removing dust etc. By suction. vacuum-clean v.
- flask n. Vessel with a double wall enclosing a vacuum, ensuring that the contents remain hot or cold.
- tube n. Tube with a near-vacuum for the free passage of electric current.
- —n. (pl. -s or -cua) 1 space entirely devoid of matter.
- space or vessel from which all or some of the air has been pumped out.
- absence of the normal or previous content, activities, etc.
- (pl. -s) colloq. Vacuum cleaner. —v. Colloq. Clean with a vacuum cleaner. [latin vacuus empty]
VAGARY
n. (pl. -ies) caprice, whim. [latin vagor wander]
VAGINA
n. (pl. -s or -nae) canal from the uterus to the vulva in female mammals. vaginal adj. [latin, = sheath]
VALISE
n. Us small portmanteau. [french from italian]
VALIUM
n. Propr. Drug diazepam used as a tranquillizer. [origin uncertain]
VALLEY
n. (pl. -s) low area between hills, usu. With a stream or river flowing through it. [french: related to *vale]
VALOUR
n. (us valor) courage, esp. In battle. valorous adj. [latin valeo be strong]
VANDAL
n. Person who wilfully or maliciously damages property. vandalism n. [vandals, name of a germanic people that sacked rome and destroyed works of art in the 5th c.: latin from germanic]
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