Did you hear about the kid who was pulled over for speeding?
The cop got out of his car and the young man rolled down his window.
"I’ve been waiting for you all day," the cop said.
The guy replied, "Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could."
When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.
n. - bitter digestive fluid secreted by the liver.
- bad temper; peevish anger. [latin bilis]
BILK
v. Slang 1 cheat.
- elude.
- avoid paying (a creditor or debt). [origin uncertain]
BILL
n. Slang = *old bill. [diminutive of william]
- of exchange n. Written order to pay a sum of money on a given date to the drawer or to a named payee.
- of fare n. Menu.
- of lading n. Detailed list of a ship's cargo.
- —n. - statement of charges for goods or services.
- draft of a proposed law.
- poster, placard.
- programme of entertainment.
- us banknote. —v. - send a statement of charges to.
- put in the programme; announce.
- (foll. By as) advertise as. [medieval latin bulla seal]
- —n. - bird's beak.
- narrow promontory. —v. (of doves etc.) Stroke bills. bill and coo exchange caresses. [old english]
- n. - hist. Weapon with a hooked blade.
- = *billhook. [old english]
BIND
—v. (past and past part. Bound) 1 tie or fasten tightly.
- restrain forcibly.
- (cause to) cohere.
- compel; impose a duty on.
- a edge with braid etc. B fasten (the pages of a book) in a cover.
- constipate.
- ratify (a bargain, agreement, etc.).
- (often foll. By up) bandage. —n. Colloq. Nuisance; restriction. bind over law order (a person) to do something, esp. Keep the peace. [old english]
BINE
n. - twisting stem of a climbing plant, esp. The hop.
- flexible shoot. [dial. Form of *bind]
BINT
n. Slang, usu. Offens. Girl or woman. [arabic]
BIRD
n. - two-legged feathered winged vertebrate, egg-laying and usu. Able to fly.
- slang young woman.
- slang person.
- slang prison; prison sentence. a bird in the hand something secured or certain. The birds and the bees euphem. Sexual activity and reproduction. Birds of a feather similar people. For the birds colloq. Trivial, uninteresting. Get the bird slang be rejected, esp. By an audience. [old english]
- of paradise n. Bird, the male of which has brilliant plumage.
- of passage n. - migrant.
- habitual traveller.
- of prey n. Bird which hunts animals for food.
- table n. Platform on which food for birds is placed.
BIRO
n. (pl. -s) propr. A kind of ball-point pen. [biró, name of its inventor]
BITE
—v. (-ting; past bit; past part. Bitten) 1 cut or puncture with the teeth.
- (foll. By off, away, etc.) Detach thus.
- (of an insect etc.) Sting.
- (of a wheel etc.) Grip, penetrate.
- accept bait or an inducement.
- be harsh in effect, esp. Intentionally.
- (in passive) a swindle. B (foll. By by, with, etc.) Be infected by (enthusiasm etc.).
- colloq. Worry, perturb.
- cause smarting pain (biting wind). 10 be sharp or effective (biting wit). 11 (foll. By at) snap at. —n. - act of biting.
- wound etc. Made by biting.
- a mouthful of food. B snack.
- taking of bait by a fish.
- pungency (esp. Of flavour).
- incisiveness, sharpness.
- position of the teeth when the jaws are closed. bite the dust slang die. Bite a person's head off colloq. Respond angrily. Bite one's lip repress emotion etc. [old english]
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