A college student was delivering pizza to a regular customer"s house in New York.
The guy who answered the door asked him, "What is the usual tip?"
"Well," replied the youth,"this is my first trip here, but the other guys say if I get a quarter out of you, I"ll be doing great."
"Is that so?" snorted the man. "Well, just to show them how wrong they are, here"s five dollars."
"Thanks!" replied the youth, "I"ll put this in my school fund."
"What are you studying?" asked the man.
The lad smiled and said: "Applied psychology."
- n. (also dryer) device for drying hair, laundry, etc.
DRIFT
—n. - a slow movement or variation. B this caused by a current.
- intention, meaning, etc. Of what is said etc.
- mass of snow etc. Heaped up by the wind.
- esp. Derog. State of inaction.
- slow deviation of a ship, aircraft, etc., from its course.
- fragments of rock heaped up (glacial drift).
- s.afr. Ford. —v. - be carried by or as if by a current of air or water.
- progress casually or aimlessly (drifted into teaching).
- pile or be piled into drifts.
- (of a current) carry, cause to drift. [old norse and germanic trift movement of cattle]
DRILL
—n. - tool or machine for boring holes, sinking wells, etc.
- instruction in military exercises.
- routine procedure in an emergency (fire-drill).
- thorough training, esp. By repetition.
- colloq. Recognized procedure (what's the drill?). —v. - a make a hole in or through with a drill. B make (a hole) with a drill.
- train or be trained by drill. [dutch]
- —n. - machine for making furrows, sowing, and covering seed.
- small furrow.
- row of seeds sown by a drill. —v. Plant in drills. [origin unknown]
- n. Coarse twilled cotton or linen fabric. [latin trilix having three threads]
- n. W. African baboon related to the mandrill. [probably native]
DRILY
adv. (also dryly) in a dry manner.
DRINK
—v. (past drank; past part. Drunk) 1 a (also absol.) Swallow (liquid). B swallow the contents of (a vessel).
- take alcohol, esp. To excess.
- (of a plant, sponge, etc.) Absorb (moisture).
- bring (oneself etc.) To a specified condition by drinking.
- wish (a person good health etc.) By drinking (drank his health). —n. - a liquid for drinking. B draught or specified amount of this.
- a alcoholic liquor. B portion, glass, etc. Of this. C excessive use of alcohol (took to drink).
- (the drink) colloq. The sea. drink in listen eagerly to. Drink to toast; wish success to. Drink up (also absol.) Drink all or the remainder of. drinkable adj. Drinker n.
DRIVE
—v. (-ving; past drove; past part. Driven) 1 urge forward, esp. Forcibly.
- a compel (was driven to complain). B force into a specified state (drove him mad). C (often refl.) Urge to overwork.
- a operate and direct (a vehicle, locomotive, etc.). B convey or be conveyed in a vehicle. C be competent to drive (a vehicle) (does he drive?). D travel in a private vehicle.
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