At a local coffee bar, a young woman was expounding on her idea of the perfect mate to some of her friends.
"The man I marry must be a shining light amongst company. He must be musical. Tell jokes. Sing. And stay home at night!"
An old granny overheard and spoke up, "Honey, if that"s all you want, get a TV!"
- side n. Colloq. - reverse side of a gramophone record.
- reverse or less important side of something.
- —v. (-pp-) 1 flick or toss (a coin, pellet, etc.) So that it spins in the air.
- turn (a small object) over; flick.
- slang = flip one's lid. —n. - act of flipping.
- colloq. Short trip. —adj. Colloq. Glib; flippant. flip one's lid slang lose self-control; go mad. Flip through = flick through. [probably from *fillip]
- n. - = *egg-flip.
- drink of heated beer and spirit. [perhaps from *flip1]
FLIT
—v. (-tt-) 1 move lightly, softly, or rapidly.
- make short flights.
- colloq. Disappear secretly to escape creditors etc. —n. Act of flitting. [old norse: related to *fleet]
FLOE
n. Sheet of floating ice. [norwegian]
FLOG
v. (-gg-) 1 a beat with a whip, stick, etc. B make work through violent effort (flogged the engine).
- (often foll. By off) slang sell. flog a dead horse waste one's efforts. Flog to death colloq. Talk about or promote at tedious length. [origin unknown]
FLOP
—v. (-pp-) 1 sway about heavily or loosely.
- (often foll. By down, on, into) fall or sit etc. Awkwardly or suddenly.
- slang fail; collapse (play flopped).
- make a dull soft thud or splash. —n. - flopping movement or sound.
- slang failure. —adv. With a flop. [var. Of *flap]
FLOW
chart n. (also flow diagram or flow sheet) diagram of the movement or action in a complex activity.
- —v. - glide along as a stream.
- (of liquid, blood, etc.) Gush out; be spilt.
- (of blood, money, electric current, etc.) Circulate.
- move smoothly or steadily.
- (of a garment, hair, etc.) Hang gracefully.
- (often foll. By from) be caused by.
- (esp. Of the tide) be in flood.
- (of wine) be plentiful.
- (foll. By with) archaic be plentifully supplied with (flowing with milk and honey). —n. - a flowing movement or mass. B flowing liquid (stop the flow). C outpouring; stream (flow of complaints).
- rise of a tide or river (ebb and flow). [old english]
FLUE
n. - smoke-duct in a chimney.
- channel for conveying heat. [origin unknown]
FLUX
n. - process of flowing or flowing out.
- discharge.
- continuous change (state of flux).
- substance mixed with a metal etc. To aid fusion. [latin fluxus from fluo flux- flow]
FOAL
—n. Young of a horse or related animal. —v. Give birth to (a foal). in (or with) foal (of a mare etc.) Pregnant. [old english]
FOAM
—n. - mass of small bubbles formed on or in liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.
- froth of saliva or sweat.
- substance resembling these, e.g. Spongy rubber or plastic. —v. Emit or run with foam; froth. foam at the mouth be very angry. foamy adj. (-ier, -iest). [old english]
To add to the dictionary krossvordista new word or its definition to an existing word, click on the "Add a word or definition of" fill opened form and click "to send".