Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson were on a camping and hiking trip.
They had gone to bed and were lying there looking up at the sky. Holmes said, "Watson, look up. What do you see?"
"Well, I see thousands of stars."
"And what does that mean to you?"
"Well, I guess it means we will have another nice day tomorrow. What does it mean to you, Holmes?"
"To me, it means someone has stolen our tent."
- any fine powder. —v. Sprinkle with flour. floury adj. (-ier, -iest). Flouriness n. [different spelling of *flower ‘best part’]
FLOUT
—v. Disobey (the law etc.) Contemptuously; mock; insult. —n. Flouting speech or act. [dutch fluiten whistle: related to *flute]
FLOWN
past part. Of *fly1.
FLUFF
—n. - soft fur, feathers, or fabric particles etc.
- slang mistake in a performance etc. —v. - (often foll. By up) shake into or become a soft mass.
- colloq. Make a fluff; bungle. bit of fluff slang offens. Attractive woman. fluffy adj. (-ier, -iest). Fluffiness n. [probably dial. Alteration of flue fluff]
FLUID
ounce n. One-twentieth, or us one-sixteenth, of a pint.
- —n. - substance, esp. A gas or liquid, whose shape is determined by its confines.
- fluid part or secretion. —adj. - able to flow and alter shape freely.
- constantly changing (situation is fluid).
FLUKE
—n. Lucky accident (won by a fluke). —v. (-king) achieve by a fluke. fluky adj. (-ier, -iest). [origin uncertain]
- n. - parasitic flatworm, e.g. The liver fluke.
- flat-fish, esp. A flounder. [old english]
- n. - broad triangular plate on an anchor arm.
- lobe of a whale's tail. [perhaps from *fluke2]
FLUNG
past and past part. Of *fling.
FLUNK
v. Us colloq. Fail (esp. An exam). [origin unknown]
