A speeding motorist was caught by radar from a police helicopter in the sky.
An officer pulled him over and began to issue a traffic ticket.
"How did you know I was speeding?" the frustrated driver asked.
The police officer pointed somberly toward the sky.
"You mean," asked the motorist, "that even He is against me?"
- loud cry of pain, rage, derision, or laughter. —v. - make a howl.
- weep loudly.
- utter with a howl. howl down prevent (a speaker) from being heard by howls of derision. [imitative]
HUFF
—n. Colloq. Fit of petty annoyance. —v. - blow air, steam, etc.
- (esp. Huff and puff) bluster self-importantly but ineffectually.
- draughts remove (an opponent's piece) as a forfeit. in a huff colloq. Annoyed and offended. [imitative of blowing]
HUGE
adj. - extremely large; enormous.
- (of an abstract thing) very great. hugeness n. [french ahuge]
HULA
hoop n. Large hoop spun round the body.
- n. (also hula-hula) polynesian dance performed by women, with flowing arm movements. [hawaiian]
HULK
n. - body of a dismantled ship.
- colloq. Large clumsy-looking person or thing. [old english]
HULL
n. Body of a ship, airship, etc. [perhaps related to *hold2]
- —n. Outer covering of a fruit, esp. The pod of peas and beans, the husk of grain, or the green calyx of a strawberry. —v. Remove the hulls from (fruit etc.). [old english]
HUMP
—n. - rounded protuberance on a camel's back, or as an abnormality on a person's back.
- rounded raised mass of earth etc.
- critical point in an undertaking.
- (prec. By the) slang fit of depression or vexation (gave me the hump). —v. - (often foll. By about) colloq. Lift or carry (heavy objects etc.) With difficulty.
- make hump-shaped. [probably low german or dutch]
HUNG
parliament n. Parliament in which no party has a clear majority.
—v. - (also absol.) A pursue and kill (wild animals, esp. Foxes, or game) for sport or food. B use (a horse or hounds) for hunting. C (of an animal) chase (its prey).
- (foll. By after, for) seek, search.
- (of an engine etc.) Run alternately too fast and too slow.
- scour (a district) for game.
- (as hunted adj.) (of a look etc.) Terrified as if being hunted. —n. - practice or instance of hunting.
- a association of people hunting with hounds. B area for hunting. hunt down pursue and capture. hunting n. [old english]
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