Wayne was returning home from a business trip... bags in hand ... and slowly making his way to his vehicle in the crowded airport garage.
Suddenly a large dark car screeched to a stop in front of Wayne, and the driver pointed menacingly at him. “Get in," the driver ordered. "I"ll take you to your car."
Startled, Wayne took a step backward. "Ah ... no thanks," he answered. "I can get there myself."
"No," the man barked back as he threw open his passenger side door. "Get In !"
Wayne’s eyes now darted around the garage, hoping to find a security guard.
Just then, the driver’s face softened. "Please," he said, "I’ve been driving up and down for two hours. I can’t find a space to park and I want yours.
—v. - scatter or cause (liquid) to scatter in drops.
- wet with spattered liquid etc.
- a (usu. Foll. By across, along, about, etc.) Move while spattering liquid etc. B jump or fall into water etc. With a splash.
- display (news) prominently.
- decorate with scattered colour.
- spend (money) ostentatiously. —n. - act or noise of splashing.
- quantity of liquid splashed.
- mark etc. Made by splashing.
- prominent news feature, display, etc.
- patch of colour.
- colloq. Small quantity of soda water etc. (in drink). make a splash attract attention. Splash out colloq. Spend money freely. splashy adj. (-ier, -iest). [imitative]
SPLEEN
n. - abdominal organ regulating the quality of the blood.
- moroseness, irritability (from the earlier belief that the spleen was the seat of such feelings). [greek splen]
SPLICE
—v. (-cing) 1 join (ropes) by interweaving strands.
- join (pieces of wood or tape etc.) By overlapping.
- (esp. As spliced adj.) Colloq. Join in marriage. —n. Join made by splicing. splice the main brace naut. Hist. Slang issue an extra tot of rum. [probably dutch splissen]
SPLINT
—n. Strip of wood etc. Bound to a broken limb while it sets. —v. Secure with a splint. [low german or dutch]
SPLOSH
colloq. —v. Move with a splashing sound. —n. - splashing sound.
- splash of water etc. [imitative]
SPOILT
past and past part. Of *spoil.
SPOKEN
past part. Of *speak. —adj. (in comb.) Speaking in a specified way (well-spoken). spoken for claimed (this seat is spoken for).
SPONGE
bag n. Waterproof bag for toilet articles.
- cake n. Light spongy cake.
- pudding n. Light spongy pudding.
- rubber n. Porous rubber.
- —n. - sea animal with a porous body wall and a rigid internal skeleton.
- this skeleton or a piece of porous rubber etc. Used in bathing, cleaning, etc.
- thing like a sponge in consistency etc., esp. A sponge cake.
- act of sponging. —v. (-ging) 1 wipe or cleanse with a sponge.
- (often foll. By out, away, etc.) Wipe off or efface (as) with a sponge.
- (often foll. By up) absorb (as) with a sponge.
- (often foll. By on, off) live as a parasite. spongiform adj. (esp. In senses 1, 2 of the n.). [latin spongia]
SPONGY
adj. (-ier, -iest) like a sponge, porous, elastic, absorbent. sponginess n.
SPOOKY
adj. (-ier, -iest) colloq. Ghostly, eerie. spookily adv. Spookiness n.
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