"We"re going to play elephants and circuses," - said a little boy at kindergarten, "Do you want to join in?"
"I"d love to," - replied the teacher. "What do you want me to do?"
"You can be the lady that feeds us peanuts!"
adj. Of or in spasms, intermittent. spasmodically adv. [greek: related to *spasm]
SPEAKEASY
n. (pl. -ies) us hist. Slang place where alcoholic liquor was sold illicitly.
SPEARHEAD
—n. - point of a spear.
- person or group leading an attack etc. —v. Act as the spearhead of (an attack etc.).
SPEARMINT
n. Common garden mint, used in cookery and to flavour chewing-gum etc.
SPEARWORT
n. Aquatic plant with narrow spear-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.
SPECIALTY
n. (pl. -ies) esp. Us = *speciality.
SPECTACLE
n. - striking, impressive, or ridiculous sight.
- public show.
- object of public attention. [latin specio spect- look]
SPECTATOR
n. Person who watches a show, game, incident, etc. spectate v. (-ting) informal. [latin: related to *spectacle]
- sport n. Sport attracting many spectators.
SPECULATE
v. (-ting) 1 (usu. Foll. By on, upon, about) theorize, conjecture.
- deal in a commodity or asset in the hope of profiting from fluctuating prices. speculation n. Speculative adj. Speculator n. [latin specula watch-tower, from specio look]
SPEECHIFY
v. (-ies, -ied) joc. Make esp. Boring or long speeches.
