One evening Sherlock Holmes was going along the street and suddenly saw a man down…
- It’s certain, this gentleman is very tired after work… or he is dead drunk… or he is after being with a woman, … — reflected Holmes. As it’s Sunday today, he can’t be coming back from work… At such a late hour all shops are closed, and he couldn’t buy alcohol. So he is coming back from a woman. But in this remote place there are only two women — Watson’s wife and mine. Consequently, as I’m coming back from Watson’s wife, …
- Watson, rascal, get up!!!
—n. - strap etc. Used to support or raise a thing.
- bandage supporting an injured arm from the neck.
- strap etc. For firing a stone etc. By hand. —v. (past and past part. Slung) 1 colloq. Throw.
- suspend with a sling. sling one's hook slang go away. [old norse or low german or dutch]
- n. Sweetened drink of spirits (esp. Gin) and water. [origin unknown]
SLINK
v. (past and past part. Slunk) (often foll. By off, away, by) move in a stealthy or guilty manner. [old english]
SLOOP
n. Small one-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel. [dutch sloep]
SLOPE
—n. - inclined position, direction, or state.
- piece of rising or falling ground.
- difference in level between the two ends or sides of a thing.
- place for skiing on a mountain etc. —v. (-ping) 1 have or take a slope, slant.
- cause to slope. slope arms place one's rifle in a sloping position against one's shoulder. Slope off slang go away, esp. To evade work etc. [aslope crosswise]
SLOSH
—v. - (often foll. By about) splash or flounder.
- slang hit, esp. Heavily.
- colloq. A pour (liquid) clumsily. B pour liquid on. —n. - slush.
- act or sound of splashing.
- slang heavy blow. [var. Of *slush]
SLOTH
n. - laziness, indolence.
- slow-moving s. American mammal that hangs upside down in trees. [from *slow]
SLUMP
—n. Sudden severe or prolonged fall in prices and trade, usu. Bringing widespread unemployment. —v. - undergo a slump.
- sit or fall heavily or limply. [imitative]
SLUNG
past and past part. Of *sling1.
SLUNK
past and past part. Of *slink.
SLURP
colloq. —v. Eat or esp. Drink noisily. —n. Sound of this. [dutch]
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".