"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!"
—v. - write or make (marks) in a hurried untidy way.
- (foll. By out) cross out by scrawling over. —n. - hurried untidy manner of writing.
- example of this. scrawly adj. [origin uncertain]
SCREAM
—n. - loud high-pitched cry of fear, pain, etc.
- similar sound or cry.
- colloq. Hilarious occurrence or person. —v. - emit a scream.
- speak or sing (words etc.) In a screaming tone.
- make or move with a screaming sound.
- laugh uncontrollably.
- be blatantly obvious. [old english]
SCREED
n. - long usu. Tiresome piece of writing or speech.
- layer of cement etc. Applied to level a surface. [probably from *shred]
SCREEN
printing n. Printing process with ink forced through a prepared sheet of fine material.
- test n. Audition for a part in a film.
- —n. - fixed or movable upright partition for separating, concealing, or protecting from heat etc.
- thing used to conceal or shelter.
- a concealing stratagem. B protection thus given.
- a blank surface on which a photographic image is projected. B (prec.
SCREWY
adj. (-ier, -iest) slang 1 crazy or eccentric.
- absurd. screwiness n.
SCRIBE
—n. - ancient or medieval copyist of manuscripts.
- ancient jewish record-keeper or professional theologian and jurist.
- pointed instrument for making marks on wood etc.
- colloq. Writer, esp. A journalist. —v. (-bing) mark with a scribe. scribal adj. [latin scriba from scribo write]
SCRIMP
v. Skimp. [origin unknown]
SCRIPT
—n. - text of a play, film, or broadcast.
- handwriting; written characters.
- type imitating handwriting.
- alphabet or system of writing.
- examinee's written answers. —v. Write a script for (a film etc.). [latin scriptum from scribo write]
SCROLL
—n. - roll of parchment or paper, esp. Written on.
- book in the ancient roll form.
- ornamental design imitating a roll of parchment. —v. (often foll. By down, up) move (a display on a vdu screen) to view earlier or later material. [originally (sc)rowle *roll]
SCRUFF
n. Back of the neck (esp. Scruff of the neck). [perhaps from old norse skoft hair]
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