A man asked for a meal in a restaurant. The waiter brought the food and put it on the table. After a moment, the man called the waiter and said:
"Waiter! Waiter! There"s a fly in my soup!"
"Please don"t speak so loudly, sir," said the waiter, "or everyone will want one."
n. Figure of speech using a verb or adjective with two nouns, to one of which it is strictly applicable while the word appropriate to the other is not used (e.g. With weeping eyes and [sc. Grieving] hearts) (cf. *syllepsis). [greek, = a yoking, from zugon yoke]
ZIGZAG
—adj. With abrupt alternate right and left turns (zigzag line). —n. Zigzag line; thing having the form of a zigzag or having sharp turns. —adv. With a zigzag course. —v. (-gg-) move in a zigzag course. [french from german]
ZIMMER
frame n. Propr. A kind of walking-frame. [zimmer, name of the maker]
ZINNIA
n. Garden plant with showy flowers. [zinn, name of a physician and botanist]
ZIPPER
n. Esp. Us = *zip 3a.
ZIRCON
n. Zirconium silicate of which some translucent varieties are cut into gems. [german zirkon]
ZITHER
n. Stringed instrument with a flat soundbox, placed horizontally and played with the fingers and a plectrum. [latin: related to *guitar]
ZODIAC
n. - belt of the heavens including all apparent positions of the sun, moon, and planets as known to ancient astronomers, and divided into twelve equal parts (signs of the zodiac).
- diagram of these signs. zodiacal adj. [greek zoion animal]
ZOMBIE
n. - colloq. Person who acts mechanically or lifelessly.
- corpse said to have been revived by witchcraft. [west african]
ZONKED
adj. Slang (often foll. By out) exhausted; intoxicated. [zonk hit]
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A dog"s sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew.