- Sir! Did you have a good holiday? Did you go away?
- Yes, I went to France, to Paris.
- Did you have much trouble with your French when you were there?
- No, I didn"t - but the Parisians did.
- us slang —n. Loafer or tramp; dissolute person. —v. (-mm-) 1 (often foll. By around) loaf or wander around.
- cadge. —attrib. Adj. Of poor quality. [german bummler loafer]
BUN
fight n. Slang tea party.
- n. - small sweet bread roll or cake, often with dried fruit.
- hair coiled and pinned to the head. [origin unknown]
BUR
n. - a prickly clinging seed-case or flower-head. B any plant having these.
- clinging person.
- var. Of *burr n. 2. [scandinavian]
BUS
lane n. Part of a road mainly for use by buses.
- shelter n. Shelter beside a bus-stop.
- station n. Centre where buses depart and arrive.
- —n. (pl. Buses or us busses) 1 large esp. Public passenger vehicle, usu. Travelling a fixed route.
- colloq. Car, aeroplane, etc. —v. (buses or busses, bussed, bussing) 1 go by bus.
- us transport by bus, esp. To aid racial integration. [abbreviation of *omnibus]
BUT
—conj. - a nevertheless, however (tried but failed). B on the other hand; on the contrary (i am old but you are young).
- except, otherwise than (cannot choose but do it; what could we do but run?).
- without the result that (it never rains but it pours). —prep. Except; apart from; other than (all cried but me; nothing but trouble). —adv. - only; no more than; only just (we can but try; is but a child; had but arrived).
- in emphatic repetition; definitely (would see nobody, but nobody). —rel. Pron. Who not; that not (not a man but feels pity). —n. Objection (ifs and buts). but for without the help or hindrance etc. Of (but for you i'd be rich). But one (or two etc.) Excluding one (or two etc.) From the number (next door but one; last but one). But then however (i won, but then i am older). [old english]
BUY
—v. (buys, buying; past and past part. Bought) 1 a obtain for money etc. B serve to obtain (money can't buy happiness; the best that money can buy).
- a procure by bribery etc. B bribe.
- get by sacrifice etc.
- slang believe in, accept.
- be a buyer for a store etc. —n. Colloq. Purchase. buy in buy a stock of. Buy into pay for a share in (an enterprise). Buy off pay to get rid of. Buy oneself out obtain one's release (esp. From the armed services) by payment. Buy out pay (a person) for ownership, an interest, etc. Buy up 1 buy as much as possible of.
- absorb (a firm etc.) By purchase. [old english]
BYE
n. - cricket run scored from a ball that passes the batsman without being hit.
- status of an unpaired competitor in a sport, who proceeds to the next round by default. [from *by as a noun]
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