apple dumplin shop »
A woman's bosom.
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beer goggles »
The illusion that people are more attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption.
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bench jockey »
A baseball term for a player, coach or manager who is annoying and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench with verbal repartee.
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beyond the black stump »
Extremely remote, outside the populated area.
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bump and grind »
A combination of movements resembling such a dance, as in road racing, whitewater kayaking, or exercising; any activity involving prolonged jarring or shaking.
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bump and grind »
A sexually suggestive dance involving exaggerated hip movements, especially a striptease dance.
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bump into »
To collide with something.
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bump into »
To meet someone by chance.
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bump off »
To kill, especially to murder.
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bump up »
To increase something suddenly.
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bump up »
To promote a person to a higher grade.
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bump up »
To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
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bumper crop »
A large yield; an excess of something.
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bunny hop »
A jump made where both wheels leave the ground.
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catch air »
To make a jump.
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catch big air »
Superlative of catch air; make a big jump high off the ground.
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chrome horn »
The front bumper of a car when used to bump another vehicle, usually to inform the driver of the other vehicle, that the first car would like to pass.
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chump change »
A sum of money considered to be insignificant.
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chump change »
An amount of remuneration, reward, or other monetary recompense considered to be insultingly small.
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chump-change »
Of or pertaining to something of little monetary value.
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dar brincos »
To jump, leap.
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double Dutch »
A game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.
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down in the dumps »
Sad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.
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draw stumps »
To cease doing something, at least for the day.
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draw stumps »
To declare an end to the days play, and remove the bails and sometimes the stumps.
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ear trumpet »
old hearing aid
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fluff up »
To plump up.
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garbage in, garbage out »
(computing, information technology) If input data is not complete, accurate, and timely, then the resulting output is unreliable and of no useful value.1963, Raymond Crowley, "Robot Tax Collector Seeks Indications of 'Fudging'," Times Daily (Alabama, USA), 1 April (retrieved 26 July 2010):Officials explained that the quality of the computer's work depends on the quality of the data fed into it. Neil Hoke, administrative assistant to Stewart, quoted an adage of computer men: "Garbage in, garbage out."2008, Roger K. Lewis, "'In Architectural Design, Brains and Talent Trump the Best Software," Washington Post, 19 July (retrieved 26 July 2010):The old caveat "GIGO"
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get a jump on »
To start early, especially to start before something begins or before others begin.
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go jump in the lake »
Used to tell a person that to go away, or that their request will not be met.
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homeless dumping »
The practice of hospital employees or emergency workers releasing homeless patients on the streets instead of placing them into the custody of a relative or shelter or retaining them in a hospital where they may require expensive medical care.
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horse sense »
Common sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom independent from, and trumping, formal education.
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jump »
By jerking the body violently.
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jump »
That is further forward.
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jump »
To attack suddenly and violently.
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jump »
To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
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jump »
To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
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jump »
To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
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jump »
To force to jump.
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jump »
To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
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jump about »
To move erratically by jumping. Usually as a result of being excited.
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jump about »
To move from side to side, or fidget annoyingly. Usually as a result of being nervous.
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jump around »
To move erratically by jumping. Usually as a result of being excited.
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jump around »
To move from side to side, or fidget annoyingly. Usually as a result of being nervous.
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jump at »
To accept something enthusiastically. Usually an opportunity, or chance, or job etc.
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jump at the chance »
To immediately accept an offer.
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jump down »
To leave an elevated position to a lower position by one jump.
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jump for joy »
Exalt, [rejoice]], feel elation.
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jump in »
To enter something quickly. Usually a mode of transport.
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jump off »
To participate in the final round of an equestrian showjumping event.
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jump off »
To move from an elevated place by one jump.
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jump on »
To board a public transport vehicle.
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jump on »
To attack someone verbally, or criticise them over strongly for small errors.
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jump on the bandwagon »
To profit from a craze; to join a trend.
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jump rope »
A single jump in this game or activity, counted as a measure of achievement.
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jump rope »
The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. Often used for athletic training and among schoolchildren. Variations involve speed, chants, varied rope and jumper movement patterns, multiple jumpers and/or multiple ropes.
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jump rope »
The length of rope, sometimes with handles, casing or other additions, used in that activity.
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jump ship »
To depart a project without warning.
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jump ship »
To part from a ship.
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jump someone's bones »
To have sex.
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jump the gun »
To act or begin too soon or without due caution.
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jump the gun »
To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.
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jump the gun »
To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.
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jump the queue »
To desire preferential treatment, undue influence; impatient.
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jump the queue »
To move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.
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jump the shark »
To undergo a storyline development which is so ridiculous that previous quality is considered to have been lost.
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jump through hoops »
To put forth effort for the sake of appearance or demonstration.
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jump to conclusions »
Make conclusions before being presented with all the evidence.
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jump up »
To move from one position to a higher position by one jump.
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jumped-up »
Describes a person who thinks he is superior in some way that the speaker disagrees with. For instance, of a higher class, or has more authority than they have in reality.
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jumped-up »
We're doomed if this wee jumped-up monkey gets Gordon Smith's blessing.
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knacker's yard »
That area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.
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knock on wood »
To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted my a presumptuous statement.
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knock out »
To strike or bump someone or something out.
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knock over »
To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.
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last trump »
Forever.
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last trump »
The moment of God's final judgement on Earth.
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like a cat on a hot tin roof »
Jumpy, nervous.
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like hot cakes »
Quickly, especially by purchase or consumption.
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like it or lump it »
To accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not.
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look before you leap »
Don't jump into something too precipitously; be at least a bit foresightful or circumspect.
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lump in one's throat »
A feeling of emotional sadness. On the point of crying.
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lump it »
To endure, accept, put up with a situation one does not like.
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lump to one's throat »
A feeling of emotional sadness. On the point of crying.
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lump together »
To put different items or groups together and treat them, or think of them as one single group.
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overleap »
To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.
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plump up »
To shake or arrange so as to be fatter or more evenly distributed.
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puddle jumper »
A small passenger airplane, typically used for shorter connecting trips to smaller airports.
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pull up stumps »
To cease doing something, at least for the day.
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pump iron »
To lift weights; to engage in weight or strength training.
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pump up »
To inflate by means of a pump.
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pump up »
To inflate with a pumping action.
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pump up »
To excite a person or group to a frenzy.
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pump up »
To cause one's muscles to swell by means of focussed weightlifting.
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rubbish dump »
tip
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shoo-in »
A candidate or contestant generally agreed upon as the presumptive winner; somebody who is well-liked or widely agreed upon.
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skip rope »
To jump over a rope, both of whose ends are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is moved under the jumper's feet in a continual rhythm; to play the game of jump rope or exercise by jumping rope.
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sleeping policeman »
A speed bump.
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stand up »
To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
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stump up »
To pay for something. Often indicating reluctance to pay.
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take one's lumps »
To endure through criticism or other adversity.
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take one's lumps »
To receive physical abuse and to survive.
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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick »
Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at [1] on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at [2] on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at [3] on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at [4] on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at [5] on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at [6] on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isn
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trump up »
Heavily publicise, promote or market a product.
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turn into a pumpkin »
Used to indicate a curfew, or the time by which one must depart.
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under the impression »
Thinking or making assumptions, often incorrectly.
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wake up on the wrong side of bed »
To feel grumpy, irritable; to be easily annoyed.
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watch one's head »
To look out for things one's head might bump into.
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what do I know »
Implies that a statement is based on a guess or assumption rather than on knowledge or evidence.
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