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  • 21bungle — I. v. a. Botch, do clumsily, mismanage, make a botch of, make a mess of. II. v. n. Work clumsily, be a botcher …

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  • 22Failure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Failure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 failure failure Sgm: N 1 nonsuccess nonsuccess nonfulfillment Sgm: N 1 dead failure dead failure successlessness Sgm: N 1 abortion abortion miscarriage Sgm: N 1 b …

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  • 23Sundial — A sundial is a device that measures time by the position of the Sun. In common designs such as the horizontal sundial, the sun casts a shadow from its style (a thin rod or a sharp, straight edge) onto a flat surface marked with lines indicating… …

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  • 24mismanage — v. a. Misconduct, manage ill, make a mess of, make a botch of, make sad work of …

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  • 25fluff — [fluf] n. [? blend of FLUE3 + PUFF] 1. soft, light down 2. a loose, soft, downy mass of hair, feathers, cotton, dust, etc. 3. any light or trivial matter or talk 4. Theater Radio TV an error in speaking or reading a line …

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  • 26screw — screwable, adj. screwer, n. screwless, adj. screwlike, adj. /skrooh/, n. 1. a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, esp. by means of a screwdriver. 2 …

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  • 27flub — ☆ flub [flub ] vt., vi. flubbed, flubbing [< ? FL(OP) + (D)UB] Informal to make a botch of (a job, chance, stroke, etc.); bungle n. Informal a mistake or blunder …

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  • 28mess up — verb 1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 1) I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑ …

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  • 29screw up — verb 1. make more intense (Freq. 1) Emotions were screwed up • Syn: ↑heat up, ↑hot up • Hypernyms: ↑intensify, ↑compound, ↑heighten, ↑ …

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  • 30Glossary of professional wrestling terms — Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of slang, in references, and jargon.[1] Much of it stems from the industry s origins in the days of carnivals and circuses,[2] and the slang itself is often referred to as carny talk. In… …

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