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a striking success; used in the phrases "go (like) a bomb" and "go down a bomb"; Go like a bomb also means, when used of a vehicle, to go very fast an explosive weapon (v.) to be a failure ("the show bombed"); also as n. (n., used with the) something outstanding ("that show was the bomb"); sometimes spelled da bomb: bombardier
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
Synonyms are often from the different strata making up a language. For example, in English, Norman French superstratum words and Old English substratum words continue to coexist. [11] Thus, today there exist synonyms like the Norman-derived people, liberty and archer, and the Saxon-derived folk, freedom and bowman.
Go-on or goon (呉音, English: / ˈ ɡ oʊ. ɒ n / GOH -on ; Japanese pronunciation: [ɡo.oɴ] or [ɡoꜜoɴ] , "sounds from the Wu region " ) are Japanese kanji readings based on the classical pronunciations of Chinese characters of the historically prestigious eastern Jiankang [ 1 ] (now Nanjing ) dialect.
Unlike every other English verb except be, the preterite (simple past tense) of go is not etymologically related to its infinitive. Instead, the preterite of go, went, descends from a variant of the preterite of wend, the descendant of Old English wendan and Middle English wenden. Old English wendan (modern wend) and gān (mod.
The "Grease" actor launched a thousand memes when he introduced the "Frozen" star's performance of "Let It Go," unintelligibly pronouncing her name as "Adele Dazeem." 10. Chris Rock takes no ...
Go On may refer to: Go On, a TV series starring Matthew Perry; Go On..., the third album by American pop band Mr. Mister "Go On" (George Strait song), a country music song recorded by George Strait "Go On" (Uverworld song) Go On (actor) (born 1992), South Korean actor and model; Go-on, one of the different readings of Japanese kanji
Also means 'to fail' or 'to go bankrupt'. Go for a Burton: To die/break irreparably Informal British, from WWII. Go to Davy Jones's locker [2] To drown or otherwise die at sea: Euphemistic: Peregrine Pickle describes Davy Jones as 'the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep'. Go to the big [place] in the sky To die and go to ...