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AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
(v.) (slang) to mooch, to hit up, to leave in a pompous manner pong (n.) (slang) a strong unpleasant smell; (v.) to give off a strong unpleasant smell; (adj.) pongy poof, poofter (derogatory) a male homosexual (US equivalent: fag, faggot) pouffe, poof, poove A small drum-shaped soft furnishing used as a foot rest (related US: hassock, Ottoman ...
to do a runner is to leave suddenly without notice, typically from a taxi or restaurant without payment [62] (US: dine-and-dash, from a restaurant) a competitor in a race run-up the period preceding an event (as an election) *; in cricket, the approach a bowler makes when preparing to deliver the ball the act of running up
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
While the reason for Pat leaving Wheel of Fortune is unclear, he has been forthcoming about his thoughts of retiring for some time. When speaking to Entertainment Tonight in September 2022, he ...
A ship's wheel or boat's wheel is a device used aboard a water vessel or airship, in which a helmsman steers the vessel and control its course. Together with the rest of the steering mechanism, it forms part of the helm (the term helm can mean the wheel alone, or the entire mechanism by which the rudder is controlled [ 1 ] ).
Vanna White is bidding an emotional farewell to Pat Sajak ahead of Sajak’s last episode as the host of “Wheel of Fortune” on June 7.. White struggled to hold back tears in a candid pretaped ...
'Wheel of Fortune' star Vanna White shared a message on Twitter reacting to the news that her co-star Pat Sajak is retiring as host after 41 years.