brink | (noun) the limit beyond which something happens or changes | Synonyms: verge |
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(noun) the edge of a steep place | - |
(noun) a region marking a boundary | Synonyms: threshold, verge |
brinkmanship | (noun) the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety) | - |
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crinkle | (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle |
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crinkleroot | (noun) North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots | Synonyms: Cardamine diphylla, crinkle-root, crinkle root, Dentaria diphylla, pepper root, toothwort |
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drink | (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, crapulence, drinking, drunkenness |
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(noun) the act of swallowing | Synonyms: deglutition, swallow |
(noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: beverage, drinkable, potable |
(noun) a single serving of a beverage | - |
(noun) any large deep body of water | - |
drinkable | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: beverage, drink, potable |
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drinker | (noun) a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) | Synonyms: imbiber, juicer, toper |
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(noun) a person who drinks liquids | - |
drinking | (noun) the act of consuming liquids | Synonyms: imbibing, imbibition |
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(noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, crapulence, drink, drunkenness |
nondrinker | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstainer, abstinent |
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rink | (noun) building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating | Synonyms: skating rink |
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rinkhals | (noun) highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet | Synonyms: Hemachatus haemachatus, ringhals, spitting snake |
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shrink | (noun) a physician who specializes in psychiatry | Synonyms: head-shrinker, psychiatrist |
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shrinkage | (noun) the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store | Synonyms: shoplifting |
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(noun) the amount by which something shrinks | - |
(noun) process or result of becoming less or smaller | Synonyms: shrinking |
shrinking | (noun) the act of becoming less | - |
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(noun) process or result of becoming less or smaller | Synonyms: shrinkage |
sprinkle | (noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water | Synonyms: sparge, sprinkling |
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(noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | Synonyms: scattering, sprinkling |
sprinkler | (noun) mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden | - |
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sprinkles | (noun) bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream | Synonyms: jimmies |
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sprinkling | (noun) the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) | Synonyms: aspersion |
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(noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water | Synonyms: sparge, sprinkle |
(noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | Synonyms: scattering, sprinkle |
(noun) a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly | Synonyms: scattering |
trinket | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bangle, bauble, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty |
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trinketry | (noun) trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively | - |
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wrinkle | (noun) a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) | - |
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(noun) a minor difficulty | - |
(noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam |