| baboo | (noun) used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' | Synonyms: babu |
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| ballyhoo | (noun) blatant or sensational promotion | Synonyms: hoopla, hype, plug |
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| bamboo | (noun) woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture | - |
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| (noun) the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles | - |
| boo | (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: bird, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort |
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| buckaroo | (noun) local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) | Synonyms: buckeroo, vaquero |
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| buckeroo | (noun) local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) | Synonyms: buckaroo, vaquero |
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| bugaboo | (noun) a source of concern | - |
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| (noun) an imaginary monster used to frighten children | Synonyms: bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugbear |
| burgoo | (noun) porridge made of rolled oats | Synonyms: oatmeal |
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| (noun) thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available; southern United States | - |
| (noun) a gathering at which burgoo stew is served | - |
| cockatoo | (noun) white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds | - |
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| coo | (noun) the sound made by a pigeon | - |
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| cuckoo | (noun) any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail | - |
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| (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany |
| goo | (noun) any thick, viscous matter | Synonyms: gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge |
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| halloo | (noun) a shout to attract attention | - |
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| hoodoo | (noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetich, fetish, juju, voodoo |
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| (noun) something believed to bring bad luck | - |
| (noun) a practitioner of voodoo | - |
| (noun) (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock | - |
| hoopoo | (noun) any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill | Synonyms: hoopoe |
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| hullabaloo | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval |
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| igloo | (noun) an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome | Synonyms: iglu |
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| jigaboo | (noun) (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person | Synonyms: nigga, nigger, nigra |
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| kangaroo | (noun) any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail | - |
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| kazoo | (noun) a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece | - |
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| koodoo | (noun) either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush | Synonyms: koudou, kudu |
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| loo | (noun) a toilet in Britain | Synonyms: closet, W.C., water closet |
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| moo | (noun) the sound made by a cow or bull | - |
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| nardoo | (noun) Australian clover fern | Synonyms: common nardoo, Marsilea drummondii, nardo |
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| peekaboo | (noun) a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! | Synonyms: bopeep |
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| potoroo | (noun) Australian rat kangaroos | - |
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| purloo | (noun) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. | Synonyms: chicken purloo, poilu |
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| shampoo | (noun) the act of washing your hair with shampoo | - |
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| (noun) cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair | - |
| sissoo | (noun) East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties | Synonyms: Dalbergia sissoo, sisham, sissu |
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| switcheroo | (noun) a sudden unexpected switch | - |
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| taboo | (noun) an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion | Synonyms: tabu |
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| (noun) a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature | Synonyms: tabu |
| tattoo | (noun) the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining | - |
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| (noun) a design on the skin made by tattooing | - |
| (noun) a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters | - |
| ticktacktoo | (noun) a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does | Synonyms: noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoe, tit-tat-toe |
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| turakoo | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: touraco, turaco, turacou |
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| voodoo | (noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetich, fetish, hoodoo, juju |
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| (noun) a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities | Synonyms: hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism |
| (noun) (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities | - |
| wahoo | (noun) large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide | Synonyms: Acanthocybium solandri |
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| (noun) deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds | Synonyms: burning bush, Euonymus atropurpureus |
| (noun) upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas | Synonyms: Euonymus americanus, strawberry bush |
| waterloo | (noun) a final crushing defeat | - |
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| weeaboo | (noun) A white person, who is obsessed with Japanese culture, usually pejorative | Synonyms: weeb |
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| yahoo | (noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yokel |
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| zoo | (noun) the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition | Synonyms: menagerie, zoological garden |
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