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doodle
(encz) | doodle,čmáranice Jaroslav Šedivý |
doodle
(gcide) | doodle \doo"dle\, n. [Cf. Dawdle.]
A trifler; a simple fellow.
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doodle
(wn) | doodle
n 1: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle]
v 1: make a doodle; draw aimlessly |
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cockadoodledoo
(mass) | cock-a-doodle-doo
- kikirikí |
cock-a-doodle-doo
(encz) | cock-a-doodle-doo,kohoutek n: Zdeněk Brožcock-a-doodle-doo,kykyryký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
doodlebug
(encz) | doodlebug,proutek Pavel Machek |
doodler
(encz) | doodler, |
cock-a-doodle-doo
(gcide) | cock-a-doodle-doo \cock-a-doodle-doo\ n.
the crowing sound made by a rooster.
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doodlesack
(gcide) | doodlesack \doo"dle*sack`\, n. [Cf. G. dudelsack.]
The Scotch bagpipe. [Prov. Eng.]
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Fop-doodle
(gcide) | Fop-doodle \Fop"-doo`dle\, n.
A stupid or insignificant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. [R.]
--Hudibras.
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Timber doodle
(gcide) | Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin
to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar
timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer,
Dan. t["o]mmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L.
domus a house, Gr. ? house, ? to build, Skr. dama a house.
[root]62. Cf. Dome, Domestic.]
1. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for
tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and
the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes
of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
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And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . .
And fiddled in the timber! --Tennyson.
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2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
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3. Fig.: Material for any structure.
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Such dispositions are the very errors of human
nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make
politics of. --Bacon.
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4. A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for
building, or already framed; collectively, the larger
pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a
house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the
covering or boarding.
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So they prepared timber . . . to build the house.
--1 Kings v.
18.
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Many of the timbers were decayed. --W. Coxe.
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5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U. S.]
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6. (Shipbuilding) A rib, or a curving piece of wood,
branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a
vertical direction. One timber is composed of several
pieces united.
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Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space.
See under Room.
Timber beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles the larvae of which bore in timber; as, the silky
timber beetle (Lymexylon sericeum).
Timber doodle (Zool.), the American woodcock. [Local, U.
S.]
Timber grouse (Zool.), any species of grouse that inhabits
woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge; --
distinguished from prairie grouse.
Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily
marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch.
Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were
formerly compelled to ride for punishment. --Johnson.
Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for
marking timber. --Simmonds.
Timber sow. (Zool.) Same as Timber worm, below. --Bacon.
Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber.
Timber worm (Zool.), any larval insect which burrows in
timber.
Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.
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Whangdoodle
(gcide) | Whangdoodle \Whang"doo`dle\, n.
An imaginary creature, of undefined character. [Slang]
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Yankee-Doodle
(gcide) | Yankee-Doodle \Yan`kee-Doo"dle\, n.
1. The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the
national airs of the United States.
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2. Humorously, a Yankee.
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We might have withheld our political noodles
From knocking their heads against hot
Yankee-Doodles. --Moore.
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cock-a-doodle-doo
(wn) | cock-a-doodle-doo
n 1: an imitation of the crow of a cock |
doodlebug
(wn) | doodlebug
n 1: a small motor vehicle
2: a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
[syn: buzz bomb, robot bomb, flying bomb, doodlebug,
V-1]
3: the larva of any of several insects [syn: doodlebug, {ant
lion}, antlion] |
yankee-doodle
(wn) | Yankee-Doodle
n 1: an American (especially to non-Americans) [syn: Yankee,
Yank, Yankee-Doodle] |
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