14 definitions by Digs

Last name of famous jazz composer and artist, Charlie Mingus.

Cowboy phrase. "Let us depart, then."

Joyeuse was Charlemagne's sword. Charlemagne, of course, set up one of history's greatest empires.

Vodka and grapefruit juice glassed, with salt around the rim.

1 : v. to fire upon an exposed target, typically from a distance/hidden

2 : v. to steal something of little or no value

3 : n. a surprisingly existant longbilled bird known to inhabit marshlands, the object of snipe hunts, which are doomed to failure, as success is not the goal.

Norse mythology. Odin's great spear, made by Dvalin, who was a dwarf.

An exultation of joy, similar to hooray but on a wholly different scale.