Fizzle's definitions

pull all the stops

1. v. i. To go balls out, put forth a great effort.
2. v. i. To take a risk, go out on a limb.
Pipe organs have little plungers called stops which control the volume. When the stops are pushed all the way in, the sound is very quiet. When pulled all the way out, the sound is very loud.

She pulled all the stops and cooked me a delicious candlelit dinner. Then she pulled all the stops and asked me if I thought she looked fat in that dress.

by fizzle April 22, 2004

with a quickness

adv. Quickly

I bet I could get that chick's digits with a quickness.

by fizzle April 13, 2004

local yokel

n. Trucker-speak for a local city cop. Same as a city kitty. See bear, smokey bear, bear report, county mounty, evel knievel.

I saw five local yokels today, behind on their quotas and watching me like a hawk.

Pretty soon, local yokels will be able to pull people over for not wearing a seat belt, instead of citing you for it after pulling you over for something else.

by fizzle April 15, 2004

joint

n. A motion picture by Spike Lee

"Do the Right Thing" is a Spike Lee Joint.

by fizzle March 27, 2004

hit me on the hip

Could mean calling someone on their cell phone, but could also mean calling someone's pager or two-way.

Most chicks have to call me at home, but I let her hit me on the hip.

by fizzle April 17, 2004

tall cotton

1. n. wealth, prosperity, money, power, influence, etc. See high cotton.
2. n. an area characterized by such. (The rich part of town.)

He lives over there in the tall cotton.

by fizzle December 22, 2005

up a creek

adj. same as up shit creek, but sounds better and is easier to say.

I was up a creek when the bill collector came.

by fizzle April 10, 2004