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Main Entry: drogue
Pronunciation: 'drOg
Function: noun
Etymology 1: Anthony Burgess’ _A Clockwork Orange_.
Date: circa 1971
Etymology 2: probably alteration of 1drag
Date: 1875
1. A toady. A cohort. A person that you use as a pawn. Someone that goes before the leader to take the main assault. A friend by convenience.
2 : SEA ANCHOR
3 a : a cylindrical or funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane b : a small parachute for stabilizing or decelerating something (as an astronaut's capsule) or for pulling a larger parachute out of stowage
3 : a funnel-shaped device which is attached to the end of a long flexible hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight and into which the probe of another airplane is fitted so as to receive fuel from the tanker.
*Definitions 2-3 derive from Merriam Webster.
Pronunciation: 'drOg
Function: noun
Etymology 1: Anthony Burgess’ _A Clockwork Orange_.
Date: circa 1971
Etymology 2: probably alteration of 1drag
Date: 1875
1. A toady. A cohort. A person that you use as a pawn. Someone that goes before the leader to take the main assault. A friend by convenience.
2 : SEA ANCHOR
3 a : a cylindrical or funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane b : a small parachute for stabilizing or decelerating something (as an astronaut's capsule) or for pulling a larger parachute out of stowage
3 : a funnel-shaped device which is attached to the end of a long flexible hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight and into which the probe of another airplane is fitted so as to receive fuel from the tanker.
*Definitions 2-3 derive from Merriam Webster.
by Nco November 15, 2003
Get the drogue mug.Outrun (1) verb.
1: to win a race.
2: To stay a course longer than others.
3: comparative: “A jet can outrun a car.”
Outrun (2) proper noun.
1: see definition above. An arcade game.
-Jessie was terrible at Outrun because he had short feet and couldn’t reach the pedals.
Outrun (3) verb clause
1: A code word for children planning to sneak out of their homes to meet.
-“Wanna play outrun?” asked Jessie into the phone.
2: Stealing cars. Sneaking out to steal cars.
Etymology: US, 1980s, from the videogame “Outrun”.
-Jessie was not very good at outrun because he forgot to check the gas tanks, his hands got split by the slimjim, and he never wore his glasses.
1: to win a race.
2: To stay a course longer than others.
3: comparative: “A jet can outrun a car.”
Outrun (2) proper noun.
1: see definition above. An arcade game.
-Jessie was terrible at Outrun because he had short feet and couldn’t reach the pedals.
Outrun (3) verb clause
1: A code word for children planning to sneak out of their homes to meet.
-“Wanna play outrun?” asked Jessie into the phone.
2: Stealing cars. Sneaking out to steal cars.
Etymology: US, 1980s, from the videogame “Outrun”.
-Jessie was not very good at outrun because he forgot to check the gas tanks, his hands got split by the slimjim, and he never wore his glasses.
My wife got a ticket from a cop in a bright station wagon. Her hope was that the officer would give up but she could not outrun the flashing lights or the radio response.
by Nco November 25, 2003
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1: Women that make their hair blond, white, platinum, etc by the use of bleach, peroxide, or putting their head in a toilet of said chemicals.
2: ditzy women that want to be known for their bodies instead of their minds.
3: A team of women-rocketeers that succesfully launched two gallons of bleach into the air by H-series engines in 1995. The FFA arrested them shortly after.
1: Women that make their hair blond, white, platinum, etc by the use of bleach, peroxide, or putting their head in a toilet of said chemicals.
2: ditzy women that want to be known for their bodies instead of their minds.
3: A team of women-rocketeers that succesfully launched two gallons of bleach into the air by H-series engines in 1995. The FFA arrested them shortly after.
by Nco November 23, 2003
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Get the M. Dilley mug.Deep thought.
A cliché that means deep thought.
The action of people thinking underwater.
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Main Entry: 1fath·om
Pronunciation: 'fa-th&m
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patEre to be open, pandere to spread out, Greek petannynai
Date: before 12th century
1 : a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water
2 : COMPREHENSION
A cliché that means deep thought.
The action of people thinking underwater.
also:
Main Entry: 1fath·om
Pronunciation: 'fa-th&m
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patEre to be open, pandere to spread out, Greek petannynai
Date: before 12th century
1 : a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water
2 : COMPREHENSION
The first year composition students could not fathom another way to write without the use of trite words.
by Nco November 15, 2003
Get the fathom mug.Though most bottle blonds will never bleach their lower hair, there is nothing like fire in the hole to know that the girl is real.
by Nco November 23, 2003
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