n. An extreme form of the drinking game Beirut. The set up calls for the entire back row of the pyramid of cups to fill up the width of the playing table and continuing until it reaches the middle of the table.
Man, we were playing beirut last night and decided to up the ante to hourglass. I totally blacked out. Good thing someone took pictures.
by Mediocre Man December 12, 2009
An hourglass is a device used to measure the passage of time. It comprises two glass bulbs connected vertically by a narrow neck that allows a regulated flow of a substance from the upper bulb to the lower one.
by Hannah George June 08, 2020
1. The body shape that most guys find ideal for a female. A girl with an hourglass shape will have a small waist and wider hips (aka curves), making her body look kind of like an hourglass.
(There's no way you can make yourself hourglass-shaped if you aren't already.)
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2. A funny-shaped container that lets sand trickle through it, used to tell time.
(There's no way you can make yourself hourglass-shaped if you aren't already.)
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2. A funny-shaped container that lets sand trickle through it, used to tell time.
I wish I had the body of a model...if only I was hourglass-shaped!
Some board games use miniature hourglasses as timers.
Some board games use miniature hourglasses as timers.
by Brittany Elle April 01, 2008
the most trustworthy tool of comprehending time and space that was originated in china and brought about by the jeremy with the help of the Indonesians
by evan_felix July 02, 2012
by derfy- July 21, 2005
by a pear-shaped girl January 29, 2005
A state in which a computer is "thinking" and is currently unresponsive. Not exactly frozen, hourglassing gives a potentially false sense of action on the part of the computer.
Most common on systems running various forms of the Windows operating system. I'm sure Mac/Linux GUI users have their own terms for it.
Most common on systems running various forms of the Windows operating system. I'm sure Mac/Linux GUI users have their own terms for it.
CSR: You'll have to bear with me a moment, my PC is hourglassing.
ME: Hourglassing, eh? Is that the technical term for it?
ME: Hourglassing, eh? Is that the technical term for it?
by Dan Hunke August 21, 2006