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Recoil

1. Move back suddenly: To move back suddenly and violently, e.g. after an impact.

2. Feel horror: To react instinctively with fear, horror, disgust, or distaste.

3. Sudden backward movement: A sudden and violent backward movement, especially that of a firearm when it is fired.

4. Movement away in horror: A movement back or away from something, especially in horror or disgust.
When you fire a gun, you feel the force of the recoil.
by Jafje April 5, 2007
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Nedersaksisch

Dialect spoken in areas of The Netherlands (aka Holland) that are close to the German boarder, also spoken in areas of Germany that are close to the Dutch boarder.
Nedersaksisch is a dialect that's a combination of the Dutch and German languages.
by Jafje May 19, 2007
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Imposture

Deception: The act of pretending to be somebody else in order to trick people, or an occasion on which this is done.

Imposture is what imposters do.
The act of imposture is against the law.
by Jafje April 10, 2007
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Spectrum

Noun;

1. A continuous distribution of colored light produced when a beam of white light is dispersed into its components, e.g. by a prism.

2. A range of radiation frequencies that have a particular property.

3. A visual record of the wavelengths of the radiation or particles emitted (see Emit) by a substance, used as a means of analyzing its physical properties such as energy and mass.

4. A range of values, especially one with opposite values at its limits.

5. The range of organisms that an antibiotic can kill.
1. A buautiful spectrum.
2. There's several spectrums in the air.
3. On the spectrum you can see the wavelengths of the radiation or particles emitted by the strange object.
4. A spectrum of opinions between the policital parties.
5. This antibiotic has a large spectrum.
by Jafje September 14, 2007
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Asinine

Official:

1. Something utterly ridiculous or lacking sense.
2. Something relating to or resembling an ass.

Slang:

1. The act of being an asshole.
2. The act of being a retard.
3. The act of being stupid.
4. The act of being ignoramus.
Official:

1. That's an asinine plan.
2. That piece of "art" is asinine.

Slang:

That guy's asinine, in all meanings of the word.
by Jafje September 30, 2007
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Abandon

VERB:

1. To leave somebody or something behind for others to look after, especially somebody or something meant to be a personal responsibility.

2. To leave a place or vehicle, especially for reasons of safety and without intending to return soon.

3. To renounce or reject something previously done or used

4. To surrender control of something completely to somebody else.

5. To stop doing something before it is completed, usually because of difficulty or danger.

6. To abandon yourself: To give yourself over to a powerful emotion.

NOUN:

*Complete lack of inhibition or self-restraint.
VERB:

1. Pets abandoned by their owners.
2. They had to abandon their vehicles in the snow.
3. The practice was abandoned long ago.
4. As troops closed in the town was abandoned to its fate.
5. Abandoning the rescue attempt.
6. He abandoned himself to his grief.

NOUN:

*French "abandoner" -> "under control".
by Jafje May 3, 2007
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Tacit

Adjective;

Something implied but not expressed: understood or implied without being stated openly.
A tacit agreement.
by Jafje September 24, 2007
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