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  • 121bowser — Australian/New Zealand for fuel oil pump, 1921, from S.F. Bowser & Co., Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S., founded by the inventor of the gasoline pump, whose product predominated Down Under. As a dog s name, attested from 1806, perhaps imitative of… …

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  • 122howl — [[t]ha͟ʊl[/t]] howls, howling, howled 1) VERB If an animal such as a wolf or a dog howls, it makes a long, loud, crying sound. Somewhere in the streets beyond a dog suddenly howled, baying at the moon. N COUNT Howl is also a noun. The dog let out …

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  • 123bay — bay1 noun a broad curved inlet of the sea. Origin ME: from OFr. baie, from Old Sp. bahia. bay2 (also bay laurel or sweet bay) noun an evergreen, purple berried Mediterranean shrub, with aromatic leaves that are used in cookery. [Laurus nobilis.]… …

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  • 124bay — I noun ships were anchored in the bay Syn: cove, inlet, estuary, indentation, gulf, bight, basin, fjord, arm; natural harbor, anchorage II noun there was a bay set into the wall Syn: alcove, recess, niche …

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  • 125howl — 1. noun 1) the howl of a wolf Syn: baying, howling, bay, cry, yowl, bark, yelp 2) a howl of anguish Syn: wail, cry, yell, yelp, yowl; bellow …

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  • 126furious — furious, frantic, frenzied, wild, frenetic, delirious, rabid are comparable when they mean possessed with uncontrollable excitement especially under the stress of a powerful emotion. Furious implies strong excitement or violence that… …

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  • 127scream blue murder — Vrb phrs. To make an outcry of anger or exasperation. E.g. The crowd was screaming blue murder and baying for the head of George Bush, who they blamed for the death of their families and children …

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  • 128howl — v 1. yowl, ululate, bark, bay; cry or cry out, wail, bawl; caterwaul, screech, shriek, scream; yell, shout, Inf. holler, bellow, roar. 2.Informal. laugh loudly, roar with laughter. n 3. howling, yowl, yowling, ululation, bark, barking, baying;… …

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