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111toe — toe1 S3 [təu US tou] n [: Old English; Origin: ta] 1.) one of the five movable parts at the end of your foot →↑finger ▪ He stubbed his toe (=hurt it by kicking it against something) on a rock. big toe (=the largest of your toes) ↑heel, ↑ …
112toe — toe1 [ tou ] noun count ** one of the five individual parts at the end of your foot. Your big toe is the largest, and your little toe is the smallest: Vera slipped off her shoes and wriggled her toes. I stubbed my toe (=hurt it by hitting it) on… …
113very — ver|y [ veri ] function word *** Very can be used in the following ways: as an adverb (before adjectives and adverbs): It had been a long day and he was very tired. I always walk very quickly. She writes very well. as an adjective (only before a… …
114stub — (n.) O.E. stybb stump of a tree, from P.Gmc. *stubjaz (Cf. M.Du. stubbe, O.N. stubbr), from PIE root * (s)teu (see STEEP (Cf. steep) (adj.)). Extended in M.E. to other short, thick things. The verb sense of strike (one s toe) against something is …
115bad-lib — Changing what was going to be a curse word into an acceptable word right before saying it. Realizing she was in church when she stubbed her toe, Susan quickly bad libbed and said Oh, sugar …
116nutbunnies — Just an exclamatory with no real meaning. Used in a state of distress. Oh, nutbunnies, I stubbed my toe …
117bad-lib — Changing what was going to be a curse word into an acceptable word right before saying it. Realizing she was in church when she stubbed her toe, Susan quickly bad libbed and said Oh, sugar …
118nutbunnies — Just an exclamatory with no real meaning. Used in a state of distress. Oh, nutbunnies, I stubbed my toe …
119dog-end — n British a cigarette end. The word usually describes a stubbed out butt, rather than a partly smoked cigarette put aside for later relighting (a dimp or docker). It has been in use since at least World War II …
120dout — n British a cigarette end or stub. A word like dub, used by vagrants and working class speakers. The Oxford English Dictionary first recorded the word in use in Glasgow in 1975. It may be a dialectal form of dowse(d) or a contraction of stubbed… …
