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grandfather clause.noun,.plural.grandfather
clauses
a clause.exempting.certain.preexisting.classes
of people or things from the requirements
of a piece of.legislation,
normally because they existed before the legislation
goof.noun,.plural.goofs
an incompetent, foolish
or stupid individual; a careless
mistake (the electric cars have a big goof in them, as the batteries often
explode without giving time for occupants to exit)
goof, goofed,
goofing,
goofs.verbs
intransitive
verb use.to
make a silly mistake; blunder
transitive
verb use.to
spoil,
as through clumsiness;
bungle
(goofed up the roofing job); from Old
North French 'goffe' meaning 'stupid'
goon.noun,.plural.goons
a thug.hired
to intimidate or harm opponents;
a stupid or oafish
individual; a simpleton
gore, gored,
goring,
gores.transitive
verbs
to pierce
or stab with a horn or tusk
gore.noun,.plural.gores
blood, especially coagulated blood from a wound;
from Middle English, 'filth'
from Old English 'gor'
guinea pig.noun,.plural.guinea
pigs
an individual who is used as a subject for experimentation
or research, often unbeknownst
to them
glass.noun,.plural.glasses
any of a large class
of materials with highly variable.mechanical
and optical.properties
that solidify from the molten.state
without crystallization,
are typically made by silicates.fusing
with boric.oxide,
aluminum oxide or phosphorus pentoxide,
are generally hard, brittle and
transparent
or translucent and are considered
to be supercooled liquids rather than true solids; something made of glass,
such as lenses to see better, something used for drinking liquids out of
and a window or windowpane (a piece of glass in a window) and the like
gem.noun,.plural.gems
something that is valued
for its beauty or perfection (a little gem of a book); a pearl
or mineral that has been cut and
polished for use as an ornament
gem, gemmed,
gemming,
gems.transitive
verbs
to adorn
with
garbage.noun,.plural.garbages
food wastes, as from a kitchen; refuse;
trash;
worthless
or nonsensical.matter;
rubbish
(their advice turned out to be
nothing but garbage); inferior
or offensive.literary
or artistic.material
(garbage collection; a garbage disposal); from Middle
English, offal from fowls
Computers: in computers,
incorrect, meaningless or unwanted information in input, output or memory
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