Beaman <span class="searchmatch">be</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> (third-person singular simple present is <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>, present participle being <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>, simple past was <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>, past participle been <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>) (idiomatic...
English <span class="searchmatch">man</span>. IPA(key): /<span class="searchmatch">ˈmaŋ</span>/, /<span class="searchmatch">ˈman</span>/, [<span class="searchmatch">ˈma̠ŋ</span>], [<span class="searchmatch">ˈmɑ̟ŋ</span>] <span class="searchmatch">man</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>, male human <span class="searchmatch">A</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> no ben <span class="searchmatch">man</span> taki. ― The <span class="searchmatch">man</span> could not speak. -<span class="searchmatch">man</span> manpikin <span class="searchmatch">man</span> to <span class="searchmatch">be</span> able...
lyke <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> (“in the manner of <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>, in accordance with <span class="searchmatch">man</span>”). like <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> (colloquial, simile) Bravely, decisively, and without complaining. Don't <span class="searchmatch">be</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> wimp:...
"<span class="searchmatch">man</span>" Rhymes: -æn From <span class="searchmatch">man</span>. <span class="searchmatch">man</span> <span class="searchmatch">Man</span> The genus Homo. (poetic) Humankind in general. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: <span class="searchmatch">A</span> Mystery...
I'll <span class="searchmatch">be</span> right back, but I've got to go to see <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> about <span class="searchmatch">a</span> dog. (all senses): see <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span>, see <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> about <span class="searchmatch">a</span> horse (use the toilet): see <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> about the...
China + -<span class="searchmatch">man</span> → Chinaman Yorkshire + -<span class="searchmatch">man</span> → Yorkshireman <span class="searchmatch">A</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> whose name begins with the preceding letter. H + -<span class="searchmatch">man</span> → H-<span class="searchmatch">man</span> (“<span class="searchmatch">man</span> whose name...
Syllabification: <span class="searchmatch">man</span>- <span class="searchmatch">man</span>- actor trigger verb prefix <span class="searchmatch">man</span>- + inom (“drink”) → <span class="searchmatch">man</span>-inom (“to drink”) used to form adjectives indicating an attribute <span class="searchmatch">man</span>- + kilat...
<span class="searchmatch">man's</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> (plural men's men) <span class="searchmatch">A</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> who is popular among men. (euphemistic) <span class="searchmatch">a</span> homosexual <span class="searchmatch">man</span>. <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> who is popular among men lady's <span class="searchmatch">man</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> among men Ammanns...
sees <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> about <span class="searchmatch">a</span> horse, present participle seeing <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> about <span class="searchmatch">a</span> horse, simple past saw <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> about <span class="searchmatch">a</span> horse, past participle seen <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> about <span class="searchmatch">a</span> horse)...
See also: conman con <span class="searchmatch">man</span> (plural con men) Alternative form of conman...