WOTD – 19 November 2023 From <span class="searchmatch">to</span> (“indicating <span class="searchmatch">a</span> limit reached”) + <span class="searchmatch">a</span> + <span class="searchmatch">man</span> (“adult male human; human regardless of gender or sex”), indicating that something...
<span class="searchmatch">man</span>. IPA(key): /<span class="searchmatch">maŋ</span>/, /<span class="searchmatch">man</span>/, [<span class="searchmatch">mã̠ŋ</span>], [<span class="searchmatch">mɑ̟ŋ</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> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> be able <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">A</span> man...
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 be <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...
see <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> about <span class="searchmatch">a</span> dog Wikipedia Unknown. As <span class="searchmatch">a</span> Prohibition-era reference <span class="searchmatch">to</span> getting alcohol, influenced by the expression hair of the dog. see <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> about...
J + -<span class="searchmatch">man</span> → J-<span class="searchmatch">man</span> (“<span class="searchmatch">man</span> whose name starts with an J”) <span class="searchmatch">A</span> ship which has special characteristics relating <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> trade or area. Guinea + -<span class="searchmatch">man</span> → Guineaman...
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 (“<span class="searchmatch">to</span> drink”) used <span class="searchmatch">to</span> 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...
alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">mần</span> (<span class="searchmatch">to</span> do, <span class="searchmatch">to</span> work) IPA(key): /<span class="searchmatch">maːn</span>/ Rhymes: -aːn <span class="searchmatch">mân</span> (feminine singular <span class="searchmatch">mân</span>, plural <span class="searchmatch">mân</span> or manion, equative <span class="searchmatch">maned</span>, comparative manach...
I've just got <span class="searchmatch">to</span> visit the ladies' room <span class="searchmatch">to</span> see <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> about <span class="searchmatch">a</span> horse. (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> dog (use the toilet): see <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">man</span> about the plumbing...