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Noun > Piffling As you breathe out, make a dismissive sound with your lips like “ppfff.” It’s a sound that says, “Whatever,” or “That’s dumb,” or “That doesn’t matter.” It’s the sound people probably had in mind when they started Read More …
(no object) informal to spend more money than usual on something for yourself You should let yourself splurge once in a while. — often + on We decided to splurge on a bottle of good wine for dinner. — splurge Read More …
This word means “to say against.” To gainsay things or people is to speak against them, to disagree with them, to say that they’re wrong. Pronunciation: GAIN say That’s the accepted pronunciation, but long ago, it was a matter of Read More …
1 wear (someone) out or wear out (someone) : to make (someone) tired All that work in the yard yesterday really wore me out. She was worn out (=exhausted) from exercising. 2 wear out or wear (something) out or wear Read More …
This word might have come from an Old English one meaning “to drive away.” When something fazes you, it bothers you and makes you visibly worried, scared, confused, or embarrassed. Pronunciation: FAZE (rhymes with “daze” and “ways”) Part of speech: Read More …
With Greek roots that mean “without feeling” or “without sensation,” the word “anesthesia” means “a loss of the ability to feel.” Often this is literal: before you get surgery, you get either general anaesthesia, so that you’re asleep and you Read More …
to put (something) in a liquid for a period of time (+ object) Steep the tea for three minutes. (no object) The tea steeped for five minutes. steep in (phrasal verb) 1 steep (someone) in (something) : to make (someone) Read More …
A lark, or a skylark, is a kind of high-flying songbird. Figuratively, a lark is a spree, a silly game, or a playful adventure. And to lark, or to skylark, is to play around, often in a loud, silly, or Read More …
(no object) 1 always followed by an adverb or preposition : to fall suddenly straight down especially from a very high place The acrobat plummeted into the net. The car plummeted to the bottom of the canyon. The satellite plummeted Read More …
