You probably know what a plug is. But did you know that to plug is something you might do to a leaking pipe or a bathtub? How about something an actor might do on a talk show? There are many more meanings to it…
To stun is something a boxer might do to his/her opponent or something that a performer’s daring feats might do to the audience. And it can also be used figuratively…
A slat is a long, narrow strip of wood, metal, or the like used as a support for a bed, or the horizontal strips Venetian blinds have, for example. Colloquially, in US English, always in the plural form, slats are ribs. The verb to slat means…
A plow, in US English, or plough, in UK English, is a large tool used in farming for cutting, lifting, turning over, and breaking up soil, or any other tool that resembles this, such as those used to…
To dangle means ‘to hang or swing loosely’ and also ‘to cause something to hang loosely.’ If you dangle after someone, it means that you hang around them or follow them as if looking for favor or attention…
A bundle is a package, an item wrapped for carrying, or various items bound together. Figuratively, a large amount of something can be called a bundle and, as a slang term, a bundle means ‘a lot of money.’ As a verb, to bundle means…
A sloth is a slow-moving, tree-dwelling tropical American animal. They have long, coarse, brown or grayish fur and big claws for gripping tree branches while hanging upside down, as they usually do. And do you know why they’re called that?
To whirl means ‘to spin quickly, turning around or aside very fast.’ To travel or to be carried along very quickly is also to whirl and, if your head whirls, it means that you’re feeling dizzy. As a noun, a whirl is the…
