a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
2.
dominoes, ( used with a singular verb ) any of various games played with such pieces, usually by matching the ends of pieces and laying the dominoes down in lines and angular patterns.
a large, hooded cloak with a mask covering the eyes, worn at masquerades.
2.
the mask.
3.
a person wearing such dress.
Origin: 1710–20; < Italian: hood and mask costume < Medieval Latin or Middle French: black hood worn by priests in winter; obscurely akin to Latindominus lord
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a small rectangular block used in dominoes, divided on one side into two equal areas, each of which is either blank or marked with from one to six dots
2.
(modifier) exhibiting the domino effect: a domino pattern of takeovers
[C19: from French, from Italian, perhaps from domino! master, said by the winner]
domino2 (ˈdɒmɪˌnəʊ)
—n , pl-noes, -nos
1.
a large hooded cloak worn with an eye mask at a masquerade
2.
the eye mask worn with such a cloak
[C18: from French or Italian, probably from Latin dominus lord, master]
Domino (ˈdɒmɪnəʊ)
—n
Fats. real name Antoine Domino born 1928, US rhythm-and- blues and rock-and-roll pianist, singer, and songwriter. His singles include "Ain't that a Shame" (1955) and "Blueberry Hill" (1956)
1801, from Fr. domino (1771), probably (on comparison of the black tiles of the game) from the meaning "hood with a cloak worn by canons or priests," from L. dominus "lord, master" (see domain), but the connection is not clear. Klein thinks it might be directly from dominus,
"because he who has first disposed his pieces becomes 'the master.' " Metaphoric use in geopolitics is from April 1954, first used by U.S. President Eisenhower in a "New York Times" piece, in reference to what happens when you set up a row of dominos and knock the first one down.
n. a one-hundred-dollar bill. : How many dominos is that going to cost?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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