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.

the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

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Also, Diesel.

Origin:
after R. Diesel, the engine's inventor

Example Sentences

Diesel oil poisoning occurs when someone swallows diesel oil.

Blended with petroleum diesel fuel or home heating oil, it requires no basic modifications to oil burners or diesel engines.

On one occasion, the university solicited bids for a company to provide diesel fuel.

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Diesel oil poisoning occurs when someone swallows diesel oil.

Blended with petroleum diesel fuel or home heating oil, it requires no basic modifications to oil burners or diesel engines.

On one occasion, the university solicited bids for a company to provide diesel fuel.

But he is strongly opposed to announcing across-the-board cuts in petrol or diesel duties.

Recent technology leaves diesel engines in the dust.

With a turn of the key, its diesel engine springs to life.

If your vehicle has a diesel engine, you can convert it to run on waste vegetable oil from restaurants.

But some people may be surprised to learn diesel cars can be less polluting than hybrids.

Diesel engine makers have adapted to tougher environmental mandates, treating newer, cleaner engines as a point of pride.

Diesel fuel made from oilseeds, petrol replaced by ethanol made from corn, sugar or grain-or even straw.

It also happens to be the cleanest diesel engine on the planet.

Both of the resulting fuels-ethanol and gas-are then burned in a standard diesel engine to generate electricity.

It's not surprising that fuel-saving diesel cars are getting snapped up at wholesale auctions and at used-car dealer lots.

Diesel vehicles, which get better mileage and are eligible for tax breaks, may become more attractive to consumers.

As a result, it could give diesel engines a run for their money.

Diesel vehicles generally get better mileage than comparable gasoline vehicles.

If the grid is no longer available, you use diesel generators.

Typically, commercially available biodiesel is combined with regular petroleum diesel.

Do not lose sight of battery life and cost of replacement vis-a-vis diesel engine which lasts almost infinitely.

Instead of recharging through a plug, the batteries get their juice from a gasoline or diesel engine.

After all, diesel is not traditionally thought of as a winner in the clean exhaust sweepstakes, nor is it known for speeds.

Incredibly funny handling with little high torque diesel.

Emergency diesel generators cannot make up for the loss of the grid, and cannot operate indefinitely.

The world's islands rely heavily on pricey, polluting diesel oil for electricity.

It plans to start ethanol production this year at the pilot plant, with diesel to follow early next year.

The gases and liquids can be chemically converted into gasoline or diesel fuel.

Diesel engines have always been more fuel-efficient than petrol engines.

However, many typical diesel oil compounds were observed in the core sample.

Diesel exhaust also contains several carcinogens and other toxic substances.

My father was a diesel mechanic, fixing road-building machines.

Wind power will replace half of the diesel previously needed.

It is used to create fuels, such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

Espinoza said he was optimistic because small slicks formed instead of one giant slick, and the diesel fuel was evaporating.

But some places are rationing diesel and banning the filling of fuel containers to deter black marketeering.

Her stepdad is a diesel mechanic who used to help her work on her car.

The fuel is made from vegetable oils, mainly soybeans, and can be burned without modification to diesel engines.

While the price of gasoline may be on the verge of setting another record, diesel is already there.

At the moment, diesel is in short supply and there is a glut of fuel oil.

For school children, health experts say diesel exhaust presents a serious health concern.

But unlike diesel engines, modern gasoline engines emit virtually no soot although both produce large amounts of carbon dioxide.

He could change water into petrol or diesel on which cars ran for many miles.

Any diesel engine can burn it with less soot than regular diesel.

The culprit, of course, is diesel emissions from the trucks.

The new regulations will reduce emissions from tractors, bulldozers and other nonroad vehicles propelled by diesel fuel.

If anything goes sideways, the bus still has the diesel generator to provide power.

His vessel burns diesel by the barrel, so when the.

Fuel prices are higher after the government boldly scrapped subsidies on petrol and diesel.

Biofuels release roughly as much carbon dioxide when burnt as regular gasoline or diesel.

Over the past ten years such cars had largely switched from petrol to diesel for better fuel economy and lower.

The racket, diesel exhaust, and looming tires had probably made mama bear flee.

Meanwhile, at today's domestic military installations, a large diesel generator may be tied directly to each individual building.

Yup, and that's why plug-in hybrids that use diesel or gas engines should be the focus today.

Now a bit of alchemy may be the cheapest way to create a gallon of diesel fuel.

Some countries must rent costly diesel generators to boost hydropower in years of drought.

They carry torches, dispensing burning droplets of gasoline and diesel fuel.

And fossil fuel particulates come from sources such as diesel engines or burning coal.

Investments run the gamut from fuel cells to diesel engine technology.

In areas without electricity, donkeys haul diesel to generators.

The soot particles come from fires both natural and man-made, diesel engines, and coal-fired power plants.

The company will likely tackle diesel and jet fuel next, and it may have a significant advantage.

Yemen's tatty economy barely profits from the rising price of oil, as expensive subsidies for diesel fuel offset much of the gain.

Growing the corn also requires nitrogen fertilizer, made with natural gas, and heavy use of diesel farm machinery.

Another advantage of the diesel engine turbine hybrid is that it has a quick start up time.

Ethanol is corrosive and has less energy per litre than petrol and diesel.

Laredo's downtown streets smell of diesel exhaust and roasted elotes-ears of.

They have tons of filthy polluting diesel buses driving fat tourists around.

It has sold diesel railway-engines and earthmoving equipment.

Without fanfare or countdown the crane operator throttled up the diesel engine and pulled a lever.

There's the whoosh and honking of traffic, and the smell of diesel and gasoline fumes rising in the air.

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noun

Ru·dolf

[roo-dolf, -dawlf; Ger. roo-dawlf] , 1858–1913, German automotive engineer.

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diesel (ˈdiːz^əl)

—n
1.	See diesel engine
2.	a ship, locomotive, lorry, etc, driven by a diesel engine
3.	informal short for diesel oil
4.	slang (South African) any cola drink: spook and diesel
5.	sucking diesel See suck

Diesel (ˈdiːz^əl)

—n
	Rudolf (ˈruːdɔlf). 1858--1913, German engineer, who invented the diesel engine (1892)

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diesel

1894, named for Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913), Ger. mechanical engineer who designed this type of engine.

Slang Dictionary

diesel definition

[ˈdizlæ]

mod.
really good. : I am set for a diesel evening and I intend to enjoy it.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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