Eye-opener
pə noun
1.
an experience or disclosure that gives one a sudden realization or understanding: Her disclosures about her childhood were a real eyeopener.
2.
a drink of liquor taken early in the day and intended to wake a person up fully.
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| eye-opener | |
| —n | |
| 1. | something startling or revealing |
| 2. | (US), (Canadian) an alcoholic drink taken early in the morning |
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Eye-opener
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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