an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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 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.
n. a pistol. (Underworld.) : Put your heaters away, boys. This is a job for reason.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
It could even help with driving lights and heater fans while the car is running.
Imagine your heater talking to your air conditioner and your room lighting.
In two-tank systems, the solar water heater preheats water before it enters the conventional water heater.
His materials included a bicycle chain and pipes from a hot-water heater.
And that you should bolt your house to its foundation and lash the water heater to the wall.
My empty stocking dangled above the space heater from a clothesline shimmering with silver icicles.
Want to replace your existing gas water heater before it fails.
There are new thermal windows on all three levels, a new water heater and new central air conditioning.
Cardboard wine cartons were messily piled in one corner, behind the pool heater.
Turn your hot water heater down to where showering with only the hot tap open is comfortable.