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   [lid] noun, verb, lid·ded, lid·ding.
noun
1.
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
2.
an eyelid.
3.
a restraint, ceiling, or curb, as on prices or news.
4.
Slang. a hat, cap, or other head covering.
5.
(in mosses)
a.
the cover of the capsule; operculum.
b.
the upper section of a pyxidium.
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6.
Slang. one ounce of marijuana.
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verb (used with object)
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to supply or cover with a lid.

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Idioms
8.
blow/flip one's lid, Slang. to lose control, especially to rage hysterically: He nearly flipped his lid over the way they damaged his car. Also, flip one's wig.
9.
blow the lid off, Informal. to expose to public view, especially to reveal something scandalous, illegal, etc.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hlid; cognate with Dutch, German lid, Old Norse hlith gate, gateway

Related forms
sub·lid, noun
un·der·lid, noun
un·lid·ded, adjective
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lid
O.E. hlid "lid, cover, opening, gate," from P.Gmc. *khlithan (cf. O.N. hlið "gate, gap," Swed. lid "gate," Du. lid, O.H.G. hlit "lid, cover"), from PIE base *kli- "cover, shut," or *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)), with here perhaps the sense of "that which bends over."
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Meaning "eyelid" is from c.1220. Slang sense of "hat, cap" is attested from 1896. Slang phrase put a lid on "clamp down on, silence, end" is from 1909.
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lid definition


  1. n.
    an eyelid. : Her lids began to close, and the professor raised his voice to a roar.
  2. n.
    one half to one ounce of marijuana. (Drugs. An amount that will fill a Prince Albert tobacco can lid. Often plural.) : It looks like a matchbox to me. Why do they call it a lid?
  3. n.
    a hat. : Where did you get that silly lid?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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