| 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 gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
nanny (ˈnænɪ) ![]() | |
| —n , pl -nies | |
| 1. | a nurse or nursemaid for children |
| 2. | a. any person or thing regarded as treating people like children, esp by being patronizing or overprotective |
| b. (as modifier): the nanny state | |
| 3. | a child's word for grandmother |
| —vb , -nies, nannies, nannying, nannied | |
| 4. | (intr) to nurse or look after someone else's children |
| 5. | (tr) to be overprotective towards |
| [C19: child's name for a nurse] | |