[thing] 
| 1. | a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object. |
| 2. | some entity, object, or creature that is not or cannot be specifically designated or precisely described: The stick had a brass thing on it. |
| 3. | anything that is or may become an object of thought: things of the spirit. |
| 4. | things, matters; affairs: Things are going well now. |
| 5. | a fact, circumstance, or state of affairs: It is a curious thing. |
| 6. | an action, deed, event, or performance: to do great things; His death was a horrible thing. |
| 7. | a particular, respect, or detail: perfect in all things. |
| 8. | aim; objective: The thing is to reach this line with the ball. |
| 9. | an article of clothing: I don't have a thing to wear. |
| 10. | things,
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| 11. | a task; chore: I've got a lot of things to do today. |
| 12. | a living being or creature: His baby's a cute little thing. |
| 13. | a thought or statement: I have just one thing to say to you. |
| 14. | Informal. a peculiar attitude or feeling, either positive or negative, toward something; mental quirk: She has a thing about cats. |
| 15. | something signified or represented, as distinguished from a word, symbol, or idea representing it. |
| 16. | Law. anything that may be the subject of a property right. |
| 17. | new thing, Jazz. free jazz. |
| 18. | the thing,
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| 19. | do or find one's own thing, Informal. to pursue a lifestyle that expresses one's self. Also, do or find one's thing. |
| 20. | make a good thing of, Informal. to turn (a situation, experience, etc.) to one's own profit; benefit by: She made a good thing of her spare-time hobbies. |
| 21. | not to get a thing out of,
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| 22. | see or hear things, Informal. to have hallucinations. |
| spontaneously experimental, free-form jazz, popularized as an avant-garde phenomenon in the 1960s by various soloists and characterized by random expression and disregard for traditional structures, tonalities, and rhythms. |
