root

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root definition


  1. n.
    a cigarette or a cigar. : That root you're smoking sure stinks.
  2. in.
    to eat food like a pig. : Bart is downstairs rooting now. It won't take that slob long to eat.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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root

In addition to the idioms beginning with root, also see put down roots; take root.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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