cocky
Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
= cocksure
whiplash
Whiplash is a neck injury caused by the head suddenly moving forwards and then back again, for example in a car accident.
sprout
When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.
When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there.
If a garden or other area of land sprouts plants, they start to grow there.
If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them.
Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels sprouts.
Sprouts are new shoots on plants.
seer
A seer is a person who tells people what will happen in the future.
balmy
Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
easterly
An easterly point, area, or direction is to the east or towards the east.
An easterly wind is a wind that blows from the east.
lassie
A lassie is a young woman or girl.
fancy WANTING, LIKING, OR THINKING
If you fancy something, you want to have it or to do it.
A fancy is a liking or desire for someone or something, especially one that does not last long.
= whim
If you fancy someone, you feel attracted to them, especially in a sexual way.
If you fancy yourself as a particular kind of person or fancy yourself doing a particular thing, you like the idea of being that kind of person or doing that thing.
If you say that someone fancies themselves as a particular kind of person, you mean that they think, often wrongly, that they have the good qualities which that kind of person has.
If you say that you fancy a particular competitor or team in a competition, you think they will win.
You say `fancy' or `fancy that' when you want to express surprise or disapproval.
If you take a fancy to someone or something, you start liking them, usually for no understandable reason.
If something takes your fancy or tickles your fancy, you like it a lot when you see it or think of it.
cheeky
If you describe a person or their behaviour as cheeky, you think that they are slightly rude or disrespectful but in a charming or amusing way.
cheekily
gosh
Some people say `Gosh' when they are surprised.
prick
If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin.
If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain.
If something pricks your conscience, you suddenly feel guilty about it. If you are pricked by an emotion, you suddenly experience that emotion.
A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you.
A man's prick is his penis.
prick
If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin.
If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain.
If something pricks your conscience, you suddenly feel guilty about it. If you are pricked by an emotion, you suddenly experience that emotion.
A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you.
A man's prick is his penis.
sulk
If you sulk, you are silent and bad-tempered for a while because you are annoyed about something.
Sulk is also a noun.
stake
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.
If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.
If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.
You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes.
A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.
= post
If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
If you say that you are parched, you mean that you are very thirsty.
gaze
If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else.
You can talk about someone's gaze as a way of describing how they are looking at something, especially when they are looking steadily at it.
If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
bitch
If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
see also son of a bitch
If you say that someone is bitching about something, you mean that you disapprove of the fact that they are complaining about it in an unpleasant way.
A bitch is a female dog.
defamation
Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
ruckus
N-SING
If someone or something causes a ruckus, they cause a great deal of noise, argument, or confusion.
chauvinism
Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
see also male chauvinism
chauvinist
see also male chauvinist
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