b.To attach or connect with electrical wire or cable:Is the printer wired to the computer? c.To attach or fasten with wire:Surgeons wired his shoulder together. 2.SlangTo install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example). ...
unimportant, insignificant - devoid of importance, meaning, or force 20. light - intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound; "light verse"; "a light comedy" frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous...
California's Second District Court of Appeal wrote, "Appellant's argument that a jury vote of of 10-2 for acquittal supports her credibility is not persuasive because the fact finder in the probation violation hearing was the trial judge, not the jury. Because...
The decision to use a short word or a long one is not always a simple one. There are many factors involved. For one thing, words have other qualities besides shortness or longness. They have sound and meaning and associations. Shakespeare knew the magic of monosyllabic words if used with...
1. To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct: The majority party controls the legislative agenda. See Synonyms at conduct. 2. To adjust to a requirement; regulate: rules that control trading on the stock market; valves that control the flow of water. 3. To hold in restra...
Meaning "recording of a song already recorded by another" is by 1970, short for cover version (1966). Cover-band "band that plays only cover songs" is by 1981. Cover girl is U.S. slang from 1915, shortening of magazine-cover girl (1899). Cover-charge is attested by 1913. The ...
Meaning "to be absent without excuse" is British university slang from 1794. Colloquial or slang sense of "move off with directness and rapidity" is from 1580s. Meaning "divide (a deck of cards) at random into parts before the deal" to prevent cheating is from 1530s. Meaning "to dilute...