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dabble

Short Definition : work at in a nonserious fashion; splash around; move noisily in a liquid

Definition
(verb) dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid Definition
(verb) play in or as if in water, as of small children
Synonyms : paddle splash around
Definition
(verb) work with in an amateurish manner
Synonyms : play around smatter
Example Sentence
  • She dabbles in astronomy
  • He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
Definition
(verb) bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
Example Sentence
  • dabbling ducks
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dabble

dabble...sounds like table...and if you see someone putting up their legs on the TABLE in the office, YOU GET the feeling that the person is not serious about his image at work.

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sounds like "double", a person who always has double thoughts is not serious

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It sound like Dabba, Dabba people doesn't do any work, they just hang around.

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dabble sounds like babble..so one who babbles in office is dabbles

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DABBLE also means immerse (one's hands or feet ) partially in water and move them around gently.....how will it sound???? DABBLE DABBLE....

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dabba on table

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dabble->playing in the tap water and making noise

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dabble _____means to fuck someone

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On double bed you dabble in studies, you are not serious about it

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it sounds like double, we you have double work than single work, you won't work in serious fashion

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Dabble-drink+paddle means any liquid(drink) we paddle that is splash...hope it helps

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dainty

Short Definition : delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress

Definition
(noun) something considered choice to eat Definition
(adj) affectedly dainty or refined Definition
(adj) delicately beautiful
Synonyms : exquisite
Example Sentence
  • a dainty teacup
  • an exquisite cameo
Definition
(adj) especially pleasing to the taste
Example Sentence
  • a dainty dish to set before a kind
Definition
(adj) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
Example Sentence
  • too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
  • so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dainty

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d + ainty.(aunty). Think of your aunty..who even though she is delicate IS NOT EASY TO PLEASE, EVEN IF you gift her beautiful jewellery.

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~deity:God......God is not easy to please ..... and their idol are delicately beautiful

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da in panty delicately small and pretty,something good to eat

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as in an aunty, per say your GF's/BF's mother... nomatter how delicately you handle them. they are hard to please..

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DELICATE aunty is FINICKY but once you win her heart, she is TASTY and DELICIOUS ;)

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"Dain Tea" Tea is Gods Dain (Blessing) .. iys plant is so delicate yet it so good to eat.

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dais

Short Definition : raised platform for speakers or other important people

Definition
(noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dais

Mnemonic: It sounds like DESK and a desk is similar to a raised platform which we use in a school or an office.

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as in rAISE platform

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The Days Inn hotel will provide a raised platform for the speaker in the meeting room.

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dais(raise)->dai+raise+senior going to present the talk

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dally

Short Definition : trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time

Definition
(verb) behave carelessly or indifferently
Synonyms : flirt play toy
Example Sentence
  • Play about with a young girl's affection
Definition
(verb) waste time
Synonyms : dawdle
Example Sentence
  • Get busy--don't dally!
Definition
(verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
Example Sentence
  • The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
  • My husband never flirts with other women
Definition
(verb) consider not very seriously
Synonyms : play trifle
Example Sentence
  • He is trifling with her
  • She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dally

sounds like daily..so daily you waste your time.right?/

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sounds like dolly or doll with u like o play

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dally sounds like delay. lazy people delay work,

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Sound like "dali" (wooden stick)

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sounds like tally....when things are serious and important, you tally ( at work). oppposite is dally.

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dolly ke sath timepass

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dally-> with doll, treat without the necessary seriousness and wasting time.

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damn

Short Definition : condemn; criticize severely; condemn to everlasting punishment; doom; bring to ruin; N. damnation

Definition
(noun) something of little value
Example Sentence
  • his promise is not worth a damn
  • not worth one red cent
  • not worth shucks
Definition
(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Example Sentence
  • The bad witch cursed the child
Definition
(adj) used as expletives
Synonyms : goddamn
Example Sentence
  • oh, damn (or goddamn)!
Definition
(adj) expletives used informally as intensifiers
Example Sentence
  • he's a blasted idiot
  • it's a blamed shame
  • a blame cold winter
  • not a blessed dime
  • I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
  • he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
  • a deuced idiot
  • an infernal nuisance
Definition
(adv) extremely
Synonyms : all-fired bloody
Example Sentence
  • you are bloody right
  • Why are you so all-fired aggressive?

dank

Short Definition : damp; unpleasantly wet

Definition
(adj) unpleasantly cool and humid
Synonyms : clammy
Example Sentence
  • a clammy handshake
  • clammy weather
  • a dank cellar
  • dank rain forests
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dank

dank...Damp ANd Kool...simple:)

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tang: Think of BANK->"Bank of river" which is going to be wet,humid and cool.

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dank sounds similar to damp, as the meaning damp and moist

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Dank - it sounds like Dunk (like dunk by bee). When it bites you will feel unpleasantly wet in that affected area.

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D(the) tANK: climate in da tank is cool ,humid nd unpleasent

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dank sounds like the tank of water always humid & cool.

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down tank leak unpleasant wet in pant.

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Dank me saap rahta hai and dank marta hai

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dapper

Short Definition : neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men) neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry

Definition
(adj) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Example Sentence
  • a dapper young man
  • a jaunty red hat
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dapper

dapper(diaper)- if you can remember the diapers used for babies, should be kept neat and trim(spry).

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DAPPER sounds like DATE PAR. How will you go on a DATE PAR?? Obviously by dressing well and being up-to-date. So Try to remember DAPPER as DATE PAR !!!!

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dapper is very close to word DRAPER(Y).....SO drappery in your house is very neat and clean in its appearance.

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For good marks you have to keep your exam paper dapper.

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dapper sounds like rapper, eminem(rapper) is neat and trim

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DAPPER = don + appear; don appearances is always neat & trimly.

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dappled

Short Definition : spotted

Definition
(adj) having spots or patches of color
Synonyms : mottled
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dappled

d+apple...just imagine a d (damaged or rotten) apple..having many spots on it.

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sounds like 'stappled'.If u stapple a paper it becomes spotted

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because of Greg CHAPPLE, ganguly’s carrier was SPOTTED with failures and criticism.

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d+appled tshirt->spotted

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DAPPLED : DotsAPPLEDots; a new apple pc launched with dots is called dappled

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dappled - just imagine a white cloth, on which you dip apple in red colour and dab the apple spots on the color, so it becomes dappled

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dart

Short Definition : move or throw suddenly and quickly

Definition
(noun) a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot Definition
(noun) a tapered tuck made in dressmaking Definition
(noun) a sudden quick movement
Synonyms : flit
Definition
(verb) move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
Synonyms : fleet flit flutter
Example Sentence
  • The hummingbird flitted among the branches
Definition
(verb) run or move very quickly or hastily
Synonyms : dash flash scoot scud shoot
Example Sentence
  • She dashed into the yard
Definition
(verb) move with sudden speed
Example Sentence
  • His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dart

remember the game of darts where you throw the pointed needle-like darts quickly towards the board?

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Remember 'Blue dart' filght services? known for its fast service of goods

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i think we all lnow BLUE DART company.which is a courier company ..it might help you.

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dart ~ d + art; distance + art; art of reducing distance - to run or move quickly.

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throwing knife on persons head is a Danger+ART

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daub

Short Definition : smear (as with paint); cover with something sticky; Ex. daub one's clothes with mud/paint; N: small bit of sticky substance; Ex. a daub of paint

Definition
(noun) material used to daub walls Definition
(noun) a blemish made by dirt
Example Sentence
  • he had a smudge on his cheek
Definition
(noun) an unskillful painting Definition
(verb) coat with plaster
Synonyms : plaster
Example Sentence
  • daub the wall
Definition
(verb) apply to a surface
Example Sentence
  • daub paint onto the wall
Definition
(verb) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
Synonyms : smear
Example Sentence
  • smear the wall with paint
  • daub the ceiling with plaster
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for daub

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from DAUB, if you can remember DOBBY from the Harry Potter movies: he was always shabby and dirty, as if COVERED WITH MUD or SMEARED WITH PAINT

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daub- this word resembles the word dhobi..person who cleans "daubed" clothes.

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daag ache hai... or daub ache hai....

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Dubbed movies are lame, not very artistic, daub is artless painting.

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dry+hub->a house covers with straw clay or mud

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