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bacchanalian

Short Definition : drunken

Definition
(adj) used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Example Sentence
  • a night of bacchanalian revelry
  • carousing bands of drunken soldiers
  • orgiastic festivity
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(in hindi langauge) Baccha nali mein pada hai kyon ki vo drunken hai.

bacchanalian contains Bachchan (hence Amitabh Bachchan) who is famous for his drunken persons role in bollywood movie Shraabi. (Amitabh bachchan is a famous bollywood actor.)

Bacchus is the Roman god of wine and revelry.

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Everyone drank vodca at Amitabh Bacchan's party

if you remember in Amithab bacchan movie "satte pe satha"(spelling is not exact), after drinking, his dialogue "dharu peeney mein liver karab ho jaatha hai"

bacchanalian = Baccha(Bakasura) + nalian (Nalige/Nalai) sounds like tongue of Bakasura

bacchalan kalmuhi...sharaab pi kar ghar aati hai!!!!

Bacchanla ladki pi karr aayi hai.. DRUNKEN..

backslide

Short Definition : revert (to bad habits); N. reverter

Definition
(verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
Synonyms : lapse
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back(means...to turn to your original place or habit) + slide(means to come down)............and anyone who comes back to his bad habits again after having given up is said to be in a backslideing situation.

the situation is said to be backsliding.

backwards

Short Definition : and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; Ex. reciprocity in trading rights

Definition
(adv) at or to or toward the back or rear
Example Sentence
  • he moved back
  • tripped when he stepped backward
  • she looked rearward out the window of the car
Definition
(adv) in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
Synonyms : backward
Example Sentence
  • it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'
  • the child put her jersey on backward
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somebody who takes care of you (not your father/mother, but someone like a WARDen) and accepts responsibility for you, accepts you as his/her WARD. You reciprocate this after a few years with money, gifts or love in return.

badger

Short Definition : pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal

Definition
(noun) a native or resident of Wisconsin
Synonyms : wisconsinite
Definition
(noun) sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere Definition
(verb) annoy persistently
Synonyms : beleaguer bug pester tease
Example Sentence
  • The children teased the boy because of his stammer
Definition
(verb) persuade through constant efforts
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BAD GIRL.....bad girls always annoy people

bad+ger(gen) gen means people. badgers are always annoying.

badger ~ beggar; Imagine some annoying beggar woman !!

Think of "badger" as a vain military officer with a lot of badges pinned on to his uniform...he keeps pestering everyone to make note of his achievements...so badger = "pester, annoy or harass"!

army wear badge, so they are badger. they annoy people persistently.

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BAD+GERms==always bother us. so badger means bother

the multi- 'bagger'(sounds like badger) stock ideas advert on this website is very irritating annoying and pestering

badgers are like stalker who never cease to pester, irritate and annoy

badger = bazar .. annoys us

Divide it like bad+ ger (gen, generation): gen means people. Today's bad generation can really annoy their parents.

It sounds like anger...badger...anger so u can rembe rit

Sound the buzzer frequently to badger people.

remember your class topper in scholl who embosses a BADGEar all the students of the class ANOY AND PESTER him by asking doubts AGAIN AND AGAIN

begger on signal asking again and again

badinage

Short Definition : teasing conversation; banter; joking talk

Definition
(noun) frivolous banter
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"tease ur friend in a friendly and humorous way" that he looks "bad + in + age"(older) due to his bald head

Bad-in-age. Youth is the age we may get involved in doing bad things. One of those bad things is teasing someone (frivolous banter) during conversation or pulling someone’s leg.

sounds like BADI(big in hindi)and NAAK (nose)..so teasing some one bout their big nose

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split it like this badi+age..so badi(old) age ki ladies often do teasing conversations.

badinage - - bad+image people with bad image are known for teasing someone

sounds like bandage........in order to tease my friends i had applied bandage to my leg.....when they asked me what had happened i removed it and started laughing

badinage=bad+in+age. If you are bad in age. i.e if you are too old or too young, you lack seriousness and indulge mostly in careless chatter

bad i nage...= in hindi bad + naach...but shes ur friend so ..... tell her the naach was good in humorous way ,,to tease in a light hearted way...:)

Humorous people donot have a very serious image i.e they have bad image. So BADINAGE corresponds to bad image i.e humorous, ridicule etc

Think of badinage the way it's pronounced..badinage = "BADDIE" + "NAASH"...sab bad logon ka naash ho gaya..all baddies destroyed..so everybody is having a light hearted, playful conversation..badinage = light hearted conversation!

badinage sounds like bad+image i.e bad image comes because of teasing others.

bad image of the bad man(gulshan grover) cos of his badinage.

baffle

Short Definition : frustrate; perplex

Definition
(noun) a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
Synonyms : baffle board
Definition
(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to
Example Sentence
  • This beats me!
  • Got me--I don't know the answer!
  • a vexing problem
  • This question really stuck me
Definition
(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Example Sentence
  • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
  • foil your opponent
Definition
(verb) check the emission of (sound)
Synonyms : regulate
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baffal=bad+fal(hindi)fruit...a bad fruit frustates u

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baffle sounds like buffalo and a wild buffalo can really frustrate you with his crazy actions.

baffle sounds like be + fool. Everybody knows that a fool is always confused and frusturated while trying to understand / do something new.

Baffle = frustrate = bewilder. Now u can imagine about a Buffalo getting wild...

when you eat baffla(e) ,you overeat & get frustrated on the cook afterwards, who made you eat so much.

Buffalo on the road baffled me.

baffle sounds like battle so we get frusteted during battle time.....

similar to BEFUDDLE

BAFFLE sounds like ba ba fool i.e father confused.

baffle- just assume that zyada baafle(dal-bafle) khane se frustration hota hai :P

bait

Short Definition : harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals

Definition
(noun) anything that serves as an enticement
Synonyms : come-on hook lure sweetener
Definition
(noun) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
Synonyms : decoy lure
Definition
(verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping
Example Sentence
  • The children teased the new teacher
  • Don't ride me so hard over my failure
  • His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
Definition
(verb) lure, entice, or entrap with bait Definition
(verb) attack with dogs or set dogs upon
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sounds like WAIT- a boy ALLUREs or give a "temptation" to his girlfriend by saying that he wud wait for her forever.

This word sounds like bite, so Biting someone steadily means teasing someone or to harass someone.

college students bets friends to tease/harass girls

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bait(bate in hindi)its the food used to trap/tease for hunting

In Kannada, Bete mean hunt. Try to lure, before you hunt something.

Wait after putting bait on hook.

baleful

Short Definition : evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look

Definition
(adj) deadly or sinister
Synonyms : baneful
Example Sentence
  • the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look
Definition
(adj) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Example Sentence
  • a baleful look
  • forbidding thunderclouds
  • his tone became menacing
  • ominous rumblings of discontent
  • sinister storm clouds
  • a sinister smile
  • his threatening behavior
  • ugly black clouds
  • the situation became ugly
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when we pronounce this word this word sounds simillar to word painful........and anything painful is always a result of an evil act

BALEFUL.....remind yourself of christian bale.....in The Dark Knight.....the movie immediately reminds you of Joker....the BALEFUL joker!!

Baleful ~ bail+ful; when any dangerous convict gets out of jail taking bail, he could be threatening

Baleful = Bal + ful. Bal means hair ful means lots of it. Assume a person with unruly long hair.... he naturally seems threatening and intimidating to others... hence BALEFUL.

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In the cricket ground, throwing bale is baleful for batsman.

When the "jail" is "full", it is threatening. So baleful means threatening

we put alarming bells indicating fire..

Tottenham Hotspurs' Gareth BALE is always 'BALEFUL' to the opposition with his deadly pace and clinical finishing.

if you know the game diablo its easy to remember. Bale is another big EVIL who is diablo's brother.

Think of cartoons, when a cartoon character is FRIGHTENED or THREATENED it become pale...white in color

u can think of a person who is requesting a bale( in court).......obviously who is asking bale will be sinister and threatning....and every inch of him shows evil.....

In the Bible, the harmful and sinister God BAAL and his prophets, are defeated by Elijah the Prophet.

we can remember this word as balaful= filled with bala(problem)

bale in telugu means lizard if there are ful bales then its symbol of evil

lets BAIL after a FULTOO job

think of "bale":cotton bale when you use up BALEFUL of cotton it indicates that something EVIL,MALIGNANT has happened

It can be taken as Bail-E-ful in which the central big "E" stands for Evil and looks with evil eyes towards us

balk

Short Definition : stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate

Definition
(noun) the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
Synonyms : baulk
Example Sentence
  • a player with ball in hand must play from the balk
Definition
(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress Definition
(noun) one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
Synonyms : baulk rafter
Definition
(noun) an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base Definition
(verb) refuse to comply
Synonyms : baulk jib resist
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sound close to bulk...when u see a bulky thing on ur way u refuse to go ahead

When a dog barks, you balk.

balk sounds like a dog's bark; if you see a dog barking, you refuse to go ahead. hence, dog acts as obstacle (hindrance) in your walk.

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Balk sounds like Block. ie is stops from doing something

consider...WALK-that means when u go ahead;now remove W it bcums BALK-which means not walking

Balk similar to bulk and also walk Now bulk is a hindrance/an obstacle in walking

balk=>sounds like 'bulk'- so when we are with a bulky partner, we are unwilling to approach to flatter her.

Balk > Walk > Work > Balk > Bulk > Bark. :> when you walk towards some work you balk because a bulky dog (which resembles your work) in it barks at you and so haults (balks?) you

When a geek finds a bom-chick swirling around in the balcony,then he gets tentaive or rather hesitates to move around:-p

ballast

Short Definition : heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast

Definition
(noun) any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship Definition
(noun) coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads Definition
(noun) an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings Definition
(noun) a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) Definition
(noun) an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
Synonyms : light ballast
Definition
(verb) make steady with a ballast
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ballast -- balance -- you are adding something to balance it or make it stable ( just as in weighing balance)

Divide it like--Bal(Balance)+Last(last long), adding weight to bring balance to something(as in weighing balance) or to make it stable that last long.

ballast = ball(imagine a heavy iron ball) + st(ability)

blast... to stop something from blasting away, put heavy substance on it..

Bal(Balance) + st(stability)>>> Adding something to balance or stabilize or support something..

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