1) To viciously clamp down on something with one's own teeth.
2) To be bad and/or boring.
1) I tried feeding the geese at the pond, but most of them just attempted to bite me.
2) This PowerPoint presentation bites; I hope it finishes soon.
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Long, boring, often meaningless rambling. Drivel can be, but rarely is, ranted.
Nathan: Was the club meeting fun?
Lyle: Are you kidding? All Dex did was complain that we're not working hard enough, and how that leads to a lack of production, and eventually we're going to have to disband, and yadda-yadda-yadda. I almost fell asleep in the middle of his drivel!
Nathan: I wasn't kidding. And couldn't your speech be considered 'drivel'?
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1) A due paid to the government for living expenses.
2) To set up such dues.
3) To burden.
1) I have an accountant calculate my taxes for me.
2) The old French regime taxed the poor heavily.
3) The heavy boulder on her back taxed her, but she was able to reach Nevada in time for the fireworks spectacular.
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1) What the Beets need (badly).
2) Hypothetical nickname for someone named Maurice Allowance.
1) I need mo' allowance (yo-del-ay-ee-oo)!
2)
Principal Dean Douglas: I need Mo Allowance in my office, Stat!
Mr. Jonathan Stat: Can you please call me by my first name?
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To scold; reprimand. Usually reproachment has some type of constructive criticism in it.
I was reproached by my Science teacher for the 4 Fs I had received in the semester's first four weeks.
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Andruw Jones Lite. Good for 25-30 home runs per year and 20+ stolen bases. Also 'good' for a .250 batting average, 100+ strikeouts, and a spot in the league's top five malcontents.
Raul Mondesi, like Reggie Sanders, plays with a team for a year, hits his 27 homers, and then moves on.
5π 12π
Anything on the internet, save for(some) pop-up ads.
My personal website is 'diggitymonkeemachine.egg'.
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