windy
Foolish. A windy fellow; a simple fellow.
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wine and dine
to entertain someone with good food and drink
wine and roses
a life of luxury and pleasure
wine in , truth out. (16th century)
Alcohol loosens inhibitions and reveals honest thoughts
wine of ape
"I trow that ye have drunken win of ape" — i.e. wine to make you drunk; in French, vin de singe. There is a Talmud parable which says that Satan came one day to drink with Noah, and slew a lamb, a lion, a pig, and an ape, to teach Noah that man before wine is in him is a lamb, when he drinks moderately he is a lion, when like a sot he is a swine, but after that any further excess makes him an ape that senselessly chatters and jabbers.
wine tosser
a person who pretentiously talks about wine
wing
Human arm.
wingding
A fit or spasm.
winged
Hurt, but not dangerously, by a bullet. Originally to be shot in the arm or shoulder. To slightly wound birds is to WING them.
winged word
A spoken or written comment that has a powerful effect
wingwang
A penis.
wink
To tip one the wink; to give a signal by winking the eye.
wink at
ignore or tolerate something wrong
winkin
"he went off like WINKIN," i.e., very quickly. From WINK, to shut the eye quickly.
winky
The penis.
winn
A penny—Ancient Cant. See introductory chapter.
Winnie the Pooh
A shoe.
winning isn't everything, it's the only thing
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
winning ways
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
winnings
Plunder, goods, or money acquired by theft.
winnow down
To reduce or narrow down a list of options
winter rat
A person who deserts or betrays their group during a difficult time.
winter wonderland
A place or scene that is magical and beautiful in winter
winter's day
He is like a winter's day, short and dirty.
wipe
A blow, or reproach. I'll give you a wipe on the chops. That story gave him a fine wipe. Also a handkerchief.
wipe
A pocket-handkerchief.—Old Cant.
wipe someone's eye
to deceive or cheat someone
wipe someone's nose
to baby someone or treat them like a child
wipe the floor with someone
to defeat or dominate someone utterly
wipe the slate clean
To erase past mistakes or debts and start anew
wipe-out
To kill or utterly destroy. This is an Americanism, but is in pretty general use here.
wiped out
Destroyed, annihilated; quite obliterated.
wiper
A handkerchief. CANT.
wiper drawer
A pickpocket, one who steals handkerchiefs. He drew a broad, narrow, cam, or specked wiper; he picked a pocket of a broad, narrow, cambrick, or coloured handkerchief.
wipers
Ypres
wire-in
A London street phrase in general use, which means to go in with a will. In its original form of "WIRE-IN, and get your name up," it was very popular among London professional athletes. The phrase is now general, and any one who has a hard task before him, knows he must WIRE-IN to bring matters to a successful issue.
wire-pullers
Powerful political partisans, who do their work from "behind the scenes."
Wisdom of Dr
Dodipoll (about 1596). Sailors find the wind by holding up a wet finger for the breeze to cool that side whence it comes.
wisdom tooth
The popular name for the third molar in each jaw. Wisdom teeth appear between the ages of 17 and 25.
wise
As wise as Waltham's calf, that ran nine miles to suck a bull.
wise and wonderful
Intelligent and excellent
wise apple
A person who acts smart or pretends to know everything
wise as an owl
Very wise.
wise beyond one's years
Showing unusual maturity and understanding for one's age
wise guy
A knowledgeable or successful sports bettor.
wise head on young shoulders
An unusually mature and responsible person for their age
wise men learn by other men's harms, fools by their own
Intelligent people learn from others' mistakes, while foolish people learn from their own
wise men of gotham
Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire; its magistrates are said to have attempted to hedge in a cuckow; a bush, called the cuckow's bush, is still shewn in support of the tradition. A thousand other ridiculous stories are told of the men of Gotham.
wiseacre
A foolish conceited fellow.
wish one joy of it
to express insincere good wishes
wishful thinking
Optimistic thoughts that are unlikely to come true
wishful thinking
A popular psycho- analytical term that has gained general acceptance as describing the unconscious expression of one's desire in accordance with one's opinion; the thinking a thing to be true because one wants it to be so.
wishing bone
See MERRYTHOUGHT. Wishing cap, Fortunatus jfa.v.) had an in- exhaustible purse and a wishing cap, but these gifts proved the ruin of himself and his sons. The object of the tale is to show the vanity of human prosperity.
wisker
A lie
wit
He has as much wit as three folks, two fools and a madman.
witch hazel
A North American shrub (JHamamelis virginiand) having several large branches. It is so called because its twigs are used as divining rods.
witches
Silver. Witcher bubber; a silver bowl. Witcher tilter; a silver-hilted sword. Witcher cully; a silversmith.
witches and warlocks
Magical or supernatural beings, especially in fantasy
Witches Sabbath
The muster at night- time of witches (called a "coven") and demons to concoct mischief. The witch first anointed her feet and shoulders with the fat of a murdered babe, then mounting a broomstick, distaff, or rake, made her exit by the chimney, and rode through the air to the place of rendezvous. The assembled witches feasted together, and concluded with a dance, in which they all turned their backs to each other.
witchoo
with you
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