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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Thrapple revealed #175588 04/05/08 07:50 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Here's the entire encarta dictionary definition: thrap·ple [ thrápp'l ] noun (plural thrap·ples) Definition: throat: the human throat or windpipe transitive verb (past and past participle thrap·pled, present participle thrap·pling, 3rd person present singular thrap·ples) Definition: throttle: to throttle somebody [14th century. Origin?] encarta Which the discerning will recognize part of as letter G in the list. (So, tsuwm, your comment gave me a laugh even though you were right!) ======================================= Okay; I'll put the submitters in blue and the voters in red. a.) noun. a pruning hook with rope attached that is thrown over branches and pulled to bring them within reach. From O.E. þrawan "to twist, turn writhe" and O.Fr. grapil, a hook. The Pook Voted for by etaoin b.) the sounds made by peacocks tsuwm Voted for by belMarduk c.) A process in tanning leather - pounding the hide to make it supple. belMarduk d.) To work your way against an oncoming throng of people by slapping, pushing and dodging. To Thrapple your way through a crowd. olly Voted for by twosleepy e.) The sound of light, hoofed animals on a gravel track. BranShea f.) An intermediate knot used in creating more complex decorative ones, such as the Monkey’s Fist and Masthead. Owlbow Voted for by The Pook; AnnaStrophic g.) N: throat: the human throat or windpipe V: throttle: to throttle somebody h.) a mixture of bits of salted meat and dried apples preserved in rendered animal fats used on the American frontier in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Father Steve Voted for by BranShea i.) The sound made by an outboard motor in brackish water. Fiberbabe Voted for by tsuwm j.) a slapping only fight, usually recorded on a mobile phone. See "Happy slapping". shanks Voted for by olly k.) A mixture of nuts and roasted grains, sweetened with maple sugar, eaten as a snack. Faldage Voted for by Aramis l.) \Thrap"ple\, n. The mash left over from pressings to make apple cider or juice. Derived from the abbreviation of the phrase "thrashed apples", used by press operators. twosleepy m.) The underside of a sheep's hindquarters. AnnaStrophic Voted for by Faldage; Owlbow n.) n. a dessert made with fruit [usually berries] folded into a cream-based batter Aramis Voted for by shanks; Father Steve So, Owlbow, AnnaStrophic, and Aramis get two points each for garnering two votes each. Submitters with one vote get one point. Consuelo gets two bonus points: her submission read: v. to grasp around the throat (slang). I shall award myself 3 points for a shutout. ======================================= I think the evenness of the vote spread shows what good selections there were. Confess I was surprised at the overlapping: four were for food (two of which were quite similar), three were for sounds, and two were for slapping. Good round, you-all! EDIT: if anybody can tell me why this is w-i-d-e, I'll try to fix it. Edit again: got it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thrapple revealed Jackie #175589 04/05/08 08:02 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Can I get a sympathy point, here? Say, one point for the two people who mentioned it, one as liking the concept and one noting it was "beautifully crafted"? :0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thrapple revealed twosleepy #175590 04/05/08 08:07 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Okay, but: I'm afraid your mention of the word scrapple cancels it out. I was kind of hoping people would conflate the two words in their minds--then you went and pointed it out! Oh, okay--I award a half-point for beautiful craftsmanship! :-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thrapple revealed Jackie #175591 04/05/08 08:20 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY In my defense, no one voted after my post; all votes were in. I guess the scrapple thing was so obvious to me, I thought it would be the first thing most people thought of, too. Sorry for the fox paws.... (and thanx for the 1/2 point!) :0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thrapple revealed twosleepy #175593 04/05/08 09:12 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky all votes were in All that ended up coming in, yes. But at that time I was hoping that at least Fiberbabe, if not other unknowns, would still cast one. Ah well; in truth, I think it would be an underestimation of these people to have truly thought they'd believe thrapple was scrapple. You can have another half point! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thrapple revealed Jackie #175596 04/05/08 09:29 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I believe the wides is being caused by your lines of equal signs. Chop the first one by about seven =s and the second by six. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thrapple revealed Faldage #175599 04/05/08 09:49 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Uh oh--yours is still wide, then? Mine's fine, but I'll go do what you suggest. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thrapple revealed Jackie #175600 04/05/08 10:11 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Gee, thanks Jackie! You're a peach! :0) Not sure what the width issue is, though. This page, and it's columns, has all the same dimensions as other pages I view on this site. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thrapple revealed twosleepy #175603 04/05/08 10:59 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 FWIW, I have a fuzzy, out of focus, old CRT monitor and have my screen resolution set to 800x600. The lovely AnnaS has it set to 1024x768. I don't know how she can read anything. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thrapple revealed Jackie #175604 04/06/08 08:10 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania  Originally Posted By: Jackie Okay, but: I'm afraid your mention of the word scrapple cancels it out. I was kind of hoping people would conflate the two words in their minds--then you went and pointed it out! Oh, okay--I award a half-point for beautiful craftsmanship! :-) Hey, mine was said to be beautifully crafted too (after which no one else voted for it of course!) - do I get another half vote?? When we played this game at home I think we always used to award five points for a shutout, because it's so hard to get, two points for someone else guessing yours and one point for guessing the right definition. I definitely think you should get more than one vote for someone guessing your definition. Either way, you still win the round Jackie, well done! Last edited by The Pook; 04/06/08 08:12 AM. 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