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BIBBLE
PRONUNCIATION: (BIB-l)
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To eat or drink noisily. verb intr.: 2. To drink habitually or to excess. 3. To produce bubbles or a bubbling sound. noun: 4. Nonsense; something worthless or deceptive.
ETYMOLOGY: Senses 1-2: From bib (to drink) + -le (a frequentative ending). Probably from Latin bibere (to drink). Senses 3-4: A variant of bubble, of expressive origin. Earliest documented use: 1529. See also: misophonia. __________________________
BIBILE - diminutive name for Israeli former prime Minister
BI-BILE - describing a liver that synthesizes two distinct secretions
BIRBLE - what a Jabberwock does as it whiffes through the tulgey wood
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JACTATION
PRONUNCIATION: (jak-TAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: 1. Boasting. 2. Involuntary bodily movements, such as tossing or twitching.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin jactation (tossing, boasting), from jactare (to throw, boast), frequentative of jacere (to throw). Earliest documented use: 1576. Also spelled as jactitation. _________________________
JAVATION - adding coffee flavoring
JA-STATION - a place where all the Germans agree with you automatically
X-ACTATION - carving with a very small, very sharp knife
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