a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
the act of moving with great haste | |
a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener | |
the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key | |
a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech | |
a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length | |
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder | |