a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) |
| 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| the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |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 |