Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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vernacular | Yes | Yes | No | No |
shakedown | Yes | Yes | No | No |
vernacular (noun) | shakedown (noun) |
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the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | extortion of money (as by blackmail) |
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | a very thorough search of a person or a place |
initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state |
vernacular (adjective) | shakedown (adjective) |
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being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system |