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  • slip — I n. error 1) to make a slip (of the tongue) 2) a Freudian slip escape (colloq.) 3) to give smb. the slip piece of paper 4) a credit (BE), deposit slip (in a bank); a sales slip (AE) 5) a call slip ( request for a library book ) 6) a pink slip (… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • foist — I verb apply pressure, beguile, coerce, compel, compel to accept, constrain, deceive, fob off on, force, force upon, gull, impose, impose by fraud, inflict, insert surreptitiously, palm off, palm off fraudulently, pass off as genuine, put in… …   Law dictionary

  • Foist — Foist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foisting}.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.] To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Foisted — Foist Foist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foisting}.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.] To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Foisting — Foist Foist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foisting}.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.] To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • foist — transitive verb Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to take into one s hand, from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst fist; akin to Old English fȳst fist Date: circa 1587 1. a. to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • foist — 1. verb /fɔɪst/ a) To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. attempts to foist alleged grammatical “correctness” on native speakers of an “incorrect” dialect are nothing but the unacknowledged and oppressive exercise of social… …   Wiktionary

  • List of Death Note episodes — Death Note is an anime series based on the manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. Death Note aired in Japan on the Nippon Television (NTV) network every Tuesday at 24:56 [1] The series began broadcasting on NTV on… …   Wikipedia

  • Autorun — or autoplay (sometimes spelled in CamelCase as AutoRun or AutoPlay) is the ability of many modern computer operating systems to automatically take some action upon the insertion of removable media such as a CD ROM, DVD ROM, or flash… …   Wikipedia

  • sneak in — verb 1. enter surreptitiously He sneaked in under cover of darkness In this essay, the author s personal feelings creep in • Syn: ↑creep in • Hypernyms: ↑penetrate, ↑perforate • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

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