bowl

  • 91Bowl cut — poor haircut, which appears as though the barber merely placed an inverted bowl on the head and trimmed the hair that hung below the rim …

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  • 92bowl cut — Australian Slang poor haircut, which appears as though the barber merely placed an inverted bowl on the head and trimmed the hair that hung below the rim …

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  • 93bowl of fruit — Cockney Rhyming Slang Suit Are you wearing your bowl of fruit tonight? …

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  • 94bowl out — PHRASAL VERB: no cont In cricket, if a team is bowled out, each player in that team has had to stop batting and leave the pitch and there is nobody left to bat. → See also bowl 8) [be V ed P] India were bowled out for 209... [V P n] Middlesex… …

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  • 95bowl over — 1) PHRASAL VERB To bowl someone over means to push into them and make them fall to the ground. [be V ed P] The only physical risk I ran was being bowled over by one of the many joggers... [V n P (not pron)] Some people had to cling to trees as… …

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  • 96bowl me over — surprise me, blow me down    Well, bowl me over! You ve done your homework! …

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  • 97bowl someone over — knock someone down. → bowl …

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  • 98bowl vent port — (BVP) the port in the carburetor which vents fumes and excess pressure from the float bowl to maintain atmospheric pressure …

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  • 99bowl-shaped — adjective having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl • Similar to: ↑concave …

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  • 100bowl someone over — 1 the explosion bowled us over: KNOCK DOWN/OVER, fell, floor, prostrate. 2 (informal) I have been bowled over by your generosity: OVERWHELM, astound, astonish, overawe, dumbfound, stagger …

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