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knick-knack, plaything, kickshaw: Wear your diamonds to the
ball, my dear, not those cheap baubles.
bawdy adj. lewd, obscene, taboo, vulgar, dirty, smutty, filthy,
coarse, earthy, gross, scatological, rude, lascivious,
salacious, indelicate, indecent, indecorous, broad, crude,
ribald, risqu‚, suggestive, Rabelaisian, uninhibited,
unrestrained, lusty, Literary lubricious or lubricous:
Afterwards, each of us had to recite a bawdy limerick.
bawl v. 1 shout, bellow, vociferate, roar, yell, trumpet, thunder ,
Colloq holler: Fishwives bawled out their wares continuously,
creating a deafening din. 2 cry, wail, weep, keen, squall,
blubber, whimper; yelp, Colloq yammer: Stop that bawling or
I'll really give you something to cry about! 3 bawl out. scold,
reprimand, upbraid: My father bawled me out because I stayed
out past midnight.
2.2 beach...
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beach n. 1 shore, lakeshore, bank, seashore, seaside, lido, strand,
coast, margin, Formal littoral: The children wanted to go to
the beach and build sandcastles.
--v. 2 ground, run aground, strand; careen: Despite the heavy
surf, we finally beached the boat safely.
beacon n. signal, sign, fire, light, bonfire, flare, signal fire, Very
light, rocket; lighthouse, pharos: Beacons blazed at the tops
of the hills to spread the news of the victory. The drunkard's
nose shone like a beacon.
beam n. 1 timber, scantling, girder, rafter; bar, brace, plank,
board, stud, trestle: Are you sure that these beams will
support the weight of the upper storeys? 2 ray, gleam; shaft;
pencil: I could just make out his face in the beam of the
electric torch.
--v. 3 radiate, shine; smile radiantly: The door opened and
the firelight beamed forth onto the snowdrifts. 'I'm so happy
to meet you at last', she beamed.