A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
A fall or stumble.
A metallic rod or pin.
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
A mess of something that has been dropped.
The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
To drop something that was intended to be caught.
To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
To reveal information to an uninformed party.
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
To come undone.
To spread out or fall out, as above.
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.