cow vs dag

cow

noun
  • A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult. 

  • A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car. 

  • Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc. 

  • An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved. 

  • Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves. 

  • A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants. 

  • A chimney cowl. 

  • Beef: the meat of cattle as food. 

verb
  • To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of. 

dag

noun
  • One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd. 

  • A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung. 

  • A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground. 

  • A skewer. 

  • A misty shower; dew. 

  • A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire. 

  • The unbranched antler of a young deer. 

  • A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V. 

intj
  • Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier. 

verb
  • To be misty; to drizzle. 

  • To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation. 

  • To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags 

  • To skewer food, for roasting over a fire 

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