dare vs wattle

dare

noun
  • A small fish, the dace 

  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. 

  • Defiance; challenge. 

verb
  • To terrify; to daunt. 

  • To have enough courage (to do something). 

  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to 

  • To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. 

  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something) 

wattle

noun
  • A barbel of a fish. 

  • A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. 

  • A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat. 

  • Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person. 

  • This plant seen as the national emblem of Australia. 

  • Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning. 

  • A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards. 

  • A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof. 

verb
  • To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles. 

  • To bind with wattles or twigs. 

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