inch vs ounce

inch

noun
  • A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages. 

  • A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall. 

  • A small island; an islet. 

  • A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh. 

  • Any very short distance. 

  • An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, roughly the width of a thumb. 

  • Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement. 

adj
  • cocky and cheeky 

verb
  • To drive by inches, or small degrees. 

  • To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction). 

  • To deal out by inches; to give sparingly. 

  • to humiliate; to provoke; to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner 

ounce

noun
  • A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.7339 cubic inches or 28.4131 millilitres. 

  • A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams. 

  • An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams. 

  • A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres. 

  • Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore. 

  • Any small amount, a little bit. 

  • Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia. 

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