number one vs primal

number one

adj
  • First; foremost; best, often used after its headword. 

noun
  • The main goalkeeper of a team, so-called because they wear the number 1 on the back of their kit. 

  • The most important person, the one who is in charge. 

  • Urine; urination. 

  • A large town where theatrical performances may expect to achieve success. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see number, one. 

  • Oneself, being considered foremost, as by an egoist. 

  • Someone who is top of a ranking, who is ranked first. 

  • The batsman who opens the batting. 

  • The single that has sold the most in a given period. 

  • A first lieutenant. 

primal

adj
  • Of greatest importance; primary. 

  • Being the first in time or in history. 

  • Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts. 

noun
  • A primal cut (of meat). 

verb
  • To take part in primal therapy. 

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