bomb vs recall

bomb

noun
  • A failure; an unpopular commercial product. 

  • A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours. 

  • Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect. 

  • A woman’s breast. 

  • An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing. 

  • A large amount of money. 

  • A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat. 

  • A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure. 

  • A success; the bomb. 

  • Any explosive charge. 

  • A long forward pass. 

  • A throw into the basket from a considerable distance. 

  • A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down. 

  • An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, (especially) one dropped from an aircraft. 

  • An action or statement that causes a strong reaction. 

  • A car in poor condition. 

  • A very attractive woman. 

  • A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed. 

adj
  • Great, awesome. 

verb
  • To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing. 

  • To crash. 

  • To move at high speed. 

  • To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs. 

  • To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly. 

  • To fail dismally. 

  • To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard. 

  • To make oneself drunk. 

  • To cover an area in many graffiti tags. 

  • To make a smelly mess in a toilet. 

recall

noun
  • Request of the return of a faulty product. 

  • Memory; the ability to remember. 

  • The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search. 

  • The right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive Party for certain cases involving the police power of the state. 

  • The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from office before the end of their term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters. 

verb
  • To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc. 

  • To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote. 

  • To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc. 

  • To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect. 

  • To call again, to call another time. 

  • To request or order the return of (a faulty product). 

  • To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). 

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