What is the meaning of BROOK. Phrases containing BROOK
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Crook. He's always on the babble. Meaning he's always planning something crooked. See also Cook.
The Wash Brook - a stream in Leicester.
Babbling brook is London Cockney rhyming slang for cook. Babbling brook is London Cockney rhyming slang for crook.
A nasty towel your bro hasn’t washed in weeks. Example: “I’m not gonna dry off with Brooke’s towel-that’s his fifi.
Walking in the Wash Brook stream for no reason other than to see how far you could get before someone noticed that you were walking through their grounds and set their dog on you.
occasional (“they were catching a scattered fish down at the brookâ€)
Anus. Used as in being "up to wazoo" in something, i.e. metaphorically deeply involved as in "Up to the wazoo in the drug scene", or literally, as in "The basement had cockroaches up the wazoo." or "The pipe was leaking out the wazoo.". The contributor heard this term in the 1980's in Brooklyn, when I worked for a real estate developer. He thinks it may be contractor slang, but has been around and in general use for a long time. At least back to the turn of the century.
Demerits. This system is traced back to George R. Brown, general superintendent of the Fall Brook Railway (now part of the New York Central) in 1885. He thought the then current practice of suspending men for breaking rules was unfair to their families and substituted a system of demerit marks. Too many demerits in a given period resulted in dismissal. The Brown system, with many variations, has since been widely adopted by the railroad industry. A superintendent's private car is called brownie box or brownie wagon
a small lake or pond; a wide still brook where no current is visible
Cook. My missus couldn't babble to save her life. See also Crook.
Noun. An abbreviated name frequently used for the British TV soap Brookside, which ceased transmission in 2003. Cf. 'Corry' and 'Stenders'.
In Brooklyn is short for melanzane.
a small stream of fresh water, smaller than a river
Becher's brook is London Cockney rhyming slang for look.
the eddy in a stream or brook
Brooklyn mating call is American slang for to vomit.
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n.
A rivulet or small brook.
v. t.
To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint.
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A small stream; a brook; a creek.
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A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite.
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A small stream or brook; a streamlet.
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A small brook.
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The bank of a brook.
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A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
v. t.
To bear without repugnance; to brook.
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A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook.
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A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water course, which is dry except in the rainy season.
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A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.
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A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.
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Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.
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A very small brook; a streamlet.
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The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See Pleomorphism.
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