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seats of rowers on a boat, thwarths
Greenmail is slang for money paid by a company to thwart the efforts of those attempting a takeover.
Adj. Defeated, thwarted.
A bench seat across the width of an open boat.
Snookered is slang for defeated, thwarted.
Adj. 1. Tired, worn out, exhausted. E.g."I missed my bus, I've just walked home, I'm knackered, so I'm going to bed. OK?" 2. Broken. E.g."Can we come around to watch TV at yours tonight, our is knackered." 3. Thwarted, prevented from succeeding at a task. E.g."We were knackered after our goalkeeper left, mid season. The replacement let in an average of 6 goals each match and we got relegated to a lower division." * Also occasionally spelt nackered.
Verb. To thwart, to prevent from succeeding. E.g."Don't scupper your chances of passing your driving test by having a beer first." {Informal}
Stuff is slang for to copulate.Stuff is slang for a drug, especially cannabis.Stuff is slang for to dismiss, to throw away, to destroy, to abandon.Stuff is British slang for to get the better of someone.Stuff is British slang for to thwart someone.
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v. t.
To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
v. t.
To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
n.
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
n.
See Thwart.
v. i.
To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
imp. & p. p.
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v. i.
Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
n.
A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.
a.
Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
a.
Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.
v. t.
To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
n.
The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.
prep.
Across; athwart.
a.
Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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adv.
Transversely; obliquely.
v. t.
To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
a.
To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
a.
Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
adv.
In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
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