used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A HOT GAME.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
annoyingadjectiveUS /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/
causing irritation or annoyance
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
formed or made thin by hammering
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
bonenounUS /boʊn/
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
chipsnounUS /tʃɪps/
strips of potato fried in deep fat
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Oh, my turn will come,” declared Sleuth.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading “Oh, my turn will come,” declared Sleuth.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
EaglenounUS /ˈiːɡəl/
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
the organ of sight
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
set up or found
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading A HOT GAME.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
growlingnounUS /ˈɡroʊlɪŋ/
a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading A HOT GAME.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
JacksnounUS /dʒæks/
a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
used to form the superlative
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Oh, my turn will come,” declared Sleuth.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, my turn will come,” declared Sleuth.
and nothing more
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
PipernounUS /ˈpaɪpər/
someone who plays the bagpipe
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
Piper's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
progressedverbUS /prəˈɡrest/
past form of “progress” — develop in a positive way
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
sharksnounUS /ʃɑːrks/
plural of “shark” — any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
Shultz
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From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
skinnedadjectiveUS /skɪnd/
having skin of a specified kind
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
SleuthnounUS /sluːθ/
a detective who follows a trail
From this reading “Oh, my turn will come,” declared Sleuth.
at a steady rate or pace
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
tensnounUS /tenz/
plural of “ten” — the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
a special situation
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
toppedadjectiveUS /tɑːpt/
having a top of a specified character
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading “Oh, my turn will come,” declared Sleuth.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
which person or people
From this reading As the game progressed Piper found himself losing steadily, and, what was most annoying, almost always he was beaten by Shultz, who himself was having bad luck and growling over it.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Oh, my turn will come,” declared Sleuth.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “These other sharks would have had me skinned to the bone by this time, only for you.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Good thing for me you came into the game, Eagle Eye,” said Shultz, laying down three Jacks, which topped Piper’s three tens, and pulling in the chips.
