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click verb (BECOME FRIENDLY)

to become friendly or popular:

click verb (BECOME CLEAR) informal

to be understood, or become clear suddenly:

click noun (SOUND) (also click consonant)

a speech sound made by sucking air quickly into the mouth, but not into the lungs, using the tongue or lips:

(just) a click away

If something is (just) a click away, it is very easy to get on your computer, especially from the Internet:

consonant [SPOLGLOSKA]

one of the speech sounds or letters of the alphabet that is not a vowel. Consonants are pronounced by stopping the air from flowing easily through the mouth, especially by closing the lips or touching the teeth with the tongue.

vowel [SAMOGLOSKA]

a speech sound produced by humans when the breath flows out through the mouth without being blocked by the teeth, tongue, or lips:

CORNER [QUITE AREA]

a part of a larger area, often somewhere quiet or far away:

corner the market (in sth)

to get control of an area of business so that it is difficult for other companies to be successful in it:

stringer

someone who sends reports or does interviews for a newspaper, but who is not an employee of that newspaper:

translucent - ADJ.; translucence - NOUN

If an object or a substance is translucent, it is almost transparent, allowing some light through it in an attractive way:

pottery

the activity or skill of making clay objects by hand

nod [HEAD]

to move your head down and then up, sometimes several times, especially to show agreement, approval, or greeting, or to show something by doing this:

nod [NOMINATION]

a vote or nomination (= the act of officially suggesting that someone or something should be given a prize or position) for someone or something:

nod verb (SLEEP)

to let your head fall forward when you are beginning to sleep

nod off - informal

to begin sleeping, especially not intentionally:

on the nod - UK informal [APPROVED]

If a suggestion is approved on the nod, it is accepted without discussion:

be in the land of nod - old-fashioned informal

to be sleeping:

a nod to sth [REFERS TO STH]

If something is a nod to a particular thing, it refers to it:

prospector

a person or company whose job is searching for gold, oil, or other valuable substances on or under the surface of the Earth:

measuring jug - UK (US measuring cup)

a container used for measuring liquids with lines printed on the side showing how much it contains

queer adjective (GAY) often offensive

(especially of a man) gay:

queer adjective (STRANGE) old-fashioned

strange, unusual, or not expected:

queer [NOT RELATING TO ONE GENDER]

to change something so that it does not relate only to one gender, either male or female, or so that it no longer fits traditional ideas about gender or sexuality:

queer sb's pitch UK informal

to spoil a chance or an opportunity for someone, often intentionally:

queer-bashing - slang

the act of physically attacking and hurting someone because they are gay

bash verb [T] (HIT) informal

to attack someone or something with an object:

bash [CRITICIZE]

to criticize someone severely:

bash noun (PARTY)

a large, energetic party:

have a bash UK informal

to try to do something you have not done before:

basher noun (HIT)

a person who hits something or someone hard:

basher noun (CRITICIZE)

a person who criticizes someone or something severely:

-basher suffix (CRITICIZE)

used in nouns meaning someone who strongly criticizes a particular type of person or thing:

outright

completely or immediately:

snarky - informal; SNARK - NOUN

criticizing someone in an annoyed way and trying to hurt their feelings:

blatantly; blatant - ADJ.

in a way that is very obvious and intentional, when this is a bad thing:

Bible-basher informal disapproving mainly UK

someone who tries in a forceful or enthusiastic way to persuade other people to believe in the Christian religion and the Bible

thump [HIT]

to hit something and cause a noise:

sb's head thumps - UK

If your head thumps, you can feel pain in strong beats in your head:

sb's heart thumps

If your heart thumps, it beats more strongly and quickly than usual, because of exercise, fear, or excitement:

piste

a snow-covered area or track that is suitable for skiing

off-piste

used to refer to skiing that is done on areas of snow that have not been specially prepared for skiing on:

go off-piste - mainly UK humorous

to do something different to what is normal or expected:

piste basher - UK informal; ALSO - snow groomer

a large vehicle used on ski slopes to make the snow smooth and ready for skiing on:

bash on UK informal [TO CONTINUE DOING STH]

to continue doing something that is difficult, boring, or takes a long time:

put the skids under sth UK informal [PLAIN TO FAIL]

to cause something such as a plan to fail:

on the skids [FAILING]

failing:

be on the skids informal (US also hit the skids)

to experience difficulties and be likely to fail:

on skid row mainly US informal

poor, without a job or a place to live, and often drinking too much alcohol

Skid Row infml

a street or part of a town that is poor and dirty, where many people who have no jobs or homes spend time

skid marks

black marks made by the tyres of a car when it starts or stops moving very quickly:

skidpan - UK

a specially prepared surface on which drivers can practise controlling skids