Babbitt

noun

Definition of Babbittnext
as in jerk

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  1. jerk
  2. boor
  3. creep
  4. cad
  5. bounder
  6. louse
  7. clown
  8. rotter
Noun
  • Symptoms include: Hallucinations or delusions Increased heart rate Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea Dizziness Muscle jerks Sweating or flushing Seizures Effexor is not approved for children but is sometimes used off-label for anxiety and depression disorders.
    Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Among the new food items on sale during the Seven Seas Food Festival will be Jamaican jerk chicken and pork pincho at the Caribbean Market; garlic toast chicken parmigiana (Italian Market), strawberry pouffe (Irish Market) and veggie samosas (Indian market).
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of jerk
Noun
  • For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2023
Definition of boor
Noun
  • Conduct a Subscription Audit Subscription creep is real.
    Tiffany Grant, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • So there's already beginning to be a bit of creep there in terms of Christian ideology making its way into public schools.
    Tim Marchman, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of creep
Noun
  • He is portrayed throughout as a careerist and a cad.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Each story came out in recent days before reports surfaced that his own mother sent him a poison-pen email accusing him of being a serial abuser of women and something of a cad.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of cad
Noun
  • Urías then allowed a high bounder by Yu Chang to get by for a two-base error.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Austin hit a bounder which filtered through Gandil’s mitt in the eighth.
    Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2020
Definition of bounder
Noun
  • The body louse life cycle starts as an egg (nit), develops to a nymph, and finally becomes an adult louse.
    Josephine Hessert, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
  • These historic varieties are the grapes that thrived before the phylloxera louse ravaged European vineyards in the late 19th century, nearly destroying the global wine industry.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of louse
Noun
  • The story features Mauro, a clown who dreams of a carnival where a parade of revelers are celebrating his life.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Both movies feature a killer clown, but while Joaquin Phoenix’s grinning menace suffers from delusions of grandeur and an unspecified mental illness, the hideous ghoul from hell in Terrifier known as Art hacks away at his victims with no discernible motivation beyond the grisly acts themselves.
    Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of clown
Noun
  • As Beau, Brake is tall and gaunt, with burning eyes, a rotter who looks like Steve Buscemi crossed with David Byrne crossed with a human rattlesnake who’s a lifelong junkie.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 May 2024
  • Some experts say bed rotters are onto something, but there may be a right way to think about it.
    BYAlexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 10 July 2023
Definition of rotter
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