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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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name
The Submarine Command Course.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war
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noun
An annoying child, a brat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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noun
One who perishes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
An extreme act; a case of going all in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK, obsolete
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noun
bounder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel
History
A pun on periscope and perish, in allusion to the supposedly low pass rate.
From perish + -er.
