| CATFISHING | • catfishing v. Present participle of catfish (“to fish for catfish”). • catfishing v. Present participle of catfish (“to create and operate a fake online profile”). • CATFISH v. to create a false identity on social media in order to lure someone into establishing a relationship. |
| CHAFFERING | • chaffering v. Present participle of chaffer. • chaffering n. The act of one who chaffers. • CHAFFER v. to bargain or haggle. |
| CHAFFINGLY | • chaffingly adv. In a chaffing manner; teasingly. • CHAFFINGLY adv. CHAFFING. |
| CHAMFERING | • chamfering v. Present participle of chamfer. • chamfering n. A chamfer. • CHAMFER v. to channel or make furrows upon; to bevel. |
| CLIFFHANGS | • cliffhangs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cliffhang. • CLIFFHANG v. to keep a reader in suspense. |
| DOUGHFACED | • doughfaced adj. Alternative form of dough-faced. • dough-faced adj. (US, idiomatic) cowardly. • dough-faced adj. (US, idiomatic) obsequious; fawning; pliable. |
| DOUGHFACES | • doughfaces n. Plural of doughface. • DOUGHFACE n. a contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician. |
| FIGHTBACKS | • fightbacks n. Plural of fightback. • FIGHTBACK n. a recovery. |
| FLANCHINGS | • flanchings n. Plural of flanching. • FLANCHING n. a sloping piece of cement, e.g. round the base of a chimneypot, also FLAUNCHING. |
| FLAUNCHING | • flaunching v. Present participle of flaunch. • flaunching n. The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position… • flaunching n. A mortar fillet at the junction of the chimney stack and the roof; superseded in modern times by lead flashing. |
| GRASSFINCH | • grassfinch n. Any Australian finch of the genus Poephila. • GRASSFINCH n. an Australian weaverbird, brightly coloured and kept as a cage-bird. |
| LIGHTFACED | • lightfaced adj. Written, printed or drawn in lightface, using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. • LIGHTFACED adj. in a typeface having comparatively light thin lines. |
| LIGHTFACES | • lightfaces n. Plural of lightface. • LIGHTFACE n. a typeface having comparatively light thin lines. |