| DROPLOCK | • drop-lock adj. (Finance) Having a floating interest rate until a certain market rate is reached, at which point the… • drop␣lock n. A kind of lock by which a short length of canal can be temporarily lowered while a boat passes under… • DROPLOCK n. a bank loan for which interest rates vary with the market, but if the long-term interest rates fall to a specified level it is converted to a fixed-rate long-term bond. |
| FLIPBOOK | • flipbook n. Alternative spelling of flip book. • flip␣book n. A booklet containing a sequence of near-identical images so that flipping rapidly through the pages… • FLIPBOOK n. a book of a series of images that when flipped give the illusion of movement. |
| HOOPLIKE | • hooplike adj. Resembling a hoop. • HOOPLIKE adj. like a hoop. |
| KILOPOND | • kilopond n. A gravitational metric unit of force equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by a mass off one kilogram… • KILOPOND n. a unit of measurement equal to the gravitational force on a mass of one kilogram. |
| LOOPLIKE | • looplike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a loop. • LOOPLIKE adj. like a loop. |
| PALOOKAS | • palookas n. Plural of palooka. • PALOOKA n. a clumsy, inept, or untalented boxer; a stupid, clumsy, or obnoxious person. |
| PLAYBOOK | • playbook n. A book containing the text of a play or plays. • playbook n. A book of games and amusements for children. • playbook n. (US, American football) A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football (and by extension… |
| PLOOKIER | • PLOOKY adj. pimply, also PLOOKIE, PLOUKY, PLOUKIE. |
| POLLOCKS | • pollocks n. Plural of pollock. • Pollocks n. Plural of Pollock. • POLLOCK n. a marine gadoid fish, aka coalfish or sillock, also POLLACK. |
| PORLOCKS | • PORLOCK v. to hinder by an irksome intrusion or interruption. |
| SLOPWORK | • slopwork n. The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing. • slopwork n. Clothing of this kind. • slopwork n. (Figuratively) Hasty, slovenly work of any kind. |
| SLOWPOKE | • slowpoke n. (US, Canada, informal, mildly derogatory) A person who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something. • slow␣poke n. Alternative spelling of slowpoke. • SLOWPOKE n. a slow individual. |
| SPOOKILY | • spookily adv. Eerily, in a spooky manner. • SPOOKY adv. scary, also SPOOKISH. |
| UPLOOKED | • uplooked v. Simple past tense and past participle of uplook. • UPLOOK v. to look up. |
| WOOLPACK | • woolpack n. A bag of wool, traditionally weighing 240 pounds. • woolpack n. A cirrocumulus cloud. • woolpack n. (Heraldry) A charge resembling a pillow or cushion. |