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babble

Short Definition : chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N.

Definition
(noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
Synonyms : babbling lallation
Definition
(verb) utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
Example Sentence
  • The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention
Definition
(verb) to talk foolishly
Example Sentence
  • The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
Definition
(verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
Example Sentence
  • babbling brooks
Definition
(verb) divulge confidential information or secrets
Example Sentence
  • Be careful--his secretary talks
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for babble

babble = bab - ble bla bla bla ( ble) which means to chatter foolishly

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babble sounds like blabber(Speak (about unimportant matters)).so bla bla bla

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imagine a babby in bathtub playing with bubbles and saying Bla Bla Blabble....

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babble ~ ba bb bl; just imagine a baby saying Ba ba ba ba .. (making meaningless sounds)

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BE BOL

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babble = babe always do bla bla mean womens are talking continuously

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Sounds like mother asking his boy baba bol(talk) then the little boy spelling the words which are confusing to understand.

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bacchanal

Short Definition : noisy party with a lot of drinking

Definition
(noun) someone who engages in drinking bouts Definition
(noun) a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
Synonyms : bacchant
Definition
(noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Definition
(adj) used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Example Sentence
  • a night of bacchanalian revelry
  • carousing bands of drunken soldiers
  • orgiastic festivity
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for bacchanal

Bachchan acted well in movie SHARABI -hope it helps

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bachelors + all. if many bachelors (college hostel) join they will have a party with drinks. so warden shouting at them for creating noise. bacchanal = bachelors party= drinking and making noise

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Baccha(Child)+nal(noise). in punjabi, baccha nal noise karnde hai drinking party which.

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it seems like bachhalan (charater less fellow) and we can imagine as he is an drunken fellow....

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bac-chanal- this reminds us of a pub cald back(ward) channel.Pub is a place ,where music and lots of noise is made.

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Bacchaus is Roman God, is happy with dance and drink and forbidden sex in the back. Bacch+anal

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bacha pi k nali me gir gaya..

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Imagine: a BACHelor party in Amsterdam. It was quite a BASH. The groom got drunk and fell into a CANAL.

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bacchanalia

Short Definition : the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus

Definition
(noun) an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
Synonyms : dionysia
Definition
(noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for bacchanalia

Bachalan(characterless) log hamesha daaru pee ke party karte hain-toshitrules

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bacchan the bewada alia mean.. party karayega hi daru ki

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bacchanalian

Short Definition : drunken

Definition
(adj) used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Example Sentence
  • a night of bacchanalian revelry
  • carousing bands of drunken soldiers
  • orgiastic festivity
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(in hindi langauge) Baccha nali mein pada hai kyon ki vo drunken hai.

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bacchanalian contains Bachchan (hence Amitabh Bachchan) who is famous for his drunken persons role in bollywood movie Shraabi. (Amitabh bachchan is a famous bollywood actor.)

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Bacchus is the Roman god of wine and revelry.

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Everyone drank vodca at Amitabh Bacchan's party

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if you remember in Amithab bacchan movie "satte pe satha"(spelling is not exact), after drinking, his dialogue "dharu peeney mein liver karab ho jaatha hai"

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bacchanalian = Baccha(Bakasura) + nalian (Nalige/Nalai) sounds like tongue of Bakasura

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bacchalan kalmuhi...sharaab pi kar ghar aati hai!!!!

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Bacchanla ladki pi karr aayi hai.. DRUNKEN..

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backslide

Short Definition : revert (to bad habits); N. reverter

Definition
(verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
Synonyms : lapse
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back(means...to turn to your original place or habit) + slide(means to come down)............and anyone who comes back to his bad habits again after having given up is said to be in a backslideing situation.

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the situation is said to be backsliding.

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backwards

Short Definition : and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; Ex. reciprocity in trading rights

Definition
(adv) at or to or toward the back or rear
Example Sentence
  • he moved back
  • tripped when he stepped backward
  • she looked rearward out the window of the car
Definition
(adv) in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
Synonyms : backward
Example Sentence
  • it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'
  • the child put her jersey on backward
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somebody who takes care of you (not your father/mother, but someone like a WARDen) and accepts responsibility for you, accepts you as his/her WARD. You reciprocate this after a few years with money, gifts or love in return.

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badger

Short Definition : pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal

Definition
(noun) a native or resident of Wisconsin
Synonyms : wisconsinite
Definition
(noun) sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere Definition
(verb) annoy persistently
Synonyms : beleaguer bug pester tease
Example Sentence
  • The children teased the boy because of his stammer
Definition
(verb) persuade through constant efforts
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for badger

BAD GIRL.....bad girls always annoy people

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bad+ger(gen) gen means people. badgers are always annoying.

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badger ~ beggar; Imagine some annoying beggar woman !!

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Think of "badger" as a vain military officer with a lot of badges pinned on to his uniform...he keeps pestering everyone to make note of his achievements...so badger = "pester, annoy or harass"!

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army wear badge, so they are badger. they annoy people persistently.

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BAD+GERms==always bother us. so badger means bother

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the multi- 'bagger'(sounds like badger) stock ideas advert on this website is very irritating annoying and pestering

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badgers are like stalker who never cease to pester, irritate and annoy

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badger = bazar .. annoys us

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Divide it like bad+ ger (gen, generation): gen means people. Today's bad generation can really annoy their parents.

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It sounds like anger...badger...anger so u can rembe rit

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Sound the buzzer frequently to badger people.

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remember your class topper in scholl who embosses a BADGEar all the students of the class ANOY AND PESTER him by asking doubts AGAIN AND AGAIN

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begger on signal asking again and again

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badinage

Short Definition : teasing conversation; banter; joking talk

Definition
(noun) frivolous banter
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"tease ur friend in a friendly and humorous way" that he looks "bad + in + age"(older) due to his bald head

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Bad-in-age. Youth is the age we may get involved in doing bad things. One of those bad things is teasing someone (frivolous banter) during conversation or pulling someone’s leg.

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sounds like BADI(big in hindi)and NAAK (nose)..so teasing some one bout their big nose

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split it like this badi+age..so badi(old) age ki ladies often do teasing conversations.

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badinage - - bad+image people with bad image are known for teasing someone

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sounds like bandage........in order to tease my friends i had applied bandage to my leg.....when they asked me what had happened i removed it and started laughing

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badinage=bad+in+age. If you are bad in age. i.e if you are too old or too young, you lack seriousness and indulge mostly in careless chatter

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bad i nage...= in hindi bad + naach...but shes ur friend so ..... tell her the naach was good in humorous way ,,to tease in a light hearted way...:)

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Humorous people donot have a very serious image i.e they have bad image. So BADINAGE corresponds to bad image i.e humorous, ridicule etc

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Think of badinage the way it's pronounced..badinage = "BADDIE" + "NAASH"...sab bad logon ka naash ho gaya..all baddies destroyed..so everybody is having a light hearted, playful conversation..badinage = light hearted conversation!

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badinage sounds like bad+image i.e bad image comes because of teasing others.

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bad image of the bad man(gulshan grover) cos of his badinage.

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baffle

Short Definition : frustrate; perplex

Definition
(noun) a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
Synonyms : baffle board
Definition
(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to
Example Sentence
  • This beats me!
  • Got me--I don't know the answer!
  • a vexing problem
  • This question really stuck me
Definition
(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Example Sentence
  • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
  • foil your opponent
Definition
(verb) check the emission of (sound)
Synonyms : regulate
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for baffle

baffal=bad+fal(hindi)fruit...a bad fruit frustates u

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baffle sounds like buffalo and a wild buffalo can really frustrate you with his crazy actions.

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baffle sounds like be + fool. Everybody knows that a fool is always confused and frusturated while trying to understand / do something new.

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Baffle = frustrate = bewilder. Now u can imagine about a Buffalo getting wild...

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when you eat baffla(e) ,you overeat & get frustrated on the cook afterwards, who made you eat so much.

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Buffalo on the road baffled me.

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baffle sounds like battle so we get frusteted during battle time.....

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similar to BEFUDDLE

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BAFFLE sounds like ba ba fool i.e father confused.

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baffle- just assume that zyada baafle(dal-bafle) khane se frustration hota hai :P

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bait

Short Definition : harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals

Definition
(noun) anything that serves as an enticement
Synonyms : come-on hook lure sweetener
Definition
(noun) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
Synonyms : decoy lure
Definition
(verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping
Example Sentence
  • The children teased the new teacher
  • Don't ride me so hard over my failure
  • His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
Definition
(verb) lure, entice, or entrap with bait Definition
(verb) attack with dogs or set dogs upon
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sounds like WAIT- a boy ALLUREs or give a "temptation" to his girlfriend by saying that he wud wait for her forever.

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This word sounds like bite, so Biting someone steadily means teasing someone or to harass someone.

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college students bets friends to tease/harass girls

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bait(bate in hindi)its the food used to trap/tease for hunting

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In Kannada, Bete mean hunt. Try to lure, before you hunt something.

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Wait after putting bait on hook.

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