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(adj)
Of short duration; happening quickly.
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Obsolete spelling of brief. [Of short duration; happening quickly.]
(n)
A town in County Limerick, Ireland.
(v)
(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
(uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines.
(Scotland) The brow; forehead.
An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
A city in Orange County, California, United States.
A diminutive of the female given name Brianna, or Bridget, or Britney, or, rarely, Britannia or Sabrina.
(of speech, or other produced sound) Characterized by a burr.
(usually in the plural) A very short, close-fitting type of underpants.
(transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
(N)
Bry O'Reilly (born Brian O'Reilly; 16 February 1988), known professionally as Bry (formerly BriBry), is an Irish singer/songwriter from Dublin.
(orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
One who provides a briefing.
Having been given a briefing, informed.
Alternative spelling of bourrée. [A baroque dance of French origin, common in Auvergne and Biscay in Spain in the 17th century.]
(informal) Clipping of professor. [The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.]
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
(slang) Brother (a male sibling).
An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.
(transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
(uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
(clothing) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.
(informal) A sudden, sharp blow or punch.
Alternative spelling of bra (“brother, friend”). [An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.]
(Jamaica) borrow
A female given name.
(Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope.
(initialism) British Allergy Foundation
the jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
brightly colored and showy
(uncountable) A placename:
(entertainment, slang) A big laugh.
(kayaking, rafting) A “jump” over hydraulic backwash in a high-gradient mountain river, an action analogous to a skier jumping a cliff.
(UK dialectal) Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.
(military, UK) Initialism of British Expeditionary Force.
A surname from French, especially common among Cajun people.
(gay slang) A public washroom.
A surname, variant of Brault.
To hit or strike, especially with something flat or soft.
A bravado; a boast.
(South Africa, transitive) To soften (leather) by twisting, scraping, etc.
(chiefly South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe) A social meeting including the braaing of meat; a cookout.
A surname from Irish.
(Scotland) broth
(music) A comic opera
(slang) Clipping of boyfriend [A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.]
A city in Madison County, Kentucky, United States.
A surname.
Alternative form of bruv. [(UK, Canada, chiefly Cockney, MLE, MTE, Australia, slang) Brother, mate, friend.]
A bovine.
A fibrous substance derived from the sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) used as caulk.
Short for Brive-la-Gaillarde [A commune in Corrèze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.]
A surname from French.
(obsolete) Intrigue; secretive machinations.
(backgammon) To remove one of one's own checkers from the board.