English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 90 of 732

man and wifenoun

An opposite-sex married couple.

man bites dogphrase

A situation that is worth reporting on because it is unusual or bizarre.

man boobnoun

One of a pair of large or womanly breasts on a man caused by pectoral fat, or sometimes a hormonal condition such as gynecomastia.

man boynoun

Alternative spelling of manboy.

man cavenoun

A part of a home specifically reserved for adult male activities, such as drinking beer, playing games and watching TV; often a garage or den.

man childnoun

An adult male who is childish or immature.

man crushnoun

An intense and typically nonsexual feeling of attraction toward and admiration for a man.

man cuntnoun

The anus of a man, usually the receptive participant in gay sex.

man datenoun

A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters.

man daynoun

Alternative spelling of man-day.

man downverb

To lose courage or cause to lose courage.

man enginenoun

A mechanical lift for raising and lowering people through considerable distances; specifically (mining), a device by which miners ascend or descend in a shaft, consisting of a series of landings or sollars in the shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod which has an up and down motion equal to the distance between the successive landings. A person steps from a landing to a shelf and is raised or lowered to the next landing, upon which they then step, and so on, travelling by successive stages.

man enoughadj

sufficiently courageous

man fernnoun

A tree fern.

man Fridaynoun

A trusted man whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks; a personal assistant, a right-hand man; also, a trusted male companion.

man honoun

A promiscuous man.

Man in Blackname

The country musician Johnny Cash.

man in the mirrornoun

Oneself, one's reflection, usually used in the context of introspection and self-reflection on the solution to a problem.

man in the moonname

An image of a man perceived in the dark maria (plains or "seas") and light highlands or other features of the Moon, originally regarded as a man with a burden on his back or accompanied by a small dog, and now more commonly as a man's face in the full moon or his profile in a crescent moon; hence, an imaginary man thought to be living on the Moon.

man in whitenoun

God, Jesus Christ

man is a wolf to manproverb

Humans are often cruel, predatory, and inhumane towards each other.

man is the measure of all thingsphrase

the doctrine that all knowledge is subjective, being derived from observations made by humans, and there can be no objective truth

Man Josename

Nickname for San Jose: a major city in California, United States.

man juicenoun

Semen.

man looknoun

A cursory search for something present that fails to locate it, stereotypically performed by men.

man managementnoun

The organization and motivation of people who work in an organization.

man milknoun

semen

man modenoun

A state of mind in which one is too fatigued to contribute, make decisions or do anything beyond the bare minimum required.

man of actionnoun

One who acts or reacts boldly, without hesitation, and often without forethought, especially in situations which are adventurous or dangerous.

man of culturenoun

One (a man or sometimes regardless of gender) whose tastes are admired by others, especially if these are unorthodox.

man of few wordsnoun

A man who doesn't speak much; a habitually terse or taciturn man.

man of lawnoun

A lawyer, a lawman.

man of lettersnoun

A literary man; a scholar or author.

man of partsnoun

A man who is talented in multiple areas of life.

man of strawnoun

A weak person.

man of the clothnoun

A male member of the clergy.

man of the hournoun

A man who has recently caught the attention of, or is being admired or honoured by, a large number of people.

man of the matchnoun

The best player in a match.

man of the peoplenoun

A man, usually a celebrity or political leader, who shows understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people, and who has a rapport with and acceptance by them.

man of the worldnoun

A worldly or sophisticated man, one well versed in the ways and dealings of humankind.

man of warnoun

Alternative form of man-of-war.

man on the Bondi tramnoun

Any hypothetical reasonable person used by the Courts when considering questions of reasonableness.

man on the Clapham omnibusnoun

Any hypothetical reasonable person used by the Courts in considering questions of reasonableness; an everyman.

man on the Shau Kei Wan tramnoun

Any hypothetical reasonable person used by the Courts when considering questions of reasonableness.

man on the streetnoun

An ordinary member of the general public, especially one who lacks special expertise.

man overboardintj

A cry used to announce that one of the crew or passengers has fallen over the side of the vessel.

man pagenoun

A helpfile in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

man pantiesnoun

Men's or boys' briefs.

man proposes, God disposesproverb

Things do not always work out as they are planned.

man pussynoun

The anus and rectum of a man, usually the receptive participant (the bottom) in gay sex.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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