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What is Crosspatch mean?

What is Crosspatch mean?

bad-tempered
crosspatch in American English (ˈkrɔsˌpætʃ, ˈkrɑs-) noun. informal. a bad-tempered or irritable person.

What does Cranker mean?

A cranker is a term used in bowling to describe a bowler who is able to put more than average spin on the ball in order to get it to hook and curve more down the lane. The more revolutions a bowler can put on the ball, the more it’s able to curve through the pins, which increases the chances of a strike.

What is the term mean in science?

mean. (Science: statistics) average value calculated by taking the sum of all values and dividing by the total number of values.

What does patch you through mean?

/pætʃ/ uk. /pætʃ/ to connect someone to a phone number or network: I patched her through to customer service.

What is the meaning of old trout?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English old troutBritish English spoken an unpleasant or annoying old person, especially a woman → troutExamples from the Corpusold trout• Consequently, as older trout die they are not replaced and in time the trout population disappears.

What are cranks used for?

A crank is an arm attached at a right angle to a rotating shaft by which circular motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. When combined with a connecting rod, it can be used to convert circular motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa.

What is cranking a 90?

Crank. Generally used in combination with 90s, as in the phrase “Cranking 90s.” This just means you are doing a lot of them quickly and are “cranking” them out.

What kind of word is grunt?

Slang. a common or unskilled worker; laborer.

What is the sentence of grunt?

Examples of grunt in a Sentence Verb The workers were grunting with effort as they lifted the heavy furniture. She grunted a few words in reply, then turned and walked away. Noun the grunt of a pig I could hear the grunts of the movers as they lifted the heavy furniture. He answered her with a grunt.

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