in-custody death syndrome n.— «A condition known as “excited delirium,” sometimes also referred to as “in-custody death syndrome,” has been attributed by some US and Canadian coroners to a number of deaths in...
chippy adj. irritable, tempermental, or fractious. Editorial Note: Oxford English Dictionary cites this meaning as early as 1885 as a colloquial form of ‘given to chipping, ready to chip.’ In recent decades in North America it has become most...
splash mark n.— «In the gulf war, our vehicles got hit farely often. One tank had 4 splash marks on it’s frontal slope from HEAT rounds.» —“Oh, so a mech cant kill tanks eh?” by Absolut_Tempest Mechanized Propulsion...
telltale n.— «The telltales for gas, oil, temperature, and battery voltage—standard, fixed icons that don’t change in real time—reside in the PROM memory.» —“Design A Minimum-Space Auto-Instrument Module” by Ralph...
heatiness n. a characteristic of certain foods or stimulants said to cause emotional or physical reactions associated with temper, fever, passion, excess, or true heat. Editorial Note: From Chinese culture and medicine. (source: Double-Tongued...
bye week n.— «Others, though, have plotted strategy in the middle of games and suggested we hold a practice during our bye week.» —“Intensity, tempered with fun” by Michael Rand Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn...