Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A single tear.
- noun A tear-shaped object.
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- noun a single
tear (clear, salty liquid secreted by the eye). - noun The shape of a drop of liquid about to fall.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)
- noun a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
Etymologies
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Examples
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The typical teardrop is basic, just a bed and a little galley (kitchen) area, and this one is no exception, except for the extra-wideness of it and the spoke tires, apparently a sign of hot-rodness incarnate (and to be honest, not a selling point for me, though I get many admiring remarks - about the trailer - from certain kinds of men at gas stations, probably for that reason particularly).
Archive 2009-06-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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The typical teardrop is basic, just a bed and a little galley (kitchen) area, and this one is no exception, except for the extra-wideness of it and the spoke tires, apparently a sign of hot-rodness incarnate (and to be honest, not a selling point for me, though I get many admiring remarks - about the trailer - from certain kinds of men at gas stations, probably for that reason particularly).
Travels and Travails Heather McDougal 2009
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` ` The teardrop is my shot, and it didn't go in. ''
USATODAY.com 2008
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LICHTENSTEIN: And if you see -- a teardrop is a common tattoo in prison.
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The sets have a "teardrop" design and blue color accents.
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The sets have a "teardrop" design and blue color accents.
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We have lachrima "teardrop" for example, also spelled lacrima from Old Latin dacruma, which is without a doubt an old word inherited directly from Indo-European *dáḱru.
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My view is that there was indeed an earlier system like this and that *a is rare because most instances of former *a had shifted to *o at a very late date in PIE's history, leaving behind a residue of instances of *a in words like *daḱru "teardrop" and *ǵʰans- "goose".
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We have lachrima "teardrop" for example, also spelled lacrima from Old Latin dacruma, which is without a doubt an old word inherited directly from Indo-European *dáḱru.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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My view is that there was indeed an earlier system like this and that *a is rare because most instances of former *a had shifted to *o at a very late date in PIE's history, leaving behind a residue of instances of *a in words like *daḱru "teardrop" and *ǵʰans- "goose".
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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