over-the-shoulder bombing | a special case of loft bombing in which the bomb is released past the vertical so it is tossed back to the target |
snub cut cold shoulder | a refusal to recognize someone you know, the snub was clearly intentional |
hard shoulder | a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies) |
shoulder berm | a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road, the car pulled off onto the shoulder |
shoulder | the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder, an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform |
shoulder bag | a large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shoulder |
shoulder board shoulder mark | epaulets that indicate rank |
shoulder holster | a holster worn over your shoulder so a gun can be concealed under your jacket |
shoulder pad | protective garment consisting of a hard rounded pad worn by football players to protect their shoulders |
shoulder patch | patch worn on the shoulder of a military uniform to indicate rank |
strap shoulder strap | a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag |
wood vise woodworking vise shoulder vise | a vise with jaws that are padded in order to hold lumber without denting it |
scapula shoulder blade shoulder bone | either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings |
shoulder | the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm |
shoulder shoulder joint articulatio humeri | a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula |
shoulder girdle pectoral arch | the bony arch formed by the collarbones and shoulder blades in humans |
shoulder flash | something worn on the shoulder of a military uniform as an emblem of a division etc. |
shoulder | a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg |
picnic ham picnic shoulder | shoulder of a hog usually smoked |
slight cold-shoulder | pay no attention to, disrespect, She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance |
shoulder | push with the shoulders, He shouldered his way into the crowd |
shoulder | carry a burden, either real or metaphoric, shoulder the burden |
shoulder | lift onto one's shoulders |
shoulder in | push one's way in with one's shoulders |
plug away peg away slog keep one's nose to the grindstone keep one's shoulder to the wheel | work doggedly or persistently, She keeps plugging away at her dissertation |
off-the-shoulder | not covering the shoulders (especially in the case of a blouse or dress) |
blunt candid forthright frank free-spoken outspoken plainspoken point-blank straight-from-the-shoulder | characterized by directness in manner or speech, without subtlety or evasion, blunt talking and straight shooting, a blunt New England farmer, I gave them my candid opinion, forthright criticism, a forthright approach to the problem, tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank, it is possible to be outspoken without being rude, plainspoken and to the point, a point-blank accusation |
shoulder-to-shoulder | side by side and close together, the troops marched shoulder-to-shoulder |