bell ringer bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
shoulder board shoulder mark | epaulets that indicate rank |
mark | the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember, it was in London that he made his mark, he left an indelible mark on the American theater |
stretch mark | a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy) |
crisscross cross mark | a marking that consists of lines that cross each other |
chatter mark | a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece |
scratch scrape scar mark | an indication of damage |
burn burn mark | a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) |
strawberry strawberry mark hemangioma simplex | a soft red birthmark |
mark of Cain | the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature |
mark grade score | a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance), she made good marks in algebra, grade A milk, what was your score on your homework? |
words | language that is spoken or written, he has a gift for words, she put her thoughts into words |
Mark Gospel According to Mark | the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament |
letter of marque letters of marque letter of mark and reprisal | a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation |
palaver hot air empty words empty talk rhetoric | loud and confused and empty talk, mere rhetoric |
sign mark | a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened), he showed signs of strain, they welcomed the signs of spring |
hypertext markup language hypertext mark-up language HTML | a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents |
mark stigma brand stain | a symbol of disgrace or infamy, And the Lord set a mark upon Cain--Genesis |
mark print | a visible indication made on a surface, some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks, paw prints were everywhere |
hoofprint hoof mark hoof-mark | a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal |
mark | a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation), his answer was just a punctuation mark |
call mark call number pressmark | a mark consisting of characters written on a book, used to indicate shelf location |
check mark check tick | a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc., as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name |
diacritical mark diacritic | a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation |
ditto mark ditto | a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated |
dollar mark dollar sign | a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars |
dollar dollar mark dollar sign | a symbol of commercialism or greed, he worships the almighty dollar, the dollar sign means little to him |
accent accent mark | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
stress mark | a mark indicating the stress on a syllable |
punctuation punctuation mark | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
exclamation mark exclamation point | a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation |
question mark interrogation point | a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question |
quotation mark quote inverted comma | a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else |
authentication hallmark assay-mark | a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity |
service stripe hashmark hash mark | an insignia worn to indicate years of service |
actor's line speech words | words making up the dialogue of a play, the actor forgot his speech |
string of words word string linguistic string | a linear sequence of words as spoken or written |
lyric words language | the text of a popular song or musicalomedy number, his compositions always started with the lyrics, he wrote both words and music, the song uses colloquial language |
wording diction phrasing phraseology choice of words verbiage | the manner in which something is expressed in words, use concise military verbiage- G.S.Patton |
words | the words that are spoken, I listened to his words very closely |
wind malarkey malarky idle words jazz nothingness | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk, that's a lot of wind, don't give me any of that jazz |
sweet nothings honeyed words | inconsequential expressions of affection, he whispered sweet nothings into her ear |
quarrel wrangle row words run-in dustup | an angry dispute, they had a quarrel, they had words |
benchmark bench mark | a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point |
lubber's line lubber line lubber's mark lubber's point | a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading |
target mark | a reference point to shoot at, his arrow hit the mark |
marker marking mark | a distinguishing symbol, the owner's mark was on all the sheep |
load line Plimsoll line Plimsoll mark Plimsoll | waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded |
high-water mark | a line marking the highest level reached |
low-water mark | a line marking the lowest level reached |