dunk dunk shot stuff shot | a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket |
approximation bringing close together | the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue |
delivery bringing | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail), his reluctant delivery of bad news |
breeding bringing up fostering fosterage nurture raising rearing upbringing | helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community, they debated whether nature or nurture was more important |
small stuff | any light rope used on shipboard |
stuff | miscellaneous unspecified objects, the trunk was full of stuff |
real McCoy real thing real stuff | informal usage attributing authenticity |
hot stuff | the quality of being popular, skiing is hot stuff in New Hampshire |
stuff | unspecified qualities required to do or be something, the stuff of heros, you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine |
hot stuff voluptuousness | the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting), he thought she was really hot stuff |
stuff | a critically important or characteristic component, suspense is the very stuff of narrative |
stuff stuff and nonsense hooey poppycock | senseless talk, don't give me that stuff |
stuff | information in some unspecified form, it was stuff I had heard before, there's good stuff in that book |
sob story sob stuff | a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress, designed to arouse sympathy |
people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively, old people, there were at least people in the audience |
business people businesspeople | people who transact business (especially business executives) |
country people countryfolk | people raised in or living in a rural environment, rustics |
country people countryfolk | people living in the same country, compatriots |
folk folks common people | people in general (often used in the plural), they're just country folk, folks around here drink moonshine, the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next |
free free people | people who are free, the home of the free and the brave |
color colour people of color people of colour | a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) |
people | members of a family line, his people have been farmers for generations, are your people still alive? |
Irish National Liberation Army INLA People's Liberation Army People's Republican Army Catholic Reaction Force | a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland |
Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization MKO MEK People's Mujahidin of Iran | a terrorist organization formed in the s by children of Iranian merchants, sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism, following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah |
New People's Army NPA | a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government, uses hit squads called Sparrow Units, opposes United States military presence in the Philippines |
People against Gangsterism and Drugs PAGAD | a terrorist organization in South Africa formed in to fight drug lords, evolved into a vigilante group with anti-western views closely allied with Qibla, is believed to have ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East, is suspected of conducting bouts of urban terrorism |
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party Revolutionary People's Liberation Front | an extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States, attacks Turkish security and military officials |
Revolutionary People's Struggle ELA | an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from to , a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States |
citizenry people | the body of citizens of a state or country, the Spanish people |
poor people poor | people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group), the urban poor need assistance |
rich people rich | people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group), only the very rich benefit from this legislation |
multitude masses mass hoi polloi people the great unwashed | the common people generally, separate the warriors from the mass, power to the people |
People's Party Populist Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in to advocate currency expansion and state control of railroads |
flower people hippies hipsters | a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the s, advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs, favored acid rock and progressive rock music |
ruling class people in power | the class of people exerting power or authority |
unemployed people unemployed | people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group), the long-term unemployed need assistance |
chosen people | any people believing themselves to be chosen by God |
China People's Republic of China mainland China Communist China Red China PRC Cathay | a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia, the most populous country in the world |
Bangladesh People's Republic of Bangladesh Bangla Desh East Pakistan | a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south, formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan, it achieved independence in |
North Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea D.P.R.K. DPRK | a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, established in |
Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic | a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia, achieved independence from France in |
Libya Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean, consists almost entirely of desert, a major exporter of petroleum |
Mongolia Mongolian People's Republic Outer Mongolia | a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia |
White race White people Caucasoid race Caucasian race | a light-skinned race |
Slavic people Slavic race | a race of people speaking a Slavonic language |
Dutch Dutch people | the people of the Netherlands, the Dutch are famous for their tulips |
British British people Brits | the people of Great Britain |
English English people | the people of England |
Irish Irish people | people of Ireland or of Irish extraction |
French French people | the people of France |