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noun

• a grand party. UK slang.

                                                                   
  
  Citation from "article title", news.scotsman.com, Kenneth Walton, 02 June 2011 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: a party, event, gathering, meeting.

  Last edited on Jun 09 2011. Submitted by Dick Wright-Upham from Wellington, New Zealand on Jun 09 2011.

origin

• Probably from the commotion during a Victorian children's nursery at teatime. For more information, see this World Wide Words article.

  Last edited on Jun 09 2011. Submitted by Dick Wright-Upham from Wellington, New Zealand on Jun 09 2011.

noun

• something out of the norm.

  Of a very strong alcoholic drink: That's a real goocher!

  Of a stranger wearing a bright pink poncho: What a goocher.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  
  Citation from Stand by Me (1986 film) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: crazy, insane, weird, strange.

  Last edited on Nov 21 2012. Submitted by andi d. from Seattle, WA, USA on Apr 11 2004.

noun - plural

• the psychedelic drug LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  
  Citation from "Love, Bullets and Blacktop", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 7 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: hallucinogens (e.g. LSD).

  Last edited on Feb 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 28 2011.

verb

• to focus on the task at hand.

                                                                                                                                                    
  
  Citation from "Sacrifice", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 12 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 25 2011.

• prefix used to preface a letter of the alphabet, uesd emphasize the particular word that starts with that letter.

                                                                                                                                         
  
  Citation from Dedicated Romeo's tale of hard work and success, BusinessDay, 2009/09/18 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Oct 07 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

verb

• to become confused.

                                                                                                                                  
  
  Citation from "Can You Hear Me Now?", Pretty Little Liars (TV, 2010) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: absent minded, forgetful, confused.

  Last edited on Jul 01 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 01 2010.

interjection

• general exclamation.

  What the deuce?!

                                                                           
  
  Citation from Flashman in the Great Game, George MacDonald Fraser, 1975 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: intensifiers (list of).

  Last edited on Jun 18 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 18 2010.

verb

• to aggravate; anger; annoy.

                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "Stewie B. Good", Family Guy, Season 4 Episode 36 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to become angry, go crazy, freak out.

  Last edited on Oct 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 25 2010.

noun

• a younger punk who is homeless or pretends to be homeless.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "Punks invade Williamsburg as heroin-addicted hobos set up shop in trendy Brooklyn neighborhood", NYDailyNews.com, Ben Chapman and Elizabeth Hays, July 14 2009 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: criminal, hooligan, gangster, gangsta.
  • See more words with the same meaning: poor, poor person, homeless person.

  Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

verb - transitive

• to steal, especially a car.

                                                                                                       
  
  Citation from "Sins of the Past", Terriers (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 11 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                               
  
  Citation from "Chapter 2", The Confession (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                  
  
  Citation from "The Fight", Parks and Recreation (TV), Season 3 Episode 13 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to steal.

  Last edited on Jul 21 2011. Submitted by joe k. from San Antonio, TX, USA on Dec 13 1999.