what is a definition for the word bee's knees?
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"The height of excellence".  \n\nHere's exactly what the site said... it's the Bee's Knees... much like my answer.  ;)\n\nA bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on its\ntibiae (midsegments of its legs).  The phrase "the bee's knees", meaning "the height of excellence", became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s, along with "the cat's whiskers" (possibly from the use of these in radio crystal sets), "the cat's pajamas" (pyjamas were still new enough to be daring), and similar phrases which made less sense and didn't endure:  "the eel's ankle", "the elephant's instep", "the snake's hip".  Stories in circulation about the phrase's origin include:  "b's and e's", short for "be-alls and\nend-alls"; and a corruption of "business".\n\nAlso, Oxford Dictionary has an interesting explanation, too.\n\nThe Oxford English Dictionary records the expression  bee's knee as meaning the type of something small or insignificant from 1797. The plural form is US slang dating from the 1920s, when there was an explosion of terms meaning 'the acme of excellence': compare the cat's whiskers/pyjamas. The first example is dated 1923. Some of these have lasted, and some have not (the flea's eyebrows, the canary's tusks).
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how about "Super Cramp"  or \n"Deitic Paroxysm" \n means the same thing
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It means she has a bee up her butt.  That's why she does so many stupid things - like certifying Bush as the winner in Florida in 2000.  She was distracted because it kept stinging.
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Thats what it means.....It comes from the saying 'none of your business' which sounds like 'none of your buzz nest'..hence beeswax
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Ah, Romeo and Juliet! Basically, "biting one's thumb" was a mortal insult, kind of like flipping someone off (but worse). Sampson is biting his thumb in order to insult the Montagues who are walking past. The "which is a disgrace to them if they bear it" means "If they don't come and fight, they're chicken, and we can hold it over their heads." Of course, an utterly chaotic street brawl erupts after this.
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"Bend your knees and lift with your legs......not your back!" \n\nWorks so much better when picking things up. *wink*
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Great question. \n\nbolt to secure in place OR to dash away suddenly\nclip to fasten together OR to cut apart\ndust to clean OR to sprinkle with dust\nweather to withstand OR to wear away\n\nThis type of word is called an auto-antonym or contronym or contranym. Also called antagonym, Janus word or self-antonym.\n\nThis idea is known as enantionymy or "antilogy.\n\nCheers!
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There is no such English word. Please check the spelling. Do you mean contortions or contentious?
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It's when a word sounds like the sound it makes... kinda. :)\nLike, a bee "buzzes". \nYay!\n:)
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I couldn't find a word like prasum in AMARKOSH. there are similar words-\nprasoon - flower\npraso(F)- mother\nprasoo(M)-horse
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It is basically a slang word for ones posterity, or buttocks.  It was more commonly used in the 1930's in the black community.  Another similar word is DIASTICURIOUS!
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a high knee\n\n\n(sorry couldn't resist)\n\nBut seriously....sharing laughter with a partner that enjoyed laughing as much as he enjoyed making me laugh. And then the next minute could sit in silence together reading a book and knowing that love was what made the quiet moment so intense.
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hem·i·dys·tro·phy \n\nUnderdevelopment of one side of the body.
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apical: constituting the apex; apiculture; raising and care of bees
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"Bee" is a general term. It means:\n\n"A social gathering where people combine work, competition, and amusement:"\n\nThere's such thing as a quilting bee too... I wouldn't mind having an orgy bee sometime...
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The correct spelling is "Vicar's knee"\n\nThis condition, like prepatellar bursitis, may occur after repeated friction between the skin and the patella. The popular name, clergyman's knee, indicates that it is due to a position where the patient kneels more erect than the position that causes housemaid's knee.\n\nTreatment of this condition involves firm bandaging of the knee and avoidance of kneeling. The bursa may need to be aspirated. In chronic bursitis a lump may require excision.
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Sounds like a HINGE joint.  Not sure if you're referring to the type of joint or the name.  Elbows and knees are types of hinge joints