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limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomoussynonyms: serpenttypes:sluitspier, wurgslangany of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coilszeeslangany of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venomringslangany of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neckringslangeither of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in colorcobravenomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
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a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gassynonyms: aviobrug, brandspuit, slangetje, slurf, waterspuittypes:brandslanga large hose that carries water from a fire hydrant to the site of the firewaterkanon, waterwerpera hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)
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a large strong and aggressive woman
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a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
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specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subjectsynonyms: Bargoens, argot, beroepstaal, boeventaal, dieventaal, groepstaal, hulptaal, jargon, kringtaal, kunsttaal, terminologie, vakjargon, vaktaal, vakterminologietype of:performance, praat, schrijfstijl, schrijftrant, schrijfwijze, spraak, stijl, taalgebruik, verhaaltrant, verteltrant, vormgevinga way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
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a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)synonyms: Bargoens, argot, beroepstaal, boeventaal, dieventaal, groepstaal, jargon, koine, kringtaal, landstaal, omgangstaal, sociolect, spreektaal, terminologie, vakjargon, vaktaal, vakterminologie, volkstaal
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