To eat or drink noisily.

a fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.

to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)

At a higher level, rank or position.

Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.

momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.

the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

a flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.

superlative form of large: most large; of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish; unable to relax; fidgety or restless.

a person who trains another; a coach.

A modern type of warship, equivalent in size or smaller than a destroyer, often focused on anti-submarine warfare, but sometimes general purpose.

lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.

The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.

An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.

a circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.

power, authority.

covered in muck.

(colloquial, lighthearted, often childish) delicious.