| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Chiefly British. A person who is easily deceived or victimized: butt3, dupe, fool, gull, lamb, pushover, victim. Informal : sucker. Slang : fall guy, gudgeon, mark, monkey, patsy, pigeon, sap1. See WISE. 2. Informal. A facial contortion indicating displeasure, disgust, or pain: face, grimace, moue, mouth, pout. See EXPRESS. 3. Informal. The front surface of the head: countenance, face, feature (often used in plural), muzzle, visage. Slang : kisser, map, pan, puss. See PRECEDE. 4. A rough, violent person who engages in destructive actions: hoodlum, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough. Informal : toughie. Slang : hood, punk. See ATTACK, CRIMES. | | VERB: | To contort one's face to indicate displeasure, disgust, or pain, for example: grimace, mouth. Idioms: make a face, make faces. See EXPRESS.
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