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Superglue (oh) and all over (iou)


Superglue (oh)



trademark a very strong glue that sticks very quickly and is difficult to remove
-- superglue v [T]

all over (iou)



all over adverb & prepositional phr., adjective, & noun. Also all-over, (as noun) allover. ME.
[from ALL adverb + OVER adverb, preposition.]
A. adverbial phr.
To the full extent. Only in ME.
Over the whole extent; in every part; in or on one's whole body etc. LME.
H. P. Brougham Such an exertion..I already ache all over with it. Joyce I often felt I wanted to kiss him all over.
In all respects; as regards characteristic attitude, behaviour, etc. E18.
J. Galsworthy She's not a bit like me. She's your mother all over. Obstinate as a mule!
Completely finished. M18.
H. Nelson I am a dead man, Hardy...I am going fast:it will be all over with me soon. J. le Carre And then I asked him, 'Is this goodbye?'whether it was all over.
b. prepositional phr. Everywhere on or in; all through. E17.
be all over display great affection towards (someone), be excessively attentive to (someone).
Defoe The People..began to be allarm'd all over the Town. L. Hughes In the middle of the winter, Snow all over the ground.
C. adjective (attrib.) (with hyphen).
Generally indisposed. rare. M19.
H. Mayhew An all-over sort of feeling.
Covering every part. M19.
Times Literary Supplement At least six 'original' bindings, ranging from all-over boards with label, through half-cloth and full-cloth.
Overall. M20.
Irish Press The Irish people..have given Fianna Fail its all-over majority. Notes & Queries His all-over conclusion is [etc.].
D. noun (in senses 1 and 2 with hyphen or as one word).
(Something with) a pattern that covers every part uniformly, without conspicuous features. M19.
In pl. the all-overs, a feeling of nervousness or revulsion. US slang. L19.
After prepositions (chiefly from): everywhere, many different places. E20.
Time There were a lot of young people from all overColorado, Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia, Brazil, Canada.
all-'overish adjective & adverb (colloq.) (a) adjective generally ill, indisposed all over; nervous; also, ubiquitous; (b) adverb over the whole extent: M19.
all-'overishness noun (colloq.) a General sense of illness or indisposition E19.
all-'overness noun (colloq.) (a) = all-overishness; (b) the quality of covering every part: E19.