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chintz(dictionary)
menace(1)(dictionary)
menace(2)(dictionary)
MENACE(law)
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menace 1, noun(dictionary)
menace 2, verb(dictionary)

menace 1, noun (oh) and chintz (iou)


menace 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Latin minacia, from minari 'to threaten']
[C] something or someone that is dangerous
-synonym threat threat menace of
::It's the only way to deal with the menace of drug dealing.
menace to
::That man's a menace to society . He should be locked away.
::the growing menace of oil pollution at sea
[U] a threatening quality, feeling, or way of behaving
::There was menace in his voice.
air/sense of menace
::There was a sense of menace as the sky grew darker.
[C] a person, especially a child that is annoying or causes trouble
-synonym nuisance nuisance
::My little brother's a real menace.
with menaces
BrE law if someone asks another person for something with menaces, they use threats of violence to get what they want
::He was charged with demanding money with menaces.

chintz (iou)



chintz noun1 & adjective. E17.
[Hindi ch&imactilde; spattering, stain. Mod. form a fanciful spelling of original pl.]
A. noun. Pl. chintzes. Orig. chint, pl. chints. Orig., a painted or stained calico from India. Now, a cotton cloth with a particoloured pattern, usu. fast-printed and glazed. E17.
b. adjective. Of chintz; covered with chintz. E18.
chintzy adjective (a) decorated or covered with chintz; (b) fig. unfashionable; genteel, suburban, petit bourgeois: M19.