Dust
51dust — See: BITE THE DUST, KICK UP A FUSS or KICK UP A DUST, WATCH ONE S DUST, AFTER THE DUST CLEARS/WHEN THE DUST SETTLES …
52DUST — The old West was a dirty place. When a horse and rider came down the street of an old West town with its false front stores, dust flew everywhere. The Conestoga wagons in front of the wagon train produced huge quantities of choking dust for… …
53dust — See: bite the dust, kick up a fuss or kick up a dust, watch one s dust, after the dust clears, when the dust settles …
54dust — [OE] The notion ultimately underlying dust seems to be that of ‘smoke’ or ‘vapour’. It goes back to a prehistoric Indo European base *dheu , which also produced Latin fūmus and Sanskrit dhūma ‘smoke’. A Germanic descendant of this, *dunstu ,… …
55dust — 1) n angel dust, P.C.P. Among young people the shortened form was considered cooler than the full phrase in the late 1980s ► Johnny does dust. (Graffito, Hammersmith, London, 1987) 2) vb American to kill. A tough guy euphemism imply ing the… …
56dust — 1. illicit narcotics in powdered form There is a visual similarity: He pays off with the dust, and it s party time every Saturday night. (Sanders, 1950 he was not using gold dust) See also dream and angel dust. 2. to kill… …
57dust — [OE] The notion ultimately underlying dust seems to be that of ‘smoke’ or ‘vapour’. It goes back to a prehistoric Indo European base *dheu , which also produced Latin fūmus and Sanskrit dhūma ‘smoke’. A Germanic descendant of this, *dunstu ,… …
58dust — Synonyms and related words: acres, air, air pollution, alluvion, alluvium, altercation, arable land, ashes, attritus, bamboozle, barrel, beat, beeline, begrime, bemire, bemud, besmoke, besprinkle, bickering, biscuit, bleach, body, bone, bones,… …
59dust — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. powder; earth, soil; dirt, lint, ash, soot, flue. See powderiness, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirt, lint, soil, sand, particles, flakes, granules, loess, ashes, cinders, grime, soot, grit,… …
60dust — 1. noun 1) the desk was covered in dust Syn: dirt, grime, filth, smut, soot; fine powder 2) they fought in the dust Syn: earth, soil, dirt; ground 2. verb 1) …
