n.
1.an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
2.(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
3.a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
4.a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
5.a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
6.thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948
Idiom of the Day
knock one's head against the wall
to waste time trying to do something with no success
The company manager's have been knocking their heads against the wall trying to solve the problem.