n.
1.a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
2.a remark capable of wounding mentally
3.a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse
4.a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
5.a sharp stinging blow
Idiom of the Day
thrust and parry
to compete actively with someone, to enter into verbal combat with someone (this idiom comes from the sport of fencing)
It was thrust and parry during the debate.
