n.
1.(law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal
2.the act of testing something
3.(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications
4.(law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law
5.trying something to find out about it
6.an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
7.the act of undergoing testing
Idiom of the Day
up the river with no paddle
in trouble and unable to do anything about it
We were up the river with no paddle when we ran out of money on our vacation.