A surname. / An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. / A township in Clare County, Michigan. / A minor city in Faribault County, Minnesota.

(idiomatic, colloquial) From the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting.

(informal) exceptionally bad or unpleasant.

(idiomatic) Hoarseness or the need to cough. / (idiomatic) Any temporary physical difficulty in speaking.

(idiomatic) Plain; clearly apparent; obvious.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To select only that which is of value.

(idiomatic) From the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting.

(literally) The door at the main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street. / (by extension) The entire main entrance to a building or house.

(Britain, slang, euphemistic) The female genitalia; the vulva.

(idiomatic) To ward off poverty or hunger. / (idiomatic, humorous, euphemistic) To delay sexual ejaculation.