(US, finance) Alternative-A — Describing mortgages loans that do not conform to the traditional standards of Fannie Mae, but are presented as having an "A" credit rating, based on the borrower's FICO credit score.

(rowing) To strike the blade of the oar against the water when moving the oar back between power strokes.

(transitive) To become fond of something.

(simile, colloquial) Very much under the influence of drugs; extremely high.

(figuratively) New management will often make radical changes.

To bathe. / (idiomatic) To lose a large amount of money in an investment.

(idiomatic) To contract a cold. / (idiomatic) To encounter difficulties.

(simile) Completely drunk.

(Britain, simile) To laugh with a loud, coarse sound

(simile) Very ill.