(of a wall clock) Having an exposed pendulum.

(idiomatic, somewhat dated, Britain, Ireland, New England) A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to a woman as "she", instead of using her name or an appropriately respectful title.

simple past tense of come out of the closet

(idiomatic, often ironic) A common excuse used by debtors to put off creditors

plural of stick in the mud

plural of stick-in-the-mud

A nickname for New York City.

To clearly show one's support for a side or opinion in a dispute, often indicating an intention to defend that side to the end.

(law) A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that evidence be sufficient to determine that a claim is more likely to be true than not.

(by ellipsis) Used to express astonishment or incredulity, as a question or questioning of the situation at hand, without requiring any specific vulgarity as intensifier.