Improvisational design or problem-solving, dealing with low availability of replacement parts and materials.

A yearlong break from study taken by some students on leaving school before starting university, often spent gaining work experience or travelling.

(countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar. / (uncountable, slang) Casual talk; chatter. / (countable, slang, derogatory) The mouth, which produces speech.

(intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark. / (intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter. / (transitive, slang) To rob or steal from (someone).

(management, accounting) Relating to the period from the beginning of a fiscal year to the end of a reporting period.

A skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer).

(dated) Yes, indeed. / Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement).

(archaic) Or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.

(in some dialects of American English, including Southern, Western, and African American Vernacular) Yeah, right, yes.

An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken