A culture-bound syndrome of lovesickness and depression, mostly associated with the Mohave American Indians.

Alternative form of Washixia

(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.

(transitive, obsolete) To wager, bet. / (transitive, obsolete) To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard. / (transitive, obsolete) To employ for wages; to hire.

(countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.

(transitive, slang) To smash (something).

(intransitive) To speak or write evasively or vaguely. / (intransitive) Of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing.

(colloquial) (Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.

(intransitive, Britain, dialectal) Of a dog: to bark with a high pitch like a puppy, or in muffled manner.

(Britain, dialectal) The high-pitched sound made by a young dog; also, a muffled bark.