(colloquial, idiomatic) Into a sudden state of collapse or astonishment.

Alternative form of in the twinkling of a bedstaff

Divorced from its proper context and therefore suffering from incomplete analysis.

(UK, slang, archaic) To bet a large amount of money on a certain racehorse.

(Australia, informal) Expressing astonishment.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay a glove on

present participle of lay a glove on

simple past tense and past participle of lay a glove on

Drunk.

Used to argue that something's name is arbitrary and does not give any information as to its qualities; the names of things do not affect what they really are.