(art) A teaching session in which art students practice drawing or painting the human figure using a live (often naked) model

Alternative spelling of clasp-knife

(simile, UK, informal) Very hard or very rapidly.

(sports, longtrack speedskating) a type of speedskate used in longtrack speedskating, where the skate blade is hinged at the front pillar to the boot, with the heel pillar being free, and kept in place by a spring mechanism.

plural of Aegis class cruiser

(usually with to) To take an action that asserts a property right in something.

(soccer) someone connected with Burnley Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

A form of Chinese narrative singing accompanied by a pair of clappers.

Conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes); the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective.

(figuratively) Appeal, urgent call to action.