(informal, nautical) The bow of a ship / The most difficult or dangerous aspect of something

A dialect of blended Italian dialects and English, spoken primarily in the USA. Italian immigration to the United States began in earnest in 1870, and most Italian immigrants were from Southern Italy, which spoke a variety of dialects/languages very different from the currently-dominant dialect of Tuscan Italian. These dialects include Sicilian, Neapolitan, Salentino, Calabrese, and other non-Italo-Romance languages like Griko and Arbëresh.

plural of shallow end

The part of a swimming pool with relatively shallow water / (idiomatic) A situation where little expertise or experience is required.

to be egoistical

Alternative form of knob-end

plural of knob end

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knob, end. The end of something that is shaped into a knob. / (Britain, slang, vulgar) The glans penis

an engineering profession concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information and equipment.

plural of knob-end