A book, containing blank pages, in which people may sign their name and write a short message as a symbol of sympathy; often in response to a high-profile death or series of deaths.

(transitive, chiefly US, idiomatic) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.

Within the letter of the law but not the spirit of the law.

(idiomatic) To acknowledge someone; to give someone respect or attention; to tip one's hat

(idiomatic) Plain; clearly apparent; obvious.

(idiomatic, transitive) To alert or inform someone, especially confidentially. / (basketball) To put the ball in play by throwing it up between two opponents. / (of a sports match) To begin.

(archaic, idiomatic, rare) An incapable (sick, etc) or incompetent soldier.

(idiomatic) To squint very much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.

(idiomatic) An obvious clue or indication. / (idiomatic) A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.

(rare) A man, chiefly a homosexual, who has anal sex.