(usually preceded by the) A ceremony during which the soldiers or other officials guarding a major government building or state residence, especially Buckingham Palace in England, are replaced by a new shift.

(anatomy) The relatively narrow, lumbar region of the back.

plural of neck of the woods

plural of slip of the tongue

The regulation requiring all traffic (travelling on a road or otherwise) to keep either to the left or the right. / (nautical) A regulation concerning safe handling of vessels on seaways.

Alternative form of will o' the wisp

(geography, historical) The County Palatinate of the Rhine, during the period when its count palatinate was an elector of the Holy Roman Empire (1356–1803).

(politics) Alternative form of Leader of the Opposition

A man who has recently caught the attention of, or is being admired or honoured by, a large number of people.

(idiomatic) To start something very quickly.