A piece of flexible wire in which tufted fabric is twisted and which is used to clean out the stem of a tobacco pipe or other narrow tube. It can be also used for arts and crafts

(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, kickscootering, etc.) A structure used to perform tricks, approximately semicircular in cross-section, resembling the bottom half of a cylinder laying down.

An adjustable wrench (British spanner) with a toothed jaw for gripping pipe, frequently used by a plumber or pipe fitter, to loosen and tighten pipes with threaded connections.

(intransitive, idiomatic, chiefly US) To accept a bill and pay it, especially at a bar or restaurant.

Very dark; without light.

(music) An acoustic piano that is played automatically by mechanical means.

(sports) Go sit on the bench. Typically used as a taunt after a strikeout. Popularized by Giants sportscaster Mike Krukow.

(idiomatic) Lacking reality and serviceability. / (idiomatic) Of a dream unlikely to ever come true; impractical, unrealizable.

(idiomatic) A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility.

(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise. / (transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing. / (transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease).