plural of thick-knee

Any of several species of large terrestrial birds in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae.

(letterpress typography) A metal block used to separate words, one third of an em in width. / (typography) In digital text, a character representing a thick space.

plural of thick space

sluggish and obtuse of mind

(idiomatic) A central or major role in a situation; a position in which one is surrounded by or very involved in complex, changing events.

(idiomatic) To exaggerate or overstate a feeling or emotion. / (idiomatic) To flatter. / (idiomatic) To guilt, guilt-trip.

(humorous) The plot thickens.

Dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.

A defect of respiration in a horse, not associated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.