What is the meaning of shot across the bow. Phrases containing shot across the bow
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shot across the bow
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1. Turning a sailing ship so the wind hits the forward face of the sail. Done to create a braking effect to a sailing ship. It is detrimental when a sailing ship accidentally goes aback when tacking as it quickly loses its momentum. 2. A sailor might be said to be "all aback" if he/she is confused or surprised.
See Quartermaster.
Barf city is American slang for a disgusting or revolting place.
Basically short for 'radical'... or 'different but good'. In school nearly *everything* outside school was considered rad at one time or another.
Dosh is British and Australian slang for money.
Nipple. Look at the thup'neys on her, raspberries like cigar buts!
Basil Fawlty is London Cockney rhyming slang for balti.
Extreme, unbearable temperature. Mainly spoken in relation to weather conditions, stinking weather it's stinking hot or extremely cold
Liquefying methamphetamine in an eye dropper and then inhaling it
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