gratuity, tip, pourboire, baksheesh, bakshish, bakshis, backsheesh
(noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
baksheesh (usually uncountable, plural baksheeshes)
(business, ethics) in the Middle East, southwest Asia and Eastern Europe: a bribe or tip.
(military slang) A minor wound that is severe enough to get a soldier sent away from the front.
• (bribe or tip): grease payment, lubrication payment
• (minor wound): buckshee, Blighty one
baksheesh (third-person singular simple present baksheeshes, present participle baksheeshing, simple past and past participle baksheeshed)
To bribe with a baksheesh.
Source: Wiktionary
Bak"sheesh`, Bak"shish`, n.
Definition: Same as Backsheesh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
