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NEAT
clean, neat
(adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; “he landed a clean left on his opponent’s cheek”; “a clean throw”; “the neat exactness of the surgeon’s knife”
neat, straight, full-strength
(adjective) (of an alcoholic drink) without water; “took his whiskey neat”
bully, bang-up, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old
(adjective) very good; “he did a bully job”; “a neat sports car”; “had a great time at the party”; “you look simply smashing”; “we had a grand old time”
facile, neat, slick
(adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject; “too facile a solution for so complex a problem”; “it was a neat plan, but bound to fail”; “a slick advertising campaign”
neat, orderly
(adjective) clean or organized; “her neat dress”; “a neat room”
neat
(adjective) showing care in execution; “neat homework”; “neat handwriting”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
neat (comparative neater, superlative neatest)
Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
(chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
(archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net.
Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
(North American, colloquial) Good, excellent, desirable.
Usage notes
In bartending, neat has the formal meaning “a liquor pour straight from the bottle into a glass, at room temperature, without ice or chilling”. This is contrasted with on the rocks (“over ice”), and with drinks that are chilled but strained (stirred over ice to chill, but poured through a strainer so that there is no ice in the glass), which is formally referred to as up. However, the terminology is a point of significant confusion, with neat, up, straight up, and straight being used by bar patrons (and some bartenders) variously and ambiguously to mean either “unchilled” or “chilled” (but without ice in the glass), and hence clarification is often required.
Antonyms
• (undiluted liquor or cocktail): on the rocks
Coordinate terms
• (undiluted liquor or cocktail): straight up, up, straight
Noun
neat (plural neats)
(informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
Etymology 2
Noun
neat (plural or neat)
(archaic) A bull or cow.
(archaic) Cattle collectively.
Anagrams
• Aten, Etan, Etna, Nate, Tean, Tena, anet, ante, ante-, etna, neta, ta'en
Source: Wiktionary
Neat, n. sing. & pl. Etym: [AS. neát; akin to OHG. n, Icel. naut, Sw. nöt, Dan. nöd, and to AS. neótan to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have a share in, have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot. Chaucer. Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat. Spenser. The steer, the heifer, and the calf Are all called neat. Shak. A neat and a sheep of his own. Tusser. Neat's-foot, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable.
Neat, a. Etym: [See neat, n.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle.
Neat, a. [Compar. Neater; superl. Neatest.] Etym: [OE. nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf. Nitid, Net, a., Natty.]
1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy. If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean. Law.
2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy. "Our old wine neat." Chapman.
4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
5. With all deductions or allowances made; net.
Note: [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.] neat line (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be built or formed.
– Neat work, work built or formed to neat lines.
Syn.
– Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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