An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SNIGGLE
Etymology 1
Verb
sniggle (third-person singular simple present sniggles, present participle sniggling, simple past and past participle sniggled)
To chortle or chuckle; snicker (often used in contempt).
Etymology 2
Verb
sniggle (third-person singular simple present sniggles, present participle sniggling, simple past and past participle sniggled)
(intransitive) To fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their dens.
(transitive) To catch by this means.
(transitive, figurative) To ensnare.
Etymology 3
Verb
sniggle (third-person singular simple present sniggles, present participle sniggling, simple past and past participle sniggled)
(obsolete) To steal something of little value
Anagrams
• eglings, gesling, gingles, leggins, niggles
Source: Wiktionary
Snig"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sniggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniggling().] Etym: [See Snig a kind of eel.]
Definition: To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places. Walton.
Snig"gle, v. t.
Definition: To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare. Beau & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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