Definitions
1.nounSomething unexpected."It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did."
2.nounThe feeling that something unexpected has happened."Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did."
3.nounA dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
4.verbTo cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected."It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did."
5.verbTo do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise."He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him."
6.verbTo undergo or witness something unexpected."He doesn’t surprise easily."
7.verbTo cause surprise.
8.verbTo attack unexpectedly.
9.verbTo take unawares.