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Sandbag

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel.
2.NounA small bag filled with sand and used as a cudgel.
3.NounAn engraver's leather cushion, etc.
4.NounA deceptive play whereby a player with a strong hand bets weakly or passively.
5.NounA bag of illicit drugs.
6.VerbTo construct a barrier of sandbags (around).
"We sandbagged the basement windows against the floodwaters."
7.VerbTo strike (someone) with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious.
8.VerbTo conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent in order to gain an advantage; to pretend to have a weak hand, as a strategy.
9.VerbTo blindside; to deceive; to undermine.
10.VerbTo premake dishes (prepare them in advance) ; to premake (dishes) .
11.VerbTo pretend to drink alcohol early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table".
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