bush
1: not of the highest quality or sophistication [syn: {bush-league}] n 1: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches [syn: {shrub}] 2: a large wilderness area 3: dense vegetatio...
bush baby
1: agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears [syn: {galago}, {bushbaby}]
bush clover
1: shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States [syn: {lespedeza}]
bush hibiscus
1: southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus [syn: {Radyera farragei}, {Hibiscus farragei}]
bush honeysuckle
1: a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia [syn: {Tartarian honeysuckle}, {Lonicera tatarica}] 2: bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-...
bush jacket
1: a loose fitting jacket; resembles a shirt with four patch pockets and a belt
bush lawyer
1: stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth [syn: {lawyerbush}, {lawyer bush}, {Rubus cissoides}, {Rubus australis}]
bush league
1: a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball) [syn: {minor league}, {minors}]
bush leaguer
1: a player on a minor-league baseball team [syn: {minor leaguer}]
bush nasturtium
1: annual with deep yellow flowers smaller than the common garden nasturtium [syn: {Tropaeolum minus}]
bush out
1: grow outward; "the plant quickly bushed out"
bush pea
1: any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers
bush poppy
1: evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers [syn: {tree poppy}]
bush tit
1: active gray titmice of western North America [syn: {bushtit}]
bush vetch
1: European purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges [syn: {Vicia sepium}]
bush violet
1: any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers [syn: {browallia}]
bush willow
1: small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks [syn: {Combretum erythrophyllum}] 2: small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flo...
bush-league
1: not of the highest quality or sophistication [syn: {bush}]
bushbaby
1: agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears [syn: {galago}, {bush baby}]
bushbuck
1: antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns [syn: {guib}, {Tragelaphus scriptus}]
bushed
1: very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip" [syn: {all in(p)}, {beat(p)},...
bushel
1: a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches 2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks 3: a basket large enough to hold a bushel [syn: {bushel ...
bushel basket
1: a basket large enough to hold a bushel [syn: {bushel}]
Bushido
1: traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living
bushing
1: an insulating liner in an opening through which conductors pass 2: a cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction [syn: {cylindrical lining}]
Bushman
1: a member of the race of nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa 2: a dweller in the Australian bush country
bushman's poison
1: evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa [syn: {ordeal tree}, {Acocanthera oppositifolia}, {Acocanthera venenata}]
Bushnell
1: American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824) [syn: {David Bushnell}, {Father of t...
bushtit
1: active gray titmice of western North America [syn: {bush tit}]
bushwhack
1: wait in hiding to attack [syn: {ambush}, {scupper}, {waylay}, {lurk}, {ambuscade}, {lie in wait}] 2: live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla 3: cut one's way through the woods or bush
bushwhacker
1: a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn: {hillbilly}] 2: a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
bushwhacking
1: lying in ambush; "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush"
bushy
1: used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a shaggy beard" [syn: {shaggy}] 2: resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading [also: {bushiest}, {bushier}]
bushy aster
1: stiff perennial of the eastern United States having small linear leaves and numerous tiny white flower heads [syn: {Aster dumosus}]
bushytail woodrat
1: any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects [syn: {packrat}, {pack rat}, {trade rat}, {Neotoma cinerea}]
busily
1: in a busy manner; "they were busily engaged in buying souvenirs"
business
1: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" [syn: {concern},...
business activity
1: activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise [syn: {commercial activity}]
business agent
1: an agent who handles business affairs for another; especially one who deals with employers
business card
1: a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation
business college
1: a school for teaching the clerical aspects of business and commerce
business concern
1: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" [syn: {business}...
business cycle
1: recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline [syn: {trade cycle}]
business data processing
1: data processing in accounting or business management [syn: {administrative data processing}]
business deal
1: a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal" [syn: {deal}, {trade}]
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business enterprise
1: the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" [syn: {commercial enterprise}, {business}]
business establishment
1: an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered [syn: {place of...
business expense
1: ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in a taxpayer's business or trade [syn: {trade expense}]
business firm
1: members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house" [syn: {firm}, {house}]
business index
1: a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions; "this business index is computed relative to the base year of 1995"
business interruption insurance
1: insurance that provides protection for the loss of profits and continuing fixed expenses resulting from a break in commerical activities due to the occurrence of a peril
business leader
1: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn: {baron}, {big businessman}, {king}, {magnate}, {mogul}, {power}, {top executive}, {tycoon}]
business life
1: a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities [syn: {professional life}]
business line
1: a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes" [syn: {line}, {product line}, {line of products}, {line of merchandise}, {line of business}]
business loan
1: a bank loan granted for the use of a business [syn: {commercial loan}]
business lunch
1: lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense
business office
1: place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building" [syn: {office}]
business organisation
1: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" [syn: {business}...
business organization
1: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" [syn: {business}...
business people
1: people who transact business (especially business executives) [syn: {businesspeople}]
business relationship
1: a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services; "he asked to see the executive who handled his account" [syn: {account}]
business school
1: a graduate school offering study leading to a degree of Master in Business Administration
business sector
1: business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree" [syn: {business}]
business suit
1: a suit of clothes traditionally worn by businessmen
businesslike
1: exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business 2: not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal [syn: {earnest}]
businessman
1: a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) [syn: {man of affairs}]
businessmen
1: the body of individuals who manage businesses [syn: {business community}]
businesspeople
1: people who transact business (especially business executives) [syn: {business people}]
businessperson
1: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise [syn: {bourgeois}]
busker
1: a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing)
buskin
1: a boot reaching halfway up to the knee [syn: {chukka boot}, {combat boot}, {desert boot}, {half boot}, {top boot}]
busload
1: the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry
busman
1: someone who drives a bus [syn: {bus driver}]
BuSpar
1: a drug (trade name BuSpar) designed specifically for anxiety [syn: {buspirone}]
buspirone
1: a drug (trade name BuSpar) designed specifically for anxiety [syn: {BuSpar}]
buss
1: the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) [syn: {kiss}, {osculation}] v : touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of lo...
bust
1: lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" [syn: {broke}, {skint}, {stone-broke}, {stony-broke}] n 1: a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: {flop}] 2: a sculpture of the head...
bust up
1: smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car" [syn: {wreck}, {wrack}]
bust-up
1: a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship)
bust-up takeover
1: a leveraged buyout in which the target company's assets are sold to repay the loan that financed the takeover
bustard
1: large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes
bustard quail
1: small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains [syn: {button quail}, {button-quail}, {hemip...
busted
1: (used informally especially of bones) fractured; "my arm is busted"; "I got my head busted in the fight"; "can't play with a busted baseball bat" 2: suddenly and violently broken open especially fr...
buster
1: an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" [syn: {fellow}] 2: a robust child 3: a person who breaks horses [syn: {broncobuster}] 4: a person...
Buster Keaton
1: United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966) [syn: {Keaton}, {Joseph Francis Keaton}]
bustle
1: a rapid bustling commotion [syn: {hustle}, {flurry}, {ado}, {fuss}, {stir}] 2: a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt v : move or cause to move energeti...
bustle about
1: move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" [syn: {bustle}, {hustle}]
bustling
1: full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city"
busty
1: (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress" [syn: {bosomy}, {buxom}, {curvaceous}, {curvy}, {f...
busy
1: actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy" [ant: {idle}] 2: overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a f...
busy bee
1: an alert and energetic person [syn: {eager beaver}, {live wire}, {sharpie}, {sharpy}]
busybodied
1: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" [syn: {inter...
busybody
1: a person who meddles in the affairs of others [syn: {nosy-parker}, {nosey-parker}]
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