Word Finder - blunt

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A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.

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A short needle with a strong point.

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(smoking) A marijuana cigar.

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2005: to make his point, lead rapper B-Real fired up a blunt in front of the cameras and several hundred thousand people and announced, “I'm taking a hit for every one of y'all!” — Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 461)

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Money

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A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.

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Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

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Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.

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Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

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the blunt admission that he had never liked my company

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Hard to impress or penetrate.

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Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.

Nicholas was a blunt soldier incapable of comprehending his brother's sentimental sympathy with liberalism.

Nor did success abroad now blunt the edge of domestic discontent.

The tail is extremely short and blunt.

It reflected without exaggeration or literary veneer the faith of the German burgher, his blunt good sense and honesty of purpose.

Among them may be mentioned the aperea or restless cavy (C. porcellus or C. aperea) of Brazil; the Bolivian C. boliviensis, found at great elevations in the Andes; the Brazilian rock-cavy (C. rupestris), characterized by its short blunt claws; and the Peruvian C. cutleri.

My reaction to such a situation would be fairly blunt.

To blunt the bloodlust of the Dark One?

The middle toe is greatly elongated, and the hinder one but slightly developed, while the talons of all the toes are comparatively straight and blunt, and are thus of little use as organs of prehension.

His agenda is too clear; his sensibilities too blunt.

Finish chopping the onion, with a blunt knife.

It lies in the side wall of the pelvis with its long axis nearly vertical and having its blunt end (tubal pole) upward.

The head is fairly small in proportion to the body, with a broad brow and a rather blunt muzzle.

To be quite blunt, the level of debate around here is simply in the gutter.

Blades usually lose their set before becoming blunt, by being trapped in the felling cuts of trees.

I lent him, grudgingly, my special screw cutting tool with instructions not to let it get blunt.

He instructs the child in correct etiquette, eating only with the blunt side of the knife.

Oct 18 - James Blunt Gets Dumped By Petra James Blunt has been dumped by his supermodel girlfriend Petra Nemcova.

Then knock out the remains of the old haft, using a hammer and punch or blunt chisel.

Moreover, to rely upon criminal law to control human behavior is using a blunt instrument against a sophisticated problem.

Traverse right from the sloping gray ledge for 3m to a blunt arete.

He did correctly explain the maths (in a blunt manner ).

He was impatient, blunt, and frankly hostile to much of what we are pleased to call modernity.

Gone are the 'paint scrape ' days when decisions were based on the conclusions reached by wielding a blunt penknife.

The steel blade is suitably blunt, and the pommel has a pentacle embossed upon both sides.

Blunt was aware of possible pitfalls closer to home.

Here the immediate view is of the blunt conical prow of Goatfell's southern ridge.

The broad deeply-sinuated leaves with blunt rounded lobes are of a peculiar yellowish colour when the buds unfold in May, but assume a more decided green towards midsummer, and eventually become rather dark in tint; they do not change to their brown autumnal hue until late in October, and on brushwood and saplings the withered foliage is often retained until the spring.

We found a distant large falcon soaring which was brown with blunt wings but too far away to see the underwing coverts.

Danny can be quite blunt; he gives no consideration to others' feelings with his great candor.

Since she was always so metaphorical with her speech, I never knew when she was being blunt and serious.

To add more punch to this blunt, choppy look, add funky peek-a-boo highlights, where the color pops out from underneath the cut.

For a blunt side swept bang, a flat iron works wonders.

In 1826, he gave evidence to a Parliamentary Commission on Railways at which his blunt speech and dialect drew contemptuous sneers.

Their faces are very peculiar, with eyes positioned backward in the head close to very small ears and long, blunt snouts.

His blunt and candid style and earthy (some would say sordid) subject matter are a Hollywood producer's nightmare.

It has squarish ears and a short curved tragus with a blunt round end.

The medical examiner ruled Clements ' cause of death blunt trauma to the head.

This haircut is best when the hair is left one length and blunt with choppiness around the edges rather than the interior.

All styles of bangs, from low blunt bangs that brush the eyebrows to side swept bangs that curve across the forehead to a thin, long fringe that covers one eye are popular and can be worn beautifully with different short hair cuts.

Still, the sight of Swift sporting stick straight hair and blunt bangs made headlines the world over, and photos of Taylor Swift straight hair could be seen from Japan to Jamaica.

Dresses that are long, flowing and romantic do well with loose updos, whereas more short, blunt and modern styles that feature bold or bright colors are complimented well by equally blunt, razor-cut styles or even tight sassy curls.

Instead, those with more petite faces would do well to emulate Kate Bosworth's blunt cut which accentuates her features without stressing her fine-textured locks.

Just in case you haven't embraced the blunt bang yet, summer invites yet another opportunity to test out this fun and artsy look.

Not quite a bang, a side swept version of the traditional bang offers more versatility while maintaining the same interest and face framing detailing as a regular blunt bang.

According to Hair Archives, the Castle bob debuted in 1915, when the blunt cut, chin-length style was worn by the well-known ballroom dancer Irene Castle.

Many of Lady Gaga's basic hair styles can be imitated, from her blunt bob to her long, sleek sedu look.

Long, blunt bangs are a popular Lady Gaga style - the bangs should cover the eyebrows and be cut perfectly straight in a thick fringe, and they work best with straight, simple hair styles.

One of her most flattering bobs falls at the jaw with perfectly straight, blunt bangs cut just above her eyebrows with subtle layers throughout.

Long hair can be worn long and straight, wavy, curly, blunt cut to one length or layered.

For variety, some teens are cutting bangs into their long hair, wearing them in a blunt line above the eyebrows or swept across the forehead to softly frame the face.