hill : Idioms & Phrases

Ant"-hill noun

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1. (Zoöl.) A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.

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• noun the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces
  battle of Bunker Hill.
  

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• noun a fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building
  

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• noun risque English comedian (1925-1992)
  Alfred Hawthorne; Hill.
  

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• noun a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area
  Berkshires.
  

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• noun a city in southwestern California surrounded by Los Angeles; home of many Hollywood actors
  

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• noun mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore
  
• noun mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
  

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• noun a hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775
  

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• noun the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces
  battle of Bunker Hill.
  

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• noun a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets
  Capitol Hill.
  
  • they are debating the budget today on Capitol Hill

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• noun a town in central North Carolina; site of the University of North Carolina
  

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• noun a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland
  Cheviots.
  

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• noun a range of low hills in southwestern England
  Cotswolds.
  

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• verb flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
  lam; run; hightail it; bunk; run away; take to the woods; scarper; escape; fly the coop; break away; scat; turn tail.
  
  • If you see this man, run!
  • The burglars escaped before the police showed up

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• (Zoöl.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests.

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• noun glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
  Indian grackle; Gracula religiosa; grackle.
  

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• (Zoöl.), one of several species of birds of India, of the genus Gracula, and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words. Written also hill mynah. See Myna.

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• (Zoöl.), a partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies.

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• (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichidæ. Many are beautifully colored.

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• noun United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)
  Hill; J. J. Hill.
  

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• noun United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)
  Hill; J. J. Hill.
  

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Moot"-hill` noun

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1. (O. Eng. Law) A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland, mute-hill. J. R. Green.

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Mute"-hill` noun

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1. See Moot-hill. Scot.

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• noun hills in southern India
  

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• noun a fashionable neighborhood in San Francisco
  

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• adjective satellite too old to be useful
  overage; overaged; superannuated.
  
  • He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope

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• one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cæsars. See Palace.

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• noun a hill in eastern Cuba (near Santiago de Cuba) that was captured during the Spanish-American War
  
  • Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders became famous for their charge up San Juan Hill

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• a hill of sand; a dune.

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• (Zoöl.), the American brown crane (Grus Mexicana).

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• noun the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built
  

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• noun a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets
  Capitol Hill.
  
  • they are debating the budget today on Capitol Hill

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• whether I, you, or he will it or not; hence, without choice; compulsorily; sometimes corrupted into willy nilly. "If I must take service willy nilly." J. H. Newman. "Land for all who would till it, and reading and writing will ye, nill ye." Lowell.

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