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• put on — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, accelerate, act, act a part, administer, affect, affectation, affected, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, apocryphal, apply, apply to, artificial, artificiality, assume, assumed, back answer, banter,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• airs — Synonyms and related words: affectation, affectedness, airs and graces, arrogance, artificiality, clannishness, cliquishness, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, despite, disdain, disdainfulness, disparagement, exclusiveness, facade, false… …   Moby Thesaurus

• put-on — adj 1. pretended, assumed, meretricious, sham; faked, simulated, Inf. phony, spurious, counterfeit, fake; falsified, feigned, colored; artificial, ersatz, unnatural, synthetic, plastic; alloyed, mixed, adulterated. n 2. airs, affectation, show,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• give yourself airs — (or put on airs) : to act in a way that shows you think you are better than other people Some of her old friends have accused her of putting on airs since she became wealthy. She s very rich, but she doesn t give herself airs. ◇ In British… …   Useful english dictionary

• Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem — is the name of a Muppet rock band of The Muppet Show. Following The Muppet Show, they appeared in various Muppet movies and television specials, and have also recorded album tracks. Dr. Teeth and Animal were designed by Jim Henson, while the rest …   Wikipedia

• grace — /greɪs / (say grays) noun 1. elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or act. 2. a pleasing or attractive quality or endowment. 3. favour or goodwill. 4. manifestation of favour, especially as by a superior. 5. mercy; clemency; pardon. 6.… …  

• Beggar My Neighbour (TV series) — infobox television show name = Beggar My Neighbour caption = format = Sitcom runtime = 30 minutes creator = starring = Peter Jones June Whitfield Desmond Walter Ellis Reg Varney Pat Coombs Rosemary Faith country = UK network = BBC first aired =… …   Wikipedia

• air — I UK [eə(r)] / US [er] noun Word forms air : singular air plural airs *** 1) a) [uncountable] the mixture of gases surrounding the Earth that we breathe Do we really want all these cars polluting the air? She breathed in the cold air. I d like to …   English dictionary

• air — [[t]e͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦ airs, airing, aired 1) N UNCOUNT Air is the mixture of gases which forms the earth s atmosphere and which we breathe. Draughts help to circulate air... Keith opened the window and leaned out into the cold air. ...water and air… …   English dictionary

• air — 1 noun 1 GAS (U) the mixture of gases that we breathe and that surrounds the Earth: air pollution | There was a strong smell of burning in the air. | fresh air (=clean air): Let s go out and get some fresh air. see also: a breath of fresh air… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• air — air1 W1S1 [eə US er] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(gas)¦ 2¦(space above the ground)¦ 3¦(planes)¦ 4 be in the air 5¦(appearance)¦ 6 be up in the air 7 be on/off (the) air 8¦(music)¦ 9 airs 10 be walking/floating on air …   Dictionary of contemporary English