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lid | x |

As a noun lid

is eyelid.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

lid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The top or cover of a container.
  • (lb) A cap or hat.
  • *
  • (lb) One ounce of cannabis.
  • A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
  • *2001 , realsurf.com message board
  • *:Mal rider, shortboard or lid everyone surfs like a kook sometimes.
  • *2003 August, Kneelo Knews
  • *:the rest of us managed to dodge out of control lid riders
  • (lb) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
  • (lb) In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
  • (lb) Eyelid.
  • *
  • *:Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth.

    • Derived terms

    * skid lid * flip your lid * keep the lid on something/someone * lidless * eyelid

    Verb

  • To put a lid on something.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----