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121move a muscle — {v. phr.} To move even a very little. Used in negative sentences and questions and with if . * /The deer stood without moving a muscle until the hunter was gone./ * /The girls were so startled that they did not move a muscle./ * /You re sitting… …
122heart skip a beat — or[heart miss a beat] 1. The heart leaves out or seems to leave out a beat; the heart beats hard or leaps from excitement or strong feeling. Often considered trite. * /When Paul saw the bear standing in front of him, his heart skipped a beat./ 2 …
123move a muscle — {v. phr.} To move even a very little. Used in negative sentences and questions and with if . * /The deer stood without moving a muscle until the hunter was gone./ * /The girls were so startled that they did not move a muscle./ * /You re sitting… …
124Gloppen — Glop pen (gl[o^]p pen), v. t. & i. [OE. glopnen to be frightened, frighten: cf. Icel. gl[=u]pna to look downcast.] To surprise or astonish; to be startled or astonished. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] …
125Ruin — Ru in, n. [OE. ruine, F. ruine, fr. L. ruina, fr. ruere, rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down.] 1. The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. [Obs.] His ruin startled the other steeds. Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. Such a change of… …
126Startle — Star tle (st[aum]r t l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Startled} (st[aum]r t ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Startling} (st[aum]r tl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of start.] To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. [1913 Webster] Why shrinks the soul Back on… …
127Startling — Startle Star tle (st[aum]r t l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Startled} (st[aum]r t ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Startling} (st[aum]r tl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of start.] To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. [1913 Webster] Why shrinks the soul… …
128Startlish — Star tlish ( tl[i^]sh), a. Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; said especially of a horse. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …
