bud
best bud
A very good or best friend. Carly's been my best bud for years—I can tell her anything.
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bud head
One who often drinks beer. I was a real bud head back in college, but now I enjoy wine more.
See also: bud, head
bud out
Of a plant, to produce buds (which blossom into leaves or flowers). I'm so relieved to see that flower budding out—I thought I had killed it!
See also: bud, out
bud scale
The hard, protective layer surrounding the buds of some plants. Oh, that's just a bud scale—your plant is fine.
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bud up
1. Of a plant, to produce buds (which blossom into leaves or flowers). I love springtime, when flowers finally start budding up again.
2. To come suddenly into existence. Feelings of resentment began budding up inside of me. Vegan restaurants have been budding up all over town recently.
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in (the) bud
In an undeveloped, immature, or incipient state. Tommy has become quite a little painter in bud recently. The young dramatist's style led one reviewer to liken him to an Ibsen in the bud.
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nip (something) in the bud
To stop, cease, or prevent something at the beginning or early phase, before it becomes too difficult or unmanageable. I've noticed that Tommy's getting in the bad habit of chewing with is mouth open. Let's nip that in the bud. Why don't you nip the issue in the bud before it starts affecting the entire user base?
See also: bud, nip
sense bud
slang High-quality marijuana that does not contain seeds. "Sense" is actually a variant spelling of the slang term "sinse," a shortening of the Spanish word sinsemilla, meaning "without seed(s)." You only find skunk weed in that part of the country, so it's nice to be back here smoking some good sense bud.
See also: bud, sense
sinse
slang High-quality marijuana that does not contain seeds. A shortening of the Spanish word sinsemilla, meaning "without seed(s)." You only find skunk weed in that part of the country, so it's nice to be back here smoking some good sinse.
the darling buds of May
The flowers of early spring. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 ("rough winds do shake the darling buds of May"). I'm so sick of winter that I just can't wait for the darling buds of May to be in bloom.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bud out
[for a flowering plant or tree] to develop buds. How early in the spring do the trees bud out around here? The trees bud out in early spring.
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nip something in the bud
Fig. to put an end to something before it develops into something larger. (Alludes to destroying a flower bud before it blooms.) I wanted to nip that little romance in the bud. The whole idea was nipped in the bud.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
nip in the bud
Halt something at an early stage, or thoroughly check something. For example, By arresting all the leaders, they nipped the rebellion in the bud. This metaphoric expression, alluding to a spring frost that kills flower buds, was first recorded in a Beaumont and Fletcher play of 1606-1607.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
nip something in the bud
COMMON
1. If you nip a bad situation or bad behaviour in the bud, you stop it at an early stage. It is important to recognize jealousy as soon as possible and to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand.
2. If you nip something good in the bud, you stop it before it can develop. The higher prices would fuel inflation and nip the consumer recovery in the bud. Note: This expression may refer to extremely cold weather damaging a plant and stopping it flowering. Alternatively, it may refer to a gardener pruning a plant in bud to prevent it flowering.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
nip something in the bud
suppress or destroy something at an early stage.This phrase refers to the horticultural practice of pinching out plant buds to prevent the development of shoots or flowers. Nip in this sense was used figuratively in the late 16th century, and nip in the bud in the early 17th century.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
nip something in the ˈbud
stop something in its early stages because you think it is dangerous to let it develop: This problem needs to be nipped in the bud before it is too late. I think that the government’s new proposal should be quickly nipped in the bud. OPPOSITE: let something rideSee also: bud, nip, something
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
best bud
n. a best buddy; a best friend. Isn’t Bill your best bud? Why are you so mad at him?
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bud
(bəd) n. a Budweiser beer; any beer. (see also budhead.) How ’bout one of them buds in a green bottle?
sinse
and sense (bud) (sɪnts and ˈsɛnts (bəd)) n. seedless marijuana. (Drugs. From Spanish sinsemilla, “seedless.”) Where’s the sinse I was saving? Tom only gets high on sense bud.
sense bud
verbSee sinse
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
nip in the bud, to
To stop something before it can develop further. This analogy to an early spring frost that kills off flower buds dates from the sixteenth century. Sir Boyle Roche (1743–1807), a member of Parliament, was quoted in this memorable mixed metaphor: “Mr. Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I’ll nip him in the bud.”
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- best bud
- best do
- (had) best (do something)
- (one's) level best
- level best
- bring out the best in
- bring out the best in (one)
- bring out the best in somebody
- put one's best foot forward, to
- look (one's)/its best