de la Mare
''terra | ˈterə |
noun
1 [usually with modifier] land or territory.
2 (Terra) (in science fiction) the planet earth.
ORIGIN
Latin, literally ‘earth’.''
Mare
see de la Mare, Walter
mare1 | mer |
noun
1 the female of a horse or other equine animal.
2 British English informal, derogatory a woman: that crazy mare put three bullets in him.
ORIGIN
Old English mearh ‘horse’, mere ‘mare’, from a Germanic base with cognates in Celtic languages meaning ‘stallion’.
mare2 | mer |
noun British English informal
a very unpleasant or frustrating experience: this week is going to be a bit of a mare but at least the end is in sight.
• (especially in sports) a very poor performance: Eboue had an absolute mare down the right hand side.
ORIGIN
1980s: abbreviation of nightmare.
Sasquatch | ˈsasˌkwäCH, ˈsasˌkwaCH |
noun
another term for Bigfoot
ORIGIN
early 20th century: Salish.
Bigfoot | ˈbiɡˌfoot |
noun (plural Bigfeet)
1 a large, hairy, ape-like creature resembling a yeti, supposedly found in northwestern America. Also called Sasquatch
2 (usually bigfoot) US English informal a prominent or well-known journalist: the media bigfeet who mock him.
verb [with object] (bigfoot) US English informal
dominate or upstage: she was never tempted to bigfoot the project | these moves are early efforts at bigfooting potential challengers.
ORIGIN
1950s: from the size of the creature's footprints (the term is recorded from the mid 19th century as a nickname for a person with large feet).