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    [Noun]  | "brack*et" | \ ˈbra-kət \


    1: an overhanging member that projects from a structure (such as a wall) and is usually designed to support a vertical load or to strengthen an angle

    2: a fixture (as for holding a lamp) projecting from a wall or column

    3: one of a pair of marks [ ] used in writing and printing to enclose matter or in mathematics and logic as signs of aggregation —called also square bracket

    Origin: 1574 ;

     Perhaps from Middle French braguette codpiece, from diminutive of brague breeches, from Old Occitan braga, from Latin braca, of Celtic origin {mat|breech|};

    [Noun]  | "bracket creep" 


    1: movement into a higher tax bracket as a result of income rises intended to offset the effects of inflation

    Origin: 1977 ;

    [Noun]  | "bracket fungus" 


    1: a polypore fungus (such as chicken of the woods) that is found chiefly on the trunks and limbs of trees and that forms tough, often woody fruiting bodies which are fanlike or shelflike in form; also : the fruiting body of a bracket fungus : conk

    Origin: 1891 ;

    [Noun]  | "angle bracket" 


    1: bracket

    Origin: 1890 ;

    [Noun]  | "square bracket" 


    1: bracket

    Origin: 1872 ;

    [Noun]  | "curly bracket" 


    1: either one of the marks { or } that are used as a pair around words or items that are to be considered together

    [Verb]  | "bracket" 


    1: to place within or as if within brackets

    2: to eliminate from consideration

    3: to extend around so as to encompass : include

    Origin: 1836 ;

    [Noun]  | "bracket" 


    1: one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic;


      * e.g., " ... they're in the same income bracket "



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    [Verb]  | "bracket" 


    1: to describe as similar;


      * e.g., " ... I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci "




     [ "Bracketitis" ]

    1: Affliction where you constantly check you NCAA tournament bracket to see how you are doing in your pool.

      * e.g.,  ... I have Bracketitis so bad I tell my wife I am looking at porn so she does not think less of me. 

     [ "brackets" ]

    1: these are what brackets do when you use them in urbandictionary between every single flippin word in the deffinition. its also really god damn hard and slow to type. but i think i'm finished.

      * e.g.,  ... fuck that was hella hard d00d omgwtfbbq i don't think i'll ever type with hella brackets ever again bro. now suck it 

     [ "Brackets" ]

    1: A failed attempt to make your word on Urban Dictionary into a link.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: Hey man, did you ever notice that none of the words with brackets still on them are links? Guy 2: I know, right? 

     [ "bracketeering" ]

    1: The should-be-illegal overuse of brackets in the written word, used by those who feel they cannot adequately convey meaning with standard punctuation.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey, whassup? (When i say 'whassup' i mean 'how's it going' rather than 'what's off the floor'). I'm doing good (well, not too bad) and looking forward (actually pretty keen...) to meeting you guys (and girls) soon (ish). .....some serious bracketeering going on there. 

     [ "Bracket" ]

    1: English slang term for vagina

      * e.g.,  ... Alright darling, fancy a smash in the bracket? 

     [ "Bracket ([])" ]

    1: A skid that claims to be a pro 1337 hacker bro, purely because he has an A+ certification and uses SQLmap.

      * e.g.,  ... Bracket () is a skid... plain and simple 

     [ "bracketing" ]

    1: the act of filling out multiple NCAA tournament brackets. Begins on Selection Sunday and ends on Wednesday night before the beginning of the tournament.

      * e.g.,  ... "I can't wait until Selection Sunday and I can begin bracketing." 

     [ "Brackets" ]

    1: The thing around all of these words

      * e.g.,  ...  brackets 

     [ "Bracketize" ]

    1: To put in brackets, for use in maths or and derived subject

      * e.g.,  ... In order to do the calculation-3^2 on a calculator, you must bracketize -3 (-3)^2 

     [ "Brackets" ]

    1: Epic failure on the part of the Condition Zero League

      * e.g.,  ... cz needs to be fixed, like brackets on time. 

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