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    [Noun]  | "cor*ner" | \ ˈkȯr-nər \


    1: the point where converging lines, edges, or sides meet : angle

    2: the place of intersection of two streets or roads

    3: a piece designed to form, mark, or protect a corner

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French corner, corniere, from Old French corn "horn, angle, corner" (going back to Latin cornum, cornū "horn") or corne "horn, angle" (going back to Latin cornua, plural—taken as singular—of cornū) + -er, -iere {see: |-er:2|-er:2} {mat|horn|};

    [Noun]  | "corner kick" 


    1: a free kick from a corner of a soccer field awarded to an attacker when a defender plays the ball out-of-bounds over the end line

    Origin: 1882 ;

    [Noun]  | "amen corner" | \ ˈā-ˌmen- \


    1: a conspicuous corner in a church occupied by fervent worshippers

    Origin: circa 1848 ;

    [Noun]  | "coffin corner" 


    1: one of the corners formed by a goal line and a sideline on a football field into which a punt is often aimed so that it may go out of bounds close to the defender's goal line

    Origin: 1940 ;

    [Noun]  | "hospital corner" 


    1: a neatly folded corner on a bed formed when the corner of a sheet or bedspread is tucked under the mattress

    Origin: 1907 ;

    [Noun]  | "hot corner" 


    1: third base

    Origin: 1889 ;

    [Adjective]  | "corner" 


    1: situated at a corner

    2: used or fitted for use in or on a corner

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Attributive use of {see: |corner:1|corner:1};

    [Adjective]  | "hole-and-cor*ner" | \ ˈhōl-ən(d)-ˈkȯr-nər \


    1: being or carried on in a place away from public view : clandestine

    2: insignificant

    Origin: 1833 ;

    [Verb]  | "corner" 


    1: to drive into a corner

    2: to catch and hold the attention of especially to force an interview

    3: to get a corner on

    Origin: 1824 ;

     Derivative of {see: |corner:1|corner:1};

    [Verb]  | "corner" 


    1: as in hog, bogart;



    2: as in approach, accost;


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    [Noun]  | "corner" 


    1: a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape;


      * e.g., " ... the writers have gotten themselves into a corner on that TV show "



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    2: a place where roads meet;


      * e.g., " ... we'll meet at the corner tomorrow "



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    3: a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs;


      * e.g., " ... the president believes that we have turned a corner in the war on drugs "



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    [Adjective]  | "hole-and-corner" 


    1: undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others;


      * e.g., " ... a hole-and-corner antiterrorist operation whose very existence has been steadfastly denied by the government "




    [Adverb]  | "kitty-corner" 


    1: in a line or direction running from corner to corner;


      * e.g., " ... walked kitty-corner across the quadrangle to the registration booth "



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    [Phrase]  | "around the corner" 


    1: giving signs of immediate occurrence;


      * e.g., " ... Her birthday is right around the corner. "



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    [Phrase]  | "in every corner" 


    1: in every place or in all places;


      * e.g., " ... He seemed to have friends in every corner. "




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    1: a place of work for prostitutes.

      * e.g.,  ... "im goin down to the corner to pick me up a hooker" 

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    1: to burn only a portion of the marijuana in a bowl, leaving some green for the next person.

      * e.g.,  ... here's the bong, i cornered it for you. 

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    1: 1) the place where drugs are sold and pimpin' transactions are made. (I be up on the corner = I'm hustlin' and dealin')

      * e.g.,  ... 1) "Who said I'm smokin' marijuana? 

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    2: 2) the place where whores

      * e.g.,  ... Who said I be up on tha corner?" 

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    1: the place where people pick up girls to sex with or to sell drugs or the battlefield of gang wars

      * e.g.,  ... the corner is always bloody from ass fucking to ass beating 

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    1: the place where you send people when they're being eitehr annoying, irritating, fustrating, unfunny or when they just dont make it into the conversation

      * e.g.,  ... "nicole, corner, now" 

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    1: one who corns.

      * e.g.,  ... Statements made by corners: 

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    1: A tiny bit of smokable material left in a baggie, so named as it is usually broken into fine bits and wedged in the corner.

      * e.g.,  ... I don't have any roaches, but I have a few corners we can roll up. 

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    1:  Where nobody puts Baby

      * e.g.,  ... "Nobody puts Baby in the corner" - Johnny Castle ( Patrick Swayze ) in Dirty Dancing 

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    1: Parts of the sides or back (the 'corners') of the inside of the vagina whereby a woman may like to be pleasured. Similar to a G-spot but located deeper in the vagina. Hitting a corner with a penis may require special sexual positions, often at an odd angle or going balls deep.

      * e.g.,  ... I really love it when he smacks my corner 

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    1: A 'dead ball' kick in football (soccar) taken from the corner of the pitch. Awarded after the defending team has put the ball out of play over their own dead ball line.

      * e.g.,  ... Beckham's In swinging corners are causing the opposition no end of trouble. 

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