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    [Noun]  | "sponge" | \ ˈspənj \


    1: an elastic porous mass of interlacing horny fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals (phylum Porifera) and is able when wetted to absorb water

    2: a piece of sponge (as for scrubbing)

    3: a porous rubber or cellulose product used similarly to a sponge

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English, from Latin spongia, from Greek;

    [Noun]  | "sponge cake" 


    1: a light cake made without shortening

    Origin: 1805 ;

    [Noun]  | "sponge cloth" 


    1: any of various soft porous fabrics especially in a loose honeycomb weave

    Origin: 1862 ;

    [Noun]  | "sponge rubber" 


    1: cellular rubber resembling a natural sponge in structure used especially for cushions, vibration dampeners, weather stripping, and gaskets

    Origin: 1886 ;

    [Noun]  | "sponge bath" 


    1: a bath in which someone or something is not placed in water but is cleaned with a wet, soapy sponge or cloth

    [Noun]  | "glass sponge" 


    1: any of a class (Hexactinellida synonym Hyalospongiae) of chiefly deep-water siliceous marine sponges with 6-rayed spicules and a skeleton often resembling glass when dried

    Origin: 1875 ;

    [Verb]  | "sponge" 


    1: to cleanse, wipe, or moisten with or as if with a sponge

    2: to erase or destroy with or as if with a sponge —often used with out

    3: to get by sponging on another

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Verb]  | "throw in" 


    1: to add as a gratuity or supplement

    2: to introduce or interject in the course of something : contribute

    3: distribute

    Origin: 1678 ;

    [Noun]  | "sponge" 


    1: a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return;


      * e.g., " ... finally told the sponge to move out of their house and to get a job "



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    [Verb]  | "sponge" 


    1: to take in (something liquid) through small openings;


      * e.g., " ... the ground quickly sponged up the much-needed rain "



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    2: to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility;


      * e.g., " ... she's been sponging off of her friends while she tries to land an entry-level job on Wall Street "



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    [Phrase]  | "throw in the towel" 


    1: to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control);


      * e.g., " ... The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel. "




    [Phrase]  | "thrown in the towel" 


    1: to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control);


      * e.g., " ... The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel. "




    [Phrase]  | "threw in the towel" 


    1: to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control);


      * e.g., " ... The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel. "




    [Phrase]  | "throws in the towel" 


    1: to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control);


      * e.g., " ... The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel. "




    [Phrase]  | "throwing in the towel" 


    1: to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control);


      * e.g., " ... The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel. "




     [ "sponge" ]

    1: a lazy, workshy tosser who would rather let his friends pay for everything than put his hand in his own pocket

      * e.g.,  ... yo morto its your round! 

     [ "sponge" ]

    1: if someone is shot a dozen times in an online game but doesn't die. He is called a sponge.

      * e.g.,  ... WTF he's a fucking sponge! 

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    2: comes form the absorbing powers sponges have.

     [ "sponge" ]

    1: A band that followed in the wake of the Grunge era. Sponge is a band out of Detroit that is still around today but is hardly noticed, with band members switching all the time, the only permanent member seems to be the frontman Vinnie Dombroski. They generated some buzz with their 1993 hits "Plowed" and "Molly (Sixteen Candles)" but soon went back underground for the most part.

      * e.g.,  ... Sponge is an awesome band. 

     [ "sponge" ]

    2: With that aside, they probably deserve more attention than they are getting, because they've made some amazing tunes. Overall, a band I'm glad I discovered.

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    1: A person who is of extreme (but very varied almost to the point of inability to use it) intelligence. These people will suck up bits of information like a sponge wherever they go. They also have a tendency to rapidly and haphazardly dispense this information when properly squeezed.

      * e.g.,  ... My friend here is a real sponge, just put him in a headlock and all sorts of inforamtion will come out. 

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    1: A boogie board - a soft, spongey flotation device used to ride waves on one's belly.

      * e.g.,  ... Look at all the little kids on sponges out in the water.  

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    1: A useful term for the female pubic region. So called due to the spongy, springy nature of the average minge.

      * e.g.,  ... She had a reet fine sponge on her.  

     [ "sponge" ]

    1: a type of birth control.

      * e.g.,  ... i stuck a sponge up my v-area 

     [ "sponge" ]

    1: The feminine half of a lesbian couple, the masculine half being the stone.

      * e.g.,  ... The sponge stepped aside while the stone beat the shit out of the workmen making smart-arse remarks. 

     [ "sponge" ]

    1: a heavy drinker

      * e.g.,  ... That guy laying in a pool of his own piss is a sponge. 

     [ "sponge" ]

    1: Usually meant to describe a guy or girl that's your rebound after a breakup. They soak up all the bad/bitter/angry memories of your ex, while still allowing you free reign to continue to see/date/fuck anyone you do so please, all in an efficient effort to help you heal and get over your ex.

      * e.g.,  ... "Yeah that girl, she's cool and all, but she's just my sponge." 

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