familiar

Definition

  • noun: a member of the household of a high official
  • adjective: frequently seen, heard, or experienced
  • adjective: closely acquainted
  • often + 'to'
  • synonyms: intimate, bohemian, abreast

Examples

  • He looked 'familiar' [=he looked like someone I had seen before] but I couldn't remember his name.

  • Locals refer to the Maple Leaf restaurant 'familiarly' [='informally'] as ‘The Leaf.’

  • We are 'familiar with' the situation. [=we know about the situation]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) but he had to expect a reaction. It was a foot massage. A foot massage is nothing. I give my mother a foot massage. No, it's laying hands in a familiar way... on Marsellus' new wife. I mean, is it as bad as eating her pussy out? No, but it's the same fucking ballpark. (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction