pole

Definition

  • noun: a Polish person
  • noun: a long slender usually cylindrical object (as a length of wood)
  • verb: to move (a boat) by using a pole to push against the bottom of a river, lake, etc.
  • verb: to act upon with a pole
  • synonyms: polander, rod, perch

Examples

  • I 'wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole'. [=I do not want to get near it; I do not want to discuss it or be involved with it at all]

  • Though they were generally 'poles apart' politically, they did agree on this one issue.

  • They have a couple of bird feeders hanging from a 'pole' in the backyard.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I have to go. Excuse me. I'm here to see a Walter hobs. I'm buddy the elf. Laughs You look hilarious! Who sent you? Papa elf. Papa elf? Mm-hmm. From the North Pole. From the North Pole? Yes. So, you really think we should Ship 'em? No, I think we should take a $ bath (..)
    2003 Elf
  • (..) I don't know what to do. At least you have a daddy. I was just rolled up one day and left out here in the cold. But the thing is, I've never even left the North Pole. Buddy, I've been around the world Many times When I was a young cumulus nimbus cloud. It's a wonderful place, filled with (..)
    2003 Elf