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style

Definition

  • noun: a particular way in which something is done, created, or performed
  • noun: a distinctive manner of expression (as in writing or speech)
  • verb: to give (yourself) a name or title even if you do not really deserve it
  • verb: to call or designate by an identifying term
  • often + 'as'
  • synonyms: name, designation, course

Examples

  • Openly criticizing a fellow worker is just 'not my style'. [=I would never openly criticize a fellow worker]

  • He finished the tournament 'in style' by winning his last match very quickly and easily.

  • He has been living 'in high style'. [=he has been living the way rich people live]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Charlie Feathers. Well, give me the gory details, Son Number One. It's a goddamn massacre, Pop. They wiped out the whole wedding party, execution style. Give me a figure. Nine dead bodies. And we're talking the whole shebang. Bride. Groom. (..)
    2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1