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gabok [ga.buk.] : brittle (adj.); flimsy (adj.)
Related words: lagumok; tigpod

Derivatives of gabok


Glosses:
brittle
n. (food)1. brittle, toffee, toffycaramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets.
~ candy, confecta rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts.
~ peanut brittlebrittle containing peanuts.
adj. 2. brickle, brickly, brittlehaving little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped.; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"
~ breakablecapable of being broken or damaged.; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully"
adj. 3. brittlelacking warmth and generosity of spirit.; "a brittle and calculating woman"
~ coldheartedlacking in sympathy or feeling.
adj. 4. brittle, unannealed(of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured.
~ unhardened, untemperednot brought to a proper consistency or hardness.; "untempered mortar"; "untempered steel"
flimsy
n. (substance)1. flimsy, onionskina thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies.
~ typewriter paper, typing paperwriting paper suitable for use in a typewriter.
adj. 2. flimsylacking solidity or strength.; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"
~ weakwanting in physical strength.; "a weak pillar"
adj. 3. flimsy, unconvincingnot convincing.; "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile"
~ unpersuasivenot capable of persuading.
~ incredible, unbelievablebeyond belief or understanding.; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"
adj. 4. flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thinlacking substance or significance.; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; "a fragile claim to fame"
~ unimportant, insignificantdevoid of importance, meaning, or force.