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feist
/faɪst/
noun 3name 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
full, fun
VERB + FEIST
trust
PREP.
unlike
Definitions
noun
1
A small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog; a feist dog.
2
Feisty behavior.
Sultry Joan Collins says she likes her men feisty and her beau Peter Holm is full of feist.
She looked at him, all eagerness and trust, full of feist and fun, unlike any woman he'd met before. After only a few hours, he felt as if he'd known her forever.
3
Silent (but pungent) flatulence.
name
1
A surname from German.
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Synonyms
noun — a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog
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Sultry Joan Collins says she likes her men feisty and her beau Peter Holm is full of feist.
Wiktionary02
She looked at him, all eagerness and trust, full of feist and fun, unlike any woman he'd met before. After only a few hours, he felt as if he'd known her forever.
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