puddle jumper
A small passenger airplane, typically used for shorter connecting trips to smaller airports.
The flight across country was not bad, but the ride in the puddle jumper between Boston and Connecticut was a little rough.
puddle
/ˈpʌdl̩/
verb 5noun 4
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, dried, huge, melted, melted, over, right, under
VERB + PUDDLE
avoid, discovered, drove, encrusted, flies, found, got, hit
PUDDLE + NOUN
blood, ice, mud, stank, water
PREP.
across, in, in, into, till
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
Foꝛ with the only be theſe welles of lyfe, / Of frayle men ſpring but podels of myꝛe, / From whom ſourdeth errour ⁊ croked ſtrife[…]
2
Stagnant or polluted water.
And fast beside a little brooke did pas / Of muddie water, that like puddle stank […].
searching their habitations for water, we could fill but three barricoes, and that such puddle, that never till then we ever knew the want of good water.
3
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
4
The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
I had only to see the 'puddle' to know that your paddle made it.
As the blade exits the water the puddle is very tight and dark. It is also very quiet.
verb
1
To form a puddle.
2
To play or splash in a puddle.
3
Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
4
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
5
To line a canal with puddle (clay).
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Idioms & Phrases
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Foꝛ with the only be theſe welles of lyfe, / Of frayle men ſpring but podels of myꝛe, / From whom ſourdeth errour ⁊ croked ſtrife[…]
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And fast beside a little brooke did pas / Of muddie water, that like puddle stank […].
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searching their habitations for water, we could fill but three barricoes, and that such puddle, that never till then we ever knew the want of good water.
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Soon the Latino warrior had bared his beefy body. His bullet packed bandolier still draped over one shoulder served to emphasize the nakedness of the torso, as did the boots and the pants that were pu
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Some unhatched practice […] / Hath puddled his clear spirit.
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I stepped in a puddle and now my shoes are completely soaked going squish squish squish.
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