Definition of man's in English English dictionary
- man's man
- A man who is popular among men
- man's man
- A man noted or admired for traditionally masculine interests and activities
(Hypothetical:Sean Connery's eulogy) "Sean's characters represented the pinnacle of what every man inspires to be. Intelligent, courageous, persuasive, confident and the object of womens fantasies. Indeed Sean always played a true man's man.".
- man's best friend
- pet dog, domestic canine
- man's job
- task or position suitable or appropriate for a man
- MAN
- Metropolitan Area Network; a large computer network usually spanning a city
- Man
- Manitoba, a province of Canada
- Man
- The Isle of Man
- Man
- The genus Homo
- Man U
- Abbreviation of Manchester United Football Club
- Man United
- Manchester United Football Club
- Man Upstairs
- God
God can't be found in unsanctified imaginations or in the caricatures of pop culture. He is not The Man Upstairs. He does not help those who help themselves..
- Man in Black
- the country musician Johnny Cash
- Man of the Match
- A player chosen as having made the most outstanding achievement during a match; awarded a small prize
- made man
- A person who has been through an induction ceremony into the Mafia or similar organisation
- made man
- A man whose fortune has been made
I had no money, but if I could only find workable country, I might stock it with borrowed capital, and consider myself a made man.
- main man
- One's closest male friend
As Moody says of his main man, Diz influenced me from every standpoint. He was a friend, a father, a confidante, just everything to me.
- man
- An abstract person; a person of either gender, usually an adult
every man for himself.
- man
- All humans collectively; mankind, humankind. Also Man
God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
- man
- To supply with staff or crew (of either sex)
The shipped was manned with a small crew.
- man
- An adult male human
- man
- To take up position in order to operate something
Man the machine guns!.
- man
- A mensch; a person of integrity and honor
He's more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house.
- man
- A person, often male, with duties or skills associated with a specified thing
I always wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I'm a flag man on a road crew.
- man
- A person, usually male, who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing
Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I'm a cherry pie man.
- man
- A piece or token used in board games such as chess
- man
- An interjection used to place emphasis upon something or someone
Geordie Giv'is a bottle of dog man!.
- man Friday
- A right-hand man
- man about town
- A worldly, social man who gets "about"
To Bertha this was a charm rather than a defect; his bashful candour touched her, and she compared it favourably with the foolish worldliness of the imaginary man about town whose dissipation she always opposed to her husband's virtues.
- man alive
- five
- man alive
- An expression of surprise
- man boob
- Large or womanly breasts on a man caused by pectoral fat, or sometimes a hormonal condition as gynecomastia
- man boobs
- plural form of man boob
- man cave
- A part of a home specifically reserved for adult male activities, such as drinking beer, playing games and watching TV; often a garage or den
- man caves
- plural form of man cave
- man child
- A male human being of a young age. A boy
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
- man children
- plural form of man child
- man crush
- A crush on (sexual attraction toward) a man
for a certain faction of American women, the accent is swoon-worthy on its own. I will confess that the Darcy accent I concocted in my head while reading Pride and Prejudice for the first time was a huge contributor to my fictional man crush.
- man crush
- A crush-like but non-sexual feeling of attraction toward and admiration for a man.“man crush” in Aaron Peckham (ed.), Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2005), ISBN 0-7407-5143-3, page 217.“man crush” in KTCK's online “Ticktionary”: “One male being in awe of another male for any reason”, quoted in John Mark Dempsey, “KTCK, ‘The Ticket,’ Dallas-Fort Worth: ‘Radio by the Everyman, for the Everyman”, in John Mark Dempsey (ed.), Sports-talk Radio in America: Its Context And Culture, Haworth Press (2006), ISBN 0789025906, page 27
It's no secret that Texas has become my favorite college hoops team; my man-crush on Durant has reached the point that I should probably remain at least 100 yards away from him at all times.
- man crushes
- plural form of man crush
- man day
- The amount of work that one person can complete in one day, often considered to be equivalent to eight man hours
- man flu
- A cold or similar ailment as suffered by a male seen as wildly exaggerating the severity of his symptoms
- man ho
- A promiscuous man
Man, you crazy,” said Mikel. “ You just a straight up man ho, yo. You can’t be a playa for ever though.”.
- man in the moon
- A human face perceived in the full moon, comprising dark maria and light highlands
- man in the street
- A typical person, unversed in a given subject; an inexpert commoner
- man magnet
- A person, especially a woman, who is attractive to men
- man of God
- a minister or priest
- man of God
- any godly man
- man of God
- a prophet
- man of few words
- A man who doesn't speak much, or speaks only for a short period of time
- man of means
- A man who possesses sufficient wealth to be regarded as prosperous or well off
- man of parts
- A man that is talented in multiple areas of life. This includes but is not limited to the area of seduction. He puts very little emphasis on memorized scripts or "peacocking" and instead relies on individualized ways to charm a woman
- man of straw
- A weak person
When push came to shove he gave in almost immediately, showing that he was a man of straw after all.
- man of straw
- A tactic used in debates and arguments where a weaker thesis is substituted for the opponent's real proposition, this thesis then being refuted, thereby creating the illusion of winning the argument against the original proposition
- man of the cloth
- A male member of the clergy
- man of the hour
- A man who has recently caught the attention of, or is being admired or honoured by, a large number of people
- man of war
- a military man
- man of war
- Portuguese man-of-war, a type of jellyfish
- man of war
- an armed naval vessel
- man of war
- man of war bird, the magnificent frigatebird
- man on
- A cry warning a teammate of an incoming opponent
- man on the Clapham omnibus
- Any ordinary person; everyman
- man on the street
- Someone not an expert; a member of the general public
It is not only the man on the street who is characterized by taking one's own system of relevance for granted. This holds true for the expert,.
- man overboard
- A cry used to announce that one of the crew has fallen over the side of the vessel
- man page
- A helpfile in the Unix operating system
- man pages
- plural form of man page
- man proposes, God disposes
- Things don't always work out as they were planned
- man talk
- A discussion between male colleagues seen as inappropriate for female ears. Often involves dirty jokes and discussions about sports
- man tit
- Gynecomastia, large or womanly breasts on a male
- man tits
- plural form of man tit
- man up
- to staff adequately; to staff up; to successfully fill all needed labor positions
- man up
- to vigorously guard the opponent to which one is assigned
I had to man up on their rover, and every time I went for the ball he tried to hit me.
- man up
- to "be a man about it"; to do the things a good man is traditionally expected to do, such as: taking responsibility for the consequences of one's actions; displaying bravery or toughness in the face of adversity; providing for one's family, etc
Hey son, man up, ok? There will be time for tears later.
- man up
- to assemble, each person manning (attending to) his station, prepared for departure of an aircraft, ship, etc
- man'yōgana
- The early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds; the predecessor of hiragana and katakana
- man'yōgana
- A letter thereof
- man-
- Denoting a relation to men or masculinity
- man-
- Denoting a relation to humans or humanity
- man-about-town
- Alternative spelling of man about town. (A worldly, social man.)
The man-about-town began to follow her, but along the other side of the boulevard, keeping his eyes trained on her.
- man-at-arms
- A medieval heavily armed mounted member of the cavalry
- man-bag
- The equivalent of a woman's small handbag designed for use by men, having compartments for mobile phones etc
Unisex styling gave the ‘man-bag’ its brief moment and many rough hewn embroidered denim and handtooled leather shoulder bags were worn by both sexes.
- man-boob
- Alternative spelling of man boob
- man-child
- Alternative spelling of man child
- man-day
- One person's working time for a day, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task
- man-eater
- A woman with a threatening attitude, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners
- man-eater
- A cannibal
- man-eater
- An animal that has a reputation for eating humans, such as the tiger or shark
- man-hour
- The amount of work that can be done by one person in an hour
Since 1950 our agricultural output per man-hour has actually doubled!.
- man-in-the-middle
- An adversary that intercepts, and often modifies, communications
- man-killer
- Someone who habitually seduces men
- man-killer
- A murderer
- man-killer
- An animal that kills humans
- man-machine
- A state of "oneness", between a programmer and his computer. When the observer cannot readily identify the transition between the human programmer (usually some form of system engineer) and the computer
- man-machine
- Of or pertaining to a system that includes both human and machine and/or their interface
The man-machine system is a combination of people and equipment interacting to produce a desired result from given inputs. .
- man-mark
- To mark an opposition player closely
- man-month
- One person's working time for a month, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task
- man-o'-war
- an armed naval vessel
- man-o'-war suit
- A suit, especially worn in the 19th century, with long trousers and wide-brimmed straw sailor hat
She had an open book on her knees and was pointing out something in it to Constantine who, dressed in a man-o'-war suit, lay at her feet. - The Dead, from Dubliners, by James Joyce.
- man-o-war
- Portuguese man-of-war, a kind of jellyfish
- man-of-letters
- Attributive form of man of letters
Carlyle in his man-of-letters patronage missed the craft with which the angry Corn-Law rhymester rhymester of The Village Patriarch meant to reclaim the people’s half.
- man-of-war
- An armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails
- man-of-war
- The Portuguese man-of-war, a kind of jellyfish
- man-portable
- That can be transported on a person. Often used about military weapons systems; e.g. missiles
Man-portable missiles imperil both military, civilian aircraft.: An article from: National Defense by Sandra I. Erwin.
- man-sized
- Of a size suitable for a man; larger than normal
- man-sized
- That needs manly attributes, such as strength or endurance
- man-tiger
- mandrill
- man-to-man
- direct, forthright and honest
- man-to-man
- one-on-one
- man-to-man defense
- A defense in which each player guards a particular opposing player
They'll have trouble playing a man-to-man against such a fast guard and tall center.
- man-witch
- A male witch; a warlock
- man-year
- One person's working time for a year, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task
- man.
- manager; management
- man-eater
- an animal that devours human beings
- man-trap
- a place or structure dangerous to human life
- man talk
- A personal talk between two or more close male friends
- man
- {n} a human being, male, small bit of wood
- man
- {v} to furnish with men strengthen, tame
- man dem
- (deyim) (Carribean origin, UK) A group of friends or homies
- man down
- (deyim) The appropriate phrase to use in battle which means that a soldier in your group is lying on the ground. This has been twisted into Caribbean slang to signify the same thing in context but with literal meaning and sometimes physical. Usually as an answer or response to a situation where a person doesn’t overcome the obstacle in it’s path
- man of straw
- a person undertaking a financial commitment without adequate means
- man of straw
- a person who is a sham
- man up
- (deyim) Fulfill your responsibilites as a man, despite your insecurities and constant ability to place yourself in embarrasing and un-manly scenarios
- man to man
- {s} forthright and intimate; (Sports) pairing players; of pertaing to sports game where each defensive player guards a specified opponent
- man-to-man
- Used as defensive tactic, whereby each player marks a single opposition player
- man-to-man
- directly; "we must talk man-to-man
- man-to-man
- Form of defense in which each player is assigned to mark a player on the offensive team
- man-to-man
- forthright and honest; "had a man-to-man talk about the facts of life"
- man-to-man
- directly; "we must talk man-to-man"
- man-to-man
- a type of defense where each defender is assigned to mark a different forward from the other team; the most common type of defense for national-level teams
- man-to-man
- being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player; "one-on-one defense"
- man-to-man defence
- act of closely guarding an opponent (Sports)
- give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed h
- It is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them
- One man's loss is another man's gain
- (Atasözü) Said when someone gets an advantage from someone else's bad luck
- Guy's
- Guy's Hospital an important hospital in London, for training doctors and nurses
- a hungry man is an angry man
- one who does not get what he needs is a frustrated person and will be provoked to rage very easily
- one man's meat is another man's poison
- what is good for one person is not good for another
