- "Sex and violence was never really my cup of tea; I was always more into sax and violins."
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
By JOE NOCERA
The once-dominant clarinet faded into obscurity when the sax became the
reed of choice. But in the hands of Anat Cohen, a 38-year-old Israeli,
the clarinet is cool again.
Marxists of the World, Unite
Groucho wouldn’t come to any club that would have him,
but you should. Tonight, the jazz ensemble
Ballin’ the
Jack, led by the
clarinetist and saxophonist Matt
Darriau, will play
music from Marx Brothers films,
“
complete with Grouchoesque vocals from the
alto saxophonist Roy Nathanson.” Hope for “A Night at the
Opera” and a good eyebrow
waggle.
| wamble |
(verb) Move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion. |
| Synonyms: | waggle |
| Usage: | As
John wambled into the kitchen for his morning coffee, his head pounding
and stomach reeling, he made a silent vow never to get drunk again. |
wamble [ˈwɒmbəl] Dialect chiefly Brit
vb (intr)
1. to move unsteadily
2. to twist the body
3. (Medicine / Pathology) to feel nausea
n
1. an unsteady movement
2. (Medicine / Pathology) a sensation of nausea
[C14 wamelen to feel ill, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian vamla to stagger]
wambliness n
wambly adj
waggle
verb
informal
move or cause to move with short quick movements from side to side or up and down: [no object]:his arm waggled [with object]:Mary waggled a glass at them
[with object] swing (a golf club) loosely to and fro over the ball before playing a shot.
Origin:
late 16th century: frequentative of
wag1
Translate reed | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of reed
noun
1a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground.
- Genera Phragmites and Arundo, family Gramineae: several species, in particular the common (or Norfolk) reed (P. australis), which is used for thatching
used in names of plants similar to the reed and growing in wet habitats, e.g. bur-reed.
a tall straight stalk of a reed plant, used especially as a material in making thatch or household items: a harvest of thatching reeds [mass noun:, as modifier]:a reed curtain
[mass noun] British straw used for thatching.
literary a rustic musical pipe made from a reed or from straw: as if thy waves had only heard the shepherd’s reed
2a thing or person resembling or likened to a reed, in particular:
a weak or impressionable person:the jurors were mere reeds in the wind
literary an arrow: a bright reed of energy pierced the starship bridge
(
reeds)
a set of semi-cylindrical adjacent mouldings like reeds laid together.
3a
piece of thin cane or metal, sometimes doubled, which vibrates in a
current of air to produce the sound of various musical instruments, as
in the mouthpiece of a clarinet or oboe or at the base of some organ
pipes: [as modifier]:a reed instrument
a wind instrument played with a reed.
an organ stop with reed pipes.
4an electrical contact used in a magnetically operated switch or relay: the permanent magnet closes the reeds and contacts together [as modifier]:a reed relay
5a
weaver’s comb-like implement (originally made from reed or cane) for
separating the threads of the warp and correctly positioning the weft.
Origin:
Old English hrēod, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch riet and German Ried
Definition of sax
noun
informal
a saxophone: alto sax [as modifier]:a sax solo
a saxophone player: tenor saxes Alan Thompson and Sue Ferris
Origin:
early 20th century: abbreviation
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