nine : Idioms & Phrases

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be on cloud nine

  • verb feel extreme happiness or elation
    walk on air; exult; jump for joy.
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Cat o' nine tails

  • an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back.
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cat-o'-nine-tails

  • noun a whip with nine knotted cords
    cat.
    • British sailors feared the cat
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cloud nine

  • noun a state of extreme happiness
    blissfulness; bliss; seventh heaven; walking on air.
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dressed to the nines

  • adjective satellite dressed in fancy or formal clothing
    dolled up; dressed; togged up; spruced up; spiffed up; dressed-up; dressed to kill.
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eighty-nine

  • adjective satellite being nine more than eighty
    ixc; 89.
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fifty-nine

  • adjective satellite being nine more than fifty
    59; ilx.
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forty-nine

  • adjective satellite being nine more than forty
    49; il; forty-nine.
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forty-niner

  • noun a miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849
  • adjective satellite being nine more than forty
    49; il; forty-nine.
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nine iron

  • noun an iron with considerable loft
    niblick.
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Nine men's morris

  • . See Morris.
Webster 1913

Nine points circle

  • (Geom.), a circle so related to any given triangle as to pass through the three points in which the perpendiculars from the angles of the triangle upon the opposite sides (or the sides produced) meet the sides. It also passes through the three middle points of the sides of the triangle and through the three middle points of those parts of the perpendiculars that are between their common point of meeting and the angles of the triangle. The circle is hence called the nine points ∨ six points circle.
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nine times

  • adverb by a factor of nine
    ninefold.
    • my investment has increased ninefold
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nine-banded armadillo

  • noun having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
    Texas armadillo; peba; Dasypus novemcinctus.
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nine-bark

Nine"-bark` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, ∨ Spiræa, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name.
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nine-eyes

Nine"-eyes` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The lamprey.
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nine-fold

  • adjective satellite having nine units or components
    nonuple; ninefold.
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nine-killer

Nine"-kill`er noun
Etymology
So called because it is believed to kill and impale on thorns nine birds, etc., in succession.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The northern butcher bird.
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nine-membered

  • adjective satellite of a chemical compound having a ring with nine members
    9-membered.
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nine-sided

  • adjective satellite having nine sides
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nine-spot

  • noun one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face
    nine.
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ninety-nine

  • adjective satellite being nine more than ninety
    99; ic.
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seventy-nine

  • adjective satellite being nine more than seventy
    ilxxx; 79.
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sixty-nine

  • noun oral sex practiced simultaneously by two people
    soixante-neuf.
  • adjective satellite being nine more than sixty
    69; ilxx.
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The Nine

  • the nine Muses.
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The Thirty-nine Articles

  • statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England.
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thirty-nine

  • adjective satellite being nine more than thirty
    39; ixl.
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twenty-nine

  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one
    29; XXIX.
  • adjective satellite being nine more than twenty
    29; xxix.
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