square
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8.1
- noun
- /skwɛr/
- Offensive
- You always think I am a square.
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Watch on YouTubeCome on, Mitch McConnell, don't be a square or whatever shape you are.
- Come on, Mitch McConnell, don't be a square or whatever shape you are.
- You're not a square, though, but you're you're strangely.
- But really it was just like I had this square peg.
- And she felt like this kind of square peg trying to fit into the round hole of Hollywood.
Examples
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Finally decided to ditch all those squares, huh?
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I'm not that much of a square, Silas.
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So be there or be square as they say.
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Dad, you are the very definition of a square.
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Don't be a square, Tom.
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Be there or be square and bring your funniest jokes next.
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Dances are for nerds and squares.
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Come on, Mitch McConnell, don't be a square or whatever shape you are.
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Cool: We don't flatter anybody by coming on like squares, you dig?
Fiction book (1993) -
Everyone thinks you're such a square just because you prefer classic films over the latest blockbusters.
Synonyms
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8.1
A person who is old-fashioned and not modern
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8.9
A person who is conventional and not willing to try new things
Antonyms
Idioms
To stand or sit with shoulders pulled back to show confidence before something difficult
Compounds
- US
144
1.4
A measure of area equal to a square one foot on each side used for rooms and land
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2.7
A busy part of Manhattan with bright lights, theaters, and New Year's Eve celebrations
- Texting
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4.0
An online place where people meet to discuss public issues and share ideas
- Specialized
8
3.4
A unit that measures pressure equal to one pound of force on one square inch
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3.7
A large open place in central London with a monument to Nelson and big lion statues
- Specialized
1
3.9
A knot used to join two ends of rope or cord by tying two opposite small knots
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6.7
A tool with a long straight edge and a T-shaped top used to draw straight or parallel lines
- Specialized
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7.2
A square grid of numbers whose rows, columns, and main diagonals add to the same total
- Archaic
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8.5
A four-sided piece of cloth hung on a bar across a ship's mast to catch the wind
- Specialized
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9.9
A ship with large square sails hung on horizontal bars across the masts
- Specialized
1
5.3
A solid shape with a square base and four triangular faces that meet at a top point
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4.4
A large flat L-shaped metal tool carpenters use to measure and mark right angles
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3.2
Music played to accompany square dancing, often with lively fiddle or banjo rhythms
- Specialized
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9.1
A square grid filled with different symbols so each symbol appears once in each row and column
- Specialized
1
6.2
A metal tool with a ruler and handle for checking right angles in wood or metal
- Specialized
1
6.8
A number that shows if the data you see differ from what you expect
- Specialized
1
4.2
A small metal piece with four flat sides that fits on a bolt to hold things together
- Specialized
A hand tool with two arms joined at one end to measure or mark angled lines
- Archaic
A person honored for great bravery who leads troops and carries a square banner
- Specialized
A Roman style of writing using upright block capital letters often carved on stone
- Archaic
A medium-sized Arctic seal with whiskers on each side of its nose, also called the bearded seal
- Archaic
A person with very old-fashioned and strict ideas about how people should behave
How Old-Fashioned
- Offensive
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9.7
- Offensive
3
8.3
- Offensive
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8.1
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5.6
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4.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Calling someone a square ('not cool') comes from 1950s slang where a 'square' was like a rigid box: someone who follows the rules and is not trendy.