1. Noun
An American animal allied to the weasel.
2. Noun
A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
3. Verb
To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
4. Noun
Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.
5. Noun
Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.
6. Noun
A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
7. Noun
any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
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