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a person who evokes boredom tidal bore: a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) cause to be bored diameter of a tube or gun barrel a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"
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the feeling of being bored by something tedious
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Boredom, or ennui (pronounced "on-we," this French word comes from Old French enui, root of the English word 'annoy') is a reactive state to wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious stimuli: suffering from a lack of interesting things to see, hear, etc., or do (physically or intellectually), while not in the mood of "doing nothing". Those afflicted by temporary boredom may regard the affliction as a waste of time, but usually characterise boredom worse than just that. ...
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A chosen state of mind brought on by laziness and the firm belief that others are in charge of the so supposedly afflicted person's own entertainment.
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1. Same as hydraulic jump. 2. A tidal wave that propagates as a solitary wave with a steep leading edge up certain rivers. Bore formation is favored in wedge-shaped shoaling estuaries at times of spring tides. Other local names include eagre (River Trent, England), pororoca (Amazon, Brazil), and mascaret (Seine, France).
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