cotton-picking
adjective [before noun] /ˈkɒt.ənˌpɪ.kɪŋ/
/ˈkɑː.t̬ən-/ US informalDefinition
› used to add emphasis when you are slightly annoyed: Just wait one cotton-picking minute, will you?Expressions of anger
(Definition of cotton-picking adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (really) take the biscuit idiom
- bally adjective, adverb
- beg verb
- blast exclamation
- blasted adjective (ANGRY)
- bleeding adjective
- blessed adjective
- bloody adjective, adverb (ANGER)
- blooming adjective, adverb
- dickens noun
- drat (it) exclamation
- flaming adjective
- flip exclamation
- flipping adjective, adverb
- for crying out loud! idiom
- frigging adjective, adverb
- need verb (MUST DO)
- put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it! idiom
- sodding adjective
- that does it! idiom
Topic:
Expressions of anger
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