sonewhat.html - n.
a unit of subjective loudness, equal to 40 phons. [L sonus sound]

sonewhat.html - See: FAVORITE SON, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.

sonewhat.html - {n. phr.}, {slang} 1. A bad person; a person not liked. * /I don't like Charley; keep that son of a gun out of here./ Syn.: BAD ACTOR. 2. A mischievous rascal; a lively guy. - Often used in a joking way. * /The farmer said he would catch the son of a gun who let the cows out of the barn./ * /Hello Bill, you old son of a gun!/ Compare: SO AND SO. 3. Something troublesome; a hard job. * /The test today was a son of a gun./ Used as an exclamation, usually to show surprise or disappointment. * /Son of a gun! I lost my car keys./ Compare: SON OF A BITCH.

sonewhat.html - See: FOR A SONG.

sonewhat.html - {n.}, {informal} 1. Foolish or uninteresting talk; dull nonsense. Usually used with "give". * /I met Nancy today and she gave me a long song and dance about her family./ 2. A long lie or excuse, often meant to get pity. Usually used with "give". * /Billy gave the teacher a song and dance about his mother being sick as an excuse for being late./ * /The tramp asked us for money and tried to give us a big song and dance about having to buy a bus ticket to Chicago./

sonewhat.html - {n.} A loud noise and vibration in the air, made when a jet plane passes the speed of sound (1087 feet per second). * /Fast jet planes sometimes cause a sonic boom, which can break windows and crack the plaster in houses below them./ * /We thought there was an explosion or earthquake, but it was only a sonic boom that shook the house./