Double-barrelled words- 4

gender-bender     fuddy duddy         nitty gritty          pell-mell          roly-poly          goody-goody shilly-shally          loosy-goosy            ding-dong        yin-yang        hogen-mogen      mumbo-jumbo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

gender-bender (N)

Meanings:

• a person who dresses in the clothes of the other sex
• a person who dresses and behaves like the opposite sex

Usages:

1. Many gender-benders came in the party.

fuddy-duddy (N)

Meaning:

• a person who is very old-fashioned and pompous

Usages:

1. He talks like old fuddy-duddy.

nitty-gritty (N)

Meaning:

• the most important aspects or practical details of a subject or situation
• the most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Usages:

1. Tables are the nitty-gritty of Maths.
2. Grammar is the nitty-gritty of English.

pell-mell (Adv./Adj./N)

Meanings:

• in a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner (Adv.)
• hasty or disorganized (Adj.)
• a disorderly situation or collection of things (N)

Usages:

1. The children rushed pell-mell down the stairs.

goody-goody (N/Adj.)

Meanings:

• self righteous
• a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior

Usages:

1. If you want promotion, you must be goody-goody for the seniors.

ding-dong (N)

Meanings:

• used to represent the sound made by a bell
• an argument or fight
• heartily or earnestly

Usages:

1. They fell to work ding-dong.
2. They were having a real ding-dong on the doorstep.
3. I rang the bell ding-dong and then entered the house.

loosy-goosy (Adj.)

Meanings:

• relaxed and comfortable

Usages:

1. After eating some fruits, I feel loosy-goosy.

mumbo-jumbo (N)

Meanings:

• language or ritual causing confusion

Usages:

1. In a festival, we do many mumbo-jumbo.

roly-poly (Adj./N)

Meanings:

• short, round and fat
• a hot sweet make from suet pastry spread with jam and rolled up

Usages:

1. My little brother is very roly-poly.
2. And he likes to eat roly-poly.

hogen-mogen (N/Adj.)

Meanings:

• a person having high power
• powerful; grand

Usages:

1. Don't show me your hogen-mogen status.
2. I am going to a hogen-mogen party

shilly-shally (V/N)

Meanings:

• fail to act resolutely or firmly
• to take a long time to do something, especially to make a decision
• not firm behaviour

Usages:

1. Stop shilly-shallying and make up your mind.
2. Our govenment is shilly-shallying about the suicide of the student.

yin-yang (N)

Meaning:

• two complementary opposites

Usages:

1. Boys and girls are yin-yang.
2. Husband and wife is the best example of yin-yang.

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