mate
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Meanings
Noun
1. mate, checkmate (chess)
2. a hand gesture (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua)
3. a feint; something feigned; a simulation (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua)
4. a gesture that hints something (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua)
5. maté (the drink prepared from yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis))
6. a hollow gourd or cup in which maté is traditionally served
7. yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis), a plant used to make maté
8. head (top part of the body) (colloquial, Southern Cone)
9. math / maths (colloquial)
10. dunk, slam dunk (the act of dunking: put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power) (basketball)
Examples5
I always find his hand gestures funny.
Yerba mate became a hit in Korea.
Check and mate!
prepare maté
She's a tease.