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Word of the day
for
August 23
kitchen sink
n
A
sink
in a
kitchen
used
for
washing
crockery
,
cutlery
,
utensils
,
food
, etc., and
disposing of
waste
.
(
figurative
)
(
also
attributive
)
A
miscellaneous
item
or a
miscellany
, especially
exemplifying
an
indiscriminate
profusion
.
(
metonymically
)
In
chained
or
tied
to the kitchen sink
, etc.
:
domestic
chores
or
housework
, especially when
regarded
as
menial
and
tedious
.
(
obsolete
)
A
thing
regarded as
defiled
due to
corruption
,
immorality
, etc.
kitchen sink
adj
(
UK
)
(
painting
)
Of or
pertaining
to a
mid-
20th-
century
realist
style
of
painting
in
Britain
characterized
by
scenes
of
dull
or
untidy
domestic
interiors
such as
kitchens
in the
homes
of
urban
working-class
people
; also, of or pertaining to an
artist
or
group
of artists
painting
in this style.
(
by extension
,
drama
,
fiction
,
film
,
television
,
originally
derogatory
)
Of or
pertaining
to a mid-20th-century (especially 1950s–1960s)
genre
of
drama
,
fiction
, etc., in Britain
depicting
the
harsh
lives
of working-class people; also, of or pertaining to a
film
,
novel
,
play
, etc., of this genre.
kitchen sink
v
(
transitive
)
To
make
(something)
overly
complicated
or
elaborate
; to
overcomplicate
, to
overwork
.
To
raise
to (someone)
unrelated
complaints
and other
matters
during an
argument
.
(
business
)
To
release
(a
large
amount
of
information
about the
poor
financial
results
of a
company
)
in one go
,
in the hope that
there will be
less
impact
.
(
intransitive
)
To raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
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