Spoil
71spoil for — {v. phr.} To want something very badly; be belligerent or pugnacious about something. * /After a few drinks it became embarrassingly evident that Hal was spoiling for a fight./ Compare: HANKER AFTER, LUST FOR …
72spoil for — {v. phr.} To want something very badly; be belligerent or pugnacious about something. * /After a few drinks it became embarrassingly evident that Hal was spoiling for a fight./ Compare: HANKER AFTER, LUST FOR …
73spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining. [1820 30] * * * …
74spoil ground — an area within a body of water, esp. in the sea, where dredged material is deposited. * * * …
75spoil-sport — noun An alternative form for spoilsport …
76spoil for — Synonyms and related words: ache for, be dying for, be hurting for, clamor for, cry for, gape for, hone for, hope for, itch for, languish for, long for, lust for, pant for, pine for, sigh for, thirst for, weary for, wish for, yearn for, yen for …
77spoil\ for — v. phr. To want something very badly; be belligerent or pugnacious about something. After a few drinks it became embarrassingly evident that Hal was spoiling for a fight. Compare: hanker after, lust for …
78spoil for — PHRASAL VERB: only cont If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen. [V P n] A mob armed with guns was at the border between the two republics, spoiling for a fight …
79spoil the appetite — ruin one s hunger …
80spoil for a fight — try to begin a fight, chip on his shoulder, cruising for a bruising Bud was spoiling for a fight with me. He said, You re too chicken to fight, ain t you? …
