Thing

  1. Noun.  (chiefly, historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
  2. Noun.  That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
  3. Noun.  A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
  4. Noun.  An individual object or distinct entity.
  5. Noun.  (legal) whatever can be owned.
  6. Noun.  The latest fad or fashion.
  7. Noun.  (in the plural) clothes, possessions or equipment.
  8. Noun.  (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
  9. Noun.  (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
  10. Noun.  (slang) A penis.
  11. Noun.  A living being or creature.
  12. Noun.  That which matters; the crux.
  13. Noun.  (non-gloss definition, Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.) .
  14. Noun.  (chiefly, historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.

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