a small, paper or cardboard cylinder filled with an explosive and having a fuse, for discharging to make a noise, as during a celebration, festivals, etc.; a small firecracker.

(fig.) a short saying that makes listeners burst into laughter.

a particular type of lock in wrestling to overpower the opponent.

the passerine bird Passer domesticus of Passerinae family, with brown and grey plumage; house-sparrow.

a blade of the sacred grass (Desmodium tripinnata of Poaceae family) used to represent or substitute a brāhmaṇa.

an onomatopoetic term used to represent the sound of a dry stick breaking.

jugglery - a) the art or an act of juggling; sleight of hand; b) trickery; deception.

the use of charms, spells and rituals in seeking or pretending to cause or control events or govern certain natural or supernatural forces; magic; black magic.

a female house-sparrow.

a small, long-tailed minivet of the genus Pericrocotus, having in the male black and red and in the female black and orange plumage; a red minivet.

a poem, passage, talk etc. that is short or shortened.

a kind of poem that is usu. of four lines, witty, sarcastic, etc.

a small flat ornament worn as a frontlet at the partition of hair in combing.