(n.) A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
(n.) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
(v. i.) To crack into, or become full of, crannies.
(v. i.) To haunt, or enter by, crannies.
(a.) Quick; giddy; thoughtless.
Example Sentences:
(1) ForzaVista is back, but it's been hugely expanded allowing players to poke around every nook and cranny of every car in the game.
(2) And we will extend this principle of transparency to every nook and cranny of politics and public life, because it's one of the quickest and easiest ways to transfer power to the powerless and prevent waste, exploitation and abuse.
(3) "He is very seized by the need to leverage legacy from every nook and cranny of the project.
(4) Hidden in nooks, crannies and side-roads of the City of Angels, there are, contrary to popular perception, numerous family-run guesthouses, intimate boutique hotels and even quirky little B&BS.
(5) The release this week of several detailed files on Hobsbawm and Hill is a reminder of just how deeply the cold war penetrated into every nook and cranny of British academic life.
(6) Adults £85 per day, children (aged 13-17) £60 per day, overnight kayak camping expeditions an additional £15 per person per night Eilean Donan, Dornie Photograph: Alamy Clamber around the ramparts and explore the dimly lit nooks and crannies of one of the most romantic castles in Scotland.
(7) Bright affectionately remembers all the "nooks and crannies" of the 1820s house, but has no regrets about the move.
(8) It seems every valley and flatland, each nook and cranny, has been turned into a plot for some sort of crop.
(9) We’d scour the red sandstone nooks and limestone crannies to find them.
(10) Her hair is windblown, her black coat is flapping and her piercing gaze finds a problem in every nook and cranny.
(11) It now teeters over the favela like a Gaudí castle, full of stairways and corridors and hidden nooks and crannies, with panoramic views over Guanabara Bay from its ample terraces.
(12) There was a surreal atmosphere, with tents glowing in the dark, and the noise of insect life coming from every nook and cranny.
(13) Since founding her company in 1973, she had developed a style of dance theatre that took audiences into the darkest, strangest crannies of the human psyche.
(14) 798 Arts Zone and the series of studios beyond it constitute a cranny where old streets and buildings have been spared by the bulldozer and turned into a kind of trendy theme park in which the authorities seem not only to permit but – unusually for them – encourage cultural activity.
(15) In environmental terms, public toilets are obviously breeding grounds for germs in cities, and Cutler says he'd like to see "ways of improving environments so they become easier to clean, easier to manage – novel surfaces and structures, so there aren't so many nooks and crannies in public areas.
(16) Agriculture has long existed in the nooks and crannies of urban life.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nathaniel Samson, 25, Hertfordshire Rating: 4 out of 5 – ‘Any nook or cranny can now be Pallet Town’ Professor Willow holds out his hand and I’m immediately back in Pallet Town.
(18) The homeless, who seem to have filled every spare nook and cranny in Mogadishu, live with this every day.
(19) Whatabouttery prefers a narrative centred on the evils of the bogeyman rightwing “prime minister for women”, rather than acknowledging sexist behaviour is rife in almost every nook and cranny of society, including places occupied by the political left.
(20) Be sure to check the nooks and crannies for delights from limited-edition manga T-shirts to art badges and other experimental fare.
Ranny
Definition:
(n.) The erd shrew.
Example Sentences:
(1) Because she travels across London to school and goes out with friends, we wanted to be able to get hold of her, and vice versa.” Ranni Clark from Abermule in Powys, Mid Wales, resorted to a £10-a-month EE PAYG deal after her 11-year-old son lost her old phone.
(2) Other manufacturers are now producing similar equipment (e.g., Rannie homogenizers and Netzsch ball mills).