Stones
name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 plural of stone form-of, plural
- 2 Testicles; balls. slang
- 3 Courage. slang
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of stone form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
- 1 A surname.
- 2 The Rolling Stones, a very successful British rock band formed in the 1960s, still together in the 21st century
"2008, March 22, Exile On Main St: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones, by Robert Greenfield, review in The Guardian, by Steven Poole And so the Stones somehow make Exile On Main St there, in a rigged-up studio in the basement."
Example
More examples"Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones."
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