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charms

/tʃɑːmz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
  2. The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural.
  3. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
  4. A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
  5. A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
  6. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
  7. To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.
  8. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
  9. To make music upon.
  10. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
  11. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
  12. A flock, group (especially of finches).

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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