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surprises

noun

Meaning

  1. Something unexpected.
  2. The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
  3. A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
  4. To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
  5. To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
  6. To undergo or witness something unexpected.
  7. To cause surprise.
  8. To attack unexpectedly.
  9. To take unawares.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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