Definitions from Wiktionary (kitchen sink)
▸ noun: A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.
▸ noun: (figurative)
▸ noun: (also attributive) A miscellaneous item or a miscellany, especially exemplifying an indiscriminate profusion.
▸ noun: (metonymically) In chained or tied to the kitchen sink, etc.: domestic chores or housework, especially when regarded as menial and tedious.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A thing regarded as defiled due to corruption, immorality, etc.
▸ adjective: (painting) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century realist style of painting in Britain characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors such as kitchens in the homes of urban working-class people; also, of or pertaining to an artist or group of artists painting in this style.
▸ adjective: (by extension, drama, fiction, film, television, originally derogatory) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century (especially 1950s–1960s) genre of drama, fiction, etc., in Britain depicting the harsh lives of working-class people; also, of or pertaining to a film, novel, play, etc., of this genre.
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To make (something) overly complicated or elaborate; to overcomplicate, to overwork.
▸ verb: To raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
▸ verb: (business) To release (a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company) in one go, in the hope that there will be less impact.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
everything but the kitchen sink,
kitchen sink regression,
Kitchen sink realism,
Kitchen Sink Press,
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▸ noun: A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.
▸ noun: (figurative)
▸ noun: (also attributive) A miscellaneous item or a miscellany, especially exemplifying an indiscriminate profusion.
▸ noun: (metonymically) In chained or tied to the kitchen sink, etc.: domestic chores or housework, especially when regarded as menial and tedious.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A thing regarded as defiled due to corruption, immorality, etc.
▸ adjective: (painting) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century realist style of painting in Britain characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors such as kitchens in the homes of urban working-class people; also, of or pertaining to an artist or group of artists painting in this style.
▸ adjective: (by extension, drama, fiction, film, television, originally derogatory) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century (especially 1950s–1960s) genre of drama, fiction, etc., in Britain depicting the harsh lives of working-class people; also, of or pertaining to a film, novel, play, etc., of this genre.
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To make (something) overly complicated or elaborate; to overcomplicate, to overwork.
▸ verb: To raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
▸ verb: (business) To release (a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company) in one go, in the hope that there will be less impact.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
Similar:
utility sink,
kitchen-sinkery,
sinkwater,
sink,
sinkroom,
sinkware,
sincke,
scullery,
draining board,
wash stand,
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Adjectives:
red-faced,
flat out,
top secret,
very good,
frontside,
stay at home,
writ small,
all the same,
next level,
every second,
caught stealing
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