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Provided by the compucert espy \ih-SPY\, transitive verb:
- To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.
Espy is from Old French espier, to watch, ultimately of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German spehon. The act of espying is espial.
going multiball - A synonym for going mental. Literally, a state of flux, as in the multiball stage of a pinball game, wherein the player must keep two or more balls in play. See also: multiball, multitasking.
Trivia
When it comes to the Morse code, which letter of the alphabet is represented by a single dot? How about a single dash?
- A single dot is the letter e; a single dash, t.
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