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Meaning
Noun
●
In Colors, Dances, Wines & True finches:
A small, usually
yellow
,
finch
(genus Serinus), a
songbird
native
to the Canary Islands.
●
Any of various small
birds
of different countries, most of which are
largely
yellow
in colour.
●
In Dances & Wines:
A
female
singer
,
soprano
, a
coloratura
singer
.
●
An
informer
or
snitch
; a squealer.
●
In Colors & Yellows:
A
light
,
slightly
greenish
,
yellow
colour.
●
A (usually
yellow
)
capsule
of the
short-acting
barbiturate
pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (Nembutal).
●
In Australian English:
A
yellow
sticker
applied
by the
police
to a
vehicle
to
indicate
it is unroadworthy.
●
Any test
subject
, especially an
inadvertent
or
unwilling
one. (From the
mining
practice
of using
canaries
to
detect
dangerous
gases.)
●
In Computing & Wines:
A value
placed
in
memory
such that
it will be the first
data
corrupted
by a
buffer overflow
,
allowing
the
program
to
identify
and
recover
from it.
●
In Computing & Wines:
A change that is
tested
by being
rolled out
first to a
subset
of
machines
or
users
before
rolling out
to all.
●
In Colors & Wines:
A
light
,
sweet
,
white wine
from the Canary Islands.
●
In Dances:
A
lively
dance
,
possibly
of Spanish
origin
(also called canaries).
●
In Football (soccer):
Someone
connected
with Norwich City Football Club, as a
fan
,
player
,
coach
etc.
Adj
●
In Colors:
Of a
light
yellow
colour.
●
In Finance:
That can be
exercised
on
quarterly
dates
, a set
time period
(usually one year) after the
issue date
, and before the
expiry
date
.
Verb
●
to
dance
nimbly
(
as in
the
canary
dance
)
●
to
inform
or
snitch
, to
betray
secrets
, especially about
illegal
activities.
●
In Computing & Wines:
to test a
software
change by
rolling out
to a small set of
machines
or
users
before
making it
available to all.
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