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feather verb 1 in hot rodding, to operate the accelerator in a controlled, light manner US, 1965. 2 in horse racing, a light jockey US, 1951. 3 in pool, to only barely glance the object ball with the cue ball US, 1990
idiomfeather► feather your nesta feather in your capproud something that you have achieved that you should be proud of:Cambridge is led by Barker, who was Oxford's chief coach last year. A win against Oxford today would be quite a feather in his cap.The success of Virgin Atlantic is merely one feather in the company's increasingly crowded cap.you could've knocked me down with a featherused in order to emphasize that you were extremely surprised by something:When I heard that Joe Calder had got married, you could've knocked me down with a feather!
See:- (as) black as a raven's feather
- (as) light as a feather
- (as) light as air
- a feather in (one's) cap
- a feather in someone's cap
- a feather in your cap
- be as light as a feather
- be spitting feathers
- birds of a feather
- birds of a feather (flock together)
- Birds of a feather flock together
- feather (one's) (own) nest
- feather (one's) own nest
- feather brain
- feather in (one's) cap
- feather in cap
- feather in one's cap, a
- feather nest
- feather one's nest
- feather one's nest, to
- feather your nest
- fine feathers
- Fine feathers make fine birds
- fur and feather
- fuss and feathers
- If it ain't chickens, it's feathers
- in fine feather
- in full feather
- in good feather
- in high feather
- knock (someone) down with a feather
- knock (someone) down with a feather, to
- knock (someone) over with a feather
- knock down with a feather
- knock for a loop
- knock over with a feather
- leather or feather
- light as a feather
- light as air/a feather
- make the dust fly
- make the feathers fly
- make the feathers/fur fly, to
- make the fur fly
- one day chicken and the next day feathers
- ruffle (one's) feathers
- ruffle a few feathers
- ruffle feathers
- ruffle its feathers
- ruffle some feathers
- ruffle somebody's/a few feathers
- ruffle someone's feathers
- ruffle someone's feathers, to
- show the white feather
- smooth (one's) ruffled feathers
- smooth (someone's) ruffled feathers
- smooth ruffled feathers
- smooth someone's ruffled feathers
- spit blood/venom/feathers
- spit feathers
- tar and feather
- tar and feather someone
- the feathers fly
- the feathers/fur/sparks will fly
- wear the bull's feather
- white feather, to show the
- you could have knocked me down with a feather
- you could have knocked me over with a feather
- you could have knocked me, etc. down with a feather
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