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Meaning of acid

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  acid
      adj 1: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
             otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments";
             "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter
             words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about
             political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical
             ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic
             critique" [syn: {acerb}, {acerbic}, {acid}, {acrid},
             {bitter}, {blistering}, {caustic}, {sulfurous},
             {sulphurous}, {virulent}, {vitriolic}]
      2: being sour to the taste [syn: {acidic}, {acid}, {acidulent},
         {acidulous}]
      3: having the characteristics of an acid; "an acid reaction"
      n 1: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste
           and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base
           to form a salt
      2: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: {acid},
         {back breaker}, {battery-acid}, {dose}, {dot}, {Elvis},
         {loony toons}, {Lucy in the sky with diamonds}, {pane},
         {superman}, {window pane}, {Zen}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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