All 3 Uses
acclaim
in
The Impossible Knife of Memory
(Auto-generated)
- At one point in the distant past, it had been a Plymouth Acclaim, but there wasn't much left to shout about.†
p. 65.2 *acclaim = enthusiastic public praise
- It took some arguing, but he finally walked to the garage, leaned the maul against the chopping block, crossed his arms over his chest, and watched as I climbed out of the Acclaim.†
p. 172.6
- I grabbed my stuff, staggered out the front door, down the street and into the Acclaim, which smelled more like burning oil than ever.†
p. 212.6
Definitions:
-
(1)
(acclaim) to praise enthusiastically and publicly -- sometimes choosing without opposition or a formal vote
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)