noun. A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on.

noun. The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language.

noun. Regional speech or dialect.

noun. A specialized vocabulary used by a group of people; jargon.

noun. A style of artistic expression characteristic of a particular individual, school, period, or medium.

noun. A mode of expression peculiar to a language; a peculiarity of phraseology; a phrase or form of words approved by the usage of a language, whether written or spoken, and often having a signification other than its grammatical or logical one. See idiotism, 1.

noun. The genius or peculiar cast of a language; hence, a peculiar form or variation of language; a dialect.

noun. Synonyms Dialect, Diction, etc. See language.

noun. The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.

noun. An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language.

noun. A combination of words having a meaning peculiar to itself and not predictable as a combination of the meanings of the individual words, but sanctioned by usage; ; less commonly, a single word used in a peculiar sense.

noun. The phrase forms peculiar to a particular author.

noun. Dialect; a variant form of a language.

noun. A manner of speaking, a way of expressing oneself.

noun. A language or dialect.

noun. Specifically, a particular variety of language; a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.

noun. An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.

noun. An expression peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language, especially when the meaning is illogical or separate from the meanings of its component words.

noun. A programming construct or phraseology generally held to be the most efficient, elegant or effective means to achieve a particular result or behavior.

noun. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

noun. the style of a particular artist or school or movement

noun. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

noun. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

"Keeping only the title idiom from Jolson's hit, the Chatmon composition stands a New York story on its head."

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