Used to express surprise at meeting an acquaintance or discovering a personal connection in a distant place or an unexpected context.

(slang) A baseball strategy that relies on baserunning, singles, and hitting for average rather than hitting home runs.

(basketball) A forward who is the shorter of the two forward positions, and often plays behind the power forwards.

plural of small intestine

A privately-owned and operated business with relatively small turnover and staff numbers, typically seen as constituting part of a specific commercial or economic sector.

plural of small business

(mining, historical) A boy employed to put small coals to a stowboard.

plural of small leader

Arthraxon hispidus, native to east Asia, invasive in the US.

(idiomatic) To a very great extent.