(US) An alcoholic beverage formed by fermenting cider (apple juice).

(computing) To build absolute and unchangeable values into a program such that they can only be changed by modifying the source code.

(American football) The situation where the quarterback attempts to draw the defense offside through a deceptive snap count sequence, sometimes accompanied by subtle body movements which simulate the initiation of the play.

(vulgar, slang) Tough, uncompromising and inflexible.

(vulgar, slang) A tough and combative person.

(idiomatic, of rules, etc) strictly maintained

(computing) A device used for storing large amounts of data for a computer that persist while the computer is turned off.

A type of rennet cheese that is firm owing to the curds having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree to shed more whey and ripened for a longer time.

(idiomatic) An unsympathetic retort to someone suffering misfortune.

(phonetics) The "c" sound pronounced /k/, as in "cat" and "cabin", as distinct from the soft c, pronounced /s/, in "cent", "center" and "circuit".