A form of challenge, in the same spirit as a medieval knight throwing down his gauntlet.

Having a rounded upper back, and shoulders that bend forward.

(travel industry) The time between high and low season in a travel market, or, if the market is divided into four segments, the time just below high season.

(idiomatic) To snub, resist or reject somebody; to regard somebody distantly.

Contraction of should have.

(Canada, US) An instance of looking backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots.

(intransitive, Canada, US) To look backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots.

(transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder. / (transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders. / (transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.

The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.

(idiomatic) To a considerable degree. / By force; violently.