Idioms-Similes-Multiple Meaning

Words with more than one meaning

100

Pupil

1. Student in a classroom

2. Black dot in your eye.

200

Bank

1. Place for money to be kept.

2. Side of river where water meets the land.

300

Train

1. Means of transportation.

2. Long tail on back of formal dress.

400

Rock

1. Music

2. Large mass of stone.

3. Move - back and forth.

500

Stamp

1. Postage used for mailing a letter.

2. Make an imprint on something.

Similies- likens one thing to another

100

"as light as a feather"

Means- something weighs very little.

200

"as busy as a bee"

Means - very busy.

300

"to eat like a horse"

Means - someone who always has a big appetite.

400

"to sleep like a log"

Means- someone sleeps deep and for a very long time.

500

"swim like a fish"

Means- someone can swim very fast.

Name that thing

100

I am a large place. People walk in and out of me. I am a place where people learn. Teachers can usually be found inside me.

What is a "school"?

200

I have wheels but I am usually in the air. I have wings. I can go very fast. Many people can ride in me.

What is an airplane?

300

I turn on and off. You can watch me or play games on me. Some people can stare at me for hours. You can use me to do homework or to learn.

What is a computer?

400

I am something that you learn about in science. I sometimes smell, but you can barely see me. When it is hot or cold, it is easier to see me.

What is a gas?

500

A popular belief, fashion, story or phrase. Ex: 

What is a meme?

Multiple Word Meanings

100

I am something you can put on toast. I am also something that happens in traffic or on the highway. I'm another word for stuck.

What is jam?

200

I can make you cool. If I am famous, I have many of these.

What is fan?

300

I mean the same thing as glue. I grow on trees. If you try hard and don't give up, you ____________ to it.

What is stick?

400

I am a flower. I can also be someone's name. I am another word for moving up. I begin with an "r".

What is Rose

500

A sport where you throw a ball down an alley to score points based on number of pins you know down. Also, I am a container to hold food. 

What is bowl?

Idiom-means something different than what is suggested.

100

"break a leg"

Means - Good luck.

200

"to chicken out"

Means - To back out of something because you are scared. 

300

"hit the sack"

Means - go to sleep.

400

"as sick as a dog"

Means - When you are really sick -- you are "sick as a dog". 

500

"pay an arm and a leg"

Means - pay a lot for something.