Jeopardy!

Multiple Meaning Words 1

100

Light

Noun: Something you can turn on and off to make a room brighter or darker

Adjective: How heavy something is

Adjective: How bright something is

Verb: To make something brighter

200

Racket

Noun: Equipment used to play tennis

Noun: A loud noise

300

Pool

Noun: A place where you go to swim

Noun: A collection of something, usually a liquid, but can also be intangible

Verb: When a liquid collects somewhere

400

Charge

Verb: To pay with a credit card

Verb: To run at something, like a bull does

Verb: To transfer electricity to a battery, like when you charge a phone

Noun: The amount on a bill

500

Date

Noun: A time that you set to do something.

Noun: A fruit

Verb: To go somewhere with someone that you're interested in.

Idioms about food

100

Bring home the bacon

Earn money

200

Cool as a cucumber

Very calm

300

Have your cake and eat it too

Get everything you want as opposed to compromising or being realistic.

400

Take it with a grain of salt (or a pinch of salt)

This is usually talking about advice or something someone said. It means to think about how much that person really knows because it may not be true.

500

Bread and butter

The basics of something

Multiple Meaning Words 2

100

Squash

Noun: a vegetable

Verb: to crush

200

Kind

Adjective: Nice

Noun: Type of thing

300

Mold

Noun: Gross stuff that grows, like on old food

Noun: A representation of the shape of something, like when you make a mold of a tooth

400

Trace

Verb: To draw around something that guides you

Noun: A very small amount of something

500

Crane

Noun: A bird

Noun: A construction vehicle for reaching things that are high

Verb: To move your head around to see something

Figurative language

100

Sometimes we use exaggeration, or hyperbole. What do I mean if I say, "I've told you a thousand times to clean your room!"?

I've told you a bunch of times.

200

A simile is when we use "like" or "as" to compare two things. What do I mean when I say, "Her eyes were as dark as night."?

Her eyes were black.

300

A simile is when we compare using "like" or "as." 

What do I mean when I say, "I'm as hungry as a horse."

I'm starving.

400

Metaphors are when we compare two things without using "like" or "as". 

What do I mean if I say, "Her hair was a snake, coiled around her head."

Her hair was probably braided on top of her head in a circle.

500

A metaphor is when we compare without using like or as.

What do I mean when I say, "She was a beacon of light in my otherwise dark existence."?

She made my life happier.

Idioms about colors

100

Out of the blue

Out of nowhere - not expected

200

White lie

To tell something that's not true, usually to avoid hurting someone's feelings or causing a problem

300

A grey area

The rules aren't really clear

400

Get caught red handed

Get caught while you're doing something wrong

500

A green thumb

Really good at gardening