canary
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.countableinformaluncountable
2. (slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.Synonyms: informantcountableslanguncountable
3. (slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (Nembutal).countableslanguncountable
4. (Australia, informal) A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.Examples: "The tendency in these types of situations (as far as I can see) is that because I don't think the act itself is illegal, the police will go through your vehicle systematically loking^([sic]) for anything wrong with it, to slap a canary on it (that's slang for an unroadworthy sticker) or present you with some other fine."; "Yes, if the exhaust is to noisey^([sic]) they can slap a yellow canary on it, but the[n] who cares you got rid of it."; "You don't have to carry a spare wheel for a car to be roadworthy, and if you *do* carry one, it doesn't have to be in a roadworthy condition *unless* you fit it [to] the car and drive on it. / If it's not and you get pinched, expect a canary..."Australiacountableinformaluncountable
5. (computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.countableuncountable
6. (computing) A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To dance nimbly (as in the canary dance).Examples: "but to jig off a tune at / the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet,"intransitive
2. (slang) To inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.Synonyms: rat outslang
3. (software engineering) To test a software change by rolling out to a small set of machines or users before making it available to all.
noun (English)
1. (soccer) Someone connected with Norwich City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
adj (English)
1. (finance, of an option) That can be exercised on quarterly dates, a set time period (usually one year) after the issue date, and before the expiry date.Examples: "Canary callable bonds are a type of step-up bond that is a hybrid structure, having elements of both Bermudan and European calls."; "The canary bond is unique in that it is callable during the period before the security converts to a noncallable or bullet structure; the canary callable coupon can possess a step-up feature."; "A (receiver) Canary swaption has two expiry dates 0 < θ₁ < θ₂ ≤ t₀ and involved two swaps Sⁱ (i = 1, 2) with cash -flows (t_(i,j), c_(i,j)) (1 ≤ j ≤ nᵢ)."not-comparable
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