draw straws
call, gamble, game, lot, play, raffle, speculate, sport, toss ,
loose purse strings - conspicuous consumption, dissipation, extravagance, incontinence, intemperance, lavishness, profusion, waste
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laugh it up - be in stitches, beguile the time, break up, burst into laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cackle, chortle, chuckle, crow, drown care, giggle, go into convulsions,
loony - absurd, apish, asinine, balmy, bananas, bats, batty, beguiled, besotted, bonkers, brainless, buffoonish, buggy, bugs, cock-eyed,
seek out - chase, dog, follow, follow up, go after, hound, hunt, prosecute, pursue, quest, run after, scrounge, search, seek, track ,
first of all - above, above all, chiefly, especially, even, ever so, indeed, mainly, mostly, no end, particularly, peculiarly, predominantly, primarily, yea ,
imperiously - compulsively, loftily, masterfully, proudly ,
speculate - be abstracted, be caught short, be short, belong, brood, bucket, buy in, buy into, call, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, cast lots, cerebrate, chew over, chew the cud,
able-bodied seaman - Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD, bluejacket, buccaneer, fisherman, hearty, jack, navigator, pirate, privateer, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea rover,
zillion - a billion, a million, a myriad, a quadrillion, a thousand, a zillion, billion, considerable, ever so many, full many, heaped-up, infinitude, infinity, many, million,
notification - account, acquaintance, admonishment, admonition, alarm, announcement, annunciation, bench warrant, blue book, briefing, bulletin, bulletin board, caution, caveat, circular,
laugh it up - be in stitches, beguile the time, break up, burst into laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cackle, chortle, chuckle, crow, drown care, giggle, go into convulsions,
loony - absurd, apish, asinine, balmy, bananas, bats, batty, beguiled, besotted, bonkers, brainless, buffoonish, buggy, bugs, cock-eyed,
seek out - chase, dog, follow, follow up, go after, hound, hunt, prosecute, pursue, quest, run after, scrounge, search, seek, track ,
first of all - above, above all, chiefly, especially, even, ever so, indeed, mainly, mostly, no end, particularly, peculiarly, predominantly, primarily, yea ,
imperiously - compulsively, loftily, masterfully, proudly ,
speculate - be abstracted, be caught short, be short, belong, brood, bucket, buy in, buy into, call, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, cast lots, cerebrate, chew over, chew the cud,
able-bodied seaman - Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD, bluejacket, buccaneer, fisherman, hearty, jack, navigator, pirate, privateer, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea rover,
zillion - a billion, a million, a myriad, a quadrillion, a thousand, a zillion, billion, considerable, ever so many, full many, heaped-up, infinitude, infinity, many, million,
notification - account, acquaintance, admonishment, admonition, alarm, announcement, annunciation, bench warrant, blue book, briefing, bulletin, bulletin board, caution, caveat, circular,