Verb (used with object) : Her beauty surprised me. ,We surprised the children raiding the cookie jar. ,to surprise the facts from the witness. ,to surprise a witness into telling the truth. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : His announcement was a surprise to all. From Dictionary.com.
My surpriser-in-advance this week is Martin Walker, a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and director of the A. From Wordnik.com. [Western Europe demographic picture not so clear cut after all | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com] Reference
Ever the surpriser, Smirky just launched what is presumably the last topping on the sundae of his legacy: a full-scale war on reproductive rights. From Wordnik.com. [Max and the Marginalized: Bush's wars: Afghanistan, Iraq and... Contraception?] Reference
It will be a world surpriser that beats one horse-power developed by one pound of coal. From Wordnik.com. [James Watt] Reference
He knows that some day -- unless he is shot first -- his Judas will set to work, the trap will be laid, and he will be the surprised instead of a surpriser at a stick-up. From Wordnik.com. [Sixes and Sevens] Reference
It wasnt a big surpriser. From Wordnik.com. [maybmemorys Diary Entry] Reference
Why spoil the surprise for the surpriser?. From Wordnik.com. [phluid61 Diary Entry] Reference
Ain't it a surpriser?. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893] Reference
The surpriser was taken by surprise. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
A fine surpriser!. From Wordnik.com. [Free Air] Reference
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