recombobulate
verbEtymology
Jocular formation from re- and discombobulate.
Definitions
To cause to think clearly again
To cause to think clearly again; to reorient; to put back into working order.
- 1992, Natty Bumppo Lonely Hearts Please allow me to recombobulate you. Your portrait “Oneside of Natty” frightens me as much as Amy’s sketch.
- 2002 April 14, Jeff Westbrook, “The 30% Iron Chef”, Futurama, season 3, episode 22, Fox Broadcasting Company Zoidberg: Aw, I’ll never recombobulate this ship!
- I was watching the little birdies fly in front of my eyes, so it took me a second to re-combobulate myself.
To (come to) think clearly again
To (come to) think clearly again; to reorient oneself; to get (oneself) back into working order.
- 2005, Stephin Merritt, The Paris Review Book of People with Problems You need a little time to recombobulate is all.
- Luckily I was in the car when I drove in, so I had time to recombobulate before I got out, and didn't make any comment about the bible verses.
- Before I talk about specific tips to recombobulate, I want to emphasize something: We are so much more than doctors tell us we are.
The neighborhood
- synonymcombobulate
- antonymdiscombobulate
- neighborrecombobulation
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for recombobulate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA