Search Result for "bitter end":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be);
- Example: "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"

2. (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bitter \Bit"ter\, n. [See Bitts.] (Naut.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. [1913 Webster] Bitter end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and so within board, when the ship rides at anchor. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bitter end n 1: the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); "he was determined to fight to the bitter end" 2: (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "bitter end": Thule, Ultima Thule, bottom dollar, boundary, butt, butt end, catastrophe, climax, completion, conclusion, consummation, culmination, denouement, end, end result, extreme, extremity, fag end, farthest bound, final result, finale, jumping-off place, last act, limit, nib, payoff, point, pole, stub, stump, tag, tag end, tail, tail end, termination, tip