charms

/tʃɑːmz//tʃɑɹmz/

noun

  1. 1

    An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

    It works like a charm.
  2. 2

    The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural.

    He had great personal charm.
  3. 3

    A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.

    She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.
  4. 4

    A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.

  5. 5

    A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.

verb

  1. 1

    To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

    He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.
  2. 2

    To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.

    After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.
  3. 3

    To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.

    She led a charmed life.
  4. 4

    To make music upon.

  5. 5

    To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

noun

  1. 1

    The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.

  2. 2

    A flock, group (especially of finches).

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