Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- abbreviation biochemistry
IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation ofmethionine - abbreviation London The London Underground Metropolitan Line
- abbreviation London, historical The Metropolitan Railway
- abbreviation London The Metropolitan Police Service of London (
MPS ) - noun London, informal A Metropolitan Line train
- noun baseball A player for the New York Mets
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Met.
Examples
-
One of my favorite sections in the Met is the “arms and armor gallery”.
-
After the Police spin over DeMenezes the view that the Met is a “bunch of f*cking liars” is hardly an unreasonable one to take.
A Few Good Men (part II) Well, well well… « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
-
Whereas the average exec in the top 20 at Tri-Met is making a cool $160,135 this year, over the past year at Metro, the average employee in the top 20 made $140,170.
Top dog at Metro: $197K (and on the outs) (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
-
"The Met is my second musical home," the opera star said recently.
New York Gives Opera Idol His Tsar Turn Pia Catton 2010
-
Tri-Met is just a public money trough for Fred to hand out no-bid construction work to his cronies, to enhance the property values of still other cronies, and provide cushy, do-nothing jobs and luxurious retirements for everyone in his network.
-
Whereas the average exec in the top 20 at Tri-Met is making a cool $160,135 this year, over the past year at Metro, the average employee in the top 20 made $140,170.
-
Also, apparently, the Met is losing 100s of experienced officers.
Ooooh….. I didn’t know that! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
-
Originally, the plan was to have an opera house on the land, once owned by Columbia University, but the stock market crash of 1929 forced the withdrawal of the Met from the project.
-
After the warped Mcpherson debacle the Met is too scared to tell the truth. on April 18, 2010 at 10: 21 am Simon
Doughnuts and Diversity; the essential ingredients of modern British policing. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
-
Since Tri-Met is already going down under it shouldn't be much of a change for him.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.