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adj
noun
contraction
adv
- (informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
- Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
- (colloquial, usually humorous) Not, does not, do not, etc.
- (without adjective, now Scotland, informal) Not.
- not in any degree or manner; not at all
- used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc. or especially to emphasize a negative statement
- referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present
det
noun
particle
prep
verb
adj
verb
- (copulative, informal) To have as consequence, to amount to, to mean.
- (mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
- (transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
- (transitive) To match in degree or some other quality, to match up to.
- make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
- be identical or equivalent to
- be equal to in quality or ability
adj
- (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
- The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
- The same in value (status, merit, etc): having or deserving the same rights or treatment.
- (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
- (not comparable) The same in one or more respects.
- having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
- having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
noun
noun
- informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
- a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to conceal one's meaning from outsiders; cant.
- (countable, India) A curse word.
- (countable) An item of slang; a slang word or expression.
- (UK, dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
- (countable) A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.
- Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
- Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
verb
verb
- (informal, intransitive) To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
- To utter quickly and sharply.
- (transitive) To seize and carry off.
- (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
- to rappel
- (transitive) To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
- (ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
- (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
- talk volubly
- perform rap music
- strike sharply
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
noun
- (slang, with definite article) The blame for something.
- (Australia, informal) A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
- A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
- (music, uncountable) Rap music.
- (historical) Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
- (Australia, informal) An appraisal.
- (US, law enforcement) Acronym of record of arrest and prosecution.
- (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
- (informal) A casual talk.
- (countable, slang) A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- A whit; a jot.
- A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.
- genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- voluble conversation
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a gentle blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
noun
noun
- (informal) Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
- Any sound.
- (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
- (figurative, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
- (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
- (uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
- (technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
- Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
- Rumour or complaint.
- (statistics) Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations.
- electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
- the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
- sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
- a loud outcry of protest or complaint
- incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
verb
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
- (Scotland, transitive, of water) To splash; to surge.
- (Scotland, transitive) To pour or throw out.
- (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
- (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
- talk incessantly and tiresomely
- censure severely or angrily
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
noun
- (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- A notch or opening.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A dash or spurt of water; any large quantity of water or other liquid.
- (figuratively, especially in the plural) Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A wave, a billow, a breaker.
- The part of the face below the mouth.
- (slang) An axle guard.
- (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
adj
- (informal) On intimate terms:
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- (informal) Friendly:
- Making a show of friendliness; attempting to be on intimate terms but insincerely or inappropriately; cozying up.
- Naturally and genuinely easy to get along with.
- On intimate terms but in an inappropriate way, for dishonest or selfish motives, etc.
- In a close friendship or relationship.
- (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
noun
noun
- (informal) A term of endearment.
- (informal) A slackard or time-waster.
- (informal) A divining rod or similarly intended device.
- (informal) Someone who draws constantly.
- (entomology, UK) A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
- (entomology, regional) A woodlouse.
- (informal) An idiot.
- (informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb.
- (entomology) An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
- (historical, "doodlebug tractor") An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
- a small motor vehicle
- the larva of any of several insects
- a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
noun
- (informal) A term of endearment.
- A sausage-shaped thing.
- A dachshund; sausage dog.
- An individual item of this food.
- A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing.
- (rhyming slang) Ellipsis of sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”).
- (vulgar slang) A penis.
- a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
- highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
verb
- (transitive) To squeeze (something) into something tightly fitting.
- (transitive) To make sausage-like, especially to give the appearance of barely fitting into the casing or skin.
- (transitive, with on) To fit snugly into.
- (engineering) To form a sausage-like shape, with a non-uniform cross section.
- (intransitive) To squeeze tightly into (something) in a rolled or sausage-like form.
- (transitive) To make into sausage.
verb
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- deliver a lecture or talk
- reveal information
noun
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
- (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- A lecture.
- a speech that is open to the public
- discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)
- idle gossip or rumor
- an exchange of ideas via conversation
- the act of giving a talk to an audience
contraction
adj
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- spoken as if with a thick tongue
- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- abounding; having a lot of
- (of darkness) densely dark
- relatively dense in consistency
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- (used informally) stupid
- having a short and solid form or stature
- having component parts closely crowded together
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Abounding in number.
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
noun
adv
det
verb
- (intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly.
- (intransitive, slang) To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity).
- (transitive) To thrust away, or put off promptly.
- (intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time.
- (transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts.
- (transitive, informal) To kill someone.
- (intransitive, informal) To die suddenly.
- (transitive, informal, UK) To turn off.
- leave quickly
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
verb
noun
- (countable, uncountable, informal, by extension, mineralogy) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.
- (chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
- (countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.
- (slang) Money, specially when used as a bribe.
- (slang) thiopental (sodium pentothal)
- (countable, informal) A soap opera.
- street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
- a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- money offered as a bribe
adj
- (informal, usually with a prepositional phrase) Having no firmly held opinions on something.
- Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
- Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
- (computing, of a software component etc.) Unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.
- uncertain of all claims to knowledge
- of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism
noun
noun
- (informal) Term of endearment.
- A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
- (slang, sports) An unskilled player or team, especially one expected to be easily defeated by a stronger opponent.
- (slang) A weak or effeminate man.
- (slang) An attractive young woman.
- small cake baked in a muffin tin
verb
- (intransitive, informal) With out: to saturate by cupcakes.
- (ambitransitive) To cover or be abundant with cake-like decorations such as frills.
- (transitive, slang) To handle easily and successfully.
- (intransitive, informal) To make cupcakes.
- (transitive) To mash a cupcake at; to cover with cupcake.
- (transitive, slang, rare) To flirt with; to talk or act amorously or intimately to.
- (transitive, informal, rare) To feed cupcakes.
- (intransitive, slang) To flirt; to talk or act amorously or intimately.
noun
- (informal, often preceded by the) Something authentic, important, or revealing.
- (slang) The male genitals.
- plural of good
- (business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
- (UK, transport) Freight, as opposed to passengers.
- (rail transport, UK) Ellipsis of goods train.
- (slang) The female body, especially when seen as desirable.
- (informal) A person or animal, etc., with reference to its characteristics.
verb
adj
- Of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty.
- (of a person) Easy in conversation, chatty.
- Capable of engaging in conversation.
- (computing) Involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server.
- characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
noun
- (sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
- The principal part or top of anything.
- (offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
- The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
- (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
- (uncountable, only with "in") Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
- a person who is in charge
- a head of a tribe or clan
- a person who exercises control over workers
adj
verb
prep_phrase
adv
prep
noun
symbol
- By extension, sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by being spelled with o vs a.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) Connecting a person's common name and alias, both of them are legal names.
- Forming gender-neutral versions of Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.
verb
contraction
adj
- (of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.
- Happening or coming to pass without design.
- Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
- (of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.
- Happening by chance.
- Employed irregularly.
- Careless.
- not showing effort or strain
- marked by blithe unconcern
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- natural and unstudied
- appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
noun
- (fandom slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
- A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.
- (in the plural) Shoes suitable for everyday use, as opposed to more formal footwear.
- (UK, historical) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he or she does not belong; a vagrant in the casual ward.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- (video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.
- (UK, historical) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
- A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
adj
- (informal) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
- (graph theory) Being or relating to a certain type of graph that complies with a theorem ("pluperfect graph theorem") discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970, satisfying even more constraints than a perfect graph.
- More than perfect, utterly perfect, ideal.
- (mathematics) Synonym of multiperfect.
- (grammar) Pertaining to action completed before another action or event in the past, past perfect.
- more than perfect
noun
verb
- (transitive, informal) To discuss.
- To have a team's first batter of the inning come to bat for a second time (after all of the others in the batting line-up have batted). (See the usage note below.)
- (intransitive, informal) To waste time; to idle or loaf.
- (intransitive, baseball) To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.
- (intransitive, informal) To flit quickly from place to place.
pron
- (informal, with a conjunction, often proscribed) As the subject of a verb.
- Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
- (nonstandard, in apposition) Would be the subject of a copula in standard English, though the copula is omitted; used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.
- As the object of a preposition.
- (nonstandard, not with a conjunction) As the subject of a verb. Sometimes used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.
- As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb.
- (colloquial, proscribed) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
det
noun
noun
- (informal, derogatory) Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese.
- (informal, derogatory) Technical jargon common in the legal profession; the argot of lawyers.
- a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law
noun
- (informal, idiomatic, frequently in the plural) An idea from a talk, presentation, etc., that the listener or reader should remember and consider.
- (chiefly UK, Australia and New Zealand) A meal which has been purchased and has been carefully packaged as to be taken and consumed elsewhere.
- (chiefly UK, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.
- (US) A concession made by a labor union in the course of negotiations.
- (golf) The preliminary part of a golfer′s swing when the club is brought back away from the ball.
- prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises
- the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass)
- a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures
adj
noun
- informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
- a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to conceal one's meaning from outsiders; cant.
- (countable, India) A curse word.
- (countable) An item of slang; a slang word or expression.
- (UK, dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
- (countable) A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.
- Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
- Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
verb
noun
noun
- (informal) Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
- Any sound.
- (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
- (figurative, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
- (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
- (uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
- (technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
- Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
- Rumour or complaint.
- (statistics) Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations.
- electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
- the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
- sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
- a loud outcry of protest or complaint
- incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
verb
noun
- (informal) A term of endearment.
- (informal) A slackard or time-waster.
- (informal) A divining rod or similarly intended device.
- (informal) Someone who draws constantly.
- (entomology, UK) A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
- (entomology, regional) A woodlouse.
- (informal) An idiot.
- (informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb.
- (entomology) An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
- (historical, "doodlebug tractor") An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
- a small motor vehicle
- the larva of any of several insects
- a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
noun
- (informal) A term of endearment.
- A sausage-shaped thing.
- A dachshund; sausage dog.
- An individual item of this food.
- A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing.
- (rhyming slang) Ellipsis of sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”).
- (vulgar slang) A penis.
- a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
- highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
verb
- (transitive) To squeeze (something) into something tightly fitting.
- (transitive) To make sausage-like, especially to give the appearance of barely fitting into the casing or skin.
- (transitive, with on) To fit snugly into.
- (engineering) To form a sausage-like shape, with a non-uniform cross section.
- (intransitive) To squeeze tightly into (something) in a rolled or sausage-like form.
- (transitive) To make into sausage.
noun
- (informal) Term of endearment.
- A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
- (slang, sports) An unskilled player or team, especially one expected to be easily defeated by a stronger opponent.
- (slang) A weak or effeminate man.
- (slang) An attractive young woman.
- small cake baked in a muffin tin
verb
- (intransitive, informal) With out: to saturate by cupcakes.
- (ambitransitive) To cover or be abundant with cake-like decorations such as frills.
- (transitive, slang) To handle easily and successfully.
- (intransitive, informal) To make cupcakes.
- (transitive) To mash a cupcake at; to cover with cupcake.
- (transitive, slang, rare) To flirt with; to talk or act amorously or intimately to.
- (transitive, informal, rare) To feed cupcakes.
- (intransitive, slang) To flirt; to talk or act amorously or intimately.
noun
- (informal, often preceded by the) Something authentic, important, or revealing.
- (slang) The male genitals.
- plural of good
- (business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
- (UK, transport) Freight, as opposed to passengers.
- (rail transport, UK) Ellipsis of goods train.
- (slang) The female body, especially when seen as desirable.
- (informal) A person or animal, etc., with reference to its characteristics.
verb
noun
- (sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
- The principal part or top of anything.
- (offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
- The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
- (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
- (uncountable, only with "in") Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
- a person who is in charge
- a head of a tribe or clan
- a person who exercises control over workers
adj
verb
noun
- (informal, derogatory) Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese.
- (informal, derogatory) Technical jargon common in the legal profession; the argot of lawyers.
- a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law
noun
- (informal, idiomatic, frequently in the plural) An idea from a talk, presentation, etc., that the listener or reader should remember and consider.
- (chiefly UK, Australia and New Zealand) A meal which has been purchased and has been carefully packaged as to be taken and consumed elsewhere.
- (chiefly UK, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.
- (US) A concession made by a labor union in the course of negotiations.
- (golf) The preliminary part of a golfer′s swing when the club is brought back away from the ball.
- prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises
- the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass)
- a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures
adj
verb
- (copulative, informal) To have as consequence, to amount to, to mean.
- (mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
- (transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
- (transitive) To match in degree or some other quality, to match up to.
- make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
- be identical or equivalent to
- be equal to in quality or ability
adj
- (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
- The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
- The same in value (status, merit, etc): having or deserving the same rights or treatment.
- (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
- (not comparable) The same in one or more respects.
- having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
- having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
noun
verb
- (informal, intransitive) To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
- To utter quickly and sharply.
- (transitive) To seize and carry off.
- (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
- to rappel
- (transitive) To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
- (ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
- (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
- talk volubly
- perform rap music
- strike sharply
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
noun
- (slang, with definite article) The blame for something.
- (Australia, informal) A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
- A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
- (music, uncountable) Rap music.
- (historical) Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
- (Australia, informal) An appraisal.
- (US, law enforcement) Acronym of record of arrest and prosecution.
- (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
- (informal) A casual talk.
- (countable, slang) A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- A whit; a jot.
- A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.
- genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- voluble conversation
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a gentle blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
- (Scotland, transitive, of water) To splash; to surge.
- (Scotland, transitive) To pour or throw out.
- (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
- (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
- talk incessantly and tiresomely
- censure severely or angrily
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
noun
- (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- A notch or opening.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A dash or spurt of water; any large quantity of water or other liquid.
- (figuratively, especially in the plural) Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A wave, a billow, a breaker.
- The part of the face below the mouth.
- (slang) An axle guard.
- (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
verb
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- deliver a lecture or talk
- reveal information
noun
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
- (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- A lecture.
- a speech that is open to the public
- discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)
- idle gossip or rumor
- an exchange of ideas via conversation
- the act of giving a talk to an audience
verb
- (intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly.
- (intransitive, slang) To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity).
- (transitive) To thrust away, or put off promptly.
- (intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time.
- (transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts.
- (transitive, informal) To kill someone.
- (intransitive, informal) To die suddenly.
- (transitive, informal, UK) To turn off.
- leave quickly
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
verb
noun
- (countable, uncountable, informal, by extension, mineralogy) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.
- (chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
- (countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.
- (slang) Money, specially when used as a bribe.
- (slang) thiopental (sodium pentothal)
- (countable, informal) A soap opera.
- street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
- a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- money offered as a bribe
verb
- (transitive, informal) To discuss.
- To have a team's first batter of the inning come to bat for a second time (after all of the others in the batting line-up have batted). (See the usage note below.)
- (intransitive, informal) To waste time; to idle or loaf.
- (intransitive, baseball) To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.
- (intransitive, informal) To flit quickly from place to place.
adv
- (informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
- Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
- (colloquial, usually humorous) Not, does not, do not, etc.
- (without adjective, now Scotland, informal) Not.
- not in any degree or manner; not at all
- used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc. or especially to emphasize a negative statement
- referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present
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- (informal) On intimate terms:
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- (informal) Friendly:
- Making a show of friendliness; attempting to be on intimate terms but insincerely or inappropriately; cozying up.
- Naturally and genuinely easy to get along with.
- On intimate terms but in an inappropriate way, for dishonest or selfish motives, etc.
- In a close friendship or relationship.
- (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
noun
adj
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- spoken as if with a thick tongue
- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- abounding; having a lot of
- (of darkness) densely dark
- relatively dense in consistency
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- (used informally) stupid
- having a short and solid form or stature
- having component parts closely crowded together
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Abounding in number.
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
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- (informal, usually with a prepositional phrase) Having no firmly held opinions on something.
- Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
- Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
- (computing, of a software component etc.) Unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.
- uncertain of all claims to knowledge
- of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism
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adj
- Of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty.
- (of a person) Easy in conversation, chatty.
- Capable of engaging in conversation.
- (computing) Involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server.
- characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
adj
- (of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.
- Happening or coming to pass without design.
- Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
- (of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.
- Happening by chance.
- Employed irregularly.
- Careless.
- not showing effort or strain
- marked by blithe unconcern
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- natural and unstudied
- appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
noun
- (fandom slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
- A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.
- (in the plural) Shoes suitable for everyday use, as opposed to more formal footwear.
- (UK, historical) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he or she does not belong; a vagrant in the casual ward.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- (video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.
- (UK, historical) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
- A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
adj
- (informal) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
- (graph theory) Being or relating to a certain type of graph that complies with a theorem ("pluperfect graph theorem") discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970, satisfying even more constraints than a perfect graph.
- More than perfect, utterly perfect, ideal.
- (mathematics) Synonym of multiperfect.
- (grammar) Pertaining to action completed before another action or event in the past, past perfect.
- more than perfect