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- The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
- (UK, informal) A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of a hen night.
- A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
- (Scotland, informal) An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.
- (uncommon) A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
- (UK, informal) A hen night.
- (transgender slang) The penis of a trans woman.
- (figuratively) A woman.
- (figuratively, derogatory, uncommon) A henlike person of either sex.
- A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
- adult female chicken
- adult female bird
- female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
- flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
- (fencing) The fourth defensive position; quarte.
- A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
- a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
- (dialectal) A layer.
- A coverlet for a bed.
- A kelt (“thin, recently spawned salmon”).
- (fishing) A baited fishing line attached to a float, for night fishing, etc.
- (slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music or entertainment industry.
- A nether millstone.
- The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
- (dialectal) One who lies in bed.
- A simply supported plank over a stream used as a footbridge.
- (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something).
- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- (colloquial, ironic, sarcastic) Disrespectful.
- marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
- improperly forward or bold
- evidencing the possession of inside information
- (dialect) A skewer.
- A slacker.
- The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.
- A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school.
- One who uses a skive (or skives).
- An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
- (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.
- (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated at the palate: dorsal.
- (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
- relating to or lying near the palate
- produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as ‘y’) or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as ‘ch’ in ‘chin’ or ‘j’ in ‘gin’)
- (dialectal) Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.
- (dialectal) Hard; difficult.
- Sick; unwell.
- (informal) Strange; weird; odd.
- Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
- (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (informal) An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories.
- A fit of temper or passion.
- (now chiefly dialectal) An ailment, ache.
- (rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
- Clipping of crankshaft.
- A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
- (US, slang) Synonym of methamphetamine.
- (slang) The penis.
- The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
- (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
- A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
- a whimsically eccentric person
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
- a bad-tempered person
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- (intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
- (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
- (intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn.
- (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
- (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
- (intransitive) To turn a crank.
- fasten with a crank
- rotate with a crank
- travel along a zigzag path
- bend into the shape of a crank
- start by cranking
- (largely obsolete outside place names) A clump of trees, particularly one on the crest of a hill (or sometimes on a stretch of open ground).
- (architecture) A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
- Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
- Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
- foolish or senseless behavior
- a stupid mistake
- the quality of being rash and foolish
- the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
- (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
- A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
- One easily cheated; a dupe.
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.
- (dialectal) A channel made by a stream; a natural watercourse; running water.
- A stupid animal.
- (dialectal) A breach or hole made by the force of a torrent; fissure, chasm.
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- (dialectal) A lift or heave.
- A predicament or difficult situation.
- A sudden or unsteady movement.
- A double score in cribbage for the winner when their adversary has not yet pegged their 31st hole.
- An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
- an unsteady uneven gait
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
- the act of moving forward suddenly
- To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
- (transitive) To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).
- (dialectal, intransitive) To take by surprise; to unexpectedly detain.
- (dialectal, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk; lie in wait; go about in a sneaking way.
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- loiter about, with no apparent aim
- defeat by a lurch
- move slowly and unsteadily
- move abruptly
- (transitive) To flatter.
- (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
- (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
- (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
- (transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
- (of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
- (transitive) To pin; fasten.
- (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
- clean with one's bill
- (linguistics) Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k]
- (linguistics) Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).
- (colloquial) The tongue.
- Chatter; prattle.
- Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
- An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
- a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
- a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
- (UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
- To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- make a rattling sound
- (dialectal) A shed.
- (architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
- (architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.
- a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
- a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung
- Resembling a tongue.
- (of speech) Using many words; containing grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance (generally with an unfavourable connotation).
- (of a person) Tending to talk a lot; fluent or voluble in speech (generally with an unfavourable connotation).
- (of a quality) Manifested by fluent or voluble speech.
- Involving the tongue.
- (dialectal) Alternative form of reach.
- (transitive, intransitive, loosely) To vomit; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- (dialectal) A mole (Talpa europea).
- (countable) A desire, wish, longing.
- (uncountable) Poverty.
- (countable) Lack, absence, deficiency. [(often) with of]
- Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
- (UK, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
- the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- anything that is necessary but lacking
- a specific feeling of desire
- a state of extreme poverty
- (transitive, in particular) To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
- To desire a romantic or (especially) sexual relationship with someone; to lust for.
- (transitive, now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
- (transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
- (by extension) To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
- (intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
- (colloquial, usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
- feel or have a desire for; want strongly
- have need of
- be without, lack; be deficient in
- wish or demand the presence of
- hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
- Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
- (Hegelianism, Marxism) development by way of overcoming internal contradictions
- A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
- any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
- a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction
- (slang) A person's tongue.
- (cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
- A clapstick (musical instrument).
- A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
- The chattering damsel of a mill.
- (ice hockey) A slapshot
- One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
- (sewing) A pounding block.
- An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
- metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- someone who applauds
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- (dialectal) A twig or small switch.
- A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
- An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
- The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
- A light, brown-like colour.
- Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
- a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- a light brown the color of topaz
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- (transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.
- (transitive, intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
- (transitive, informal) To spank or beat.
- (transitive, stative) To work as a tanner.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To kill by gun, to shoot.
- treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
- get a tan, from wind or sun
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- (dialectal) A wood; weald.
- (historical) Alternative form of cloff (“allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight”).
- (Northern England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
- A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
- (dialectal) The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
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- (dialectal) A layer.
- A coverlet for a bed.
- A kelt (“thin, recently spawned salmon”).
- (fishing) A baited fishing line attached to a float, for night fishing, etc.
- (slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music or entertainment industry.
- A nether millstone.
- The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
- (dialectal) One who lies in bed.
- A simply supported plank over a stream used as a footbridge.
- (dialect) A skewer.
- A slacker.
- The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.
- A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school.
- One who uses a skive (or skives).
- An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
- (dialectal) A lift or heave.
- A predicament or difficult situation.
- A sudden or unsteady movement.
- A double score in cribbage for the winner when their adversary has not yet pegged their 31st hole.
- An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
- an unsteady uneven gait
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
- the act of moving forward suddenly
- To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
- (transitive) To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).
- (dialectal, intransitive) To take by surprise; to unexpectedly detain.
- (dialectal, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk; lie in wait; go about in a sneaking way.
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- loiter about, with no apparent aim
- defeat by a lurch
- move slowly and unsteadily
- move abruptly
- (transitive) To flatter.
- (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
- (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
- (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
- (transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
- (of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
- (transitive) To pin; fasten.
- (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
- clean with one's bill
- (linguistics) Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k]
- (linguistics) Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).
- (colloquial) The tongue.
- Chatter; prattle.
- Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
- An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
- a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
- a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
- (UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
- To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- make a rattling sound
- (dialectal) A shed.
- (architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
- (architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.
- a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
- a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung
- (dialectal) A mole (Talpa europea).
- (countable) A desire, wish, longing.
- (uncountable) Poverty.
- (countable) Lack, absence, deficiency. [(often) with of]
- Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
- (UK, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
- the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- anything that is necessary but lacking
- a specific feeling of desire
- a state of extreme poverty
- (transitive, in particular) To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
- To desire a romantic or (especially) sexual relationship with someone; to lust for.
- (transitive, now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
- (transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
- (by extension) To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
- (intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
- (colloquial, usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
- feel or have a desire for; want strongly
- have need of
- be without, lack; be deficient in
- wish or demand the presence of
- hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
- (slang) A person's tongue.
- (cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
- A clapstick (musical instrument).
- A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
- The chattering damsel of a mill.
- (ice hockey) A slapshot
- One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
- (sewing) A pounding block.
- An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
- metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- someone who applauds
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- (dialectal) A twig or small switch.
- A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
- An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
- The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
- A light, brown-like colour.
- Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
- a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- a light brown the color of topaz
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- (transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.
- (transitive, intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
- (transitive, informal) To spank or beat.
- (transitive, stative) To work as a tanner.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To kill by gun, to shoot.
- treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
- get a tan, from wind or sun
- (dialectal) A wood; weald.
- (historical) Alternative form of cloff (“allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight”).
- (Northern England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
- A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
- (dialectal) The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
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- (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something).
- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- (colloquial, ironic, sarcastic) Disrespectful.
- marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
- improperly forward or bold
- evidencing the possession of inside information
- (fencing) The fourth defensive position; quarte.
- A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
- a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
- (largely obsolete outside place names) A clump of trees, particularly one on the crest of a hill (or sometimes on a stretch of open ground).
- (architecture) A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
- Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
- Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
- foolish or senseless behavior
- a stupid mistake
- the quality of being rash and foolish
- the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
- (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
- A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
- One easily cheated; a dupe.
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.
- (dialectal) A channel made by a stream; a natural watercourse; running water.
- A stupid animal.
- (dialectal) A breach or hole made by the force of a torrent; fissure, chasm.
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
- (dialectal) Alternative form of reach.
- (transitive, intransitive, loosely) To vomit; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
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- The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
- (UK, informal) A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of a hen night.
- A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
- (Scotland, informal) An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.
- (uncommon) A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
- (UK, informal) A hen night.
- (transgender slang) The penis of a trans woman.
- (figuratively) A woman.
- (figuratively, derogatory, uncommon) A henlike person of either sex.
- A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
- adult female chicken
- adult female bird
- female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
- flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
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- (fencing) The fourth defensive position; quarte.
- A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
- a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
- (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.
- (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated at the palate: dorsal.
- (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
- relating to or lying near the palate
- produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as ‘y’) or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as ‘ch’ in ‘chin’ or ‘j’ in ‘gin’)
- (dialectal) Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.
- (dialectal) Hard; difficult.
- Sick; unwell.
- (informal) Strange; weird; odd.
- Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
- (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (informal) An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories.
- A fit of temper or passion.
- (now chiefly dialectal) An ailment, ache.
- (rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
- Clipping of crankshaft.
- A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
- (US, slang) Synonym of methamphetamine.
- (slang) The penis.
- The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
- (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
- A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
- a whimsically eccentric person
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
- a bad-tempered person
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- (intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
- (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
- (intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn.
- (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
- (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
- (intransitive) To turn a crank.
- fasten with a crank
- rotate with a crank
- travel along a zigzag path
- bend into the shape of a crank
- start by cranking
- Resembling a tongue.
- (of speech) Using many words; containing grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance (generally with an unfavourable connotation).
- (of a person) Tending to talk a lot; fluent or voluble in speech (generally with an unfavourable connotation).
- (of a quality) Manifested by fluent or voluble speech.
- Involving the tongue.
- Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
- (Hegelianism, Marxism) development by way of overcoming internal contradictions
- A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
- any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
- a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of