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- (birdwatching) A birdwatcher who keeps track of birds using different checklists.
- Alternative form of leister (“fish spear”).
- A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.
- One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.
- A double-mouldboard plough that throws a deep furrow and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.
- moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
- assessor who makes out the tax lists
noun
- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
verb
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
verb
- (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
- To define the scope of something.
- (informal) To examine under a microscope.
- (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
- (medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
noun
- (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
- (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
- The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
- (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
- Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.
- (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- Ellipsis of any word ending in -scope, such as endoscope, periscope, telescope, microscope, oscilloscope, and so on.
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a magnifier of images of distant objects
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
adj
- (birdwatching) Of a bird, located so that it may be travelled to and viewed.
- (programming, PHP) Of a program instruction: counted for the purpose of generating periodic signals every few instructions.
- (birdwatching) Of an observation, good enough to ensure correct identification and therefore allow the bird to be added to a list of observed birds.
- That can be ticked; capable of being marked with a tick or check mark.
noun
- (birdwatching) Information about the location of a bird.
- (slang) A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Information.
- (informal) A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years).
- (informal, in combination) A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.
- Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”).
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.
- informal term for information
adj
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- (birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.
- A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
- A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.
- A beer drinker who aims to try as many different beers as possible and keeps a record of all the beers they have drunk.
- (slang) A watch (timepiece).
- One who makes a tick mark.
- (slang) A heart, especially a human one.
- a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- a small portable timepiece
verb
- watch and study birds in their natural habitat
- (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
- (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
- (transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- (transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
noun
- the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- (cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
- (UK, with definite article, chiefly in phrases) Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
- (informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).
- (slang) A man, fellow.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial, by extension) A girlfriend.
- (slang) A prison sentence.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
- (slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
- (slang) An aircraft.
- An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- (slang) A satellite.
- (with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- A yardbird.
adj
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- (birdwatching, colloquial) A sandpiper or other small wader.
- A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
- The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
- A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- A feeble utterance or complaint.
- Alternative letter-case form of Peep
- (British, slang) A person.
- A peepshow.
- The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
- a secret look
- the short weak cry of a young bird
verb
- To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
- To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To see, uncover.
- (intransitive) To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
- (transitive, slang) To take a look at; check out.
- appear as though from hiding
- look furtively
- make high-pitched sounds
- cause to come into view
- speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice
noun
- A bird, the tattler.
- (music) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected to the bellows of an organ, whose position indicates when the wind is exhausted.
- (figuratively) Something that serves to reveal something else.
- A story or fable that has a moral or message.
- (nautical) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
- (nautical) A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a sail or shroud etc to indicate the direction of the flow of the air relative to the boat.
- (nautical) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
- (engineering) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees (factory hands, watchmen, drivers, etc.) by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
- One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.
- An indicator, such as a warning light, that serves to warn of a hazard or problem.
- someone who gossips indiscreetly
adj
noun
- (birdwatching, derogatory) A birder who has expensive clothing and equipment, but scant knowledge of birds, their fieldmarks, habits, etc.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
- (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
- (slang) A tourist.
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- an informal form of address for a man
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- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
verb
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
noun
- (birdwatching, US) Clipping of sharp-shinned hawk.
- A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.
- (Australia) A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
- (US) A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
- (US, regional) A knowledgeable fisherman.
- (colloquial) An alert person.
- (birdwatching, Australia, New Zealand) Clipping of sharp-tailed sandpiper.
- (US) A swindler.
- a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- an alert and energetic person
noun
- a tame parrot
- an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
- the top of the head
- the counting of votes (as in an election)
- the part of the head between the ears
- A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
- A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice.
- The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
- (now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
- A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
- The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.
- The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
- (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
- A pet parrot.
verb
- get the votes of
- convert into a pollard
- get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
- vote in an election at a polling station
- (transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
- To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
- (transitive) To remove the horns of (an animal).
- To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
- (transitive, computing, communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
- (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
- To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
- (transitive) To cut the hair of (a creature).
- (intransitive, with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
- (law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation
- (intransitive) To vote at an election.
- To impose a tax upon.
- To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
- To pay as one's personal tax.
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- The tropicbird.
- A kind of gull, the jaeger.
- The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
- The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
- a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
noun
- a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
- someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- (Singapore) A seller of food in a hawker centre.
- A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
- Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
- Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
noun
- The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
- (figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
- (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
- (US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
- A flock of herons.
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
verb
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- (birdwatching) A birdwatcher who keeps track of birds using different checklists.
- Alternative form of leister (“fish spear”).
- A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.
- One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.
- A double-mouldboard plough that throws a deep furrow and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.
- moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
- assessor who makes out the tax lists
noun
- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
verb
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- (birdwatching) Information about the location of a bird.
- (slang) A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Information.
- (informal) A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years).
- (informal, in combination) A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.
- Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”).
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.
- informal term for information
adj
adv
verb
noun
- (birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.
- A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
- A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.
- A beer drinker who aims to try as many different beers as possible and keeps a record of all the beers they have drunk.
- (slang) A watch (timepiece).
- One who makes a tick mark.
- (slang) A heart, especially a human one.
- a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- a small portable timepiece
noun
- (birdwatching, colloquial) A sandpiper or other small wader.
- A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
- The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
- A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- A feeble utterance or complaint.
- Alternative letter-case form of Peep
- (British, slang) A person.
- A peepshow.
- The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
- a secret look
- the short weak cry of a young bird
verb
- To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
- To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To see, uncover.
- (intransitive) To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
- (transitive, slang) To take a look at; check out.
- appear as though from hiding
- look furtively
- make high-pitched sounds
- cause to come into view
- speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice
noun
- A bird, the tattler.
- (music) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected to the bellows of an organ, whose position indicates when the wind is exhausted.
- (figuratively) Something that serves to reveal something else.
- A story or fable that has a moral or message.
- (nautical) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
- (nautical) A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a sail or shroud etc to indicate the direction of the flow of the air relative to the boat.
- (nautical) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
- (engineering) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees (factory hands, watchmen, drivers, etc.) by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
- One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.
- An indicator, such as a warning light, that serves to warn of a hazard or problem.
- someone who gossips indiscreetly
adj
noun
- (birdwatching, derogatory) A birder who has expensive clothing and equipment, but scant knowledge of birds, their fieldmarks, habits, etc.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
- (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
- (slang) A tourist.
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- an informal form of address for a man
intj
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
noun
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
verb
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
noun
- (birdwatching, US) Clipping of sharp-shinned hawk.
- A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.
- (Australia) A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
- (US) A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
- (US, regional) A knowledgeable fisherman.
- (colloquial) An alert person.
- (birdwatching, Australia, New Zealand) Clipping of sharp-tailed sandpiper.
- (US) A swindler.
- a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- an alert and energetic person
noun
- a tame parrot
- an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
- the top of the head
- the counting of votes (as in an election)
- the part of the head between the ears
- A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
- A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice.
- The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
- (now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
- A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
- The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.
- The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
- (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
- A pet parrot.
verb
- get the votes of
- convert into a pollard
- get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
- vote in an election at a polling station
- (transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
- To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
- (transitive) To remove the horns of (an animal).
- To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
- (transitive, computing, communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
- (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
- To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
- (transitive) To cut the hair of (a creature).
- (intransitive, with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
- (law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation
- (intransitive) To vote at an election.
- To impose a tax upon.
- To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
- To pay as one's personal tax.
adj
noun
noun
- The tropicbird.
- A kind of gull, the jaeger.
- The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.
- The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
- a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
noun
- a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
- someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- (Singapore) A seller of food in a hawker centre.
- A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
- Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
- Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
noun
- The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
- (figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
- (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
- (US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
- A flock of herons.
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
verb
verb
- (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
- To define the scope of something.
- (informal) To examine under a microscope.
- (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
- (medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
noun
- (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
- (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
- The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
- (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
- Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.
- (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- Ellipsis of any word ending in -scope, such as endoscope, periscope, telescope, microscope, oscilloscope, and so on.
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a magnifier of images of distant objects
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
verb
- watch and study birds in their natural habitat
- (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
- (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
- (transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- (transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
noun
- the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- (cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
- (UK, with definite article, chiefly in phrases) Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
- (informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).
- (slang) A man, fellow.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial, by extension) A girlfriend.
- (slang) A prison sentence.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
- (slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
- (slang) An aircraft.
- An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- (slang) A satellite.
- (with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- A yardbird.
adj
noun
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
verb
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
noun
- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
verb
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
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adj
- (birdwatching) Of a bird, located so that it may be travelled to and viewed.
- (programming, PHP) Of a program instruction: counted for the purpose of generating periodic signals every few instructions.
- (birdwatching) Of an observation, good enough to ensure correct identification and therefore allow the bird to be added to a list of observed birds.
- That can be ticked; capable of being marked with a tick or check mark.