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- (countable) A flake of ash or soot.
- (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
- (phytopathology) Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
- (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
- (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
- (uncountable) Soot.
- any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
- creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
- an offensive or indecent word or phrase
- destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
verb
- stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
- (transitive) To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
- (ambitransitive) To stain (or be stained) with soot or other dirt.
- (intransitive) To become tainted by the smut fungus.
- (transitive) To clear of the smut fungus.
- affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
- make obscene
- become affected with smut
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verb
adj
- thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
- (slang, hip-hop) Of a beat or song, darkly atmospheric; having affinities with the style of the East Coast hip hop of the 90s, especially that of New York.
- (music) From the urban musical genre called grime.
- (slang) Morally corrupt, malicious, vile, or selfish; base or dirty; rotten.
- Stained or covered with grime.
adj
- soiled with dirt or soot
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
noun
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
verb
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- Soot.
- Especially, hardened soot as a caked-on deposit.
- (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.
- A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
- A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
- (informal) Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer).
- A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
- (ecology, climate change, uncountable) Ellipsis of carbon dioxide.
- (countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
- (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
- (countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
- a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
- a copy made with carbon paper
- an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
verb
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- A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
- (sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
- A flag used as a signal.
- A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
- A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- A slight attack or touch.
- An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
- A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
- (baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike.
- (nautical) An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
- Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
- A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
- a short light gust of air
- a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
adj
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verb
- To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
- (video games) In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
- (US, chiefly sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
- To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
- (fishing) To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
- To smell; to sniff.
- (US, baseball) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
- To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
- (by extension) To fail spectacularly.
- To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
- To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
- To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
- To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
- strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- utter with a puff of air
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
- smoke and exhale strongly
- drive or carry as if by a puff of air
noun
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- A small, thin line of cloud, smoke, or steam.
- An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
- A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
- A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; a twisted handful of something; any slender, flexible structure or group.
- A whisk, or small broom.
- (uncountable) A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
- a small tuft or lock
- a flock of snipe
- a small bundle of straw or hay
- a small person
verb
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- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
- envelop completely
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- form an impenetrable cover over
- (soccer) To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
- (intransitive) To be suffocated.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
- (intransitive) To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- (intransitive, of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- (boxing) To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
- (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- (Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
- (transitive) To daub or smear.
adj
- Resembling or composed of smoke.
- Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
- Blackened by smoke.
- Filled with smoke.
- Giving off smoke.
- Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke.
- Attractive in a sensual way; sultry.
- Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke.
- (of a person's voice) Having a deep, raspy quality, often as a result of smoking tobacco.
- (music) Having a dark, thick, bass sound.
- tasting of smoke
- marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
noun
- A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- (Northern England) A form of fried potato; a scallop.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
- The sound of a loud kiss.
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- (collective) A group of jellyfish.
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- street names for heroin
- an enthusiastic kiss
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- (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
- To slap or hit someone.
- To make a smacking sound.
- To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
- (transitive) To get the flavor of.
- (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
- (especially outside of North America) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
- To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
- kiss lightly
- press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
- deliver a hard blow to
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- have an element suggestive (of something)
noun
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- The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
- (UK, countable, slang) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
- (medical slang, derogatory) A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
- (countable) A low stool.
- Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
- (countable) A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- (slang, Canada, US, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
- (countable) A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- (UK, slang, countable) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
- nonsense; foolish talk
- an earthen jar (made of baked clay)
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
verb
- (intransitive) To give off crock or smut.
- To break something or injure someone.
- (horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
- (textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
- (transitive, now dialectal) To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
- release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
- soil with or as with crock
noun
- A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
- (uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
- (countable) An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
- (slang, countable) A beautiful woman.
- (uncountable) Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.
- (uncountable) Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem beauteous.
- Any artificial interest in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
- alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
verb
noun
- mist; fog; roke
- A bad deal; a rip-off.
- (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- (rare) A castle or other fortification.
- A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- (baseball, slang) A rookie.
- (British) A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
- A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- (uncountable) A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
- common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
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- a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
- fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
- Charcoal.
- (countable) A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn.
- (Internet slang) Content of low quality.
- (military slang, World War I– World War II) Bombs emitting black smoke on impact.
- (countable) A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
- (uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
- (countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
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- spray finely or cover with mist
- become covered with mist
- make less visible or unclear
- (printing, of ink) To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
- (transitive, of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
- (transitive) To cover with a mist.
- (intransitive) To form mist.
- (intransitive) To rain in very fine droplets.
- (transitive) To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
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verb
- (transitive) To burn slightly.
- (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
- (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
- burn superficially or lightly
- become superficially burned
noun
- Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
- The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
- (idiomatic) Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
- a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
- the process of becoming a vapor
verb
noun
- Mist, fog.
- (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
- Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation.
- (figuratively) Internal energy for progress or motive power.
- (fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
- The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
- Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
- A steam-powered vehicle, referring to their use.
- The act of cooking by steaming.
- Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
- water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
- (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
- (transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
- (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
- (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
- (intransitive, literal, figurative) To be cooked with steam.
- (transitive) To raise steam, e.g. in a steam locomotive.
- (transitive) To cover with condensed water vapor.
- cook something by letting steam pass over it
- emit steam
- get very agitated or angry
- clean by means of steaming
- travel by means of steam power
- rise as vapor
noun
- atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
- A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- (countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
- Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
- (figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- (uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
verb
- become hazy, dull, or cloudy
- harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
- (US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
- To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
- (transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
- (transitive) To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
- To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
noun
- a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
- a momentary flash of light
- a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.
- (cellular automata) A small collection of cells which briefly appears at the edge of a larger pattern before dying off.
- (figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.
- (UK, slang) An electrician.
- (in the plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
- A beau, lover.
- A gallant; a foppish young man.
- A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
- A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
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- (countable) A flake of ash or soot.
- (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
- (phytopathology) Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
- (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
- (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
- (uncountable) Soot.
- any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
- creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
- an offensive or indecent word or phrase
- destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
verb
- stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
- (transitive) To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
- (ambitransitive) To stain (or be stained) with soot or other dirt.
- (intransitive) To become tainted by the smut fungus.
- (transitive) To clear of the smut fungus.
- affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
- make obscene
- become affected with smut
noun
- Soot.
- Especially, hardened soot as a caked-on deposit.
- (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.
- A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
- A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
- (informal) Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer).
- A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
- (ecology, climate change, uncountable) Ellipsis of carbon dioxide.
- (countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
- (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
- (countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
- a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
- a copy made with carbon paper
- an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
verb
noun
- A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
- (sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
- A flag used as a signal.
- A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
- A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- A slight attack or touch.
- An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
- A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
- (baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike.
- (nautical) An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
- Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
- A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
- a short light gust of air
- a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
adj
intj
verb
- To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
- (video games) In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
- (US, chiefly sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
- To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
- (fishing) To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
- To smell; to sniff.
- (US, baseball) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
- To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
- (by extension) To fail spectacularly.
- To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
- To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
- To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
- To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
- strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- utter with a puff of air
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
- smoke and exhale strongly
- drive or carry as if by a puff of air
noun
noun
- A small, thin line of cloud, smoke, or steam.
- An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
- A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
- A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; a twisted handful of something; any slender, flexible structure or group.
- A whisk, or small broom.
- (uncountable) A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
- a small tuft or lock
- a flock of snipe
- a small bundle of straw or hay
- a small person
verb
noun
verb
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
- envelop completely
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- form an impenetrable cover over
- (soccer) To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
- (intransitive) To be suffocated.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
- (intransitive) To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- (intransitive, of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- (boxing) To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
- (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- (Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
- (transitive) To daub or smear.
noun
- A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- (Northern England) A form of fried potato; a scallop.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
- The sound of a loud kiss.
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- (collective) A group of jellyfish.
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- street names for heroin
- an enthusiastic kiss
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
- To slap or hit someone.
- To make a smacking sound.
- To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
- (transitive) To get the flavor of.
- (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
- (especially outside of North America) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
- To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
- kiss lightly
- press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
- deliver a hard blow to
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- have an element suggestive (of something)
noun
noun
- The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
- (UK, countable, slang) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
- (medical slang, derogatory) A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
- (countable) A low stool.
- Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
- (countable) A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- (slang, Canada, US, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
- (countable) A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- (UK, slang, countable) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
- nonsense; foolish talk
- an earthen jar (made of baked clay)
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
verb
- (intransitive) To give off crock or smut.
- To break something or injure someone.
- (horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
- (textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
- (transitive, now dialectal) To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
- release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
- soil with or as with crock
noun
- A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
- (uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
- (countable) An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
- (slang, countable) A beautiful woman.
- (uncountable) Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.
- (uncountable) Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem beauteous.
- Any artificial interest in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
- alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
verb
noun
- mist; fog; roke
- A bad deal; a rip-off.
- (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- (rare) A castle or other fortification.
- A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- (baseball, slang) A rookie.
- (British) A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
- A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- (uncountable) A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
- common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
verb
noun
- a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
- fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
- Charcoal.
- (countable) A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn.
- (Internet slang) Content of low quality.
- (military slang, World War I– World War II) Bombs emitting black smoke on impact.
- (countable) A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
- (uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
- (countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
verb
adj
noun
adj
noun
verb
- spray finely or cover with mist
- become covered with mist
- make less visible or unclear
- (printing, of ink) To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
- (transitive, of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
- (transitive) To cover with a mist.
- (intransitive) To form mist.
- (intransitive) To rain in very fine droplets.
- (transitive) To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To burn slightly.
- (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
- (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
- burn superficially or lightly
- become superficially burned
noun
- Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
- The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
- (idiomatic) Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
- a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
- the process of becoming a vapor
verb
noun
- Mist, fog.
- (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
- Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation.
- (figuratively) Internal energy for progress or motive power.
- (fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
- The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
- Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
- A steam-powered vehicle, referring to their use.
- The act of cooking by steaming.
- Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
- water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
- (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
- (transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
- (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
- (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
- (intransitive, literal, figurative) To be cooked with steam.
- (transitive) To raise steam, e.g. in a steam locomotive.
- (transitive) To cover with condensed water vapor.
- cook something by letting steam pass over it
- emit steam
- get very agitated or angry
- clean by means of steaming
- travel by means of steam power
- rise as vapor
noun
- atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
- A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- (countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
- Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
- (figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- (uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
verb
- become hazy, dull, or cloudy
- harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
- (US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
- To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
- (transitive) In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
- (transitive) To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans.
- To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
noun
- a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
- a momentary flash of light
- a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.
- (cellular automata) A small collection of cells which briefly appears at the edge of a larger pattern before dying off.
- (figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.
- (UK, slang) An electrician.
- (in the plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
- A beau, lover.
- A gallant; a foppish young man.
- A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
- A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
verb
noun
- (countable) A flake of ash or soot.
- (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
- (phytopathology) Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
- (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
- (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
- (uncountable) Soot.
- any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
- creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
- an offensive or indecent word or phrase
- destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
verb
- stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
- (transitive) To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
- (ambitransitive) To stain (or be stained) with soot or other dirt.
- (intransitive) To become tainted by the smut fungus.
- (transitive) To clear of the smut fungus.
- affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
- make obscene
- become affected with smut
adj
noun
verb
adj
- thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
- (slang, hip-hop) Of a beat or song, darkly atmospheric; having affinities with the style of the East Coast hip hop of the 90s, especially that of New York.
- (music) From the urban musical genre called grime.
- (slang) Morally corrupt, malicious, vile, or selfish; base or dirty; rotten.
- Stained or covered with grime.
adj
- soiled with dirt or soot
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
noun
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
verb
adj
- Resembling or composed of smoke.
- Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
- Blackened by smoke.
- Filled with smoke.
- Giving off smoke.
- Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke.
- Attractive in a sensual way; sultry.
- Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke.
- (of a person's voice) Having a deep, raspy quality, often as a result of smoking tobacco.
- (music) Having a dark, thick, bass sound.
- tasting of smoke
- marked by or emitting or filled with smoke