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verb
- (transitive, slang) To criticize.
- (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
- (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- (transitive, military) To divide (a watch) with a comrade.
- (transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
- (transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
- (intransitive, emerging usage in British) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
- go after with the intent to catch
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- (Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance having a brief vogue in the 1960s in which the actions of a dog were mimicked.
- Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct).
- (often attributive) A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
- One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
- A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
- (slang, derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
- (derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.
- A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.
- (informal) Something that performs poorly.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Foot; toe.
- (transport, historical) A double-ended side spike driven through a hole in the flange of a rail on a tramway.
- A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
- The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.
- Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
- (film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.
- (poker slang) An underdog.
- (cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
- (slang) A sexually aggressive man.
- (slang) A man, guy, chap.
- (uncountable) The meat of this animal, eaten as food.
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- metal supports for logs in a fireplace
- a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
- informal term for a man
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
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- (figuratively, informal) Adverse criticism.
- Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
- (informal) A public-relations spokesperson.
- Anti-aircraft shell fire.
- intense adverse criticism
- a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
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- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- To move quickly and violently.
- move or stir about violently
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
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- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
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- A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
- (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
- (botany) The fruit of the Washingtonia species.
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
noun
- Abbreviation of kritik.
- (computing) A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood."
- (slang) Abbreviation of ketamine (a drug).
- (Morse code) Abbreviation of go ahead, over, an indication that a message is complete and a reply is awaited.
- (often computing) Abbreviation of kilo-, 1,000 or 1,024.
- (UK, government) Abbreviation of Knighthood.
- (law, informal) Abbreviation of contract.
- (knitting) Abbreviation of knit.
- (music) Abbreviation of Köchel number.
- (baseball) Abbreviation of strikeout On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K signifies striking out while looking.
- (education, US) Abbreviation of kindergarten.
- (biology) Abbreviation of carrying capacity.
- (economics) Abbreviation of capital.
- (slang, from Jamaican Creole) Abbreviation of Kalashnikov.
- (geology) Abbreviation of Cretaceous.
- (printing) Abbreviation of black.
- (card games, chess) Abbreviation of king.
- a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
- the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
- a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
- street names for ketamine
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- In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism.
- Requiring immediate attention; likely to cause a collapse.
- In terms of critique, review, of or by critics
- With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
- At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.
- in a critical manner
verb
- (chiefly UK) To criticize or critique (an author or a work) harshly; to castigate.
- (film) To provide synchronization information about (a scene, take, etc., of a film recording) using a slate (noun etymology 1 sense 2.3.1).
- (chiefly US, figurative) To expect (something) with a (strong) degree of certainty; to anticipate, to predict.
- (chiefly US, figurative) To appoint or designate (someone or something); also, to nominate or propose (someone or something); specifically (politics), to nominate or propose (a candidate) for an office.
- To cover a building, or part of a building with slates (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1).
- To cover (a building, or part of a building such as a floor or roof) with slates (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1).
- (film) To provide a film recording with synchronization information, especially using a slate (noun etymology 1 sense 2.3.1).
- To scold (someone) harshly; to chastise, to excoriate, to lambaste.
- (originally and chiefly Ireland, slang) To beat or thrash (someone) harshly.
- (leatherworking) To scrape (an animal hide) with a slater (“blade originally made of slate”) to remove hairs.
- To set (one or more dogs) on a person or animal; to sic.
- (chiefly US, figurative) To plan or schedule (something).
- (military slang) To treat (an enemy) harshly.
- To set one or more dogs on (a person or animal).
- enter on a list or slate for an election
- designate or schedule
- cover with slate
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- A piece of such stone, usually cut into a rectangular shape, used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; (uncountable) such tiles collectively, or the material from which they are made.
- (uncountable) The bluish-grey colour of most slate (etymology 1 sense 4).
- (chiefly politics) A group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; also, a group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views.
- A sequentially numbered session of recording a film.
- A generally rectangular piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on with a thin rod of the same or another stone (a slate pencil) or with chalk; a small chalkboard.
- (film) A collection of films released during a certain period, either from one studio or from a certain film industry (such as Hollywood) as a whole.
- (uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
- Information about a film recording which is inserted at the start of the recording, or printed on a videotape label etc.
- A record, for example, of money owed.
- (computing) Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).
- A range of things; also, a schedule.
- A piece of other material used as a roofing tile.
- a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
- a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
- thin layers of rock used for roofing
- (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To pick on or repeatedly criticize (someone).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers.
- (transitive, of food) Synonym of peck at.
- eat like a bird
- express a negative opinion of
- pluck or pull at with the fingers
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To criticize or denounce (someone); to bring up previously unspoken criticisms about (someone); to point out (someone's) faults.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To order into service; to summon into service.
- (transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
- (intransitive, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut) To contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work. Regionalism short for call out sick; much more commonly: call in sick.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To specify, especially in detail.
- (intransitive, transitive) To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.
- call out loudly, as of names or numbers
- challenge to a duel
- utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
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verb
- (UK, Australia, colloquial) To criticise.
- To bring together; to amass.
- (colloquial) To annoy.
- To materialise; to grow stronger.
- To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up.
- To dress in a certain way, especially extravagantly.
- (literally) To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
- (slang) To have sex; to penetrate sexually; to have a sexual or romantic liaison.
- (sports) To go towards the attacking goal.
- To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To leave prison.
- To gather or grow larger by accretion.
- (Australia, colloquial) To succeed; to win.
- (slang, US) To meet with or get to know (someone); to hang out with someone.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To be excited about something; to act regarding something; to become cognizant of something.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To leave or go to somewhere.
- cause to rise
- study intensively, as before an exam
- rise to one's feet
- put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
- get up and out of bed
- develop
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- arrange by systematic planning and united effort
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- (countable, UK) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- (countable) A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
- (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- the act of diluting something
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
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- (ambitransitive, figurative) To criticize someone or something in a concerted effort; to add on some additional critique.
- (ambitransitive) To jump on top of someone or something quickly.
- (transitive, informal) To add or apply in great quantities.
- (intransitive, figurative, sports) To unnecessarily extend the margin of a winning score.
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- (transitive, figuratively) To criticize in a somewhat irritating way; to carp at.
- (intransitive) To twitch or move convulsively.
- (transitive) To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
- (transitive, formal) To tickle, provoking twitching and laughter.
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
verb
- (idiomatic, transitive) To criticise (especially small details).
- (idiomatic, transitive) To review or analyse in great detail
- (idiomatic, transitive, sports) To overcome by skilled execution.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick, apart.
- find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
noun
- (figuratively, informal) A criticism.
- A sharp impact.
- (cricket, slang) A batsman's innings.
- An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- (cycling, uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock.
- (baseball) A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a hit.
- (automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
- (figuratively, informal) A blow or setback.
- negative criticism
- the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
- a bad experience
- a vigorous blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
verb
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a ball into play.
- (intransitive, card games, rummy) To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwood.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
- (transitive, slang) To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etc.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
- find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- rap with the knuckles
- knock against with force or violence
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- deliver a sharp blow or push
verb
- (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- (ambitransitive, Ireland, slang) To have sex with (someone).
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
- (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- (transitive) To traverse by riding.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- (radio, television, transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
- (transitive, figuratively) To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
- (transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- (ambitransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- (music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
- keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
- sit on and control a vehicle
- move like a floating object
- be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- ride over, along, or through
- lie moored or anchored
- be sustained or supported or borne
- continue undisturbed and without interference
- have certain properties when driven
- climb up on the body
- copulate with
- be contingent on
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
noun
- (printing, historical) A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.
- A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- (figurative) A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
- Ellipsis of ride cymbal.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- An instance of riding.
- (UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- (informal) A vehicle.
- (jazz) A steady rhythmical style.
- A district inspected by an excise officer.
- (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
- An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
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- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- (transitive, sports slang) To defeat or overcome in a match.
- To compete in a poetry slam.
- (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- (transitive, sex, slang, vulgar) To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.
- (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- (transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly.
- (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
- (ambitransitive, drugs, slang) To inject intravenously; shoot up.
- (intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.
- (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
- (ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
- (informal, US) To occupy and busy with a high workload.
- (transitive, telecommunications) To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
- (transitive, slang) To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
- strike violently
- close violently
- dance the slam dance
- throw violently
noun
- (countable, sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
- (uncountable, UK, dialect) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.
- (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
- (countable, tennis) One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
- (countable, card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- (music, uncountable) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.
- A slambook.
- (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
- (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
- A poetry slam.
- (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
- a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
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- of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
- at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
- marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
- forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
- being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
- (medicine, by extension) In such a condition.
- Inclined to find fault or criticize.
- Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
- Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
- (physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.
- (textual criticism) Employing or related to textual criticism, particularly through a stemmatological comparison of all extant texts and reconstruction of the original.
- Extremely important.
- (medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.
- (physics) Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.
- (botany) Needing great discrimination to be correctly classified; easily confused.
- Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
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- a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)
- a cook who roasts food
- flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting
- a special cooking pan for roasting
- Someone who roasts food.
- One who roasts or banters, especially as a comedy routine.
- (Scotland, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; somebody making a fool of themselves.
- Someone who roasts coffee beans; a company or place of business that does so.
- A machine for roasting things; especially, one that roasts coffee beans.
- (planetology, informal) An epistellar gas giant exoplanet.
- A chicken, pig, etc. suitable for roasting.
- (cooking) A kitchen utensil used for roasting.
- A type of industrial furnace; especially, one that roasts ore.
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- A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.
- (Scotland, Australia, New Zealand) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.
- One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
- any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
verb
- to criticise someone
- (informal) To soundly defeat someone, or a (sport) team.
- To move someone away from others to be able to talk to, or give them something in private.
- To dismantle something into its component pieces.
- divide into pieces
- make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
- take apart into its constituent pieces
noun
- A critic; one who disparages.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A person's breast, especially if large.
- A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
- A person who knocks.
- (slang, Eastern African-American Vernacular) An undercover policeman.
- (geology) A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.
- (slang, Eastern African-American Vernacular) A gun.
- (informal, derogatory) A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
- (slang) One who defaults on payment of a wager.
- (pinball) A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
- A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
- (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
- one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
- a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
noun
- (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
- (US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
- A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
- (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
- A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
- (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
- Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
- The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
- The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
- Armor for a horse.
- (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
- the pointed part of barbed wire
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
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- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
adj
noun
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
verb
- (transitive) To say scornfully.
- (transitive) To rap; to repeat verses passionately or intensely.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spit, out.
- (transitive) To say reluctantly (see also spit it out).
- (transitive) To eject.
- spit up in an explosive manner
- discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
- utter with anger or contempt
verb
- (intransitive, informal, idiomatic, UK, Australia) To tell off (especially unnecessarily or excessively), to criticise.
- (intransitive, informal, idiomatic, UK, Australia) To attack someone physically; to have a fight.
- (intransitive, informal, UK, Australia) To make an attempt; to try.
- make an attempt at something
noun
- (textual criticism) The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
- The extent of what one has read.
- The process of interpreting written language.
- An event at which written material is read aloud.
- The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
- (education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.
- (linguistics) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
- Something to read; reading material.
- (go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (by extension) An interpretation.
- A value indicated by a measuring device.
- (politics, law) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- written material intended to be read
- the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
- a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- a particular interpretation or performance
- a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
- the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
verb
verb
- (ambitransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing; to be judgmental toward.
- (transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.
- (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
- (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- (transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
- (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
- (ambitransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
- (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
- (ambitransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
- form a critical opinion of
- determine the result of (a competition)
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- pronounce judgment on
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
noun
- A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
- A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee.
- (historical, biblical) A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
- A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
- an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
- a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
verb
- (transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
- (transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
- (transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
- (transitive) To place inside a bucket.
- (transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
- (intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
- (computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
- (intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
- put into a bucket
- carry in a bucket
noun
- (basketball, informal) A field goal.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
- (slang, humorous) A helmet.
- (MTE, slang, derogatory) Someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
- (aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
- (slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
- (variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
- (basketball, informal) The basket.
- A bucket bag.
- (computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
- The pitcher in certain orchids.
- The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
- Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
- A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
- The amount held in this container.
- the quantity contained in a bucket
- a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
verb
noun
- A bubble, as on a painted surface.
- (medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
- A cause of annoyance.
- (uncountable) A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
- A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
- A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
- A swelling on a plant.
- (roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
- a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
- (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
verb
- To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
- (transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.
- (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
- put or pin the blame on
- attribute responsibility to
- harass with constant criticism
adj
noun
- Censure.
- (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
- Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
- Responsibility for something meriting censure.
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
noun
- verbal criticism
- the act of applying force to propel something
- the force used in pushing
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
verb
- push forcefully
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- press or force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- place or put with great energy
- make a thrusting forward movement
- push violently in a specified direction
- force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
noun
- (figuratively, informal) Adverse criticism.
- Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
- (informal) A public-relations spokesperson.
- Anti-aircraft shell fire.
- intense adverse criticism
- a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
noun
- Abbreviation of kritik.
- (computing) A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood."
- (slang) Abbreviation of ketamine (a drug).
- (Morse code) Abbreviation of go ahead, over, an indication that a message is complete and a reply is awaited.
- (often computing) Abbreviation of kilo-, 1,000 or 1,024.
- (UK, government) Abbreviation of Knighthood.
- (law, informal) Abbreviation of contract.
- (knitting) Abbreviation of knit.
- (music) Abbreviation of Köchel number.
- (baseball) Abbreviation of strikeout On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K signifies striking out while looking.
- (education, US) Abbreviation of kindergarten.
- (biology) Abbreviation of carrying capacity.
- (economics) Abbreviation of capital.
- (slang, from Jamaican Creole) Abbreviation of Kalashnikov.
- (geology) Abbreviation of Cretaceous.
- (printing) Abbreviation of black.
- (card games, chess) Abbreviation of king.
- a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
- the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
- a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
- street names for ketamine
character
intj
num
noun
verb
noun
- (figuratively, informal) A criticism.
- A sharp impact.
- (cricket, slang) A batsman's innings.
- An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- (cycling, uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock.
- (baseball) A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a hit.
- (automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
- (figuratively, informal) A blow or setback.
- negative criticism
- the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
- a bad experience
- a vigorous blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
verb
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a ball into play.
- (intransitive, card games, rummy) To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwood.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
- (transitive, slang) To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etc.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
- find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- rap with the knuckles
- knock against with force or violence
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- deliver a sharp blow or push
noun
- a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)
- a cook who roasts food
- flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting
- a special cooking pan for roasting
- Someone who roasts food.
- One who roasts or banters, especially as a comedy routine.
- (Scotland, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; somebody making a fool of themselves.
- Someone who roasts coffee beans; a company or place of business that does so.
- A machine for roasting things; especially, one that roasts coffee beans.
- (planetology, informal) An epistellar gas giant exoplanet.
- A chicken, pig, etc. suitable for roasting.
- (cooking) A kitchen utensil used for roasting.
- A type of industrial furnace; especially, one that roasts ore.
noun
- A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.
- (Scotland, Australia, New Zealand) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.
- One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
- any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
noun
- A critic; one who disparages.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A person's breast, especially if large.
- A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
- A person who knocks.
- (slang, Eastern African-American Vernacular) An undercover policeman.
- (geology) A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.
- (slang, Eastern African-American Vernacular) A gun.
- (informal, derogatory) A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
- (slang) One who defaults on payment of a wager.
- (pinball) A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
- A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
- (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
- one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
- a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
noun
- (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
- (US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
- A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
- (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
- A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
- (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
- Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
- The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
- The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
- Armor for a horse.
- (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
- the pointed part of barbed wire
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
verb
noun
- (textual criticism) The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
- The extent of what one has read.
- The process of interpreting written language.
- An event at which written material is read aloud.
- The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
- (education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.
- (linguistics) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
- Something to read; reading material.
- (go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (by extension) An interpretation.
- A value indicated by a measuring device.
- (politics, law) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- written material intended to be read
- the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
- a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- a particular interpretation or performance
- a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
- the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
verb
noun
- verbal criticism
- the act of applying force to propel something
- the force used in pushing
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
verb
- push forcefully
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- press or force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- place or put with great energy
- make a thrusting forward movement
- push violently in a specified direction
- force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
verb
- (transitive, slang) To criticize.
- (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
- (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- (transitive, military) To divide (a watch) with a comrade.
- (transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
- (transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
- (intransitive, emerging usage in British) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
- go after with the intent to catch
adj
noun
- (Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance having a brief vogue in the 1960s in which the actions of a dog were mimicked.
- Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct).
- (often attributive) A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
- One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
- A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
- (slang, derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
- (derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.
- A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.
- (informal) Something that performs poorly.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Foot; toe.
- (transport, historical) A double-ended side spike driven through a hole in the flange of a rail on a tramway.
- A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
- The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.
- Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
- (film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.
- (poker slang) An underdog.
- (cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
- (slang) A sexually aggressive man.
- (slang) A man, guy, chap.
- (uncountable) The meat of this animal, eaten as food.
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- metal supports for logs in a fireplace
- a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
- informal term for a man
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
verb
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- To move quickly and violently.
- move or stir about violently
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
adv
conj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
verb
noun
- A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
- (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
- (botany) The fruit of the Washingtonia species.
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
verb
- (chiefly UK) To criticize or critique (an author or a work) harshly; to castigate.
- (film) To provide synchronization information about (a scene, take, etc., of a film recording) using a slate (noun etymology 1 sense 2.3.1).
- (chiefly US, figurative) To expect (something) with a (strong) degree of certainty; to anticipate, to predict.
- (chiefly US, figurative) To appoint or designate (someone or something); also, to nominate or propose (someone or something); specifically (politics), to nominate or propose (a candidate) for an office.
- To cover a building, or part of a building with slates (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1).
- To cover (a building, or part of a building such as a floor or roof) with slates (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1).
- (film) To provide a film recording with synchronization information, especially using a slate (noun etymology 1 sense 2.3.1).
- To scold (someone) harshly; to chastise, to excoriate, to lambaste.
- (originally and chiefly Ireland, slang) To beat or thrash (someone) harshly.
- (leatherworking) To scrape (an animal hide) with a slater (“blade originally made of slate”) to remove hairs.
- To set (one or more dogs) on a person or animal; to sic.
- (chiefly US, figurative) To plan or schedule (something).
- (military slang) To treat (an enemy) harshly.
- To set one or more dogs on (a person or animal).
- enter on a list or slate for an election
- designate or schedule
- cover with slate
adj
noun
- A piece of such stone, usually cut into a rectangular shape, used as a tile for flooring, roofing, etc.; (uncountable) such tiles collectively, or the material from which they are made.
- (uncountable) The bluish-grey colour of most slate (etymology 1 sense 4).
- (chiefly politics) A group or list of candidates for appointment or election to an office; also, a group of candidates or electors with affiliated political views.
- A sequentially numbered session of recording a film.
- A generally rectangular piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on with a thin rod of the same or another stone (a slate pencil) or with chalk; a small chalkboard.
- (film) A collection of films released during a certain period, either from one studio or from a certain film industry (such as Hollywood) as a whole.
- (uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
- Information about a film recording which is inserted at the start of the recording, or printed on a videotape label etc.
- A record, for example, of money owed.
- (computing) Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).
- A range of things; also, a schedule.
- A piece of other material used as a roofing tile.
- a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
- a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
- thin layers of rock used for roofing
- (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To pick on or repeatedly criticize (someone).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers.
- (transitive, of food) Synonym of peck at.
- eat like a bird
- express a negative opinion of
- pluck or pull at with the fingers
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To criticize or denounce (someone); to bring up previously unspoken criticisms about (someone); to point out (someone's) faults.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To order into service; to summon into service.
- (transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
- (intransitive, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut) To contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work. Regionalism short for call out sick; much more commonly: call in sick.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To specify, especially in detail.
- (intransitive, transitive) To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.
- call out loudly, as of names or numbers
- challenge to a duel
- utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
noun
verb
- (UK, Australia, colloquial) To criticise.
- To bring together; to amass.
- (colloquial) To annoy.
- To materialise; to grow stronger.
- To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up.
- To dress in a certain way, especially extravagantly.
- (literally) To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
- (slang) To have sex; to penetrate sexually; to have a sexual or romantic liaison.
- (sports) To go towards the attacking goal.
- To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To leave prison.
- To gather or grow larger by accretion.
- (Australia, colloquial) To succeed; to win.
- (slang, US) To meet with or get to know (someone); to hang out with someone.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To be excited about something; to act regarding something; to become cognizant of something.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To leave or go to somewhere.
- cause to rise
- study intensively, as before an exam
- rise to one's feet
- put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
- get up and out of bed
- develop
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- arrange by systematic planning and united effort
verb
- (ambitransitive, figurative) To criticize someone or something in a concerted effort; to add on some additional critique.
- (ambitransitive) To jump on top of someone or something quickly.
- (transitive, informal) To add or apply in great quantities.
- (intransitive, figurative, sports) To unnecessarily extend the margin of a winning score.
noun
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To criticize in a somewhat irritating way; to carp at.
- (intransitive) To twitch or move convulsively.
- (transitive) To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
- (transitive, formal) To tickle, provoking twitching and laughter.
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
verb
- (idiomatic, transitive) To criticise (especially small details).
- (idiomatic, transitive) To review or analyse in great detail
- (idiomatic, transitive, sports) To overcome by skilled execution.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick, apart.
- find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
verb
- (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- (ambitransitive, Ireland, slang) To have sex with (someone).
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
- (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- (transitive) To traverse by riding.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- (radio, television, transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
- (transitive, figuratively) To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
- (transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- (ambitransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- (music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
- keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
- sit on and control a vehicle
- move like a floating object
- be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- ride over, along, or through
- lie moored or anchored
- be sustained or supported or borne
- continue undisturbed and without interference
- have certain properties when driven
- climb up on the body
- copulate with
- be contingent on
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
noun
- (printing, historical) A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.
- A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- (figurative) A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
- Ellipsis of ride cymbal.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- An instance of riding.
- (UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- (informal) A vehicle.
- (jazz) A steady rhythmical style.
- A district inspected by an excise officer.
- (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
- An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
verb
- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- (transitive, sports slang) To defeat or overcome in a match.
- To compete in a poetry slam.
- (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- (transitive, sex, slang, vulgar) To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.
- (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- (transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly.
- (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
- (ambitransitive, drugs, slang) To inject intravenously; shoot up.
- (intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.
- (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
- (ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
- (informal, US) To occupy and busy with a high workload.
- (transitive, telecommunications) To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
- (transitive, slang) To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
- strike violently
- close violently
- dance the slam dance
- throw violently
noun
- (countable, sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
- (uncountable, UK, dialect) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.
- (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
- (countable, tennis) One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
- (countable, card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- (music, uncountable) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.
- A slambook.
- (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
- (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
- A poetry slam.
- (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
- a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
verb
adj
noun
verb
- to criticise someone
- (informal) To soundly defeat someone, or a (sport) team.
- To move someone away from others to be able to talk to, or give them something in private.
- To dismantle something into its component pieces.
- divide into pieces
- make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
- take apart into its constituent pieces
verb
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
adj
noun
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
verb
- (transitive) To say scornfully.
- (transitive) To rap; to repeat verses passionately or intensely.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spit, out.
- (transitive) To say reluctantly (see also spit it out).
- (transitive) To eject.
- spit up in an explosive manner
- discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
- utter with anger or contempt
verb
- (intransitive, informal, idiomatic, UK, Australia) To tell off (especially unnecessarily or excessively), to criticise.
- (intransitive, informal, idiomatic, UK, Australia) To attack someone physically; to have a fight.
- (intransitive, informal, UK, Australia) To make an attempt; to try.
- make an attempt at something
verb
- (ambitransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing; to be judgmental toward.
- (transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.
- (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
- (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- (transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
- (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
- (ambitransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
- (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
- (ambitransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
- form a critical opinion of
- determine the result of (a competition)
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- pronounce judgment on
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
noun
- A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
- A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee.
- (historical, biblical) A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
- A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
- an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
- a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
verb
- (transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
- (transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
- (transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
- (transitive) To place inside a bucket.
- (transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
- (intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
- (computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
- (intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
- put into a bucket
- carry in a bucket
noun
- (basketball, informal) A field goal.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
- (slang, humorous) A helmet.
- (MTE, slang, derogatory) Someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
- (aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
- (slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
- (variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
- (basketball, informal) The basket.
- A bucket bag.
- (computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
- The pitcher in certain orchids.
- The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
- Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
- A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
- The amount held in this container.
- the quantity contained in a bucket
- a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
verb
noun
- A bubble, as on a painted surface.
- (medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
- A cause of annoyance.
- (uncountable) A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
- A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
- A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
- A swelling on a plant.
- (roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
- a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
- (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
verb
- To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
- (transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.
- (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
- put or pin the blame on
- attribute responsibility to
- harass with constant criticism
adj
noun
- Censure.
- (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
- Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
- Responsibility for something meriting censure.
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
adv
- In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism.
- Requiring immediate attention; likely to cause a collapse.
- In terms of critique, review, of or by critics
- With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
- At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.
- in a critical manner
adj
noun
- (countable, UK) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- (countable) A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
- (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- the act of diluting something
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
verb
adj
- of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
- at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
- marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
- forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
- being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
- (medicine, by extension) In such a condition.
- Inclined to find fault or criticize.
- Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
- Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
- (physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.
- (textual criticism) Employing or related to textual criticism, particularly through a stemmatological comparison of all extant texts and reconstruction of the original.
- Extremely important.
- (medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.
- (physics) Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.
- (botany) Needing great discrimination to be correctly classified; easily confused.
- Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.