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verb
noun
- (cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
- A clapstick (musical instrument).
- A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
- (slang) A person's tongue.
- The chattering damsel of a mill.
- (ice hockey) A slapshot
- One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
- (sewing) A pounding block.
- An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
- metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- someone who applauds
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
verb
noun
- A jolly or peppy person.
- A frolic or romp, some fun.
- Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
- Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
- A prank.
- (by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
- any carefree episode
- North American songbirds having a yellow breast
- a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
- any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
noun
verb
- shoot down, of birds
- feed with grass
- cover with grass
- give away information about somebody
- spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach
- (transitive or intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.
- (transitive) To feed with grass.
- (transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
- (transitive) To bring to the grass or ground; to land.
- (transitive) To cover with grass or with turf.
noun
- narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
- street names for marijuana
- bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
- a police informer who implicates many people
- (countable, folk etymology) Asparagus; "sparrowgrass".
- (uncountable) A lawn.
- (uncountable, physics) Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
- (uncountable, slang) Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.
- (uncountable) The outside world, especially in the phrase "touch grass".
- (countable, uncountable) The season of fresh grass; spring or summer.
- (countable, mining) The surface of a mine.
- (countable) Any of the various plants that are not in the family Poaceae that resemble grasses.
- (countable, British, slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
verb
- (intransitive) Of birds: to make a sudden harsh call.
- (ice-skating, transitive) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.
- To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.
noun
noun
- The tyrant birds, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.
- A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
- (by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
- (by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
- (historical, Ancient Greece) A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
- in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
- any person who exercises power in a cruel way
- a cruel and oppressive dictator
adj
noun
- A flock of herons.
- The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
- (figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
- (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
- (US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
verb
noun
- A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
- (fishing) A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
- Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
- Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
- Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.
- grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
verb
- react to a decoy, of wildfowl
- grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
- have a bowel movement
- lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
- (agriculture) To ramify; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
- (chiefly medicine) To produce stool: to defecate.
- (horticulture) To cut down (a plant) until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
noun
- (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
- a simple seat without a back or arms
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- (US, dialect) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
- (horticulture) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
- (chiefly medicine) Feces, excrement.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland, literally and figuratively) A throne.
- (chiefly medicine) A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling.
- A footstool.
- (nautical) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A seat with a back; a chair.
- (rare) Alternative form of stole (“plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil; stolon.”).
- (West Africa) A royal seat; a chief's throne.
- A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
noun
- a tame parrot
- an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
- the top of the head
- the counting of votes (as in an election)
- the part of the head between the ears
- A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
- A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice.
- The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
- (now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
- A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
- The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.
- The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
- (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
- A pet parrot.
verb
- get the votes of
- convert into a pollard
- get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
- vote in an election at a polling station
- (transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
- To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
- (transitive) To remove the horns of (an animal).
- To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
- (transitive, computing, communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
- (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
- To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
- (transitive) To cut the hair of (a creature).
- (intransitive, with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
- (law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation
- (intransitive) To vote at an election.
- To impose a tax upon.
- To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
- To pay as one's personal tax.
adj
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive) To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
- (programming slang, Perl) To abort the current program indicating a user or caller error.
- (intransitive) To make a croak sound.
- (intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its vocal sound.
- To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
- (slang) To die.
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
- make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
verb
- watch and study birds in their natural habitat
- (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
- (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
- (transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- (transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
noun
- the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- (cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
- (UK, with definite article, chiefly in phrases) Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
- (informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).
- (slang) A man, fellow.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial, by extension) A girlfriend.
- (slang) A prison sentence.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
- (slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
- (slang) An aircraft.
- An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- (slang) A satellite.
- (with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- A yardbird.
adj
noun
- Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.
- The name of the Latin script letter J/j.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
- The Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis.
- Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
- crested largely blue bird
noun
noun
verb
noun
noun
- a group of birds
- a group of sheep or goats
- a church congregation guided by a pastor
- an orderly crowd
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
- A lock of wool or hair.
- Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
- A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
- Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
- A large number of people.
- (Christianity) A religious congregation.
- A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
verb
- move as a crowd or in a group
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- (transitive) To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
- (transitive) To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
- (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
- (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
noun
- A group of birds roosting together.
- The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
- (Scotland) The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.
- Synonym of perch (“a position that is secure and advantageous”).
- (Shetland and Orkney) Alternative form of roust (“a strong tide or current”).
- (Australian rules football) A kick which causes the ball to travel a long distance.
- A bedroom.
- a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
- a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
verb
noun
- An act of striking with a beak.
- A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
- Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
- Misspelling of pec.
- One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.
- A small kiss.
- a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
- a light kiss
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
- bite by a bird
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
- To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
- (ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- (regional) To throw.
- (rare) To type in general.
- To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
- To kiss briefly.
- (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- To type by searching for each key individually.
- To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
- eat like a bird
- kiss lightly
- bother persistently with trivial complaints
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- hit lightly with a picking motion
noun
- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- (finance, slang) An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
- (banking, slang) A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
- (sailing, slang) A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
- A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
- Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
- (geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
- (figuratively) A rapacious person.
- (astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
- A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
- (cycling, slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
- (military aviation, slang) An aeroplane or aircraft.
- (British, dialectal) The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
- (US, prison slang) A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- (Egyptology) A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) The stomach; the belly.
- A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
- a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
- a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
- plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
verb
- To keep ahead of (an enemy) and repeatedly attack it from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
- (intransitive, engineering, nautical) To deflect sideways in the water.
- (ambitransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- (ambitransitive, US, slang, by extension) To steal.
- (ambitransitive, banking, slang) To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move rapidly; to rush.
- (intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
- (intransitive, US, prison slang) To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
- To attack (an enemy) or otherwise cause it to give chase, so as to lead it somewhere (like a kite is led on a string), for example into a trap or ambush or away from its comrades or something it was protecting.
- get credit or money by using a bad check
- soar or fly like a kite
- increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
- fly a kite
prefix
noun
- (falconry) A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.
- (falconry, in the plural) A building or set of buildings where moulting birds are kept.
- The crying sound of a cat; a meow, especially of a kitten.
- The crying sound of a gull or buzzard.
- the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
intj
verb
noun
verb
noun
noun
- The tyrant birds, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.
- A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
- (by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
- (by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
- (historical, Ancient Greece) A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
- in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
- any person who exercises power in a cruel way
- a cruel and oppressive dictator
adj
noun
- A flock of herons.
- The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
- (figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
- (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
- (US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
verb
noun
- A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
- (fishing) A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
- Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
- Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
- Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.
- grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
noun
- a tame parrot
- an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
- the top of the head
- the counting of votes (as in an election)
- the part of the head between the ears
- A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
- A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice.
- The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
- (now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
- A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
- The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.
- The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
- (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
- A pet parrot.
verb
- get the votes of
- convert into a pollard
- get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
- vote in an election at a polling station
- (transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
- To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
- (transitive) To remove the horns of (an animal).
- To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
- (transitive, computing, communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
- (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
- To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
- (transitive) To cut the hair of (a creature).
- (intransitive, with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
- (law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation
- (intransitive) To vote at an election.
- To impose a tax upon.
- To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
- To pay as one's personal tax.
adj
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive) To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
- (programming slang, Perl) To abort the current program indicating a user or caller error.
- (intransitive) To make a croak sound.
- (intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its vocal sound.
- To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
- (slang) To die.
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
- make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
noun
- Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.
- The name of the Latin script letter J/j.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
- The Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis.
- Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
- crested largely blue bird
noun
noun
noun
- a group of birds
- a group of sheep or goats
- a church congregation guided by a pastor
- an orderly crowd
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
- A lock of wool or hair.
- Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
- A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
- Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
- A large number of people.
- (Christianity) A religious congregation.
- A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
verb
- move as a crowd or in a group
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- (transitive) To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
- (transitive) To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
- (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
- (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
noun
- A group of birds roosting together.
- The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
- (Scotland) The open cross-joists or inner roof of a cottage or living space.
- Synonym of perch (“a position that is secure and advantageous”).
- (Shetland and Orkney) Alternative form of roust (“a strong tide or current”).
- (Australian rules football) A kick which causes the ball to travel a long distance.
- A bedroom.
- a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
- a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
verb
noun
- An act of striking with a beak.
- A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
- Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
- Misspelling of pec.
- One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.
- A small kiss.
- a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
- a light kiss
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
- bite by a bird
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
- To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
- (ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- (regional) To throw.
- (rare) To type in general.
- To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
- To kiss briefly.
- (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- To type by searching for each key individually.
- To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
- eat like a bird
- kiss lightly
- bother persistently with trivial complaints
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- hit lightly with a picking motion
noun
- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- (finance, slang) An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
- (banking, slang) A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
- (sailing, slang) A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
- A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
- Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
- (geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
- (figuratively) A rapacious person.
- (astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
- A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
- (cycling, slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
- (military aviation, slang) An aeroplane or aircraft.
- (British, dialectal) The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
- (US, prison slang) A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- (Egyptology) A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) The stomach; the belly.
- A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
- a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
- a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
- plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
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- To keep ahead of (an enemy) and repeatedly attack it from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
- (intransitive, engineering, nautical) To deflect sideways in the water.
- (ambitransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- (ambitransitive, US, slang, by extension) To steal.
- (ambitransitive, banking, slang) To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move rapidly; to rush.
- (intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
- (intransitive, US, prison slang) To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
- To attack (an enemy) or otherwise cause it to give chase, so as to lead it somewhere (like a kite is led on a string), for example into a trap or ambush or away from its comrades or something it was protecting.
- get credit or money by using a bad check
- soar or fly like a kite
- increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
- fly a kite
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- (falconry) A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.
- (falconry, in the plural) A building or set of buildings where moulting birds are kept.
- The crying sound of a cat; a meow, especially of a kitten.
- The crying sound of a gull or buzzard.
- the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
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- (cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
- A clapstick (musical instrument).
- A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
- (slang) A person's tongue.
- The chattering damsel of a mill.
- (ice hockey) A slapshot
- One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
- (sewing) A pounding block.
- An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
- metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- someone who applauds
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
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- A jolly or peppy person.
- A frolic or romp, some fun.
- Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
- Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
- A prank.
- (by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
- any carefree episode
- North American songbirds having a yellow breast
- a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
- any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
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- shoot down, of birds
- feed with grass
- cover with grass
- give away information about somebody
- spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach
- (transitive or intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.
- (transitive) To feed with grass.
- (transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
- (transitive) To bring to the grass or ground; to land.
- (transitive) To cover with grass or with turf.
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- narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
- street names for marijuana
- bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
- a police informer who implicates many people
- (countable, folk etymology) Asparagus; "sparrowgrass".
- (uncountable) A lawn.
- (uncountable, physics) Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
- (uncountable, slang) Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.
- (uncountable) The outside world, especially in the phrase "touch grass".
- (countable, uncountable) The season of fresh grass; spring or summer.
- (countable, mining) The surface of a mine.
- (countable) Any of the various plants that are not in the family Poaceae that resemble grasses.
- (countable, British, slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
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- (intransitive) Of birds: to make a sudden harsh call.
- (ice-skating, transitive) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.
- To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.
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- react to a decoy, of wildfowl
- grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
- have a bowel movement
- lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
- (agriculture) To ramify; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
- (chiefly medicine) To produce stool: to defecate.
- (horticulture) To cut down (a plant) until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
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- (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
- a simple seat without a back or arms
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- (US, dialect) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
- (horticulture) A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
- (chiefly medicine) Feces, excrement.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland, literally and figuratively) A throne.
- (chiefly medicine) A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling.
- A footstool.
- (nautical) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A seat with a back; a chair.
- (rare) Alternative form of stole (“plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil; stolon.”).
- (West Africa) A royal seat; a chief's throne.
- A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
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- watch and study birds in their natural habitat
- (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
- (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
- (transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- (transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
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- the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- (cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
- (UK, with definite article, chiefly in phrases) Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
- (informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).
- (slang) A man, fellow.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial, by extension) A girlfriend.
- (slang) A prison sentence.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
- (slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
- (slang) An aircraft.
- An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- (slang) A satellite.
- (with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- A yardbird.
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