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- (indefinite personal pronoun) A dummy pronoun used in certain constructions, usually with verbs of receiving (such as get or find) or sensing (such as see or hear), typically stating the existence or typicality of something.
- (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
- (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
- (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
- (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
- (subject pronoun, colloquial) A person's favorite sports team.
- (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
- (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
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- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A reputation.
- (computing) An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An authority; a behalf.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- A person (or legal person).
- a person's reputation
- a well-known or notable person
- by the sanction or authority of
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- family based on male descent
- a language unit by which a person or thing is known
verb
- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- charge with a function; charge to be
- mention and identify by name
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- make reference to
- create and charge with a task or function
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- An object of criticism or ridicule.
- A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
- A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.
- (mathematics, category theory) The codomain of a function; the object at which a morphism points.
- A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
- (sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
- (linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.
- (heraldry) A bearing representing a buckler.
- A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
- (surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
- A goal or objective.
- (cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
- (translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
- (rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
- a reference point to shoot at
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
- the location of the target that is to be hit
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- A title or epithet.
- A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions; especially, such a discussion written by the work's own author.
- An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
- (Christianity) A variable prayer forming the prelude or introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer or canon of the Mass, following the Sursum corda dialogue and leading into the Sanctus.
- a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
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- (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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- (countable, figuratively) An act or disposition of servile obeisance.
- (uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.
- (countable, British, dialectal) A crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”).
- (countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
- A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
- some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
- (intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.
- (intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To act in an obsequious or servile manner.
- show submission or fear
- draw back, as with fear or pain
noun
- A vulgar epithet.
- The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
- A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
- A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
- an evil spell
- an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
- something causing misery or death
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- a severe affliction
verb
- (intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
- To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
- (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
- To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
- (transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
- exclude from a church or a religious community
- utter obscenities or profanities
- heap obscenities upon
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
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- (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
- (comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
- (topology, algebraic topology, of a topological space) That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.
- (in combination) Having a certain number of points.
- (not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
- (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
- having a point
- direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant
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- An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
- A nickname or epithet.
- Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
- A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
- A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
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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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- (slang) To insult, speak ill of.
- (transitive) To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
- (informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
- (transitive) To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
- make concave; shape like a dish
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
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- (baseball, slang) The home plate.
- A hollow place, as in a field.
- (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
- A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
- (slang) A sexually attractive person.
- (slang, uncountable) Gossip.
- The contents of such a vessel.
- (telecommunications) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
- (metonymic) A specific type of prepared food.
- the quantity that a dish will hold
- a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior
- directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- a particular item of prepared food
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- (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
- Short in duration; brief.
- (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
- Very young, of childhood age.
- Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.
- (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
- Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
- Having few members.
- Small in size.
- (of a sibling) Younger.
- Insignificant, trivial.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
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- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- (informal) small and of little importance
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
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- (countable, age regression) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
- Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).
- (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
- (countable, ageplay) The participant who acts out the younger role.
- (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
- (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
- a small amount or duration
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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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- (countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.
- (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- (uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
- (countable, graphical user interface) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
- (countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
- (countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
- (countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
- a sweeping stroke or blow
verb
- (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
- (transitive, informal) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
- (transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.
- (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
- (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- strike with a swiping motion
- make off with belongings of others
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- (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
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- (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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- (slang) A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- (Canada, US) A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
- negative criticism
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
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- (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- (metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
- (transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
- subject to laughter or ridicule
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- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
- defeat thoroughly
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- subject to harsh criticism
- strike as if by whipping
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- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- Whipped cream.
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- A blow administered with a whip.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
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- (figurative) To make damaging claims about (someone or something); to ruin the reputation of (someone or something); to disparage, to insult.
- (informal, originally US) To intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire, especially when committing arson in furtherance of some other criminal act (e.g. insurance fraud or the destruction of evidence).
- To illuminate or provide (a place) with torches (noun etymology 1 sense 1).
- (science fiction) To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (“an engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
- Of a fire: to burn.
- (US, fishing) To catch fish or other aquatic animals by torchlight; to go torch-fishing.
- (UK, dialectal, figurative) To (appear to) flare up like a torch.
- burn maliciously, as by arson
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- A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.
- A spike (“kind of inflorescence”) made up of spikelets.
- A flower which is red or red-orange in colour like a flame.
- A source of enlightenment or guidance.
- (US, slang) An arsonist.
- (chiefly in the plural) The common mullein, great mullein, or torchwort (Verbascum thapsus).
- (chiefly Canada, US) Ellipsis of blowtorch (“a tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame”).
- (by extension) A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.
- In carry, hand on, pass on, take up the torch: a precious cause, principle, tradition, etc., which needs to be protected and transmitted to others.
- (science fiction) Ellipsis of torch drive (“a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
- (by extension, Commonwealth) Ellipsis of electric torch: synonym of flashlight (“a battery-powered hand-held light source”).
- a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
- tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
- a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
- a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
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- a disparaging remark
- a blemish made by dirt
- (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
- Any instance of separate things gradually blending together, such as heartbeats in some medical disorders.
- (music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
- An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.
- (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
- An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
- A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.
- An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
verb
- speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
- utter indistinctly
- become vague or indistinct
- play smoothly or legato
- To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
- To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
- (music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
- To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- To insult or slight.
- To run together; to articulate poorly.
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- An antonym.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- (mathematics) An additive inverse.
- An opponent.
- A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
- a relation of direct opposition
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- a contestant that you are matched against
- a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
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- Facing in the other direction.
- Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
- Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- the other one of a complementary pair
- moving or facing away from each other
- altogether different in nature or quality or significance
- being directly across from each other; facing
- of leaves etc.; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
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- (derogatory) An unpleasant or contemptible person.
- (numismatics) A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own
- (philately) A postage stamp sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries
- (humorous, often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.
- An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
- A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
- a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
- an example regarded as typical of its class
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- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A reputation.
- (computing) An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An authority; a behalf.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- A person (or legal person).
- a person's reputation
- a well-known or notable person
- by the sanction or authority of
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- family based on male descent
- a language unit by which a person or thing is known
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- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- charge with a function; charge to be
- mention and identify by name
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- make reference to
- create and charge with a task or function
noun
- An object of criticism or ridicule.
- A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
- A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.
- (mathematics, category theory) The codomain of a function; the object at which a morphism points.
- A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
- (sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
- (linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.
- (heraldry) A bearing representing a buckler.
- A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
- (surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
- A goal or objective.
- (cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
- (translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
- (rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
- a reference point to shoot at
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
- the location of the target that is to be hit
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noun
- A title or epithet.
- A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions; especially, such a discussion written by the work's own author.
- An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
- (Christianity) A variable prayer forming the prelude or introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer or canon of the Mass, following the Sursum corda dialogue and leading into the Sanctus.
- a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
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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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- A vulgar epithet.
- The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
- A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
- A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
- an evil spell
- an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
- something causing misery or death
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- a severe affliction
verb
- (intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
- To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
- (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
- To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
- (transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
- exclude from a church or a religious community
- utter obscenities or profanities
- heap obscenities upon
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
noun
- An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
- A nickname or epithet.
- Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
- A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
- A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
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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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- (countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.
- (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- (uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
- (countable, graphical user interface) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
- (countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
- (countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
- (countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
- a sweeping stroke or blow
verb
- (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
- (transitive, informal) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
- (transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.
- (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
- (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- strike with a swiping motion
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- (slang) A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- (Canada, US) A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
- negative criticism
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
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- (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- (metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
- (transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
- subject to laughter or ridicule
noun
- a disparaging remark
- a blemish made by dirt
- (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
- Any instance of separate things gradually blending together, such as heartbeats in some medical disorders.
- (music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
- An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.
- (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
- An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
- A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.
- An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
verb
- speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
- utter indistinctly
- become vague or indistinct
- play smoothly or legato
- To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
- To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
- (music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
- To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- To insult or slight.
- To run together; to articulate poorly.
noun
- An antonym.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- (mathematics) An additive inverse.
- An opponent.
- A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
- a relation of direct opposition
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- a contestant that you are matched against
- a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
adj
- Facing in the other direction.
- Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
- Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- the other one of a complementary pair
- moving or facing away from each other
- altogether different in nature or quality or significance
- being directly across from each other; facing
- of leaves etc.; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
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noun
- (derogatory) An unpleasant or contemptible person.
- (numismatics) A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own
- (philately) A postage stamp sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries
- (humorous, often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.
- An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
- A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
- a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
- an example regarded as typical of its class
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- (slang) To insult, speak ill of.
- (transitive) To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
- (informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
- (transitive) To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
- make concave; shape like a dish
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
noun
- (baseball, slang) The home plate.
- A hollow place, as in a field.
- (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
- A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
- (slang) A sexually attractive person.
- (slang, uncountable) Gossip.
- The contents of such a vessel.
- (telecommunications) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
- (metonymic) A specific type of prepared food.
- the quantity that a dish will hold
- a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior
- directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- a particular item of prepared food
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, 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
verb
- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
- defeat thoroughly
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- subject to harsh criticism
- strike as if by whipping
noun
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- Whipped cream.
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- A blow administered with a whip.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
verb
- (figurative) To make damaging claims about (someone or something); to ruin the reputation of (someone or something); to disparage, to insult.
- (informal, originally US) To intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire, especially when committing arson in furtherance of some other criminal act (e.g. insurance fraud or the destruction of evidence).
- To illuminate or provide (a place) with torches (noun etymology 1 sense 1).
- (science fiction) To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (“an engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
- Of a fire: to burn.
- (US, fishing) To catch fish or other aquatic animals by torchlight; to go torch-fishing.
- (UK, dialectal, figurative) To (appear to) flare up like a torch.
- burn maliciously, as by arson
noun
- A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.
- A spike (“kind of inflorescence”) made up of spikelets.
- A flower which is red or red-orange in colour like a flame.
- A source of enlightenment or guidance.
- (US, slang) An arsonist.
- (chiefly in the plural) The common mullein, great mullein, or torchwort (Verbascum thapsus).
- (chiefly Canada, US) Ellipsis of blowtorch (“a tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame”).
- (by extension) A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.
- In carry, hand on, pass on, take up the torch: a precious cause, principle, tradition, etc., which needs to be protected and transmitted to others.
- (science fiction) Ellipsis of torch drive (“a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
- (by extension, Commonwealth) Ellipsis of electric torch: synonym of flashlight (“a battery-powered hand-held light source”).
- a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
- tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
- a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
- a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
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adj
- (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
- (comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
- (topology, algebraic topology, of a topological space) That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.
- (in combination) Having a certain number of points.
- (not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
- (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
- having a point
- direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant
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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
verb
adj
- (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
- Short in duration; brief.
- (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
- Very young, of childhood age.
- Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.
- (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
- Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
- Having few members.
- Small in size.
- (of a sibling) Younger.
- Insignificant, trivial.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- lowercase
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- (informal) small and of little importance
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
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- (countable, age regression) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
- Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).
- (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
- (countable, ageplay) The participant who acts out the younger role.
- (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
- (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
- a small amount or duration