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- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
verb
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
verb
- (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
- To define the scope of something.
- (informal) To examine under a microscope.
- (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
- (medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
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- (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
- (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
- The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
- (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
- Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.
- (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- Ellipsis of any word ending in -scope, such as endoscope, periscope, telescope, microscope, oscilloscope, and so on.
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a magnifier of images of distant objects
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
noun
- (birdwatching) A birdwatcher who keeps track of birds using different checklists.
- Alternative form of leister (“fish spear”).
- A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.
- One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.
- A double-mouldboard plough that throws a deep furrow and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.
- moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
- assessor who makes out the tax lists
noun
- (birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.
- A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
- A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.
- A beer drinker who aims to try as many different beers as possible and keeps a record of all the beers they have drunk.
- (slang) A watch (timepiece).
- One who makes a tick mark.
- (slang) A heart, especially a human one.
- a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- a small portable timepiece
noun
- (birdwatching) Information about the location of a bird.
- (slang) A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Information.
- (informal) A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years).
- (informal, in combination) A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.
- Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”).
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.
- informal term for information
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- (transitive, birdwatching) To make an observation of (a bird species).
- (transitive) To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- (transitive) To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- (transitive) To possess, own.
- (transitive) To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- (transitive) Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- (transitive) To give birth to.
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- (informal, usually passive) To obtain.
- (transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- (transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is a small clause.)
- (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- (transitive) To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- (transitive) To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- (transitive) To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- (dated outside Ireland, transitive) To be able to speak (a language).
- (transitive, in the negative, often in continuous tenses) To allow; to tolerate.
- (British, slang, transitive) To defeat in a fight; take.
- (transitive) To experience, go through, undergo.
- (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
- (British, slang, transitive) To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- (transitive) To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- (transitive) To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- undergo
- achieve a point or goal
- have as a feature
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- get something; come into possession of
- be confronted with
- have a personal or business relationship with someone
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- have ownership or possession of
- receive willingly something given or offered
- cause to be born
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- suffer from; be ill with
- organize or be responsible for
- have sex with; archaic use
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- (birdwatching) Of a bird, located so that it may be travelled to and viewed.
- (birdwatching) Of an observation, good enough to ensure correct identification and therefore allow the bird to be added to a list of observed birds.
- (programming, PHP) Of a program instruction: counted for the purpose of generating periodic signals every few instructions.
- That can be ticked; capable of being marked with a tick or check mark.
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- (birdwatching) The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
- The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
- An act or process of immersing.
- (US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
- The act of inclining downward.
- The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
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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.
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.
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- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
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- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
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- (birdwatching, derogatory) A birder who has expensive clothing and equipment, but scant knowledge of birds, their fieldmarks, habits, etc.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
- (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
- (slang) A tourist.
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- an informal form of address for a man
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- (birdwatching, colloquial) A sandpiper or other small wader.
- A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
- The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
- A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- A feeble utterance or complaint.
- Alternative letter-case form of Peep
- (British, slang) A person.
- A peepshow.
- The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
- a secret look
- the short weak cry of a young bird
verb
- To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
- To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To see, uncover.
- (intransitive) To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
- (transitive, slang) To take a look at; check out.
- appear as though from hiding
- look furtively
- make high-pitched sounds
- cause to come into view
- speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice
verb
- (birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
- To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.
- (intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
- (informal, intransitive) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
- To make a tick or checkmark.
- (transitive) To give tick; to trust.
- To strike gently; to pat.
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- sew
noun
- (birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
- A slight speck.
- A tap or light touch.
- A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
- (ornithology) A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).
- (UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.
- (video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
- (Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
- (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
- A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
- (uncountable) Ticking.
- A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
- (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
- (gaming) Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
- A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
- a metallic tapping sound
- any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
- a light mattress
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
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- (birdwatching, US) Clipping of sharp-shinned hawk.
- A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.
- (Australia) A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
- (US) A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
- (US, regional) A knowledgeable fisherman.
- (colloquial) An alert person.
- (birdwatching, Australia, New Zealand) Clipping of sharp-tailed sandpiper.
- (US) A swindler.
- a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- an alert and energetic person
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- (birdwatching) A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.
- (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
- Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
- A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.
- (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
- A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
- A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
- (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
- (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
- (carpentry) The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
- Someone who strings someone along.
- a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
- a member of a squad on a team
- brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull
- a worker who strings
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- (countable, informal, UK, birdwatching) A redshank.
- (countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
- (countable) Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
- (countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
- (derogatory, offensive) An American Indian.
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (countable and uncountable) Red wine.
- (slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
- (countable, informal) A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel.
- (informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
- (Ireland, UK, beverages, informal) Red lemonade
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
- (informal) A red light (a traffic signal)
- (slang, uncountable) Tomato ketchup.
- red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
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- (particle physics) Of a red color charge.
- (of a dog or its coat) Having a brown color.
- (of the skin) Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
- (card games, of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)
- Of a red hue.
- (astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations.
- (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
- (US politics) The U.S. Republican Party.
- Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
- (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
- of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
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- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
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- (colloquial, birdwatching) Ellipsis of sandpiper.
- (uncountable, figurative) "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom):
- (uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
- (countable) A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
- Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
- (countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
- An excuse for tears.
- A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
- (countable, often in the plural) A beach or other mass of sand.
- (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- fortitude and determination
- a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
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- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
verb
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- (birdwatching) A birdwatcher who keeps track of birds using different checklists.
- Alternative form of leister (“fish spear”).
- A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.
- One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.
- A double-mouldboard plough that throws a deep furrow and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.
- moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
- assessor who makes out the tax lists
noun
- (birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.
- A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
- A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.
- A beer drinker who aims to try as many different beers as possible and keeps a record of all the beers they have drunk.
- (slang) A watch (timepiece).
- One who makes a tick mark.
- (slang) A heart, especially a human one.
- a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- a small portable timepiece
noun
- (birdwatching) Information about the location of a bird.
- (slang) A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Information.
- (informal) A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years).
- (informal, in combination) A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.
- Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”).
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.
- informal term for information
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- (birdwatching) The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
- The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
- An act or process of immersing.
- (US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
- The act of inclining downward.
- The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
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noun
verb
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
noun
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
noun
- (birdwatching, derogatory) A birder who has expensive clothing and equipment, but scant knowledge of birds, their fieldmarks, habits, etc.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
- (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
- (slang) A tourist.
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- an informal form of address for a man
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noun
- (birdwatching, colloquial) A sandpiper or other small wader.
- A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
- The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
- A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- A feeble utterance or complaint.
- Alternative letter-case form of Peep
- (British, slang) A person.
- A peepshow.
- The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
- a secret look
- the short weak cry of a young bird
verb
- To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
- To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To see, uncover.
- (intransitive) To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
- (transitive, slang) To take a look at; check out.
- appear as though from hiding
- look furtively
- make high-pitched sounds
- cause to come into view
- speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice
noun
- (birdwatching, US) Clipping of sharp-shinned hawk.
- A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.
- (Australia) A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
- (US) A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
- (US, regional) A knowledgeable fisherman.
- (colloquial) An alert person.
- (birdwatching, Australia, New Zealand) Clipping of sharp-tailed sandpiper.
- (US) A swindler.
- a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- an alert and energetic person
verb
- (birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
- To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.
- (intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
- (informal, intransitive) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
- To make a tick or checkmark.
- (transitive) To give tick; to trust.
- To strike gently; to pat.
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- sew
noun
- (birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
- A slight speck.
- A tap or light touch.
- A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
- (ornithology) A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).
- (UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.
- (video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
- (Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
- (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
- A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
- (uncountable) Ticking.
- A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
- (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
- (gaming) Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
- A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
- a metallic tapping sound
- any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
- a light mattress
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
noun
- (birdwatching) A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.
- (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
- Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
- A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.
- (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
- A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
- A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
- (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
- (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
- (carpentry) The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
- Someone who strings someone along.
- a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
- a member of a squad on a team
- brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull
- a worker who strings
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- (countable, informal, UK, birdwatching) A redshank.
- (countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
- (countable) Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
- (countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
- (derogatory, offensive) An American Indian.
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (countable and uncountable) Red wine.
- (slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
- (countable, informal) A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel.
- (informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
- (Ireland, UK, beverages, informal) Red lemonade
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
- (informal) A red light (a traffic signal)
- (slang, uncountable) Tomato ketchup.
- red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
adj
- (particle physics) Of a red color charge.
- (of a dog or its coat) Having a brown color.
- (of the skin) Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
- (card games, of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)
- Of a red hue.
- (astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations.
- (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
- (US politics) The U.S. Republican Party.
- Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
- (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
- of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
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- (colloquial, birdwatching) Ellipsis of sandpiper.
- (uncountable, figurative) "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom):
- (uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
- (countable) A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
- Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
- (countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
- An excuse for tears.
- A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
- (countable, often in the plural) A beach or other mass of sand.
- (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- fortitude and determination
- a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
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- (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
- To define the scope of something.
- (informal) To examine under a microscope.
- (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
- (medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
noun
- (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
- (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
- The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
- (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
- Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.
- (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- Ellipsis of any word ending in -scope, such as endoscope, periscope, telescope, microscope, oscilloscope, and so on.
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a magnifier of images of distant objects
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
verb
- (transitive, birdwatching) To make an observation of (a bird species).
- (transitive) To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- (transitive) To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- (transitive) To possess, own.
- (transitive) To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- (transitive) Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- (transitive) To give birth to.
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- (informal, usually passive) To obtain.
- (transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- (transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is a small clause.)
- (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- (transitive) To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- (transitive) To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- (transitive) To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- (dated outside Ireland, transitive) To be able to speak (a language).
- (transitive, in the negative, often in continuous tenses) To allow; to tolerate.
- (British, slang, transitive) To defeat in a fight; take.
- (transitive) To experience, go through, undergo.
- (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
- (British, slang, transitive) To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- (transitive) To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- (transitive) To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- undergo
- achieve a point or goal
- have as a feature
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- get something; come into possession of
- be confronted with
- have a personal or business relationship with someone
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- have ownership or possession of
- receive willingly something given or offered
- cause to be born
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- suffer from; be ill with
- organize or be responsible for
- have sex with; archaic use
noun
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.
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verb
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
noun
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
noun
- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
verb
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
verb
- (birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
- To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.
- (intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
- (informal, intransitive) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
- To make a tick or checkmark.
- (transitive) To give tick; to trust.
- To strike gently; to pat.
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- sew
noun
- (birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
- A slight speck.
- A tap or light touch.
- A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
- (ornithology) A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).
- (UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.
- (video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
- (Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
- (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
- A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
- (uncountable) Ticking.
- A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
- (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
- (gaming) Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
- A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
- a metallic tapping sound
- any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
- a light mattress
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
verb
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
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adj
- (birdwatching) Of a bird, located so that it may be travelled to and viewed.
- (birdwatching) Of an observation, good enough to ensure correct identification and therefore allow the bird to be added to a list of observed birds.
- (programming, PHP) Of a program instruction: counted for the purpose of generating periodic signals every few instructions.
- That can be ticked; capable of being marked with a tick or check mark.