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verb
- make a sudden physical attack on
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- rise in rank or status
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- increase suddenly and significantly
- cause to jump or leap
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- enter eagerly into
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- jump down from an elevated point
- be highly noticeable
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- run off or leave the rails
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- bypass
- (intransitive, slang) To commit suicide.
- (intransitive, biology, of DNA) To switch locations on chromosomes.
- (transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- (transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
- (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- (transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- (transitive) To cause to jump.
- (cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- (intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
- (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (transitive) To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive, figurative) To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
noun
- a sudden involuntary movement
- descent with a parachute
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
- (film) Clipping of jump cut.
- (slang) Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- (sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- (US, informal, automotive) Ellipsis of jump-start.
- (theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- (with on) An early start or an advantage.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- (programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- (physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
verb
- strike suddenly and with force
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- cook or heat in a microwave oven
- kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
- To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
- (slang, transitive) To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame.
- (slang, transitive) To enliven.
- (intransitive) To make a zap sound.
- (slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).
- (Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.
- (slang, transitive) To do away with something.
- (slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
- To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
- (slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
- To participate in a zap (protest) against.
- (US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
- (slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
noun
- a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
- A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
- (slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
- (colloquial) An electric shock.
- (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
intj
verb
- attack forcefully
- propel or hit with force
- beat with force
- (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.
- strike violently
- (transitive, sports slang) To defeat or overcome in a match.
- To compete in a poetry slam.
- (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- (transitive, sex, slang, vulgar) To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.
- (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- (transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly.
- (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
- (ambitransitive, drugs, slang) To inject intravenously; shoot up.
- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
- (ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
- (informal, US) To occupy and busy with a high workload.
- (transitive, telecommunications) To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
- (transitive, slang) To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
- close violently
- dance the slam dance
- throw violently
noun
- (countable, sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
- (uncountable, UK, dialect) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.
- (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
- (countable, tennis) One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
- (countable, card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- (music, uncountable) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.
- A slambook.
- (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
- (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
- A poetry slam.
- (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
- a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
noun
- A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
- A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
- (singular only, law) The tort whose action is such an act.
- (crime law) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
- (fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
- (tort law) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
- (singular only, law) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
- close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
- a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
verb
verb
- To strike sharply.
- strike sharply
- To speak crisply or sharply.
- To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
- (specifically, especially archaeology) To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.
- (figurative) To say (something) crisply or sharply.
- (intransitive) To take a small, quick bite.
- Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
- To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
- (transitive) To take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.
- To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
- To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
- break a small piece off from
noun
- A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
- A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
- (agriculture) Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”).
- The crest or top of a hill.
- The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
verb
- To violently disrupt.
- To react violently; to throw a fit.
- To completely upset or excite people, generating a huge reaction.
- To exceed a record by a very large margin.
- To be extremely loud.
- To give a great performance that causes the audience to go wild with enthusiasm.
- To react with great excitement; to go wild.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, roof, off.
verb
- attack suddenly
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- act at high speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
noun
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
adj
verb
adj
- wild and menacing
- without civilizing influences
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- marked by extreme and violent energy
- (US, slang) Severe, rude, aggressive.
- Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
- Barbaric; not civilized.
- (Ireland, US, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.
- Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication.
- (slang) Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way.
- Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
- (UK, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
- Fierce and ferocious.
noun
verb
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- exert a force with a heavy weight
- exert a force or cause a strain upon
- exert full strength
- pay special attention to
- contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
- (transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
- (intransitive) To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers.
- (intransitive) To intensify one's efforts.
- (nautical) To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
- (intransitive, with on) To approach in a determined manner.
verb
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- demand payment
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- move quickly and violently
- direct into a position for use
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- make an accusatory claim
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- instruct or command with authority
- fill or load to capacity
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- saturate
- file a formal charge against
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- (transitive, chiefly US) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
- (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- To impute or ascribe.
- (transitive, property law) To mortgage (a property).
- (transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
- (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- (transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
- (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
- (heraldry) To add to or represent on.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- (transitive, criminal law, law enforcement) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- (intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.
- To ornament with or cause to bear.
- (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
- (transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
- (ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
noun
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- the price charged for some article or service
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- request for payment of a debt
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- a person committed to your care
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- A load or burden; cargo.
- (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An instruction.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- (firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- (electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.
- (by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
- (property law) A mortgage.
verb
- attack viciously and ferociously
- throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- (transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
noun
- a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
- A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
- A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
- (chiefly UK, sometimes capitalized) The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.
- (UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
- Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
- A stubborn or determined person.
- (US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
- The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
- (professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
verb
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
noun
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
verb
adv
verb
- attack by storm; attack suddenly
- behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
- rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning
- take by force
- blow hard
- (figurative, often poetic) To assault or gain control or power over (someone's heart, mind, etc.).
- To be exposed to harsh (especially cold) weather.
- (chiefly military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
- (British, dialectal, agriculture) To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.
- (by extension, especially in command economies) To catch up (on production output) by making frenzied or herculean efforts.
- To be in a violent temper; to use harsh language; to fume, to rage.
- To disturb or trouble (someone).
- (by extension, chiefly military) To move quickly in the course of an assault on a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.
- To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun etymology 1 sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.
- Of the weather: to be violent, with strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
- To use (harsh language).
- To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.
- (impersonal, chiefly US) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
noun
- a violent commotion or disturbance
- a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
- a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
- A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).
- (Canada, US, chiefly in the plural) Ellipsis of storm window (“a second window (originally detachable) attached on the exterior side of a window in climates with harsh winters, to add an insulating layer of still air between the outside and inside”).
- A violent agitation of human society; a domestic, civil, or political commotion.
- (pathology) Chiefly with a qualifying word: a violent attack of diease, pain, physiological reactions, symptoms, etc.; a paroxysm.
- (military) A violent assault on a fortified position or stronghold.
- (by extension) Synonym of cyclone (“a weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure”).
- (meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm").
- (by extension) A heavy fall of precipitation (hail, rain, or snow) or bout of lightning and thunder without strong winds; a hail storm, rainstorm, snowstorm, or thunderstorm.
- A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.
- Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
verb
- attack by storm; attack suddenly
- (transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
- come upon or take unawares
- cause to be surprised
- (intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
- (transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
- (transitive) To take unawares.
- (intransitive) To cause surprise.
noun
intj
verb
- strike violently and repeatedly
- cover with liquid before cooking
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- (transitive) To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
- (transitive) To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
- (transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
- (transitive, by extension) To coat over something.
noun
verb
- strike violently and repeatedly
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- strike against forcefully
- make a dent or impression in
- (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
- (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
- (figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
- (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
noun
- (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
- A paste of clay or loam.
- (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- (architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
- (countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
- (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- (countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
- (cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
- (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
- (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
verb
noun
verb
- strike violently
- to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
- close violently
- have sexual intercourse with
- move noisily
- leap, jerk, bang
- (slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To inject intravenously.
- (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
- (US, slang) To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity.
- (New England, slang, intransitive) To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.
- (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
- (ambitransitive) To hit hard.
- (Nigeria, slang) To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.
- (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent; to be banging
- (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
noun
- a conspicuous success
- a sudden very loud noise
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- a vigorous blow
- (chiefly US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
- (slang, mining) An explosive product.
- A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
- (Ireland, colloquial, slang) strong smell (of)
- (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
- (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
- An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
- A sudden percussive noise.
- (slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
- (slang) A thrill.
- An explosion.
adv
intj
verb
noun
adj
intj
verb
- attack suddenly and without warning
- (intransitive, American football) To perform a blitz.
- (transitive, informal) To do something quickly or in one session.
- (transitive, cooking) To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
- (transitive) To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
noun
- a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
- (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line
- (countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
- (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
- (countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
- (cooking) The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.
- (fishing) An occurrence in which large numbers of fish, typically striped bass or bluefish, feed on a school of baitfish, typically one in which the occurrence can be seen from the surface.
- (uncountable, chess) Ellipsis of blitz chess.
verb
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- To move quickly and violently.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- move or stir about violently
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
adv
conj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
verb
intj
noun
noun
verb
verb
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
adj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
verb
adj
noun
- (boxing) A punch.
- A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
- (baseball) A good defensive play
- (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
- Clipping of fruit leather.
- (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
- A piece of the above used for polishing.
- an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
verb
- strike against forcefully
- strike, beat repeatedly
- (transitive, figurative) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
- (transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
- (intransitive) To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.
- To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
- To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
noun
- usually inexpensive bar
- a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
- (aviation, uncountable) The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
- (countable) A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
- A small low stool; a hassock.
- A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
verb
- strike against forcefully
- be around; be alive or active
- (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
- To move or roam around aimlessly.
- (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.
- (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
- (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
- (transitive) To knock back a drink; to finish a drink.
noun
- A sudden attack; a disturbance.
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- A device intended to warn or give notice of approaching danger.
- A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
- An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
- a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
verb
- (transitive, of a device) To produce a warning of approaching danger or necessary action; to emit a signal intended to rouse a recipient to vigilance or put them on the alert.
- (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
- (transitive) To call to arms for defense.
- (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
- (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
verb
adj
noun
- (xiangqi) A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.
- (US, slang) A pickpocket.
- Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
- (military, chiefly aviation) An autocannon.
- A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar, which may include muzzle appendages.
- (historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
- (fandom slang) Misspelling of canon.
- (historical) A cylindrical item of plate armor protecting the arm, particularly one of a pair of such cylinders worn with a couter, the upper cannon protecting the upper arm and the lower cannon protecting the forearm.
- (baseball, figuratively, informal) The arm of a player who can throw well.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A carom.
- (cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
- A cannon bit.
- (engineering) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
- A bone of a horse’s leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
- (printing, uncountable) Alternative form of canon (“a large size of type”).
- a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
- heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
- (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
- heavy gun fired from a tank
- a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
- lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
intj
noun
verb
noun
- a sudden uncontrollable attack
- a violent disturbance
- violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles
- a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval
- Violent turmoil.
- (medicine) An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
- Hysteric in nature.
- An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.
noun
- a sudden uncontrollable attack
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- a display of bad temper
- the manner in which something fits
- (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
- (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
- Conformity of elements one to another.
- (statistics) Goodness of fit.
- A sudden burst (of an activity).
- (slang) An outfit, a set of clothing.
- The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
- A seizure or convulsion.
- (advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
- A sudden outburst of emotion.
- The degree to which something fits.
adj
- physically and mentally sound or healthy
- meeting adequate standards for a purpose
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- Suitable; proper
- Adapted to a purpose or environment.
- In good shape; physically well.
- (British, informal, chiefly slang) Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
verb
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- make fit
- insert or adjust several objects or people
- make correspond or harmonize
- conform to some shape or size
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
- (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
- (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
- (transitive) To make ready.
- To be proper or becoming.
- (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
- (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
- (intransitive) To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
- (transitive) To equip or supply.
- (intransitive) To be in harmony.
- (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
- (transitive) To be suitable for.
- (transitive) To be in agreement with.
noun
- a sudden uncontrollable attack
- (uncountable, rare) Disastrous or sudden change.
- (countable) Chiefly followed by of: a sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling; also, the most severe part of an activity or incident; the climax.
- (countable, chiefly geology) A violent occurrence of a natural phenomenon, such as an earthquake, thunderstorm, or volcanic eruption; specifically (volcanology), the most explosive event during a series of volcanic eruptions.
- (countable, medicine) A period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; a sudden attack of a disease symptom, such as a bout of coughing or a seizure.
verb
- To attack again or anew.
- (transitive) To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
- (intransitive) To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
- (transitive) To reload a gun with ammunition.
- To charge or accuse in return.
- (transitive) To request payment again from.
- (transitive) To add or restore water to an aquifer.
- charge anew
- load anew
noun
verb
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
adj
noun
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
pron
verb
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- hit violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- hit with great force
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- humiliate or depress completely
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- reduce to bankruptcy
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
- (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
- (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
- (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
noun
- a conspicuous success
- the act of colliding with something
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a vigorous blow
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
- (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
- (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- A mashed foodstuff.
adv
verb
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To play hackeysack.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- (transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- (transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
- (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- (intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
- (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- (intransitive) To cough noisily.
- (equestrianism) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
- (ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- significantly cut up a manuscript
- cut with a hacking tool
- kick on the shins
- cut away
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- cough spasmodically
- fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- kick on the arms
intj
noun
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- A hacking blow.
- (derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- (military, slang) An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- (derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.
- A tool for chopping.
- A dry cough.
- (slang, military) Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- (computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- (politics, slightly derogatory) A political agitator.
- (computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- (derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- (derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A practical joke that showcases cleverness and creativity.
- (falconry) A board upon which the falcon's food is placed; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- (computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A hearse.
- (slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).
- (ice hockey) The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- A grating in a mill race.
- (informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- (uncountable, slang, naval) Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- (UK, student politics, derogatory) A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
- (computing, slang) The illegal accessing of a computer network.
- a horse kept for hire
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- an old or over-worked horse
- a mediocre and disdained writer
adj
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
adv
noun
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.
- (intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.
- (transitive) To stamp holes in; to perforate.
- (intransitive) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
- (transitive) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
- (transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
- move down on as if in an attack
noun
- A sudden leaping attack.
- (historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
- (mining) Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
- (historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
- Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
- A punch or stamp.
- the act of pouncing
verb
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
- (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
- (transitive) Of a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.).
- (chiefly poetic or religion) Chiefly in the form descend into (or within) oneself: to mentally enter a state of (deep) meditation or thought; to retire.
- (transitive) To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
- Of a physical thing (such as a cloud or storm) or a (generally negative) immaterial thing (such as darkness, gloom, or silence): to settle upon and start to affect a person or place.
- In speech or writing: to proceed from one matter to another; especially, to pass from more general or important to specific or less important matters to be considered.
- (music) To pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch.
- (mathematics) Of a sequence or series: to proceed from higher to lower values.
- To come or go down, or reduce, in intensity or some other quality.
- (intransitive, chiefly law) Of property, a right, etc.: to pass down to a generation, a person, etc., by inheritance.
- To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.
- Chiefly followed by into or to: of a situation: to become worse; to decline, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive) To slope or stretch downwards.
- (astronomy) Of a celestial body: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, to move towards the south.
- (intransitive) Of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child.
- (intransitive, often passive voice) Chiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to arrive suddenly or unexpectedly, especially in a manner that causes disruption or inconvenience.
- (biology, physiology) Of a body part: to move downwards, especially during development of the embryo; specifically, of the testes of a mammal: to move downwards from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum.
- (astrology) Of a zodiac sign: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, of a planet: to move to a place where it has less astrological significance.
- (intransitive, chiefly historical) To alight from a carriage, a horse, etc.; also, to disembark from a vessel; to land.
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- come as if by falling
verb
- strike sharply
- talk volubly
- perform rap music
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- To utter quickly and sharply.
- (transitive) To seize and carry off.
- (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
- (informal, intransitive) To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
- to rappel
- (transitive) To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
- (ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
- (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
noun
- genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- voluble conversation
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a gentle blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
- (slang, with definite article) The blame for something.
- (Australia, informal) A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
- A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
- (music, uncountable) Rap music.
- (historical) Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
- (Australia, informal) An appraisal.
- (US, law enforcement) Acronym of record of arrest and prosecution.
- (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
- (informal) A casual talk.
- (countable, slang) A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- A whit; a jot.
- A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.
verb
- To move or push suddenly and violently.
- (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (slang, intransitive) To be emphatically excellent.
- (chess, transitive) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
- (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
- (transitive, slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
- (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
- (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- (reflexive, informal) To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity.
- (intransitive, cycling) To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
- (transitive, Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
- (computing, transitive) To reset (a watchdog timer).
- (intransitive) To show opposition or resistance.
- (printing, historical) To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
- (intransitive) To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
- strike with the foot
- thrash about or strike out with the feet
- spring back, as from a forceful thrust
- kick a leg up
- stop consuming
- drive or propel with the foot
- make a goal
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
noun
- An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
- (colloquial) A shoe.
- The action of swinging a foot or leg.
- (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
- (uncountable and countable) A pungent or spicy flavour; piquancy.
- (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
- (computer hardware) The act of restarting or resetting a watchdog timer.
- (informal) A pocket.
- (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
- A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
- A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
- (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
- (music) Clipping of kickdrum; a 808.
- (film, television) Synonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”).
- (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing; a pleasure; a thrill.
- The recoil of a gun.
- the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
- informal terms for objecting
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
- a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
- the act of delivering a blow with the foot
verb
- To behave violently; to rage.
- (Australia, slang, transitive) To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
- To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.
- (slang, transitive) To swindle or rob violently.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.
- behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
- stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing
- furnish with a ramp
- creep up — used especially of plants
- be rampant
noun
- (Australia, slang) A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
- A scale of values.
- (slang) A deliberate swindle or fraud.
- A speed bump.
- An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
- (aviation) A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers.
- (skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
- (cricket) A way of hitting a boundary by facing the bat face front and pushing with force to launch the ball. 100% of it done against pace.
- (slang) An act of violent robbery.
- Any of species Allium tricoccum of plants related to the onion; a wild leek.
- A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp.
- (aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.
- An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
- (Appalachia, derogatory) A worthless person.
- A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.
- (aviation) A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac).
- a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
- North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers
- an inclined surface connecting two levels
verb
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- secure or lock with a bolt
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
adv
noun
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
noun
- A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
- A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
- (singular only, law) The tort whose action is such an act.
- (crime law) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
- (fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
- (tort law) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
- (singular only, law) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
- close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
- a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A sudden attack; a disturbance.
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- A device intended to warn or give notice of approaching danger.
- A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
- An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
- a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
verb
- (transitive, of a device) To produce a warning of approaching danger or necessary action; to emit a signal intended to rouse a recipient to vigilance or put them on the alert.
- (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
- (transitive) To call to arms for defense.
- (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
- (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
noun
- a sudden uncontrollable attack
- a violent disturbance
- violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles
- a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval
- Violent turmoil.
- (medicine) An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.
- Hysteric in nature.
- An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.
noun
- a sudden uncontrollable attack
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- a display of bad temper
- the manner in which something fits
- (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
- (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
- Conformity of elements one to another.
- (statistics) Goodness of fit.
- A sudden burst (of an activity).
- (slang) An outfit, a set of clothing.
- The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
- A seizure or convulsion.
- (advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
- A sudden outburst of emotion.
- The degree to which something fits.
adj
- physically and mentally sound or healthy
- meeting adequate standards for a purpose
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- Suitable; proper
- Adapted to a purpose or environment.
- In good shape; physically well.
- (British, informal, chiefly slang) Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
verb
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- make fit
- insert or adjust several objects or people
- make correspond or harmonize
- conform to some shape or size
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
- (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
- (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
- (transitive) To make ready.
- To be proper or becoming.
- (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
- (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
- (intransitive) To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
- (transitive) To equip or supply.
- (intransitive) To be in harmony.
- (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
- (transitive) To be suitable for.
- (transitive) To be in agreement with.
noun
- a sudden uncontrollable attack
- (uncountable, rare) Disastrous or sudden change.
- (countable) Chiefly followed by of: a sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling; also, the most severe part of an activity or incident; the climax.
- (countable, chiefly geology) A violent occurrence of a natural phenomenon, such as an earthquake, thunderstorm, or volcanic eruption; specifically (volcanology), the most explosive event during a series of volcanic eruptions.
- (countable, medicine) A period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; a sudden attack of a disease symptom, such as a bout of coughing or a seizure.
verb
- (intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.
- (intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.
- (transitive) To stamp holes in; to perforate.
- (intransitive) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
- (transitive) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
- (transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
- move down on as if in an attack
noun
- A sudden leaping attack.
- (historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
- (mining) Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
- (historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
- Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
- A punch or stamp.
- the act of pouncing
verb
- attack suddenly
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- act at high speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
noun
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
adj
verb
- make a sudden physical attack on
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- rise in rank or status
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- increase suddenly and significantly
- cause to jump or leap
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- enter eagerly into
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- jump down from an elevated point
- be highly noticeable
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- run off or leave the rails
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- bypass
- (intransitive, slang) To commit suicide.
- (intransitive, biology, of DNA) To switch locations on chromosomes.
- (transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- (transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
- (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- (transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- (transitive) To cause to jump.
- (cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- (intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
- (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (transitive) To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive, figurative) To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
noun
- a sudden involuntary movement
- descent with a parachute
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
- (film) Clipping of jump cut.
- (slang) Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- (sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- (US, informal, automotive) Ellipsis of jump-start.
- (theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- (with on) An early start or an advantage.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- (programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- (physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
verb
- strike suddenly and with force
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- cook or heat in a microwave oven
- kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
- To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
- (slang, transitive) To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame.
- (slang, transitive) To enliven.
- (intransitive) To make a zap sound.
- (slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).
- (Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.
- (slang, transitive) To do away with something.
- (slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
- To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
- (slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
- To participate in a zap (protest) against.
- (US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
- (slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
noun
- a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
- A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
- (slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
- (colloquial) An electric shock.
- (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
intj
verb
- attack forcefully
- propel or hit with force
- beat with force
- (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.
- strike violently
- (transitive, sports slang) To defeat or overcome in a match.
- To compete in a poetry slam.
- (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- (transitive, sex, slang, vulgar) To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.
- (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- (transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly.
- (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
- (ambitransitive, drugs, slang) To inject intravenously; shoot up.
- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
- (ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
- (informal, US) To occupy and busy with a high workload.
- (transitive, telecommunications) To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
- (transitive, slang) To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
- close violently
- dance the slam dance
- throw violently
noun
- (countable, sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
- (uncountable, UK, dialect) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.
- (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
- (countable, tennis) One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
- (countable, card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- (music, uncountable) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.
- A slambook.
- (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
- (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
- A poetry slam.
- (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
- a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
verb
- To strike sharply.
- strike sharply
- To speak crisply or sharply.
- To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
- (specifically, especially archaeology) To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.
- (figurative) To say (something) crisply or sharply.
- (intransitive) To take a small, quick bite.
- Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
- To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
- (transitive) To take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.
- To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
- To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
- break a small piece off from
noun
- A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
- A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
- (agriculture) Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”).
- The crest or top of a hill.
- The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
verb
- To violently disrupt.
- To react violently; to throw a fit.
- To completely upset or excite people, generating a huge reaction.
- To exceed a record by a very large margin.
- To be extremely loud.
- To give a great performance that causes the audience to go wild with enthusiasm.
- To react with great excitement; to go wild.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, roof, off.
verb
- attack suddenly
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- act at high speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
noun
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
adj
verb
adj
- wild and menacing
- without civilizing influences
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- marked by extreme and violent energy
- (US, slang) Severe, rude, aggressive.
- Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
- Barbaric; not civilized.
- (Ireland, US, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.
- Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication.
- (slang) Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way.
- Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
- (UK, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
- Fierce and ferocious.
noun
verb
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- exert a force with a heavy weight
- exert a force or cause a strain upon
- exert full strength
- pay special attention to
- contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
- (transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
- (intransitive) To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers.
- (intransitive) To intensify one's efforts.
- (nautical) To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
- (intransitive, with on) To approach in a determined manner.
verb
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- demand payment
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- move quickly and violently
- direct into a position for use
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- make an accusatory claim
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- instruct or command with authority
- fill or load to capacity
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- saturate
- file a formal charge against
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- (transitive, chiefly US) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
- (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- To impute or ascribe.
- (transitive, property law) To mortgage (a property).
- (transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
- (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- (transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
- (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
- (heraldry) To add to or represent on.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- (transitive, criminal law, law enforcement) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- (intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.
- To ornament with or cause to bear.
- (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
- (transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
- (ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
noun
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- the price charged for some article or service
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- request for payment of a debt
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- a person committed to your care
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- A load or burden; cargo.
- (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An instruction.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- (firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- (electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.
- (by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
- (property law) A mortgage.
verb
- attack viciously and ferociously
- throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- (transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
noun
- a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
- A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
- A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
- (chiefly UK, sometimes capitalized) The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.
- (UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
- Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
- A stubborn or determined person.
- (US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
- The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
- (professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
verb
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
noun
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
verb
adv
verb
- attack by storm; attack suddenly
- behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
- rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning
- take by force
- blow hard
- (figurative, often poetic) To assault or gain control or power over (someone's heart, mind, etc.).
- To be exposed to harsh (especially cold) weather.
- (chiefly military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
- (British, dialectal, agriculture) To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.
- (by extension, especially in command economies) To catch up (on production output) by making frenzied or herculean efforts.
- To be in a violent temper; to use harsh language; to fume, to rage.
- To disturb or trouble (someone).
- (by extension, chiefly military) To move quickly in the course of an assault on a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.
- To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun etymology 1 sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.
- Of the weather: to be violent, with strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
- To use (harsh language).
- To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.
- (impersonal, chiefly US) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
noun
- a violent commotion or disturbance
- a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
- a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
- A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).
- (Canada, US, chiefly in the plural) Ellipsis of storm window (“a second window (originally detachable) attached on the exterior side of a window in climates with harsh winters, to add an insulating layer of still air between the outside and inside”).
- A violent agitation of human society; a domestic, civil, or political commotion.
- (pathology) Chiefly with a qualifying word: a violent attack of diease, pain, physiological reactions, symptoms, etc.; a paroxysm.
- (military) A violent assault on a fortified position or stronghold.
- (by extension) Synonym of cyclone (“a weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure”).
- (meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm").
- (by extension) A heavy fall of precipitation (hail, rain, or snow) or bout of lightning and thunder without strong winds; a hail storm, rainstorm, snowstorm, or thunderstorm.
- A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.
- Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
verb
- attack by storm; attack suddenly
- (transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
- come upon or take unawares
- cause to be surprised
- (intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
- (transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
- (transitive) To take unawares.
- (intransitive) To cause surprise.
noun
intj
verb
- strike violently and repeatedly
- cover with liquid before cooking
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- (transitive) To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
- (transitive) To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
- (transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
- (transitive, by extension) To coat over something.
noun
verb
- strike violently and repeatedly
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- strike against forcefully
- make a dent or impression in
- (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
- (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
- (figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
- (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
noun
- (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
- A paste of clay or loam.
- (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- (architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
- (countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
- (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- (countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
- (cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
- (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
- (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
verb
noun
verb
- strike violently
- to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
- close violently
- have sexual intercourse with
- move noisily
- leap, jerk, bang
- (slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To inject intravenously.
- (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
- (US, slang) To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity.
- (New England, slang, intransitive) To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.
- (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
- (ambitransitive) To hit hard.
- (Nigeria, slang) To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.
- (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent; to be banging
- (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
noun
- a conspicuous success
- a sudden very loud noise
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- a vigorous blow
- (chiefly US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
- (slang, mining) An explosive product.
- A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
- (Ireland, colloquial, slang) strong smell (of)
- (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
- (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
- An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
- A sudden percussive noise.
- (slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
- (slang) A thrill.
- An explosion.
adv
intj
verb
noun
adj
intj
verb
- attack suddenly and without warning
- (intransitive, American football) To perform a blitz.
- (transitive, informal) To do something quickly or in one session.
- (transitive, cooking) To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
- (transitive) To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
noun
- a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
- (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line
- (countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
- (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
- (countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
- (cooking) The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.
- (fishing) An occurrence in which large numbers of fish, typically striped bass or bluefish, feed on a school of baitfish, typically one in which the occurrence can be seen from the surface.
- (uncountable, chess) Ellipsis of blitz chess.
verb
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- To move quickly and violently.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- move or stir about violently
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
adv
conj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
verb
intj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
adj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
verb
adj
noun
- (boxing) A punch.
- A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
- (baseball) A good defensive play
- (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
- Clipping of fruit leather.
- (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
- A piece of the above used for polishing.
- an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
verb
- strike against forcefully
- strike, beat repeatedly
- (transitive, figurative) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
- (transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
- (intransitive) To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.
- To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
- To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
noun
- usually inexpensive bar
- a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
- (aviation, uncountable) The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
- (countable) A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
- A small low stool; a hassock.
- A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
verb
- strike against forcefully
- be around; be alive or active
- (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
- To move or roam around aimlessly.
- (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.
- (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
- (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
- (transitive) To knock back a drink; to finish a drink.
verb
adj
noun
- (xiangqi) A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.
- (US, slang) A pickpocket.
- Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
- (military, chiefly aviation) An autocannon.
- A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar, which may include muzzle appendages.
- (historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
- (fandom slang) Misspelling of canon.
- (historical) A cylindrical item of plate armor protecting the arm, particularly one of a pair of such cylinders worn with a couter, the upper cannon protecting the upper arm and the lower cannon protecting the forearm.
- (baseball, figuratively, informal) The arm of a player who can throw well.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A carom.
- (cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
- A cannon bit.
- (engineering) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
- A bone of a horse’s leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
- (printing, uncountable) Alternative form of canon (“a large size of type”).
- a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
- heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
- (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
- heavy gun fired from a tank
- a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
- lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
verb
- To attack again or anew.
- (transitive) To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
- (intransitive) To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
- (transitive) To reload a gun with ammunition.
- To charge or accuse in return.
- (transitive) To request payment again from.
- (transitive) To add or restore water to an aquifer.
- charge anew
- load anew
noun
verb
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
adj
noun
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
pron
verb
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- hit violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- hit with great force
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- humiliate or depress completely
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- reduce to bankruptcy
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
- (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
- (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
- (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
noun
- a conspicuous success
- the act of colliding with something
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a vigorous blow
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
- (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
- (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- A mashed foodstuff.
adv
verb
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To play hackeysack.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- (transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- (transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
- (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- (intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
- (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- (intransitive) To cough noisily.
- (equestrianism) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
- (ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- significantly cut up a manuscript
- cut with a hacking tool
- kick on the shins
- cut away
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- cough spasmodically
- fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- kick on the arms
intj
noun
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- A hacking blow.
- (derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- (military, slang) An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- (derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.
- A tool for chopping.
- A dry cough.
- (slang, military) Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- (computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- (politics, slightly derogatory) A political agitator.
- (computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- (derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- (derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A practical joke that showcases cleverness and creativity.
- (falconry) A board upon which the falcon's food is placed; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- (computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A hearse.
- (slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).
- (ice hockey) The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- A grating in a mill race.
- (informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- (uncountable, slang, naval) Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- (UK, student politics, derogatory) A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
- (computing, slang) The illegal accessing of a computer network.
- a horse kept for hire
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- an old or over-worked horse
- a mediocre and disdained writer
verb
- (intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.
- (intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.
- (transitive) To stamp holes in; to perforate.
- (intransitive) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
- (transitive) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
- (transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
- move down on as if in an attack
noun
- A sudden leaping attack.
- (historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
- (mining) Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
- (historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
- Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
- A punch or stamp.
- the act of pouncing
verb
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
- (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
- (transitive) Of a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.).
- (chiefly poetic or religion) Chiefly in the form descend into (or within) oneself: to mentally enter a state of (deep) meditation or thought; to retire.
- (transitive) To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
- Of a physical thing (such as a cloud or storm) or a (generally negative) immaterial thing (such as darkness, gloom, or silence): to settle upon and start to affect a person or place.
- In speech or writing: to proceed from one matter to another; especially, to pass from more general or important to specific or less important matters to be considered.
- (music) To pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch.
- (mathematics) Of a sequence or series: to proceed from higher to lower values.
- To come or go down, or reduce, in intensity or some other quality.
- (intransitive, chiefly law) Of property, a right, etc.: to pass down to a generation, a person, etc., by inheritance.
- To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.
- Chiefly followed by into or to: of a situation: to become worse; to decline, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive) To slope or stretch downwards.
- (astronomy) Of a celestial body: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, to move towards the south.
- (intransitive) Of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child.
- (intransitive, often passive voice) Chiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to arrive suddenly or unexpectedly, especially in a manner that causes disruption or inconvenience.
- (biology, physiology) Of a body part: to move downwards, especially during development of the embryo; specifically, of the testes of a mammal: to move downwards from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum.
- (astrology) Of a zodiac sign: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, of a planet: to move to a place where it has less astrological significance.
- (intransitive, chiefly historical) To alight from a carriage, a horse, etc.; also, to disembark from a vessel; to land.
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- come as if by falling
verb
- strike sharply
- talk volubly
- perform rap music
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- To utter quickly and sharply.
- (transitive) To seize and carry off.
- (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
- (informal, intransitive) To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
- to rappel
- (transitive) To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
- (ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
- (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
noun
- genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- voluble conversation
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a gentle blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
- (slang, with definite article) The blame for something.
- (Australia, informal) A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
- A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
- (music, uncountable) Rap music.
- (historical) Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
- (Australia, informal) An appraisal.
- (US, law enforcement) Acronym of record of arrest and prosecution.
- (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
- (informal) A casual talk.
- (countable, slang) A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- A whit; a jot.
- A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.
verb
- To move or push suddenly and violently.
- (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (slang, intransitive) To be emphatically excellent.
- (chess, transitive) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
- (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
- (transitive, slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
- (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
- (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- (reflexive, informal) To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity.
- (intransitive, cycling) To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
- (transitive, Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
- (computing, transitive) To reset (a watchdog timer).
- (intransitive) To show opposition or resistance.
- (printing, historical) To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
- (intransitive) To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
- strike with the foot
- thrash about or strike out with the feet
- spring back, as from a forceful thrust
- kick a leg up
- stop consuming
- drive or propel with the foot
- make a goal
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
noun
- An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
- (colloquial) A shoe.
- The action of swinging a foot or leg.
- (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
- (uncountable and countable) A pungent or spicy flavour; piquancy.
- (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
- (computer hardware) The act of restarting or resetting a watchdog timer.
- (informal) A pocket.
- (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
- A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
- A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
- (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
- (music) Clipping of kickdrum; a 808.
- (film, television) Synonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”).
- (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing; a pleasure; a thrill.
- The recoil of a gun.
- the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
- informal terms for objecting
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
- a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
- the act of delivering a blow with the foot
verb
- To behave violently; to rage.
- (Australia, slang, transitive) To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
- To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.
- (slang, transitive) To swindle or rob violently.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.
- behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
- stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing
- furnish with a ramp
- creep up — used especially of plants
- be rampant
noun
- (Australia, slang) A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
- A scale of values.
- (slang) A deliberate swindle or fraud.
- A speed bump.
- An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
- (aviation) A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers.
- (skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
- (cricket) A way of hitting a boundary by facing the bat face front and pushing with force to launch the ball. 100% of it done against pace.
- (slang) An act of violent robbery.
- Any of species Allium tricoccum of plants related to the onion; a wild leek.
- A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp.
- (aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.
- An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
- (Appalachia, derogatory) A worthless person.
- A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.
- (aviation) A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac).
- a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
- North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers
- an inclined surface connecting two levels
verb
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- secure or lock with a bolt
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
adv
noun
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
adj
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
adv
noun
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named