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verb
- (by extension) To fail spectacularly.
- To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
- (video games) In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
- (US, chiefly sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
- To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
- (fishing) To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
- To smell; to sniff.
- (US, baseball) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
- To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
- To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
- To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
- To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
- To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
- strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- utter with a puff of air
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
- smoke and exhale strongly
- drive or carry as if by a puff of air
adj
intj
noun
- (sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
- A flag used as a signal.
- A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
- A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- A slight attack or touch.
- A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
- An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
- A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
- (baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike.
- (nautical) An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
- Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
- A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
- a short light gust of air
- a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
noun
- a complete failure
- the chest of a woman
- a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
- (slang) A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
- (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
- (chess, slang) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
- A woman's breasts; the circumference of her chest measured around the breasts.
- (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
- A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
- (economics) The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
- (slang) A disappointment.
- (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
adj
verb
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- ruin completely
- go to pieces
- (snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.
- (transitive, slang) To break in (an animal).
- (transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.
- (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
- (journalism, intransitive) For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
- (transitive, slang) To break in (a woman or girl), to deflower
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To attack, hit or insult (someone).
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, transitive) To shoot (a gun).
- (chess, slang) To refute an established opening.
- (transitive, slang) To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
- (slang) To do or perform; to move quickly.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.
- (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
- (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
- (transitive) To debunk, dispel (a belief).
- (finance, transitive) To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
noun
verb
noun
- a complete failure
- A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
- (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- (by confusion, computing) One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
- Dung, as in cow-flop.
- (slang) A flophouse.
- (computing) Abbreviation of floating-point operation.
verb
- fail utterly; collapse
- fall suddenly and abruptly
- fall loosely
- (poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
- (intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
- (transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
- (intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
- (sports, intransitive) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
- (transitive, prison slang) To deny someone parole.
- (intransitive) To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
- (transitive) To cause to drop heavily.
adv
intj
verb
- To fail utterly at something one has attempted.
- (idiomatic) To lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.
- (idiomatic) To cancel due to bad weather.
- To wash the inside of something.
- To remove something by washing.
- (idiomatic) To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
- To be removed by washing.
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- deplete of strength or vitality
- drain off the color in the course of laundering
- lose color in the process of being washed
- wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt
- prevent or interrupt due to rain
- wear or destroy by the force of water
noun
- A total failure; a disappointment.
- (mining) A place in a mine where ore has been washed away by a flow of water.
- (aeronautics) The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.
- A sporting fixture or other event that cannot be completed because of rain.
- (British, air force slang) A destroyed aeroplane.
- (also biology) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid; also, the fluid used for such cleaning; or the matter cleaned out from the system.
- An appliance designed to wash out the inside of something.
- (originally US, rail transport, road transport) A breach in a railway or road caused by flooding.
- A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to be eliminated from a person's body before the second treatment begins.
- An unsuccessful person.
- The erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water; also, a channel produced by this action.
- (meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater cleans particles from the air.
- An overwhelming victory; a landslide.
- (British, originally air force slang) A trainee who drops out of a training programme.
- An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something.
- someone who is unsuccessful
- the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
- the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
noun
- A total failure; a washout.
- (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
- Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
- A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
- (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
- (nautical) The blade of an oar.
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
- A shallow body of water.
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
- A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
- (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
- (idiomatic) A situation in which gains and losses or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent, or in which there is no net change.
- A liquid used for washing.
- (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
- (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
- In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
- a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
- a thin coat of water-base paint
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
- the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
- any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
verb
- (intransitive) To bear without damage the operation of being washed; to be suitable for washing.
- (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- (transitive) To clean with water.
- (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
- (transitive) To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- (chemistry, transitive) To pass or extract (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
- (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- (mah-jong) To mix up tiles (before a new game) to make them random; to shuffle.
- (transitive) To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.
- (transitive) To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
- move by or as if by water
- cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
- separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
- to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash by removing particles
- admit to testing or proof
- form by erosion
- apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
- make moist
- wash or flow against
- be capable of being washed
- clean with some chemical process
noun
- A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
- The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
- (rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
- (slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of a butch lesbian.
- The butchering of meat.
- A meat market.
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
- a building where animals are butchered
- the business of a butcher
verb
- defeat disastrously
- cause to flee
- dig with the snout
- make a groove in
- (transitive) Of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly.
- (transitive, chiefly US) Usually followed by from: to compel (someone) to leave a place; specifically (usually followed by out or up), to cause (someone) to get out of bed.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to search through belongings, a place, etc.; to rummage.
- (intransitive) Of an animal, especially cattle: to low or moo loudly; to bellow.
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to root.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to speak loudly; to bellow, roar, to shout.
- (transitive) To dig or plough (earth or the ground); to till.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To snore, especially loudly.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To make a noise; to bellow, to roar, to snort.
- (ambitransitive) To use a gouge, router, or other tool to scoop out material (from a metallic, wooden, etc., surface), forming a groove or recess.
- (transitive) To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also (transitive) to completely empty or clear out (something).
noun
- an overwhelming defeat
- a disorderly crowd of people
- (countable) A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
- A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
- A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
- (chiefly Scotland) A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
- (originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
- (countable, law, historical) An illegal assembly of people; specifically, three or more people who have come together intending to do something illegal, and who have taken steps towards this, regarded as more serious than an unlawful assembly but not as serious as a riot; the act of assembling in this manner.
- (countable) A group of disorganized things.
- (military, also figurative) The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
verb
adj
adj
- certain to fail
- (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
- without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
- of a person unable to do something skillfully
- Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
- (of an adverse condition) Incurable.
- Without talent, not skilled.
- Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
adj
- Having failed.
- Distended, swollen, or inflated.
- (automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
- Panting and out of breath.
- Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
- (of glass) Formed by blowing.
- Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
- being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
- breathing laboriously or convulsively
verb
noun
verb
verb
- (slang, intransitive) To blunder; to fail massively.
- (of a machine, intransitive) To fail; to stop working.
- (intransitive, slang) To die; to collapse; to fall asleep.
- (slang, intransitive) To abandon an endeavour or project; to back down.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, derogatory) To give birth.
- (gambling, intransitive) To lose a game of craps by rolling a seven.
- (US, military, slang, intransitive) To idle or mess around.
verb
- (intransitive) To fail disastrously.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.
- (transitive) To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or by using a pump.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
- (intransitive, cycling) To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
- (of a hangout) To overwhelm (a place) with traffic or volume by revealing its existence to others.
- (transitive) To enlarge or zoom in on.
- (intransitive, mathematics, said of a function) To increase without bound as a function argument or parameter approaches a certain value; to tend toward infinity; to approach infinity as a limit.
- (intransitive, slang) To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.
- (of a cell phone, pager, or similar) To receive a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of being rendered temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
- (intransitive, slang) To suddenly get very angry, to lose one's temper.
- (transitive, figuratively) To represent something as being more important or serious than it actually is; to inflate; to exaggerate.
- (of a cell phone, pager, or similar) To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of rendering temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
- (intransitive, slang, of a device, machine, system, or establishment) To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.
- (slang, colloquial) To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc.
- (of a hangout) To be overwhelmed with traffic or volume.
- (transitive, slang, of a device, machine, system, or establishment) To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to gather; to form.
- (slang, intransitive) To become popular very quickly.
- (sports) To blow the whistle.
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- make large
- fill with gas or air
- cause to burst with a violent release of energy
- get very angry and fly into a rage
- burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
- exaggerate or make bigger
- add details to
noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To fail dismally.
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
- (slang) Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).
- (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- (reflexive) To make oneself drunk.
- (transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
- (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
- (intransitive, computing) To crash.
- (transitive, slang) To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- fail to get a passing grade
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- (South India, colloquial) A fart.
- (slang) A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).
- (informal, in combination) A piece of food, often small, usually intensely flavored.
- (colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- (in combination) A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
- (colloquial, figurative) Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
- (figurative) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
- (basketball, slang) A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
- (chiefly British, India, slang) A very attractive woman.
- An obscene word identified by its first letter.
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- (US, Australia, informal) A car in poor condition.
- (often in combination) An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
- (American football, slang) A long forward pass.
- (slang) A woman’s breast.
- (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
- (chiefly British, slang) A success; the bomb.
- (rugby, soccer, slang) A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
- (colloquial) Any explosive charge.
- (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- (professional wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A large amount of money.
- (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
- strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
- an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
adj
verb
- fail utterly; collapse
- sink below the surface
- stumble and nearly fall
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- (intransitive, especially of horses) To fall; to stumble and go lame.
- (transitive) To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
- (intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.
- (intransitive, of a ship) To flood with water and sink.
noun
- inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
- a person who founds or establishes some institution
- a worker who makes metal castings
- (genetics) A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
- One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
- The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
- (veterinary medicine) A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
- One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
noun
adj
name
verb
- be unsuccessful
- fail to get a passing grade
- judge unacceptable
- prove insufficient
- fail to do something; leave something undone
- become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
- deteriorate
- stop operating or functioning
- fall short in what is expected
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- be unable
- (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
- (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
- (intransitive) Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
- To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
- (ambitransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
- (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
- (transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
- (transitive) To neglect.
noun
adj
verb
- fail to win
- suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
- withdraw, as from reality
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- fail to keep or maintain (of a state)
- fail to get or obtain
- allow to go out of sight or mind
- be set at a disadvantage
- miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
- fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
- (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
- (transitive) Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
- (transitive) To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).
- (transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
- (transitive) To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
- (transitive) To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
- (transitive) To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
- (transitive) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
- (transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
- (transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
- (transitive) To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble.
- (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
- (transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
- (transitive) To shed (weight).
- (intransitive) To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)
noun
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an explosion that fails to occur
- A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
- (informal) A failure of any kind.
- (informal) A loser; an unlucky person.
- (informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
adj
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
- large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
- flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang, derogatory) A prostitute.
- A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
- A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus.
- (countable, medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (countable) With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
- (countable, US, slang, usually mildly derogatory) A foolish or inept person.
- (countable, bowling) An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
- (countable, US, slang) A failure.
adj
- Broken, failed.
- (slang) Infatuated; in love (+ on, for, in).
- Used with a duration to indicate for how long a process has been developing, an action has been performed or a state has persisted; especially, pregnant.
- Of an arrow: wide of the mark.
- Used up.
- No longer existing, having passed.
- (colloquial) Not fully aware of one's surroundings, often through intoxication or mental decline.
- Away, having left.
- Dead.
- Doomed, done for.
- (US) Weak; faint; feeling a sense of goneness.
- drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
- stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
- destroyed or killed
- well in the past; former
- used up or no longer available
- dead
contraction
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verb
verb
- (colloquial) To fail.
- To go unconscious; to pass out.
- (idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
- To die.
- (with with) To have a romantic relationship (with someone).
- To be drained from; to disappear from somebody.
- To become extinct, to expire.
- To leave, especially a building.
- (intransitive, usually of one's heart) To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards.
- (of the tide) To recede; to ebb.
- To pass out of fashion; be on the wane.
- (card games) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
- (UK, broadcasting) To be broadcast.
- (of a couple) To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple.
- (with on) To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).
- To be turned off or extinguished.
- To be eliminated from a competition.
- move out of or depart from
- go out of fashion; become unfashionable
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- leave the house to go somewhere
- take the field
- become extinguished
noun
verb
adj
- disappointingly unsuccessful
- (Philippines, law, of a felony or serious criminal offense) Imperfect form of execution of a crime in that, despite performing all the acts that should produce it, the crime fails to be consummated.
- Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire.
- Foiled, stopped, disappointed.
verb
verb
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- slope downward
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- lose one's chastity
- yield to temptation or sin
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lose an upright position suddenly
- move in a specified direction
- begin vigorously
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be due
- be inherited by
- come out; issue
- occur at a specified time or place
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- lose office or power
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- come under, be classified or included
- come into the possession of
- fall or flow in a certain way
- come as if by falling
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- fall from clouds
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- be cast down
- to be given by right or inheritance
- go as if by falling
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
- (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
- To come down, to drop or descend.
- (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become (chiefly used with negative states).
- (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To come as if by dropping down.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
- (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
- (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To be brought to the ground.
- (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To visit; to go to a place.
noun
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a movement downward
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- a downward slope or bend
- (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
- A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- That which falls or cascades.
- The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
- (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
- A loss of greatness or status.
- An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
- (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
- The height of that which falls or cascades.
- (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
intj
noun
- (slang) Severe defeat.
- The act of stuffing something with another thing.
- (US, finance, law) A tax loophole whereby a corporation acquires property that will result in a loss of revenue, purely in order to reduce its tax liability.
- (Internet) The insertion of many copies of a word into a web page in an attempt to increase its search engine ranking.
- The matter used to stuff hollow objects such as pillows and saddles.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of penetrative sexual intercourse.
- A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
- Any of many food items used to stuff another.
- a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture
verb
verb
adj
noun
- An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft.
- (countable) A cocktail made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice.
- (colloquial, countable) One who takes excessive risks, as for example in a sporting event.
- (countable, surfing) A deliberate wipeout.
- (countable) A vehicle used for a suicide attack, especially an aircraft.
- (countable) One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft.
- a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
- a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
verb
intj
noun
noun
- a complete failure
- the chest of a woman
- a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
- (slang) A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
- (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
- (chess, slang) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
- A woman's breasts; the circumference of her chest measured around the breasts.
- (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
- A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
- (economics) The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
- (slang) A disappointment.
- (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
adj
verb
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- ruin completely
- go to pieces
- (snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.
- (transitive, slang) To break in (an animal).
- (transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.
- (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
- (journalism, intransitive) For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
- (transitive, slang) To break in (a woman or girl), to deflower
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To attack, hit or insult (someone).
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, transitive) To shoot (a gun).
- (chess, slang) To refute an established opening.
- (transitive, slang) To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
- (slang) To do or perform; to move quickly.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.
- (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
- (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
- (transitive) To debunk, dispel (a belief).
- (finance, transitive) To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
noun
verb
noun
- a complete failure
- A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
- (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- (by confusion, computing) One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
- Dung, as in cow-flop.
- (slang) A flophouse.
- (computing) Abbreviation of floating-point operation.
verb
- fail utterly; collapse
- fall suddenly and abruptly
- fall loosely
- (poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
- (intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
- (transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
- (intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
- (sports, intransitive) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
- (transitive, prison slang) To deny someone parole.
- (intransitive) To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
- (transitive) To cause to drop heavily.
adv
intj
noun
- A total failure; a disappointment.
- (mining) A place in a mine where ore has been washed away by a flow of water.
- (aeronautics) The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.
- A sporting fixture or other event that cannot be completed because of rain.
- (British, air force slang) A destroyed aeroplane.
- (also biology) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid; also, the fluid used for such cleaning; or the matter cleaned out from the system.
- An appliance designed to wash out the inside of something.
- (originally US, rail transport, road transport) A breach in a railway or road caused by flooding.
- A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to be eliminated from a person's body before the second treatment begins.
- An unsuccessful person.
- The erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water; also, a channel produced by this action.
- (meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater cleans particles from the air.
- An overwhelming victory; a landslide.
- (British, originally air force slang) A trainee who drops out of a training programme.
- An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something.
- someone who is unsuccessful
- the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
- the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
noun
- A total failure; a washout.
- (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
- Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
- A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
- (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
- (nautical) The blade of an oar.
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
- A shallow body of water.
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
- A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
- (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
- (idiomatic) A situation in which gains and losses or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent, or in which there is no net change.
- A liquid used for washing.
- (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
- (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
- In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
- a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
- a thin coat of water-base paint
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
- the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
- any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
verb
- (intransitive) To bear without damage the operation of being washed; to be suitable for washing.
- (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- (transitive) To clean with water.
- (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
- (transitive) To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- (chemistry, transitive) To pass or extract (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
- (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- (mah-jong) To mix up tiles (before a new game) to make them random; to shuffle.
- (transitive) To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.
- (transitive) To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
- move by or as if by water
- cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
- separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
- to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash by removing particles
- admit to testing or proof
- form by erosion
- apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
- make moist
- wash or flow against
- be capable of being washed
- clean with some chemical process
noun
- A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
- The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
- (rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
- (slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of a butch lesbian.
- The butchering of meat.
- A meat market.
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
- a building where animals are butchered
- the business of a butcher
noun
verb
noun
noun
adj
name
verb
- (ambitransitive) To fail dismally.
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
- (slang) Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).
- (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- (reflexive) To make oneself drunk.
- (transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
- (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
- (intransitive, computing) To crash.
- (transitive, slang) To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- fail to get a passing grade
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- (South India, colloquial) A fart.
- (slang) A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).
- (informal, in combination) A piece of food, often small, usually intensely flavored.
- (colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- (in combination) A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
- (colloquial, figurative) Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
- (figurative) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
- (basketball, slang) A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
- (chiefly British, India, slang) A very attractive woman.
- An obscene word identified by its first letter.
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- (US, Australia, informal) A car in poor condition.
- (often in combination) An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
- (American football, slang) A long forward pass.
- (slang) A woman’s breast.
- (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
- (chiefly British, slang) A success; the bomb.
- (rugby, soccer, slang) A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
- (colloquial) Any explosive charge.
- (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- (professional wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A large amount of money.
- (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
- strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
- an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
adj
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an explosion that fails to occur
- A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
- (informal) A failure of any kind.
- (informal) A loser; an unlucky person.
- (informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
adj
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
- large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
- flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang, derogatory) A prostitute.
- A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
- A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus.
- (countable, medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (countable) With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
- (countable, US, slang, usually mildly derogatory) A foolish or inept person.
- (countable, bowling) An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
- (countable, US, slang) A failure.
noun
verb
noun
- (slang) Severe defeat.
- The act of stuffing something with another thing.
- (US, finance, law) A tax loophole whereby a corporation acquires property that will result in a loss of revenue, purely in order to reduce its tax liability.
- (Internet) The insertion of many copies of a word into a web page in an attempt to increase its search engine ranking.
- The matter used to stuff hollow objects such as pillows and saddles.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of penetrative sexual intercourse.
- A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
- Any of many food items used to stuff another.
- a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture
verb
verb
- defeat disastrously
- cause to flee
- dig with the snout
- make a groove in
- (transitive) Of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly.
- (transitive, chiefly US) Usually followed by from: to compel (someone) to leave a place; specifically (usually followed by out or up), to cause (someone) to get out of bed.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to search through belongings, a place, etc.; to rummage.
- (intransitive) Of an animal, especially cattle: to low or moo loudly; to bellow.
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to root.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to speak loudly; to bellow, roar, to shout.
- (transitive) To dig or plough (earth or the ground); to till.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To snore, especially loudly.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To make a noise; to bellow, to roar, to snort.
- (ambitransitive) To use a gouge, router, or other tool to scoop out material (from a metallic, wooden, etc., surface), forming a groove or recess.
- (transitive) To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also (transitive) to completely empty or clear out (something).
noun
- an overwhelming defeat
- a disorderly crowd of people
- (countable) A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
- A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
- A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
- (chiefly Scotland) A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
- (originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
- (countable, law, historical) An illegal assembly of people; specifically, three or more people who have come together intending to do something illegal, and who have taken steps towards this, regarded as more serious than an unlawful assembly but not as serious as a riot; the act of assembling in this manner.
- (countable) A group of disorganized things.
- (military, also figurative) The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
verb
- be unsuccessful
- fail to get a passing grade
- judge unacceptable
- prove insufficient
- fail to do something; leave something undone
- become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
- deteriorate
- stop operating or functioning
- fall short in what is expected
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- be unable
- (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
- (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
- (intransitive) Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
- To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
- (ambitransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
- (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
- (transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
- (transitive) To neglect.
noun
adj
verb
- (by extension) To fail spectacularly.
- To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
- (video games) In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
- (US, chiefly sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
- To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
- (fishing) To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
- To smell; to sniff.
- (US, baseball) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
- To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
- To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
- To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
- To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
- To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
- strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- utter with a puff of air
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
- smoke and exhale strongly
- drive or carry as if by a puff of air
adj
intj
noun
- (sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
- A flag used as a signal.
- A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
- A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- A slight attack or touch.
- A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
- An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
- A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
- (baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike.
- (nautical) An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
- Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
- A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
- a short light gust of air
- a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
verb
- To fail utterly at something one has attempted.
- (idiomatic) To lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.
- (idiomatic) To cancel due to bad weather.
- To wash the inside of something.
- To remove something by washing.
- (idiomatic) To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
- To be removed by washing.
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- deplete of strength or vitality
- drain off the color in the course of laundering
- lose color in the process of being washed
- wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt
- prevent or interrupt due to rain
- wear or destroy by the force of water
verb
- defeat disastrously
- cause to flee
- dig with the snout
- make a groove in
- (transitive) Of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly.
- (transitive, chiefly US) Usually followed by from: to compel (someone) to leave a place; specifically (usually followed by out or up), to cause (someone) to get out of bed.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to search through belongings, a place, etc.; to rummage.
- (intransitive) Of an animal, especially cattle: to low or moo loudly; to bellow.
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to root.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to speak loudly; to bellow, roar, to shout.
- (transitive) To dig or plough (earth or the ground); to till.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To snore, especially loudly.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To make a noise; to bellow, to roar, to snort.
- (ambitransitive) To use a gouge, router, or other tool to scoop out material (from a metallic, wooden, etc., surface), forming a groove or recess.
- (transitive) To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also (transitive) to completely empty or clear out (something).
noun
- an overwhelming defeat
- a disorderly crowd of people
- (countable) A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
- A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
- A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
- (chiefly Scotland) A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
- (originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
- (countable, law, historical) An illegal assembly of people; specifically, three or more people who have come together intending to do something illegal, and who have taken steps towards this, regarded as more serious than an unlawful assembly but not as serious as a riot; the act of assembling in this manner.
- (countable) A group of disorganized things.
- (military, also figurative) The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
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adj
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- (slang, intransitive) To blunder; to fail massively.
- (of a machine, intransitive) To fail; to stop working.
- (intransitive, slang) To die; to collapse; to fall asleep.
- (slang, intransitive) To abandon an endeavour or project; to back down.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, derogatory) To give birth.
- (gambling, intransitive) To lose a game of craps by rolling a seven.
- (US, military, slang, intransitive) To idle or mess around.
verb
- (intransitive) To fail disastrously.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.
- (transitive) To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or by using a pump.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
- (intransitive, cycling) To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
- (of a hangout) To overwhelm (a place) with traffic or volume by revealing its existence to others.
- (transitive) To enlarge or zoom in on.
- (intransitive, mathematics, said of a function) To increase without bound as a function argument or parameter approaches a certain value; to tend toward infinity; to approach infinity as a limit.
- (intransitive, slang) To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.
- (of a cell phone, pager, or similar) To receive a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of being rendered temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
- (intransitive, slang) To suddenly get very angry, to lose one's temper.
- (transitive, figuratively) To represent something as being more important or serious than it actually is; to inflate; to exaggerate.
- (of a cell phone, pager, or similar) To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of rendering temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
- (intransitive, slang, of a device, machine, system, or establishment) To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.
- (slang, colloquial) To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc.
- (of a hangout) To be overwhelmed with traffic or volume.
- (transitive, slang, of a device, machine, system, or establishment) To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to gather; to form.
- (slang, intransitive) To become popular very quickly.
- (sports) To blow the whistle.
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- make large
- fill with gas or air
- cause to burst with a violent release of energy
- get very angry and fly into a rage
- burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
- exaggerate or make bigger
- add details to
verb
- (ambitransitive) To fail dismally.
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
- (slang) Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).
- (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- (reflexive) To make oneself drunk.
- (transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
- (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
- (intransitive, computing) To crash.
- (transitive, slang) To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- fail to get a passing grade
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- (South India, colloquial) A fart.
- (slang) A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).
- (informal, in combination) A piece of food, often small, usually intensely flavored.
- (colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- (in combination) A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
- (colloquial, figurative) Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
- (figurative) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
- (basketball, slang) A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
- (chiefly British, India, slang) A very attractive woman.
- An obscene word identified by its first letter.
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- (US, Australia, informal) A car in poor condition.
- (often in combination) An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
- (American football, slang) A long forward pass.
- (slang) A woman’s breast.
- (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
- (chiefly British, slang) A success; the bomb.
- (rugby, soccer, slang) A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
- (colloquial) Any explosive charge.
- (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- (professional wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A large amount of money.
- (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
- strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
- an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
adj
noun
- a complete failure
- A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
- (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- (by confusion, computing) One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
- Dung, as in cow-flop.
- (slang) A flophouse.
- (computing) Abbreviation of floating-point operation.
verb
- fail utterly; collapse
- fall suddenly and abruptly
- fall loosely
- (poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
- (intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
- (transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
- (intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
- (sports, intransitive) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
- (transitive, prison slang) To deny someone parole.
- (intransitive) To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
- (transitive) To cause to drop heavily.
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verb
- fail utterly; collapse
- sink below the surface
- stumble and nearly fall
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- (intransitive, especially of horses) To fall; to stumble and go lame.
- (transitive) To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
- (intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.
- (intransitive, of a ship) To flood with water and sink.
noun
- inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
- a person who founds or establishes some institution
- a worker who makes metal castings
- (genetics) A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
- One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
- The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
- (veterinary medicine) A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
- One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
verb
- be unsuccessful
- fail to get a passing grade
- judge unacceptable
- prove insufficient
- fail to do something; leave something undone
- become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
- deteriorate
- stop operating or functioning
- fall short in what is expected
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- be unable
- (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
- (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
- (intransitive) Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
- To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
- (ambitransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
- (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
- (transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
- (transitive) To neglect.
noun
adj
verb
- fail to win
- suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
- withdraw, as from reality
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- fail to keep or maintain (of a state)
- fail to get or obtain
- allow to go out of sight or mind
- be set at a disadvantage
- miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
- fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
- (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
- (transitive) Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
- (transitive) To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).
- (transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
- (transitive) To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
- (transitive) To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
- (transitive) To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
- (transitive) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
- (transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
- (transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
- (transitive) To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble.
- (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
- (transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
- (transitive) To shed (weight).
- (intransitive) To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)
noun
verb
- (colloquial) To fail.
- To go unconscious; to pass out.
- (idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
- To die.
- (with with) To have a romantic relationship (with someone).
- To be drained from; to disappear from somebody.
- To become extinct, to expire.
- To leave, especially a building.
- (intransitive, usually of one's heart) To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards.
- (of the tide) To recede; to ebb.
- To pass out of fashion; be on the wane.
- (card games) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
- (UK, broadcasting) To be broadcast.
- (of a couple) To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple.
- (with on) To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).
- To be turned off or extinguished.
- To be eliminated from a competition.
- move out of or depart from
- go out of fashion; become unfashionable
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- leave the house to go somewhere
- take the field
- become extinguished
verb
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- slope downward
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- lose one's chastity
- yield to temptation or sin
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lose an upright position suddenly
- move in a specified direction
- begin vigorously
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be due
- be inherited by
- come out; issue
- occur at a specified time or place
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- lose office or power
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- come under, be classified or included
- come into the possession of
- fall or flow in a certain way
- come as if by falling
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- fall from clouds
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- be cast down
- to be given by right or inheritance
- go as if by falling
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
- (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
- To come down, to drop or descend.
- (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become (chiefly used with negative states).
- (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To come as if by dropping down.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
- (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
- (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To be brought to the ground.
- (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To visit; to go to a place.
noun
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a movement downward
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- a downward slope or bend
- (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
- A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- That which falls or cascades.
- The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
- (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
- A loss of greatness or status.
- An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
- (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
- The height of that which falls or cascades.
- (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
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- An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft.
- (countable) A cocktail made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice.
- (colloquial, countable) One who takes excessive risks, as for example in a sporting event.
- (countable, surfing) A deliberate wipeout.
- (countable) A vehicle used for a suicide attack, especially an aircraft.
- (countable) One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft.
- a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
- a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
verb
intj
noun
adj
- certain to fail
- (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
- without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
- of a person unable to do something skillfully
- Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
- (of an adverse condition) Incurable.
- Without talent, not skilled.
- Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
adj
- Having failed.
- Distended, swollen, or inflated.
- (automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
- Panting and out of breath.
- Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
- (of glass) Formed by blowing.
- Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
- being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
- breathing laboriously or convulsively
verb
adj
- Broken, failed.
- (slang) Infatuated; in love (+ on, for, in).
- Used with a duration to indicate for how long a process has been developing, an action has been performed or a state has persisted; especially, pregnant.
- Of an arrow: wide of the mark.
- Used up.
- No longer existing, having passed.
- (colloquial) Not fully aware of one's surroundings, often through intoxication or mental decline.
- Away, having left.
- Dead.
- Doomed, done for.
- (US) Weak; faint; feeling a sense of goneness.
- drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
- stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
- destroyed or killed
- well in the past; former
- used up or no longer available
- dead
contraction
prep
verb
adj
- disappointingly unsuccessful
- (Philippines, law, of a felony or serious criminal offense) Imperfect form of execution of a crime in that, despite performing all the acts that should produce it, the crime fails to be consummated.
- Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire.
- Foiled, stopped, disappointed.