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verb
adv
noun
- A coin having face value of one centime.
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- (historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
- a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo
noun
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
verb
- coat with a layer of copper
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
adj
noun
- A coin of this value.
- (Yorkshire, East Midlands) Self.
- A unit of Indonesian currency, worth one hundredth of a rupiah.
- A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
- A unit of length equal 20 wa, 40 meters.
- A unit of Malaysian currency, worth one hundredth of a ringgit.
- a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
noun
- A coin worth one real.
- (countable) A coin worth one real.
- A commodity; see realty.
- (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
- (uncountable) A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.
- (mathematics, computing) A real number.
- Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
- (uncountable) A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
- any rational or irrational number
- the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
- an old small silver Spanish coin
adj
- Absolute, complete, utter.
- True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
- That has objective, physical existence.
- Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
- (slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions, especially with regard to genuineness, groundedness, and true success rather than poser imitations of success.
- (economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal).
- (law) Relating to immovable tangible property.
- (mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.
- (economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
- Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
- Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
- Firm through directness, readiness to confront.
- (of property) fixed or immovable
- coinciding with reality
- no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
- capable of being treated as fact
- being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
- being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
- not to be taken lightly
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation
adv
noun
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
adj
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
adv
verb
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
noun
- an English coin worth half a penny
- (UK) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
- (UK) An amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth.
- (philately, historical) A postage stamp worth half of one penny.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) An amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) A similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
noun
- A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent.
- (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
- (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
- (usually countable, baking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
- (uncountable, baking, Australia and New Zealand) A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants.
- Alternative letter-case form of Brownie (“a girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts)”).
- (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
- (informal) A widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A person with brown skin.
- square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
- (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
noun
- a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
- (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.
- street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
- (American football, Canadian football) A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.
- (slang) Ten dollars.
- (slang) A ten-year prison sentence.
- (Canada, US) A small amount of money.
- (slang) A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags.
- (slang) Payment responsibility.
- (American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.
- (US, slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
- (slang) A thousand dollars.
- (US, Philippines, basketball) An assist.
verb
noun
- A coin worth one drachma.
- The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
- A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
- An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
- formerly the basic unit of money in Greece
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
noun
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A point in time; a moment.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
- a short note
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
adj
verb
noun
- (slang) A fifty pence piece.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, half the volume of a standard bottle; a split.
- A small glass used chiefly in France (especially for beer) holding 250 milliliters.
- Alternative spelling of demy.
- A member of the demimonde; a woman maintained by a wealthy man.
adj
noun
- The text on a coin.
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
- The act of inscribing.
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
- the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
- a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
- a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- (US, slang) One hundred.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, informal) A dollar (one hundred cents).
- (finance) One million dollars.
- (US, military slang, WWI–WWII) Lowest rank; a private.
- A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
- Clipping of buckshot.
- Synonym of mule (“type of cocktail with ginger ale etc.”).
- The sound made by a chicken.
- A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork.
- (UK, dialect) The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
- (Africa) An antelope of either sex; compare with Afrikaans bok.
- A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
- (by extension, Australia, South Africa, US, informal) Money.
- (Scotland) The beech tree.
- (US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
- A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad and kangaroo.
- A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting.
- (South Africa, informal) A rand (currency unit).
- (informal, rare) A euro.
verb
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- move quickly and violently
- to strive with determination
- resist
- (chiefly Ireland, humorous or euphemistic) To fuck.
- (MLE) To meet, to encounter, to come across.
- (intransitive, by extension) To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
- (transitive, military) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.
- (transitive, by extension) To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against.
- (metalworking, construction) To press a heavy, shaped bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet, while the opposite end (the rivet factory head) is hammered by a rivet gun, to upset the bucktail into an appropriate shape, most commonly a pancake-shape.
- (intransitive) To bend; buckle.
- (US, military slang) To strive or aspire e.g. to a promotion.
- (forestry) To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
- (transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
- (intransitive, by extension) To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
- (intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.
- (intransitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.
- (electronics) To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage.
noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
- flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
- (slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.
- (informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
- A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
- A kind of vise, usually of wood.
- (slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva.
- (historical, in the plural) A type of strong pincers or forceps.
- (rowing) Alternative form of CLAM.
- clamminess; moisture
- A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
- (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar.
- (slang, music) A wrong or misplaced note.
verb
noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- a United States coin worth one dollar
- a symbol of commercialism or greed
- the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
- Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
- (attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
- (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.
- (by extension) Money generally.
- (by extension, Malaysia, colloquial) A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.
- (UK, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
noun
noun
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- (informal) An engine.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- move about in a confused manner
- grind with a mill
noun
- a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
- five dollars worth of a drug
- a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
- (US, slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
- (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
- (US, slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
- (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
- (US, slang) A five-year prison sentence.
- (US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
- (UK, World War II) An airborne propaganda leaflet.
- (American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more-common four.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
verb
noun
- the act of flipping a coin
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- a sudden, quick movement
- A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
- A short flight.
- (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- (firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- (US, slang) A slingshot.
adj
verb
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- move with a flick or light motion
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (transitive, informal) To hand over or pass along.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
- (intransitive, informal) To switch to another task, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
- (transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- (intransitive, US) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- (intransitive) To flap.
- (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- (transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
- (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- (transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
intj
noun
- the act of flipping a coin
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- an abrupt movement
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; drivel.
- A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- (UK, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
- (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
- (British slang, chiefly in the negative) Concern or consideration.
- A haughty throwing up of the head.
- (cricket, soccer) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
- (broadcasting) A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
- (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
verb
- throw carelessly
- move or stir about violently
- throw or cast away
- agitate
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
- To subject to trials; to harass.
- (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- (slang, usually as "toss one's cookies") To vomit.
- (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
- (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- (UK, slang) To masturbate.
- To throw with an initial upward direction.
- (UK, slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
- To stir or mix (a salad).
- (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- (informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
- To agitate; to make restless.
noun
- an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
- the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
- (historical) Alternative form of schilling, a coin formely used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig.
- (historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
- (historical) Alternative form of skilling, a coin formely used in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning.
- (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
verb
noun
- coins collectively
- a newly invented word or phrase
- the act of inventing a word or phrase
- (countable, lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
- (uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
- (uncountable, lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.
- The process of creating something new.
- The process of coining money.
noun
- a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
- a craftsman who tans skins and hides
- A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.
- (British, colloquial) A former British coin worth six old pence.
- A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
- Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio.
- A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.
adj
noun
- A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
- A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
- Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
- A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
- The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
- the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
- formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
noun
- (numismatics) A coin die.
- (chiefly US, Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
- (chiefly UK, Australia) A baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
- (informal, fandom slang) A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly.
- open pastry filled with fruit or custard
verb
noun
- A coin having face value of one centime.
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- (historical) A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
- a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo
noun
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
verb
- coat with a layer of copper
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
adj
noun
- A coin of this value.
- (Yorkshire, East Midlands) Self.
- A unit of Indonesian currency, worth one hundredth of a rupiah.
- A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
- A unit of length equal 20 wa, 40 meters.
- A unit of Malaysian currency, worth one hundredth of a ringgit.
- a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
noun
- A coin worth one real.
- (countable) A coin worth one real.
- A commodity; see realty.
- (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
- (uncountable) A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.
- (mathematics, computing) A real number.
- Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
- (uncountable) A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
- any rational or irrational number
- the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
- an old small silver Spanish coin
adj
- Absolute, complete, utter.
- True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
- That has objective, physical existence.
- Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
- (slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions, especially with regard to genuineness, groundedness, and true success rather than poser imitations of success.
- (economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal).
- (law) Relating to immovable tangible property.
- (mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.
- (economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
- Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
- Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
- Firm through directness, readiness to confront.
- (of property) fixed or immovable
- coinciding with reality
- no less than what is stated; worthy of the name
- capable of being treated as fact
- being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
- being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
- not to be taken lightly
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation
adv
noun
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
adj
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
adv
verb
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
noun
- an English coin worth half a penny
- (UK) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
- (UK) An amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth.
- (philately, historical) A postage stamp worth half of one penny.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) An amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) A similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
noun
- A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent.
- (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
- (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
- (usually countable, baking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
- (uncountable, baking, Australia and New Zealand) A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants.
- Alternative letter-case form of Brownie (“a girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts)”).
- (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
- (informal) A widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A person with brown skin.
- square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
- (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
noun
- a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
- (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.
- street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
- (American football, Canadian football) A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.
- (slang) Ten dollars.
- (slang) A ten-year prison sentence.
- (Canada, US) A small amount of money.
- (slang) A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags.
- (slang) Payment responsibility.
- (American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.
- (US, slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
- (slang) A thousand dollars.
- (US, Philippines, basketball) An assist.
verb
noun
- A coin worth one drachma.
- The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
- A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
- An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
- formerly the basic unit of money in Greece
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
noun
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A point in time; a moment.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
- a short note
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
adj
verb
noun
- (slang) A fifty pence piece.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, half the volume of a standard bottle; a split.
- A small glass used chiefly in France (especially for beer) holding 250 milliliters.
- Alternative spelling of demy.
- A member of the demimonde; a woman maintained by a wealthy man.
adj
noun
- The text on a coin.
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
- The act of inscribing.
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
- the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
- a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
- a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- (US, slang) One hundred.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, informal) A dollar (one hundred cents).
- (finance) One million dollars.
- (US, military slang, WWI–WWII) Lowest rank; a private.
- A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
- Clipping of buckshot.
- Synonym of mule (“type of cocktail with ginger ale etc.”).
- The sound made by a chicken.
- A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork.
- (UK, dialect) The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
- (Africa) An antelope of either sex; compare with Afrikaans bok.
- A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
- (by extension, Australia, South Africa, US, informal) Money.
- (Scotland) The beech tree.
- (US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
- A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad and kangaroo.
- A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting.
- (South Africa, informal) A rand (currency unit).
- (informal, rare) A euro.
verb
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- move quickly and violently
- to strive with determination
- resist
- (chiefly Ireland, humorous or euphemistic) To fuck.
- (MLE) To meet, to encounter, to come across.
- (intransitive, by extension) To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
- (transitive, military) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.
- (transitive, by extension) To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against.
- (metalworking, construction) To press a heavy, shaped bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet, while the opposite end (the rivet factory head) is hammered by a rivet gun, to upset the bucktail into an appropriate shape, most commonly a pancake-shape.
- (intransitive) To bend; buckle.
- (US, military slang) To strive or aspire e.g. to a promotion.
- (forestry) To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
- (transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
- (intransitive, by extension) To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
- (intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.
- (intransitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.
- (electronics) To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage.
noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
- flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
- (slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.
- (informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
- A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
- A kind of vise, usually of wood.
- (slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva.
- (historical, in the plural) A type of strong pincers or forceps.
- (rowing) Alternative form of CLAM.
- clamminess; moisture
- A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
- (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar.
- (slang, music) A wrong or misplaced note.
verb
noun
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- a United States coin worth one dollar
- a symbol of commercialism or greed
- the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
- Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
- (attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
- (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.
- (by extension) Money generally.
- (by extension, Malaysia, colloquial) A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.
- (UK, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
noun
noun
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- (informal) An engine.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- move about in a confused manner
- grind with a mill
noun
- a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
- five dollars worth of a drug
- a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
- (US, slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
- (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
- (US, slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
- (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
- (US, slang) A five-year prison sentence.
- (US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
- (UK, World War II) An airborne propaganda leaflet.
- (American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more-common four.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
verb
noun
- the act of flipping a coin
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- a sudden, quick movement
- A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
- A short flight.
- (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- (firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- (US, slang) A slingshot.
adj
verb
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- move with a flick or light motion
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (transitive, informal) To hand over or pass along.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
- (intransitive, informal) To switch to another task, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
- (transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- (intransitive, US) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- (intransitive) To flap.
- (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- (transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
- (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- (transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
intj
noun
- the act of flipping a coin
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- an abrupt movement
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; drivel.
- A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- (UK, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
- (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
- (British slang, chiefly in the negative) Concern or consideration.
- A haughty throwing up of the head.
- (cricket, soccer) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
- (broadcasting) A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
- (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
verb
- throw carelessly
- move or stir about violently
- throw or cast away
- agitate
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
- To subject to trials; to harass.
- (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- (slang, usually as "toss one's cookies") To vomit.
- (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
- (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- (UK, slang) To masturbate.
- To throw with an initial upward direction.
- (UK, slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
- To stir or mix (a salad).
- (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- (informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
- To agitate; to make restless.
noun
- an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
- the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
- (historical) Alternative form of schilling, a coin formely used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig.
- (historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
- (historical) Alternative form of skilling, a coin formely used in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning.
- (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
verb
noun
- coins collectively
- a newly invented word or phrase
- the act of inventing a word or phrase
- (countable, lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
- (uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
- (uncountable, lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.
- The process of creating something new.
- The process of coining money.
noun
- a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
- a craftsman who tans skins and hides
- A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.
- (British, colloquial) A former British coin worth six old pence.
- A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
- Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio.
- A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.
adj
noun
- A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
- A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
- Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
- A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
- The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
- the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
- formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
noun
- (numismatics) A coin die.
- (chiefly US, Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
- (chiefly UK, Australia) A baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
- (informal, fandom slang) A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly.
- open pastry filled with fruit or custard