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verb
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
- have a turn at bat
- wink briefly
- use a bat
- (transitive) To flutter
- (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
- (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
- (intransitive, usually with ‘around’ or ‘about’) To flit quickly from place to place.
- (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
- (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
noun
- nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- the club used in playing cricket
- a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
- a club used for hitting a ball in various games
- (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
- (slang) Clipping of battery.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
- (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).
- A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
- Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
- A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
- (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
- A part of a brick with one whole end.
- (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
- (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
- A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
- (derogatory) An old woman.
- A stroke; a sharp blow.
- (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
- A player rated according to skill in batting.
verb
noun
verb
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- make creamy by beating
- remove from the surface
- put on cream, as on one's face or body
- add cream to one's coffee, for example
- (transitive) To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
- (transitive, cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice).
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
- (transitive) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
- (transitive, slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
- (transitive) To turn a yellowish white color; to give something the color of cream.
- (intransitive) To gather or form cream.
- (transitive) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
- (transitive, figurative) To take off the best or choicest part of.
noun
- toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
- the part of milk containing the butterfat
- the best people or things in a group
- (informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
- (medicine) A viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
- (slang, vulgar) Semen.
- (standards of identity, UK) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
- The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
- A dish prepared through creaming, particularly cream of
- (tea and coffee) A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.
- A yellowish white color; the color of cream.
- (standards of identity, US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
- (figuratively) The best part of something.
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noun
verb
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- pass the tongue over
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- take up with the tongue
- (colloquial) To do anything partially.
- (transitive) To stroke with the tongue.
- (transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.
- (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.
- (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
noun
- a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- touching with the tongue
- The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
- (informal) A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
- (music) A short motif.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- An instance or opportunity to earn money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc. or its victim; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks
- (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
- A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
- (slang) An act of cunnilingus.
- A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) A small amount; a whit.
verb
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- To beat mercilessly.
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- move or stir about violently
- dance the slam dance
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
- move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
- (computing) In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
- (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
- To defeat utterly.
- To thresh.
- To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
noun
verb
- beat severely
- make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- submerge in a liquid
- fill, soak, or imbue totally
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- heat a metal prior to working it
- become drunk or drink excessively
- (originally US slang, figurative, transitive) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- (figurative, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
- (transitive) (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- (slang, chiefly Mormonism) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
- (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
noun
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- (slang, British) A drunkard.
- An immersion in water etc.
- (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
- (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
verb
- beat rapidly
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- move back and forth very rapidly
- wink briefly
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
noun
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the act of moving back and forth
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
verb
- beat with force
- attack forcefully
- propel or hit with force
- (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
noun
verb
- strike, beat repeatedly
- polish and make shiny
- To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- (graffiti slang) To remove (graffiti), particularly when done by someone who is not a graffiti writer.
- To strike.
- (video games, roleplaying games) To make a character or an item stronger.
- (medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
adj
noun
- bare skin
- a medium to dark tan color
- a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- an ardent follower and admirer
- (informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
- (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
- A brownish yellow colour.
- (video games) A change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of buffe (“face armor”).
- Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- (video games, roleplaying games) An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
- The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
- (colloquial) The bare skin.
- (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
- A military coat made of buff leather.
verb
- strike, beat repeatedly
- strike against forcefully
- (transitive, figurative) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
- (transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
- (intransitive) To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.
- To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
- To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
noun
- usually inexpensive bar
- a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
- (aviation, uncountable) The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
- (countable) A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
- A small low stool; a hassock.
- A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
verb
- win an overwhelming victory in or on
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- cover the entire range of
- clean by sweeping
- sweep across or over
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
- (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
- (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- (rowing) To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- (transitive, ergative) To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
- (Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana) To vacuum a carpet or rug.
- (military) To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
noun
- someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- a wide scope
- a movement in an arc
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
- a long oar used in an open boat
- (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- (rowing, attributive) A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- (possibly US, regional) The act of police removing a homeless encampment from a public space.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- (aviation) The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A chimney sweep.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- (US, television) singular of sweeps (“viewership ratings”)
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- Violent and general destruction.
- (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A single action of sweeping.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- (metalworking) A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
noun
- An overwhelming victory.
- (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
- A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
- The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
- A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- an easy victory
adj
- Unchecked; rampant.
- Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting.
- Accelerating out of control.
- Pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping.
- (of a horse or other animal) Having escaped from the control of the rider or driver.
- Easily won, as a contest.
- (informal) Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.
- completely out of control
noun
adj
verb
adv
noun
- An overwhelming blow.
- (nautical) The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
- (soccer) a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
- An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
- (genetics) The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
- A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly.
- (genetics) A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
- (film, television) A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room.
- a blow that knocks the opponent off their feet
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verb
verb
noun
- an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
- A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
- (often plural) Part of a rotating device, often used for cutting vegetation.
verb
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- move or stir about violently
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- move like a flail; thresh about
- (intransitive, of a crop) To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
- (transitive, literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
- (nautical) To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).
- (transitive, literary, usually with 'over') To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument.
- (intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.
noun
- (countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
- (bookbinding) The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.
- (countable) The punishment of being whipped.
- (nautical) The lashing of the end of a rope.
- (countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
- (uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream to produce whipped cream.
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- the act of overcoming or outdoing
- a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
- a sound defeat
verb
adj
adj
- Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
- (informal) Drunk; inebriated.
- (cooking) Coated with batter (noun).
- Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
- damaged by blows or hard usage
- exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury
- damaged especially by hard usage
verb
noun
- (figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
- A beating with a belt.
- A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
- The material from which belts for machinery are made.
- (music, uncountable) The act of singing in chest voice above one's vocal break in a higher range typically sung in head voice.
- the material of which belts are made
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verb
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- finish a task completely
- to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
- To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
- (informal) To fix problems; to correct or repair.
- To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
- (baseball) To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
- To win a competition decisively.
- To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
- To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
- (transitive) To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them.
- To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
noun
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- kill by firing a missile
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- (ornithology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
- (transitive) To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.
- (transitive) To remove the pips from.
- (transitive) To hit with a gunshot.
- (intransitive) To peep, to chirp.
noun
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- a disease of poultry
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
- a minor nonspecific ailment
- a small hard seed found in some fruits
- Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
- One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
- A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
- (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
- A spot; a speck.
- One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
- (US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
- (military, public service) One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals)
- place in a rack
- gain points in a game
- (idiomatic) To defeat severely, to thrash.
- (idiomatic) To acquire, to gather together.
- (idiomatic) To gain (points etc.; in a game or sport), to accumulate.
- (gambling) To collect one's chips and cash out.
- (ambitransitive, snooker, billiards) To arrange in a rack.
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- subject to harsh criticism
- strike as if by whipping
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
noun
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- Whipped cream.
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- A blow administered with a whip.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
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noun
adv
verb
- defeat soundly and utterly
- strike hard
- (intransitive) To flounder, wallow.
- (transitive) To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
- (transitive) To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- To eat or drink with gusto.
- To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- (transitive) To wrap up temporarily.
- (intransitive) To rush hastily.
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- (Internet) To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
noun
- a severe blow
- a forceful consequence; a strong effect
- A person's ability to throw such punches.
- A heavy blow, a punch.
- A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
- (slang, uncountable) Anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
- An emotional impact, a psychological force.
symbol
- Allele dominant.
- (medicine) A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type A or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or B.
- A rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters.
- (logic) A universal affirmative suggestion.
- (education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).
- (music) A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote.
- (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of A.M. and AM (“ante meridiem”).
- (chemistry) Mass number.
- (historical) Abbreviation of adulterer or adulteress, used as a human brand.
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character
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- Acre.
- (sexuality) Asexual.
- (UK, chiefly London) Arsehole.
- Answer.
- (physics) Angstrom.
- (sports) An assist.
- Ace. (including in card games)
- Adult; as used in film rating.
- (weaponry) Atom.
- Ammeter.
- a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
- the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
- (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
- any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes
- nucleotide derived from adenine with a deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate group
- the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
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- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- (transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
- (transitive) To wake up earlier than.
- To make (someone) feel badly guilty and accuse (them) over something.
- (military, WW2 air pilots' usage) To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
- To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
- To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game).
- (reflexive) To feel badly guilty and accuse (oneself) over something. (Usually followed by over or about.)
- gather
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
noun
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- (transitive, British, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
- censure severely or angrily
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
adj
noun
verb
verb
- (sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
- (UK, chiefly in the negative) To surpass; to better.
- (slang) To assassinate, bump off.
- (Singapore, Singlish) To eat something hurriedly.
- To hit, slap or strike.
- (transitive, slang) To share or parcel out (often with up).
- (Singapore, Singlish) To attempt something despite not knowing how to do it; to take on a task spontaneously and carelessly without planning.
- strike hard
adj
noun
- (slang) Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”)
- (slang, computing, typography) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
- The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
- The sound of a heavy strike.
- (US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
- The strike itself.
- the sound made by a sharp swift blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
adj
- Completely overwhelming.
- Moving in a continuous motion, rather than by intermittent jumps. (For example, the second hand on a clock face may move either in the sweeping manner or in the ticking manner.)
- Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.
- ignoring distinctions
- taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination
noun
verb
noun
verb
verb
- attack viciously and ferociously
- throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- (transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
noun
- a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
- A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
- A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
- (chiefly UK, sometimes capitalized) The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.
- (UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
- Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
- A stubborn or determined person.
- (US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
- The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
- (professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
noun
verb
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- beat with a cane
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
- (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To sell.
- (theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
- (transitive, Australia, agriculture) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
- (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
noun
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- strike as if by whipping
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
noun
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
adj
verb
noun
- the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a workman who puts up laths
- (countable) A state of agitation.
- (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- move or stir about violently
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
noun
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
adv
conj
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
- tie with a strap
- sharpen with a strap
- (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
- (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
- (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- (transitive) To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.
noun
- an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
- a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
- whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- (journalism) Synonym of strapline.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- (slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- (slang, LGBTQ) A strap-on.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
verb
noun
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- a raised or strengthened seam
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- A strip, especially one around the edge of something (for example, in some old heraldry).
- (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
verb
- (slang) To beat, to thrash; to defeat.
- (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
- (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
- (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- (video games) Synonym of clean up.
- (transitive) To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
- (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- clean and tidy up the house
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
- be cleanable
- remove shells or husks from
- remove while making clean
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- remove unwanted substances from
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
adj
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- Empty.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
- Pure, especially morally or religiously.
- Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
- (informal) Devoid of profanity.
- Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc.
- Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
- Well-proportioned; shapely.
- (sports, for example, professional wrestling, slang) Of a victory or performance: without any blemishes such as submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc.
- In an unmarked condition; blank.
- That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative).
- (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
- Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties).
- (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
- Devoid of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
- (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
- Not using drugs or alcohol.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well.
- thorough and without qualification
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- ritually clean or pure
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- free from impurities
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- free of drugs
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- morally pure
- free from sepsis or infection
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
- not carrying concealed weapons
- without difficulties or problems
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
adv
noun
- (in the plural, metal music) Clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.
- (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
- Removal of dirt.
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
noun
adj
verb
noun
- a vigorous blow
- a conspicuous success
- a sudden very loud noise
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- (chiefly US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
- (slang, mining) An explosive product.
- A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
- (Ireland, colloquial, slang) strong smell (of)
- (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
- (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
- An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
- A sudden percussive noise.
- (slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
- (slang) A thrill.
- An explosion.
adv
verb
- to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
- strike violently
- close violently
- have sexual intercourse with
- move noisily
- leap, jerk, bang
- (slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To inject intravenously.
- (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
- (US, slang) To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity.
- (New England, slang, intransitive) To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.
- (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
- (ambitransitive) To hit hard.
- (Nigeria, slang) To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.
- (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent; to be banging
- (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
intj
noun
verb
noun
- a vigorous blow
- endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
- ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
- a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
- the act of hitting vigorously
- an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
- A quick drink of liquor.
- (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- (weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- (military, nautical) A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
- (astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- (geography, geology) A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface or in the subsurface of a terrestrial planet or other solid planemo, such as a mountain belt, a fold and thrust belt, or an ore belt.
- (music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- (clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
verb
- deliver a blow to
- sing loudly and forcefully
- fasten with a belt
- (transitive, informal, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner.
- (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
- (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
- (transitive) To fasten a belt on; to encircle with a belt.
- (transitive, colloquial) To hit someone or something, especially forcefully; to bash.
- (transitive) To hit with a belt.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- (intransitive) To move, run, drive, etc., very fast.
- (transitive) To encircle; to surround.
noun
- a vigorous blow
- negative criticism
- the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
- a bad experience
- the act of hitting vigorously
- A sharp impact.
- (cricket, slang) A batsman's innings.
- An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- (cycling, uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock.
- (baseball) A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a hit.
- (automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
- (figuratively, informal) A blow or setback.
- (figuratively, informal) A criticism.
verb
- find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- rap with the knuckles
- knock against with force or violence
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- deliver a sharp blow or push
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a ball into play.
- (intransitive, card games, rummy) To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwood.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
- (transitive, slang) To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etc.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
noun
- a vigorous blow
- a conspicuous success
- the act of colliding with something
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
- (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
- (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- A mashed foodstuff.
adv
verb
- hit violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- hit with great force
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- humiliate or depress completely
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- reduce to bankruptcy
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
- (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
- (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
- (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
noun
noun
- An overwhelming victory.
- (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
- A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
- The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
- A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- an easy victory
adj
- Unchecked; rampant.
- Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting.
- Accelerating out of control.
- Pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping.
- (of a horse or other animal) Having escaped from the control of the rider or driver.
- Easily won, as a contest.
- (informal) Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.
- completely out of control
noun
adj
verb
adv
noun
- An overwhelming blow.
- (nautical) The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
- (soccer) a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
- An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
- (genetics) The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
- A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly.
- (genetics) A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
- (film, television) A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room.
- a blow that knocks the opponent off their feet
adj
verb
noun
- (countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
- (bookbinding) The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.
- (countable) The punishment of being whipped.
- (nautical) The lashing of the end of a rope.
- (countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
- (uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream to produce whipped cream.
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- the act of overcoming or outdoing
- a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
- a sound defeat
verb
adj
noun
- (figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
- A beating with a belt.
- A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
- The material from which belts for machinery are made.
- (music, uncountable) The act of singing in chest voice above one's vocal break in a higher range typically sung in head voice.
- the material of which belts are made
adj
verb
noun
adj
verb
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- (transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
- (transitive) To wake up earlier than.
- To make (someone) feel badly guilty and accuse (them) over something.
- (military, WW2 air pilots' usage) To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
- To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
- To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game).
- (reflexive) To feel badly guilty and accuse (oneself) over something. (Usually followed by over or about.)
- gather
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
noun
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- (transitive, British, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
- censure severely or angrily
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- a vigorous blow
- a conspicuous success
- a sudden very loud noise
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- (chiefly US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
- (slang, mining) An explosive product.
- A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
- (Ireland, colloquial, slang) strong smell (of)
- (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
- (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
- An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
- A sudden percussive noise.
- (slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
- (slang) A thrill.
- An explosion.
adv
verb
- to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
- strike violently
- close violently
- have sexual intercourse with
- move noisily
- leap, jerk, bang
- (slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To inject intravenously.
- (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
- (US, slang) To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity.
- (New England, slang, intransitive) To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.
- (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
- (ambitransitive) To hit hard.
- (Nigeria, slang) To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.
- (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent; to be banging
- (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
intj
noun
verb
noun
- a vigorous blow
- endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
- ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
- a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
- the act of hitting vigorously
- an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
- A quick drink of liquor.
- (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- (weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- (military, nautical) A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
- (astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- (geography, geology) A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface or in the subsurface of a terrestrial planet or other solid planemo, such as a mountain belt, a fold and thrust belt, or an ore belt.
- (music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- (clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
verb
- deliver a blow to
- sing loudly and forcefully
- fasten with a belt
- (transitive, informal, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner.
- (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
- (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
- (transitive) To fasten a belt on; to encircle with a belt.
- (transitive, colloquial) To hit someone or something, especially forcefully; to bash.
- (transitive) To hit with a belt.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- (intransitive) To move, run, drive, etc., very fast.
- (transitive) To encircle; to surround.
noun
- a vigorous blow
- negative criticism
- the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
- a bad experience
- the act of hitting vigorously
- A sharp impact.
- (cricket, slang) A batsman's innings.
- An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- (cycling, uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock.
- (baseball) A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a hit.
- (automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
- (figuratively, informal) A blow or setback.
- (figuratively, informal) A criticism.
verb
- find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- rap with the knuckles
- knock against with force or violence
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- deliver a sharp blow or push
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a ball into play.
- (intransitive, card games, rummy) To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwood.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
- (transitive, slang) To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etc.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
noun
- a vigorous blow
- a conspicuous success
- the act of colliding with something
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
- (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
- (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- A mashed foodstuff.
adv
verb
- hit violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- hit with great force
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- humiliate or depress completely
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- reduce to bankruptcy
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
- (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
- (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
- (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
noun
verb
noun
verb
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- To beat mercilessly.
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- move or stir about violently
- dance the slam dance
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
- move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
- (computing) In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
- (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
- To defeat utterly.
- To thresh.
- To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
noun
verb
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
- have a turn at bat
- wink briefly
- use a bat
- (transitive) To flutter
- (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
- (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
- (intransitive, usually with ‘around’ or ‘about’) To flit quickly from place to place.
- (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
- (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
noun
- nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- the club used in playing cricket
- a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
- a club used for hitting a ball in various games
- (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
- (slang) Clipping of battery.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
- (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).
- A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
- Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
- A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
- (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
- A part of a brick with one whole end.
- (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
- (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
- A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
- (derogatory) An old woman.
- A stroke; a sharp blow.
- (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
- A player rated according to skill in batting.
verb
noun
verb
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- make creamy by beating
- remove from the surface
- put on cream, as on one's face or body
- add cream to one's coffee, for example
- (transitive) To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
- (transitive, cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice).
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
- (transitive) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
- (transitive, slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
- (transitive) To turn a yellowish white color; to give something the color of cream.
- (intransitive) To gather or form cream.
- (transitive) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
- (transitive, figurative) To take off the best or choicest part of.
noun
- toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
- the part of milk containing the butterfat
- the best people or things in a group
- (informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
- (medicine) A viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
- (slang, vulgar) Semen.
- (standards of identity, UK) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
- The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
- A dish prepared through creaming, particularly cream of
- (tea and coffee) A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.
- A yellowish white color; the color of cream.
- (standards of identity, US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
- (figuratively) The best part of something.
adj
verb
noun
verb
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- pass the tongue over
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- take up with the tongue
- (colloquial) To do anything partially.
- (transitive) To stroke with the tongue.
- (transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.
- (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.
- (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
noun
- a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- touching with the tongue
- The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
- (informal) A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
- (music) A short motif.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- An instance or opportunity to earn money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc. or its victim; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks
- (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
- A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
- (slang) An act of cunnilingus.
- A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) A small amount; a whit.
verb
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- To beat mercilessly.
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- move or stir about violently
- dance the slam dance
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
- move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation
- (computing) In computer architecture, to cause or undergo poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
- (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
- To defeat utterly.
- To thresh.
- To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
noun
verb
- beat severely
- make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- submerge in a liquid
- fill, soak, or imbue totally
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- heat a metal prior to working it
- become drunk or drink excessively
- (originally US slang, figurative, transitive) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- (figurative, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
- (transitive) (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- (slang, chiefly Mormonism) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
- (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
noun
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- (slang, British) A drunkard.
- An immersion in water etc.
- (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
- (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
verb
- beat rapidly
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- move back and forth very rapidly
- wink briefly
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
noun
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the act of moving back and forth
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
verb
- beat with force
- attack forcefully
- propel or hit with force
- (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
noun
verb
- strike, beat repeatedly
- polish and make shiny
- To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- (graffiti slang) To remove (graffiti), particularly when done by someone who is not a graffiti writer.
- To strike.
- (video games, roleplaying games) To make a character or an item stronger.
- (medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
adj
noun
- bare skin
- a medium to dark tan color
- a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- an ardent follower and admirer
- (informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
- (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
- A brownish yellow colour.
- (video games) A change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of buffe (“face armor”).
- Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- (video games, roleplaying games) An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
- The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
- (colloquial) The bare skin.
- (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
- A military coat made of buff leather.
verb
- strike, beat repeatedly
- strike against forcefully
- (transitive, figurative) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
- (transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
- (intransitive) To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.
- To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
- To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
noun
- usually inexpensive bar
- a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
- (aviation, uncountable) The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
- (countable) A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
- A small low stool; a hassock.
- A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
verb
- win an overwhelming victory in or on
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- cover the entire range of
- clean by sweeping
- sweep across or over
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
- (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
- (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- (rowing) To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- (transitive, ergative) To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
- (Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana) To vacuum a carpet or rug.
- (military) To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
noun
- someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- a wide scope
- a movement in an arc
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
- a long oar used in an open boat
- (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- (rowing, attributive) A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- (possibly US, regional) The act of police removing a homeless encampment from a public space.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- (aviation) The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A chimney sweep.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- (US, television) singular of sweeps (“viewership ratings”)
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- Violent and general destruction.
- (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A single action of sweeping.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- (metalworking) A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
verb
noun
- an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
- A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
- (often plural) Part of a rotating device, often used for cutting vegetation.
verb
- give a thrashing to; beat hard
- move or stir about violently
- beat the seeds out of a grain
- move like a flail; thresh about
- (intransitive, of a crop) To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
- (transitive, literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
- (nautical) To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).
- (transitive, literary, usually with 'over') To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument.
- (intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- finish a task completely
- to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
- To finish something off; to apply a finishing touch
- (informal) To fix problems; to correct or repair.
- To consume or get rid of an excess of something.
- (baseball) To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.
- To win a competition decisively.
- To get rid of (enemies) within a certain area.
- To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
- (transitive) To absorb the leftovers of a dish with bread etc., in order to eat them.
- To clean up an area destroyed by a natural disaster or by violent activity.
noun
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- kill by firing a missile
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- (ornithology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
- (transitive) To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.
- (transitive) To remove the pips from.
- (transitive) To hit with a gunshot.
- (intransitive) To peep, to chirp.
noun
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- a disease of poultry
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
- a minor nonspecific ailment
- a small hard seed found in some fruits
- Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
- One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
- A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
- (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
- A spot; a speck.
- One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
- (US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
- (military, public service) One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals)
- place in a rack
- gain points in a game
- (idiomatic) To defeat severely, to thrash.
- (idiomatic) To acquire, to gather together.
- (idiomatic) To gain (points etc.; in a game or sport), to accumulate.
- (gambling) To collect one's chips and cash out.
- (ambitransitive, snooker, billiards) To arrange in a rack.
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- subject to harsh criticism
- strike as if by whipping
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
noun
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- Whipped cream.
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- A blow administered with a whip.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
verb
adj
noun
adv
verb
- defeat soundly and utterly
- strike hard
- (intransitive) To flounder, wallow.
- (transitive) To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
- (transitive) To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- To eat or drink with gusto.
- To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- (transitive) To wrap up temporarily.
- (intransitive) To rush hastily.
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- (Internet) To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
noun
- a severe blow
- a forceful consequence; a strong effect
- A person's ability to throw such punches.
- A heavy blow, a punch.
- A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
- (slang, uncountable) Anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
- An emotional impact, a psychological force.
verb
- (sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
- (UK, chiefly in the negative) To surpass; to better.
- (slang) To assassinate, bump off.
- (Singapore, Singlish) To eat something hurriedly.
- To hit, slap or strike.
- (transitive, slang) To share or parcel out (often with up).
- (Singapore, Singlish) To attempt something despite not knowing how to do it; to take on a task spontaneously and carelessly without planning.
- strike hard
adj
noun
- (slang) Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”)
- (slang, computing, typography) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
- The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
- The sound of a heavy strike.
- (US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
- The strike itself.
- the sound made by a sharp swift blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
verb
- attack viciously and ferociously
- throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- (transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
noun
- a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
- A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
- A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
- (chiefly UK, sometimes capitalized) The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.
- (UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
- Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
- A stubborn or determined person.
- (US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
- The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
- (professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
noun
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- (transitive, British, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
- censure severely or angrily
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- beat with a cane
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
- (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To sell.
- (theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
- (transitive, Australia, agriculture) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
- (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
noun
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- strike as if by whipping
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
noun
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
adj
verb
noun
- the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a workman who puts up laths
- (countable) A state of agitation.
- (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- move or stir about violently
- cut open
- cut drastically
- cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
- (Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- (fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
- (ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- (cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- (figuratively) To reduce sharply.
- To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
- (intransitive, UK, slang) To piss, to urinate.
- (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
- (US, Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
- (figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
- To move quickly and violently.
noun
- an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
- a wound made by cutting
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
- (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
- (Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- (botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A deep cut or laceration, as made by an edged weapon or whip.
- (fashion) A slit in an outer garment, usually exposing a lining or inner garment of a contrasting color or design.
- A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.
- (eastern US, uncommon) A slash pine, which grows in such (swampy) areas.
- (eastern US) A swampy area; a swamp.
- (idiomatic, by extension) The conjunctions and or also (during a conversation).
- (UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
- (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash; the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
- (UK, slang, vulgar, rare) Piss; urine.
- (originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
- (UK, slang, vulgar) A piss: an act of urination.
- (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.
- (figuratively) A sharp reduction in resources allotted.
- (US and Canada) A clearing in a forest, particularly one made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- (often proscribed) Any similar typographical mark, such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- (fandom slang) Slash fiction; fan fiction focused on homoerotic pairing of fictional characters.
adv
conj
verb
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
- tie with a strap
- sharpen with a strap
- (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
- (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
- (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- (transitive) To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.
noun
- an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
- a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
- whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- (journalism) Synonym of strapline.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- (slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- (slang, LGBTQ) A strap-on.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
verb
noun
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- a raised or strengthened seam
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- A strip, especially one around the edge of something (for example, in some old heraldry).
- (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
verb
- (slang) To beat, to thrash; to defeat.
- (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
- (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
- (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- (video games) Synonym of clean up.
- (transitive) To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
- (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- clean and tidy up the house
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
- be cleanable
- remove shells or husks from
- remove while making clean
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- remove unwanted substances from
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
adj
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- Empty.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
- Pure, especially morally or religiously.
- Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
- (informal) Devoid of profanity.
- Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc.
- Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
- Well-proportioned; shapely.
- (sports, for example, professional wrestling, slang) Of a victory or performance: without any blemishes such as submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc.
- In an unmarked condition; blank.
- That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative).
- (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
- Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties).
- (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
- Devoid of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
- (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
- Not using drugs or alcohol.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well.
- thorough and without qualification
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- ritually clean or pure
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- free from impurities
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- free of drugs
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- morally pure
- free from sepsis or infection
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
- not carrying concealed weapons
- without difficulties or problems
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
adv
noun
- (in the plural, metal music) Clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.
- (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
- Removal of dirt.
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
adj
- Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
- (informal) Drunk; inebriated.
- (cooking) Coated with batter (noun).
- Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
- damaged by blows or hard usage
- exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury
- damaged especially by hard usage
verb
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Completely overwhelming.
- Moving in a continuous motion, rather than by intermittent jumps. (For example, the second hand on a clock face may move either in the sweeping manner or in the ticking manner.)
- Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.
- ignoring distinctions
- taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination