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noun
- A dip stick.
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
verb
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
noun
verb
- run with the stick
- hold gently and carefully
- bring up from infancy
- cut grain with a cradle scythe
- hold or place in or as if in a cradle
- wash in a cradle
- To nurse or train in infancy.
- To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
- To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
- (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
- To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
- To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
- (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
- (transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
- (lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
noun
- a baby bed with sides and rockers
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- birth of a person
- a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
- A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
- (carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
- (contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
- A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
- (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
- (nautical) A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
- A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
- A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so as to prepare the ground.
- A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
- (mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
- A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.
- (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
- (mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
- A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
- An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
noun
noun
- stout stick that is larger at one end
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
- a building that is occupied by a social club
- a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
- golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- A club sandwich.
- (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- (countable, golf) An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- (World War I– World War II, military slang) The propeller of an aeroplane.
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- (countable, rhythmic gymnastics) An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
- (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
verb
- gather and spend time together
- gather into a club-like mass
- strike with a club or a bludgeon
- unite with a common purpose
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- To score a victory over by a large margin.
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
adj
noun
- A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
- A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
- (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
- The feather of a horse.
- (botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk
- The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
adj
verb
- (transitive) To pierce with a spear.
- (gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
- (transitive, by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
- (intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
- thrust up like a spear
- pierce with a spear
noun
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- (plumbing) A drain rod, being a set of segmented rods with interlocking connectors designed to remain attached even under rotation in use.
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- (fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- (ufology) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
- (rail transport) A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive, and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A Cuisenaire rod.
- (slang) A pistol; a gun.
- (biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
- (slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
- (anatomy) A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
- A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
- (chemistry) A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and ¹⁄₈ to ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
- An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.
- a gangster's pistol
- any rod-shaped bacterium
- a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- a square rod of land
verb
verb
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
noun
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
adj
noun
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- 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 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).
verb
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- 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.
adj
noun
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- 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
- (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
- defeat thoroughly
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- 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 quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
- An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.
- (countable) The lash of a whip.
- (figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
verb
noun
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- a rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
- (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- Misspelling of staph.
verb
verb
- deliver a quick blow to
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- persist in working hard
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
- insert as a plug
- insert a plug into
- (transitive, slang) To ingest a drug rectally.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with; to penetrate sexually.
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- (transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
noun
- blatant or sensational promotion
- an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
- electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
- an old or over-worked horse
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
- an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- (aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- (jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- Ellipsis of spark plug.
- (slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
- (loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
- Ellipsis of fireplug (“fire hydrant”).
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
verb
- deliver a quick blow to
- make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
- drive forcibly as if by a punch
- To thrust against; to poke.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To light marijuana in a bong.
- (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
- (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- (transitive, wine) To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
- (intransitive, UK, slang) Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.
- (transitive) To strike with one's fist.
- (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
- To mark a ticket.
- (transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).
- (transitive) To emphasize; to give emphasis to.
- (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
noun
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- a tool for making holes or indentations
- (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
- (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- (uncountable) Impact.
- (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
- (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
- (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
- (countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist.
- (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
- A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
- (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
phrase
noun
- (computing, humorous) A pointing stick.
- (anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
- The nipple (definition 1) and the areola together.
- Any small physical protrusion, such as the lumps on the F and J keys on computer keyboards.
- (now chiefly historical) A perforated segment that fits into part of the breech of a muzzle-loading gun, on which the percussion cap is fixed.
- A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner.
- An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants.
- (plumbing, chiefly US) A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.
- Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.
- (cycling) An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim.
- a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier
- the small projection of a mammary gland
verb
verb
- To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
- (transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.
- (transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
- To bobsleigh.
- (intransitive) Synonym of blob (“catch eels using worms strung on thread”).
- (intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
- (transitive) To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
- (with on) To perform oral sex on someone.
- To curtsy.
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- ride a bobsled
- cut hair in the style of a bob
- make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
- move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement
noun
- (slang) An unspecified amount of money.
- A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
- A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
- The docked tail of a horse.
- A bobsleigh.
- A curtsy.
- Clipping of shishkabob.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A bob haircut.
- The short runner of a sled.
- A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
- A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
- A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
- Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it.
- A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
- The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
- A working beam in a steam engine.
- (computer graphics, demoscene) A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
- a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
- a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
- a short or shortened tail of certain animals
- a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
- a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)
noun
- A staff or walking stick.
- (poetry, rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme.
- (poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
- One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
- One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
- A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
- (music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
verb
- (transitive, usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
- To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
- (transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
- (transitive, with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
- To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
- (transitive, usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
- furnish with staves
- burst or force (a hole) into something
noun
- A kind of goad or stick with an iron point.
- A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
- A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
- (professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.
- A person employed to assist the jockey and trainer at a racecourse.
- (US) A person employed to clean or park cars.
- A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
- A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
verb
noun
- Abbreviation of tally stick.
- A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
- A tally shop.
- A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
- (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
- (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
- a bill for an amount due
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To correspond or agree. [with with]
- (transitive) To count something.
- (transitive) To mathematically calculate a numeric result.
- (transitive) To record something by making marks.
- (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
- (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
- (intransitive) To keep score.
- determine the sum of
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- keep score, as in games
- gain points in a game
noun
- (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- (with "the") Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
- (US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
- A lance or dart made of cane.
- (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed.
- (countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path.
- (uncountable) Sugar cane.
- (uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork and basketry.
- A local European measure of length; the canna.
- (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
- (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
- (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.
- a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
- a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
- a stiff switch, used to hit (usually students) as punishment
verb
- (UK, New Zealand, slang) To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
- (transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
- (UK, Australia, slang, intransitive) To produce extreme pain.
- (UK, New Zealand, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
- (UK, slang) To go very fast.
- To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
- beat with a cane
noun
adj
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
- characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
- having a broad or rounded end
verb
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
- make dull or blunt
- make less sharp
- make numb or insensitive
- make less intense
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
noun
- A dip stick.
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
verb
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
noun
noun
noun
- stout stick that is larger at one end
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
- a building that is occupied by a social club
- a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
- golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- A club sandwich.
- (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- (countable, golf) An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- (World War I– World War II, military slang) The propeller of an aeroplane.
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- (countable, rhythmic gymnastics) An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
- (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
verb
- gather and spend time together
- gather into a club-like mass
- strike with a club or a bludgeon
- unite with a common purpose
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- To score a victory over by a large margin.
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
noun
- A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
- A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
- (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
- The feather of a horse.
- (botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk
- The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
adj
verb
- (transitive) To pierce with a spear.
- (gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
- (transitive, by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
- (intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
- thrust up like a spear
- pierce with a spear
noun
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- (plumbing) A drain rod, being a set of segmented rods with interlocking connectors designed to remain attached even under rotation in use.
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- (fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- (ufology) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
- (rail transport) A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive, and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A Cuisenaire rod.
- (slang) A pistol; a gun.
- (biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
- (slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
- (anatomy) A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
- A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
- (chemistry) A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and ¹⁄₈ to ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
- An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.
- a gangster's pistol
- any rod-shaped bacterium
- a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- a square rod of land
verb
noun
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- 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 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).
verb
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- 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.
adj
noun
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- 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
- (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
- defeat thoroughly
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- 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 quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
- An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.
- (countable) The lash of a whip.
- (figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
verb
noun
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- a rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
- (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- Misspelling of staph.
verb
verb
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
noun
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
adj
noun
- (computing, humorous) A pointing stick.
- (anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
- The nipple (definition 1) and the areola together.
- Any small physical protrusion, such as the lumps on the F and J keys on computer keyboards.
- (now chiefly historical) A perforated segment that fits into part of the breech of a muzzle-loading gun, on which the percussion cap is fixed.
- A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner.
- An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants.
- (plumbing, chiefly US) A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.
- Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.
- (cycling) An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim.
- a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier
- the small projection of a mammary gland
verb
noun
- A staff or walking stick.
- (poetry, rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme.
- (poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
- One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
- One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
- A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
- (music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
verb
- (transitive, usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
- To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
- (transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
- (transitive, with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
- To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
- (transitive, usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
- furnish with staves
- burst or force (a hole) into something
noun
- A kind of goad or stick with an iron point.
- A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
- A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
- (professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.
- A person employed to assist the jockey and trainer at a racecourse.
- (US) A person employed to clean or park cars.
- A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
- A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
verb
noun
- Abbreviation of tally stick.
- A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
- A tally shop.
- A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
- (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
- (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
- a bill for an amount due
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To correspond or agree. [with with]
- (transitive) To count something.
- (transitive) To mathematically calculate a numeric result.
- (transitive) To record something by making marks.
- (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
- (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
- (intransitive) To keep score.
- determine the sum of
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- keep score, as in games
- gain points in a game
noun
- (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- (with "the") Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
- (US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
- A lance or dart made of cane.
- (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed.
- (countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path.
- (uncountable) Sugar cane.
- (uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork and basketry.
- A local European measure of length; the canna.
- (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
- (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
- (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.
- a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
- a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
- a stiff switch, used to hit (usually students) as punishment
verb
- (UK, New Zealand, slang) To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
- (transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
- (UK, Australia, slang, intransitive) To produce extreme pain.
- (UK, New Zealand, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
- (UK, slang) To go very fast.
- To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
- beat with a cane
noun
adj
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
- characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
- having a broad or rounded end
verb
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
- make dull or blunt
- make less sharp
- make numb or insensitive
- make less intense
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
verb
- run with the stick
- hold gently and carefully
- bring up from infancy
- cut grain with a cradle scythe
- hold or place in or as if in a cradle
- wash in a cradle
- To nurse or train in infancy.
- To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
- To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
- (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
- To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
- To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
- (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
- (transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
- (lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
noun
- a baby bed with sides and rockers
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- birth of a person
- a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
- A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
- (carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
- (contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
- A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
- (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
- (nautical) A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
- A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
- A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so as to prepare the ground.
- A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
- (mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
- A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.
- (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
- (mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
- A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
- An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
verb
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
noun
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
adj
verb
- deliver a quick blow to
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- persist in working hard
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
- insert as a plug
- insert a plug into
- (transitive, slang) To ingest a drug rectally.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with; to penetrate sexually.
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- (transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
noun
- blatant or sensational promotion
- an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
- electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
- an old or over-worked horse
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
- an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- (aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- (jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- Ellipsis of spark plug.
- (slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
- (loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
- Ellipsis of fireplug (“fire hydrant”).
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
verb
- deliver a quick blow to
- make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
- drive forcibly as if by a punch
- To thrust against; to poke.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To light marijuana in a bong.
- (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
- (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- (transitive, wine) To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
- (intransitive, UK, slang) Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.
- (transitive) To strike with one's fist.
- (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
- To mark a ticket.
- (transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).
- (transitive) To emphasize; to give emphasis to.
- (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
noun
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- a tool for making holes or indentations
- (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
- (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- (uncountable) Impact.
- (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
- (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
- (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
- (countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist.
- (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
- A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
- (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
verb
- To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
- (transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.
- (transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
- To bobsleigh.
- (intransitive) Synonym of blob (“catch eels using worms strung on thread”).
- (intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
- (transitive) To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
- (with on) To perform oral sex on someone.
- To curtsy.
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- ride a bobsled
- cut hair in the style of a bob
- make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
- move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement
noun
- (slang) An unspecified amount of money.
- A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
- A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
- The docked tail of a horse.
- A bobsleigh.
- A curtsy.
- Clipping of shishkabob.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A bob haircut.
- The short runner of a sled.
- A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
- A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
- A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
- Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it.
- A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
- The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
- A working beam in a steam engine.
- (computer graphics, demoscene) A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
- a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
- a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
- a short or shortened tail of certain animals
- a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
- a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)