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noun
- A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
- (uncountable) A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
- (literature, music) A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
- (uncountable) Any of several smaller wooden tabletop games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins.
- something of little value or significance
- a light piece of music for piano
- a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
- (graffiti slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
- (euphemistic) Ellipsis of sex toy.
- Ellipsis of toy dog.
- (slang, MLE) A gun.
- A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
- Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
- any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
- a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)
- a device regarded as providing amusement
- an artifact designed to be played with
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
- (intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
- (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
noun
- A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
- The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
- A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
- (physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.
- dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- breaking up and scattering by dispersion
noun
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- (informal) A pinball machine.
- (wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- A cataract of the eye.
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- (informal, in the plural) A leg.
- (bodybuilding, slang) An injection of PEDs.
- (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- (chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- (locksmithing) A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- (archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- (UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
- a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
- cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
- axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
- a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
verb
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- (programming, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- (backgammon) To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.
- (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
- (bodybuilding, slang, ambitransitive) To inject for performance enhancement.
- (transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- (chess, usually passive voice) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- Alternative form of peen.
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- (chess) immobilize a piece
- pierce with a pin
- attach or fasten with pins
noun
- (countable) A playfully annoying action.
- (Australia) Casual and/or flirtatious sexual acts.
- (collective) A group or a pack of rats.
- (uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- (law) A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property.
- (euphemistic) The Devil; used as an expletive.
- the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
- reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
adj
- Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.
- Of slender build.
- Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.
- (regional) Even, smooth or level.
- Not thorough; superficial.
- (especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
- being of delicate or slender build
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- lacking substance or significance
noun
verb
- (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
- (transitive) To throw heedlessly.
- (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.
- (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
- pay no attention to, disrespect
noun
adj
intj
pron
adv
noun
- One of little consequence or ability.
- (by extension) A person with low endurance.
- A person who cannot handle their drink; one who gets drunk on very little alcohol.
- Something that is light in weight, or relatively so.
- (rowing) A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class.
- (combat sports) A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport.
- A political candidate with little chance of winning.
- (weightlifting) A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight.
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
- A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the featherweight division and lighter than those in the welterweight division.
- a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
- a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds
- someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
adj
verb
noun
adj
- Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.
- (physics, of radiation) Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).
- Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
- Occurring by chance.
- not of prime or central importance
- occurring with or following as a consequence
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
noun
- A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
- (informal, derogatory) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
- (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- (informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
- (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- (agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- (publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- (uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
- a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
verb
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- (intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
- show submission or fear
- to go stealthily or furtively
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
- grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
noun
intj
verb
noun
adj
adv
pron
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (figurative) An incidental spectacle that diverts attention from a larger concern.
- (US slang) An incident in which drivers block traffic to perform stunts like donuts and burnouts for an extended period of time.
- A minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair or music festival.
- a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event
- a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
noun
verb
- To trifle or play.
- To twiddle.
- To make a shrill or trilling sound
- To go; to proceed without much enthusiasm.
- (UK, slang) To sell fake jewellery as genuine.
- (of two people) To move or speak in unison (like Tweedledum and Tweedledee)
- To say in a high-pitched voice.
- entice through the use of music
- sing in modulation
- play negligently on a musical instrument
noun
noun
- A small, insignificant quantity; a whit or jot.
- (law, attributive) A nominal consideration used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract.
- The seeds of the pepper plant Piper nigrum, commonly used as a spice, usually ground or crushed.
- pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
noun
- (countable) A sudden snatch at something.
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
- (firefighting, slang) The rescue of a person from a burning structure.
- (countable, media) A sound bite.
- (countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
- (uncountable) A simple card game.
- (countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- a mechanical device for gripping an object
- the act of catching an object with the hands
verb
- (informal) To consume something quickly.
- (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- To take the opportunity of.
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- (transitive) To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- (informal) To quickly collect, retrieve, or take.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- get hold of or seize quickly and easily
- take or grasp suddenly
- capture the attention or imagination of
- make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- obtain illegally or unscrupulously
noun
- (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
- A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- a manner lacking seriousness
noun
- Something small and unimportant.
- A tenuous connection.
- A distant kinship.
- (by extension) The tail-end or periphery of something.
- A small portion
- The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.
- fabric forming the tail of a shirt
- a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
noun
- A flitch.
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
- a short stroke
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
verb
- To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
- To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- cause to make a snapping sound
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- shine unsteadily
- remove with a flick (of the hand)
- twitch or flutter
- flash intermittently
- touch or hit with a light, quick blow
noun
- A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
- A young louse.
- The egg of a louse.
- (UK, slang) A fool, a nitwit.
- Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”).
- A candela per square metre.
- A nitpicker.
- (UK, Ireland, loosely) A head louse regardless of its age.
- (poker) A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.
- egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
- a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive, of waterfowl) To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
- (transitive) To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.
- (transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.
- dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
- bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
- work with in an amateurish manner
noun
- A display of unnecessary excitement or activity.
- An excessively elaborate story or excuse used to justify something.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see song, and, dance.
- An excessively complex set of instructions.
- theatrical performance combining singing and dancing
- an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
noun
- A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
- (uncountable) A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
- (literature, music) A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
- (uncountable) Any of several smaller wooden tabletop games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins.
- something of little value or significance
- a light piece of music for piano
- a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
- (graffiti slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
- (euphemistic) Ellipsis of sex toy.
- Ellipsis of toy dog.
- (slang, MLE) A gun.
- A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
- Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
- any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
- a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)
- a device regarded as providing amusement
- an artifact designed to be played with
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
- (intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
- (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
noun
- A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
- The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
- A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
- (physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.
- dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- breaking up and scattering by dispersion
noun
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- (informal) A pinball machine.
- (wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- A cataract of the eye.
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- (informal, in the plural) A leg.
- (bodybuilding, slang) An injection of PEDs.
- (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- (chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- (locksmithing) A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- (archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- (UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
- a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
- cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
- axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
- a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
verb
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- (programming, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- (backgammon) To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.
- (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
- (bodybuilding, slang, ambitransitive) To inject for performance enhancement.
- (transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- (chess, usually passive voice) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- Alternative form of peen.
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- (chess) immobilize a piece
- pierce with a pin
- attach or fasten with pins
noun
- (countable) A playfully annoying action.
- (Australia) Casual and/or flirtatious sexual acts.
- (collective) A group or a pack of rats.
- (uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- (law) A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property.
- (euphemistic) The Devil; used as an expletive.
- the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
- reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
noun
adj
intj
pron
adv
noun
- One of little consequence or ability.
- (by extension) A person with low endurance.
- A person who cannot handle their drink; one who gets drunk on very little alcohol.
- Something that is light in weight, or relatively so.
- (rowing) A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class.
- (combat sports) A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport.
- A political candidate with little chance of winning.
- (weightlifting) A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight.
- an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
- A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the featherweight division and lighter than those in the welterweight division.
- a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
- a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds
- someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
adj
verb
noun
adj
- Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.
- (physics, of radiation) Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).
- Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
- Occurring by chance.
- not of prime or central importance
- occurring with or following as a consequence
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
noun
- A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
- (informal, derogatory) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
- (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- (informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
- (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- (agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- (publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- (uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
- a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
verb
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- (intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
- show submission or fear
- to go stealthily or furtively
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
- grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
noun
intj
verb
noun
adj
adv
pron
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (figurative) An incidental spectacle that diverts attention from a larger concern.
- (US slang) An incident in which drivers block traffic to perform stunts like donuts and burnouts for an extended period of time.
- A minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair or music festival.
- a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event
- a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
noun
noun
- A small, insignificant quantity; a whit or jot.
- (law, attributive) A nominal consideration used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract.
- The seeds of the pepper plant Piper nigrum, commonly used as a spice, usually ground or crushed.
- pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
noun
- (countable) A sudden snatch at something.
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
- (firefighting, slang) The rescue of a person from a burning structure.
- (countable, media) A sound bite.
- (countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
- (uncountable) A simple card game.
- (countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- a mechanical device for gripping an object
- the act of catching an object with the hands
verb
- (informal) To consume something quickly.
- (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- To take the opportunity of.
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- (transitive) To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- (informal) To quickly collect, retrieve, or take.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- get hold of or seize quickly and easily
- take or grasp suddenly
- capture the attention or imagination of
- make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- obtain illegally or unscrupulously
noun
- (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
- A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- a manner lacking seriousness
noun
- Something small and unimportant.
- A tenuous connection.
- A distant kinship.
- (by extension) The tail-end or periphery of something.
- A small portion
- The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.
- fabric forming the tail of a shirt
- a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
noun
- A flitch.
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
- a short stroke
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
verb
- To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
- To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- cause to make a snapping sound
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- shine unsteadily
- remove with a flick (of the hand)
- twitch or flutter
- flash intermittently
- touch or hit with a light, quick blow
noun
- A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
- A young louse.
- The egg of a louse.
- (UK, slang) A fool, a nitwit.
- Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”).
- A candela per square metre.
- A nitpicker.
- (UK, Ireland, loosely) A head louse regardless of its age.
- (poker) A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.
- egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
- a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive, of waterfowl) To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
- (transitive) To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.
- (transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.
- dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
- bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
- work with in an amateurish manner
noun
- A display of unnecessary excitement or activity.
- An excessively elaborate story or excuse used to justify something.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see song, and, dance.
- An excessively complex set of instructions.
- theatrical performance combining singing and dancing
- an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
verb
- To trifle or play.
- To twiddle.
- To make a shrill or trilling sound
- To go; to proceed without much enthusiasm.
- (UK, slang) To sell fake jewellery as genuine.
- (of two people) To move or speak in unison (like Tweedledum and Tweedledee)
- To say in a high-pitched voice.
- entice through the use of music
- sing in modulation
- play negligently on a musical instrument
noun
adj
- Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.
- Of slender build.
- Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.
- (regional) Even, smooth or level.
- Not thorough; superficial.
- (especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
- being of delicate or slender build
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- lacking substance or significance
noun
verb
- (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
- (transitive) To throw heedlessly.
- (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.
- (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
- pay no attention to, disrespect