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noun
- A stupid or boring person; dullard.
- (slang) A zombie.
- An employee of a transport company, especially a pilot or flight attendant, traveling as a passenger for logistical reasons, for example to return home or travel to the next assignment.
- A tree or tree branch fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable body of water, partially submerged or rising nearly the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk; snag.
- A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service.
- (slang) Driftwood.
- A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend.
- (slang) Alternative form of Deadhead (“fan of the rock band The Grateful Dead”).
- Anyone traveling for free, without paying the expected fare.
- A person staying at a lodging, such as a hotel or boarding house, without paying rent; freeloader.
- a nonenterprising person who is not paying their way
- a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
verb
noun
- A dull person with conventional thoughts.
- (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
- (inorganic chemistry) The anionic form of a bromine atom.
- (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of hydrobromic acid.
- (photography) A print made on bromide paper.
- A platitude.
- a trite or obvious remark
- any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
noun
- a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
- the bag containing the gas in a balloon
- (by extension) A lighter-than-air aircraft; a balloon or dirigible.
- A bag or bladder to hold a reservoir of gas, as in a hot-air balloon.
- (figuratively, derogatory) A person who is overly garrulous or prone to making empty, unsupportable statements; a windbag.
verb
adj
noun
- (music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- A rhythm.
- A pulsation or throb.
- (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A stroke; a blow.
- (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- A beatnik.
- the sound of stroke or blow
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
verb
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- simple past tense of beat
- (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- (intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang) To rob; to cheat or scam.
- (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
- (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- (especially colloquial) past participle of beat
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
- (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- (transitive) To hit; to strike.
- (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
- move rhythmically
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- make a rhythmic sound
- move with a thrashing motion
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- wear out completely
- stir vigorously
- avoid paying
- hit repeatedly
- be superior
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- shape by beating
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- glare or strike with great intensity
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- make by pounding or trampling
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- beat through cleverness and wit
- move with a flapping motion
noun
verb
noun
- A dull or lazy person.
- A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
- Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
- (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
- A fat person.
- A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
- A group, set, or unit.
- A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
- A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- an awkward stupid person
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- a compact mass
- a large piece of something without definite shape
verb
- (intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.
- (transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
- (transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
- (transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
- (transitive, slang) To hit or strike (a person).
- group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
- put together indiscriminately
noun
- A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
- One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
- (MLE, slang) A knife fit for a stabbing.
- An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
- A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
- (botany) The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.
- A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
- A tool used for drilling.
- any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
- a drill for penetrating rock
adj
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
verb
adj
- Boring and unoriginal.
- (euphemistic) Horny (sexually aroused; experiencing sexual desire).
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Uncool, stupid, lame.
- (rare) Containing corn.
- Having or pertaining to corns (a type of callus).
- Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
- dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
adj
- Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
- (rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.
- (figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.
- Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
- Heavy, massive, weighty.
- slow and laborious because of weight
- having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
- labored and dull
noun
- An ordinary person with no special abilities; a mediocrity.
- A politician or bureaucrat of mediocre ability.
- (biology) A plant species that thrives in moderate conditions.
- An advocate of mediocracy; one who prefers to avoid controversy, change and risk.
- A politician or leader from a middle-class background.
noun
- a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- metal supports for logs in a fireplace
- a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- informal term for a man
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- (Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance having a brief vogue in the 1960s in which the actions of a dog were mimicked.
- Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct).
- (often attributive) A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
- One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
- A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
- (slang, derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
- (derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.
- A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.
- (informal) Something that performs poorly.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Foot; toe.
- (transport, historical) A double-ended side spike driven through a hole in the flange of a rail on a tramway.
- A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
- The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.
- Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
- (film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.
- (poker slang) An underdog.
- (cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
- (slang) A sexually aggressive man.
- (slang) A man, guy, chap.
- (uncountable) The meat of this animal, eaten as food.
verb
- go after with the intent to catch
- (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
- (transitive, slang) To criticize.
- (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- (transitive, military) To divide (a watch) with a comrade.
- (transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
- (transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
- (intransitive, emerging usage in British) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
adj
adj
- (informal) Very boring.
- (informal, Australian Aboriginal, Ireland, Newfoundland) Excellent, awesome, cool.
- Very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.).
- Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile.
- Causing death; lethal.
- causing or capable of causing death
- extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
- exceedingly harmful
- involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
- (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
- of an instrument of certain death
adv
adj
- Tedious; repetitive and boring.
- Ordinary; not new.
- Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
- Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
- belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly
- found in the ordinary course of events
- concerned with the world or worldly matters
noun
- An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
- (slang, derogatory, in various subcultures) A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
- (fandom slang, as "the mundane") The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
- (derogatory, satanism) A person who is not a Satanist.
adj
- Boring; not exciting or interesting.
- Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)
- Bored, depressed, down.
- Insensible; unfeeling.
- Sluggish, listless.
- Cloudy, overcast.
- (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
- Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
- lacking in liveliness or animation
- not having a sharp edge or point
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- darkened with overcast
- emitting or reflecting very little light
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- not keenly felt
- (of business) not active or brisk
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
verb
- (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
- To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
- (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
- (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
- make less lively or vigorous
- make dull in appearance
- become less interesting or attractive
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- make dull or blunt
- make numb or insensitive
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
noun
- (slang) A dull or hapless person.
- (Cornwall) A bonnet (headwear).
- (informal) Grime or mud.
- (US, derogatory) A Vietnamese person (including, but not limited to, Vietcong in the Vietnam War).
- (US, derogatory) A Korean person (especially the North Koreans during the Korean War).
- Look.
- any thick, viscous matter
adj
noun
verb
noun
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- a person who evokes boredom
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- The place where such a well exists.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- Calibre; importance.
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
verb
- (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past of bear
- (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- (colloquial) past participle of bear
- (proscribed) simple past of bare
- (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
- (transitive) To make a hole through something.
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- cause to be bored
adj
- Not enjoyable or interesting; boring, dull.
- Of a person: having a dejected or serious appearance or mood; dour, gloomy, moody, morose, sullen.
- Of a task: laborious, tedious, troublesome; hence, needing concentration to understand; intricate.
- of a person: patient, stoic, tolerant, resolute
- Chiefly of rain: without pause or stop; continuous, incessant.
- Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.).
- Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded.
- Bleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable.
- Slow, sluggish; specifically, of a person: tending to delay or procrastinate (especially when paying for something).
- suitably serious or solemn
noun
noun
verb
noun
- A person who does ordinary and boring work.
- (slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
- (Canada, US) A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.
- Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
- The snorting cry of a pig.
- A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
- (US, military slang) An infantry soldier.
- an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
- the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
- medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
verb
noun
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a horse kept for hire
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- an old or over-worked horse
- a mediocre and disdained writer
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- A hacking blow.
- (derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- (military, slang) An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- (derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.
- A tool for chopping.
- A dry cough.
- (slang, military) Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- (computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- (politics, slightly derogatory) A political agitator.
- (computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- (derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- (derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A practical joke that showcases cleverness and creativity.
- (falconry) A board upon which the falcon's food is placed; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- (computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A hearse.
- (slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).
- (ice hockey) The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- A grating in a mill race.
- (informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- (uncountable, slang, naval) Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- (UK, student politics, derogatory) A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
- (computing, slang) The illegal accessing of a computer network.
verb
- significantly cut up a manuscript
- cut with a hacking tool
- kick on the shins
- cut away
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- cough spasmodically
- fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- kick on the arms
- (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To play hackeysack.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- (transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- (transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
- (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- (intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
- (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- (intransitive) To cough noisily.
- (equestrianism) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
- (ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
intj
noun
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- someone who plays golf poorly
- a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
- Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
- (British, regional) A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.
- One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis.
- Someone who hacks.
- One who cuts with heavy or rough blows.
- (US, road transport) One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.
- (computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.
noun
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- (derogatory, slang) A quirky, silly or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends and typically has unfashionable hobbies. (Overlaps conceptually with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.)
- (vulgar, slang) The penis.
verb
noun
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
- (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
- a sudden abrupt pull
- raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
- (originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
- (slang) Masturbation.
- (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
- (US, slang, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- A quick pull on something.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
- (Internet slang) An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
verb
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- pull, or move with a sudden movement
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- (Internet slang) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
adj
- Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.
- Having no effect.
- Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
- Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
- Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
- producing no result or effect
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
- disinclined to work or exertion
noun
- an idle slothful person
- any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- a projectile that is fired from a gun
- an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
- a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms
- a counterfeit coin
- a strip of type metal used for spacing
- A hard blow, usually with the fist.
- A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
- A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
- (regional) A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
- (journalism) A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
- (television editing) A black screen used to separate broadcast items.
- (herpetology) An infertile egg of a reptile.
- A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
- (web development, SEO) The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
- A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
- (US, slang, District of Columbia) A hitchhiking commuter.
- A ship that sails slowly.
- (rail transport) An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors, but lacks a prime mover, being powered by electricity from the mother locomotive, and may or may not have a control cab.
- Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
- (screenwriting) A block of text at the beginning of a scene that sets up the scene's location, characters, etc.
- A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
- A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
- (physics, rare) The imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
- (letterpress typography) A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
verb
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
- (intransitive, of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
- (transitive) To load with a slug or slugs.
- To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
- To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.
- To make sluggish.
- (transitive) To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
noun
verb
noun
adj
name
adj
- Of a person: boring and unadventurous; also, old-fashioned, stuck in the past.
- (archaic except Northern England (northwest)) Bad-tempered, grumpy, irritable.
- Characteristic of or relating to mould or mouldiness.
- Of attitudes, ideas, writing, or other abstract things: no longer fresh or interesting; outdated, stale.
- Having an odour or taste of mould; also (generally), having a stale or unfresh odour or taste.
- Affected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy.
- (rare) Of a male animal such as a camel or an elephant: in musth.
- stale and unclean smelling
- covered with or smelling of mold
noun
- A stupid or boring person; dullard.
- (slang) A zombie.
- An employee of a transport company, especially a pilot or flight attendant, traveling as a passenger for logistical reasons, for example to return home or travel to the next assignment.
- A tree or tree branch fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable body of water, partially submerged or rising nearly the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk; snag.
- A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service.
- (slang) Driftwood.
- A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend.
- (slang) Alternative form of Deadhead (“fan of the rock band The Grateful Dead”).
- Anyone traveling for free, without paying the expected fare.
- A person staying at a lodging, such as a hotel or boarding house, without paying rent; freeloader.
- a nonenterprising person who is not paying their way
- a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
verb
noun
- A dull person with conventional thoughts.
- (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
- (inorganic chemistry) The anionic form of a bromine atom.
- (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of hydrobromic acid.
- (photography) A print made on bromide paper.
- A platitude.
- a trite or obvious remark
- any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
noun
- a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
- the bag containing the gas in a balloon
- (by extension) A lighter-than-air aircraft; a balloon or dirigible.
- A bag or bladder to hold a reservoir of gas, as in a hot-air balloon.
- (figuratively, derogatory) A person who is overly garrulous or prone to making empty, unsupportable statements; a windbag.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A dull or lazy person.
- A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
- Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
- (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
- A fat person.
- A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
- A group, set, or unit.
- A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
- A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- an awkward stupid person
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- a compact mass
- a large piece of something without definite shape
verb
- (intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.
- (transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
- (transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
- (transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
- (transitive, slang) To hit or strike (a person).
- group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
- put together indiscriminately
noun
- A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
- One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
- (MLE, slang) A knife fit for a stabbing.
- An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
- A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
- (botany) The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.
- A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
- A tool used for drilling.
- any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
- a drill for penetrating rock
noun
- An ordinary person with no special abilities; a mediocrity.
- A politician or bureaucrat of mediocre ability.
- (biology) A plant species that thrives in moderate conditions.
- An advocate of mediocracy; one who prefers to avoid controversy, change and risk.
- A politician or leader from a middle-class background.
noun
- a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- metal supports for logs in a fireplace
- a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- informal term for a man
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- (Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance having a brief vogue in the 1960s in which the actions of a dog were mimicked.
- Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct).
- (often attributive) A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
- One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
- A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
- (slang, derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
- (derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.
- A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.
- (informal) Something that performs poorly.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Foot; toe.
- (transport, historical) A double-ended side spike driven through a hole in the flange of a rail on a tramway.
- A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
- The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.
- Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
- (film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.
- (poker slang) An underdog.
- (cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
- (slang) A sexually aggressive man.
- (slang) A man, guy, chap.
- (uncountable) The meat of this animal, eaten as food.
verb
- go after with the intent to catch
- (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
- (transitive, slang) To criticize.
- (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- (transitive, military) To divide (a watch) with a comrade.
- (transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
- (transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
- (intransitive, emerging usage in British) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
adj
noun
- (slang) A dull or hapless person.
- (Cornwall) A bonnet (headwear).
- (informal) Grime or mud.
- (US, derogatory) A Vietnamese person (including, but not limited to, Vietcong in the Vietnam War).
- (US, derogatory) A Korean person (especially the North Koreans during the Korean War).
- Look.
- any thick, viscous matter
adj
- Tedious; repetitive and boring.
- Ordinary; not new.
- Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
- Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
- belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly
- found in the ordinary course of events
- concerned with the world or worldly matters
noun
- An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
- (slang, derogatory, in various subcultures) A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
- (fandom slang, as "the mundane") The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
- (derogatory, satanism) A person who is not a Satanist.
noun
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- a person who evokes boredom
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- The place where such a well exists.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- Calibre; importance.
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
verb
- (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past of bear
- (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- (colloquial) past participle of bear
- (proscribed) simple past of bare
- (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
- (transitive) To make a hole through something.
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- cause to be bored
noun
verb
noun
- A person who does ordinary and boring work.
- (slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
- (Canada, US) A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.
- Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
- The snorting cry of a pig.
- A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
- (US, military slang) An infantry soldier.
- an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
- the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
- medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
verb
noun
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a horse kept for hire
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- an old or over-worked horse
- a mediocre and disdained writer
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- A hacking blow.
- (derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- (military, slang) An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- (derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.
- A tool for chopping.
- A dry cough.
- (slang, military) Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- (computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- (politics, slightly derogatory) A political agitator.
- (computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- (derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- (derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A practical joke that showcases cleverness and creativity.
- (falconry) A board upon which the falcon's food is placed; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- (computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A hearse.
- (slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).
- (ice hockey) The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- A grating in a mill race.
- (informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- (uncountable, slang, naval) Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- (UK, student politics, derogatory) A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
- (computing, slang) The illegal accessing of a computer network.
verb
- significantly cut up a manuscript
- cut with a hacking tool
- kick on the shins
- cut away
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- cough spasmodically
- fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- kick on the arms
- (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To play hackeysack.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- (transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- (transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
- (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- (intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
- (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- (intransitive) To cough noisily.
- (equestrianism) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
- (ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
intj
noun
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- someone who plays golf poorly
- a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
- Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
- (British, regional) A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.
- One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis.
- Someone who hacks.
- One who cuts with heavy or rough blows.
- (US, road transport) One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.
- (computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.
noun
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- (derogatory, slang) A quirky, silly or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends and typically has unfashionable hobbies. (Overlaps conceptually with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.)
- (vulgar, slang) The penis.
verb
noun
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
- (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
- a sudden abrupt pull
- raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
- (originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
- (slang) Masturbation.
- (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
- (US, slang, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- A quick pull on something.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
- (Internet slang) An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
verb
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- pull, or move with a sudden movement
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- (Internet slang) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
noun
- an idle slothful person
- any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- a projectile that is fired from a gun
- an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
- a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms
- a counterfeit coin
- a strip of type metal used for spacing
- A hard blow, usually with the fist.
- A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
- A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
- (regional) A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
- (journalism) A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
- (television editing) A black screen used to separate broadcast items.
- (herpetology) An infertile egg of a reptile.
- A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
- (web development, SEO) The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
- A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
- (US, slang, District of Columbia) A hitchhiking commuter.
- A ship that sails slowly.
- (rail transport) An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors, but lacks a prime mover, being powered by electricity from the mother locomotive, and may or may not have a control cab.
- Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
- (screenwriting) A block of text at the beginning of a scene that sets up the scene's location, characters, etc.
- A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
- A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
- (physics, rare) The imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
- (letterpress typography) A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
verb
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
- (intransitive, of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
- (transitive) To load with a slug or slugs.
- To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
- To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.
- To make sluggish.
- (transitive) To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
noun
verb
noun
adj
name
adj
noun
- (music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- A rhythm.
- A pulsation or throb.
- (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A stroke; a blow.
- (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- A beatnik.
- the sound of stroke or blow
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
verb
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- simple past tense of beat
- (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- (intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang) To rob; to cheat or scam.
- (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
- (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- (especially colloquial) past participle of beat
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
- (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- (transitive) To hit; to strike.
- (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
- move rhythmically
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- make a rhythmic sound
- move with a thrashing motion
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- wear out completely
- stir vigorously
- avoid paying
- hit repeatedly
- be superior
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- shape by beating
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- glare or strike with great intensity
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- make by pounding or trampling
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- beat through cleverness and wit
- move with a flapping motion
adj
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
verb
adj
- Boring and unoriginal.
- (euphemistic) Horny (sexually aroused; experiencing sexual desire).
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Uncool, stupid, lame.
- (rare) Containing corn.
- Having or pertaining to corns (a type of callus).
- Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
- dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
adj
- Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
- (rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.
- (figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.
- Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
- Heavy, massive, weighty.
- slow and laborious because of weight
- having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
- labored and dull
adj
- (informal) Very boring.
- (informal, Australian Aboriginal, Ireland, Newfoundland) Excellent, awesome, cool.
- Very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.).
- Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile.
- Causing death; lethal.
- causing or capable of causing death
- extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
- exceedingly harmful
- involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
- (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
- of an instrument of certain death
adv
adj
- Tedious; repetitive and boring.
- Ordinary; not new.
- Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
- Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
- belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly
- found in the ordinary course of events
- concerned with the world or worldly matters
noun
- An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
- (slang, derogatory, in various subcultures) A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
- (fandom slang, as "the mundane") The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
- (derogatory, satanism) A person who is not a Satanist.
adj
- Boring; not exciting or interesting.
- Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)
- Bored, depressed, down.
- Insensible; unfeeling.
- Sluggish, listless.
- Cloudy, overcast.
- (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
- Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
- lacking in liveliness or animation
- not having a sharp edge or point
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- darkened with overcast
- emitting or reflecting very little light
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- not keenly felt
- (of business) not active or brisk
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
verb
- (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
- To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
- (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
- (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
- make less lively or vigorous
- make dull in appearance
- become less interesting or attractive
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- make dull or blunt
- make numb or insensitive
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Not enjoyable or interesting; boring, dull.
- Of a person: having a dejected or serious appearance or mood; dour, gloomy, moody, morose, sullen.
- Of a task: laborious, tedious, troublesome; hence, needing concentration to understand; intricate.
- of a person: patient, stoic, tolerant, resolute
- Chiefly of rain: without pause or stop; continuous, incessant.
- Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.).
- Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded.
- Bleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable.
- Slow, sluggish; specifically, of a person: tending to delay or procrastinate (especially when paying for something).
- suitably serious or solemn
noun
adj
- Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.
- Having no effect.
- Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
- Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
- Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
- producing no result or effect
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
- disinclined to work or exertion
adj
- Of a person: boring and unadventurous; also, old-fashioned, stuck in the past.
- (archaic except Northern England (northwest)) Bad-tempered, grumpy, irritable.
- Characteristic of or relating to mould or mouldiness.
- Of attitudes, ideas, writing, or other abstract things: no longer fresh or interesting; outdated, stale.
- Having an odour or taste of mould; also (generally), having a stale or unfresh odour or taste.
- Affected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy.
- (rare) Of a male animal such as a camel or an elephant: in musth.
- stale and unclean smelling
- covered with or smelling of mold