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adj
- (idiomatic) More complex or confusing than one can understand; beyond one’s comprehension.
- (idiomatic, sports) Performing at a level greatly superior to one's usual level of performance.
- (idiomatic, business) Directed to someone with authority over the person, so as to avoid requiring the approval of the person himself or herself.
- (idiomatic) More than one can handle; too much (especially in over one's head).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, head.
adj
- (figurative) Convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.
- Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.
- (anatomy) Relating to the labyrinth of the inner ear.
- highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
- resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
- relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear
adj
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To confuse or reverse.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To combine thoroughly.
- (transitive, usually passive voice, with with, often with be or get) To become involved with, especially socially or romantically.
- To shuffle.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed.
- assemble without order or sense
- cause to be perplexed or confounded
prep_phrase
adj
- (figuratively) Confused, befuddled, etc.
- Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
- Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”)
- obscured by fog
- filled or abounding with fog or mist
- indistinct or hazy in outline
- stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
adj
- (idiomatic) Unsettled or unresolved.
- (idiomatic) Vulnerable or unprotected.
- Completely open.
- (finance) Of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bids and asking prices.
- (idiomatic) Having no laws or law enforcement.
- (sports) Without the presence of opponents nearby.
verb
- (intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
- (intransitive, of a rat) To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
- (transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
- (US, dialect) To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch
- (transitive or intransitive) (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
- hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
- startle with amazement or fear
- overcome with amazement
noun
verb
- (transitive, formal) To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.
- (transitive) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
- (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
- (transitive) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
verb
- (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
- (intransitive) To be confused.
- (transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
- (transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
- mistake one thing for another
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- assemble without order or sense
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- cause to feel embarrassment
noun
- Bewilderment; perplexity.
- (UK) One who attends a stag night.
- (veterinary medicine) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.
- The spacing out of various actions over time.
- (aviation) The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
- An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
- (motor racing) The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.
- an unsteady uneven gait
verb
- To schedule in intervals or at different times.
- To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next.
- (intransitive) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
- (intransitive) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
- (transitive) To cause to reel or totter.
- (transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
- To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
- (intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- walk with great difficulty
- astound or overwhelm, as with shock
- to arrange in a systematic order
verb
- To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
- (technology) To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
- To expend effort or struggle in vain.
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
noun
- A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.
- A barrier designed to obstruct and confuse enemies, rendering them vulnerable.
- (US, dialectal, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
- a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
prep_phrase
verb
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To behave or occur in a confusing or unexpected manner.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To experience or perceive something bizarre or fantastic.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause to daydream or zone out; to cause to lose attention to one's surroundings.
- (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To put or place into an indeterminate position; to be in an ambiguous, undetermined, or improper context.
noun
- (figuratively) A region in which surreal, supernatural, or fantastic events occur.
- (astronomy, astrophysics) A moving line that divides the daylit side and the dark night side of a planetary body.
- (geography) A deteriorating area surrounding a central business district.
- (figuratively, by extension) A region or context located in between others and therefore not subject to their norms.
- Synonym of mesopelagic zone (“the part of the ocean where there is very minimal light, located below the photic epipelagic zone but above the aphotic bathypelagic zone.”).
- the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
- the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach
adv
- (figuratively) In a manner which tends to produce uncertainty or confusion; bewilderingly.
- (figuratively) In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously.
- (figuratively) In a manner which is difficult to understand, or which retards or prevents understanding; incomprehensibly.
- (figuratively) In a manner which produces an inward conviction of future misfortune; ominously.
- With a dark appearance.
- With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
- (figuratively) In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.
- (figuratively) In a manner which retards or prevents discernment; clandestinely.
- without light
- in a dark glowering menacing manner
adj
prep_phrase
verb
noun
noun
- (idiomatic, by extension) A disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation or set of events, which is a source of bewilderment, amazement, or amusement.
- A large circus in which three separate performances, each within its own circular enclosure, are staged simultaneously before a single audience.
- a circus with simultaneous performances in three rings
verb
- (intransitive, slang, by extension) To be extremely confused; to have no clue what is happening.
- (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
- (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.
- (military, weaponry, uncommon) From a catapult, to strike a target with a missile.
- (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
- pull or pull out sharply
- pinch or squeeze sharply
- to be under the influence of methamphetamine
- adjust finely
noun
- A slight adjustment or modification.
- A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
- (cryptography) An additional input to a block cipher, used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.
- Trouble; distress; tweag.
- (slang) Methamphetamine.
- (slang) A single inhalation of cocaine.
- a squeeze with the fingers
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adj
adv
prep_phrase
adj
noun
noun
- (idiomatic) A problem that is challenging to solve.
- (idiomatic) An amount that is difficult to finance.
- (idiomatic, by extension) A situation, person, group, etc. which is difficult to overcome or deal with.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, nut, crack.
- (idiomatic) A place, opportunity, etc. to which it is difficult to gain entry.
prep_phrase
noun
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To confuse or reverse.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To combine thoroughly.
- (transitive, usually passive voice, with with, often with be or get) To become involved with, especially socially or romantically.
- To shuffle.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed.
- assemble without order or sense
- cause to be perplexed or confounded
noun
- Bewilderment; perplexity.
- (UK) One who attends a stag night.
- (veterinary medicine) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.
- The spacing out of various actions over time.
- (aviation) The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
- An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
- (motor racing) The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.
- an unsteady uneven gait
verb
- To schedule in intervals or at different times.
- To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next.
- (intransitive) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
- (intransitive) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
- (transitive) To cause to reel or totter.
- (transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
- To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
- (intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- walk with great difficulty
- astound or overwhelm, as with shock
- to arrange in a systematic order
noun
- (idiomatic, by extension) A disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation or set of events, which is a source of bewilderment, amazement, or amusement.
- A large circus in which three separate performances, each within its own circular enclosure, are staged simultaneously before a single audience.
- a circus with simultaneous performances in three rings
noun
- (idiomatic) A problem that is challenging to solve.
- (idiomatic) An amount that is difficult to finance.
- (idiomatic, by extension) A situation, person, group, etc. which is difficult to overcome or deal with.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, nut, crack.
- (idiomatic) A place, opportunity, etc. to which it is difficult to gain entry.
verb
- (intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
- (intransitive, of a rat) To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
- (transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
- (US, dialect) To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch
- (transitive or intransitive) (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
- hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
- startle with amazement or fear
- overcome with amazement
noun
verb
- (transitive, formal) To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.
- (transitive) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
- (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
- (transitive) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
verb
- (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
- (intransitive) To be confused.
- (transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
- (transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
- mistake one thing for another
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- assemble without order or sense
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- cause to feel embarrassment
verb
- To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
- (technology) To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
- To expend effort or struggle in vain.
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
noun
- A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.
- A barrier designed to obstruct and confuse enemies, rendering them vulnerable.
- (US, dialectal, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
- a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
verb
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To behave or occur in a confusing or unexpected manner.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To experience or perceive something bizarre or fantastic.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause to daydream or zone out; to cause to lose attention to one's surroundings.
- (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To put or place into an indeterminate position; to be in an ambiguous, undetermined, or improper context.
noun
- (figuratively) A region in which surreal, supernatural, or fantastic events occur.
- (astronomy, astrophysics) A moving line that divides the daylit side and the dark night side of a planetary body.
- (geography) A deteriorating area surrounding a central business district.
- (figuratively, by extension) A region or context located in between others and therefore not subject to their norms.
- Synonym of mesopelagic zone (“the part of the ocean where there is very minimal light, located below the photic epipelagic zone but above the aphotic bathypelagic zone.”).
- the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
- the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach
verb
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To confuse or reverse.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To combine thoroughly.
- (transitive, usually passive voice, with with, often with be or get) To become involved with, especially socially or romantically.
- To shuffle.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed.
- assemble without order or sense
- cause to be perplexed or confounded
verb
- (intransitive, slang, by extension) To be extremely confused; to have no clue what is happening.
- (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
- (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.
- (military, weaponry, uncommon) From a catapult, to strike a target with a missile.
- (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
- pull or pull out sharply
- pinch or squeeze sharply
- to be under the influence of methamphetamine
- adjust finely
noun
- A slight adjustment or modification.
- A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
- (cryptography) An additional input to a block cipher, used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.
- Trouble; distress; tweag.
- (slang) Methamphetamine.
- (slang) A single inhalation of cocaine.
- a squeeze with the fingers
adv
- (figuratively) In a manner which tends to produce uncertainty or confusion; bewilderingly.
- (figuratively) In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously.
- (figuratively) In a manner which is difficult to understand, or which retards or prevents understanding; incomprehensibly.
- (figuratively) In a manner which produces an inward conviction of future misfortune; ominously.
- With a dark appearance.
- With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
- (figuratively) In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.
- (figuratively) In a manner which retards or prevents discernment; clandestinely.
- without light
- in a dark glowering menacing manner
adj
adj
- (idiomatic) More complex or confusing than one can understand; beyond one’s comprehension.
- (idiomatic, sports) Performing at a level greatly superior to one's usual level of performance.
- (idiomatic, business) Directed to someone with authority over the person, so as to avoid requiring the approval of the person himself or herself.
- (idiomatic) More than one can handle; too much (especially in over one's head).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, head.
adj
- (figurative) Convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.
- Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.
- (anatomy) Relating to the labyrinth of the inner ear.
- highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
- resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
- relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear
adj
noun
verb
adj
- (figuratively) Confused, befuddled, etc.
- Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
- Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”)
- obscured by fog
- filled or abounding with fog or mist
- indistinct or hazy in outline
- stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
adj
- (idiomatic) Unsettled or unresolved.
- (idiomatic) Vulnerable or unprotected.
- Completely open.
- (finance) Of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bids and asking prices.
- (idiomatic) Having no laws or law enforcement.
- (sports) Without the presence of opponents nearby.