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noun
- A shock or disturbance.
- (building material) A thin shingle.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
- (UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- (US, slang, uncountable) An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- (music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- (usually in the plural) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- A milkshake.
- (historical, nuclear physics) An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- building material used as siding or roofing
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- (transitive, figurative) To threaten to overthrow.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- (intransitive) To move from side to side.
- (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- (transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- move or cause to move back and forth
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- undermine or cause to waver
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- move back and forth or sideways
- get rid of
verb
- shock physically
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- place in a cylindrical vessel
- affect in a disagreeable way
- (ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
- (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
- (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
noun
- a sudden jarring impact
- a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food
- the quantity contained in a jar
- (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
- (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
verb
- shock physically
- organize anew
- shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
- make fuller by shaking
- change the arrangement or position of
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- (transitive) To restore to its original shape by shaking.
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To upset or distress (a person).
- (transitive, informal) To reorganize, to make reforms in.
- (transitive) To agitate by shaking.
verb
noun
- That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
- The condition of being stunned.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
- (Newfoundland) A person who lacks intelligence.
- (science fiction, uncountable) A low-range setting for an energy weapon that will stun its target but not injure or kill it.
verb
- (transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
- (Singapore, military, slang) To confiscate (an unguarded rifle, magazine, piece of equipment, etc.) from an unsuspecting soldier as punishment for neglect.
- (snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball
- (intransitive, video games) To enter a stunned state.
- (transitive) To shock or surprise.
- make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
- hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
- overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
noun
- (colloquial) An electric shock.
- A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
- (slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
- (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
- a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
intj
verb
- To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
- (slang, transitive) To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame.
- (slang, transitive) To enliven.
- (intransitive) To make a zap sound.
- (slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).
- (Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.
- (slang, transitive) To do away with something.
- (slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
- To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
- (slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
- To participate in a zap (protest) against.
- (US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
- (slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- cook or heat in a microwave oven
- strike suddenly and with force
- kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
adv
intj
noun
- (chiefly US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
- (slang, mining) An explosive product.
- A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
- (Ireland, colloquial, slang) strong smell (of)
- (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
- (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
- An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
- A sudden percussive noise.
- (slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
- (slang) A thrill.
- An explosion.
- a conspicuous success
- a sudden very loud noise
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- a vigorous blow
verb
- (slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To inject intravenously.
- (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
- (US, slang) To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity.
- (New England, slang, intransitive) To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.
- (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
- (ambitransitive) To hit hard.
- (Nigeria, slang) To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.
- (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent; to be banging
- (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
- to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
- strike violently
- close violently
- have sexual intercourse with
- move noisily
- leap, jerk, bang
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
- (transitive) To shock emotionally.
- (transitive) To knock sharply
- (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
- (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- disturb (someone's) composure
name
noun
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- (US, broadcasting) A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
- The sound of such a collision.
- (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.
- (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
- (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- (mining) A sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.
- (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- (colloquial) A minor problem or difficulty.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- a lump on the body caused by a blow
verb
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- (criminal slang and US military slang, circa 1920–1950) To encounter and stop, to catch.
- (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- (physical chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- (industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
- (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (slang) To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
- (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- (intransitive) To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.
- to play music at loud volume
- remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
- knock against with force or violence
- dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
- to enjoy some music greatly
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
intj
verb
- subject to electrical shocks
- (transitive) To give an electric shock to.
- collect or gather into shocks
- (transitive) To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
- strike with horror or terror
- strike with disgust or revulsion
- collide violently
- inflict a trauma upon
- surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
- (transitive) To strike with disgust, to offend, scandalize.
- (transitive) To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
- (transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
- (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel greatly surprised or upset.
- (geology, transitive) To deform the crystal structure of a stone by the application of extremely high pressure at moderate temperature, as produced only by hypervelocity impact events, lightning strikes, and nuclear explosions.
noun
- a sudden jarring impact
- (physics) A shock wave.
- (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor
- an instance of agitation of the earth's crust
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
- the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
- the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
- a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
- a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
- a bushy thick mass (especially hair)
- a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
- (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
- (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
- (medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- (psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
- An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
- (medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
- (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
- (psychology) A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance, often caused by news or other stimuli.
- (automotive, mechanical engineering) A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
adj
intj
name
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- (biblical) The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.
- A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- (US, African American culture) pseudonym for Harriet Tubman
noun
- a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
- (electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
- (by extension) A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.
- (Internet, historical) An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.
- A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.
verb
- (transitive) Synonym of bleep (“to replace offending words in a broadcast recording with a tone”).
- (automotive) To apply the throttle briefly when downshifting, to provide a smoother gear transition and prevent wheelspin.
- (intransitive, informal) To change state abruptly, such as between off and on or dark and light, sometimes implying motion.
- (intransitive) To make a short beep sound.
noun
- (figuratively, by extension) A stunning shock.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shell, shock.
- (uncountable) A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle; it is not a current diagnosis in medicine, but it corresponds largely with the current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.
- (colloquial) A person with the condition.
- a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare
verb
verb
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
noun
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
adj
pron
verb
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- come together
- collide violently with an obstacle
- be beset by
- (intransitive but with prepositional object, literally) To enter by running.
- (intransitive but with prepositional object) To collide with.
- To reach a large figure.
- (transitive and with prepositional object) To cause to blend into.
- (intransitive but with prepositional object, by extension) To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively).
- (transitive and with prepositional object) To cause to collide with.
- (intransitive but with prepositional object) To blend into; to be followed by or adjacent to without there being a clear boundary.
verb
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- cause to experience suddenly
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
- hook by a pull on the line
- drive something violently into a location
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- pierce with force
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- find unexpectedly
- smooth with a strickle
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- occupy or take on
- stop work in order to press demands
- produce by ignition or a blow
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- attain
- (transitive) To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
- (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- (transitive) To create an impression.
- (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- (transitive) To hit.
- (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- (sports) To score a goal.
- (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- (intransitive, by extension) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
- (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
- (transitive, finance) To balance (a ledger or account).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- (transitive) To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
- (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
- (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- (transitive, fishing) To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
noun
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- a conspicuous success
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a gentle blow
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
- (philately) A cancellation postmark.
- (printing, historical) An imperfect matrix for type.
- (military, by extension) An attack, not necessarily physical.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The strike plate of a door.
- (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
noun
adj
adv
verb
noun
- A sudden attack; a disturbance.
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- A device intended to warn or give notice of approaching danger.
- A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
- An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
- a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
verb
- (transitive, of a device) To produce a warning of approaching danger or necessary action; to emit a signal intended to rouse a recipient to vigilance or put them on the alert.
- (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
- (transitive) To call to arms for defense.
- (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
- (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
noun
- A sharp impact.
- (cricket, slang) A batsman's innings.
- An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- (cycling, uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock.
- (baseball) A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a hit.
- (automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
- (figuratively, informal) A blow or setback.
- (figuratively, informal) A criticism.
- negative criticism
- the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
- a bad experience
- a vigorous blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
verb
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a ball into play.
- (intransitive, card games, rummy) To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwood.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
- (transitive, slang) To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etc.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
- find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- rap with the knuckles
- knock against with force or violence
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- deliver a sharp blow or push
verb
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- hit violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- hit with great force
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- humiliate or depress completely
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- reduce to bankruptcy
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
- (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
- (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
- (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
noun
- a conspicuous success
- the act of colliding with something
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a vigorous blow
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
- (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
- (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- A mashed foodstuff.
adv
adj
- dazed from or as if from repeated blows
- inspiring scornful pity
- ludicrous, foolish
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
- (of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.
- Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.
- (now literary) Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.
- (cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
- Rustic, homely.
- Sickly; feeble; infirm.
- (now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
- (Scotland) mentally delayed or feeble.
- Insignificant, worthless, (chiefly Scotland) especially with regard to land quality.
- Thoughtless, lacking judgment.
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).
- (now literary) Helpless, defenseless.
noun
adv
noun
- An instance of subjecting (someone or something) to an electric shock.
- The physical reaction or shock caused by the flow of electricity through the body.
- trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
- the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
- a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
noun
verb
noun
- A forceful blow or hit.
- (formal, archaic except literary or poetic) A place to which someone or something goes; also, a condition to which someone or something moves.
- A state of rushed action; a haste, a hurry; also, a state of anger or excitement.
- The sound of something moving quickly; a rush, a whiz.
- A gust of wind; a bluster.
- An act of shaking (vigorously); a shiver, a tremble; also, a slight bout of discomfort or illness.
adv
- To the place in or to which.
- (generally) In or to any place to which; to whatever place; wherever.
- To which place; also (after a noun denoting a place) to which.
- (figurative, also humorous) To what (future) cause, condition or state, reason, etc.; where, where next; also (obsolete) to what extent; how far.
- To what place; where.
verb
- To cause (someone) to hurry; to hasten, to hurry.
- To move quickly, to rush, to whiz; also, to make a rushing sound; to whizz.
- To shake (vigorously); to tremble.
- Of the wind: to blow loudly and vigorously; to bluster; also, of an animal, etc.: to make a loud noise; to bellow, to roar.
- To throw (something) forcefully; to hurl; also, to beat, to thrash.
noun
- A shock or disturbance.
- (building material) A thin shingle.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
- (UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- (US, slang, uncountable) An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- (music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- (usually in the plural) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- A milkshake.
- (historical, nuclear physics) An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- building material used as siding or roofing
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- (transitive, figurative) To threaten to overthrow.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- (intransitive) To move from side to side.
- (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- (transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- move or cause to move back and forth
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- undermine or cause to waver
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- move back and forth or sideways
- get rid of
noun
- That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
- The condition of being stunned.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
- (Newfoundland) A person who lacks intelligence.
- (science fiction, uncountable) A low-range setting for an energy weapon that will stun its target but not injure or kill it.
verb
- (transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
- (Singapore, military, slang) To confiscate (an unguarded rifle, magazine, piece of equipment, etc.) from an unsuspecting soldier as punishment for neglect.
- (snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball
- (intransitive, video games) To enter a stunned state.
- (transitive) To shock or surprise.
- make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
- hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
- overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
noun
- (colloquial) An electric shock.
- A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
- (slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
- (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
- a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
intj
verb
- To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
- (slang, transitive) To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame.
- (slang, transitive) To enliven.
- (intransitive) To make a zap sound.
- (slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).
- (Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.
- (slang, transitive) To do away with something.
- (slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
- To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
- (slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
- To participate in a zap (protest) against.
- (US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
- (slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- cook or heat in a microwave oven
- strike suddenly and with force
- kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
- (transitive) To shock emotionally.
- (transitive) To knock sharply
- (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
- (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- disturb (someone's) composure
noun
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- (US, broadcasting) A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
- The sound of such a collision.
- (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.
- (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
- (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- (mining) A sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.
- (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- (colloquial) A minor problem or difficulty.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- a lump on the body caused by a blow
verb
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- (criminal slang and US military slang, circa 1920–1950) To encounter and stop, to catch.
- (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- (physical chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- (industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
- (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (slang) To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
- (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- (intransitive) To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.
- to play music at loud volume
- remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
- knock against with force or violence
- dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
- to enjoy some music greatly
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
intj
noun
- a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
- (electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
- (by extension) A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.
- (Internet, historical) An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.
- A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.
verb
- (transitive) Synonym of bleep (“to replace offending words in a broadcast recording with a tone”).
- (automotive) To apply the throttle briefly when downshifting, to provide a smoother gear transition and prevent wheelspin.
- (intransitive, informal) To change state abruptly, such as between off and on or dark and light, sometimes implying motion.
- (intransitive) To make a short beep sound.
verb
- shock physically
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- place in a cylindrical vessel
- affect in a disagreeable way
- (ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
- (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
- (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
noun
- a sudden jarring impact
- a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food
- the quantity contained in a jar
- (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
- (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
verb
- subject to electrical shocks
- (transitive) To give an electric shock to.
- collect or gather into shocks
- (transitive) To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
- strike with horror or terror
- strike with disgust or revulsion
- collide violently
- inflict a trauma upon
- surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
- (transitive) To strike with disgust, to offend, scandalize.
- (transitive) To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
- (transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
- (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel greatly surprised or upset.
- (geology, transitive) To deform the crystal structure of a stone by the application of extremely high pressure at moderate temperature, as produced only by hypervelocity impact events, lightning strikes, and nuclear explosions.
noun
- a sudden jarring impact
- (physics) A shock wave.
- (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor
- an instance of agitation of the earth's crust
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
- the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
- the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
- a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
- a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
- a bushy thick mass (especially hair)
- a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
- (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
- (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
- (medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- (psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
- An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
- (medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
- (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
- (psychology) A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance, often caused by news or other stimuli.
- (automotive, mechanical engineering) A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
adj
noun
- (figuratively, by extension) A stunning shock.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shell, shock.
- (uncountable) A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle; it is not a current diagnosis in medicine, but it corresponds largely with the current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.
- (colloquial) A person with the condition.
- a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare
verb
noun
adj
adv
verb
noun
- A sudden attack; a disturbance.
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- A device intended to warn or give notice of approaching danger.
- A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
- An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
- a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
verb
- (transitive, of a device) To produce a warning of approaching danger or necessary action; to emit a signal intended to rouse a recipient to vigilance or put them on the alert.
- (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
- (transitive) To call to arms for defense.
- (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
- (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
noun
- A sharp impact.
- (cricket, slang) A batsman's innings.
- An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- (cycling, uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock.
- (baseball) A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a hit.
- (automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
- (figuratively, informal) A blow or setback.
- (figuratively, informal) A criticism.
- negative criticism
- the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
- a bad experience
- a vigorous blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
verb
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a ball into play.
- (intransitive, card games, rummy) To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwood.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
- (transitive, slang) To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etc.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
- find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- rap with the knuckles
- knock against with force or violence
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- deliver a sharp blow or push
noun
- An instance of subjecting (someone or something) to an electric shock.
- The physical reaction or shock caused by the flow of electricity through the body.
- trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
- the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
- a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
noun
verb
noun
- A forceful blow or hit.
- (formal, archaic except literary or poetic) A place to which someone or something goes; also, a condition to which someone or something moves.
- A state of rushed action; a haste, a hurry; also, a state of anger or excitement.
- The sound of something moving quickly; a rush, a whiz.
- A gust of wind; a bluster.
- An act of shaking (vigorously); a shiver, a tremble; also, a slight bout of discomfort or illness.
adv
- To the place in or to which.
- (generally) In or to any place to which; to whatever place; wherever.
- To which place; also (after a noun denoting a place) to which.
- (figurative, also humorous) To what (future) cause, condition or state, reason, etc.; where, where next; also (obsolete) to what extent; how far.
- To what place; where.
verb
- To cause (someone) to hurry; to hasten, to hurry.
- To move quickly, to rush, to whiz; also, to make a rushing sound; to whizz.
- To shake (vigorously); to tremble.
- Of the wind: to blow loudly and vigorously; to bluster; also, of an animal, etc.: to make a loud noise; to bellow, to roar.
- To throw (something) forcefully; to hurl; also, to beat, to thrash.
verb
- shock physically
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- place in a cylindrical vessel
- affect in a disagreeable way
- (ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
- (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
- (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
noun
- a sudden jarring impact
- a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food
- the quantity contained in a jar
- (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
- (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
verb
- shock physically
- organize anew
- shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
- make fuller by shaking
- change the arrangement or position of
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- (transitive) To restore to its original shape by shaking.
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To upset or distress (a person).
- (transitive, informal) To reorganize, to make reforms in.
- (transitive) To agitate by shaking.
verb
verb
- subject to electrical shocks
- (transitive) To give an electric shock to.
- collect or gather into shocks
- (transitive) To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
- strike with horror or terror
- strike with disgust or revulsion
- collide violently
- inflict a trauma upon
- surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
- (transitive) To strike with disgust, to offend, scandalize.
- (transitive) To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
- (transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
- (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel greatly surprised or upset.
- (geology, transitive) To deform the crystal structure of a stone by the application of extremely high pressure at moderate temperature, as produced only by hypervelocity impact events, lightning strikes, and nuclear explosions.
noun
- a sudden jarring impact
- (physics) A shock wave.
- (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor
- an instance of agitation of the earth's crust
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
- the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
- the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
- a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
- a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
- a bushy thick mass (especially hair)
- a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
- (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
- (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
- (medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- (psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
- An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
- (medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
- (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
- (psychology) A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance, often caused by news or other stimuli.
- (automotive, mechanical engineering) A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
adj
verb
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
noun
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
adj
pron
verb
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- come together
- collide violently with an obstacle
- be beset by
- (intransitive but with prepositional object, literally) To enter by running.
- (intransitive but with prepositional object) To collide with.
- To reach a large figure.
- (transitive and with prepositional object) To cause to blend into.
- (intransitive but with prepositional object, by extension) To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively).
- (transitive and with prepositional object) To cause to collide with.
- (intransitive but with prepositional object) To blend into; to be followed by or adjacent to without there being a clear boundary.
verb
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- cause to experience suddenly
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
- hook by a pull on the line
- drive something violently into a location
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- pierce with force
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- find unexpectedly
- smooth with a strickle
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- occupy or take on
- stop work in order to press demands
- produce by ignition or a blow
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- attain
- (transitive) To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
- (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- (transitive) To create an impression.
- (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- (transitive) To hit.
- (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- (sports) To score a goal.
- (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- (intransitive, by extension) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
- (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
- (transitive, finance) To balance (a ledger or account).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- (transitive) To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
- (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
- (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- (transitive, fishing) To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
noun
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- a conspicuous success
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a gentle blow
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
- (philately) A cancellation postmark.
- (printing, historical) An imperfect matrix for type.
- (military, by extension) An attack, not necessarily physical.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The strike plate of a door.
- (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
verb
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- hit violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- hit with great force
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- humiliate or depress completely
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- reduce to bankruptcy
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
- (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
- (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
- (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
noun
- a conspicuous success
- the act of colliding with something
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a vigorous blow
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
- (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
- (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- A mashed foodstuff.
adv
noun
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- (US, broadcasting) A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
- The sound of such a collision.
- (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.
- (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
- (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- (mining) A sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.
- (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- (colloquial) A minor problem or difficulty.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- a lump on the body caused by a blow
verb
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- (criminal slang and US military slang, circa 1920–1950) To encounter and stop, to catch.
- (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- (physical chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- (industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
- (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (slang) To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
- (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- (intransitive) To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.
- to play music at loud volume
- remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
- knock against with force or violence
- dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
- to enjoy some music greatly
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
intj
adv
intj
noun
- (chiefly US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
- (slang, mining) An explosive product.
- A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
- (Ireland, colloquial, slang) strong smell (of)
- (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
- (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
- An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
- A sudden percussive noise.
- (slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
- (slang) A thrill.
- An explosion.
- a conspicuous success
- a sudden very loud noise
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- a vigorous blow
verb
- (slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To inject intravenously.
- (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
- (US, slang) To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity.
- (New England, slang, intransitive) To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.
- (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
- (ambitransitive) To hit hard.
- (Nigeria, slang) To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.
- (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent; to be banging
- (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
- to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
- strike violently
- close violently
- have sexual intercourse with
- move noisily
- leap, jerk, bang
adj
- dazed from or as if from repeated blows
- inspiring scornful pity
- ludicrous, foolish
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
- (of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.
- Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.
- (now literary) Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.
- (cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
- Rustic, homely.
- Sickly; feeble; infirm.
- (now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
- (Scotland) mentally delayed or feeble.
- Insignificant, worthless, (chiefly Scotland) especially with regard to land quality.
- Thoughtless, lacking judgment.
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).
- (now literary) Helpless, defenseless.