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noun
- The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
- A piece cut out by snipping.
- the act of clipping or snipping
- (onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
- (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
- A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
- (informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
- (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
- A small amount of something; a pinch.
- A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.
- a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
verb
- (informal) To perform a vasectomy.
- (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
- To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
- (informal) To circumcise.
- To speak or say in a snippish manner.
- To break off; to snatch away.
- To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
noun
- The snipe itself.
- (architecture) The shaft of a column.
- The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.
- The cry of the snipe when flushed.
- (architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
- (botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
- The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
- erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
noun
- Someone or something that slices.
- A slicing cucumber.
- A broad, flat knife.
- A piece of software that converts a model into a series of thin layers for 3D printing.
- (cooking) A machine that cuts meats, also named a deli slicer.
- (computing) A kind of data filter used in data visualization.
- a machine for cutting; usually with a revolving blade
- knife especially designed for slicing particular foods, as cheese
- a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers)
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
verb
- give a small sharp bite to
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- a slight but appreciable amount
- a painful or straitened circumstance
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- (slang) An arrest.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A steep incline; a very steep section of road.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
verb
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- cut the top off
- make ridges into by pinching together
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- make off with belongings of others
- (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
- (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
verb
- To bite so hard as to remove something from its source.
- (transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner.
- bite off with a quick bite
noun
- One who slashes.
- A tool for cutting undergrowth.
- One who self-injures by cutting.
- A murderer in such a film.
- (fandom slang) One who writes slash fiction and/or supports male/male ships.
- A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
- (informal, film) A horror movie with graphic blood and violence; a slasher movie.
- a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing
- someone who slashes another person
verb
- To stab.
- (transitive) To manipulate deceptively.
- To thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse.
- (transitive) To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
- To hit.
- (intransitive) To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer.
- To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.
- (transitive) To interrupt a conversation with an unrelated topic.
- (intransitive) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
noun
- (Southern US, countable) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
- (countable) Clipping of jukebox.
- (sports) A feint.
- (uncountable, music) A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork.
- The neck of a bird.
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
verb
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
- push forcefully
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- press or force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- place or put with great energy
- make a thrusting forward movement
- push violently in a specified direction
- force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
noun
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
- verbal criticism
- the act of applying force to propel something
- the force used in pushing
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
noun
- A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.
- (in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
- A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
- (computing) A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.
- (weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
- (motor racing, slang) The start/finish line.
- A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.
- A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow or lash with a whip, stick, or scourge.
- Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.
- (informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
- a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- a kind or category
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
verb
verb
- To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
- (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
- (Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
- (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
- (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
noun
- (nautical) The valve of a pump-box.
- Synonym of spike or prong, any sharp projection.
- Synonym of root, the part of a tooth embedded in the gums.
- (mathematics) Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
- A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
- (colloquial) Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
- Synonym of tang, the projection of a piece of metal intended to be driven into a shaft for holding.
- (mining, rare, in the plural) Catches on which a coalmining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
- A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
- A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
- (mining, Derbyshire dialect) A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.
- canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
- an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs
- hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
noun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- a sharp slanting blow
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
- A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
- (military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
- (military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- (fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
verb
- run at a moderately swift pace
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- attach with a clip
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- (computer graphics, video games, ambitransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- (slang, transitive) to grab or take stealthily.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- To grip tightly.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (slang) To assassinate; to bump off.
- (American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
noun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.
- (uncountable, linguistics) A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
- (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
- The act by which something is clipped (in any sense).
- (uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
- (uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
- (uncountable, American football, Canadian football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.
- (countable, journalism) An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.
verb
noun
- A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
- (figurative) The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal.
- (geometry) A line segment that bisects the perimeter of a triangle and has one endpoint at the midpoint of one of the triangle's three sides.
- (rowing) A type of oar blade with an asymmetric, mostly rectangular shape that resembles a cleaving knife.
- (music, Bahamas) A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.
- a butcher's knife having a large square blade
verb
- (intransitive) To hunt snipe.
- (ice hockey slang) To score a goal.
- (intransitive, by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
- (transitive) To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
- (intransitive) To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
- (transitive) To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
- To move the ball quickly in a different direction.
- (transitive) To attach a note or sticker to (an existing poster) to provide further information, political criticism, etc.
- (intransitive) To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
- hunt or shoot snipe
- aim and shoot with great precision
- attack in speech or writing
noun
- An end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away.
- A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.
- Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- A note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out, political criticism, etc.).
- (slang) A cigarette butt.
- A shot fired from a concealed place.
- An animated promotional logo during a television show.
- (naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
- A fool; a blockhead.
- A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
- (ice hockey slang) A goal.
- A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.
- Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
- a gunshot from a concealed location
noun
- Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
- A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
- A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
- Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
- A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
- (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
- (slang, television and film) An extension cord.
- A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
- A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
- (prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
- (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
- (slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle.
- A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
- a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a sharp stinging blow
- a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
adj
noun
- (Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
- Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
- The material cut off in this way.
- The act or operation of dividing with shears.
- The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
- (mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
- Alternative form of shearling.
- The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
- removing by cutting off or clipping
verb
noun
- The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
- A piece cut out by snipping.
- the act of clipping or snipping
- (onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
- (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
- A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
- (informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
- (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
- A small amount of something; a pinch.
- A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.
- a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
verb
- (informal) To perform a vasectomy.
- (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
- To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
- (informal) To circumcise.
- To speak or say in a snippish manner.
- To break off; to snatch away.
- To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
noun
- The snipe itself.
- (architecture) The shaft of a column.
- The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.
- The cry of the snipe when flushed.
- (architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
- (botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
- The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
- erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
noun
- Someone or something that slices.
- A slicing cucumber.
- A broad, flat knife.
- A piece of software that converts a model into a series of thin layers for 3D printing.
- (cooking) A machine that cuts meats, also named a deli slicer.
- (computing) A kind of data filter used in data visualization.
- a machine for cutting; usually with a revolving blade
- knife especially designed for slicing particular foods, as cheese
- a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers)
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
verb
- give a small sharp bite to
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- a slight but appreciable amount
- a painful or straitened circumstance
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- (slang) An arrest.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A steep incline; a very steep section of road.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
verb
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- cut the top off
- make ridges into by pinching together
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- make off with belongings of others
- (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
- (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
noun
- One who slashes.
- A tool for cutting undergrowth.
- One who self-injures by cutting.
- A murderer in such a film.
- (fandom slang) One who writes slash fiction and/or supports male/male ships.
- A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
- (informal, film) A horror movie with graphic blood and violence; a slasher movie.
- a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing
- someone who slashes another person
noun
- A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.
- (in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
- A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
- (computing) A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.
- (weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
- (motor racing, slang) The start/finish line.
- A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.
- A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow or lash with a whip, stick, or scourge.
- Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.
- (informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
- a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- a kind or category
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
verb
noun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- a sharp slanting blow
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
- A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
- (military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
- (military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- (fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
verb
- run at a moderately swift pace
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- attach with a clip
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- (computer graphics, video games, ambitransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- (slang, transitive) to grab or take stealthily.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- To grip tightly.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (slang) To assassinate; to bump off.
- (American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
noun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.
- (uncountable, linguistics) A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
- (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
- The act by which something is clipped (in any sense).
- (uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
- (uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
- (uncountable, American football, Canadian football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.
- (countable, journalism) An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.
verb
noun
- A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
- (figurative) The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal.
- (geometry) A line segment that bisects the perimeter of a triangle and has one endpoint at the midpoint of one of the triangle's three sides.
- (rowing) A type of oar blade with an asymmetric, mostly rectangular shape that resembles a cleaving knife.
- (music, Bahamas) A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.
- a butcher's knife having a large square blade
noun
- Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
- A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
- A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
- Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
- A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
- (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
- (slang, television and film) An extension cord.
- A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
- A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
- (prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
- (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
- (slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle.
- A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
- a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a sharp stinging blow
- a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
verb
- To bite so hard as to remove something from its source.
- (transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner.
- bite off with a quick bite
verb
- To stab.
- (transitive) To manipulate deceptively.
- To thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse.
- (transitive) To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
- To hit.
- (intransitive) To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer.
- To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.
- (transitive) To interrupt a conversation with an unrelated topic.
- (intransitive) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
noun
- (Southern US, countable) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
- (countable) Clipping of jukebox.
- (sports) A feint.
- (uncountable, music) A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork.
- The neck of a bird.
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
verb
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
- push forcefully
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- press or force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- place or put with great energy
- make a thrusting forward movement
- push violently in a specified direction
- force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
noun
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
- verbal criticism
- the act of applying force to propel something
- the force used in pushing
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
verb
- To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
- (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
- (Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
- (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
- (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
noun
- (nautical) The valve of a pump-box.
- Synonym of spike or prong, any sharp projection.
- Synonym of root, the part of a tooth embedded in the gums.
- (mathematics) Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
- A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
- (colloquial) Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
- Synonym of tang, the projection of a piece of metal intended to be driven into a shaft for holding.
- (mining, rare, in the plural) Catches on which a coalmining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
- A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
- A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
- (mining, Derbyshire dialect) A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.
- canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
- an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs
- hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
verb
- (intransitive) To hunt snipe.
- (ice hockey slang) To score a goal.
- (intransitive, by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
- (transitive) To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
- (intransitive) To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
- (transitive) To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
- To move the ball quickly in a different direction.
- (transitive) To attach a note or sticker to (an existing poster) to provide further information, political criticism, etc.
- (intransitive) To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
- hunt or shoot snipe
- aim and shoot with great precision
- attack in speech or writing
noun
- An end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away.
- A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.
- Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- A note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out, political criticism, etc.).
- (slang) A cigarette butt.
- A shot fired from a concealed place.
- An animated promotional logo during a television show.
- (naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
- A fool; a blockhead.
- A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
- (ice hockey slang) A goal.
- A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.
- Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
- a gunshot from a concealed location
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
verb
- give a small sharp bite to
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
adj
noun
- (Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
- Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
- The material cut off in this way.
- The act or operation of dividing with shears.
- The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
- (mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
- Alternative form of shearling.
- The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
- removing by cutting off or clipping