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verb
- To throw with a sling.
- hurl as if with a sling
- move with a sling
- To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
- (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
- (slang) To sell, peddle, or distribute (often illicitly, e.g. drugs, sex, etc.).
- hang loosely or freely; let swing
- hold or carry in a sling
noun
- The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
- A drink composed of a spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
- A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
- A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load.
- A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
- (climbing) A loop of rope or fabric tape used for various purposes: e.g. as part of a runner, or providing extra protection when abseiling or belaying.
- A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity.
- (nautical, chiefly in the plural) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast.
- A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
- (weaponry) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
- bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck
- a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
- a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel
verb
- hurl as if with a sling
- shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
- (intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
- (transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
- (intransitive) To have one's status increased rapidly.
- (transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly.
- (transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.
noun
- (UK) A slingshot.
- a device that launches aircraft from a warship
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
- (figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
- An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
- A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
noun
- One’s ability to throw.
- The act of throwing something.
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
- The flight of a thrown object.
- A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
- (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- The distance travelled by something thrown.
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- a single chance or instance
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
verb
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- (martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.
- (transitive) To imprison.
- (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- (American football) Synonym of pass.
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
- (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
- (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- make on a potter's wheel
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- place or put with great energy
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- put or send forth
- cause to be confused emotionally
- to remove
- cause to fall off
- organize or be responsible for
- propel through the air
verb
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- cause to make a snapping sound
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- shine unsteadily
- remove with a flick (of the hand)
- twitch or flutter
- flash intermittently
- touch or hit with a light, quick blow
- To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
- To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
noun
- a short stroke
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
- A flitch.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
verb
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- pull, or move with a sudden movement
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- (Internet slang) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
noun
- meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
- (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
- a sudden abrupt pull
- raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
- (originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
- (slang) Masturbation.
- (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
- (US, slang, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- A quick pull on something.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
- (Internet slang) An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
noun
- Someone who throws.
- Something that throws.
- A flamethrower.
- (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
- someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
- a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
noun
- An act of throwing.
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
adj
verb
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- to remove
- throw forcefully
noun
- An act of throwing.
- A place for throwing.
- a quick throw
- (Scotland) In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.
- In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
- (Scotland, soccer) A throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head.
- A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
adj
- Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- (UK, US, politics, of a voter) Less likely to reveal whom they will vote for than average, chiefly in the context of the collective effect this has on polling accuracy.
- Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
- Easily frightened; timid.
- (informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
- wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things
- short
- lacking self-confidence
verb
- (Scotland, transitive, intransitive) To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.
- (transitive) To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
- (intransitive) To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
- (intransitive) To jump back in fear.
- (Scotland) To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.
- start suddenly, as from fright
- throw quickly
noun
- The act by which something is hurled or thrown.
- An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar.
- A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.
- a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each
verb
verb
- To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
- Pierce with or as if with a lance.
- To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
- (informal) to steal or swipe
- Move suddenly and quickly
- To open with a lancet; to pierce.
- (medicine) Prick or cut open with a sharp instrument.
- move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
- open by piercing with a lancet
- pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
noun
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
- (metallurgy) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- (military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- (pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
- A piece in the game of shogi that can move directly forward any number of squares.
- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- (medicine) A lancet.
- (military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
verb
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- throw or toss with a light motion
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- move with a flick or light motion
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (transitive, informal) To hand over or pass along.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
- (intransitive, informal) To switch to another task, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
- (transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- (intransitive, US) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- (intransitive) To flap.
- (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- (transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
- (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- (transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
adj
noun
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- the act of flipping a coin
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- a sudden, quick movement
- A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
- A short flight.
- (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- (firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- (US, slang) A slingshot.
intj
verb
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
noun
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
noun
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- the action or manner of throwing something
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
verb
- throw or toss with a light motion
- (transitive) To throw.
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
adj
noun
- One who tosses or throws something.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang, derogatory, vulgar) A person who masturbates.
- (computing) A program that forwards or redirects messages on a bulletin board system.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, derogatory, offensive, slang) An objectionable person, often somewhat obnoxious in demeanour.
- terms of abuse for a masturbator
- someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward)
verb
- throw or toss with a light motion
- To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
- (rowing) To raise an oar too high above the water.
- (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
- To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
- (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
- (informal) To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
- (soccer) To miss a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar.
noun
- the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
- Ellipsis of sky blue.
- With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
- (mathematics, theoretical physics) The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
verb
- throw or toss with a light motion
- throw carelessly
- move or stir about violently
- throw or cast away
- agitate
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- To subject to trials; to harass.
- (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- (slang, usually as "toss one's cookies") To vomit.
- (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
- (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- (UK, slang) To masturbate.
- To throw with an initial upward direction.
- (UK, slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
- To stir or mix (a salad).
- (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- (informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
- To agitate; to make restless.
noun
- the act of flipping a coin
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- an abrupt movement
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; drivel.
- A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- (UK, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
- (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
- (British slang, chiefly in the negative) Concern or consideration.
- A haughty throwing up of the head.
- (cricket, soccer) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
- (broadcasting) A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
- (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
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noun
- (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
- (UK, slang, with "the") Pickpocketing.
- (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
- A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
- a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
prep
noun
- (bowling) A cast; a throw.
- (mining) A current of air passed along such a shaft.
- (Scotland) A taunt; a reproach.
- A message transmitted via upcasting.
- (mining) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
- (Scotland) An upset, as from a carriage.
- (computing) A cast from subtype to supertype.
- air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine
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noun
verb
verb
- throw with an underhand motion
- control a submarine
- attack by submarine
- bring down with a blow to the legs
- move forward or under in a sliding motion
- (intransitive, automotive) To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).
- (transitive) To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
- (intransitive) To operate or serve on a submarine.
- (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To sink or submerge oneself.
adj
noun
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- (nautical) A boat that can go underwater.
- Any submarine plant or animal.
- (baseball) A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
- (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
- Alternative form of submarine sandwich.
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noun
- (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
- A cineplex.
- A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
- A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
- (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
- communicates two or more signals over a common channel
- a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building
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adj
noun
- Handwriting that leans to the left.
- (surfing) The hand towards the back of the board.
- The back of the hand: the reverse side (dorsal side) of the human hand or other primate hand.
- (Ultimate Frisbee) The standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.
- (tennis and other, racquet sports) A stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.
- a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
noun
- The act of throwing or casting.
- The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
- (engineering) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team
verb
verb
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- direct high energy particles or radiation against
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
- To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
- (physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
- (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
- (figuratively) To continuously send or direct (at someone)
noun
verb
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- rain heavily
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
- To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
- To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
- Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
- Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
- (figuratively) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
- To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
- Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
- Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
- (figuratively) To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
- (archaic except British, dialectal) To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
noun
- body covering of a living animal
- the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- (archaic except Midlands, Southern England (South West)) A fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.
- (also figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
- (chiefly Northern England except in at (full) pelt) An act of moving quickly; a rush.
- The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
- (archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
- (chiefly Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
- A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
- A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
- (archaic except Ireland) A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.
- (by extension) Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.
- The fur or hair of a living animal.
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- (wrestling) A kind of throw.
- A pawl or similar catch.
- (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
- (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
- (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- The sound made by a dolphin.
- (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- (music, informal) A click track.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
- depression of a button on a computer mouse
intj
verb
- (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
- (intransitive) To get along well.
- (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (British) To snap one's fingers.
- (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- produce a click
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
verb
- (curling) To play a peel shot.
- (intransitive) To remove one's clothing.
- Misspelling of peal (“to sound loudly”).
- (croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
- (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- (intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
- (transitive) To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
- (intransitive) To move, separate (off or away).
- remove the skin from
- get undressed
- come off in flakes or thin small pieces
noun
- (countable) A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
- (countable, rugby) The action of peeling away from a formation.
- (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- (Scotland, curling) An equal or match; a draw.
- (curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
- A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
- Alternative form of peal (“a small or young salmon”).
- A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
- the rind of a fruit or vegetable
verb
- (Australia, New Zealand) To hit with a slingshot.
- (US law enforcement slang) To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
- (US military slang) To transfer a serviceman against their will.
- To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
- (transitive) To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
- (transitive) To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.
- take (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
noun
- (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of slingshot.
- (darts, often capitalized) A kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied"), usually either by failing to reach a certain score in 3 quick throws or during a competition to hit a certain prechosen number and then be the first to hit the prechosen numbers of the other players.
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- hurl or throw violently
- bring about abruptly
- fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- fall from clouds
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
- (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
- (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
- (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
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- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
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prep
verb
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- save from sins
- record data on a computer
- bring into safety
verb
noun
- (chiefly US, Australia, Philippines) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.
- (pinball) A stationary, often triangular object that launches any ball that hits its longest side back at a high force, now usually located above the flipper and between it and the inlane, with one each for both lower flippers.
- A sling bikini.
- (powerlifting) An implement of a broad fabric worn around and connecting both bicipites brachii to support benching the most heavy weights.
- Synonym of slingshot effect.
- (UK, slang, automotive) The act of passing cars queuing in the left-hand lane and using the right-hand lane to go around a roundabout, exiting at the desired junction having avoided the queue.
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
verb
- (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
- attack forcefully
- propel or hit with force
- beat with force
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adv
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adj
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- throw carelessly
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- throw away
- (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- To make a clucking sound.
- (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
noun
- (informal) A casual throw.
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- informal terms for a meal
- (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- (Scotland) A small pebble.
- A clucking sound.
- (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
- (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
- Abbreviation of woodchuck.
noun
- (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
- (in the plural, slang, African-American Vernacular) Money.
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- (by extension, often with "the") Death.
- (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- Result.
- (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
- (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- the part you are expected to play
- either extremity of something that has length
- a final state
- a final part or section
verb
- (intransitive) To conclude; to bring something to an end.
- (transitive) To finish, terminate.
- (intransitive, ergative) To come to an end.
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- bring to an end or halt
- put an end to
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
verb
- To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
- (UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
- To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour associated with the person or thing mentioned (with a and the name of a person, place, event, etc.).
- (intransitive) To take a swig or mouthful of drink.
- (martial arts) In practice fighting, to reduce the strength of a blow (etymology 3) so as to avoid injuring one's practice partner.
- (cooking, transitive, intransitive) To repeatedly stretch taffy in order to achieve the desired stretchy texture.
- (transitive) To attract or net; to pull in.
- (transitive, intransitive) (Followed by a preposition or adverb) To drive (a vehicle) in a particular direction or to a particular place.
- (transitive) To remove or withdraw (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
- (transitive, law enforcement) To pull over (a driver or vehicle); to detain for a traffic stop.
- (computing) To retrieve source code or other material from a source control repository.
- (horse racing, transitive) To impede the progress of (a horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- (transitive, rowing) To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
- (transitive, informal) To do or perform, especially something seen as negative by the speaker.
- To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
- (rail transportation, US) Of a railroad car, to pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
- (UK) To score a certain number of points in a sport.
- (transitive) To retrieve or look up for use.
- (construction) To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.
- (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
- (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
- (transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
- (ambitransitive, US, slang) To interest (someone) in dating or pursuing one (whether or not this has led to sex).
- (video games, ambitransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
- (ambitransitive, chiefly UK, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
- (transitive) To transport by rowing.
- To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck or pick (flowers, fruit, etc.).
- (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
- (intransitive) To row.
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
- rein in to keep from winning a race
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- tear or be torn violently
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- operate when rowing a boat
- steer into a certain direction
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- strain abnormally
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
- move into a certain direction
- cause to move by pulling
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- strip of feathers
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noun
- (countable, colloquial) A drink, especially of an alcoholic beverage; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
- (countable) Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
- (uncountable, figurative, informal) The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout.
- (cricket) A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.
- (uncountable, figurative) An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.
- (Internet slang) A high-quality or funny recommendation by the algorithm.
- (countable, figurative) A randomized selection from a given set.
- (printing, historical) A single impression from a handpress.
- (uncountable) An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
- (golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
- (countable) An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
- (gacha games) A player's use of a game's gacha mechanic to obtain a random reward.
- (printing) A proof sheet.
- (Internet) The act or process of sending out a request for data from a server by a client.
- (countable) A journey made by rowing.
- (countable) An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; strain; sprain.
- (uncountable, figurative) Appeal or attraction.
- a device used for pulling something
- the force used in pulling
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a sustained effort
- the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
- special advantage or influence
verb
- (sports, intransitive) To make a volley
- (intransitive) To be fired in a volley
- (transitive) To fire a volley of shots
- To sound together
- (sports, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
- utter rapidly
- discharge in, or as if in, a volley
- hit before it touches the ground
- be dispersed in a volley
- make a volley
noun
- (cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
- A burst or emission of many things at once.
- (sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
- (sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.
- The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
- a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
verb
- throw, send, or cast forward
- communicate vividly
- cause to be heard
- extend out or project in space
- project on a screen
- present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- put or send forth
- transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
- regard as objective
- draw a projection of
- (intransitive) To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance.
- (transitive, figurative) To extend to reach a point.
- (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
- (transitive) To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance.
- (geometry) To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.
- (neuroanatomy) (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location
- (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
- (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
- (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
- (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
- (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
- (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
noun
- a planned undertaking
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- (usually in the plural, US) An urban, low-income housing building.
- (US, sports) A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.
- A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
verb
- throw, send, or cast forward
- transfer
- send away towards a designated goal
- (intransitive) Synonym of send away (“to dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered”).
- (cricket) A way of celebrating a batsman's wicket usually with some hand gestures that can result in paying a fine.
- To provide a celebration for someone who is leaving; give a sendoff.
- (sports) To show someone a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area.
- To emit; to emanate.
- (transitive) To send; to dispatch.
noun
noun
- An act of throwing, often violently.
- An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- (figuratively) An attempt, a try.
- A party, especially a dance party.
- A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
- An act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.
- (dance) A lively Scottish country dance.
- a usually brief attempt
- a brief indulgence of your impulses
- the act of flinging
verb
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
- (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- throw or cast away
- indulge oneself
- throw with force or recklessness
- move in an abrupt or headlong manner
noun
verb
verb
- (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
- (intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
- (transitive) To furnish with a loft space.
- (transitive) To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.
- (transitive) To propel high into the air.
- kick or strike high in the air
- lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
- store in a loft
- propel through the air
noun
- Such an attic used as an atelier.
- An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
- (cricket) A lofted drive.
- (textiles, countable, uncountable) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
- (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
- A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
- (chiefly US) A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building.
- Ellipsis of pigeon loft.
- a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
- floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
- (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
- floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
noun
- One’s ability to throw.
- The act of throwing something.
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
- The flight of a thrown object.
- A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
- (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- The distance travelled by something thrown.
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- a single chance or instance
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
verb
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- (martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.
- (transitive) To imprison.
- (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- (American football) Synonym of pass.
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
- (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
- (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- make on a potter's wheel
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- place or put with great energy
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- put or send forth
- cause to be confused emotionally
- to remove
- cause to fall off
- organize or be responsible for
- propel through the air
noun
- Someone who throws.
- Something that throws.
- A flamethrower.
- (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
- someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
- a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
noun
- An act of throwing.
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
adj
verb
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- to remove
- throw forcefully
noun
- An act of throwing.
- A place for throwing.
- a quick throw
- (Scotland) In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.
- In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
- (Scotland, soccer) A throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head.
- A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
adj
- Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- (UK, US, politics, of a voter) Less likely to reveal whom they will vote for than average, chiefly in the context of the collective effect this has on polling accuracy.
- Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
- Easily frightened; timid.
- (informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
- wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things
- short
- lacking self-confidence
verb
- (Scotland, transitive, intransitive) To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.
- (transitive) To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
- (intransitive) To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
- (intransitive) To jump back in fear.
- (Scotland) To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.
- start suddenly, as from fright
- throw quickly
noun
- The act by which something is hurled or thrown.
- An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar.
- A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.
- a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each
verb
verb
- To throw with a sling.
- hurl as if with a sling
- move with a sling
- To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
- (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
- (slang) To sell, peddle, or distribute (often illicitly, e.g. drugs, sex, etc.).
- hang loosely or freely; let swing
- hold or carry in a sling
noun
- The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
- A drink composed of a spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
- A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
- A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load.
- A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
- (climbing) A loop of rope or fabric tape used for various purposes: e.g. as part of a runner, or providing extra protection when abseiling or belaying.
- A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity.
- (nautical, chiefly in the plural) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast.
- A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
- (weaponry) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
- bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck
- a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
- a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel
noun
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- the action or manner of throwing something
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
verb
- throw or toss with a light motion
- (transitive) To throw.
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
adj
noun
- One who tosses or throws something.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang, derogatory, vulgar) A person who masturbates.
- (computing) A program that forwards or redirects messages on a bulletin board system.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, derogatory, offensive, slang) An objectionable person, often somewhat obnoxious in demeanour.
- terms of abuse for a masturbator
- someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward)
verb
- hurl as if with a sling
- shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
- (intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
- (transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
- (intransitive) To have one's status increased rapidly.
- (transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly.
- (transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.
noun
- (UK) A slingshot.
- a device that launches aircraft from a warship
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
- (figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
- An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
- A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
noun
- (bowling) A cast; a throw.
- (mining) A current of air passed along such a shaft.
- (Scotland) A taunt; a reproach.
- A message transmitted via upcasting.
- (mining) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
- (Scotland) An upset, as from a carriage.
- (computing) A cast from subtype to supertype.
- air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The act of throwing or casting.
- The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
- (engineering) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team
verb
noun
- (wrestling) A kind of throw.
- A pawl or similar catch.
- (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
- (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
- (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- The sound made by a dolphin.
- (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- (music, informal) A click track.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
- depression of a button on a computer mouse
intj
verb
- (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
- (intransitive) To get along well.
- (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (British) To snap one's fingers.
- (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- produce a click
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
noun
adj
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
conj
prep
verb
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- save from sins
- record data on a computer
- bring into safety
noun
- (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
- (in the plural, slang, African-American Vernacular) Money.
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- (by extension, often with "the") Death.
- (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- Result.
- (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
- (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- the part you are expected to play
- either extremity of something that has length
- a final state
- a final part or section
verb
- (intransitive) To conclude; to bring something to an end.
- (transitive) To finish, terminate.
- (intransitive, ergative) To come to an end.
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- bring to an end or halt
- put an end to
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
verb
noun
- (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
- A cineplex.
- A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
- A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
- (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
- communicates two or more signals over a common channel
- a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building
adj
noun
- An act of throwing, often violently.
- An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- (figuratively) An attempt, a try.
- A party, especially a dance party.
- A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
- An act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.
- (dance) A lively Scottish country dance.
- a usually brief attempt
- a brief indulgence of your impulses
- the act of flinging
verb
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
- (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- throw or cast away
- indulge oneself
- throw with force or recklessness
- move in an abrupt or headlong manner
noun
verb
verb
- throw carelessly
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- throw away
- (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- To make a clucking sound.
- (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
noun
- (informal) A casual throw.
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- informal terms for a meal
- (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- (Scotland) A small pebble.
- A clucking sound.
- (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
- (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
- Abbreviation of woodchuck.
verb
- To throw with a sling.
- hurl as if with a sling
- move with a sling
- To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
- (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
- (slang) To sell, peddle, or distribute (often illicitly, e.g. drugs, sex, etc.).
- hang loosely or freely; let swing
- hold or carry in a sling
noun
- The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
- A drink composed of a spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
- A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
- A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load.
- A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
- (climbing) A loop of rope or fabric tape used for various purposes: e.g. as part of a runner, or providing extra protection when abseiling or belaying.
- A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity.
- (nautical, chiefly in the plural) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast.
- A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
- (weaponry) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
- bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck
- a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
- a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel
verb
- hurl as if with a sling
- shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
- (intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.
- (transitive) To fire or launch something, as if from a catapult.
- (intransitive) To have one's status increased rapidly.
- (transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly.
- (transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.
noun
- (UK) A slingshot.
- a device that launches aircraft from a warship
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
- (figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
- An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
- A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
verb
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- cause to make a snapping sound
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- shine unsteadily
- remove with a flick (of the hand)
- twitch or flutter
- flash intermittently
- touch or hit with a light, quick blow
- To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
- To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
noun
- a short stroke
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
- A flitch.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
verb
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- pull, or move with a sudden movement
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- (Internet slang) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
noun
- meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
- (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
- a sudden abrupt pull
- raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
- (originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
- (slang) Masturbation.
- (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
- (US, slang, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- A quick pull on something.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
- (Internet slang) An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
verb
- To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
- Pierce with or as if with a lance.
- To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
- (informal) to steal or swipe
- Move suddenly and quickly
- To open with a lancet; to pierce.
- (medicine) Prick or cut open with a sharp instrument.
- move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
- open by piercing with a lancet
- pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
noun
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
- (metallurgy) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- (military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- (pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
- A piece in the game of shogi that can move directly forward any number of squares.
- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- (medicine) A lancet.
- (military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
verb
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- throw or toss with a light motion
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- move with a flick or light motion
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (transitive, informal) To hand over or pass along.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
- (intransitive, informal) To switch to another task, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
- (transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- (intransitive, US) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- (intransitive) To flap.
- (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- (transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
- (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- (transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
adj
noun
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- the act of flipping a coin
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- a sudden, quick movement
- A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
- A short flight.
- (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- (firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- (US, slang) A slingshot.
intj
verb
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
noun
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
noun
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- the action or manner of throwing something
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
verb
- throw or toss with a light motion
- (transitive) To throw.
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
adj
verb
- throw or toss with a light motion
- To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
- (rowing) To raise an oar too high above the water.
- (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
- To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
- (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
- (informal) To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
- (soccer) To miss a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar.
noun
- the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
- Ellipsis of sky blue.
- With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
- (mathematics, theoretical physics) The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
verb
- throw or toss with a light motion
- throw carelessly
- move or stir about violently
- throw or cast away
- agitate
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- To subject to trials; to harass.
- (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- (slang, usually as "toss one's cookies") To vomit.
- (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
- (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- (UK, slang) To masturbate.
- To throw with an initial upward direction.
- (UK, slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
- To stir or mix (a salad).
- (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- (informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
- To agitate; to make restless.
noun
- the act of flipping a coin
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- an abrupt movement
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; drivel.
- A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- (UK, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
- (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
- (British slang, chiefly in the negative) Concern or consideration.
- A haughty throwing up of the head.
- (cricket, soccer) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
- (broadcasting) A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
- (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
verb
noun
- (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
- (UK, slang, with "the") Pickpocketing.
- (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
- A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
- a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
prep
verb
- throw with an underhand motion
- control a submarine
- attack by submarine
- bring down with a blow to the legs
- move forward or under in a sliding motion
- (intransitive, automotive) To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).
- (transitive) To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
- (intransitive) To operate or serve on a submarine.
- (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To sink or submerge oneself.
adj
noun
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- (nautical) A boat that can go underwater.
- Any submarine plant or animal.
- (baseball) A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
- (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
- Alternative form of submarine sandwich.
verb
noun
- (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
- A cineplex.
- A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
- A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
- (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
- communicates two or more signals over a common channel
- a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building
adj
verb
adj
noun
- Handwriting that leans to the left.
- (surfing) The hand towards the back of the board.
- The back of the hand: the reverse side (dorsal side) of the human hand or other primate hand.
- (Ultimate Frisbee) The standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.
- (tennis and other, racquet sports) A stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.
- a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
verb
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- direct high energy particles or radiation against
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
- To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
- (physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
- (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
- (figuratively) To continuously send or direct (at someone)
noun
verb
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- rain heavily
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
- To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
- To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
- Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
- Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
- (figuratively) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
- To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
- Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
- Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
- (figuratively) To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
- (archaic except British, dialectal) To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
noun
- body covering of a living animal
- the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- (archaic except Midlands, Southern England (South West)) A fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.
- (also figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
- (chiefly Northern England except in at (full) pelt) An act of moving quickly; a rush.
- The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
- (archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
- (chiefly Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
- A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
- A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
- (archaic except Ireland) A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.
- (by extension) Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.
- The fur or hair of a living animal.
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (curling) To play a peel shot.
- (intransitive) To remove one's clothing.
- Misspelling of peal (“to sound loudly”).
- (croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
- (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- (intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
- (transitive) To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
- (intransitive) To move, separate (off or away).
- remove the skin from
- get undressed
- come off in flakes or thin small pieces
noun
- (countable) A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
- (countable, rugby) The action of peeling away from a formation.
- (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- (Scotland, curling) An equal or match; a draw.
- (curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
- A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
- Alternative form of peal (“a small or young salmon”).
- A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
- the rind of a fruit or vegetable
verb
- (Australia, New Zealand) To hit with a slingshot.
- (US law enforcement slang) To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
- (US military slang) To transfer a serviceman against their will.
- To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
- (transitive) To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
- (transitive) To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.
- take (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
noun
- (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of slingshot.
- (darts, often capitalized) A kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied"), usually either by failing to reach a certain score in 3 quick throws or during a competition to hit a certain prechosen number and then be the first to hit the prechosen numbers of the other players.
verb
- hurl or throw violently
- bring about abruptly
- fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- fall from clouds
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
- (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
- (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
- (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (chiefly US, Australia, Philippines) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.
- (pinball) A stationary, often triangular object that launches any ball that hits its longest side back at a high force, now usually located above the flipper and between it and the inlane, with one each for both lower flippers.
- A sling bikini.
- (powerlifting) An implement of a broad fabric worn around and connecting both bicipites brachii to support benching the most heavy weights.
- Synonym of slingshot effect.
- (UK, slang, automotive) The act of passing cars queuing in the left-hand lane and using the right-hand lane to go around a roundabout, exiting at the desired junction having avoided the queue.
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
verb
- (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
- attack forcefully
- propel or hit with force
- beat with force
noun
verb
adv
noun
adj
verb
- throw carelessly
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- throw away
- (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- To make a clucking sound.
- (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
noun
- (informal) A casual throw.
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- informal terms for a meal
- (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- (Scotland) A small pebble.
- A clucking sound.
- (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
- (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
- Abbreviation of woodchuck.
verb
- To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
- (UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
- To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour associated with the person or thing mentioned (with a and the name of a person, place, event, etc.).
- (intransitive) To take a swig or mouthful of drink.
- (martial arts) In practice fighting, to reduce the strength of a blow (etymology 3) so as to avoid injuring one's practice partner.
- (cooking, transitive, intransitive) To repeatedly stretch taffy in order to achieve the desired stretchy texture.
- (transitive) To attract or net; to pull in.
- (transitive, intransitive) (Followed by a preposition or adverb) To drive (a vehicle) in a particular direction or to a particular place.
- (transitive) To remove or withdraw (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
- (transitive, law enforcement) To pull over (a driver or vehicle); to detain for a traffic stop.
- (computing) To retrieve source code or other material from a source control repository.
- (horse racing, transitive) To impede the progress of (a horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- (transitive, rowing) To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
- (transitive, informal) To do or perform, especially something seen as negative by the speaker.
- To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
- (rail transportation, US) Of a railroad car, to pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
- (UK) To score a certain number of points in a sport.
- (transitive) To retrieve or look up for use.
- (construction) To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.
- (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
- (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
- (transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
- (ambitransitive, US, slang) To interest (someone) in dating or pursuing one (whether or not this has led to sex).
- (video games, ambitransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
- (ambitransitive, chiefly UK, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
- (transitive) To transport by rowing.
- To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck or pick (flowers, fruit, etc.).
- (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
- (intransitive) To row.
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
- rein in to keep from winning a race
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- tear or be torn violently
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- operate when rowing a boat
- steer into a certain direction
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- strain abnormally
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
- move into a certain direction
- cause to move by pulling
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- strip of feathers
intj
noun
- (countable, colloquial) A drink, especially of an alcoholic beverage; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
- (countable) Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
- (uncountable, figurative, informal) The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout.
- (cricket) A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.
- (uncountable, figurative) An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.
- (Internet slang) A high-quality or funny recommendation by the algorithm.
- (countable, figurative) A randomized selection from a given set.
- (printing, historical) A single impression from a handpress.
- (uncountable) An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
- (golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
- (countable) An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
- (gacha games) A player's use of a game's gacha mechanic to obtain a random reward.
- (printing) A proof sheet.
- (Internet) The act or process of sending out a request for data from a server by a client.
- (countable) A journey made by rowing.
- (countable) An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; strain; sprain.
- (uncountable, figurative) Appeal or attraction.
- a device used for pulling something
- the force used in pulling
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a sustained effort
- the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
- special advantage or influence
verb
- (sports, intransitive) To make a volley
- (intransitive) To be fired in a volley
- (transitive) To fire a volley of shots
- To sound together
- (sports, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
- utter rapidly
- discharge in, or as if in, a volley
- hit before it touches the ground
- be dispersed in a volley
- make a volley
noun
- (cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
- A burst or emission of many things at once.
- (sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
- (sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.
- The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
- a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
verb
- throw, send, or cast forward
- communicate vividly
- cause to be heard
- extend out or project in space
- project on a screen
- present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- put or send forth
- transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
- regard as objective
- draw a projection of
- (intransitive) To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard at a great distance.
- (transitive, figurative) To extend to reach a point.
- (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
- (transitive) To cause (one's voice or words) to be heard at a great distance.
- (geometry) To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.
- (neuroanatomy) (of a neuron or group of neurons) to have axon(s) extending to and therefore able to influence a remote location
- (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
- (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
- (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
- (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
- (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
- (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
noun
- a planned undertaking
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- (usually in the plural, US) An urban, low-income housing building.
- (US, sports) A raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot, diamond in the rough.
- A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
verb
- throw, send, or cast forward
- transfer
- send away towards a designated goal
- (intransitive) Synonym of send away (“to dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered”).
- (cricket) A way of celebrating a batsman's wicket usually with some hand gestures that can result in paying a fine.
- To provide a celebration for someone who is leaving; give a sendoff.
- (sports) To show someone a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area.
- To emit; to emanate.
- (transitive) To send; to dispatch.
noun
verb
- (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
- (intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
- (transitive) To furnish with a loft space.
- (transitive) To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.
- (transitive) To propel high into the air.
- kick or strike high in the air
- lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
- store in a loft
- propel through the air
noun
- Such an attic used as an atelier.
- An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
- (cricket) A lofted drive.
- (textiles, countable, uncountable) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
- (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
- A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
- (chiefly US) A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building.
- Ellipsis of pigeon loft.
- a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
- floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
- (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
- floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space