Mots en English pour 'move about, move back and forth'
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verb
- move about, move back and forth
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- walk by dragging one's feet
- To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
- To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
- To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
- To change; modify the order of something.
- To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
- (ambitransitive) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
- (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.
noun
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
- A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
- (by extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.
- (dance) A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
- The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
- An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
- The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
verb
- move around; move from place to place
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- avoid something unpleasant or laborious
- be released or become known; of news
- To visit numerous different places.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, around.
- To transport oneself from place to place.
- (slang) To be sexually promiscuous.
- To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path.
- (figuratively) To avoid or bypass an obstacle.
- To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore; to get out of.
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adj
- Moving to and fro; undulating.
- Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.
- Full of waves.
- (slang) Drunk.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) Cool and fashionable.
- (botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
- Rising or swelling in waves.
- (heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.
- uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
- (of hair) having waves
verb
- move around
- change gears
- change place or direction
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change in quality
- move very slightly
- move and exchange for another
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- move abruptly
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- move from one setting or context to another
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.
- (ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.
- (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
- (intransitive) To use meditation or other means to change the reality that one's consciousness resides in.
- (intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
- (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
- (Ireland, vulgar, slang, transitive) To engage in sexual petting with.
- (intransitive) To practice indirect or evasive methods; to contrive.
- (intransitive) To hurry; to move quickly.
- (intransitive) To change gears (in an automobile).
- (Minecraft, video games) To crouch in game, especially if the shift key is pressed to initiate crouching.
- (Nigeria, slang) To steal or kidnap.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (the first value from an array).
- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.
- (intransitive, music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
noun
- a qualitative change
- the act of moving from one place to another
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- the time period during which you are at work
- (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- (music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- (baseball) An infield shift.
- A movement to do something, a beginning.
- (construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- (computing) An instance of the use of such a code or character.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
- (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- (British slang) be done; ruined
- (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
- (genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- (computing) A bit shift.
verb
- move around
- move from one place to another
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- send from one person or place to another
- cause to change ownership
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
- transfer from one place or period to another
- lift and reset in another soil or situation
- (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
- (transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
noun
- the act of moving something from one location to another
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- the act of transferring something from one form to another
- application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
- a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
- transferring ownership
- (uncountable, linguistics) Ellipsis of language transfer.
- (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
- (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
- (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
- (US, Canada, varsity sports) Ellipsis of transfer student.
- (countable, transport) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
- (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
- (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
- (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
- (countable, transport) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
verb
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
noun
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
verb
noun
verb
- move back and forth or sideways
- cause to move back and forth
- be excellent or outstanding
- (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
- (intransitive) To have people dancing and enjoying rock music.
- (transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
- (transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
- To pelt with rocks; to stone.
- (intransitive) To sway one's body as a stim.
- (transitive) To do something with excitement yet skillfully.
- (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
- (transitive) To thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
- (intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
- (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
- (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
- (slang, ambitransitive, euphemistic) To make love to or have sex (with).
- (intransitive, stative) To be cool.
- (intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
- (transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
noun
- hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
- (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- pitching dangerously to one side
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
- a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
- (countable) Distaff.
- (CB radio slang) A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
- (uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
- The striped bass.
- (US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
- (rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- (uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.
- (informal, cricket) A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
- A large hill or island having no vegetation.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.
- An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
- The huss or rock salmon.
- (British, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
- A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
- A lump or cube of ice.
- (colloquial) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.
- (US, basketball, slang) A basketball.
- (South Africa, slang, derogatory) An Afrikaner.
- (figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
- (US, baseball, slang) A mistake.
- (curling) Synonym of stone.
- (geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
- (US, slang) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
- (music) A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.
- (US poker slang) An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
verb
- move back and forth or sideways
- move or cause to move back and forth
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- undermine or cause to waver
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- get rid of
- (intransitive, figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- (transitive, figurative) To threaten to overthrow.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- (intransitive) To move from side to side.
- (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- (transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
noun
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- building material used as siding or roofing
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- (building material) A thin shingle.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
- (UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- (US, slang, uncountable) An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- (music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- A shock or disturbance.
- (usually in the plural) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- A milkshake.
- (historical, nuclear physics) An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- A fissure in rock or earth.
verb
- move back and forth or sideways
- cause to move back and forth
- win approval or support for
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- (transitive) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
- (transitive) To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- To have weight or influence.
- (intransitive) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
- (transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- (nautical, transitive) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
noun
- controlling influence
- pitching dangerously to one side
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- (automotive) The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
- Synonym of sweet flag (“Acorus calamus”)
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
noun
verb
noun
- the act of moving back and forth
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
verb
- move back and forth very rapidly
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- beat rapidly
- wink briefly
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
noun
- the act of moving back and forth
- someone who communicates by waving
- the act of pausing uncertainly
- One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave.
- A person who specializes in treating hair to make it wavy.
- (printing, historical) In full waver roller: a roller which places ink on the inking table of a printing press with a back and forth, waving motion.
- A state of beginning to weaken or showing signs of weakening in resolve; a falter.
- An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.
- A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
- A tool used to make hair wavy.
verb
- move back and forth very rapidly
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
- be unsure or weak
- sway from side to side
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
- Chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary.
- To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.
- Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble.
- To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.
- Of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver.
- To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
verb
- move up and down
- flow intermittently
- deliver forth
- draw or pour with a pump
- raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
- supply in great quantities
- operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
- question persistently
- (British, slang, vulgar) To pass gas; to fart quietly.
- (colloquial) To inject silicone into the body in order to try to achieve a fuller or curvier look.
- (transitive) To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning.
- (transitive) To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
- To fire a bullet from a firearm.
- (transitive, often followed by up) To fill with air by means of a pump; to inflate.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.
- (sports) To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.
- (transitive) To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
- (computing) To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.
- (bodybuilding) To enlarge the body by means of weightlifting or steroid use.
- To load a shell into the chamber of a pump-action shotgun by pumping the mechanism.
- (US, intransitive, slang) Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy.
- (transitive) To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.
- (transitive, intransitive) To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.
noun
- a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- a low-cut shoe without fastenings
- A dancing shoe.
- A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
- (colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
- A type of shoe without a heel.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)
- (British) A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker.
- A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
- (US, slang) The heart.
- An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
- (bodybuilding, climbing) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
prefix
- Moving from one side to the other; across.
- Alternate, different.
- Perpendicular in angle; transverse.
- (figurative) Moving from one track or state to another.
- Located in between. Often, but not necessarily, forming an H-shaped structure.
- Involving two or more at the same time; coincident.
- Comparing two sources of information, often to verify their contents.
- Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines.
- On the opposite side of.
- Moving or acting against, opposing, contrary.
- To combine two entities to create a hybrid.
- More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.
- Mutual exchange or influence, where both entities are affected in the same way. Mutuality.
- One entity affecting a similar entity, such as to transfer of one property from one entity to the other.
adv
adj
noun
verb
- move from side to side
- To move continually, especially in gossip; said of the tongue.
- (intransitive, cricket, slang) Of the tail (lower order of the batting lineup): to score more runs than expected.
- To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head to express disagreement or disbelief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To play truant from school.
noun
verb
- move from side to side
- move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
- (intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
- (transitive, of the eyebrows) To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.
- (transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
noun
verb
- move or cause to move back and forth
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- try to stir up public opinion
- move very slightly
- change the arrangement or position of
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
- To participate in political agitation (sense 3).
- (transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
noun
- alternating back-and-forth movement
- mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
- the act of making or doing something in return
- The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning
- Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides; oscillation.
verb
noun
- The buttocks.
- A remnant, as in Rump Parliament.
- The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
- A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
- the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- fleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above the round
adj
verb
verb
- move or swing back and forth
- grow vigorously
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- (intransitive) To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.
- (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
- (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
- (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
- (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
- (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
noun
- (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
- a display of ornamental speech or language
- an ornamental embellishment in writing
- the act of waving
- a showy gesture
- An ornamentation.
- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
- (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
- (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
verb
- move or swing back and forth
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- set waves in
- signal with the hands or nod
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- (intransitive, ergative) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
- (intransitive) To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
- (transitive) To style (the hair) so as to produce a wavy texture.
- (transitive, metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
- (intransitive, baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch.
- To generate a wave.
- (intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
- (transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
- (intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
- (transitive, metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
- (transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
noun
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
- something that rises rapidly
- an undulating curve
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
- A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
- (video games, by extension) One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
- Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
- A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
- (figurative) A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.
- (poetic) The ocean.
- (usually "the wave") A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.
- (logistics) Any of a series of orders to be fulfilled in one short interval of time, planned as part of wave picking.
- (figurative) A movement or trend in popular culture.
- (physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
adv
- Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
- From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
- (nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
- To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction.
- On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
- Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
- Near; in the vicinity.
- in the area or vicinity
- in or to a reversed position or direction
- all around or on all sides
- in rotation or succession
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
- used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
adj
prep
- (figurative) On or near (one's person); attached as an attribute to; in the makeup of, or at the command of.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- (with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
- Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.
- On one’s person; nearby the person.
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.
- (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
- (computing, telecommunications, intransitive, of a resource or network destination) To be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
- (phonetics, intransitive) To be pronounced with a flap consonant.
- (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (something) as a flap consonant.
- (soccer, intransitive) For a goalkeeper to weakly attempt to play a flighted ball with the hands, failing to control it.
- move with a thrashing motion
- pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
- make a fuss; be agitated
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move with a flapping motion
- to flutter noisily when moved by the wind
noun
- (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
- A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset.
- A side fin of a ray.
- (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
- (graph theory) A connected component of the induced subgraph formed by deleting a set of vertices.
- Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) The labia, the vulva.
- (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- A hinged leaf.
- The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it.
- an excited state of agitation
- a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
- a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
verb
- move to and fro
- fasten or join with a joggle
- (transitive) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
- (architecture, transitive) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
- (intransitive) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
- To jog or run while juggling.
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- be in equilibrium
- bring into balance or equilibrium
noun
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- a state of equilibrium
verb
noun
adv
adj
verb
- move hurridly
- to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
- compete in a race
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
- (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
- (transitive) To compete against in a race (contest).
- (intransitive, of a motor) To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
- (West Country) To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash; specifically (nautical), to make marks on (something, such as a piece of wood) using a race knife.
- To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
noun
- a canal for a current of water
- people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
- any competition
- a contest of speed
- (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- A fast-moving current of water.
- A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:
- (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
- A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
- (engineering) A ring with a groove in which rolling elements (such as balls) ride, forming part of a rolling-element bearing (for example, a ball bearing).
- Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
- (electronics, computing) A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
- (animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- (fantasy, science fiction, mythology) A large group of nonhumans distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- (botany) A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
- (mycology, bacteriology) A strain of microorganism, fungi, etc.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- A water channel, especially one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised, such as that which powers a millwheel.
- (by extension) A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.
- (gambling) A keno gambling session.
- (sewing, weaving) A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.
- A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
- (botany) A strain of plant with characteristics causing it to differ from other plants of the same species.
verb
- move hurridly
- act at high speed
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- attack suddenly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
adj
noun
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
verb
- move hurridly
- travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
- cause to move faster
- move faster
- move very fast
- To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
- (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
- (transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
- To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
- (intransitive) To go fast.
- (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
noun
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
- changing location rapidly
- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
- distance travelled per unit time
- (mathematics, physics) The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
- The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
- (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
- (slang) Personal preference.
- (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
- (finance, uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
- (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
- (slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.
- (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).
intj
verb
verb
verb
verb
verb
verb
- move about in a confused manner
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- grind with a mill
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
noun
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- (informal) An engine.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
verb
- To move (something) from one place to another.
- To communicate; to make known; to portray.
- (law) To transfer legal rights (to).
- (of information) make known; pass on
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- transfer to another
- transmit a title or property
- serve as a means for expressing something
- go or come after and bring or take back
adj
noun
verb
verb
- to move about or proceed hurriedly
- (transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
- (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
- (transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
- (transitive, by extension) To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).
- (transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
noun
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
- container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- A broad, shallow basket.
- A quick pace; a short run.
- A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
- (construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
- A small hatch or opening in a boat, sometimes one used for draining water from open deck.
- (automotive) By extension, the bulkhead at the front of the passenger compartment.
- (automotive) A drained trough between the windscreen and bonnet of a motor vehicle, forming the intake to the heating/air-conditioning system, often also containing the windscreen wiper motor.
verb
- to move about or proceed hurriedly
- glide easily along a surface
- twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
- cause to skip over a surface
- (transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to have diarrhea.
- (transitive) To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
- (intransitive) To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
- (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.
- (intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
noun
verb
- To move rapidly (between).
- move up and down repeatedly
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes followed by with) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (transitive, electronics, computing) To turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot.
- (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- (transitive, music, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
- (music, technology) To render two or more tracks to computer storage so that they can be played back and re-recorded with further material added.
- (ergative, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave.
- (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- (horse racing, slang) To race poorly after a successful race.
- (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
- (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
- (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
- (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
- (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a cheque/check drawn on one's account).
- leap suddenly
- hit something so that it bounces
- eject from the premises
- come back after being refused
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- refuse to accept and send back
noun
- A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
- An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of two fences close together so that the horse cannot take a full stride between them, nor jump both at once.
- (politics, informal) An increase in popularity.
- A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Drugs.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
- (slang) The sack, dismissal.
- (quantum mechanics) A hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical effects.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Swagger.
- (uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
- Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
- (horse racing, slang) The situation where a horse races poorly after a successful race.
- rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
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noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
- To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
- (of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
- To take an academic degree.
- To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
- To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically.
- To come from; to have as its source or origin.
- (law) To begin and carry on a legal process.
- To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
- move ahead; travel onward in time or space
- follow a procedure or take a course
- continue talking
- follow a certain course
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
verb
noun
adj
- inclined to move or be moved about
- borne up by or suspended in a liquid
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
- not definitely committed to a party or policy
- (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position
- Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
- That floats or float.
- (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
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noun
- the act of moving back and forth
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
verb
- move back and forth very rapidly
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- beat rapidly
- wink briefly
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
noun
- the act of moving back and forth
- someone who communicates by waving
- the act of pausing uncertainly
- One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave.
- A person who specializes in treating hair to make it wavy.
- (printing, historical) In full waver roller: a roller which places ink on the inking table of a printing press with a back and forth, waving motion.
- A state of beginning to weaken or showing signs of weakening in resolve; a falter.
- An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.
- A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
- A tool used to make hair wavy.
verb
- move back and forth very rapidly
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
- be unsure or weak
- sway from side to side
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
- Chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary.
- To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.
- Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble.
- To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.
- Of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver.
- To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
noun
- alternating back-and-forth movement
- mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
- the act of making or doing something in return
- The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning
- Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides; oscillation.
verb
- To move rapidly (between).
- move up and down repeatedly
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes followed by with) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (transitive, electronics, computing) To turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot.
- (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- (transitive, music, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
- (music, technology) To render two or more tracks to computer storage so that they can be played back and re-recorded with further material added.
- (ergative, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave.
- (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- (horse racing, slang) To race poorly after a successful race.
- (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
- (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
- (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
- (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
- (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a cheque/check drawn on one's account).
- leap suddenly
- hit something so that it bounces
- eject from the premises
- come back after being refused
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- refuse to accept and send back
noun
- A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
- An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of two fences close together so that the horse cannot take a full stride between them, nor jump both at once.
- (politics, informal) An increase in popularity.
- A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Drugs.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
- (slang) The sack, dismissal.
- (quantum mechanics) A hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical effects.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Swagger.
- (uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
- Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
- (horse racing, slang) The situation where a horse races poorly after a successful race.
- rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
verb
- move about, move back and forth
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- walk by dragging one's feet
- To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
- To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
- To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
- To change; modify the order of something.
- To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
- (ambitransitive) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
- (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.
noun
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
- A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
- (by extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.
- (dance) A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
- The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
- An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
- The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
verb
- move around; move from place to place
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- avoid something unpleasant or laborious
- be released or become known; of news
- To visit numerous different places.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, around.
- To transport oneself from place to place.
- (slang) To be sexually promiscuous.
- To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path.
- (figuratively) To avoid or bypass an obstacle.
- To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore; to get out of.
verb
- move around
- change gears
- change place or direction
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change in quality
- move very slightly
- move and exchange for another
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- move abruptly
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- move from one setting or context to another
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.
- (ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.
- (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
- (intransitive) To use meditation or other means to change the reality that one's consciousness resides in.
- (intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
- (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
- (Ireland, vulgar, slang, transitive) To engage in sexual petting with.
- (intransitive) To practice indirect or evasive methods; to contrive.
- (intransitive) To hurry; to move quickly.
- (intransitive) To change gears (in an automobile).
- (Minecraft, video games) To crouch in game, especially if the shift key is pressed to initiate crouching.
- (Nigeria, slang) To steal or kidnap.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (the first value from an array).
- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.
- (intransitive, music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
noun
- a qualitative change
- the act of moving from one place to another
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- the time period during which you are at work
- (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- (music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- (baseball) An infield shift.
- A movement to do something, a beginning.
- (construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- (computing) An instance of the use of such a code or character.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
- (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- (British slang) be done; ruined
- (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
- (genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- (computing) A bit shift.
verb
- move around
- move from one place to another
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- send from one person or place to another
- cause to change ownership
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
- transfer from one place or period to another
- lift and reset in another soil or situation
- (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
- (transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
noun
- the act of moving something from one location to another
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- the act of transferring something from one form to another
- application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
- a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
- transferring ownership
- (uncountable, linguistics) Ellipsis of language transfer.
- (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
- (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
- (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
- (US, Canada, varsity sports) Ellipsis of transfer student.
- (countable, transport) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
- (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
- (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
- (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
- (countable, transport) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
verb
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
noun
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
verb
noun
verb
- move back and forth or sideways
- cause to move back and forth
- be excellent or outstanding
- (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
- (intransitive) To have people dancing and enjoying rock music.
- (transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
- (transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
- To pelt with rocks; to stone.
- (intransitive) To sway one's body as a stim.
- (transitive) To do something with excitement yet skillfully.
- (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
- (transitive) To thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
- (intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
- (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
- (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
- (slang, ambitransitive, euphemistic) To make love to or have sex (with).
- (intransitive, stative) To be cool.
- (intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
- (transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
noun
- hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
- (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- pitching dangerously to one side
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
- a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
- (countable) Distaff.
- (CB radio slang) A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
- (uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
- The striped bass.
- (US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
- (rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- (uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.
- (informal, cricket) A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
- A large hill or island having no vegetation.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.
- An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
- The huss or rock salmon.
- (British, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
- A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
- A lump or cube of ice.
- (colloquial) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.
- (US, basketball, slang) A basketball.
- (South Africa, slang, derogatory) An Afrikaner.
- (figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
- (US, baseball, slang) A mistake.
- (curling) Synonym of stone.
- (geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
- (US, slang) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
- (music) A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.
- (US poker slang) An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
verb
- move back and forth or sideways
- move or cause to move back and forth
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- undermine or cause to waver
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- get rid of
- (intransitive, figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- (transitive, figurative) To threaten to overthrow.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- (intransitive) To move from side to side.
- (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- (transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
noun
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- building material used as siding or roofing
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- (building material) A thin shingle.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
- (UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- (US, slang, uncountable) An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- (music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- A shock or disturbance.
- (usually in the plural) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- A milkshake.
- (historical, nuclear physics) An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- A fissure in rock or earth.
verb
- move back and forth or sideways
- cause to move back and forth
- win approval or support for
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- (transitive) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
- (transitive) To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- To have weight or influence.
- (intransitive) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
- (transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- (nautical, transitive) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
noun
- controlling influence
- pitching dangerously to one side
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- (automotive) The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
- Synonym of sweet flag (“Acorus calamus”)
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
verb
- move up and down
- flow intermittently
- deliver forth
- draw or pour with a pump
- raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
- supply in great quantities
- operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
- question persistently
- (British, slang, vulgar) To pass gas; to fart quietly.
- (colloquial) To inject silicone into the body in order to try to achieve a fuller or curvier look.
- (transitive) To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning.
- (transitive) To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
- To fire a bullet from a firearm.
- (transitive, often followed by up) To fill with air by means of a pump; to inflate.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.
- (sports) To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.
- (transitive) To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
- (computing) To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.
- (bodybuilding) To enlarge the body by means of weightlifting or steroid use.
- To load a shell into the chamber of a pump-action shotgun by pumping the mechanism.
- (US, intransitive, slang) Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy.
- (transitive) To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.
- (transitive, intransitive) To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.
noun
- a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- a low-cut shoe without fastenings
- A dancing shoe.
- A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
- (colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
- A type of shoe without a heel.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)
- (British) A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker.
- A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.
- (US, slang) The heart.
- An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping
- (bodybuilding, climbing) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
verb
- move from side to side
- To move continually, especially in gossip; said of the tongue.
- (intransitive, cricket, slang) Of the tail (lower order of the batting lineup): to score more runs than expected.
- To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head to express disagreement or disbelief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To play truant from school.
noun
verb
- move from side to side
- move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
- (intransitive) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
- (transitive, of the eyebrows) To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.
- (transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
noun
verb
- move or cause to move back and forth
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- try to stir up public opinion
- move very slightly
- change the arrangement or position of
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
- To participate in political agitation (sense 3).
- (transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
verb
noun
- The buttocks.
- A remnant, as in Rump Parliament.
- The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
- A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
- the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- fleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above the round
verb
- move or swing back and forth
- grow vigorously
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- (intransitive) To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.
- (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
- (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
- (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
- (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
- (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
noun
- (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
- a display of ornamental speech or language
- an ornamental embellishment in writing
- the act of waving
- a showy gesture
- An ornamentation.
- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
- (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
- (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
verb
- move or swing back and forth
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- set waves in
- signal with the hands or nod
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- (intransitive, ergative) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
- (intransitive) To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
- (transitive) To style (the hair) so as to produce a wavy texture.
- (transitive, metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
- (intransitive, baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch.
- To generate a wave.
- (intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
- (transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
- (intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
- (transitive, metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
- (transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
noun
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
- something that rises rapidly
- an undulating curve
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
- A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
- (video games, by extension) One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
- Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
- A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
- (figurative) A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.
- (poetic) The ocean.
- (usually "the wave") A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.
- (logistics) Any of a series of orders to be fulfilled in one short interval of time, planned as part of wave picking.
- (figurative) A movement or trend in popular culture.
- (physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
verb
- (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.
- (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
- (computing, telecommunications, intransitive, of a resource or network destination) To be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
- (phonetics, intransitive) To be pronounced with a flap consonant.
- (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (something) as a flap consonant.
- (soccer, intransitive) For a goalkeeper to weakly attempt to play a flighted ball with the hands, failing to control it.
- move with a thrashing motion
- pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
- make a fuss; be agitated
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move with a flapping motion
- to flutter noisily when moved by the wind
noun
- (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
- A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset.
- A side fin of a ray.
- (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
- (graph theory) A connected component of the induced subgraph formed by deleting a set of vertices.
- Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) The labia, the vulva.
- (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- A hinged leaf.
- The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it.
- an excited state of agitation
- a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
- a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
verb
- move to and fro
- fasten or join with a joggle
- (transitive) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
- (architecture, transitive) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
- (intransitive) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
- To jog or run while juggling.
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verb
noun
verb
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- be in equilibrium
- bring into balance or equilibrium
noun
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- a state of equilibrium
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adv
adj
verb
- move hurridly
- to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
- compete in a race
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
- (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
- (transitive) To compete against in a race (contest).
- (intransitive, of a motor) To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
- (West Country) To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash; specifically (nautical), to make marks on (something, such as a piece of wood) using a race knife.
- To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
noun
- a canal for a current of water
- people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
- any competition
- a contest of speed
- (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- A fast-moving current of water.
- A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:
- (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
- A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
- (engineering) A ring with a groove in which rolling elements (such as balls) ride, forming part of a rolling-element bearing (for example, a ball bearing).
- Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
- (electronics, computing) A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
- (animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- (fantasy, science fiction, mythology) A large group of nonhumans distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- (botany) A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
- (mycology, bacteriology) A strain of microorganism, fungi, etc.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- A water channel, especially one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised, such as that which powers a millwheel.
- (by extension) A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.
- (gambling) A keno gambling session.
- (sewing, weaving) A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.
- A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
- (botany) A strain of plant with characteristics causing it to differ from other plants of the same species.
verb
- move hurridly
- act at high speed
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- attack suddenly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
adj
noun
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
verb
- move hurridly
- travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
- cause to move faster
- move faster
- move very fast
- To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
- (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
- (transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
- To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
- (intransitive) To go fast.
- (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
noun
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
- changing location rapidly
- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
- distance travelled per unit time
- (mathematics, physics) The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
- The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
- (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
- (slang) Personal preference.
- (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
- (finance, uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
- (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
- (slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.
- (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).
intj
verb
verb
verb
verb
verb
verb
- move about in a confused manner
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- grind with a mill
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
noun
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- (informal) An engine.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
verb
- To move (something) from one place to another.
- To communicate; to make known; to portray.
- (law) To transfer legal rights (to).
- (of information) make known; pass on
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- transfer to another
- transmit a title or property
- serve as a means for expressing something
- go or come after and bring or take back
verb
- to move about or proceed hurriedly
- (transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
- (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
- (transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
- (transitive, by extension) To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).
- (transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
noun
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
- container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- A broad, shallow basket.
- A quick pace; a short run.
- A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
- (construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
- A small hatch or opening in a boat, sometimes one used for draining water from open deck.
- (automotive) By extension, the bulkhead at the front of the passenger compartment.
- (automotive) A drained trough between the windscreen and bonnet of a motor vehicle, forming the intake to the heating/air-conditioning system, often also containing the windscreen wiper motor.
verb
- to move about or proceed hurriedly
- glide easily along a surface
- twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
- cause to skip over a surface
- (transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to have diarrhea.
- (transitive) To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
- (intransitive) To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
- (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.
- (intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
noun
verb
- To move rapidly (between).
- move up and down repeatedly
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes followed by with) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (transitive, electronics, computing) To turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot.
- (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- (transitive, music, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
- (music, technology) To render two or more tracks to computer storage so that they can be played back and re-recorded with further material added.
- (ergative, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave.
- (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- (horse racing, slang) To race poorly after a successful race.
- (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
- (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
- (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
- (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
- (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a cheque/check drawn on one's account).
- leap suddenly
- hit something so that it bounces
- eject from the premises
- come back after being refused
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- refuse to accept and send back
noun
- A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
- An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of two fences close together so that the horse cannot take a full stride between them, nor jump both at once.
- (politics, informal) An increase in popularity.
- A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Drugs.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
- (slang) The sack, dismissal.
- (quantum mechanics) A hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical effects.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Swagger.
- (uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
- Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
- (horse racing, slang) The situation where a horse races poorly after a successful race.
- rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
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- To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
- (of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
- To take an academic degree.
- To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
- To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically.
- To come from; to have as its source or origin.
- (law) To begin and carry on a legal process.
- To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
- move ahead; travel onward in time or space
- follow a procedure or take a course
- continue talking
- follow a certain course
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
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- the act of moving back and forth
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
verb
- move back and forth very rapidly
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- beat rapidly
- wink briefly
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
noun
- the act of moving back and forth
- someone who communicates by waving
- the act of pausing uncertainly
- One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave.
- A person who specializes in treating hair to make it wavy.
- (printing, historical) In full waver roller: a roller which places ink on the inking table of a printing press with a back and forth, waving motion.
- A state of beginning to weaken or showing signs of weakening in resolve; a falter.
- An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.
- A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
- A tool used to make hair wavy.
verb
- move back and forth very rapidly
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
- be unsure or weak
- sway from side to side
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
- Chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary.
- To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.
- Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble.
- To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.
- Of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver.
- To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
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- Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
- From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
- (nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
- To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction.
- On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
- Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
- Near; in the vicinity.
- in the area or vicinity
- in or to a reversed position or direction
- all around or on all sides
- in rotation or succession
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
- used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
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- (figurative) On or near (one's person); attached as an attribute to; in the makeup of, or at the command of.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- (with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
- Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.
- On one’s person; nearby the person.
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.
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- Moving to and fro; undulating.
- Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.
- Full of waves.
- (slang) Drunk.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) Cool and fashionable.
- (botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
- Rising or swelling in waves.
- (heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.
- uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
- (of hair) having waves
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- inclined to move or be moved about
- borne up by or suspended in a liquid
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
- not definitely committed to a party or policy
- (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position
- Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
- That floats or float.
- (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
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- Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
- From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
- (nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
- To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction.
- On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
- Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
- Near; in the vicinity.
- in the area or vicinity
- in or to a reversed position or direction
- all around or on all sides
- in rotation or succession
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
- used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
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- (figurative) On or near (one's person); attached as an attribute to; in the makeup of, or at the command of.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- (with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
- Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.
- On one’s person; nearby the person.
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.