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- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- to go stealthily or furtively
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
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- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- (computing) A pointer.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
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- (computing) Use of the mouse
- A ratchet movement in a loom.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- The act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above.
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- Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.
- A machine that cuts materials using a steel rule die. The name comes from the sound (click) when the material is cut. May be hand, pneumatic, or hydraulic powered.
- (video games) Ellipsis of clicker game.
- (slang, Northeastern US) The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment.
- An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.
- A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction.
- A signalling device used by military forces. Pressed between thumb and fingers, it makes a small but distinctive click understood by other members of a unit.
- (printing, historical) An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing.
- A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.
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- (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- produce a click
- (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
- (intransitive) To get along well.
- (British) To snap one's fingers.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
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- depression of a button on a computer mouse
- A pawl or similar catch.
- (wrestling) A kind of throw.
- (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
- (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
- (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- The sound made by a dolphin.
- (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- (music, informal) A click track.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
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- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
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- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
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- (transitive, computing) To move the cursor over.
- To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment.
- (intransitive or transitive, usually followed by to) To give in to.
- (gambling) To reinvest funds from a lottery into a subsequent one, in the event that a prize was not won.
- (intransitive) To increment, especially back to an initial value.
- (transitive) To easily overwhelm; to steamroller; to brush aside.
- (intransitive) To make a rolling motion or turn.
- (transitive) To cause a rolling motion or turn.
- negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee
- re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security
- make a rolling motion or turn
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- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- make noise as if chattering away
- cut unevenly with a chattering tool
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- (intransitive) To talk idly.
- To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
- (intransitive, of teeth, machinery, etc.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.
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- the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
- the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
- noisy talk
- An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
- (Internet) A user of chat rooms.
- (uncountable) The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.
- The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
- The sound of talking.
- Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
- The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
- (uncountable) In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
- (Internet) A user of livestream chat.
- One who chats.
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- (computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).
- Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
- To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
- Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
- To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
- To remain stationary or float in the air.
- (nautical) To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
- to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time
- be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
- be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
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- An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
- (figuratively) An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
- A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
- (chiefly Southern England) A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.
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- (computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
- A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- (databases) A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
- (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
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- (computing) The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity.
- (chiefly Ireland, slang) The penis.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, slang, rare) The vulva.
- (informal) In take the mickey: a person's (false) pride, which is criticized through disparagement or ridicule; piss.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Short for Mickey Bliss (“an act of urinating; a piss”).
- (slang) A young bull, especially one which is unbranded and running wild; a bullock.
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (“an Irishman”).
- (originally US) Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (“a Mickey Finn: an alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”).
- (informal) The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a honeyeater endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia.
- (chiefly Canada, informal) A small bottle of liquor, such as whiskey, usually holding 375 millilitres (13.2 imperial fluid ounces; 12.7 U.S. fluid ounces), typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
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- (transitive, informal, gaming) To press (a button) rapidly and repeatedly.
- (ambitransitive) To press down hard (on).
- (transitive, UK, chiefly Northern England, Lancashire, Yorkshire) To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
- (transitive) In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort, by mixing it with hot water.
- To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.
- (transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
- (transitive, Southern US, informal) To press.
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
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- A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
- (countable, MLE, slang) A gun.
- (uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
- (chiefly UK) Mashed potatoes.
- (brewing) Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
- Alternative form of maash (“mung bean”).
- mixture of ground animal feeds
- a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
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- (computing) Use of the mouse
- A ratchet movement in a loom.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- The act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above.
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- Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.
- A machine that cuts materials using a steel rule die. The name comes from the sound (click) when the material is cut. May be hand, pneumatic, or hydraulic powered.
- (video games) Ellipsis of clicker game.
- (slang, Northeastern US) The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment.
- An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.
- A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction.
- A signalling device used by military forces. Pressed between thumb and fingers, it makes a small but distinctive click understood by other members of a unit.
- (printing, historical) An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing.
- A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.
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- (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- produce a click
- (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
- (intransitive) To get along well.
- (British) To snap one's fingers.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
noun
- depression of a button on a computer mouse
- A pawl or similar catch.
- (wrestling) A kind of throw.
- (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
- (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
- (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- The sound made by a dolphin.
- (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- (music, informal) A click track.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
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- (computing) The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity.
- (chiefly Ireland, slang) The penis.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, slang, rare) The vulva.
- (informal) In take the mickey: a person's (false) pride, which is criticized through disparagement or ridicule; piss.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Short for Mickey Bliss (“an act of urinating; a piss”).
- (slang) A young bull, especially one which is unbranded and running wild; a bullock.
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (“an Irishman”).
- (originally US) Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (“a Mickey Finn: an alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”).
- (informal) The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a honeyeater endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia.
- (chiefly Canada, informal) A small bottle of liquor, such as whiskey, usually holding 375 millilitres (13.2 imperial fluid ounces; 12.7 U.S. fluid ounces), typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
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- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- to go stealthily or furtively
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
noun
- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- (computing) A pointer.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
verb
- (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- produce a click
- (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
- (intransitive) To get along well.
- (British) To snap one's fingers.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
noun
- depression of a button on a computer mouse
- A pawl or similar catch.
- (wrestling) A kind of throw.
- (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
- (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
- (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- The sound made by a dolphin.
- (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- (music, informal) A click track.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
intj
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
noun
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
verb
- (transitive, computing) To move the cursor over.
- To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment.
- (intransitive or transitive, usually followed by to) To give in to.
- (gambling) To reinvest funds from a lottery into a subsequent one, in the event that a prize was not won.
- (intransitive) To increment, especially back to an initial value.
- (transitive) To easily overwhelm; to steamroller; to brush aside.
- (intransitive) To make a rolling motion or turn.
- (transitive) To cause a rolling motion or turn.
- negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee
- re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security
- make a rolling motion or turn
verb
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- make noise as if chattering away
- cut unevenly with a chattering tool
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- (intransitive) To talk idly.
- To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
- (intransitive, of teeth, machinery, etc.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.
noun
- the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
- the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
- noisy talk
- An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
- (Internet) A user of chat rooms.
- (uncountable) The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.
- The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
- The sound of talking.
- Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
- The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
- (uncountable) In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
- (Internet) A user of livestream chat.
- One who chats.
verb
- (computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).
- Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
- To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
- Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
- To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
- To remain stationary or float in the air.
- (nautical) To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
- to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time
- be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
- be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
noun
- An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
- (figuratively) An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
- A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
- (chiefly Southern England) A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
- A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- (databases) A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
- (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
verb
- (transitive, informal, gaming) To press (a button) rapidly and repeatedly.
- (ambitransitive) To press down hard (on).
- (transitive, UK, chiefly Northern England, Lancashire, Yorkshire) To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
- (transitive) In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort, by mixing it with hot water.
- To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.
- (transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
- (transitive, Southern US, informal) To press.
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
noun
- A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
- (countable, MLE, slang) A gun.
- (uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
- (chiefly UK) Mashed potatoes.
- (brewing) Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
- Alternative form of maash (“mung bean”).
- mixture of ground animal feeds
- a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing