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- (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
- An amusing story.
- (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
- Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
- (figuratively) Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- activity characterized by good humor
- a triviality not to be taken seriously
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- Something foolish.
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
- An untrue statement.
- ornamental objects of no great value
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
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- (countable, chiefly in the plural) singular of shenanigans: a deceitful confidence trick; also, an act of mischief; a prank, a trick; an act of mischievous play, especially by children.
- reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
verb
- (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
- (intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
- (transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
- (transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
- (transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
- (intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
- (transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
- (transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
- become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
- deceive somebody
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
noun
- A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
- (cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.
- The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
- (mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
- Any member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox.
- (uncountable) The fur of a fox.
- (in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.
- (nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
- (figurative) A cunning person.
- A fox terrier.
- (Australia) A flying fox.
- (slang, figurative) A person with reddish brown hair, typically a woman.
- (chiefly philosophy) Someone who fuses many different influences and concepts in their philosophy or worldview.
- (slang, figurative) A physically attractive person, typically a woman.
- Other canines that resemble true foxes, of the genera Cerdocyon, Lycalopex, Otocyon, and Urocyon.
- (military, aviation) Air-to-air weapon launched.
- alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- a shifty deceptive person
- the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
verb
- (intransitive) To play truant.
- (figurative) Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank.
- (music) To pluck and quickly release (a string of a stringed instrument); also, to play (a stringed instrument) by plucking strings; to play (a piano, etc.) by striking keys; or, to play (a note or tune) on such an instrument.
- (transitive) To be absent from (school) without permission; to be a truant.
- (also reflexive, originally Scotland) Often followed by down: to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing, making a dull sound; to plump.
- To move (something) with a sudden push.
- (music) To pluck and quickly release a string of a musical instrument; also, to play a stringed instrument by plucking strings; to play a piano, etc., by striking keys; or, to play a note or tune on such an instrument.
- (figurative) Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump.
- To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.
- (chiefly US) To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
- (originally Scotland) Often followed by down: to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing with a dull sound; to plump down.
- (baseball) To pitch a ball in a way that it hits (a player).
- drop steeply
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
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- A fraud or cheat (person who performs a trick or hoax full of falsehoods for the purpose of unlawful gain).
- One who performs tricks (parts of a magician act or entertainingly difficult physical actions).
- An impish or playful person.
- (mythology, literature) Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others with their acts of trickery; any similar figure in literature.
- One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts
- someone who plays practical jokes on others
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- Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genera Mustela, Neogale, Poecilogale, and Lyncodon, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
- Any of certain other species of the family Mustelidae.
- A least weasel (Mustela nivalis).
- (informal, derogatory) A devious or sneaky person or animal.
- A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder.
- small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
- a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky
verb
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- One operating such a game.
- A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
- a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
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verb
- (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
- (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
- (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
- (transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.
- To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
- (transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
- To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
- wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
- play boisterously
noun
- (uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, or fishing.
- (slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
- Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
- (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
- (countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
- (countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- (biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
- (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
- (slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
- (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
- a person known for the way they behave when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances
- (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine
- someone who engages in sports
- an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.
- (dialectal, of a horse) To walk at a slow trot.
- (dialectal) To shake; shiver.
- (transitive) To remove (any outer covering).
- (dialectal) To do hurriedly or in a restless way.
- (dialectal) To slither or slip, move about, wriggle.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To remove (an external hard drive or solid-state drive) from its casing so that it can be used inside another device.
- (transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
- (dialectal) To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk.
- remove from the shell
- remove the shucks from
noun
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A fraud; a scam.
- The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
- (slang) A phony.
- (European folklore) A supernatural and generally malevolent black dog in English folklore.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
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- A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
- A person who acts in a silly fashion.
- A clownfish.
- A stupid person.
- a rude or vulgar fool
- a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
verb
- (intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
- (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
- (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
adj
noun
- A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
- (graffiti slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
- (euphemistic) Ellipsis of sex toy.
- Ellipsis of toy dog.
- (slang, MLE) A gun.
- A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
- Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
- any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
- a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)
- a device regarded as providing amusement
- an artifact designed to be played with
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
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- Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
- An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
- A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
- A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
verb
- (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
- (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.
- (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
- (informal, intransitive) To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.
- (transitive) To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.
- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- deprive somebody of something by deceit
noun
- (uncountable) The weed cheatgrass.
- (countable) Someone who cheats.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
- (countable) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
- (video games, countable) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a deception for profit to yourself
- weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
verb
- (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive.
- (transitive) To provide.
- (transitive) To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.
- (transitive) To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
- (transitive) To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
- (ditransitive) To bet (money or other items) on (something).
- (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- (ditransitive) To play (a recording) on (a sound system).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.
- (ditransitive) To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.
- (transitive) To perform for an audience.
- (transitive) To give (someone) a role in popular media.
- (ditransitive) To assign or apply (something) to a target.
- (transitive) To play (a recording).
- (transitive) To organize a performance for an audience.
- (transitive) To gain (weight).
- add to the odometer
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- put clothing on one's body
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- add to something existing
- put on the stove or ready for cooking
- increase (one's body weight)
- fool or hoax
- carry out (performances)
adj
verb
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- (fishing) To fish with a jig.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To skip school or be truant.
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
- dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
noun
- (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
- a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
- a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
- any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
- music in three-four time for dancing a jig
verb
- (intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
- (intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
- (transitive, gambling, slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.
- (intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
- talk or utter in a cackling manner
- make a cackling sound
- make a noise characteristic of a goose
- emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
- squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
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verb
- (intransitive) To barge in on something; to be a third wheel; to insinuate oneself into a situation or relationship; to get oneself involved in something.
- (intransitive, slang) To unfairly push in on (something); to gain a role in (something unsavory); to acquire a partial interest in (something) through deceit.
- break into a conversation
verb
- (transitive, informal) To fall for (a trick)
- (intransitive) To be accepted as.
- (transitive) To undertake (an action); to choose an option.
- (transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach.
- (transitive) To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cost.
- (transitive) To attack.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
- (transitive) To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden manner; to be infatuated with.
- (transitive) To apply equally to.
- (transitive) To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- make an attempt at achieving something
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
verb
- (intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way.
- (transitive, music) To compose extemporaneously or improvise.
- (intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
- (transitive) To make or create ex tempore.
- perform without preparation
verb
- (intransitive, British, dialectal, informal) To engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time.
- To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
- To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
- (ambitransitive, Shetland, singing) To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
- (intransitive) To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
- (chiefly jazz) To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
- To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
- (US, informal) To ponder or think about (something).
- Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.
- To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.
- (transitive, fishing) To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
- (also figuratively) To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
- (chiefly jazz) To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
noun
- (informal) Ellipsis of pool noodle (“a long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools”).
- (by extension) An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
- (furry fandom) A long and slender dragon, usually an eastern dragon.
- (Internet slang, endearing, humorous) A borzoi dog.
- (usually in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
- (slang) The brain; the head.
- (slang) The penis.
- (chiefly jazz) An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
- informal terms for a human head
- a ribbonlike strip of pasta
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- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- (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.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (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
- (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.
- (intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
- (intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
- (transitive) To squander or waste.
- consider not very seriously
- act frivolously
- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
noun
- A particular kind of pewter.
- (cooking) An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
- An insignificant amount of money.
- (figurative) A very small amount (of something).
- (uncountable) Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
- (figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.
- a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
- a detail that is considered insignificant
- something of small importance
verb
- (intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.
- To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, across, or against.
- (transitive) To cause to stumble or trip.
- (transitive, figurative) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
- (intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
- make an error
- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall
- encounter by chance
noun
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.
- (slang, transitive) To distract or pester.
- (slang) To ejaculate.
- To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.
- To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
- (slang) To destroy; to ruin.
- (slang) To complicate.
- To play (jazz music).
- play something in the style of jazz
- have sexual intercourse with
noun
- Nonsense.
- (figurative) Energy, excitement, excitability.
- (with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
- The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
- (slang) Semen, jizz.
- A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
- (music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
- a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
- a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
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- (card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
- The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
- (road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
- (motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
- A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
- a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
verb
- ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
- move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
- (transitive) To make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely, or obvious; to showcase or highlight.
- (transitive, slang) To be unfaithful to a lover; to cheat; used with on.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, up.
- (intransitive) To play (e.g. sport or music) more vigorously.
- (British, idiomatic) To misbehave.
verb
- ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- take in, also metaphorically
- (slang) To fellate (someone).
- (transitive) To absorb (fluid).
- (slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
noun
adj
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
- (transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
- (transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
- (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
- (UK, dialect) To haggle; cheapen the price.
- (transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
- (transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
- be silly or tease one another
noun
verb
- (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
- (transitive) To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- (transitive) To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- (transitive, birdwatching) To make an observation of (a bird species).
- (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- (transitive) To possess, own.
- (transitive) To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- (transitive) Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- (transitive) To give birth to.
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- (informal, usually passive) To obtain.
- (transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- (transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is a small clause.)
- (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- (transitive) To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- (transitive) To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- (transitive) To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- (dated outside Ireland, transitive) To be able to speak (a language).
- (transitive, in the negative, often in continuous tenses) To allow; to tolerate.
- (British, slang, transitive) To defeat in a fight; take.
- (transitive) To experience, go through, undergo.
- (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
- (British, slang, transitive) To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- (transitive) To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- (transitive) To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- undergo
- achieve a point or goal
- have as a feature
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- get something; come into possession of
- be confronted with
- have a personal or business relationship with someone
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- have ownership or possession of
- receive willingly something given or offered
- cause to be born
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- suffer from; be ill with
- organize or be responsible for
- have sex with; archaic use
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verb
adj
noun
- (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
- (tarot, often capitalized Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
- (cooking) A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, Hispanic) An informal greeting akin to buddy, dude, or man.
- Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
- (derogatory, slang) A tankie.
- (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
- (literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
- (derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
- a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- a person who lacks good judgment
verb
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
noun
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
adv
noun
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
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noun
verb
- (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
- (transitive, nautical) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
- Misspelling of pique.
- (transitive, signal processing) To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
- To reach a highest degree or maximum.
- (gender-critical slang) Ellipsis of peak trans.
- (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
- (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
- To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
- to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
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noun
- (clothing, UK) visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
- (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
- (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- (geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
- (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
- (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- Alternative form of peag (“wampum”).
- The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
- (uncountable, Internet slang) Something of exceptional quality.
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- the most extreme possible amount or value
- the highest point (of something)
- a V shape
- a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
verb
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To have sex; to give in to seduction.
- (figuratively) To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To find, usually by accident.
- To produce what was desired; to come up with the goods. [with with]
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To confess to something.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, across.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To give in and do what is wanted or expected; to acquiesce to something.
- (idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
- be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression
- come together
- find unexpectedly
- be received or understood
- communicate the intended meaning or impression
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adj
verb
verb
noun
- (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
- An amusing story.
- (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
- Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
- (figuratively) Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- activity characterized by good humor
- a triviality not to be taken seriously
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adj
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noun
- Something foolish.
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
- An untrue statement.
- ornamental objects of no great value
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
verb
noun
- (countable, chiefly in the plural) singular of shenanigans: a deceitful confidence trick; also, an act of mischief; a prank, a trick; an act of mischievous play, especially by children.
- reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
verb
- (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
- (intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
- (transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
- (transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
- (transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
- (intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
- (transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
- (transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
- become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
- deceive somebody
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
noun
- A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
- (cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.
- The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
- (mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
- Any member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox.
- (uncountable) The fur of a fox.
- (in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.
- (nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
- (figurative) A cunning person.
- A fox terrier.
- (Australia) A flying fox.
- (slang, figurative) A person with reddish brown hair, typically a woman.
- (chiefly philosophy) Someone who fuses many different influences and concepts in their philosophy or worldview.
- (slang, figurative) A physically attractive person, typically a woman.
- Other canines that resemble true foxes, of the genera Cerdocyon, Lycalopex, Otocyon, and Urocyon.
- (military, aviation) Air-to-air weapon launched.
- alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- a shifty deceptive person
- the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
verb
- (intransitive) To play truant.
- (figurative) Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank.
- (music) To pluck and quickly release (a string of a stringed instrument); also, to play (a stringed instrument) by plucking strings; to play (a piano, etc.) by striking keys; or, to play (a note or tune) on such an instrument.
- (transitive) To be absent from (school) without permission; to be a truant.
- (also reflexive, originally Scotland) Often followed by down: to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing, making a dull sound; to plump.
- To move (something) with a sudden push.
- (music) To pluck and quickly release a string of a musical instrument; also, to play a stringed instrument by plucking strings; to play a piano, etc., by striking keys; or, to play a note or tune on such an instrument.
- (figurative) Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump.
- To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.
- (chiefly US) To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
- (originally Scotland) Often followed by down: to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing with a dull sound; to plump down.
- (baseball) To pitch a ball in a way that it hits (a player).
- drop steeply
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
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verb
noun
- A fraud or cheat (person who performs a trick or hoax full of falsehoods for the purpose of unlawful gain).
- One who performs tricks (parts of a magician act or entertainingly difficult physical actions).
- An impish or playful person.
- (mythology, literature) Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others with their acts of trickery; any similar figure in literature.
- One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts
- someone who plays practical jokes on others
verb
noun
- Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genera Mustela, Neogale, Poecilogale, and Lyncodon, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
- Any of certain other species of the family Mustelidae.
- A least weasel (Mustela nivalis).
- (informal, derogatory) A devious or sneaky person or animal.
- A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder.
- small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
- a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky
verb
noun
- One operating such a game.
- A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
- a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
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noun
verb
- (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
- (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
- (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
- (transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.
- To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
- (transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
- To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
- wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
- play boisterously
noun
- (uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, or fishing.
- (slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
- Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
- (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
- (countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
- (countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- (biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
- (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
- (slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
- (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
- a person known for the way they behave when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances
- (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine
- someone who engages in sports
- an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.
- (dialectal, of a horse) To walk at a slow trot.
- (dialectal) To shake; shiver.
- (transitive) To remove (any outer covering).
- (dialectal) To do hurriedly or in a restless way.
- (dialectal) To slither or slip, move about, wriggle.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To remove (an external hard drive or solid-state drive) from its casing so that it can be used inside another device.
- (transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
- (dialectal) To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk.
- remove from the shell
- remove the shucks from
noun
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A fraud; a scam.
- The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
- (slang) A phony.
- (European folklore) A supernatural and generally malevolent black dog in English folklore.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
verb
noun
- A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
- A person who acts in a silly fashion.
- A clownfish.
- A stupid person.
- a rude or vulgar fool
- a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
verb
- (intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
- (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
- (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
adj
noun
- A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
- (graffiti slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
- (euphemistic) Ellipsis of sex toy.
- Ellipsis of toy dog.
- (slang, MLE) A gun.
- A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
- Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
- any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
- a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)
- a device regarded as providing amusement
- an artifact designed to be played with
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
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adj
noun
verb
noun
- Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
- An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
- A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
- A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
verb
- (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
- (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.
- (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
- (informal, intransitive) To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.
- (transitive) To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.
- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- deprive somebody of something by deceit
noun
- (uncountable) The weed cheatgrass.
- (countable) Someone who cheats.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
- (countable) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
- (video games, countable) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a deception for profit to yourself
- weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
verb
- (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive.
- (transitive) To provide.
- (transitive) To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.
- (transitive) To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
- (transitive) To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
- (ditransitive) To bet (money or other items) on (something).
- (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- (ditransitive) To play (a recording) on (a sound system).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.
- (ditransitive) To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.
- (transitive) To perform for an audience.
- (transitive) To give (someone) a role in popular media.
- (ditransitive) To assign or apply (something) to a target.
- (transitive) To play (a recording).
- (transitive) To organize a performance for an audience.
- (transitive) To gain (weight).
- add to the odometer
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- put clothing on one's body
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- add to something existing
- put on the stove or ready for cooking
- increase (one's body weight)
- fool or hoax
- carry out (performances)
adj
verb
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- (fishing) To fish with a jig.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To skip school or be truant.
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
- dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
noun
- (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
- a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
- a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
- any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
- music in three-four time for dancing a jig
verb
- (intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
- (intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
- (transitive, gambling, slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.
- (intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
- talk or utter in a cackling manner
- make a cackling sound
- make a noise characteristic of a goose
- emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
- squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To barge in on something; to be a third wheel; to insinuate oneself into a situation or relationship; to get oneself involved in something.
- (intransitive, slang) To unfairly push in on (something); to gain a role in (something unsavory); to acquire a partial interest in (something) through deceit.
- break into a conversation
verb
- (transitive, informal) To fall for (a trick)
- (intransitive) To be accepted as.
- (transitive) To undertake (an action); to choose an option.
- (transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach.
- (transitive) To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cost.
- (transitive) To attack.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
- (transitive) To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden manner; to be infatuated with.
- (transitive) To apply equally to.
- (transitive) To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- make an attempt at achieving something
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
verb
- (intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way.
- (transitive, music) To compose extemporaneously or improvise.
- (intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
- (transitive) To make or create ex tempore.
- perform without preparation
verb
- (intransitive, British, dialectal, informal) To engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time.
- To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
- To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
- (ambitransitive, Shetland, singing) To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
- (intransitive) To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
- (chiefly jazz) To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
- To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
- (US, informal) To ponder or think about (something).
- Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.
- To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.
- (transitive, fishing) To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
- (also figuratively) To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
- (chiefly jazz) To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
noun
- (informal) Ellipsis of pool noodle (“a long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools”).
- (by extension) An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
- (furry fandom) A long and slender dragon, usually an eastern dragon.
- (Internet slang, endearing, humorous) A borzoi dog.
- (usually in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
- (slang) The brain; the head.
- (slang) The penis.
- (chiefly jazz) An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
- informal terms for a human head
- a ribbonlike strip of pasta
verb
intj
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- (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.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (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
- (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.
- (intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
- (intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
- (transitive) To squander or waste.
- consider not very seriously
- act frivolously
- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
noun
- A particular kind of pewter.
- (cooking) An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
- An insignificant amount of money.
- (figurative) A very small amount (of something).
- (uncountable) Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
- (figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.
- a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
- a detail that is considered insignificant
- something of small importance
verb
- (intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.
- To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, across, or against.
- (transitive) To cause to stumble or trip.
- (transitive, figurative) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
- (intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
- make an error
- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall
- encounter by chance
noun
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.
- (slang, transitive) To distract or pester.
- (slang) To ejaculate.
- To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.
- To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
- (slang) To destroy; to ruin.
- (slang) To complicate.
- To play (jazz music).
- play something in the style of jazz
- have sexual intercourse with
noun
- Nonsense.
- (figurative) Energy, excitement, excitability.
- (with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
- The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
- (slang) Semen, jizz.
- A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
- (music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
- a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
- a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
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noun
verb
noun
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noun
- (card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
- The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
- (road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
- (motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
- A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
- a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
verb
- ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
- move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
- (transitive) To make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely, or obvious; to showcase or highlight.
- (transitive, slang) To be unfaithful to a lover; to cheat; used with on.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, up.
- (intransitive) To play (e.g. sport or music) more vigorously.
- (British, idiomatic) To misbehave.
verb
- ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- take in, also metaphorically
- (slang) To fellate (someone).
- (transitive) To absorb (fluid).
- (slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
verb
- (intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
- (transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
- (transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
- (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
- (UK, dialect) To haggle; cheapen the price.
- (transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
- (transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
- be silly or tease one another
noun
verb
- (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
- (transitive) To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- (transitive) To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- (transitive, birdwatching) To make an observation of (a bird species).
- (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- (transitive) To possess, own.
- (transitive) To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- (transitive) Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- (transitive) To give birth to.
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- (informal, usually passive) To obtain.
- (transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- (transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is a small clause.)
- (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- (transitive) To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- (transitive) To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- (transitive) To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- (dated outside Ireland, transitive) To be able to speak (a language).
- (transitive, in the negative, often in continuous tenses) To allow; to tolerate.
- (British, slang, transitive) To defeat in a fight; take.
- (transitive) To experience, go through, undergo.
- (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
- (British, slang, transitive) To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- (transitive) To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- (transitive) To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- undergo
- achieve a point or goal
- have as a feature
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- get something; come into possession of
- be confronted with
- have a personal or business relationship with someone
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- have ownership or possession of
- receive willingly something given or offered
- cause to be born
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- suffer from; be ill with
- organize or be responsible for
- have sex with; archaic use
noun
verb
adj
noun
- (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
- (tarot, often capitalized Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
- (cooking) A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, Hispanic) An informal greeting akin to buddy, dude, or man.
- Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
- (derogatory, slang) A tankie.
- (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
- (literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
- (derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
- a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- a person who lacks good judgment
verb
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
noun
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
adv
noun
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
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noun
verb
- (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
- (transitive, nautical) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
- Misspelling of pique.
- (transitive, signal processing) To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
- To reach a highest degree or maximum.
- (gender-critical slang) Ellipsis of peak trans.
- (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
- (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
- To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
- to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
adj
noun
- (clothing, UK) visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
- (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
- (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- (geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
- (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
- (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- Alternative form of peag (“wampum”).
- The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
- (uncountable, Internet slang) Something of exceptional quality.
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- the most extreme possible amount or value
- the highest point (of something)
- a V shape
- a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
verb
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To have sex; to give in to seduction.
- (figuratively) To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To find, usually by accident.
- To produce what was desired; to come up with the goods. [with with]
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To confess to something.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, across.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To give in and do what is wanted or expected; to acquiesce to something.
- (idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
- be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression
- come together
- find unexpectedly
- be received or understood
- communicate the intended meaning or impression