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- A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
- someone skilled in shooting
- A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
- (professional wrestling) A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.
- a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters
- an athlete noted for accurate aim
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- A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.
- (colloquial) A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
- A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
- (UK, informal) Friend, mate.
- One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
- a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England
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- A person who operates a gun.
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.
- (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
- (UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
- (military) An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.
- The great northern diver or loon.
- (American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
- (UK, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
- (metalworking, construction) A riveter; someone who operates a rivet gun.
- (regional, Cebu, slang) The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session.
- a serviceman in the artillery
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- a target used in archery
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood
- special advantage or influence
- (informal) Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
- (baseball, informal) A home run.
- A blow with the hand.
- A clout nail.
- (archery) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
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- strike hard, especially with the fist
- To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
- To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
- To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
- To hit (someone or something), especially with the fist.
- To join or patch clumsily.
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- a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place
- (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.
- A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
- One who shoots from a concealed position.
- Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
- One who criticizes; a person who frequently snipes at others.
- (by extension) A sniper rifle.
- A hunter of snipe (the bird).
- A person or automated process set up by a person who or which attempts to win an online auction by placing a bid only seconds before the auction ends, leaving no time for other bidders to respond
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- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- remove the entrails of
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- suck in or take (air)
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- engage in drawing
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- steep; pass through a strainer
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- choose at random
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- cause to localize at one point
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- shrink
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- get or derive
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- select or take in from a given group or region
- require a specified depth for floating
- give a description of
- cause to move by pulling
- take in, also metaphorically
- write a legal document or paper
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- take liquid out of a container or well
- (transitive) To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty.
- (intransitive) To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
- (transitive) To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, archery) To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (transitive, manufacturing, historical) To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
- Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
- (transitive) Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- (intransitive) To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To extract (a tooth); to pull.
- To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
- (transitive) To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
- (transitive) To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish.
- (transitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
- (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
- (transitive, reflexive) To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
- (analogous) To consume (power).
- (transitive) To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
- (intransitive) Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
- (bowls) Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
- (transitive) Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
- (intransitive, card games) To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- (transitive) To drag (something), especially along the ground.
- (intransitive) To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement.
- (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
- To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe.
- To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap.
- (transitive) Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
- (transitive) To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
- To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
- (intransitive) To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
- (intransitive) Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather.
- (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
- (transitive, sports) To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul.
- (transitive) To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
- (transitive, agriculture) To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
- (transitive) To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
- (transitive) To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
- (intransitive) Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
- (transitive, fishing) To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
- (transitive, hunting) To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
- (nautical) Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
- (intransitive) To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
- (transitive) Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
- (transitive) To receive (a particular prison sentence).
- (historical) Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
- (transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
- (transitive, cricket) In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
- (transitive) To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
- (transitive) To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
- (transitive) To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale.
- (transitive, archery) To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
- (transitive, often formal) To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
- (transitive, northern Scotland) To take milk from (a cow); to milk.
- (transitive) Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
- (transitive) To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath).
- To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep.
- (intransitive) Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run.
- (intransitive) To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig.
- (transitive) To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
- (cooking) To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
- (bowls) To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
- (transitive, originally and chiefly military) To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
- (intransitive) Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch.
- (transitive, fishing) to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
- (intransitive, dominoes) To take a domino from the stock.
- (intransitive) To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
- (intransitive) Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
- (intransitive) To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, sports) To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie.
- (transitive, figurative) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
- (transitive) Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
- (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- (transitive) To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- (transitive) To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
- (curling) To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
- (mining) To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- (nautical) Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
- (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house.
- To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
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- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- the act of drawing or hauling something
- (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
- (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- (horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.
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- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
- move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- pull back or move away or backward
- To retreat.
- (transitive, sports) To pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line.
- (transitive, sports) To score when the team is losing.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, back.
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- (in combination) Equipped with a bow (weapon).
- Having been played by a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
- Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
- Bent or curved.
- have legs that curve outward at the knees
- of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
- forming or resembling an arch
- showing an excessively deferential manner
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- A person armed with such a sword.
- (history) A type of early modern sword that has a broad double-edged blade for cutting (as opposed to the more slender thrust-oriented rapier) and typically a basket hilt.
- A flat, rectangular bread made from corn (maize) and beans by the Cherokee, traditionally by boiling rather than baking it.
- (colloquial, often fantasy) Synonym of longsword.
- a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab
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- A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
- (Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Prod (“protestant”).
- A poke.
- (programming, slang, uncountable) Clipping of production (“the live environment”).
- A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
- (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.
- A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
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- an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
- an angry dispute
- (rare, uncountable) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
- (countable, architecture) A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
- (countable) Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
- (countable, Northern England, architecture) A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.
- (countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
- (countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
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- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- large but transportable armament
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- (colloquial, metonymic) A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particularly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the gun.
- A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- (television) An electron gun.
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- (figurative) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- (military) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, skilful, or cool.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
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- shoot with a gun
- (ambitransitive, US, prison slang, of a male prisoner) Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”).
- (transitive) To cause to speed up.
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
- (informal) (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- (informal) To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
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- Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.
- (rare) A shooting star.
- (cricket) A delivery that skids after pitching, instead of bouncing.
- (craps) The player throwing the dice.
- (video games) A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.
- An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass.
- (by extension) A loyal advocate or fan.
- (professional wrestling slang) A professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style, or who speaks his mind during a live or televised event (instead of speaking from a script).
- (slang) A firearm.
- A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle.
- A device for shooting.
- (alternative medicine) A device supposed to accumulate orgone.
- (slang) A photographer or cameraman.
- (slang) An associate willing to act in one's defence or to act against one's enemies, especially by force.
- (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket)
- a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
- a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps
noun
- An artilleryman; a gunner.
- (Canada, British) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
- (entomology) A bombardier beetle.
- (Canada, US) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
- the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
- a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
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- A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
- someone skilled in shooting
- A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
- (professional wrestling) A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.
- a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters
- an athlete noted for accurate aim
noun
- A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.
- (colloquial) A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
- A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
- (UK, informal) Friend, mate.
- One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
- a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England
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- A person who operates a gun.
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- (basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.
- (figuratively) An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
- (UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
- (military) An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.
- The great northern diver or loon.
- (American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
- (UK, Ireland, dialect) The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
- (metalworking, construction) A riveter; someone who operates a rivet gun.
- (regional, Cebu, slang) The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session.
- a serviceman in the artillery
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noun
- a target used in archery
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood
- special advantage or influence
- (informal) Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
- (baseball, informal) A home run.
- A blow with the hand.
- A clout nail.
- (archery) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
verb
- strike hard, especially with the fist
- To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
- To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
- To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
- To hit (someone or something), especially with the fist.
- To join or patch clumsily.
noun
- a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place
- (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.
- A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
- One who shoots from a concealed position.
- Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
- One who criticizes; a person who frequently snipes at others.
- (by extension) A sniper rifle.
- A hunter of snipe (the bird).
- A person or automated process set up by a person who or which attempts to win an online auction by placing a bid only seconds before the auction ends, leaving no time for other bidders to respond
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- A person armed with such a sword.
- (history) A type of early modern sword that has a broad double-edged blade for cutting (as opposed to the more slender thrust-oriented rapier) and typically a basket hilt.
- A flat, rectangular bread made from corn (maize) and beans by the Cherokee, traditionally by boiling rather than baking it.
- (colloquial, often fantasy) Synonym of longsword.
- a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab
verb
noun
- A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
- (Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Prod (“protestant”).
- A poke.
- (programming, slang, uncountable) Clipping of production (“the live environment”).
- A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
- (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.
- A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
verb
noun
- an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
- an angry dispute
- (rare, uncountable) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
- (countable, architecture) A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
- (countable) Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
- (countable, Northern England, architecture) A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.
- (countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
- (countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
verb
noun
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- large but transportable armament
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- (colloquial, metonymic) A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particularly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the gun.
- A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- (television) An electron gun.
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- (figurative) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- (military) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, skilful, or cool.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
verb
- shoot with a gun
- (ambitransitive, US, prison slang, of a male prisoner) Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”).
- (transitive) To cause to speed up.
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
- (informal) (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- (informal) To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
noun
- Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.
- (rare) A shooting star.
- (cricket) A delivery that skids after pitching, instead of bouncing.
- (craps) The player throwing the dice.
- (video games) A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.
- An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass.
- (by extension) A loyal advocate or fan.
- (professional wrestling slang) A professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style, or who speaks his mind during a live or televised event (instead of speaking from a script).
- (slang) A firearm.
- A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle.
- A device for shooting.
- (alternative medicine) A device supposed to accumulate orgone.
- (slang) A photographer or cameraman.
- (slang) An associate willing to act in one's defence or to act against one's enemies, especially by force.
- (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket)
- a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
- a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps
noun
- An artilleryman; a gunner.
- (Canada, British) A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
- (entomology) A bombardier beetle.
- (Canada, US) A bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs.
- the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
- a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
verb
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- remove the entrails of
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- suck in or take (air)
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- engage in drawing
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- steep; pass through a strainer
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- choose at random
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- cause to localize at one point
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- shrink
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- get or derive
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- select or take in from a given group or region
- require a specified depth for floating
- give a description of
- cause to move by pulling
- take in, also metaphorically
- write a legal document or paper
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- take liquid out of a container or well
- (transitive) To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty.
- (intransitive) To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
- (transitive) To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, archery) To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (transitive, manufacturing, historical) To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
- Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
- (transitive) Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- (intransitive) To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To extract (a tooth); to pull.
- To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
- (transitive) To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
- (transitive) To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish.
- (transitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
- (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
- (transitive, reflexive) To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
- (analogous) To consume (power).
- (transitive) To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
- (intransitive) Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
- (bowls) Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
- (transitive) Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
- (intransitive, card games) To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- (transitive) To drag (something), especially along the ground.
- (intransitive) To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement.
- (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
- To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe.
- To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap.
- (transitive) Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
- (transitive) To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
- To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
- (intransitive) To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
- (intransitive) Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather.
- (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
- (transitive, sports) To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul.
- (transitive) To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
- (transitive, agriculture) To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
- (transitive) To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
- (transitive) To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
- (intransitive) Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
- (transitive, fishing) To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
- (transitive, hunting) To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
- (nautical) Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
- (intransitive) To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
- (transitive) Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
- (transitive) To receive (a particular prison sentence).
- (historical) Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
- (transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
- (transitive, cricket) In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
- (transitive) To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
- (transitive) To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
- (transitive) To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale.
- (transitive, archery) To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
- (transitive, often formal) To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
- (transitive, northern Scotland) To take milk from (a cow); to milk.
- (transitive) Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
- (transitive) To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath).
- To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep.
- (intransitive) Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run.
- (intransitive) To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig.
- (transitive) To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
- (cooking) To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
- (bowls) To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
- (transitive, originally and chiefly military) To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
- (intransitive) Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch.
- (transitive, fishing) to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
- (intransitive, dominoes) To take a domino from the stock.
- (intransitive) To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
- (intransitive) Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
- (intransitive) To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, sports) To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie.
- (transitive, figurative) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
- (transitive) Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
- (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- (transitive) To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- (transitive) To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
- (curling) To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
- (mining) To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- (nautical) Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
- (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house.
- To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
noun
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- the act of drawing or hauling something
- (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
- (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- (horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.
intj
verb
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
- move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- pull back or move away or backward
- To retreat.
- (transitive, sports) To pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line.
- (transitive, sports) To score when the team is losing.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, back.
adv
adj
adj
- (in combination) Equipped with a bow (weapon).
- Having been played by a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
- Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
- Bent or curved.
- have legs that curve outward at the knees
- of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
- forming or resembling an arch
- showing an excessively deferential manner