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noun
- A powder puff.
- A puffball.
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- thick cushion used as a seat
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
verb
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
adj
noun
- Alternative form of puff
- (historical) A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
- A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
- A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
- Alternative form of poof.
- (dressmaking) Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
- A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel, washcloth, sponge, etc.).
- A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- thick cushion used as a seat
intj
verb
noun
- A puffball.
- Synonym of manicule.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A group of men.
- The talons of a bird of prey.
- A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
- (slang) A person's characteristic handwriting.
- The act of breaking wind; fise.
- (amateur radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
- a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
verb
noun
adj
verb
- (intransitive, of birds) To take a dust bath.
- (transitive, figurative) To crush or subdue; to overwhelm.
- To be powdery or granular.
- (transitive) To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverise.
- (ambitransitive, agriculture) To break up soil or organic matter into a fine, powdery texture, often by means of a special plow.
noun
- A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
- finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
- The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
- Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
- (slang) A murder.
- (attributive, slang) A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.
- Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
- Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
- The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
- the charred portion of a candlewick
- sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
- a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
verb
- (slang) To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.
- To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
- To inhale through the nose.
- To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
- sniff or smell inquiringly
- inhale (something) through the nose
adj
noun
- Talcum powder.
- A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
- a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
verb
noun
- (countable) A puffball.
- A ball of fuzzy material.
- (countable, astronomy) A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.
- (countable, humorous, informal) Any soft, fuzzy creature.
- Synonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”).
- (uncountable) An informal American street game resembling baseball.
adj
- Powdery and resembling dust.
- Covered with dust.
- (figurative) Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
- Grey or greyish.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
- (British, slang, chiefly in negative constructions) Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.
- covered with a layer of dust
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
noun
- An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
- (military, slang) A supply petty officer.
- (possibly only in the plural) A clump of dust; a dust bunny.
- A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.
- (informal) A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
- A dustman.
- A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
- A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
- A medium-brown color.
- An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
- (rare) A duststorm.
noun
- fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- free microscopic particles of solid material
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
- (cryptocurrencies) Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
- (countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
- (figurative) Something worthless.
- (uncountable, astronomy) Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
- (countable, figurative) A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
- (countable, mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
- (British, colloquial) Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
- The earthly remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
- (figurative) A low or mean condition.
- (countable) A cloud of dust.
- (countable, colloquial) A fight or row.
- The earth as the resting place of the dead.
- (figurative) The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
- (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
- (uncountable) Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
- (poetic) Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
- (countable) The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
- (uncountable, occupational health) Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
verb
- remove the dust from
- rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
- distribute loosely
- cover with a light dusting of a substance
- (transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
- (transitive) To remove dust from.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To kill.
- (transitive, now colloquial or dialectal) To strike, beat, thrash.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To defeat badly, to thrash.
- (intransitive, chiefly US slang) To leave quickly; to rush off.
- (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
- (transitive, baseball) To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.
- (intransitive or reflexive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
- (transitive) To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
- (cryptocurrencies) To attempt to identify the owner of (a cryptocurrency wallet) by sending tiny amounts of cryptocurrency.
noun
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (uncountable, slang) Hustle; hard work.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- A tedious and laborious task.
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- hard monotonous routine work
verb
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- created by grinding
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- work hard
- shape or form by grinding
noun
- Someone or something that puffs.
- A manually-operated inhaler.
- (glassblowing) A soffietta.
- (fashion) An insulated puffy jacket, such as a down jacket.
- (cellular automata) A finite pattern that moves like a spaceship but leaves a trail of debris.
- The common, or harbour, porpoise.
- A Clyde puffer, a kind of small ship.
- Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger.
- (derogatory) An alchemist; so named from their constant attendance to the bellows of their furnaces.
- (slang) A car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear.
- A kier used in dyeing.
- A security device used to detect traces of explosives or drugs on a person, by blowing puffs of air that pick up tiny particles.
- any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
- delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
noun
verb
noun
verb
- become powder or dust
- make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
- destroy completely
- (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat soundly, thrash.
- (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
- (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
noun
noun
- (countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- (countable, music) A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- (countable, informal) A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- (uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- (uncountable, music) Witch house music.
- (countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
- (historical) A mailcoach.
- (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- (informal, uncommon) Clipping of dragon.
- (countable, slang) A street.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- (uncountable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- (billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- (countable, slang) A drag king or drag queen.
- (countable, slang) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- (slang) A prison sentence of three months.
- (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- (by analogy with above) Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- (countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- (uncountable, slang, by analogy) Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- (countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- something tedious and boring
- the act of dragging (pulling with force)
- clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- something that slows or delays progress
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
verb
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
- (chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- (informal, intransitive) To inhale from a cigarette, cigar, etc.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- (informal, intransitive) To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To fish with a dragnet.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- (graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- to lag or linger behind
- suck in or take (air)
- move slowly and as if with great effort
- use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
- proceed for an extended period of time
- persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- pull, as against a resistance
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- draw slowly or heavily
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- walk without lifting the feet
verb
- (intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
- (transitive) To make something fluffy.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.
- (informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
- (transitive, slang, by extension) To bring to a state of excitement.
- (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
- (informal, transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
- (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To break wind, to fart.
- erect or fluff up
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
noun
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, euphemistic) A fart.
- (New England) Marshmallow creme.
- (informal, slang) A cloth diaper.
- Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
- Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
- (UK, roleplaying games) A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.
- (LGBTQ) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
- something of little value or significance
- any light downy material
- a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
verb
- (transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
- apply powder to
- (intransitive) To turn into powder; to become powdery.
- (intransitive, slang) To depart suddenly; to "take a powder".
- (transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
- (intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin.
- make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
noun
- Ellipsis of powder blue, a color.
- (informal) Ellipsis of powder snow; light, dry, fluffy snow.
- The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
- (cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
- An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
- a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
- any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder
- a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
noun
adj
noun
- A piece of such a substance.
- (alchemy) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
noun
- Curry powder.
- One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
- A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.
- (incel slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of South Asian heritage.
- (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
verb
- (transitive) To cook or season with curry powder.
- (transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub.
- (transitive, computing) To perform currying upon.
- (transitive) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
- (transitive, figurative) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
- (transitive) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
- give a neat appearance to
- season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- treat by incorporating fat
noun
- (usually) The powder form of this drug, specifically.
- (uncountable, organic chemistry, pharmacology) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
- (countable) Any chemical derivative of this drug.
- a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive
verb
noun
noun
- Powder of other material.
- Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
- (US standards of identity) The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness, and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid, and certain bleaching agents.
- fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
verb
verb
noun
noun
- A powder puff.
- A puffball.
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- thick cushion used as a seat
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
verb
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
adj
noun
- Alternative form of puff
- (historical) A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
- A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
- A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
- Alternative form of poof.
- (dressmaking) Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
- A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel, washcloth, sponge, etc.).
- A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- thick cushion used as a seat
intj
verb
noun
- A puffball.
- Synonym of manicule.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A group of men.
- The talons of a bird of prey.
- A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
- (slang) A person's characteristic handwriting.
- The act of breaking wind; fise.
- (amateur radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
- a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
verb
noun
adj
verb
- (intransitive, of birds) To take a dust bath.
- (transitive, figurative) To crush or subdue; to overwhelm.
- To be powdery or granular.
- (transitive) To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverise.
- (ambitransitive, agriculture) To break up soil or organic matter into a fine, powdery texture, often by means of a special plow.
noun
- A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
- finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
- The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
- Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
- (slang) A murder.
- (attributive, slang) A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.
- Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
- Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
- The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
- the charred portion of a candlewick
- sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
- a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
verb
- (slang) To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.
- To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
- To inhale through the nose.
- To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
- sniff or smell inquiringly
- inhale (something) through the nose
adj
noun
- Talcum powder.
- A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
- a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
verb
noun
- (countable) A puffball.
- A ball of fuzzy material.
- (countable, astronomy) A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.
- (countable, humorous, informal) Any soft, fuzzy creature.
- Synonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”).
- (uncountable) An informal American street game resembling baseball.
noun
- fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- free microscopic particles of solid material
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
- (cryptocurrencies) Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
- (countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
- (figurative) Something worthless.
- (uncountable, astronomy) Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
- (countable, figurative) A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
- (countable, mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
- (British, colloquial) Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
- The earthly remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
- (figurative) A low or mean condition.
- (countable) A cloud of dust.
- (countable, colloquial) A fight or row.
- The earth as the resting place of the dead.
- (figurative) The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
- (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
- (uncountable) Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
- (poetic) Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
- (countable) The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
- (uncountable, occupational health) Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
verb
- remove the dust from
- rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
- distribute loosely
- cover with a light dusting of a substance
- (transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
- (transitive) To remove dust from.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To kill.
- (transitive, now colloquial or dialectal) To strike, beat, thrash.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To defeat badly, to thrash.
- (intransitive, chiefly US slang) To leave quickly; to rush off.
- (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
- (transitive, baseball) To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.
- (intransitive or reflexive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
- (transitive) To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
- (cryptocurrencies) To attempt to identify the owner of (a cryptocurrency wallet) by sending tiny amounts of cryptocurrency.
noun
- Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
- (uncountable, slang) Hustle; hard work.
- A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- (uncountable, music) Clipping of grindcore (“subgenre of heavy metal”).
- A tedious and laborious task.
- The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- hard monotonous routine work
verb
- (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- (sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
- (slang, Hawaii) To eat.
- (slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
- To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- (slang) To rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.
- To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.
- (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- (transitive) To operate by turning a crank.
- To instill through repetitive teaching.
- (video games) To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
- (intransitive, slang) To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
- (intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
- (transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- created by grinding
- dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- work hard
- shape or form by grinding
noun
- Someone or something that puffs.
- A manually-operated inhaler.
- (glassblowing) A soffietta.
- (fashion) An insulated puffy jacket, such as a down jacket.
- (cellular automata) A finite pattern that moves like a spaceship but leaves a trail of debris.
- The common, or harbour, porpoise.
- A Clyde puffer, a kind of small ship.
- Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger.
- (derogatory) An alchemist; so named from their constant attendance to the bellows of their furnaces.
- (slang) A car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear.
- A kier used in dyeing.
- A security device used to detect traces of explosives or drugs on a person, by blowing puffs of air that pick up tiny particles.
- any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
- delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
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- (countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- (countable, music) A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- (countable, informal) A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- (uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- (uncountable, music) Witch house music.
- (countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
- (historical) A mailcoach.
- (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- (informal, uncommon) Clipping of dragon.
- (countable, slang) A street.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- (uncountable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- (billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- (countable, slang) A drag king or drag queen.
- (countable, slang) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- (slang) A prison sentence of three months.
- (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- (by analogy with above) Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- (countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- (uncountable, slang, by analogy) Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- (countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- something tedious and boring
- the act of dragging (pulling with force)
- clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- something that slows or delays progress
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
verb
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
- (chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- (informal, intransitive) To inhale from a cigarette, cigar, etc.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- (informal, intransitive) To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To fish with a dragnet.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- (graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- to lag or linger behind
- suck in or take (air)
- move slowly and as if with great effort
- use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
- proceed for an extended period of time
- persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- pull, as against a resistance
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- draw slowly or heavily
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- walk without lifting the feet
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- A piece of such a substance.
- (alchemy) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
noun
- Curry powder.
- One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
- A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.
- (incel slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of South Asian heritage.
- (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
verb
- (transitive) To cook or season with curry powder.
- (transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub.
- (transitive, computing) To perform currying upon.
- (transitive) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
- (transitive, figurative) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
- (transitive) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
- give a neat appearance to
- season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- treat by incorporating fat
noun
- (usually) The powder form of this drug, specifically.
- (uncountable, organic chemistry, pharmacology) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
- (countable) Any chemical derivative of this drug.
- a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive
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- Powder of other material.
- Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
- (US standards of identity) The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness, and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid, and certain bleaching agents.
- fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
verb
verb
- become powder or dust
- make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
- destroy completely
- (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat soundly, thrash.
- (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
- (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
verb
- (intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
- (transitive) To make something fluffy.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.
- (informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
- (transitive, slang, by extension) To bring to a state of excitement.
- (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
- (informal, transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
- (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To break wind, to fart.
- erect or fluff up
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
noun
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, euphemistic) A fart.
- (New England) Marshmallow creme.
- (informal, slang) A cloth diaper.
- Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
- Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
- (UK, roleplaying games) A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.
- (LGBTQ) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
- something of little value or significance
- any light downy material
- a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
verb
- (transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
- apply powder to
- (intransitive) To turn into powder; to become powdery.
- (intransitive, slang) To depart suddenly; to "take a powder".
- (transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
- (intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin.
- make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
noun
- Ellipsis of powder blue, a color.
- (informal) Ellipsis of powder snow; light, dry, fluffy snow.
- The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
- (cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
- An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
- a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
- any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder
- a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
noun
- Talcum powder.
- A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
- a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
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adj
- Powdery and resembling dust.
- Covered with dust.
- (figurative) Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
- Grey or greyish.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
- (British, slang, chiefly in negative constructions) Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.
- covered with a layer of dust
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
noun
- An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
- (military, slang) A supply petty officer.
- (possibly only in the plural) A clump of dust; a dust bunny.
- A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.
- (informal) A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
- A dustman.
- A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
- A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
- A medium-brown color.
- An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
- (rare) A duststorm.
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verb
- (intransitive, of birds) To take a dust bath.
- (transitive, figurative) To crush or subdue; to overwhelm.
- To be powdery or granular.
- (transitive) To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverise.
- (ambitransitive, agriculture) To break up soil or organic matter into a fine, powdery texture, often by means of a special plow.