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- (computing) An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
- (dance) A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".
- (military, historical) An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.
- (printing, historical) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
- (genericized trademark) A candy with pecans, caramel, and chocolate, often shaped like a turtle.
- (computing theory) A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.
- (zoology, US, Canada) Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.
- (zoology, Australia, British, specifically) A marine reptile of that order.
- (television) A low stand for a lamp etc.
- (computing) A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.
- any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
- a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
verb
- (intransitive) To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
- (intransitive) To turn and swim upside down.
- (intransitive) To move along slowly.
- (video games, board games) To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
- (intransitive) To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
- overturn accidentally
- hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation
adj
noun
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- (computing) A pointer.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
verb
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- to go stealthily or furtively
noun
- (computing, informal) A splash screen.
- An impact or impression.
- (wrestling) A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
- (MLE, slang) A knife.
- (comics) A splash page.
- (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
- (journalism) A large, prominent headline or article.
- A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
- (military, slang) The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
- A small amount of liquid.
- A small amount (of color).
- (MLE, slang) The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
- a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- the sound like water splashing
- a small quantity of something moist or liquid
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- a patch of bright color
- the act of scattering water about haphazardly
verb
- (transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.
- (transitive, MLE) To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
- (intransitive) To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- (transitive) To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- (transitive) To spend (money).
- (transitive, nautical) To launch a ship.
- (military, slang) To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
- (figurative) To roughly fill with color.
- (transitive) To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
- (intransitive) (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.
- cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered
- dash a liquid upon or against
- soil or stain with a splashed liquid
- make a splashing sound
- walk through mud or mire
- strike and dash about in a liquid
noun
- (graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
- (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
- (law) The whole jury.
- A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
- (medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.
- A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
- A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
- (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
- A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
- (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
- (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
- (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
- (Scots law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
- (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
- (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
- (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
- (British, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
- A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
- (comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
- sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
- (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with ‘okay’ or ‘cancel’
- a committee appointed to judge a competition
- a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- a soft pad placed under a saddle
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
verb
verb
- (transitive, computing) To move the cursor over.
- To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment.
- (intransitive or transitive, usually followed by to) To give in to.
- (gambling) To reinvest funds from a lottery into a subsequent one, in the event that a prize was not won.
- (intransitive) To increment, especially back to an initial value.
- (transitive) To easily overwhelm; to steamroller; to brush aside.
- (intransitive) To make a rolling motion or turn.
- (transitive) To cause a rolling motion or turn.
- negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee
- re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security
- make a rolling motion or turn
noun
- Ellipsis of mouse pad.
- A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
- (nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
- (British, dialectal) A toad.
- (colloquial) A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc.
- A menstrual pad; a mass of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow.
- Ellipsis of keypad.
- (slang) a tablet PC
- (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
- (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
- A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
- A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals.
- A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
- A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
- (British, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
- An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket on one end; a "trip cord".
- A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
- (electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
- (British dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A path, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a track made by animals.
- Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
- A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.
- (US, slang) A bed.
- (UK, slang) A prison cell.
- The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
- The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
- (cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects the player from damage when hit by the ball.
- The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
- A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
- An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
- A soft, or small, cushion.
- (music) A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
- the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger
- a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort
- a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
- temporary living quarters
- the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
- a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
intj
verb
- (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
- To walk with soft steps.
- (intransitive) To travel on foot.
- (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
- (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
- (transitive) To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
- (transitive) To stuff.
- (transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
- (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
- (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
- walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
- line or stuff with soft material
- add padding to
- add details to
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- durable goods for home or office use
- An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
- A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
- An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- the state of being suitable or opportune
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
verb
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- (computer science) A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem, used in constructing reductions.
- (informal) Any consumer electronics product.
- (glassblowing) A spring clip attached to the end of a punty in order to grasp the foot of a glass without leaving a bullion while finishing the bowl.
- Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
- (computer security) A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- (informal) Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.
- A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A small applet that can be placed on the desktop or in a sidebar, etc.
- A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
- A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
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noun
- (computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
- A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- (databases) A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
- (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
noun
- (computing, graphical user interface) A cursor shaped like the letter I, usually indicating text that can be edited or selected.
- (engineering) A beam with cross-section shaped like a capital letter I (with serifs top and bottom), used in construction.
- girder having a cross section resembling the letter ‘I’
noun
- (user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (nonstandard) A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩.
- An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨＾⟩.
- (nonstandard) A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩.
- A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
- a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
noun
- A tongue-shaped implement.
- A tongue-like organ found on tunicates.
- A valve flap associated with the byssus of a mollusk.
- A type of decorative hood used on a woman's bodice in the seventeenth century.
- An elongated samara that occurs alone.
- bony tongue-shaped structure on the mandible
- A tongue-shaped design used to decorate Ancient Greek pottery.
- fleshy tongue-shaped structure
- The tongue of a reed on a harmonium.
noun
- A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.
- (birdwatching, US) Clipping of sharp-shinned hawk.
- (Australia) A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
- (US) A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
- (US, regional) A knowledgeable fisherman.
- (colloquial) An alert person.
- (birdwatching, Australia, New Zealand) Clipping of sharp-tailed sandpiper.
- (US) A swindler.
- a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- an alert and energetic person
noun
- A monitor nozzle.
- (engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring several tools successively into position.
- Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
- A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
- (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
- A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
- (nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
- (computing) A program for viewing and editing.
- someone who supervises (an examination)
- electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
- display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
- a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
- someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
verb
noun
- (computer graphics) A sprite that always faces the screen, no matter which direction it is viewed from.
- (television, radio) An opening or closing portion of a program, often including credits and sponsors' names.
- (nautical) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore-channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.
- A very large outdoor sign, generally used for advertising.
- large outdoor signboard
verb
noun
- (computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
- (mythology, literature) The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
- (hurling, camogie) A penalty shot.
- (ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
- (chiefly Canada) An object shaped like a puck.
- (trampoline, gymnastics) A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.
- (Ireland, rustic) billy goat
- a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
verb
noun
- A penstock for a water wheel.
- (exogeology) Any similar layer in an exoplanet.
- (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
- The zone of hot gases around a flame.
- (heraldry) A mantling.
- A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
- The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
- (geology) The layer between Earth's core and crust.
- (anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
- (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
- Alternative spelling of mantel (“shelf above fireplace”).
- A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
- (malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
- (ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
- anything that covers
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- the cloak as a symbol of authority
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
verb
- (intransitive) To become covered or concealed.
- (falconry) The action of stretching a wing and the same side leg out to one side of the body.
- To climb over or onto something.
- (transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
- (falconry) The action of stretching out the wings to hide food.
- (intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
- spread over a surface, like a mantle
- cover like a mantle
adj
- Functioning and ready for use.
- Determined by means of practical measures.
- Effective or operative.
- Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
- pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result
- (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations
- fit or ready for use or service
- being in effect or operation
noun
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A paddlewheel.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- (table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
- (sports, uncountable) Alternative form of padel.
- A flipper in a pinball machine.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- (slang) A person's hand.
- (medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
- small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
verb
- To tread upon; to trample.
- (intransitive) To toddle.
- (intransitive, British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
- (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- (intransitive) To dog paddle in water.
- swim like a dog in shallow water
- walk unsteadily, with short steps
- give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
- stir with a paddle
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
- propel with a paddle
noun
- (computing) A small handheld device used to remotely control a computerised slide show.
- Someone who presents a thing or person to someone else.
- (radio, television) Someone who presents a broadcast programme; a compere or master of ceremonies.
- (software engineering) A conceptual layer in GUI-based software that assumes the functionality of the "middleman".
- someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)
- an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
- person who makes a gift of property
noun
- (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
- A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
- (aviation) The end of a runway.
- (glassblowing) The oblate spheroidal mass of glass attaching a stem to either its bowl or foot.
- A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
- A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- (generally with the) The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
- (lutherie, bowmaking) Synonym of adjuster.
- (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
- (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
- (comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
- The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
- A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
- (lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
- (slang) A button man; a professional assassin.
- A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
- (botany) A bud.
- (television) The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
- (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
- (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
- (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
- (South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
- (zoology) Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
- The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
- (lutherie) Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
- A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
- The calyx of an orange.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
- (clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
- an electrical switch operated by pressing
- a specific area or icon in graphical user interface systems that is clicked or pressed in order to select a command or perform an action
- any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
- a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
- any artifact that resembles a button
- a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment
- a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc. to fit through buttonholes
verb
verb
- (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
- (intransitive) To get along well.
- (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (British) To snap one's fingers.
- (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- produce a click
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
intj
noun
- A pawl or similar catch.
- (wrestling) A kind of throw.
- (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
- (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
- (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- The sound made by a dolphin.
- (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- (music, informal) A click track.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
- depression of a button on a computer mouse
noun
- A thumbtack.
- (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
- (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
- (law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
- (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
- (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
- That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
- (figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
- A small nail with a flat head.
- A stain; a tache.
- (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
- Food generally; fare, especially of the hard bread or breadlike kind.
- (manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
- Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
- (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
- a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- gear for a horse
- sailing a zigzag course
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- (nautical) the act of changing tack
- the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
verb
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
- To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
- (transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
- To add something as an extra item.
- To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding.
- Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”).
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- fasten with tacks
- turn into the wind
- create by putting components or members together
- fix to; attach
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
noun
- (computing, graphical user interface, synecdochic) The wallpaper of this interface.
- (computing) A desktop computer.
- (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- The top surface of a desk.
- (computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- the top of a desk
adj
noun
- The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
- An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
- A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
- A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
- (architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped.
- (heraldry) A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.
- A cantilever.
- Abbreviation of video game console.
- (automotive) A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
- a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
- a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)
- housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
- an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)
verb
verb
adj
noun
- One who or that which slicks.
- (metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
- A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
- A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
- Synonym of slicker brush
- (slang) A swindler or conman.
- (originally Canada, US) A waterproof coat or jacket.
- A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- a person with good manners and stylish clothing
- a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
noun
verb
noun
- (computing) An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
- (dance) A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".
- (military, historical) An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.
- (printing, historical) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
- (genericized trademark) A candy with pecans, caramel, and chocolate, often shaped like a turtle.
- (computing theory) A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.
- (zoology, US, Canada) Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.
- (zoology, Australia, British, specifically) A marine reptile of that order.
- (television) A low stand for a lamp etc.
- (computing) A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.
- any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
- a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
verb
- (intransitive) To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
- (intransitive) To turn and swim upside down.
- (intransitive) To move along slowly.
- (video games, board games) To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
- (intransitive) To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
- overturn accidentally
- hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation
noun
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- (computing) A pointer.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
verb
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- to go stealthily or furtively
noun
- (computing, informal) A splash screen.
- An impact or impression.
- (wrestling) A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
- (MLE, slang) A knife.
- (comics) A splash page.
- (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
- (journalism) A large, prominent headline or article.
- A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
- (military, slang) The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
- A small amount of liquid.
- A small amount (of color).
- (MLE, slang) The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
- a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- the sound like water splashing
- a small quantity of something moist or liquid
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- a patch of bright color
- the act of scattering water about haphazardly
verb
- (transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.
- (transitive, MLE) To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
- (intransitive) To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- (transitive) To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- (transitive) To spend (money).
- (transitive, nautical) To launch a ship.
- (military, slang) To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
- (figurative) To roughly fill with color.
- (transitive) To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
- (intransitive) (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.
- cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered
- dash a liquid upon or against
- soil or stain with a splashed liquid
- make a splashing sound
- walk through mud or mire
- strike and dash about in a liquid
noun
- (graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
- (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
- (law) The whole jury.
- A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
- (medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.
- A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
- A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
- (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
- A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
- (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
- (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
- (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
- (Scots law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
- (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
- (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
- (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
- (British, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
- A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
- (comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
- sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
- (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with ‘okay’ or ‘cancel’
- a committee appointed to judge a competition
- a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- a soft pad placed under a saddle
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
verb
noun
- Ellipsis of mouse pad.
- A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
- (nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
- (British, dialectal) A toad.
- (colloquial) A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc.
- A menstrual pad; a mass of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow.
- Ellipsis of keypad.
- (slang) a tablet PC
- (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
- (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
- A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
- A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals.
- A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
- A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
- (British, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
- An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket on one end; a "trip cord".
- A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
- (electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
- (British dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A path, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a track made by animals.
- Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
- A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.
- (US, slang) A bed.
- (UK, slang) A prison cell.
- The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
- The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
- (cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects the player from damage when hit by the ball.
- The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
- A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
- An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
- A soft, or small, cushion.
- (music) A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
- the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger
- a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort
- a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
- temporary living quarters
- the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
- a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
intj
verb
- (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
- To walk with soft steps.
- (intransitive) To travel on foot.
- (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
- (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
- (transitive) To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
- (transitive) To stuff.
- (transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
- (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
- (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
- walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
- line or stuff with soft material
- add padding to
- add details to
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- durable goods for home or office use
- An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
- A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
- An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- the state of being suitable or opportune
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
verb
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- (computer science) A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem, used in constructing reductions.
- (informal) Any consumer electronics product.
- (glassblowing) A spring clip attached to the end of a punty in order to grasp the foot of a glass without leaving a bullion while finishing the bowl.
- Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
- (computer security) A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- (informal) Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.
- A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A small applet that can be placed on the desktop or in a sidebar, etc.
- A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
- A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
noun
- (computing, graphical user interface) A cursor shaped like the letter I, usually indicating text that can be edited or selected.
- (engineering) A beam with cross-section shaped like a capital letter I (with serifs top and bottom), used in construction.
- girder having a cross section resembling the letter ‘I’
noun
- (user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (nonstandard) A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩.
- An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨＾⟩.
- (nonstandard) A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩.
- A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
- a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
noun
- A tongue-shaped implement.
- A tongue-like organ found on tunicates.
- A valve flap associated with the byssus of a mollusk.
- A type of decorative hood used on a woman's bodice in the seventeenth century.
- An elongated samara that occurs alone.
- bony tongue-shaped structure on the mandible
- A tongue-shaped design used to decorate Ancient Greek pottery.
- fleshy tongue-shaped structure
- The tongue of a reed on a harmonium.
noun
- A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.
- (birdwatching, US) Clipping of sharp-shinned hawk.
- (Australia) A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
- (US) A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
- (US, regional) A knowledgeable fisherman.
- (colloquial) An alert person.
- (birdwatching, Australia, New Zealand) Clipping of sharp-tailed sandpiper.
- (US) A swindler.
- a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- an alert and energetic person
noun
- A monitor nozzle.
- (engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring several tools successively into position.
- Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
- A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
- (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
- A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
- (nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
- (computing) A program for viewing and editing.
- someone who supervises (an examination)
- electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
- display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
- a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
- someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
verb
noun
- (computer graphics) A sprite that always faces the screen, no matter which direction it is viewed from.
- (television, radio) An opening or closing portion of a program, often including credits and sponsors' names.
- (nautical) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore-channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.
- A very large outdoor sign, generally used for advertising.
- large outdoor signboard
verb
noun
- (computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
- (mythology, literature) The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
- (hurling, camogie) A penalty shot.
- (ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
- (chiefly Canada) An object shaped like a puck.
- (trampoline, gymnastics) A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.
- (Ireland, rustic) billy goat
- a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
verb
noun
- A penstock for a water wheel.
- (exogeology) Any similar layer in an exoplanet.
- (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
- The zone of hot gases around a flame.
- (heraldry) A mantling.
- A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
- The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
- (geology) The layer between Earth's core and crust.
- (anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
- (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
- Alternative spelling of mantel (“shelf above fireplace”).
- A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
- (malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
- (ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
- anything that covers
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- the cloak as a symbol of authority
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
verb
- (intransitive) To become covered or concealed.
- (falconry) The action of stretching a wing and the same side leg out to one side of the body.
- To climb over or onto something.
- (transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
- (falconry) The action of stretching out the wings to hide food.
- (intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
- spread over a surface, like a mantle
- cover like a mantle
noun
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A paddlewheel.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- (table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
- (sports, uncountable) Alternative form of padel.
- A flipper in a pinball machine.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- (slang) A person's hand.
- (medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
- small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
verb
- To tread upon; to trample.
- (intransitive) To toddle.
- (intransitive, British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
- (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- (intransitive) To dog paddle in water.
- swim like a dog in shallow water
- walk unsteadily, with short steps
- give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
- stir with a paddle
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
- propel with a paddle
noun
- (computing) A small handheld device used to remotely control a computerised slide show.
- Someone who presents a thing or person to someone else.
- (radio, television) Someone who presents a broadcast programme; a compere or master of ceremonies.
- (software engineering) A conceptual layer in GUI-based software that assumes the functionality of the "middleman".
- someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)
- an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
- person who makes a gift of property
noun
- (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
- A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
- (aviation) The end of a runway.
- (glassblowing) The oblate spheroidal mass of glass attaching a stem to either its bowl or foot.
- A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
- A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- (generally with the) The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
- (lutherie, bowmaking) Synonym of adjuster.
- (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
- (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
- (comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
- The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
- A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
- (lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
- (slang) A button man; a professional assassin.
- A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
- (botany) A bud.
- (television) The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
- (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
- (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
- (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
- (South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
- (zoology) Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
- The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
- (lutherie) Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
- A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
- The calyx of an orange.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
- (clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
- an electrical switch operated by pressing
- a specific area or icon in graphical user interface systems that is clicked or pressed in order to select a command or perform an action
- any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
- a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
- any artifact that resembles a button
- a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment
- a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc. to fit through buttonholes
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noun
- A thumbtack.
- (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
- (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
- (law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
- (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
- (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
- That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
- (figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
- A small nail with a flat head.
- A stain; a tache.
- (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
- Food generally; fare, especially of the hard bread or breadlike kind.
- (manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
- Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
- (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
- a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- gear for a horse
- sailing a zigzag course
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- (nautical) the act of changing tack
- the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
verb
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
- To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
- (transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
- To add something as an extra item.
- To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding.
- Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”).
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- fasten with tacks
- turn into the wind
- create by putting components or members together
- fix to; attach
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
noun
- (computing, graphical user interface, synecdochic) The wallpaper of this interface.
- (computing) A desktop computer.
- (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- The top surface of a desk.
- (computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- the top of a desk
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noun
- The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
- An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
- A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
- A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
- (architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped.
- (heraldry) A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield.
- A cantilever.
- Abbreviation of video game console.
- (automotive) A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
- a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
- a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)
- housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
- an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)
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verb
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- (transitive, computing) To move the cursor over.
- To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment.
- (intransitive or transitive, usually followed by to) To give in to.
- (gambling) To reinvest funds from a lottery into a subsequent one, in the event that a prize was not won.
- (intransitive) To increment, especially back to an initial value.
- (transitive) To easily overwhelm; to steamroller; to brush aside.
- (intransitive) To make a rolling motion or turn.
- (transitive) To cause a rolling motion or turn.
- negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee
- re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security
- make a rolling motion or turn
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noun
- (computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
- A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- (databases) A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
- (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
verb
- (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
- (intransitive) To get along well.
- (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (British) To snap one's fingers.
- (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- produce a click
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
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noun
- A pawl or similar catch.
- (wrestling) A kind of throw.
- (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
- (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
- (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- The sound made by a dolphin.
- (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
- (US) Misspelling of clique.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- (music, informal) A click track.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
- depression of a button on a computer mouse
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adj
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- One who or that which slicks.
- (metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
- A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
- A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
- Synonym of slicker brush
- (slang) A swindler or conman.
- (originally Canada, US) A waterproof coat or jacket.
- A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- a person with good manners and stylish clothing
- a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
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- Functioning and ready for use.
- Determined by means of practical measures.
- Effective or operative.
- Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
- pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result
- (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations
- fit or ready for use or service
- being in effect or operation