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noun
- (Ireland) A pencil sharpener.
- A small secondary comic strip seen along with a larger Sunday strip, and usually by the same author.
- A single-handed dinghy, 11 foot (3.6 metres) in length, with only one sail.
- (chiefly US) A short outer jacket worn by women or children.
- One who tops steel ingots.
- Ellipsis of hair topper.
- A person or tool that cuts off the top of something.
- A top hat.
- (colloquial) The head or chief of an organization.
- (India) The student who achieves the highest score in an examination.
- A soft, relatively thin, piece of padding placed on top of a mattress, or forming the upper layer of a mattress.
- Something that is on top.
- A three-square float, or file, used by comb-makers.
- Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.
- a woman's short coat
- a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)
- a worker who makes or adds the top to something
- the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
- an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before
noun
- (Australia) A mechanical pencil.
- In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter.
- A pacemaker (one who sets the pace in a race).
- One who paces.
- A timer in an electric toothbrush that indicates how long the user should spend brushing in each part of the mouth.
- a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together
- a horse used to set the pace in racing
noun
- A pencil with hardness level 2.
- (soccer) A right back.
- A primary assistant; vice-leader.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see number, two.
- (Philippines) mistress (the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations)
- (nautical, slang) A first mate.
- (euphemistic, usually childish) Feces; the act of defecation.
- (theater) A somewhat small town, between a number one and a number three, where the success of a theatrical performance is unlikely to be very great.
- (cricket) The batsman who opens alongside the number one, but does not face the first delivery.
- (soccer) A backup player, especially a goalkeeper.
adj
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
- Lapis lazuli.
- Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris.
- (heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
- (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
- (countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
- Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina.
- a light shade of blue
adj
verb
noun
- A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
- (optics) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
- (gambling) Ellipsis of power of the pencil.
- (geometry) A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane.
- (now chiefly historical) A paintbrush.
- a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
- a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face
- a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
verb
noun
- A grade of black-lead pencil (originally an abbreviation of fine).
- (nautical) Abbreviation of fog, as in a ship's log.
- (UK) A grade lower than E but higher than G.
- (bacteriology) Abbreviation of fertility factor.
- Abbreviation of fellow.
- Initialism of function (followed by a number when used on or referencing a function key of a computer keyboard).
- A failing grade, with the next best grade being either a D or an E (some institutions issue Es instead of Fs).
- (US, meteorology) Initialism of Fujita (followed by a number when used in a rating on the Fujita scale and indicating the intensity of a tornado).
- In the American Library Association, a folio-sized book, over 30 cm in height.
- a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
- the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates
- a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
- the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet
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- (stock ticker symbol) Ford Motor Company
- The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree.
- On a piano keyboard, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys (see figure).
- The fourth note of the diatonic scale of C major, called fa in solfège.
- The scale or key which has that note for its tonic.
verb
noun
- A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.
- a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
- A style name.
- (by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
- (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics.
- A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.
- A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.
- A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace.
- (historical) A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.
- (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
- (printing, publishing) A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces.
- A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
- (zoology) A small, thin, pointed body part.
- (entomology) A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region.
- The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
- (surgery) A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.
- a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
- how something is done or how it happens
- a slender bristlelike or tubular process
- (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
- editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
- a particular kind (as to appearance)
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- the popular taste at a given time
verb
- (intransitive, US, informal) To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.
- (transitive, informal) To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
- (transitive) To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style).
- (transitive, formal) To call or give a name or title to.
- make consistent with certain rules of style
- designate by an identifying term
- make consistent with a certain fashion or style
noun
- a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
- a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
- (botany) Synonym of style.
- A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
- A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
- A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.
- (computing) A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
- A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
- (writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
- A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
noun
- A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
- An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
- (mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
- A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
- (US, military, slang, uncountable) Information.
- (slang) A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
- A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.
- (slang) An impostor.
- (originally US, colloquial) An act of gouging.
- and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
- the act of gouging
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
verb
- (intransitive) To use a gouge.
- (transitive) To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
- (transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
- (transitive, intransitive) To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
- force with the thumb
- make a groove in
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
noun
- The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
- A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
- A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
- (now dialectal) A bird's beak.
- Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
- One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
- The shaft of a wagon.
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- the writing point of a pen
verb
noun
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
adj
- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
verb
noun
- Clipping of HB pencil
- (slang, seduction community) Initialism of hot babe, someone pickup artists try to seduce. (Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.)
- (American football) Initialism of halfback.
- (gymnastics) Initialism of high bar.
- (medicine, obstetrics) Initialism of home birth.
- (law, politics, often followed by a number) Initialism of house bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a legislative house”) (Compare SB.)
- (gymnastics) Initialism of horizontal bar.
- (astronomy) Initialism of horizontal branch.
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- A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- (printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
- (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- Alternative form of schlich.
- (slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
- (US, military slang) A helicopter.
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- (publishing, slang) A glossy magazine.
- a slippery smoothness
- a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- a trowel used to make a surface slick
- a magazine printed on good quality paper
adj
- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
- Sleek; smooth.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- (often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
- having only superficial plausibility
- marked by skill in deception
- made slick by e.g. ice or grease
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
adv
verb
noun
- (Ireland) A pencil sharpener.
- A small secondary comic strip seen along with a larger Sunday strip, and usually by the same author.
- A single-handed dinghy, 11 foot (3.6 metres) in length, with only one sail.
- (chiefly US) A short outer jacket worn by women or children.
- One who tops steel ingots.
- Ellipsis of hair topper.
- A person or tool that cuts off the top of something.
- A top hat.
- (colloquial) The head or chief of an organization.
- (India) The student who achieves the highest score in an examination.
- A soft, relatively thin, piece of padding placed on top of a mattress, or forming the upper layer of a mattress.
- Something that is on top.
- A three-square float, or file, used by comb-makers.
- Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.
- a woman's short coat
- a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)
- a worker who makes or adds the top to something
- the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
- an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before
noun
- (Australia) A mechanical pencil.
- In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter.
- A pacemaker (one who sets the pace in a race).
- One who paces.
- A timer in an electric toothbrush that indicates how long the user should spend brushing in each part of the mouth.
- a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together
- a horse used to set the pace in racing
noun
- A pencil with hardness level 2.
- (soccer) A right back.
- A primary assistant; vice-leader.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see number, two.
- (Philippines) mistress (the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations)
- (nautical, slang) A first mate.
- (euphemistic, usually childish) Feces; the act of defecation.
- (theater) A somewhat small town, between a number one and a number three, where the success of a theatrical performance is unlikely to be very great.
- (cricket) The batsman who opens alongside the number one, but does not face the first delivery.
- (soccer) A backup player, especially a goalkeeper.
adj
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
- Lapis lazuli.
- Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris.
- (heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
- (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
- (countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
- Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina.
- a light shade of blue
adj
verb
noun
- A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
- (optics) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
- (gambling) Ellipsis of power of the pencil.
- (geometry) A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane.
- (now chiefly historical) A paintbrush.
- a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
- a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face
- a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
verb
noun
- A grade of black-lead pencil (originally an abbreviation of fine).
- (nautical) Abbreviation of fog, as in a ship's log.
- (UK) A grade lower than E but higher than G.
- (bacteriology) Abbreviation of fertility factor.
- Abbreviation of fellow.
- Initialism of function (followed by a number when used on or referencing a function key of a computer keyboard).
- A failing grade, with the next best grade being either a D or an E (some institutions issue Es instead of Fs).
- (US, meteorology) Initialism of Fujita (followed by a number when used in a rating on the Fujita scale and indicating the intensity of a tornado).
- In the American Library Association, a folio-sized book, over 30 cm in height.
- a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
- the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates
- a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
- the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet
adj
character
intj
name
num
symbol
- (stock ticker symbol) Ford Motor Company
- The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree.
- On a piano keyboard, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys (see figure).
- The fourth note of the diatonic scale of C major, called fa in solfège.
- The scale or key which has that note for its tonic.
verb
noun
- A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.
- a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
- A style name.
- (by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
- (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics.
- A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.
- A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.
- A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace.
- (historical) A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.
- (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
- (printing, publishing) A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces.
- A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
- (zoology) A small, thin, pointed body part.
- (entomology) A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region.
- The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
- (surgery) A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.
- a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
- how something is done or how it happens
- a slender bristlelike or tubular process
- (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
- editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
- a particular kind (as to appearance)
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- the popular taste at a given time
verb
- (intransitive, US, informal) To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.
- (transitive, informal) To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
- (transitive) To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style).
- (transitive, formal) To call or give a name or title to.
- make consistent with certain rules of style
- designate by an identifying term
- make consistent with a certain fashion or style
noun
- a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
- a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
- (botany) Synonym of style.
- A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
- A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
- A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.
- (computing) A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
- A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
- (writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
- A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
noun
- A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
- An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
- (mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
- A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
- (US, military, slang, uncountable) Information.
- (slang) A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
- A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.
- (slang) An impostor.
- (originally US, colloquial) An act of gouging.
- and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
- the act of gouging
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
verb
- (intransitive) To use a gouge.
- (transitive) To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
- (transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
- (transitive, intransitive) To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
- force with the thumb
- make a groove in
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
noun
- The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
- A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
- A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
- (now dialectal) A bird's beak.
- Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
- One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
- The shaft of a wagon.
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- the writing point of a pen
verb
noun
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
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- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
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- Clipping of HB pencil
- (slang, seduction community) Initialism of hot babe, someone pickup artists try to seduce. (Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.)
- (American football) Initialism of halfback.
- (gymnastics) Initialism of high bar.
- (medicine, obstetrics) Initialism of home birth.
- (law, politics, often followed by a number) Initialism of house bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a legislative house”) (Compare SB.)
- (gymnastics) Initialism of horizontal bar.
- (astronomy) Initialism of horizontal branch.
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- A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- (printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
- (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- Alternative form of schlich.
- (slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
- (US, military slang) A helicopter.
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- (publishing, slang) A glossy magazine.
- a slippery smoothness
- a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- a trowel used to make a surface slick
- a magazine printed on good quality paper
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- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
- Sleek; smooth.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- (often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
- having only superficial plausibility
- marked by skill in deception
- made slick by e.g. ice or grease
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
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