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verb
- To make a clucking sound.
- (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- throw carelessly
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- throw away
noun
- A clucking sound.
- (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- (Scotland) A small pebble.
- (informal) A casual throw.
- (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
- (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
- Abbreviation of woodchuck.
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- informal terms for a meal
verb
- make a rattling sound
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- (UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
- To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
noun
- a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
- a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
- Chatter; prattle.
- Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
- (colloquial) The tongue.
- An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- Something that forms clumps.
- The larger claw of a lobster.
- (Newfoundland) Synonym of clumpet (“floating piece of sea ice”).
- One who generalizes or finds commonalities, as opposed to one who focuses on identifying differences
- A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.
- (Australia) A horse that comes from a heavy breed, such as a part-Clydesdale.
- A part of a device that is used for the formation of clumps.
- One who clumps; one who walks with a clumping gait.
- A heavy percussive noise, like that of heavy footfalls.
- A heavy boot or shoe.
noun
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- (colloquial) Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”).
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- (colloquial) Something of no value.
- (uncountable) A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.
- A sudden break.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- (colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A tool used by riveters.
- The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
- (Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A newsflash.
- Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
- (slang) An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- (UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- a spell of cold weather
- a sudden sharp noise
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- the act of catching an object with the hands
adj
intj
- (Canada, US) Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- (British, by extension) Used to express agreement.
- (British, Australia, by extension) "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
- (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- (intransitive) To misfire.
- (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- (social media, ditransitive) Alternative letter-case form of Snap (“to send a visual message through the Snapchat application”).
- (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- (intransitive) To move or shift suddenly.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- record on photographic film
- bring the jaws together
- close with a snapping motion
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- move or strike with a noise
- lose control of one's emotions
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- put in play with a snap
noun
- Something that makes a booming sound.
- (US, mainly 1920–1930) A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
- (by extension, slang, sometimes derogatory) An elderly person, regardless of generation.
- A sewellel (Aplodontia rufa).
- A techno-optimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence.
- A device used to bind or tighten chain.
- (US, nautical, military, slang) A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
- (informal) A baby boomer.
- An adult male kangaroo.
- (by extension, slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is too old to be familiar with the use of recent technology.
- (UK) A Eurasian bittern (subfamily Botaurinae spp.).
- (US, historical) Alternative letter-case form of Boomer (“Oklahoma settler”).
- (Appalachia) A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
- (realtime strategy games) A player who prioritises economic development and securing resources (and therefore future production) over offence or defence.
- a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
verb
- To make a smacking sound.
- (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
- To slap or hit someone.
- To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
- (transitive) To get the flavor of.
- (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
- (especially outside of North America) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
- To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
- kiss lightly
- press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
- deliver a hard blow to
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- have an element suggestive (of something)
adv
noun
- (Northern England) A form of fried potato; a scallop.
- A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
- The sound of a loud kiss.
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- (collective) A group of jellyfish.
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- street names for heroin
- an enthusiastic kiss
noun
- the sound of something crunching
- the act of crushing
- a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- A problem that leads to a crisis.
- (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
- (slang) A shortage.
- A critical moment or event.
- (music) Moderate distortion.
- A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
- (software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
- A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
- (cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
- (chiefly US) The symbol #.
verb
- To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound
- make a crushing noise
- (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
- (software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
- (automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
- (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
- To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
- To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
verb
- To make a rattling metallic sound.
- (Northern England) Of a person: to speak loudly or too much; to chatter, to prate; of a bird: to make a noisy chattering sound.
- To express or say (something) in an argumentative or harsh manner.
- To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.
- (figuratively) To irritate or jar (something).
- make a sound typical of metallic objects
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intj
noun
verb
- emit a sound
- (transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
- To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
- (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime.
- (transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
- (intransitive) To agree; to correspond.
noun
- The sound of such an instrument or device.
- a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
- An individual ringing component of such a set.
- A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
- (music) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
- A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
- Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”).
noun
- A sound produced by knocking on something hollow.
- (slang, derogatory, chiefly US) An illegal immigrant of any country.
- (slang) A tank.
- (cricket, colloquial) A resounding strike of the ball; a powerful hit of the ball with the bat.
- (slang) An item or items of value, or of perceived value, especially for sale.
- A matching card game, combining features of knock rummy and conquian.
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intj
verb
noun
- (countable) A squelching sound.
- (radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.
- (countable, music) A kind of electronic beat or sound mainly used in acid house and related music genres.
- a crushing remark
- an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise
verb
- (intransitive, British) To walk or step through a substance such as mud.
- (transitive, US) To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.
- (intransitive, British) To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
- (transitive, radio technology) To suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength.
- suppress or crush completely
- walk through mud or mire
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- make a sucking sound
verb
noun
noun
- the sharp sound of snapping noises
- glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
- (ceramics) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.
- (physics) The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce.
- A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
- Synonym of crackling (“crispy rind of roast pork”).
adj
verb
noun
- the sharp sound of snapping noises
- the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
- (cooking, in the singular in British) The crispy rind of roast pork.
- (cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
- (cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
- The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
- Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
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verb
verb
- To make a rustling sound while moving.
- (basketball) To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
- (transitive) To flourish with a swishing sound.
- (transitive) To cause a liquid to move around in a container, or in one's mouth.
- (gay slang) To mince or otherwise to behave in an effeminate manner.
- move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
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intj
noun
- (slang) An effeminate male homosexual.
- (cricket) A rapid or careless attacking stroke by the batter.
- A sound of liquid flowing inside a container.
- (uncountable, Canada, prison slang) An improvised alcoholic drink made by fermenting whatever ingredients are available.
- A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
- A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail.
- (basketball) A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
- (slang, uncountable) Effeminacy, effeminate or homosexual demeanor.
- A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch
- a brushing or rustling sound
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verb
verb
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
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noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
noun
- A swishing noise.
- A smooth stroke; a swish.
- A wet splashing sound.
- (typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
- A streak or patch.
- (technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
- (architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
- the movement or sound of water
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verb
- (ambitransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
- (intransitive) To wade forcefully through liquid.
- (ambitransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.
- (ambitransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
- (ambitransitive) To swipe.
- (intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
- To streak, to color in a swash.
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- make violent, noisy movements
- dash a liquid upon or against
- show off
verb
- To make a sound when struck.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- simple past tense of beat
- (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- (intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang) To rob; to cheat or scam.
- (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
- (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- (especially colloquial) past participle of beat
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
- (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- (transitive) To hit; to strike.
- (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
- move rhythmically
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- make a rhythmic sound
- move with a thrashing motion
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- wear out completely
- stir vigorously
- avoid paying
- hit repeatedly
- be superior
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- shape by beating
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- glare or strike with great intensity
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- make by pounding or trampling
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- beat through cleverness and wit
- move with a flapping motion
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noun
- (music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- A rhythm.
- A pulsation or throb.
- (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A stroke; a blow.
- (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- A beatnik.
- the sound of stroke or blow
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
verb
noun
- An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
- (informal) Any industry or enterprise.
- (countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.
- A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
- A loud noise.
- (Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
- an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
- a loud and disturbing noise
- a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
verb
- To make a clucking sound.
- (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- throw carelessly
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- throw away
noun
- A clucking sound.
- (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- (Scotland) A small pebble.
- (informal) A casual throw.
- (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
- (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
- Abbreviation of woodchuck.
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- informal terms for a meal
noun
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- (colloquial) Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”).
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- (colloquial) Something of no value.
- (uncountable) A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.
- A sudden break.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- (colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A tool used by riveters.
- The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
- (Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A newsflash.
- Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
- (slang) An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- (UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- a spell of cold weather
- a sudden sharp noise
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- the act of catching an object with the hands
adj
intj
- (Canada, US) Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- (British, by extension) Used to express agreement.
- (British, Australia, by extension) "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
- (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- (intransitive) To misfire.
- (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- (social media, ditransitive) Alternative letter-case form of Snap (“to send a visual message through the Snapchat application”).
- (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- (intransitive) To move or shift suddenly.
- cause to make a snapping sound
- record on photographic film
- bring the jaws together
- close with a snapping motion
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- move or strike with a noise
- lose control of one's emotions
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- put in play with a snap
noun
- Something that makes a booming sound.
- (US, mainly 1920–1930) A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
- (by extension, slang, sometimes derogatory) An elderly person, regardless of generation.
- A sewellel (Aplodontia rufa).
- A techno-optimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence.
- A device used to bind or tighten chain.
- (US, nautical, military, slang) A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
- (informal) A baby boomer.
- An adult male kangaroo.
- (by extension, slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is too old to be familiar with the use of recent technology.
- (UK) A Eurasian bittern (subfamily Botaurinae spp.).
- (US, historical) Alternative letter-case form of Boomer (“Oklahoma settler”).
- (Appalachia) A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
- (realtime strategy games) A player who prioritises economic development and securing resources (and therefore future production) over offence or defence.
- a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
noun
- the sound of something crunching
- the act of crushing
- a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- A problem that leads to a crisis.
- (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
- (slang) A shortage.
- A critical moment or event.
- (music) Moderate distortion.
- A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
- (software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
- A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
- (cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
- (chiefly US) The symbol #.
verb
- To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound
- make a crushing noise
- (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
- (software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
- (automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
- (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
- To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
- To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
verb
- To make a rattling metallic sound.
- (Northern England) Of a person: to speak loudly or too much; to chatter, to prate; of a bird: to make a noisy chattering sound.
- To express or say (something) in an argumentative or harsh manner.
- To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.
- (figuratively) To irritate or jar (something).
- make a sound typical of metallic objects
noun
noun
- A sound produced by knocking on something hollow.
- (slang, derogatory, chiefly US) An illegal immigrant of any country.
- (slang) A tank.
- (cricket, colloquial) A resounding strike of the ball; a powerful hit of the ball with the bat.
- (slang) An item or items of value, or of perceived value, especially for sale.
- A matching card game, combining features of knock rummy and conquian.
adj
intj
verb
noun
- (countable) A squelching sound.
- (radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.
- (countable, music) A kind of electronic beat or sound mainly used in acid house and related music genres.
- a crushing remark
- an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise
verb
- (intransitive, British) To walk or step through a substance such as mud.
- (transitive, US) To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.
- (intransitive, British) To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
- (transitive, radio technology) To suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength.
- suppress or crush completely
- walk through mud or mire
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- make a sucking sound
noun
- the sharp sound of snapping noises
- glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
- (ceramics) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.
- (physics) The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce.
- A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
- Synonym of crackling (“crispy rind of roast pork”).
adj
verb
noun
- the sharp sound of snapping noises
- the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
- (cooking, in the singular in British) The crispy rind of roast pork.
- (cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
- (cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
- The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
- Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A swishing noise.
- A smooth stroke; a swish.
- A wet splashing sound.
- (typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
- A streak or patch.
- (technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
- (architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
- the movement or sound of water
adj
verb
- (ambitransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
- (intransitive) To wade forcefully through liquid.
- (ambitransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.
- (ambitransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
- (ambitransitive) To swipe.
- (intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
- To streak, to color in a swash.
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- make violent, noisy movements
- dash a liquid upon or against
- show off
verb
- emit a sound
- (transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
- To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
- (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime.
- (transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
- (intransitive) To agree; to correspond.
noun
- The sound of such an instrument or device.
- a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
- An individual ringing component of such a set.
- A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
- (music) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
- A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
- Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”).
verb
- To make a clucking sound.
- (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- throw carelessly
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- throw away
noun
- A clucking sound.
- (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- (Scotland) A small pebble.
- (informal) A casual throw.
- (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
- (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
- Abbreviation of woodchuck.
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- informal terms for a meal
verb
- make a rattling sound
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- (UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
- To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
noun
- a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
- a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
- Chatter; prattle.
- Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
- (colloquial) The tongue.
- An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- Something that forms clumps.
- The larger claw of a lobster.
- (Newfoundland) Synonym of clumpet (“floating piece of sea ice”).
- One who generalizes or finds commonalities, as opposed to one who focuses on identifying differences
- A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.
- (Australia) A horse that comes from a heavy breed, such as a part-Clydesdale.
- A part of a device that is used for the formation of clumps.
- One who clumps; one who walks with a clumping gait.
- A heavy percussive noise, like that of heavy footfalls.
- A heavy boot or shoe.
verb
- To make a smacking sound.
- (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
- To slap or hit someone.
- To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
- (transitive) To get the flavor of.
- (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
- (especially outside of North America) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
- To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
- kiss lightly
- press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
- deliver a hard blow to
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- have an element suggestive (of something)
adv
noun
- (Northern England) A form of fried potato; a scallop.
- A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
- The sound of a loud kiss.
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- (collective) A group of jellyfish.
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- street names for heroin
- an enthusiastic kiss
verb
- To make a rattling metallic sound.
- (Northern England) Of a person: to speak loudly or too much; to chatter, to prate; of a bird: to make a noisy chattering sound.
- To express or say (something) in an argumentative or harsh manner.
- To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.
- (figuratively) To irritate or jar (something).
- make a sound typical of metallic objects
noun
verb
noun
verb
intj
noun
verb
- emit a sound
- (transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
- To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
- (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime.
- (transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
- (intransitive) To agree; to correspond.
noun
- The sound of such an instrument or device.
- a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
- An individual ringing component of such a set.
- A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
- (music) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
- A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
- Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”).
verb
noun
noun
- the sound of something crunching
- the act of crushing
- a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- A problem that leads to a crisis.
- (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
- (slang) A shortage.
- A critical moment or event.
- (music) Moderate distortion.
- A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
- (software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
- A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
- (cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
- (chiefly US) The symbol #.
verb
- To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound
- make a crushing noise
- (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
- (software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
- (automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
- (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
- To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
- To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
verb
- To make a rustling sound while moving.
- (basketball) To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
- (transitive) To flourish with a swishing sound.
- (transitive) To cause a liquid to move around in a container, or in one's mouth.
- (gay slang) To mince or otherwise to behave in an effeminate manner.
- move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
adj
intj
noun
- (slang) An effeminate male homosexual.
- (cricket) A rapid or careless attacking stroke by the batter.
- A sound of liquid flowing inside a container.
- (uncountable, Canada, prison slang) An improvised alcoholic drink made by fermenting whatever ingredients are available.
- A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
- A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail.
- (basketball) A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
- (slang, uncountable) Effeminacy, effeminate or homosexual demeanor.
- A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch
- a brushing or rustling sound
verb
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
adj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
verb
- To make a sound when struck.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- simple past tense of beat
- (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- (intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang) To rob; to cheat or scam.
- (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
- (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- (especially colloquial) past participle of beat
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
- (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- (transitive) To hit; to strike.
- (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
- move rhythmically
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- make a rhythmic sound
- move with a thrashing motion
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- wear out completely
- stir vigorously
- avoid paying
- hit repeatedly
- be superior
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- shape by beating
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- glare or strike with great intensity
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- make by pounding or trampling
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- beat through cleverness and wit
- move with a flapping motion
adj
noun
- (music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- A rhythm.
- A pulsation or throb.
- (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A stroke; a blow.
- (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- A beatnik.
- the sound of stroke or blow
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
verb
noun
- An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
- (informal) Any industry or enterprise.
- (countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.
- A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
- A loud noise.
- (Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
- an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
- a loud and disturbing noise
- a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience