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adj
- resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
- Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
- Including a lot of glass.
- (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
- (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
- Extensively glazed.
- (of eyes) Dull; expressionless; lifeless.
- (sailing, surfing, of water, not comparable) Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.
noun
noun
- (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
- Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
- (slang) A rampage.
- A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
- That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
- A hole or break caused by tearing.
- a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
- the act of tearing
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
verb
- (intransitive) To produce tears.
- (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
- (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
- (transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
- (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.
- (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
- (computing, intransitive) To be interrupted midway through.
- (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- (transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
- move quickly and violently
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to separate or be separated by force
- strip of feathers
- fill with tears or shed tears
adj
- Of or resembling glass; glassy.
- relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
- (of ceramics) Having a shiny nonporous surface.
- (chemistry) Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
- (geology, mineralogy) With a glass-like texture, often referring to volcanic rocks that cooled too quickly for crystals to form.
- of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye
- (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
noun
noun
- glassware made of quartz
- colorless glass made of almost pure silica
- a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices
- a protective cover that protects the face of a watch
- a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
- a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
- (countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
- (countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
- The glass over the dial of a watch case.
- (uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
- (uncountable, slang) Crystal meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride.
adj
noun
- a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive
- A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.
verb
noun
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- (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.
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- (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 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
- glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering
- Any type of glass, such as toughened glass, laminated glass or wire mesh glass, with additional safety features that make it less likely to break, or less likely to pose a threat when broken.
noun
- A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
- (physics) A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
- One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
- (mineralogy) The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.
- One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
- (rare) plural of pasta
- One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.
- an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard
- a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry
- any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
verb
- (transitive, slang) To defeat decisively or by a large margin.
- (transitive, computing) To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
- (transitive) To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
- (transitive, slang) To strike or beat someone or something.
- join or attach with or as if with glue
- cover the surface of
- hit with the fists
noun
- A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
- Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.
- A frit fly.
- (UK politics, derogatory) A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.
- (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
adj
verb
prefix
noun
- (glassblowing) Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
- (astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
- (UK, in the plural) The rails of a railway.
- Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy.
- Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
- (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.
- The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
- Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
- (informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
- (mining) The ore from which a metal is derived.
- (heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).
- any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
- a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
adj
verb
noun
- (by extension) Any borosilicate glass.
- A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient.
- (by extension) Any glass capable of withstanding high temperatures, such as tempered glass suitable for cooking.
noun
- ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
- (countable, rare) Synonym of cowrie.
- (countable, often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
- (countable, now usually in the plural) An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.
- (usually uncountable) Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.
- (usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
verb
adj
noun
- (zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
- (biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
- (poetic) Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
- a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
adj
- fitted or covered with glass
- having a shiny surface or coating
- (of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture
- (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
- (architecture, construction) Having glass in the windows.
- Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness.
- Having a glaze (a coating).
noun
verb
verb
- enclose with glass
- put in a glass container
- furnish with glass
- scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
- (transitive) To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
- (transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
- (transitive, science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
- (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
- (intransitive) To become glassy.
- (transitive) To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
- (transitive) To make glassy.
- (transitive) Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
- (transitive) To enclose in glass.
noun
- a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking
- a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
- a small refracting telescope
- the quantity a glass will hold
- a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- glassware collectively
- (countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
- A mirror.
- (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- A barometer.
- (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
- (metonymic) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- A magnifying glass or loupe.
- (uncountable, photography, informal) Lenses, considered collectively.
- (uncountable) Glassware.
- A telescope.
- (usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
- (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
noun
- a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
- a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
- an impracticable and illusory idea
- a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
- (figurative) Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
- An officer's station in a prison dormitory, affording views on all sides.
- (by extension) Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
- The people who are in this quarantine.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A Greek.
- (chiefly COVID-19 pandemic) A quarantine environment containing multiple people or facilities isolated from the rest of society.
- Ellipsis of travel bubble.
- (economics) A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.
- (television, slang) A bulb or lamp; the part of a lighting assembly that actually produces the light.
- (computing, historical) Any of the small magnetized areas that make up bubble memory.
- A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
- The globule of air in the chamber of a spirit level.
- (figurative) The emotional or physical atmosphere in which a subject is immersed; especially, a homogeneous atmosphere in which subjects are spared exposure to culture or ideas different from their own.
- A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
- (drug paraphernalia) A specialized glass pipe having a sphere-shaped apparatus at one end.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.
- A small spherical cavity in a solid material.
- (poker) In a poker tournament, the point before which eliminated players receive no prize money and after which they do; the situation where all remaining players are guaranteed prize money (in this case, the players are said to have made the bubble); the situation where all remaining players will be guaranteed prize money after some small number of players are eliminated (in this case, the players are said to be on the bubble).
- (sports) The cutoff point between qualifying, advancing or being invited to a tournament, or having one's competition end.
verb
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- expel gas from the stomach
- form, produce, or emit bubbles
- cause to form bubbles
- rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
- (intransitive) To join together in a support bubble
- (intransitive, Scotland and Northern England) To cry, weep.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To grass (report criminal activity to the authorities).
- (intransitive, figurative) To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
- (intransitive, figurative) To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
- (transitive) To pat a baby on the back so as to cause it to belch.
- (computing) To apply a filter bubble, as to search results.
- (transitive) To cover with bubbles.
- (transitive) To express in a bubbly or lively manner.
- (transitive) To bubble in; to mark a response on a form by filling in a circular area (‘bubble’).
- (transitive) To cause to feel as if bubbling or churning.
- (intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
- (transitive) To form into a protruding round shape.
adj
- (of glass) Formed by blowing.
- Distended, swollen, or inflated.
- (automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
- Panting and out of breath.
- Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
- Having failed.
- Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
- being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
- breathing laboriously or convulsively
verb
noun
- A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
- The act of shivering.
- (medicine) A bodily response to early hypothermia.
- (nautical) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
- (geology) A variety of blue slate.
- (Lincolnshire, Norfolk) A splinter of wood embedded in the flesh
- (collective) Collective noun for a group of sharks.
- A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
verb
noun
- A type of flattened glass used in watch-making.
- (in the plural) See lunettes.
- (architecture) A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door.
- (Christianity) A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.
- A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
- The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed.
- (farriery) A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.
- (geology) A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia.
- (architecture) A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
- An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
- (fortifications) A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks.
- temporary fortification like a detached bastion
- oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
noun
- A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.
- (mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
- (countable) An object of search or pursuit.
- (uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
- a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
- animal hunted or caught for food
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
verb
noun
- (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
- Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
- (slang) A rampage.
- A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
- That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
- A hole or break caused by tearing.
- a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
- the act of tearing
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
verb
- (intransitive) To produce tears.
- (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
- (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
- (transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
- (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.
- (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
- (computing, intransitive) To be interrupted midway through.
- (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- (transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
- move quickly and violently
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to separate or be separated by force
- strip of feathers
- fill with tears or shed tears
noun
- glassware made of quartz
- colorless glass made of almost pure silica
- a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices
- a protective cover that protects the face of a watch
- a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
- a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
- (countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
- (countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
- The glass over the dial of a watch case.
- (uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
- (uncountable, slang) Crystal meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride.
adj
noun
- a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive
- A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.
verb
adj
- resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
- Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
- Including a lot of glass.
- (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
- (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
- Extensively glazed.
- (of eyes) Dull; expressionless; lifeless.
- (sailing, surfing, of water, not comparable) Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.
noun
noun
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- (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.
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- (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 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
- glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering
- Any type of glass, such as toughened glass, laminated glass or wire mesh glass, with additional safety features that make it less likely to break, or less likely to pose a threat when broken.
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- A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
- (physics) A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
- One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
- (mineralogy) The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.
- One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
- (rare) plural of pasta
- One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.
- an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard
- a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry
- any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
verb
- (transitive, slang) To defeat decisively or by a large margin.
- (transitive, computing) To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
- (transitive) To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
- (transitive, slang) To strike or beat someone or something.
- join or attach with or as if with glue
- cover the surface of
- hit with the fists
noun
- A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
- Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.
- A frit fly.
- (UK politics, derogatory) A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.
- (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
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- (glassblowing) Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
- (astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
- (UK, in the plural) The rails of a railway.
- Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy.
- Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
- (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.
- The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
- Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
- (informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
- (mining) The ore from which a metal is derived.
- (heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).
- any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
- a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
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- (by extension) Any borosilicate glass.
- A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient.
- (by extension) Any glass capable of withstanding high temperatures, such as tempered glass suitable for cooking.
noun
- ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
- (countable, rare) Synonym of cowrie.
- (countable, often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
- (countable, now usually in the plural) An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.
- (usually uncountable) Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.
- (usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
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- a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
- a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
- an impracticable and illusory idea
- a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
- (figurative) Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
- An officer's station in a prison dormitory, affording views on all sides.
- (by extension) Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
- The people who are in this quarantine.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A Greek.
- (chiefly COVID-19 pandemic) A quarantine environment containing multiple people or facilities isolated from the rest of society.
- Ellipsis of travel bubble.
- (economics) A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.
- (television, slang) A bulb or lamp; the part of a lighting assembly that actually produces the light.
- (computing, historical) Any of the small magnetized areas that make up bubble memory.
- A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
- The globule of air in the chamber of a spirit level.
- (figurative) The emotional or physical atmosphere in which a subject is immersed; especially, a homogeneous atmosphere in which subjects are spared exposure to culture or ideas different from their own.
- A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
- (drug paraphernalia) A specialized glass pipe having a sphere-shaped apparatus at one end.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.
- A small spherical cavity in a solid material.
- (poker) In a poker tournament, the point before which eliminated players receive no prize money and after which they do; the situation where all remaining players are guaranteed prize money (in this case, the players are said to have made the bubble); the situation where all remaining players will be guaranteed prize money after some small number of players are eliminated (in this case, the players are said to be on the bubble).
- (sports) The cutoff point between qualifying, advancing or being invited to a tournament, or having one's competition end.
verb
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- expel gas from the stomach
- form, produce, or emit bubbles
- cause to form bubbles
- rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
- (intransitive) To join together in a support bubble
- (intransitive, Scotland and Northern England) To cry, weep.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To grass (report criminal activity to the authorities).
- (intransitive, figurative) To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
- (intransitive, figurative) To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
- (transitive) To pat a baby on the back so as to cause it to belch.
- (computing) To apply a filter bubble, as to search results.
- (transitive) To cover with bubbles.
- (transitive) To express in a bubbly or lively manner.
- (transitive) To bubble in; to mark a response on a form by filling in a circular area (‘bubble’).
- (transitive) To cause to feel as if bubbling or churning.
- (intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
- (transitive) To form into a protruding round shape.
noun
- A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
- The act of shivering.
- (medicine) A bodily response to early hypothermia.
- (nautical) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
- (geology) A variety of blue slate.
- (Lincolnshire, Norfolk) A splinter of wood embedded in the flesh
- (collective) Collective noun for a group of sharks.
- A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
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- A type of flattened glass used in watch-making.
- (in the plural) See lunettes.
- (architecture) A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door.
- (Christianity) A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.
- A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
- The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed.
- (farriery) A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.
- (geology) A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia.
- (architecture) A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
- An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
- (fortifications) A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks.
- temporary fortification like a detached bastion
- oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
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- A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.
- (mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
- (countable) An object of search or pursuit.
- (uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
- a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
- animal hunted or caught for food
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
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- enclose with glass
- put in a glass container
- furnish with glass
- scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
- (transitive) To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
- (transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
- (transitive, science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
- (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
- (intransitive) To become glassy.
- (transitive) To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
- (transitive) To make glassy.
- (transitive) Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
- (transitive) To enclose in glass.
noun
- a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking
- a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
- a small refracting telescope
- the quantity a glass will hold
- a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- glassware collectively
- (countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
- A mirror.
- (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- A barometer.
- (basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
- (metonymic) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- A magnifying glass or loupe.
- (uncountable, photography, informal) Lenses, considered collectively.
- (uncountable) Glassware.
- A telescope.
- (usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
- (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
Nessuna parola corrispondente trovata. Prova una descrizione più ampia.
adj
- resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
- Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
- Including a lot of glass.
- (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
- (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
- Extensively glazed.
- (of eyes) Dull; expressionless; lifeless.
- (sailing, surfing, of water, not comparable) Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.
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- Of or resembling glass; glassy.
- relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
- (of ceramics) Having a shiny nonporous surface.
- (chemistry) Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
- (geology, mineralogy) With a glass-like texture, often referring to volcanic rocks that cooled too quickly for crystals to form.
- of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye
- (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
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- (zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
- (biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
- (poetic) Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
- a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
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- fitted or covered with glass
- having a shiny surface or coating
- (of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture
- (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
- (architecture, construction) Having glass in the windows.
- Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness.
- Having a glaze (a coating).
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- (of glass) Formed by blowing.
- Distended, swollen, or inflated.
- (automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
- Panting and out of breath.
- Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
- Having failed.
- Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
- being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
- breathing laboriously or convulsively