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noun
- a device used for scratching
- A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.
- a workman who uses a tool for scratching
- a person who scratches to relieve an itch
- An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be scratched, usually by pet cats.
- (slang) A counterfeiter.
- (zoology) Any rasorial bird.
- (gambling) A scratch card.
- A device for cleaning mud etc. from a wellbore.
- Someone who scratches.
- (slang, derogatory) An unlicensed tattoo artist.
- (slang) A bedding place (e.g., mattress, bunk, hay bed, or bed).
noun
- A tool for scraping.
- (US, Pennsylvania, Appalachia, Blue Ridge) A mush of pork scraps, particularly head parts, and cornmeal or flour, which is boiled and poured into a mold, where the rendered gelatinous broth from cooking jells the mixture into a loaf.
- scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying
verb
noun
- A device that makes grooves in surfaces.
- a device that makes grooves by cutting or punching
- (colloquial) A groovy piece of music.
- (US, slang) A small portable toilet often used on multiday river trips in protected wilderness areas, so named because the original versions were metal boxes whose rims left a groove in the skin of the user.
- (colloquial) One who grooves, or enjoys rhythmic music.
noun
- a long-handled scratcher for scratching your back
- someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage
- A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
- (figurative, uncommon) A participant in corruption, such as a briber or pay-to-play participant.
noun
- A tool for pricking.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- One who pricks.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- A prickle or thorn.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
verb
- To make scratches or cuts on.
- (horticulture) To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
- To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification.
- (uncommon) To frighten; to scare, to terrify.
- (figurative) To harrow the feelings.
- (horticulture) To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
- scratch the surface of
- puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- break up
noun
- A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
- A long-handled tool with a blade used for cleaning and/or drying surfaces, or for levelling paths, roadways, etc.
- (printing) A tool with a roller or blade used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing.
- (photography) A tool used to press film into a mount, remove excess moisture from a print, etc.; a squeezer.
- (nautical) A long-handled tool with a blade used on ships for swabbing decks and spreading protective coatings.
- (historical) A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller with blades pulled by a horse.
- A short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
- (slang) A person who uses a squeegee (noun sense 1.2); specifically, one who makes an unsolicited attempt to clean the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then requests payment; a squeegee bandit.
- T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)
verb
noun
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
verb
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
adj
- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
noun
- A device used to trim.
- One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
- Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest, a flip-flopper.
- (nautical) A member of the crew who trims the sails.
- (mining, historical) A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
- (fishing) A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.
- (architecture) A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.
- (electronics) An adjustable electrical component.
- (cricket) A fast, high-quality delivery by the bowler, especially one that results in a dismissal of a batter by removing the bails without hitting the stumps.
- (shipping, historical) A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.
- a machine that trims timber
- capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments
- joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.
- a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs
adj
noun
- A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
- A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
- A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
- (cryptocurrencies) A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail; used for money laundering.
- A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
- A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.
- Something that causes something else to tumble.
- (entomology) The pupa of a mosquito.
- One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.
- A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
- a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
- a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
- a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
- pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
verb
noun
noun
- an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
- the act of brushing your hair
- conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
- a dense growth of bushes
- a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
- contact with something dangerous or undesirable
- a minor short-term fight
- the act of brushing your teeth
- momentary contact
- A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
- (zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
- (music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
- A short, possibly recurrent encounter or experience.
- (computer graphics) A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
- (poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
- (video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
- The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
- (computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
- A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
- (North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
- The act of brushing something.
- An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
- (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
verb
- clean with a brush
- touch lightly and briefly
- cover by brushing
- remove with or as if with a brush
- rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
- sweep across or over
- (transitive) To clean with a brush.
- (transitive) To apply with a brush.
- (transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
- (ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
- (transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
- (intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
noun
- any of various hand tools for scraping
- (computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
- One who scrapes horns.
- An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
- Clipping of bellyscraper.
- One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
- An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
- One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
- In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
- (slang, Bay Area) A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
- A hoe.
- A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta.
- A tool used by engravers.
- An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
noun
- A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- (informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
- (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- A brownish yellow colour.
- (video games) A change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of buffe (“face armor”).
- Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- (video games, roleplaying games) An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
- The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
- (colloquial) The bare skin.
- (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
- A military coat made of buff leather.
- bare skin
- a medium to dark tan color
- a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
- an ardent follower and admirer
adj
verb
- To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- (graffiti slang) To remove (graffiti), particularly when done by someone who is not a graffiti writer.
- To strike.
- (video games, roleplaying games) To make a character or an item stronger.
- (medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
- strike, beat repeatedly
- polish and make shiny
noun
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
- (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
- (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
- (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
- (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
- (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
- (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
- (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
- A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
- (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
- (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
- (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
- An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
- A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
verb
- protect from impact
- add a buffer (a solution)
- (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
- To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
- (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
adj
noun
- A bar for supporting cutting tools.
- A spindle of a wheel.
- An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
- A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
- A grove of trees.
- tree (as opposed to shrub)
- a framework that supports climbing plants
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
noun
- An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
- A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
- (mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
- A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
- (US, military, slang, uncountable) Information.
- (slang) A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
- A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.
- (slang) An impostor.
- (originally US, colloquial) An act of gouging.
- and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
- the act of gouging
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
verb
- (intransitive) To use a gouge.
- (transitive) To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
- (transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
- (transitive, intransitive) To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
- force with the thumb
- make a groove in
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
noun
- device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on
- protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side
- (music) Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument.
- (road transport) A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.
- (bodybuilding, colloquial) Ellipsis of washboard abs.
- A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
- (nautical) A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard.
verb
noun
- A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
- A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
- A hairpin.
- A dagger.
- (printing) A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections.
- A type of long thin arrowhead.
- a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
- a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
- formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
- a dagger with a slender blade
adv
noun
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets
- a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
- an argument that is conclusive
- That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm; a decisive factor.
- (cycling) A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.
noun
- hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
- a power tool for cutting wood
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- A musical saw.
- A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
- Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.
- (whist) The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.
- A sawtooth wave.
verb
- cut with a saw
- (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
- (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of see
- (transitive) To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
- simple past of see
- (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
- (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
noun
- A tool used to make hair wavy.
- One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave.
- A person who specializes in treating hair to make it wavy.
- (printing, historical) In full waver roller: a roller which places ink on the inking table of a printing press with a back and forth, waving motion.
- A state of beginning to weaken or showing signs of weakening in resolve; a falter.
- An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.
- A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
- the act of moving back and forth
- someone who communicates by waving
- the act of pausing uncertainly
verb
- Chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary.
- To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.
- Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble.
- To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.
- Of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver.
- To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
- be unsure or weak
- move back and forth very rapidly
- sway from side to side
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
adj
- Characterized by scratches.
- (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
- (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
- (chiefly of a sore throat) Irritating; itchy.
- (informal) Irritable; tetchy.
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- easily irritated or annoyed
- causing abrasion
- lacking consistency
verb
- attach something somewhere by means of nails
- succeed in obtaining a position
- succeed at easily
- hit with great force
- take into custody
- locate exactly
- complete a pass
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive, slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
- (transitive) To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
- (transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.
- (transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
- (intransitive) To drive a nail.
- (transitive, slang) To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
- (slang) To catch.
- (transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
- (military) To spike, as a cannon.
noun
- a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
- a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
- horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
- The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
- The claw of a bird or other animal.
- An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm).
- The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
- The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
- A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
- A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
noun
- A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
- (historical) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
- A male ferret.
- A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.
- The hub of a wheel.
- a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm
- (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
- a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears
verb
noun
- A tightening screw on the back of a hand tool.
- (ping-pong) A half-volley executed by holding the racket loosely and swinging it straight at the ball.
- A hook-shapped attachment for an earring that sits behind the earlobe and tightens with a screw. Also, an earring that uses this type of attachment.
- An industrial digging machine that uses a large screw at the back to drill into the ground.
- A type of case for a pocket watch where the mechanism is accessed by a removable back plate that screws onto the back of the case. Also, a watch that has such a case.
- (golf) A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.
- The period of screw rotation during injection molding when the plastic can flow into the mold.
- A type of propeller in which the blades are angled to produce a motion similar to threading a screw. Also, the angle of the blades on such a propeller.
- A mechanism for attaching a small item to clothing that operates by a post which goes through the cloth and a small backing plate that screws to the post. Also, the medal, tie pin, button, etc. that uses this type of attachment.
- (snooker, pool, billiards) The effect of putting backspin on the cue ball.
- (architecture) A masonry abutment on an arch that is wedge-shaped in order to transmit the thrust downward.
noun
- An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.
- (uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
- The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).
- A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
- (countable, baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
- (uncountable, countable) Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber.
- The game of rubber bridge.
- (historical) The cushion of an electric machine.
- (countable, Canada, US, slang) A condom, especially an external condom.
- (countable) Someone or something which rubs.
- (countable, Australia, India, Brunei, New Zealand, UK) An eraser.
- An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).
- One who rubs down horses.
- (sports, Canada, US) A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
- One who practises massage.
- (uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
- an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
- a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides
- an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil
- any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
adj
verb
noun
- The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
- (accounting) A form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft.
- The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
- A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
- (firearms) The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
- (lutherie) Lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel.
- The gentle, rhythmic sound of water splashing against a solid surface.
- covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
verb
noun
- a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances
- a turner with a narrow flexible blade
- (Canada, US) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
- (entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.
- A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
- (cooking) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
- (chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
- (UK) A tongue depressor.
verb
noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
- A tool used for smoothing a mold.
- A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
- A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
verb
noun
- mechanical device around which something can be wound
- a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- (slang) A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
- A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
- A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
- A winding plant.
- Pronunciation spelling of window.
- One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
- (mining) The person who operates such an engine.
- A spool around which something is wound.
- A winnowing fan.
- (mining) An engine that raises and lowers the cages in a mine.
verb
noun
- A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- (printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
- (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- Alternative form of schlich.
- (slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
- (US, military slang) A helicopter.
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- (publishing, slang) A glossy magazine.
- a slippery smoothness
- a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- a trowel used to make a surface slick
- a magazine printed on good quality paper
adj
- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
- Sleek; smooth.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- (often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
- having only superficial plausibility
- marked by skill in deception
- made slick by e.g. ice or grease
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
adv
verb
noun
- A computer technician's tool used as a prybar and probe for use with plastic and other parts.
- (telecommunications) A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other.
- An electronics tool made of nylon filled with glass, for holding components while soldering.
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- a device used for scratching
- A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.
- a workman who uses a tool for scratching
- a person who scratches to relieve an itch
- An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be scratched, usually by pet cats.
- (slang) A counterfeiter.
- (zoology) Any rasorial bird.
- (gambling) A scratch card.
- A device for cleaning mud etc. from a wellbore.
- Someone who scratches.
- (slang, derogatory) An unlicensed tattoo artist.
- (slang) A bedding place (e.g., mattress, bunk, hay bed, or bed).
noun
- A tool for scraping.
- (US, Pennsylvania, Appalachia, Blue Ridge) A mush of pork scraps, particularly head parts, and cornmeal or flour, which is boiled and poured into a mold, where the rendered gelatinous broth from cooking jells the mixture into a loaf.
- scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying
verb
noun
- A device that makes grooves in surfaces.
- a device that makes grooves by cutting or punching
- (colloquial) A groovy piece of music.
- (US, slang) A small portable toilet often used on multiday river trips in protected wilderness areas, so named because the original versions were metal boxes whose rims left a groove in the skin of the user.
- (colloquial) One who grooves, or enjoys rhythmic music.
noun
- a long-handled scratcher for scratching your back
- someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage
- A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
- (figurative, uncommon) A participant in corruption, such as a briber or pay-to-play participant.
noun
- A tool for pricking.
- Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
- (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.
- One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
- One who pricks.
- A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
- A prickle or thorn.
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
noun
- A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
- A long-handled tool with a blade used for cleaning and/or drying surfaces, or for levelling paths, roadways, etc.
- (printing) A tool with a roller or blade used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing.
- (photography) A tool used to press film into a mount, remove excess moisture from a print, etc.; a squeezer.
- (nautical) A long-handled tool with a blade used on ships for swabbing decks and spreading protective coatings.
- (historical) A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller with blades pulled by a horse.
- A short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
- (slang) A person who uses a squeegee (noun sense 1.2); specifically, one who makes an unsolicited attempt to clean the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then requests payment; a squeegee bandit.
- T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)
verb
noun
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
verb
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
adj
- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
noun
- A device used to trim.
- One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
- Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest, a flip-flopper.
- (nautical) A member of the crew who trims the sails.
- (mining, historical) A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
- (fishing) A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.
- (architecture) A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.
- (electronics) An adjustable electrical component.
- (cricket) A fast, high-quality delivery by the bowler, especially one that results in a dismissal of a batter by removing the bails without hitting the stumps.
- (shipping, historical) A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.
- a machine that trims timber
- capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments
- joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.
- a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs
adj
noun
- A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
- A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
- A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
- (cryptocurrencies) A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail; used for money laundering.
- A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
- A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.
- Something that causes something else to tumble.
- (entomology) The pupa of a mosquito.
- One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.
- A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
- a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
- a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
- a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
- pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
noun
- an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
- the act of brushing your hair
- conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
- a dense growth of bushes
- a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
- contact with something dangerous or undesirable
- a minor short-term fight
- the act of brushing your teeth
- momentary contact
- A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
- (zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
- (music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
- A short, possibly recurrent encounter or experience.
- (computer graphics) A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
- (poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
- (video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
- The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
- (computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
- A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
- (North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
- The act of brushing something.
- An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
- (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
verb
- clean with a brush
- touch lightly and briefly
- cover by brushing
- remove with or as if with a brush
- rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
- sweep across or over
- (transitive) To clean with a brush.
- (transitive) To apply with a brush.
- (transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
- (ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
- (transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
- (intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
noun
- any of various hand tools for scraping
- (computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
- One who scrapes horns.
- An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
- Clipping of bellyscraper.
- One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
- An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
- One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
- In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
- (slang, Bay Area) A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
- A hoe.
- A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta.
- A tool used by engravers.
- An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
noun
- A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- (informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
- (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- A brownish yellow colour.
- (video games) A change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of buffe (“face armor”).
- Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- (video games, roleplaying games) An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
- The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
- (colloquial) The bare skin.
- (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
- A military coat made of buff leather.
- bare skin
- a medium to dark tan color
- a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
- an ardent follower and admirer
adj
verb
- To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- (graffiti slang) To remove (graffiti), particularly when done by someone who is not a graffiti writer.
- To strike.
- (video games, roleplaying games) To make a character or an item stronger.
- (medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
- strike, beat repeatedly
- polish and make shiny
noun
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
- (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
- (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
- (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
- (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
- (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
- (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
- (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
- A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
- (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
- (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
- (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
- An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
- A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
verb
- protect from impact
- add a buffer (a solution)
- (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
- To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
- (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
adj
noun
- A bar for supporting cutting tools.
- A spindle of a wheel.
- An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
- A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
- A grove of trees.
- tree (as opposed to shrub)
- a framework that supports climbing plants
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
noun
- An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
- A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
- (mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
- A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
- (US, military, slang, uncountable) Information.
- (slang) A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
- A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.
- (slang) An impostor.
- (originally US, colloquial) An act of gouging.
- and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
- the act of gouging
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
verb
- (intransitive) To use a gouge.
- (transitive) To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
- (transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
- (transitive, intransitive) To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
- force with the thumb
- make a groove in
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
noun
- device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on
- protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side
- (music) Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument.
- (road transport) A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.
- (bodybuilding, colloquial) Ellipsis of washboard abs.
- A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
- (nautical) A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard.
verb
noun
- A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
- A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
- A hairpin.
- A dagger.
- (printing) A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections.
- A type of long thin arrowhead.
- a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
- a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
- formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
- a dagger with a slender blade
adv
noun
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets
- a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
- an argument that is conclusive
- That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm; a decisive factor.
- (cycling) A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.
noun
- hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
- a power tool for cutting wood
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- A musical saw.
- A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
- Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.
- (whist) The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.
- A sawtooth wave.
verb
- cut with a saw
- (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
- (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of see
- (transitive) To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
- simple past of see
- (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
- (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
noun
- A tool used to make hair wavy.
- One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave.
- A person who specializes in treating hair to make it wavy.
- (printing, historical) In full waver roller: a roller which places ink on the inking table of a printing press with a back and forth, waving motion.
- A state of beginning to weaken or showing signs of weakening in resolve; a falter.
- An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.
- A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
- the act of moving back and forth
- someone who communicates by waving
- the act of pausing uncertainly
verb
- Chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary.
- To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.
- Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble.
- To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.
- Of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver.
- To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
- be unsure or weak
- move back and forth very rapidly
- sway from side to side
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
noun
- A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
- (historical) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
- A male ferret.
- A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.
- The hub of a wheel.
- a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm
- (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
- a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears
verb
noun
- A tightening screw on the back of a hand tool.
- (ping-pong) A half-volley executed by holding the racket loosely and swinging it straight at the ball.
- A hook-shapped attachment for an earring that sits behind the earlobe and tightens with a screw. Also, an earring that uses this type of attachment.
- An industrial digging machine that uses a large screw at the back to drill into the ground.
- A type of case for a pocket watch where the mechanism is accessed by a removable back plate that screws onto the back of the case. Also, a watch that has such a case.
- (golf) A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.
- The period of screw rotation during injection molding when the plastic can flow into the mold.
- A type of propeller in which the blades are angled to produce a motion similar to threading a screw. Also, the angle of the blades on such a propeller.
- A mechanism for attaching a small item to clothing that operates by a post which goes through the cloth and a small backing plate that screws to the post. Also, the medal, tie pin, button, etc. that uses this type of attachment.
- (snooker, pool, billiards) The effect of putting backspin on the cue ball.
- (architecture) A masonry abutment on an arch that is wedge-shaped in order to transmit the thrust downward.
noun
- An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.
- (uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
- The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).
- A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
- (countable, baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
- (uncountable, countable) Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber.
- The game of rubber bridge.
- (historical) The cushion of an electric machine.
- (countable, Canada, US, slang) A condom, especially an external condom.
- (countable) Someone or something which rubs.
- (countable, Australia, India, Brunei, New Zealand, UK) An eraser.
- An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).
- One who rubs down horses.
- (sports, Canada, US) A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
- One who practises massage.
- (uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
- an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
- a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides
- an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil
- any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
adj
verb
noun
- The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
- (accounting) A form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft.
- The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
- A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
- (firearms) The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
- (lutherie) Lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel.
- The gentle, rhythmic sound of water splashing against a solid surface.
- covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
verb
noun
- a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances
- a turner with a narrow flexible blade
- (Canada, US) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
- (entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.
- A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
- (cooking) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
- (chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
- (UK) A tongue depressor.
verb
noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
- A tool used for smoothing a mold.
- A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
- A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
verb
noun
- mechanical device around which something can be wound
- a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- (slang) A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
- A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
- A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
- A winding plant.
- Pronunciation spelling of window.
- One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
- (mining) The person who operates such an engine.
- A spool around which something is wound.
- A winnowing fan.
- (mining) An engine that raises and lowers the cages in a mine.
verb
noun
- A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- (printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
- (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- Alternative form of schlich.
- (slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
- (US, military slang) A helicopter.
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- (publishing, slang) A glossy magazine.
- a slippery smoothness
- a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- a trowel used to make a surface slick
- a magazine printed on good quality paper
adj
- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
- Sleek; smooth.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- (often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
- having only superficial plausibility
- marked by skill in deception
- made slick by e.g. ice or grease
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
adv
verb
noun
- A computer technician's tool used as a prybar and probe for use with plastic and other parts.
- (telecommunications) A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other.
- An electronics tool made of nylon filled with glass, for holding components while soldering.
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
verb
- To make scratches or cuts on.
- (horticulture) To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
- To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification.
- (uncommon) To frighten; to scare, to terrify.
- (figurative) To harrow the feelings.
- (horticulture) To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
- scratch the surface of
- puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- break up
noun
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
verb
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
adj
- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
verb
noun
verb
- attach something somewhere by means of nails
- succeed in obtaining a position
- succeed at easily
- hit with great force
- take into custody
- locate exactly
- complete a pass
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive, slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
- (transitive) To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
- (transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.
- (transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
- (intransitive) To drive a nail.
- (transitive, slang) To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
- (slang) To catch.
- (transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
- (military) To spike, as a cannon.
noun
- a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
- a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
- horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
- The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
- The claw of a bird or other animal.
- An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm).
- The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
- The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
- A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
- A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
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adj
- Characterized by scratches.
- (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
- (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
- (chiefly of a sore throat) Irritating; itchy.
- (informal) Irritable; tetchy.
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- easily irritated or annoyed
- causing abrasion
- lacking consistency