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adj
noun
adj
- having a sharp biting taste
- showing a brooding ill humor
- smelling of fermentation or staleness
- inaccurate in pitch
- one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
- in an unpalatable state
- Tasting or smelling rancid.
- Tasting of acidity.
- (of a person's character) Hostile or unfriendly.
- Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)
- Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
- (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.
- Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
- Unfortunate or unfavorable.
noun
- The sensation of a sour taste.
- A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
- a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- the property of being acidic
- (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
- A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
- A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
- The acidic solution used in souring fabric.
verb
- go sour or spoil
- make sour or more sour
- (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
- (intransitive) To become sour.
- (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
- (transitive) To make sour.
- (transitive) To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
- (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
- To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
verb
- give a small sharp bite to
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- a small drink of liquor
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
noun
- a large bite
- (countable, BDSM) A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant, bar or pub.
- (uncountable, slang) Food.
- (countable, colloquial) A location or restaurant where good food can be expected, or an instance of eating at such a place.
- (countable, colloquial) An act of eating.
- (New York drill music, slang, derogatory) Someone who easily agrees to give oral sex.
verb
adj
- causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
- very difficult to accept or bear
- expressive of severe grief or regret
- proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
- marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- Cynical and resentful.
- Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
- Hateful or hostile.
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
noun
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
adv
verb
noun
- The quality of having a bitter taste.
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- Harsh cold.
- The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.
- The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- a rough and bitter manner
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- a slight but appreciable amount
- a painful or straitened circumstance
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- (slang) An arrest.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A steep incline; a very steep section of road.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
verb
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- cut the top off
- make ridges into by pinching together
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- make off with belongings of others
- (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
- (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
noun
adj
- Harsh-tasting.
- Violent; not careful or subtle.
- (of a place) Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- Not smooth; uneven.
- (of a gem) Not polished; uncut.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Difficult; trying.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
- Turbulent.
- Of or relating to the rough breathing in the Greek language.
- not perfected
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- unkind or cruel or uncivil
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- having or caused by an irregular surface
- unpleasantly stern
- full of hardship or trials
- not quite exact or correct
- ready and able to resort to force or violence
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- violently agitated and turbulent
- not carefully or expertly made
- not shaped by cutting or trimming
adv
noun
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
- (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
- A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
verb
- (transitive) To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.
- To render rough; to roughen.
- (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
- To endure primitive conditions.
- (boxing, wrestling, intransitive) To break the rules by being excessively violent.
- To create in an approximate form.
- To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
adj
noun
- twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
- poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
- Bittersweetness.
- Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).
- A variety of apple with a bittersweet taste.
- (US) A vine, of the genus Celastrus, having small orange fruit that open to reveal red seeds.
- A pinkish-orange color. Any color in between scarlet and orange.
- Any variety of clam in the family Glycymerididae
verb
- have flavor; taste of something
- give taste to
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- taste appreciatively
- (chiefly in the negative) To find (something) appealing; to appreciate, to like.
- To enjoy (something) deeply or in a lingering manner; to appreciate, to delight in, to relish.
- To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
- To possess a particular (often negative) quality, especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of.
- To give (food or drink) flavour; to flavour, to season.
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- (countable) An aroma or smell.
- (countable) A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) A quality which is appealing or enjoyable; merit, value.
- (uncountable) Enjoyment or taste for something; appreciation; pleasure; relish; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a hint or trace of something.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) An appealing or appetizing flavour, especially one which is savoury or strong.
- (uncountable) The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
verb
- have flavor; taste of something
- experience briefly
- perceive by the sense of taste
- distinguish flavors
- take a sample of
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
- (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
- (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
- To take sparingly.
- (transitive, figurative) To experience.
noun
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
- a strong liking
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
- a brief experience of something
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- a small amount eaten or drunk
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
- A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
- The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
- Personal preference; liking; predilection.
- (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
- (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
- One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
- A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
adj
noun
- The act of biting.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- A small meal or snack.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
verb
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- deliver a sting to
adj
- Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.
- (botany) Having a sharp and stiff point.
- Having a strong odor that stings the nose; said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
- (figurative) Stinging; acerbic.
- capable of wounding
- strong and sharp
adj
noun
- any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
- either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family
- an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
- dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
- (American spelling) A savory snack.
- The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.
- Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
adj
noun
adj
- Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
- (music) Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
- Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
- (figuratively) Sour-tempered.
- having the characteristics of an acid
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- being sour to the taste
noun
- Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.
- Any corrosive substance.
- (uncountable, slang) LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.
- Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.
- Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.
- A sour substance.
- street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
- any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
noun
- a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
- An astringent taste.
- the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
- That which acts as an astringent, causing contraction of soft tissue to restrict the flow of blood.
noun
- A sharp, pungent taste or flavor; sometimes, a disagreeable one specifically.
- The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
- (vulgar, slang) An annoying or stupid person; especially, a recalcitrant.
- A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
- (music) A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
- (phonetics) The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
- a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
verb
- (intransitive) To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
- (music) To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
- (intransitive) To have a nasal sound.
- (ambitransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
- pronounce with a nasal twang
- twitch or throb with pain
- cause to sound with a twang
- sound with a twang
- pluck (strings of an instrument)
noun
- A characteristic touch or taste; smack; flavour.
- (uncountable, Yorkshire) Sweets, candy.
- An aromatic odor.
- (figurative, uncountable) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
- (uncountable, Internet slang) Erotic or pornographic material, usually written; smut.
- (uncountable) A psychoactive neocannabinoid.
- (uncountable) The quality of being spicy.
- (cryptography) An additional input parameter used as a secondary, non-secret key in the Hasty Pudding cipher.
- (countable, uncountable) Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.
- (nonce word, usually humorous) plural of spouse
- aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
- any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food
- the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
verb
adj
- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
- very good; often used in the negative
- recently stolen or smuggled
- marked by excited activity
- of a seeker; very near to the object sought
- newest or most recent
- having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm
- sexually excited or exciting
- very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
- charged or energized with electricity
- (color) bold and intense
- wanted by the police
- (extended meanings, especially of psychological heat) marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
- made recently
- very unpleasant or even dangerous
- having or bringing unusually good luck
- having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
- performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
- characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
- very popular or successful
- used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
- (not comparable, slang, of a draft or check) Not covered by funds on account.
- Fresh; just released.
- (acoustics) Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier or other sound equipment.
- (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
- (slang, of bodily fluids) Containing drugs.
- (slang) Extremely attracted to. [with for]
- Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
- Feverish; feeling a high fever.
- (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
- (slang) Stolen.
- Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
- (of an object) Having or giving off a high temperature.
- (US, not comparable) Electrically charged.
- (colloquial, of a person) Very physically or sexually attractive.
- (slang) Sexually aroused; randy.
- Popular; in demand.
- Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
- (slang) Characterized by police presence or activity.
- (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
- (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- (slang, of a vehicle or aircraft) Extremely fast or with great speed.
- (of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
- (colloquial) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
- (informal) Radioactive.
- Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
adv
noun
verb
adj
- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- Of a food, flavor, or odor, tangy, zesty, or pungent.
- (Internet slang) Risky; mildly aggressive or dangerous.
- Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
- (Internet slang) Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.
- (informal, idiomatic) Scandalous.
- Of a flavor, provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin or a similar chemical.
- Of an expression or behavior, vigorous; colorful; stimulating.
verb
- bite off with a quick bite
- To bite so hard as to remove something from its source.
- (transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner.
noun
- Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
- the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
- (pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
- (figurative) A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality.
- The quality or state of being acid.
- the property of being acidic
- pH values below 7
verb
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- (informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
- To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
- To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
noun
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
- (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
- The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
- (uncountable, informal) The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
- Level of chewiness.
- A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
- (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
verb
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- talk incessantly and tiresomely
- censure severely or angrily
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
- (Scotland, transitive, of water) To splash; to surge.
- (Scotland, transitive) To pour or throw out.
- (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
- (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
noun
- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
- (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- A notch or opening.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A dash or spurt of water; any large quantity of water or other liquid.
- (figuratively, especially in the plural) Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A wave, a billow, a breaker.
- The part of the face below the mouth.
- (slang) An axle guard.
- (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
adj
noun
- (slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals.
- A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).
- (British, slang) A prostitute.
- A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).
- a small open pie with a fruit filling
- a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
verb
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- (physics) the six kinds of quarks
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- (hip-hop slang) Style.
- The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
- The characteristic quality of something.
- A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc).
- (particle physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
- (informal, figurative) A kind or type.
- Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.
verb
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
- spicy or savory condiment
- (figurative) A characteristic or quality which accompanies another thing.
- (countable, uncountable, originally US) A condiment or sauce added to food for a spicy or tangy flavour; specifically, one made with chopped, pickled fruit or vegetables.
- (uncountable) Enjoyment of flavour or taste; (countable) an instance of this.
- (carpentry, by extension) In a wooden frame: the projection or shoulder around, or at the side of, a tenon (“projecting member made to insert into a mortise”), used to strengthen a mortise-and-tenon joint.
- (figurative, uncountable) Enjoyment of something pleasant; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A savoury dish or course of dishes, especially one accompanying rather than forming the main part of a meal; an appetizer, a side dish.
- (music, historical) A type of ornamentation comprising one or more trills.
verb
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- (transitive, carpentry) To add one or more relishes (noun etymology 2 sense 2) to (a tenon, piece of wood, etc.).
- To give (something) (a pleasant) flavour or taste; to make appetizing.
- (figurative) Followed by in: to take delight or pleasure.
- (also reflexive, figurative, sometimes in the negative) To take delight or pleasure in (someone or oneself, or something).
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- street names for heroin
- an enthusiastic kiss
- (Northern England) A form of fried potato; a scallop.
- A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
- The sound of a loud kiss.
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- (collective) A group of jellyfish.
adv
verb
- kiss lightly
- press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
- deliver a hard blow to
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- have an element suggestive (of something)
- (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
- To slap or hit someone.
- To make a smacking sound.
- To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
- (transitive) To get the flavor of.
- (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
- (especially outside of North America) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
- To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
- any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
- brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
- a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
- any of various coarse seaweeds
- a tart spicy quality
- A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
- (uncountable) Sexual intercourse with a woman
- (by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.
- (firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
- (zoology) Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
- (countable) The vagina or vulva.
- The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
- A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
- (rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
- A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
- The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.
- (games) A shuffleboard paddle.
verb
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
- a large bite
- (countable, BDSM) A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant, bar or pub.
- (uncountable, slang) Food.
- (countable, colloquial) A location or restaurant where good food can be expected, or an instance of eating at such a place.
- (countable, colloquial) An act of eating.
- (New York drill music, slang, derogatory) Someone who easily agrees to give oral sex.
verb
noun
- The quality of having a bitter taste.
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- Harsh cold.
- The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.
- The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- a rough and bitter manner
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
verb
- give a small sharp bite to
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- a small drink of liquor
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- a slight but appreciable amount
- a painful or straitened circumstance
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- (slang) An arrest.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A steep incline; a very steep section of road.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
verb
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- cut the top off
- make ridges into by pinching together
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- make off with belongings of others
- (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
- (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
noun
noun
- The act of biting.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- A small meal or snack.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
verb
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- deliver a sting to
adj
- having a sharp biting taste
- showing a brooding ill humor
- smelling of fermentation or staleness
- inaccurate in pitch
- one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
- in an unpalatable state
- Tasting or smelling rancid.
- Tasting of acidity.
- (of a person's character) Hostile or unfriendly.
- Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)
- Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
- (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.
- Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
- Unfortunate or unfavorable.
noun
- The sensation of a sour taste.
- A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
- a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- the property of being acidic
- (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
- A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
- A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
- The acidic solution used in souring fabric.
verb
- go sour or spoil
- make sour or more sour
- (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
- (intransitive) To become sour.
- (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
- (transitive) To make sour.
- (transitive) To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
- (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
- To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
noun
- a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
- An astringent taste.
- the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
- That which acts as an astringent, causing contraction of soft tissue to restrict the flow of blood.
noun
- A sharp, pungent taste or flavor; sometimes, a disagreeable one specifically.
- The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
- (vulgar, slang) An annoying or stupid person; especially, a recalcitrant.
- A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
- (music) A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
- (phonetics) The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
- a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
verb
- (intransitive) To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
- (music) To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
- (intransitive) To have a nasal sound.
- (ambitransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
- pronounce with a nasal twang
- twitch or throb with pain
- cause to sound with a twang
- sound with a twang
- pluck (strings of an instrument)
adj
- causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
- very difficult to accept or bear
- expressive of severe grief or regret
- proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
- marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- Cynical and resentful.
- Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
- Hateful or hostile.
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
noun
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
adv
verb
noun
- A characteristic touch or taste; smack; flavour.
- (uncountable, Yorkshire) Sweets, candy.
- An aromatic odor.
- (figurative, uncountable) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
- (uncountable, Internet slang) Erotic or pornographic material, usually written; smut.
- (uncountable) A psychoactive neocannabinoid.
- (uncountable) The quality of being spicy.
- (cryptography) An additional input parameter used as a secondary, non-secret key in the Hasty Pudding cipher.
- (countable, uncountable) Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.
- (nonce word, usually humorous) plural of spouse
- aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
- any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food
- the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
verb
noun
- Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
- the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
- (pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
- (figurative) A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality.
- The quality or state of being acid.
- the property of being acidic
- pH values below 7
verb
- have flavor; taste of something
- give taste to
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- taste appreciatively
- (chiefly in the negative) To find (something) appealing; to appreciate, to like.
- To enjoy (something) deeply or in a lingering manner; to appreciate, to delight in, to relish.
- To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
- To possess a particular (often negative) quality, especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of.
- To give (food or drink) flavour; to flavour, to season.
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- (countable) An aroma or smell.
- (countable) A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) A quality which is appealing or enjoyable; merit, value.
- (uncountable) Enjoyment or taste for something; appreciation; pleasure; relish; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a hint or trace of something.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) An appealing or appetizing flavour, especially one which is savoury or strong.
- (uncountable) The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- (physics) the six kinds of quarks
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- (hip-hop slang) Style.
- The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
- The characteristic quality of something.
- A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc).
- (particle physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
- (informal, figurative) A kind or type.
- Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.
verb
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
- spicy or savory condiment
- (figurative) A characteristic or quality which accompanies another thing.
- (countable, uncountable, originally US) A condiment or sauce added to food for a spicy or tangy flavour; specifically, one made with chopped, pickled fruit or vegetables.
- (uncountable) Enjoyment of flavour or taste; (countable) an instance of this.
- (carpentry, by extension) In a wooden frame: the projection or shoulder around, or at the side of, a tenon (“projecting member made to insert into a mortise”), used to strengthen a mortise-and-tenon joint.
- (figurative, uncountable) Enjoyment of something pleasant; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A savoury dish or course of dishes, especially one accompanying rather than forming the main part of a meal; an appetizer, a side dish.
- (music, historical) A type of ornamentation comprising one or more trills.
verb
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- (transitive, carpentry) To add one or more relishes (noun etymology 2 sense 2) to (a tenon, piece of wood, etc.).
- To give (something) (a pleasant) flavour or taste; to make appetizing.
- (figurative) Followed by in: to take delight or pleasure.
- (also reflexive, figurative, sometimes in the negative) To take delight or pleasure in (someone or oneself, or something).
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- street names for heroin
- an enthusiastic kiss
- (Northern England) A form of fried potato; a scallop.
- A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
- The sound of a loud kiss.
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- (collective) A group of jellyfish.
adv
verb
- kiss lightly
- press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
- deliver a hard blow to
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- have an element suggestive (of something)
- (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
- To slap or hit someone.
- To make a smacking sound.
- To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
- (transitive) To get the flavor of.
- (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
- (especially outside of North America) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
- To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
- any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
- brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
- a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
- any of various coarse seaweeds
- a tart spicy quality
- A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
- (uncountable) Sexual intercourse with a woman
- (by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.
- (firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
- (zoology) Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
- (countable) The vagina or vulva.
- The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
- A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
- (rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
- A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
- The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.
- (games) A shuffleboard paddle.
verb
noun
verb
verb
- have flavor; taste of something
- experience briefly
- perceive by the sense of taste
- distinguish flavors
- take a sample of
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
- (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
- (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
- To take sparingly.
- (transitive, figurative) To experience.
noun
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
- a strong liking
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
- a brief experience of something
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- a small amount eaten or drunk
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
- A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
- The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
- Personal preference; liking; predilection.
- (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
- (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
- One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
- A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
adj
verb
- give a small sharp bite to
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- a small drink of liquor
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
verb
- have flavor; taste of something
- give taste to
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- taste appreciatively
- (chiefly in the negative) To find (something) appealing; to appreciate, to like.
- To enjoy (something) deeply or in a lingering manner; to appreciate, to delight in, to relish.
- To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
- To possess a particular (often negative) quality, especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of.
- To give (food or drink) flavour; to flavour, to season.
noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- (countable) An aroma or smell.
- (countable) A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) A quality which is appealing or enjoyable; merit, value.
- (uncountable) Enjoyment or taste for something; appreciation; pleasure; relish; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a hint or trace of something.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) An appealing or appetizing flavour, especially one which is savoury or strong.
- (uncountable) The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
verb
- have flavor; taste of something
- experience briefly
- perceive by the sense of taste
- distinguish flavors
- take a sample of
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
- (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
- (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
- To take sparingly.
- (transitive, figurative) To experience.
noun
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
- a strong liking
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
- a brief experience of something
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- a small amount eaten or drunk
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
- A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
- The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
- Personal preference; liking; predilection.
- (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
- (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
- One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
- A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
adj
verb
- bite off with a quick bite
- To bite so hard as to remove something from its source.
- (transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner.
verb
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- (informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
- To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
- To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
noun
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
- (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
- The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
- (uncountable, informal) The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
- Level of chewiness.
- A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
- (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
verb
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- talk incessantly and tiresomely
- censure severely or angrily
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
- (Scotland, transitive, of water) To splash; to surge.
- (Scotland, transitive) To pour or throw out.
- (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
- (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
noun
- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
- (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- A notch or opening.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A dash or spurt of water; any large quantity of water or other liquid.
- (figuratively, especially in the plural) Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A wave, a billow, a breaker.
- The part of the face below the mouth.
- (slang) An axle guard.
- (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
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adj
- having a sharp biting taste
- showing a brooding ill humor
- smelling of fermentation or staleness
- inaccurate in pitch
- one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
- in an unpalatable state
- Tasting or smelling rancid.
- Tasting of acidity.
- (of a person's character) Hostile or unfriendly.
- Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)
- Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
- (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.
- Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
- Unfortunate or unfavorable.
noun
- The sensation of a sour taste.
- A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
- a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- the property of being acidic
- (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
- A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
- A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
- The acidic solution used in souring fabric.
verb
- go sour or spoil
- make sour or more sour
- (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
- (intransitive) To become sour.
- (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
- (transitive) To make sour.
- (transitive) To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
- (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
- To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
adj
- causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
- very difficult to accept or bear
- expressive of severe grief or regret
- proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
- marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- Cynical and resentful.
- Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
- Hateful or hostile.
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
noun
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
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- Harsh-tasting.
- Violent; not careful or subtle.
- (of a place) Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- Not smooth; uneven.
- (of a gem) Not polished; uncut.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Difficult; trying.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
- Turbulent.
- Of or relating to the rough breathing in the Greek language.
- not perfected
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- unkind or cruel or uncivil
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- having or caused by an irregular surface
- unpleasantly stern
- full of hardship or trials
- not quite exact or correct
- ready and able to resort to force or violence
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- violently agitated and turbulent
- not carefully or expertly made
- not shaped by cutting or trimming
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- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
- (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
- A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
verb
- (transitive) To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.
- To render rough; to roughen.
- (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
- To endure primitive conditions.
- (boxing, wrestling, intransitive) To break the rules by being excessively violent.
- To create in an approximate form.
- To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
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- twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
- poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
- Bittersweetness.
- Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).
- A variety of apple with a bittersweet taste.
- (US) A vine, of the genus Celastrus, having small orange fruit that open to reveal red seeds.
- A pinkish-orange color. Any color in between scarlet and orange.
- Any variety of clam in the family Glycymerididae
adj
- Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.
- (botany) Having a sharp and stiff point.
- Having a strong odor that stings the nose; said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
- (figurative) Stinging; acerbic.
- capable of wounding
- strong and sharp
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noun
- any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
- either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family
- an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
- dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
- (American spelling) A savory snack.
- The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.
- Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
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- Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
- (music) Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
- Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
- (figuratively) Sour-tempered.
- having the characteristics of an acid
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- being sour to the taste
noun
- Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.
- Any corrosive substance.
- (uncountable, slang) LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.
- Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.
- Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.
- A sour substance.
- street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
- any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
adj
- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
- very good; often used in the negative
- recently stolen or smuggled
- marked by excited activity
- of a seeker; very near to the object sought
- newest or most recent
- having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm
- sexually excited or exciting
- very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
- charged or energized with electricity
- (color) bold and intense
- wanted by the police
- (extended meanings, especially of psychological heat) marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
- made recently
- very unpleasant or even dangerous
- having or bringing unusually good luck
- having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
- performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
- characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
- very popular or successful
- used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
- (not comparable, slang, of a draft or check) Not covered by funds on account.
- Fresh; just released.
- (acoustics) Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier or other sound equipment.
- (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
- (slang, of bodily fluids) Containing drugs.
- (slang) Extremely attracted to. [with for]
- Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
- Feverish; feeling a high fever.
- (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
- (slang) Stolen.
- Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
- (of an object) Having or giving off a high temperature.
- (US, not comparable) Electrically charged.
- (colloquial, of a person) Very physically or sexually attractive.
- (slang) Sexually aroused; randy.
- Popular; in demand.
- Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
- (slang) Characterized by police presence or activity.
- (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
- (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- (slang, of a vehicle or aircraft) Extremely fast or with great speed.
- (of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
- (colloquial) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
- (informal) Radioactive.
- Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
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- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- Of a food, flavor, or odor, tangy, zesty, or pungent.
- (Internet slang) Risky; mildly aggressive or dangerous.
- Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
- (Internet slang) Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.
- (informal, idiomatic) Scandalous.
- Of a flavor, provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin or a similar chemical.
- Of an expression or behavior, vigorous; colorful; stimulating.
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- (slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals.
- A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).
- (British, slang) A prostitute.
- A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).
- a small open pie with a fruit filling
- a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money