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adj
noun
- The act or process of using a wrecking ball.
- The act of winding into a ball.
- (poultry) The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection.
- (beekeeping) An incident when worker bees surround a queen bee, usually leading to her death by suffocation or starvation.
- The measurement on a hydrometer of the amount of sugar in a liquid.
- The accumulation of material such as snow or mud under the feet of a horse.
- The act of wrapping something up.
- The act of curling up.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Synonym of sexual intercourse.
- The act of scouring out a pipe or drain by forcing rocks or similar items through it with high-pressure water.
- The process of firing ball-like projectiles.
- The act of forcing a bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal.
- Aggregation into clumps or balls;
- The act of cutting the roots (of a tree) about six inches from the stem, wrapping roots and soil in a sack, then tying the sack with twine.
verb
noun
- One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
- (electronics) An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
- (gaming, video games) A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
- (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
- A participant; one involved in something.
- (gambling) A gambler.
- (computing) A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
- One that plays.
- (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
- One who plays any game or sport.
- (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
- One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
- a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
- a theatrical performer
- someone who takes part in an activity
- a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
- someone who plays a music as a profession
verb
- (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
- (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
- To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
- (rowing) To raise an oar too high above the water.
- To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
- (informal) To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
- (soccer) To miss a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar.
- throw or toss with a light motion
noun
- The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
- Ellipsis of sky blue.
- With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
- (mathematics, theoretical physics) The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
- the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
verb
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
noun
- a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
- (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
- the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
- (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
- (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling
- (New England) Candlepin bowling.
- (Ireland) Road bowling.
verb
noun
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.
- (soccer) The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.
- A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information.
- (Australian rules football) The first disposal in a chain that leaves the area of a stoppage, or a disposal that leaves the area of a stoppage itself.
- (Australian rules football) The act of leaving the area of a stoppage.
- The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine
- The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom.
- (medicine) The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.
- A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected.
- (banking, finance) The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.
- (retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.
- A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel.
- The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.
- Clear or net profit.
- (chess) Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it.
- vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
- permission to proceed
- the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
noun
- (slang) Sexual activity.
- (Yiddish) Something or someone small and annoying. Used more as a term of endearment than a criticism.
- (US, slang, term of abuse) A jerk; an unpleasant person.
- (slang, jazz) A state in which the musician produces great improvisation intuitively.
- (US, slang) Marijuana; cannabis, especially used as a drug.
adv
noun
name
noun
- (sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
- (cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
- A burst or emission of many things at once.
- (sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.
- The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
- a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
verb
- (intransitive) To be fired in a volley
- (transitive) To fire a volley of shots
- To sound together
- (sports, intransitive) To make a volley
- (sports, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
- utter rapidly
- discharge in, or as if in, a volley
- hit before it touches the ground
- be dispersed in a volley
- make a volley
verb
noun
- A wobbling motion.
- (knitting) A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
- (informal) A pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes).
- (British) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
- A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
- the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
noun
- sexual activity with both men and women
- showing characteristics of both sexes
- (of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex; experiencing both heterosexual and homosexual attraction.
- (chiefly botany) The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
noun
- (sex) A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
- One who swinges.
- A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
- One who swings.
- (politics, informal) A swing voter.
- A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
- A swing ride.
- a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
- someone who swings sports implements
noun
- Initialism of ball bearing.
- (US, navy) Abbreviation of battleship.
- Initialism of baseball.
- (gymnastics) Abbreviation of balance beam.
- (computing) Initialism of bulletin board.
- Initialism of BlackBerry.
- (baseball) A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
- (electronics) Initialism of baseband.
- A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
- (cycling) Initialism of bottom bracket.
- Initialism of basketball.
- a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun
adv
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verb
- To knock an object, usually a ball, away from oneself.
- (US, circus slang) To use any means to take the money of participants in a circus gaming attraction.
- To avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion.
- (US, baseball, of a batter) To use one's own judgment to aggressively swing at pitches, rather than following a coaches instructions.
noun
verb
- (intransitive, factive) To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.
- (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- (ambitransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
- (intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
- (transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
- (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- (transitive) To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
- (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- (transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- (transitive) To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- (intransitive) To be in military service.
- (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
- put the ball into play
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- do military service
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- mate with
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be used by; as of a utility
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- work for, or be a servant to
verb
adj
noun
- (informal) A harlequin duck.
- (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.
- A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.
- A greenish-chartreuse color.
- a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
noun
- (figurative, uncountable) Sexual activity.
- (countable) The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.
- A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
- A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
- A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
- (uncountable, usually after a preposition) Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
- (uncountable) Time spent in a bed.
- (masonry) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
- The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
- (uncountable, usually after a preposition) The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
- Clipping of bedroom.
- (countable, geology) The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
- An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
- (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
- (US, Canada, automotive) The platform of a truck, trailer, wagon, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
- (usually after a preposition) One's place of sleep or rest.
- A garden plot.
- (figurative) Marriage.
- (trampoline) The taut surface of a trampoline.
- A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
- A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
- (masonry) The horizontal surface of a building stone.
- A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
- (computing) The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
- (masonry) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
- (darts) Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water
- (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
- a plot of ground in which plants are growing
- the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
- a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
- a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
verb
- (intransitive, hunting) Of large game animals: to be at rest.
- (transitive) To place in a bed.
- (transitive) To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
- (ambitransitive) To have sex (with).
- (intransitive) To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.
- (transitive) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
- (transitive) To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
- (transitive) To furnish with a bed or bedding.
- (transitive) To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
- (transitive) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
- To settle, as machinery.
- put to bed
- have sexual intercourse with
- place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
- furnish with a bed
- prepare for sleep
adj
- (of a piece of paper) Having been screwed into a ball.
- (idiomatic, vulgar) Morally reprehensible; clearly and grossly objectionable.
- (idiomatic, colloquial) Having psychological problems; being mentally distraught or damaged.
- (idiomatic, colloquial) Broken, damaged, inoperative or having only partial functioning, especially by inept handling.
verb
noun
- (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.
- (by extension) Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
- A push or shove; a butt.
- (countable, uncountable) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
- (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
- (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
- (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- similar to Tilletia caries
- fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it
verb
- To push with the horns; to butt.
- To spring or rear up.
- (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.
- (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
- (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.
- hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- to strike, thrust or shove against
noun
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
verb
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
noun
- One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
- (electronics) An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
- (gaming, video games) A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
- (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
- A participant; one involved in something.
- (gambling) A gambler.
- (computing) A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
- One that plays.
- (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
- One who plays any game or sport.
- (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
- One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
- a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
- a theatrical performer
- someone who takes part in an activity
- a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
- someone who plays a music as a profession
adj
noun
- The act or process of using a wrecking ball.
- The act of winding into a ball.
- (poultry) The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection.
- (beekeeping) An incident when worker bees surround a queen bee, usually leading to her death by suffocation or starvation.
- The measurement on a hydrometer of the amount of sugar in a liquid.
- The accumulation of material such as snow or mud under the feet of a horse.
- The act of wrapping something up.
- The act of curling up.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Synonym of sexual intercourse.
- The act of scouring out a pipe or drain by forcing rocks or similar items through it with high-pressure water.
- The process of firing ball-like projectiles.
- The act of forcing a bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal.
- Aggregation into clumps or balls;
- The act of cutting the roots (of a tree) about six inches from the stem, wrapping roots and soil in a sack, then tying the sack with twine.
verb
noun
- a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
- (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
- the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
- (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
- (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling
- (New England) Candlepin bowling.
- (Ireland) Road bowling.
verb
noun
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.
- (soccer) The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.
- A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information.
- (Australian rules football) The first disposal in a chain that leaves the area of a stoppage, or a disposal that leaves the area of a stoppage itself.
- (Australian rules football) The act of leaving the area of a stoppage.
- The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine
- The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom.
- (medicine) The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.
- A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected.
- (banking, finance) The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.
- (retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.
- A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel.
- The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.
- Clear or net profit.
- (chess) Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it.
- vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
- permission to proceed
- the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
noun
- (slang) Sexual activity.
- (Yiddish) Something or someone small and annoying. Used more as a term of endearment than a criticism.
- (US, slang, term of abuse) A jerk; an unpleasant person.
- (slang, jazz) A state in which the musician produces great improvisation intuitively.
- (US, slang) Marijuana; cannabis, especially used as a drug.
adv
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name
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- (sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
- (cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
- A burst or emission of many things at once.
- (sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.
- The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
- a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
verb
- (intransitive) To be fired in a volley
- (transitive) To fire a volley of shots
- To sound together
- (sports, intransitive) To make a volley
- (sports, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
- utter rapidly
- discharge in, or as if in, a volley
- hit before it touches the ground
- be dispersed in a volley
- make a volley
noun
- sexual activity with both men and women
- showing characteristics of both sexes
- (of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex; experiencing both heterosexual and homosexual attraction.
- (chiefly botany) The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
noun
- (sex) A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
- One who swinges.
- A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
- One who swings.
- (politics, informal) A swing voter.
- A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
- A swing ride.
- a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
- someone who swings sports implements
noun
- Initialism of ball bearing.
- (US, navy) Abbreviation of battleship.
- Initialism of baseball.
- (gymnastics) Abbreviation of balance beam.
- (computing) Initialism of bulletin board.
- Initialism of BlackBerry.
- (baseball) A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
- (electronics) Initialism of baseband.
- A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
- (cycling) Initialism of bottom bracket.
- Initialism of basketball.
- a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun
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- (intransitive, factive) To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.
- (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- (ambitransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
- (intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
- (transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
- (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- (transitive) To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
- (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- (transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- (transitive) To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- (intransitive) To be in military service.
- (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
- put the ball into play
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- do military service
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- mate with
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be used by; as of a utility
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- work for, or be a servant to
noun
- (figurative, uncountable) Sexual activity.
- (countable) The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.
- A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
- A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
- A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
- (uncountable, usually after a preposition) Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
- (uncountable) Time spent in a bed.
- (masonry) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
- The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
- (uncountable, usually after a preposition) The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
- Clipping of bedroom.
- (countable, geology) The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
- An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
- (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
- (US, Canada, automotive) The platform of a truck, trailer, wagon, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
- (usually after a preposition) One's place of sleep or rest.
- A garden plot.
- (figurative) Marriage.
- (trampoline) The taut surface of a trampoline.
- A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
- A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
- (masonry) The horizontal surface of a building stone.
- A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
- (computing) The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
- (masonry) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
- (darts) Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water
- (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
- a plot of ground in which plants are growing
- the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
- a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
- a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
verb
- (intransitive, hunting) Of large game animals: to be at rest.
- (transitive) To place in a bed.
- (transitive) To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
- (ambitransitive) To have sex (with).
- (intransitive) To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.
- (transitive) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
- (transitive) To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
- (transitive) To furnish with a bed or bedding.
- (transitive) To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
- (transitive) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
- To settle, as machinery.
- put to bed
- have sexual intercourse with
- place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
- furnish with a bed
- prepare for sleep
noun
- (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.
- (by extension) Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
- A push or shove; a butt.
- (countable, uncountable) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
- (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
- (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
- (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- similar to Tilletia caries
- fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it
verb
- To push with the horns; to butt.
- To spring or rear up.
- (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.
- (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
- (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.
- hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- to strike, thrust or shove against
noun
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
verb
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
verb
- (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
- (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
- To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
- (rowing) To raise an oar too high above the water.
- To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
- (informal) To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
- (soccer) To miss a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar.
- throw or toss with a light motion
noun
- The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
- Ellipsis of sky blue.
- With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
- (mathematics, theoretical physics) The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
- the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
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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
verb
noun
- A wobbling motion.
- (knitting) A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
- (informal) A pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes).
- (British) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
- A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
- the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
verb
- To knock an object, usually a ball, away from oneself.
- (US, circus slang) To use any means to take the money of participants in a circus gaming attraction.
- To avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion.
- (US, baseball, of a batter) To use one's own judgment to aggressively swing at pitches, rather than following a coaches instructions.
verb
adj
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- (informal) A harlequin duck.
- (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.
- A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.
- A greenish-chartreuse color.
- a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
adj
noun
- The act or process of using a wrecking ball.
- The act of winding into a ball.
- (poultry) The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection.
- (beekeeping) An incident when worker bees surround a queen bee, usually leading to her death by suffocation or starvation.
- The measurement on a hydrometer of the amount of sugar in a liquid.
- The accumulation of material such as snow or mud under the feet of a horse.
- The act of wrapping something up.
- The act of curling up.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Synonym of sexual intercourse.
- The act of scouring out a pipe or drain by forcing rocks or similar items through it with high-pressure water.
- The process of firing ball-like projectiles.
- The act of forcing a bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal.
- Aggregation into clumps or balls;
- The act of cutting the roots (of a tree) about six inches from the stem, wrapping roots and soil in a sack, then tying the sack with twine.
verb
adj
- (of a piece of paper) Having been screwed into a ball.
- (idiomatic, vulgar) Morally reprehensible; clearly and grossly objectionable.
- (idiomatic, colloquial) Having psychological problems; being mentally distraught or damaged.
- (idiomatic, colloquial) Broken, damaged, inoperative or having only partial functioning, especially by inept handling.