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- (countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
- (countable) An instance of teasing.
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib; teasing.
- a framework of ribs
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
verb
noun
- The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- humorous or satirical mimicry
- Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- showing your contempt by derision
verb
noun
- A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
- (US, figurative) A mild verbal insult.
- (British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation).
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, sometimes Philippines) A vaccination, whether or not delivered by means of a conventional injection.
- (boxing) A short straight punch.
- the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
- a quick short straight punch
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
verb
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
adj
noun
- playful vexation
- the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone.
- The act of removing tangles from one's hair with a comb.
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verb
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- a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
- an informal term for a youth or man
- (UK, Ireland) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
- (chiefly nautical) A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering.
- (especially in the plural, sometimes controversial) A person (see usage notes).
- (colloquial) Thing, item (term that can be used to refer to any entity)
- (informal, term of address) dude, Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
- (colloquial) Anything seen to have character and personality, such as an animal or a toy.
- (chiefly nautical) A support to secure or steady structures prone to shift their position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension bridge).
- (colloquial) A man or boy; a fellow.
verb
- subject to laughter or ridicule
- form vertical ribs by knitting
- To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
- To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
- (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
- To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
noun
- a teasing remark
- a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
- cut of meat including one or more ribs
- support resembling the rib of an animal
- any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
- a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
- (firearms) A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.
- (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
- (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- (anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
- (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
- (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
- A stalk of celery.
- (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- A teasing joke.
- (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
- (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
- (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
verb
noun
- the act of deriding or treating with contempt
- language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
- An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
- (now historical and regional) A small woman's handbag; a reticule.
- Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior.
verb
- subject to laughter or ridicule
- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
- (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- (metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
- (transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
adj
noun
- negative criticism
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- (slang) A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
- A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- (Canada, US) A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
adj
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
noun
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
verb
adj
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
- characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
- (proscribed) Odd or coincidental; strange.
- (of a statement, action, etc.) Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical.
- (of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
- (preceded with "being") Acting in an unserious and teasing manner.
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verb
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- (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.
- (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe.
- (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
- (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
- (intransitive, Canada, US, informal) To accord or agree.
- shift from one side of the ship to the other
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
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verb
noun
noun
- an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
- (literary) The fictional creature of Lewis Carroll's poem, used allusively to refer to fruitless quest or search.
- (particle physics) A fluke or unrepeatable result or detection in an experiment.
- (mathematics) A graph in which every node has three branches, and the edges cannot be coloured in fewer than four colours without two edges of the same colour meeting at a point.
verb
noun
verb
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- To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
- To prick with a sword.
- To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
- (intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.
- (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
- Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
- (transitive) To turn (something) pink.
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
adj
- Having conjunctivitis.
- Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
- (informal) Relating to women or girls.
- Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
- (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
- By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
- of a light shade of red
noun
- (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
- (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
- Pale red.
- (historical) Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green or brown shades, made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
- Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
- Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.
- (slang) The vagina or vulva.
- Alternative form of pinko.
- A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
- Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
- (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
- A huntsman.
- a person with mildly leftist political views
- any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
- a light shade of red
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
- a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
- an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- a device for teasing wool
- a worker who teases wool
- (television, video) A brief portion of a television episode or video that is shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
- The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
- (fishing) A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
- (textiles) A person or thing that teases.
- (electricity) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
- (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
- (UK) An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
- One who excites a person or an animal (see gomer) sexually without fulfilment.
- (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.
- (fishing) A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
- (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger
- One who teases or pokes fun.
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verb
adj
noun
- The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- humorous or satirical mimicry
- Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- showing your contempt by derision
noun
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.
- (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe.
- (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
- (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
- (intransitive, Canada, US, informal) To accord or agree.
- shift from one side of the ship to the other
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
noun
noun
- an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
- (literary) The fictional creature of Lewis Carroll's poem, used allusively to refer to fruitless quest or search.
- (particle physics) A fluke or unrepeatable result or detection in an experiment.
- (mathematics) A graph in which every node has three branches, and the edges cannot be coloured in fewer than four colours without two edges of the same colour meeting at a point.
verb
noun
verb
verb
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
- a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
- an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- a device for teasing wool
- a worker who teases wool
- (television, video) A brief portion of a television episode or video that is shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
- The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
- (fishing) A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
- (textiles) A person or thing that teases.
- (electricity) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
- (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
- (UK) An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
- One who excites a person or an animal (see gomer) sexually without fulfilment.
- (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.
- (fishing) A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
- (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger
- One who teases or pokes fun.
verb
noun
- A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
- (US, figurative) A mild verbal insult.
- (British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation).
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, sometimes Philippines) A vaccination, whether or not delivered by means of a conventional injection.
- (boxing) A short straight punch.
- the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
- a quick short straight punch
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
verb
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
- an informal term for a youth or man
- (UK, Ireland) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
- (chiefly nautical) A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering.
- (especially in the plural, sometimes controversial) A person (see usage notes).
- (colloquial) Thing, item (term that can be used to refer to any entity)
- (informal, term of address) dude, Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
- (colloquial) Anything seen to have character and personality, such as an animal or a toy.
- (chiefly nautical) A support to secure or steady structures prone to shift their position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension bridge).
- (colloquial) A man or boy; a fellow.
verb
- subject to laughter or ridicule
- form vertical ribs by knitting
- To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
- To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
- (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
- To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
noun
- a teasing remark
- a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
- cut of meat including one or more ribs
- support resembling the rib of an animal
- any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
- a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
- (firearms) A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.
- (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
- (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- (anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
- (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
- (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
- A stalk of celery.
- (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- A teasing joke.
- (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
- (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
- (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
verb
noun
- the act of deriding or treating with contempt
- language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
- An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock.
- (now historical and regional) A small woman's handbag; a reticule.
- Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior.
verb
- subject to laughter or ridicule
- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
- (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- (metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
- (transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
adj
noun
- negative criticism
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- (slang) A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
- A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- (Canada, US) A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
noun
verb
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.
- (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe.
- (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
- (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
- (intransitive, Canada, US, informal) To accord or agree.
- shift from one side of the ship to the other
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
noun
verb
noun
verb
- To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
- To prick with a sword.
- To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
- (intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.
- (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
- Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
- (transitive) To turn (something) pink.
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
adj
- Having conjunctivitis.
- Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
- (informal) Relating to women or girls.
- Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
- (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
- By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
- of a light shade of red
noun
- (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
- (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
- Pale red.
- (historical) Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green or brown shades, made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
- Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
- Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.
- (slang) The vagina or vulva.
- Alternative form of pinko.
- A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
- Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
- (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
- A huntsman.
- a person with mildly leftist political views
- any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
- a light shade of red
adj
adj
noun
- (countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
- (countable) An instance of teasing.
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib; teasing.
- a framework of ribs
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
verb
adj
noun
- playful vexation
- the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone.
- The act of removing tangles from one's hair with a comb.
verb
adj
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
noun
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
verb
adj
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
- characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
- (proscribed) Odd or coincidental; strange.
- (of a statement, action, etc.) Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical.
- (of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
- (preceded with "being") Acting in an unserious and teasing manner.