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noun
- small insectivorous birds
- Any of various other small passerine birds.
- the small projection of a mammary gland
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A police officer; a "tithead".
- A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere.
- (chiefly in the plural) A person's breast or nipple.
- A morsel; a bit.
- An animal's teat or udder.
- (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) An idiot; a fool.
noun
- small gallinaceous game birds
- flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
- (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
verb
noun
- any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
- a compound lever used to crack nuts open
- speckled birds that feed on nuts
- An implement for cracking nuts.
- (ornithology) Any bird of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.
- (informal) Something that is difficult to figure out; a puzzle.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of nutcracker doll.
- (US, New York City) A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.
noun
- any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
- large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
- Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.
- A device for catching flies.
- Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.
noun
- any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
- small brownish European songbird
- Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
- (UK, chiefly London) A quick-witted, lively person.
- A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
- The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
- A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.
noun
- small Old World gallinaceous game birds
- a popular North American game bird; named for its call
- valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
- heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
- flesh of either quail or grouse
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
noun
- any of several small active brown birds of the Northern Hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
- (Australia) a female blue wren, or a male blue wren in non-breeding plumage.
- (UK) The wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, especially as considered (in nursery-rhymes, etc.) as the wife or sweetheart of robin redbreast.
- (US) Synonym of herb Robert.
noun
- any of several small active brown birds of the Northern Hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
- Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; a true wren.
- Any small bird of similar appearance to a true wren, such as a fairywren or scrubwren.
- Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
noun
- any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
- plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
- (finance, slang) An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
- (banking, slang) A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
- (sailing, slang) A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
- A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
- Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
- (geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
- (figuratively) A rapacious person.
- (astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
- A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
- (cycling, slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
- (military aviation, slang) An aeroplane or aircraft.
- (British, dialectal) The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
- (US, prison slang) A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- (Egyptology) A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) The stomach; the belly.
- A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
verb
- get credit or money by using a bad check
- soar or fly like a kite
- increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
- fly a kite
- To keep ahead of (an enemy) and repeatedly attack it from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
- (intransitive, engineering, nautical) To deflect sideways in the water.
- (ambitransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- (ambitransitive, US, slang, by extension) To steal.
- (ambitransitive, banking, slang) To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move rapidly; to rush.
- (intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
- (intransitive, US, prison slang) To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
- To attack (an enemy) or otherwise cause it to give chase, so as to lead it somewhere (like a kite is led on a string), for example into a trap or ambush or away from its comrades or something it was protecting.
noun
adj
noun
- wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
- A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
- a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
- wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
verb
noun
noun
- any of several small Old World finches
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- a female singer
- a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
- Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
- (Australia, informal) A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
- (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
- (slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.
- A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
- Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
- (public transport) A previously-issued ticket, retained by a ticket-seller, conductor or driver and resold to a subsequent passenger as a means of defrauding the transport company.
- (slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).
- (computing) A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
- (countable, uncountable) A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
- (computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
- A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
- A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
adj
verb
noun
- small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
- diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
- tropical American heron related to night herons
- freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere having a broad flat bill
- A swordfish, Xiphias gladius.
- Any of several ducks having a broad bill, including the shoveler.
- Any of several small passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae (Asian and Grauer's broadbills) or Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills).
noun
- A small group of birds or animals.
- (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
- (uncountable) Companionship.
- (A group of) adversaries, enemies, or rivals; unwanted company.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
- a unit of firefighters including their equipment
- the state of being with someone
- a social gathering of guests or companions
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- a social or business visitor
- an institution created to conduct business
- organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
- small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
verb
noun
- Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
- A jolly or peppy person.
- A frolic or romp, some fun.
- Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
- A prank.
- (by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
- any carefree episode
- North American songbirds having a yellow breast
- a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
- any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
verb
noun
- A small group of birds or mammals.
- A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
- (military) A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty.
- A social gathering, usually of invited guests, which typically involves eating, drinking, and entertainment and often held to celebrate a particular occasion.
- (law) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
- A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
- an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment
- a gathering of people for pleasure
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- an organization to gain political power
- a person involved in legal proceedings
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
- (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
- (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
- (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
- have or participate in a party
noun
- Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
- (Canada, US) A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.
- flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
- European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
noun
- any of various small insectivorous birds of the Northern Hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet
- a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
- any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
- Any creeping animal (such as a serpent), reptile.
- Strophitus undulatus, a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States.
- A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
- A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
- A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
- (derogatory, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
- Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
- (often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
- A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon one may lie on one's back and gain better access to the roof of a space with very low height (such as the underbody of a vehicle), or a low stool similarly wheeled.
- A treecreeper.
- Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
- A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
- The lowest gear of some tractors or trucks: one with so low a gear ratio that the vehicle creeps along at the speed of a human's slow walk.
- (nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
- An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
- A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
- (cricket) A ball that travels low, near ground level.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
noun
- any of various small insectivorous birds of the Northern Hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet
- any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
- Alternative form of treecreeper.
noun
adj
noun
- Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
- Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.
- (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
- A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
noun
- minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
- (US, chiefly Southern US) Any biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae), small flies (1–4 mm long); sometimes the species Leptoconops torrens in particular.
- Any biting bug or insect that is normally too small to see with an unaided eye.
noun
- minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
- (US) Synonym of pumpkinseed (“a North American sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus”).
- (South West England, chiefly Somerset) In full punkie lantern: a lantern similar to a jack-o'-lantern consisting of a gourd such as a pumpkin or a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel or swede which has been hollowed out, in which a candle has been placed; these are chiefly displayed during Punkie Night in late October.
- (chiefly New England) A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; a biting midge or sandfly.
noun
adj
noun
- small insectivorous birds
- Any of various other small passerine birds.
- the small projection of a mammary gland
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A police officer; a "tithead".
- A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere.
- (chiefly in the plural) A person's breast or nipple.
- A morsel; a bit.
- An animal's teat or udder.
- (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) An idiot; a fool.
noun
- small gallinaceous game birds
- flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
- (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
verb
noun
- any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
- a compound lever used to crack nuts open
- speckled birds that feed on nuts
- An implement for cracking nuts.
- (ornithology) Any bird of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.
- (informal) Something that is difficult to figure out; a puzzle.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of nutcracker doll.
- (US, New York City) A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.
noun
- any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
- large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
- Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.
- A device for catching flies.
- Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.
noun
- any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
- small brownish European songbird
- Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
- (UK, chiefly London) A quick-witted, lively person.
- A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
- The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
- A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.
noun
- small Old World gallinaceous game birds
- a popular North American game bird; named for its call
- valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
- heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
- flesh of either quail or grouse
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
noun
- any of several small active brown birds of the Northern Hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
- (Australia) a female blue wren, or a male blue wren in non-breeding plumage.
- (UK) The wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, especially as considered (in nursery-rhymes, etc.) as the wife or sweetheart of robin redbreast.
- (US) Synonym of herb Robert.
noun
- any of several small active brown birds of the Northern Hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
- Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; a true wren.
- Any small bird of similar appearance to a true wren, such as a fairywren or scrubwren.
- Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
noun
- any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
- plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
- (finance, slang) An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
- (banking, slang) A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
- (sailing, slang) A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
- A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
- Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
- (geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
- (figuratively) A rapacious person.
- (astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
- A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
- (cycling, slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
- (military aviation, slang) An aeroplane or aircraft.
- (British, dialectal) The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
- (US, prison slang) A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- (Egyptology) A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) The stomach; the belly.
- A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
verb
- get credit or money by using a bad check
- soar or fly like a kite
- increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
- fly a kite
- To keep ahead of (an enemy) and repeatedly attack it from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
- (intransitive, engineering, nautical) To deflect sideways in the water.
- (ambitransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- (ambitransitive, US, slang, by extension) To steal.
- (ambitransitive, banking, slang) To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move rapidly; to rush.
- (intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
- (intransitive, US, prison slang) To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
- To attack (an enemy) or otherwise cause it to give chase, so as to lead it somewhere (like a kite is led on a string), for example into a trap or ambush or away from its comrades or something it was protecting.
noun
adj
noun
- wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
- A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
- a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
- wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
verb
noun
noun
- any of several small Old World finches
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- a female singer
- a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
- Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
- (Australia, informal) A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
- (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
- (slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.
- A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
- Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
- (public transport) A previously-issued ticket, retained by a ticket-seller, conductor or driver and resold to a subsequent passenger as a means of defrauding the transport company.
- (slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).
- (computing) A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
- (countable, uncountable) A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
- (computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
- A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
- A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
adj
verb
noun
- small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
- diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
- tropical American heron related to night herons
- freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere having a broad flat bill
- A swordfish, Xiphias gladius.
- Any of several ducks having a broad bill, including the shoveler.
- Any of several small passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae (Asian and Grauer's broadbills) or Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills).
noun
- A small group of birds or animals.
- (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
- (uncountable) Companionship.
- (A group of) adversaries, enemies, or rivals; unwanted company.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
- a unit of firefighters including their equipment
- the state of being with someone
- a social gathering of guests or companions
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- a social or business visitor
- an institution created to conduct business
- organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
- small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
verb
noun
- Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
- A jolly or peppy person.
- A frolic or romp, some fun.
- Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
- A prank.
- (by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
- any carefree episode
- North American songbirds having a yellow breast
- a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
- any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
verb
noun
- A small group of birds or mammals.
- A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
- (military) A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty.
- A social gathering, usually of invited guests, which typically involves eating, drinking, and entertainment and often held to celebrate a particular occasion.
- (law) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
- A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
- an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment
- a gathering of people for pleasure
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- an organization to gain political power
- a person involved in legal proceedings
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- (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
- (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
- (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
- (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
- have or participate in a party
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- Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
- (Canada, US) A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.
- flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
- European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
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- any of various small insectivorous birds of the Northern Hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet
- a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
- any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
- Any creeping animal (such as a serpent), reptile.
- Strophitus undulatus, a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States.
- A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
- A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
- A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
- (derogatory, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
- Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
- (often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
- A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon one may lie on one's back and gain better access to the roof of a space with very low height (such as the underbody of a vehicle), or a low stool similarly wheeled.
- A treecreeper.
- Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
- A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
- The lowest gear of some tractors or trucks: one with so low a gear ratio that the vehicle creeps along at the speed of a human's slow walk.
- (nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
- An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
- A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
- (cricket) A ball that travels low, near ground level.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
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- any of various small insectivorous birds of the Northern Hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet
- any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
- Alternative form of treecreeper.
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- Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
- Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.
- (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
- A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
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- minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
- (US, chiefly Southern US) Any biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae), small flies (1–4 mm long); sometimes the species Leptoconops torrens in particular.
- Any biting bug or insect that is normally too small to see with an unaided eye.
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- minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
- (US) Synonym of pumpkinseed (“a North American sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus”).
- (South West England, chiefly Somerset) In full punkie lantern: a lantern similar to a jack-o'-lantern consisting of a gourd such as a pumpkin or a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel or swede which has been hollowed out, in which a candle has been placed; these are chiefly displayed during Punkie Night in late October.
- (chiefly New England) A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; a biting midge or sandfly.
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