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noun
verb
- To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
- To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
- To stumble.
- To cleanse or sift, as barley.
- (ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
- To hesitate in purpose or action.
- (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- be unsure or weak
- speak haltingly
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
verb
- sway heavily or unsteadily
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- To transport stolen goods.
- (transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.
- To transport in the course of arrest.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.
- (intransitive) To droop; to sag.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
- (Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
noun
- valuable goods
- goods or money obtained illegally
- a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
- A pass, gap or sag in a mountain ridge.
- Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.
- (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
- Something that droops like a swag.
- (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
- (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
- (uncountable, informal) Branded handout, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.
- (uncountable, thieves' cant) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
- A place where water collects; a low, wet place where the land has settled.
- (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
noun
- the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
- A wavering; unsteadiness.
- a wave motion
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
- In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
noun
verb
adj
- Fitful or unsteady.
- Not yet determined; undecided.
- Not certain; unsure.
- Not known for certain; questionable.
- Variable and subject to change.
- Unpredictable or capricious.
- not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
- not consistent or dependable
- not established or confirmed
- ambiguous (especially in the negative)
- subject to change
- lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- not certain to occur; not inevitable
noun
noun
- An unsteady, off-balance step.
- (chiefly in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
- (dialect, UK and Newfoundland) An odd job; a piece of casual work.
- the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- a shackle for the ankles or feet
verb
- To walk lame, or unevenly.
- To disable; to impede.
- To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
- (figurative) To move or proceed roughly or irregularly.
- strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
- walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
- hamper the action or progress of
verb
- (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
- (music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
- (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
- (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
- move smoothly along a surface
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- (Australia, informal) Removable rank insignia worn on epaulettes of army uniform.
- Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- (footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
- (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
- a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
- plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
- sloping channel through which things can descend
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
verb
- To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
- (transitive) To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).
- (dialectal, intransitive) To take by surprise; to unexpectedly detain.
- (dialectal, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk; lie in wait; go about in a sneaking way.
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- loiter about, with no apparent aim
- defeat by a lurch
- move slowly and unsteadily
- move abruptly
noun
- A sudden or unsteady movement.
- an unsteady uneven gait
- A predicament or difficult situation.
- (dialectal) A lift or heave.
- A double score in cribbage for the winner when their adversary has not yet pegged their 31st hole.
- An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
- the act of moving forward suddenly
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
- (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.
- (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
- an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- music composed for dancing a reel
- winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
verb
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- (figurative) To bring in or along.
- To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
- To wind on a reel.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
- wind onto or off a reel
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (Canada, US) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
- A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
- A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
- flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
- any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
adj
- Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
- inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
- (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
- Nervous, anxious.
- Wavering; undecided.
- Shaking or trembling.
- vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
- not secure; beset with difficulties
verb
- (intransitive) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
- (transitive) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
- (architecture, transitive) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
- To jog or run while juggling.
- move to and fro
- fasten or join with a joggle
noun
adj
noun
- an unsteady uneven gait
- (UK) One who attends a stag night.
- (veterinary medicine) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.
- Bewilderment; perplexity.
- The spacing out of various actions over time.
- (aviation) The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
- An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
- (motor racing) The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.
verb
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- walk with great difficulty
- astound or overwhelm, as with shock
- to arrange in a systematic order
- To schedule in intervals or at different times.
- To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next.
- (intransitive) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
- (intransitive) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
- (transitive) To cause to reel or totter.
- (transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
- To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
- (intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
noun
verb
- make an error
- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall
- encounter by chance
- To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, across, or against.
- (intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.
- (transitive) To cause to stumble or trip.
- (transitive, figurative) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
- (intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
verb
- To stumble and fall over
- To burgeon so as to exceed a limit.
- (electronics) To be oversensitive in triggering a fail-safe mechanism, especially to incorrectly activate or trip a circuit breaker.
- To tip a balance.
- To move where another is also moving or occur at the same time as another is occurring; to fail to coordinate (with)
noun
verb
- To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
- To move quickly from one location to another.
- To move about rapidly and nimbly.
- To move a tethered animal to a new grazing location.
- (physics) To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
- (UK, dialect) To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
noun
noun
- a shaky motion
- the act of vibrating
- case for holding arrows
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
- (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
- (mathematics) A multidigraph, especially in the context of representation theory.
verb
noun
- a shaky motion
- the act of vibrating
- (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
- a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively
- A single complete vibrating motion.
- (parapsychology) A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal phenomena are conveyed or affected.
- The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
- (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.
- (by extension, slang, often in the plural) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere.
adj
- inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
- (pathology) Affected with or suffering from rickets; rachitic.
- Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.
- (of a person) Feeble in the joints; tottering.
adj
- inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
- turned or twisted toward one side
- Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
- Technically worded, in the style of jargon.
- (informal, computing) Suffering from intermittent bugs.
- (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) Feeble, shaky or rickety.
- (informal) Generally incorrect.
- Technical in nature, difficult for non-specialists to understand.
noun
verb
- To slip from one's control.
- To start moving; to depart.
- (with 'to' when used with an object) To take a break from one's present circumstances; to journey (to), especially on holiday.
- (with 'from' when used with an object) To avoid capture; to escape; to flee (from).
- (literally) To move away (from).
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
- run away from confinement
intj
noun
verb
- To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
- To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
- To stumble.
- To cleanse or sift, as barley.
- (ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
- To hesitate in purpose or action.
- (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- be unsure or weak
- speak haltingly
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
noun
- the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
- A wavering; unsteadiness.
- a wave motion
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
- In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
noun
verb
noun
- An unsteady, off-balance step.
- (chiefly in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
- (dialect, UK and Newfoundland) An odd job; a piece of casual work.
- the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- a shackle for the ankles or feet
verb
- To walk lame, or unevenly.
- To disable; to impede.
- To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
- (figurative) To move or proceed roughly or irregularly.
- strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
- walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
- hamper the action or progress of
noun
- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
- (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.
- (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
- an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- music composed for dancing a reel
- winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
verb
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- (figurative) To bring in or along.
- To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
- To wind on a reel.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
- wind onto or off a reel
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
verb
- To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
- (transitive) To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).
- (dialectal, intransitive) To take by surprise; to unexpectedly detain.
- (dialectal, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk; lie in wait; go about in a sneaking way.
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- loiter about, with no apparent aim
- defeat by a lurch
- move slowly and unsteadily
- move abruptly
noun
- A sudden or unsteady movement.
- an unsteady uneven gait
- A predicament or difficult situation.
- (dialectal) A lift or heave.
- A double score in cribbage for the winner when their adversary has not yet pegged their 31st hole.
- An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
- the act of moving forward suddenly
noun
- an unsteady uneven gait
- (UK) One who attends a stag night.
- (veterinary medicine) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.
- Bewilderment; perplexity.
- The spacing out of various actions over time.
- (aviation) The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
- An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
- (motor racing) The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.
verb
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- walk with great difficulty
- astound or overwhelm, as with shock
- to arrange in a systematic order
- To schedule in intervals or at different times.
- To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next.
- (intransitive) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
- (intransitive) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
- (transitive) To cause to reel or totter.
- (transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
- To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
- (intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
noun
verb
- make an error
- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall
- encounter by chance
- To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, across, or against.
- (intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.
- (transitive) To cause to stumble or trip.
- (transitive, figurative) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
- (intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
noun
- a shaky motion
- the act of vibrating
- case for holding arrows
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
- (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
- (mathematics) A multidigraph, especially in the context of representation theory.
verb
noun
- a shaky motion
- the act of vibrating
- (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
- a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively
- A single complete vibrating motion.
- (parapsychology) A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal phenomena are conveyed or affected.
- The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
- (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.
- (by extension, slang, often in the plural) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere.
verb
- sway heavily or unsteadily
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- To transport stolen goods.
- (transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.
- To transport in the course of arrest.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.
- (intransitive) To droop; to sag.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
- (Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
noun
- valuable goods
- goods or money obtained illegally
- a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
- A pass, gap or sag in a mountain ridge.
- Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.
- (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
- Something that droops like a swag.
- (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
- (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
- (uncountable, informal) Branded handout, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.
- (uncountable, thieves' cant) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
- A place where water collects; a low, wet place where the land has settled.
- (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
noun
verb
- To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
- To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
- To stumble.
- To cleanse or sift, as barley.
- (ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
- To hesitate in purpose or action.
- (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
- walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly
- be unsure or weak
- speak haltingly
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
noun
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
- (music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
- (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
- (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
- move smoothly along a surface
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- (Australia, informal) Removable rank insignia worn on epaulettes of army uniform.
- Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- (footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
- (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
- a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
- plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
- sloping channel through which things can descend
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
verb
- To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
- (transitive) To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).
- (dialectal, intransitive) To take by surprise; to unexpectedly detain.
- (dialectal, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk; lie in wait; go about in a sneaking way.
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- loiter about, with no apparent aim
- defeat by a lurch
- move slowly and unsteadily
- move abruptly
noun
- A sudden or unsteady movement.
- an unsteady uneven gait
- A predicament or difficult situation.
- (dialectal) A lift or heave.
- A double score in cribbage for the winner when their adversary has not yet pegged their 31st hole.
- An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
- the act of moving forward suddenly
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (Canada, US) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
- A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
- A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
- flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
- any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
verb
- (intransitive) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
- (transitive) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
- (architecture, transitive) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
- To jog or run while juggling.
- move to and fro
- fasten or join with a joggle
noun
verb
- To stumble and fall over
- To burgeon so as to exceed a limit.
- (electronics) To be oversensitive in triggering a fail-safe mechanism, especially to incorrectly activate or trip a circuit breaker.
- To tip a balance.
- To move where another is also moving or occur at the same time as another is occurring; to fail to coordinate (with)
noun
verb
- To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
- To move quickly from one location to another.
- To move about rapidly and nimbly.
- To move a tethered animal to a new grazing location.
- (physics) To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
- (UK, dialect) To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
noun
verb
- To slip from one's control.
- To start moving; to depart.
- (with 'to' when used with an object) To take a break from one's present circumstances; to journey (to), especially on holiday.
- (with 'from' when used with an object) To avoid capture; to escape; to flee (from).
- (literally) To move away (from).
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
- run away from confinement
intj
noun
- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
- (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.
- (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
- an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- music composed for dancing a reel
- winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
verb
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- (figurative) To bring in or along.
- To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
- To wind on a reel.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
- wind onto or off a reel
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
adj
- Fitful or unsteady.
- Not yet determined; undecided.
- Not certain; unsure.
- Not known for certain; questionable.
- Variable and subject to change.
- Unpredictable or capricious.
- not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
- not consistent or dependable
- not established or confirmed
- ambiguous (especially in the negative)
- subject to change
- lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- not certain to occur; not inevitable
noun
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
- inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
- (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
- Nervous, anxious.
- Wavering; undecided.
- Shaking or trembling.
- vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
- not secure; beset with difficulties
adj
adj
- inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
- (pathology) Affected with or suffering from rickets; rachitic.
- Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.
- (of a person) Feeble in the joints; tottering.
adj
- inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
- turned or twisted toward one side
- Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
- Technically worded, in the style of jargon.
- (informal, computing) Suffering from intermittent bugs.
- (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) Feeble, shaky or rickety.
- (informal) Generally incorrect.
- Technical in nature, difficult for non-specialists to understand.