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verb
- twitch or flutter
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- cause to make a snapping sound
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- shine unsteadily
- remove with a flick (of the hand)
- flash intermittently
- touch or hit with a light, quick blow
- To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
- To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
noun
- a short stroke
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
- A flitch.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
verb
- twitch or flutter
- look through a book or other written material
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
- (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
- (transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
- (intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
noun
- shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- The sound made while shuffling cards.
- (mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- A succession of small waves.
- Synonym of riffle shuffle
verb
- twitch or flutter
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
- disturb the smoothness of
- pleat or gather into a ruffle
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- erect or fluff up
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- trouble or vex
- discompose
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
noun
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- a noisy fight
- a high tight collar
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
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- To twitch
- (intransitive) To be realized and understood; to click.
- (transitive) To beat with twigs.
- To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
- (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.
- To tweak
- To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- branch out in a twiglike manner
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
verb
- (intransitive) To twitch or move convulsively.
- (transitive) To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
- (transitive, formal) To tickle, provoking twitching and laughter.
- (transitive, figuratively) To criticize in a somewhat irritating way; to carp at.
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
verb
- twitch or throb with pain
- pronounce with a nasal twang
- cause to sound with a twang
- sound with a twang
- pluck (strings of an instrument)
- (intransitive) To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
- (music) To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
- (intransitive) To have a nasal sound.
- (ambitransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
noun
- a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
- The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
- (vulgar, slang) An annoying or stupid person; especially, a recalcitrant.
- A sharp, pungent taste or flavor; sometimes, a disagreeable one specifically.
- A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
- (music) A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
- (phonetics) The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
noun
- (usually in the plural) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- (building material) A thin shingle.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
- (UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- (US, slang, uncountable) An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- (music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- A shock or disturbance.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- A milkshake.
- (historical, nuclear physics) An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- building material used as siding or roofing
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- (transitive, figurative) To threaten to overthrow.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- (intransitive) To move from side to side.
- (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- (transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- move or cause to move back and forth
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- undermine or cause to waver
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- move back and forth or sideways
- get rid of
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- To move quickly from one location to another.
- To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
- 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
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the act of moving back and forth
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
verb
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- move back and forth very rapidly
- beat rapidly
- wink briefly
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
noun
- A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
- A slight adjustment or modification.
- (cryptography) An additional input to a block cipher, used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.
- Trouble; distress; tweag.
- (slang) Methamphetamine.
- (slang) A single inhalation of cocaine.
- a squeeze with the fingers
verb
- (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- (intransitive, slang, by extension) To be extremely confused; to have no clue what is happening.
- (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
- (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.
- (military, weaponry, uncommon) From a catapult, to strike a target with a missile.
- (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
- pull or pull out sharply
- pinch or squeeze sharply
- to be under the influence of methamphetamine
- adjust finely
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- (British, dialectal) To catch attention; to be showy or splendid.
- To become overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
- To make emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
- (by extension) To turn on, to make horny.
- To be agitated and confused; to bustle.
- To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
- (by extension) To become turned on, to become horny.
- be flustered; behave in a confused manner
- cause to be nervous or upset
verb
- (transitive) To flutter
- (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
- (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
- (intransitive, usually with ‘around’ or ‘about’) To flit quickly from place to place.
- (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
- (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
- strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
- have a turn at bat
- wink briefly
- use a bat
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
noun
- (slang) Clipping of battery.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
- (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).
- A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
- Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
- A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
- (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
- A part of a brick with one whole end.
- (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
- (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
- A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
- (derogatory) An old woman.
- A stroke; a sharp blow.
- (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
- A player rated according to skill in batting.
- nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- the club used in playing cricket
- a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
- a club used for hitting a ball in various games
- (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
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noun
- A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.
- A ripple, as on the surface of water.
- A flag or streamer.
- A fold or pleat in cloth.
- A curve or bend.
- headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
noun
- A nervous action; a tic.
- (computing) A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.
- (chiefly in the plural, often with "the") A state of nervousness.
- (telecommunications) An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
- (data visualization) A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.
- small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources
- a small irregular movement
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- shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- sound with resonance
- move or swing from side to side regularly
- feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
- be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
- (transitive, slang) To pleasure someone using a vibrator.
- (intransitive) To resonate.
- (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
- (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
- (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.
- (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.
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- (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
- (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- shock physically
- place in a cylindrical vessel
- affect in a disagreeable way
noun
- (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
- (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
- a sudden jarring impact
- a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food
- the quantity contained in a jar
adj
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- liable to rock
- abounding in rocks or stones
- full of hardship or trials
- Like a rock; rigid, solid.
- In the style of rock music.
- Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- (originally US) Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
- Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
- Easily rocked; unstable.
- (Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.
adj
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- not perfected
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- unkind or cruel or uncivil
- having or caused by an irregular surface
- unpleasantly stern
- full of hardship or trials
- not quite exact or correct
- ready and able to resort to force or violence
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- violently agitated and turbulent
- not carefully or expertly made
- not shaped by cutting or trimming
- Violent; not careful or subtle.
- Harsh-tasting.
- (of a place) Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- Not smooth; uneven.
- (of a gem) Not polished; uncut.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Difficult; trying.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
- Turbulent.
- Of or relating to the rough breathing in the Greek language.
noun
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
- (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
- A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
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- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- (transitive) To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.
- To render rough; to roughen.
- (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
- To endure primitive conditions.
- (boxing, wrestling, intransitive) To break the rules by being excessively violent.
- To create in an approximate form.
- To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
verb
- To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.
- (intransitive) To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to make such a sound.
- (intransitive) (of a panther) To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented, much like the domestic cat’s purr.
- make a soft swishing sound
- make a vibrant sound, as of some birds
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- (transitive) To cause to quaver or vibrate.
- (intransitive) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
- (transitive) To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
- (transitive) To modulate a tone's frequency.
- sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
- sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
noun
- A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.
- The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
- (military) In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.
- A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.
- a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
noun
- (rare) A sudden jerking movement.
- (music) The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.
- The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
- A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another.
- a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
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- (intransitive) To pull or twitch sharply.
- (transitive) To play a string instrument pizzicato.
- (transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).
- Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
- (transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.
- (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
- (transitive) To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- look for and gather
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- pull or pull out sharply
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- strip of feathers
noun
- The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
- An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable) Cheap wine.
- (informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
- the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
- the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
noun
- A single beat, throb or vibration.
- Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.
- (botany) The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia.
- The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
- a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
verb
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
noun
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
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- (usually in the plural) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- (building material) A thin shingle.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
- (UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- (US, slang, uncountable) An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- (music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- (music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- (nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- A shock or disturbance.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- A milkshake.
- (historical, nuclear physics) An informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- building material used as siding or roofing
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- (transitive, figurative) To threaten to overthrow.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- (intransitive) To move from side to side.
- (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- (transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- move or cause to move back and forth
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- undermine or cause to waver
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- move back and forth or sideways
- get rid of
noun
verb
noun
verb
- To move quickly from one location to another.
- To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
- 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
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the act of moving back and forth
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
verb
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- move back and forth very rapidly
- beat rapidly
- wink briefly
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
noun
- A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
- A slight adjustment or modification.
- (cryptography) An additional input to a block cipher, used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.
- Trouble; distress; tweag.
- (slang) Methamphetamine.
- (slang) A single inhalation of cocaine.
- a squeeze with the fingers
verb
- (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- (intransitive, slang, by extension) To be extremely confused; to have no clue what is happening.
- (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
- (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.
- (military, weaponry, uncommon) From a catapult, to strike a target with a missile.
- (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
- pull or pull out sharply
- pinch or squeeze sharply
- to be under the influence of methamphetamine
- adjust finely
noun
verb
- (British, dialectal) To catch attention; to be showy or splendid.
- To become overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
- To make emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
- (by extension) To turn on, to make horny.
- To be agitated and confused; to bustle.
- To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
- (by extension) To become turned on, to become horny.
- be flustered; behave in a confused manner
- cause to be nervous or upset
noun
- A nervous action; a tic.
- (computing) A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.
- (chiefly in the plural, often with "the") A state of nervousness.
- (telecommunications) An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
- (data visualization) A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.
- small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources
- a small irregular movement
verb
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
- (rare) A sudden jerking movement.
- (music) The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.
- The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
- A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another.
- a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
verb
noun
- A single beat, throb or vibration.
- Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.
- (botany) The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia.
- The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
- a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
verb
- twitch or flutter
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- cause to make a snapping sound
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- shine unsteadily
- remove with a flick (of the hand)
- flash intermittently
- touch or hit with a light, quick blow
- To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
- To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
noun
- a short stroke
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
- A flitch.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
verb
- twitch or flutter
- look through a book or other written material
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
- (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
- (transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
- (intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
noun
- shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- The sound made while shuffling cards.
- (mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- A succession of small waves.
- Synonym of riffle shuffle
verb
- twitch or flutter
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
- disturb the smoothness of
- pleat or gather into a ruffle
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- erect or fluff up
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- trouble or vex
- discompose
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
noun
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- a noisy fight
- a high tight collar
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
verb
noun
verb
- To twitch
- (intransitive) To be realized and understood; to click.
- (transitive) To beat with twigs.
- To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
- (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.
- To tweak
- To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- branch out in a twiglike manner
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
verb
- (intransitive) To twitch or move convulsively.
- (transitive) To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
- (transitive, formal) To tickle, provoking twitching and laughter.
- (transitive, figuratively) To criticize in a somewhat irritating way; to carp at.
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
verb
- twitch or throb with pain
- pronounce with a nasal twang
- cause to sound with a twang
- sound with a twang
- pluck (strings of an instrument)
- (intransitive) To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
- (music) To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
- (intransitive) To have a nasal sound.
- (ambitransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
noun
- a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
- The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
- (vulgar, slang) An annoying or stupid person; especially, a recalcitrant.
- A sharp, pungent taste or flavor; sometimes, a disagreeable one specifically.
- A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
- (music) A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
- (phonetics) The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
verb
- (transitive) To flutter
- (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
- (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
- (intransitive, usually with ‘around’ or ‘about’) To flit quickly from place to place.
- (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
- (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
- strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
- have a turn at bat
- wink briefly
- use a bat
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
noun
- (slang) Clipping of battery.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
- (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).
- A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
- Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
- A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
- (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
- A part of a brick with one whole end.
- (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
- (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
- A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
- (derogatory) An old woman.
- A stroke; a sharp blow.
- (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
- A player rated according to skill in batting.
- nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- the club used in playing cricket
- a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
- a club used for hitting a ball in various games
- (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
verb
noun
- A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.
- A ripple, as on the surface of water.
- A flag or streamer.
- A fold or pleat in cloth.
- A curve or bend.
- headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
noun
- A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
- A slight adjustment or modification.
- (cryptography) An additional input to a block cipher, used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.
- Trouble; distress; tweag.
- (slang) Methamphetamine.
- (slang) A single inhalation of cocaine.
- a squeeze with the fingers
verb
- (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- (intransitive, slang, by extension) To be extremely confused; to have no clue what is happening.
- (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
- (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.
- (military, weaponry, uncommon) From a catapult, to strike a target with a missile.
- (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
- pull or pull out sharply
- pinch or squeeze sharply
- to be under the influence of methamphetamine
- adjust finely
verb
- shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- sound with resonance
- move or swing from side to side regularly
- feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
- be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
- (transitive, slang) To pleasure someone using a vibrator.
- (intransitive) To resonate.
- (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
- (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
- (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.
- (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
- (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- shock physically
- place in a cylindrical vessel
- affect in a disagreeable way
noun
- (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
- (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
- a sudden jarring impact
- a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food
- the quantity contained in a jar
noun
verb
verb
- To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.
- (intransitive) To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to make such a sound.
- (intransitive) (of a panther) To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented, much like the domestic cat’s purr.
- make a soft swishing sound
- make a vibrant sound, as of some birds
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause to quaver or vibrate.
- (intransitive) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
- (transitive) To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
- (transitive) To modulate a tone's frequency.
- sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
- sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
noun
- A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.
- The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
- (military) In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.
- A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.
- a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
verb
- (intransitive) To pull or twitch sharply.
- (transitive) To play a string instrument pizzicato.
- (transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).
- Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
- (transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.
- (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
- (transitive) To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- look for and gather
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- pull or pull out sharply
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- strip of feathers
noun
- The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
- An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable) Cheap wine.
- (informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
- the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
- the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
verb
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
noun
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
adj
adj
adj
noun
verb
adj
adj
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- liable to rock
- abounding in rocks or stones
- full of hardship or trials
- Like a rock; rigid, solid.
- In the style of rock music.
- Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- (originally US) Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
- Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
- Easily rocked; unstable.
- (Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.
adj
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- not perfected
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- unkind or cruel or uncivil
- having or caused by an irregular surface
- unpleasantly stern
- full of hardship or trials
- not quite exact or correct
- ready and able to resort to force or violence
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- violently agitated and turbulent
- not carefully or expertly made
- not shaped by cutting or trimming
- Violent; not careful or subtle.
- Harsh-tasting.
- (of a place) Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- Not smooth; uneven.
- (of a gem) Not polished; uncut.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Difficult; trying.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
- Turbulent.
- Of or relating to the rough breathing in the Greek language.
noun
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
- (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
- A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
adv
verb
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- (transitive) To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.
- To render rough; to roughen.
- (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
- To endure primitive conditions.
- (boxing, wrestling, intransitive) To break the rules by being excessively violent.
- To create in an approximate form.
- To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.