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noun
- (countable) An instance of teasing.
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib; teasing.
- (countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
- a framework of ribs
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
adj
verb
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- A single act of teasing.
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- One who teases.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
verb
- mock or make fun of playfully
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- One who teases or pokes fun.
- an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
- a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
- an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- a device for teasing wool
- a worker who teases wool
- (television, video) A brief portion of a television episode or video that is shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
- The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
- (fishing) A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
- (textiles) A person or thing that teases.
- (electricity) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
- (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
- (UK) An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
- One who excites a person or an animal (see gomer) sexually without fulfilment.
- (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.
- (fishing) A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
- (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger
noun
- A teasing joke.
- a teasing remark
- (firearms) A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.
- (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
- (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- (anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
- (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
- (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
- A stalk of celery.
- (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
- (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
- (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
- a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
- cut of meat including one or more ribs
- support resembling the rib of an animal
- any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
- a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
verb
- To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
- To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
- (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
- To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
- subject to laughter or ridicule
- form vertical ribs by knitting
verb
adj
noun
- Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
- (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
- (uncountable) The wood of a spruce.
- light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
- any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
verb
noun
noun
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
- (heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
- (slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
- (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a cunning or deceitful action or device
- a prostitute's customer
- an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- a period of work or duty
adj
verb
verb
adj
noun
noun
- (countable) A playfully annoying action.
- (Australia) Casual and/or flirtatious sexual acts.
- (collective) A group or a pack of rats.
- (uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- (law) A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property.
- (euphemistic) The Devil; used as an expletive.
- the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
- reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
verb
noun
- (programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
- (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
- A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
- A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
- Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
- (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
- (gymnastics) A move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.
- (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
- A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
- a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
- a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- the leaf of a conifer
- a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
adv
verb
noun
verb
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- give a small sharp bite to
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
noun
- (countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.
- (countable, slang) A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
- (US, countable, slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
- (uncountable, slang) Nonsense.
- (countable, US, crime, slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
- (countable, British) A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
- (countable, slang) A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
- (US, countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A fight.
- (countable, slang, perhaps by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.
- pretentious or silly talk or writing
- communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
intj
verb
noun
noun
- A joke or other mischievous prank.
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
- (LGBTQ slang) A shocking or surprising thing.
- A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
- (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
- (figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.
- Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
- (film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
- restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
verb
- (transitive, LGBTQ slang) To astonish (someone); to leave speechless.
- (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
- (ambitransitive) To choke; to retch.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
- (transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
- (transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
- (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
- make jokes or quips
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
- tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
- cause to retch or choke
- prevent from speaking out
- be too tight; rub or press
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
noun
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute).
- (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- (US) A one-dollar bill.
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- (Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !, used to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- The digit or figure 1.
- (followed by for) A person with a tendency to do something.
- (mathematics) The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- An alcoholic drink, especially a pint or can of beer.
- a single person or thing
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
adj
- Sole, only.
- Of a period of time, being particular.
- In agreement.
- Whole, entire.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- The same.
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- being a single entity made by combining separate components
- eminent beyond or above comparison
- indefinite in time or position
- of the same kind or quality
- used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
- having the indivisible character of a unit
det
num
- (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
- (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
- (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
- The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
particle
- A nominalizer used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the likelihood of something occurring, as a characteristic of something else.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
pron
- (Singlish, less common) Used as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
- (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
- (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
- (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
- (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
verb
verb
- (transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
- (transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
- (transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
- (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
- (intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
- (UK, dialect) To haggle; cheapen the price.
- (transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
- be silly or tease one another
noun
noun
- A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner.
- (informal) An annoying or foolish person.
- A short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else; a cheep, a chirp, a tweet.
- (chiefly US, informal) Chiefly in the form in a twit: clipping of twitter (“a state of excitement or nervousness”).
- aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- someone who is regarded as contemptible
intj
verb
- To blame or reproach, especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
- (obsolete except British, dialectal) To be indiscreet; to gossip.
- (computing) To ignore or kill file (a user on a bulletin board system).
- To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
verb
- (slang, UK) To tease (someone).
- To persuade by intimidation; to tamper with; to corrupt.
- To manage to gain access to.
- To begin working on or dealing with.
- (slang, US) To contact someone.
- To mean, signify, imply.
- To understand or ascertain by investigation.
- To attack verbally or physically; to annoy, bother.
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- reach or gain access to
- influence by corruption
adj
- (slang, colloquial, semantic bleaching) The behavior of one who enjoys teasing others.
- (colloquial) Causing a high degree of pain or humiliation.
- Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others.
- Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
- deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another
verb
noun
adv
verb
noun
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- activity characterized by good humor
- a triviality not to be taken seriously
- (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
- An amusing story.
- (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
- Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
- (figuratively) Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
noun
- (countable) An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
- (countable) A light parody.
- (countable, British, historical) A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held.
- (uncountable) Nonsense.
- (computing) A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Semen.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
adj
verb
adj
noun
- playful vexation
- the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone.
- The act of removing tangles from one's hair with a comb.
verb
verb
noun
adj
noun
- (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
- A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- a manner lacking seriousness
verb
- (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- (ambitransitive) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
- (business, trading, of the market, stocks etc., intransitive) To recover strength after a decline in prices.
- (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
- (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
- return to a former condition
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- gather
- gather or bring together
- call to arms; of military personnel
noun
- (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
- A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
- (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
- (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
- A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- Good-humoured raillery.
- an automobile race run over public roads
- a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
- a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
noun
- (countable) a humorous event
- (countable, Medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
- (countable, drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
- (uncountable) entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
- (drama) the genre of such works
- the art of composing comedy
- (countable, historical) a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
- (countable) a light, amusing play with a happy ending
- light and humorous drama with a happy ending
- a comic incident or series of incidents
verb
intj
noun
verb
- (by extension, colloquial) To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
- To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle.
- To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish using a running fishing line.
- To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun etymology 2 sense 8.1)).
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
- (figurative) To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
- (by extension) To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
- To roll; also, to turn round and round; to rotate, to spin, to whirl.
- To move or walk at a leisurely pace; to ramble, to saunter, to stroll.
- (specifically, slang) Chiefly of a man: synonym of cruise (“to stroll about to find a (male) sexual partner”).
- (fishing, Scotland, US) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
- sing loudly and without inhibition
- sing the parts of (a round) in succession
- praise or celebrate in song
- speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
- circulate, move around
- cause to move round and round
- angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
noun
- (originally Scandinavian mythology, now also European folklore and fantasy) a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) An inflammatory or insincere statement posted in an attempt to lure others into combative argument (a flame war), originally a way for regulars (long-time users) to poke light-hearted fun at new posters (especially in Usenet newsgroups) and promote in-group cohesion ("trolling for newbies").
- A fishing line, bait, or lure used to fish in these ways.
- (informal, Michigan) A Michigander who lives on the mainland, i.e. not a resident of the Upper Peninsula, so named due to living south of the Mackinaw Bridge.
- (by extension, originally Internet slang) A person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their perception, especially in an online community or discussion.
- (derogatory, slang) An ugly or unpleasant person.
- (music) A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
- An act of fishing by using a running fishing line, or by trailing a line with bait or lures behind a boat.
- (astronomy, meteorology) An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour and seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
- (by extension, derogatory, informal) A company, person, etc., that owns and legally enforces copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of commercially exploiting the subjects of the rights.
- An act of moving round; a repetition, a routine.
- (by extension, politics) A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.
- a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- angling by drawing a baited line through the water
- (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
noun
- (countable) An instance of teasing.
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib; teasing.
- (countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
- a framework of ribs
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
adj
verb
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- A single act of teasing.
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- One who teases.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
verb
- mock or make fun of playfully
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- One who teases or pokes fun.
- an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest
- a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
- an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- a device for teasing wool
- a worker who teases wool
- (television, video) A brief portion of a television episode or video that is shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
- The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
- (fishing) A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
- (textiles) A person or thing that teases.
- (electricity) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
- (marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
- (UK) An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
- One who excites a person or an animal (see gomer) sexually without fulfilment.
- (theater) A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.
- (fishing) A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
- (UK, dialect) A kind of gull, the jaeger
noun
- A teasing joke.
- a teasing remark
- (firearms) A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.
- (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
- (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- (anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
- (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
- (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
- A stalk of celery.
- (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
- (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
- (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
- a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
- cut of meat including one or more ribs
- support resembling the rib of an animal
- any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
- a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
verb
- To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
- To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
- (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
- To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
- subject to laughter or ridicule
- form vertical ribs by knitting
noun
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
- (heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
- (slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
- (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a cunning or deceitful action or device
- a prostitute's customer
- an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- a period of work or duty
adj
verb
noun
- (countable) A playfully annoying action.
- (Australia) Casual and/or flirtatious sexual acts.
- (collective) A group or a pack of rats.
- (uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- (law) A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property.
- (euphemistic) The Devil; used as an expletive.
- the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
- reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
noun
- (countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.
- (countable, slang) A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
- (US, countable, slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
- (uncountable, slang) Nonsense.
- (countable, US, crime, slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
- (countable, British) A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
- (countable, slang) A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
- (US, countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A fight.
- (countable, slang, perhaps by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.
- pretentious or silly talk or writing
- communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
intj
verb
noun
noun
- A joke or other mischievous prank.
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
- (LGBTQ slang) A shocking or surprising thing.
- A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
- (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
- (figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.
- Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
- (film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
- restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
verb
- (transitive, LGBTQ slang) To astonish (someone); to leave speechless.
- (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
- (ambitransitive) To choke; to retch.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
- (transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
- (transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
- (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
- make jokes or quips
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
- tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
- cause to retch or choke
- prevent from speaking out
- be too tight; rub or press
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
noun
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute).
- (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- (US) A one-dollar bill.
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- (Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !, used to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- The digit or figure 1.
- (followed by for) A person with a tendency to do something.
- (mathematics) The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- An alcoholic drink, especially a pint or can of beer.
- a single person or thing
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
adj
- Sole, only.
- Of a period of time, being particular.
- In agreement.
- Whole, entire.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- The same.
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- being a single entity made by combining separate components
- eminent beyond or above comparison
- indefinite in time or position
- of the same kind or quality
- used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
- having the indivisible character of a unit
det
num
- (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
- (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
- (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
- The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
particle
- A nominalizer used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the likelihood of something occurring, as a characteristic of something else.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
pron
- (Singlish, less common) Used as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
- (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
- (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
- (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
- (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
verb
noun
- A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner.
- (informal) An annoying or foolish person.
- A short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else; a cheep, a chirp, a tweet.
- (chiefly US, informal) Chiefly in the form in a twit: clipping of twitter (“a state of excitement or nervousness”).
- aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- someone who is regarded as contemptible
intj
verb
- To blame or reproach, especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
- (obsolete except British, dialectal) To be indiscreet; to gossip.
- (computing) To ignore or kill file (a user on a bulletin board system).
- To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
noun
- (countable) An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
- (countable) A light parody.
- (countable, British, historical) A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held.
- (uncountable) Nonsense.
- (computing) A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Semen.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
adj
verb
noun
- (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
- A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- a manner lacking seriousness
noun
- (countable) a humorous event
- (countable, Medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
- (countable, drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
- (uncountable) entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
- (drama) the genre of such works
- the art of composing comedy
- (countable, historical) a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
- (countable) a light, amusing play with a happy ending
- light and humorous drama with a happy ending
- a comic incident or series of incidents
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
adv
verb
noun
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- activity characterized by good humor
- a triviality not to be taken seriously
- (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
- An amusing story.
- (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
- Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
- (figuratively) Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
verb
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- give a small sharp bite to
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
verb
adj
noun
- Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
- (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
- (uncountable) The wood of a spruce.
- light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
- any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
- (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
- A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
- A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
- Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
- (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
- (gymnastics) A move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.
- (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
- A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
- a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
- a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- the leaf of a conifer
- a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
verb
noun
verb
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- give a small sharp bite to
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
noun
- A teasing joke.
- a teasing remark
- (firearms) A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.
- (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
- (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- (anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
- (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
- (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
- A stalk of celery.
- (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
- (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
- (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
- a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
- cut of meat including one or more ribs
- support resembling the rib of an animal
- any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
- a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
verb
- To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
- To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
- (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
- To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
- subject to laughter or ridicule
- form vertical ribs by knitting
verb
- (transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
- (transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
- (transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
- (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
- (intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
- (UK, dialect) To haggle; cheapen the price.
- (transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
- be silly or tease one another
noun
verb
- (slang, UK) To tease (someone).
- To persuade by intimidation; to tamper with; to corrupt.
- To manage to gain access to.
- To begin working on or dealing with.
- (slang, US) To contact someone.
- To mean, signify, imply.
- To understand or ascertain by investigation.
- To attack verbally or physically; to annoy, bother.
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- reach or gain access to
- influence by corruption
noun
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- A single act of teasing.
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- One who teases.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
verb
- mock or make fun of playfully
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
verb
noun
adv
verb
noun
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- activity characterized by good humor
- a triviality not to be taken seriously
- (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
- An amusing story.
- (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
- Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
- (figuratively) Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
verb
noun
adj
verb
- (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- (ambitransitive) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
- (business, trading, of the market, stocks etc., intransitive) To recover strength after a decline in prices.
- (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
- (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
- return to a former condition
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- gather
- gather or bring together
- call to arms; of military personnel
noun
- (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
- A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
- (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
- (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
- A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- Good-humoured raillery.
- an automobile race run over public roads
- a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
- a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
verb
intj
noun
verb
- (by extension, colloquial) To prank, tease, or mess with someone in a lighthearted way.
- To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle.
- To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish using a running fishing line.
- To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
- (fishing) To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun etymology 2 sense 8.1)).
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) To post irrelevant or inflammatory statements in an online discussion in an attempt to start a heated argument or to derail a conversation, either for one's personal entertainment or as part of an organized political campaign.
- (figurative) To attract or draw out (someone or something); to allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
- (by extension) To persistently harass someone over the Internet.
- To roll; also, to turn round and round; to rotate, to spin, to whirl.
- To move or walk at a leisurely pace; to ramble, to saunter, to stroll.
- (specifically, slang) Chiefly of a man: synonym of cruise (“to stroll about to find a (male) sexual partner”).
- (fishing, Scotland, US) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
- sing loudly and without inhibition
- sing the parts of (a round) in succession
- praise or celebrate in song
- speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
- circulate, move around
- cause to move round and round
- angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
noun
- (originally Scandinavian mythology, now also European folklore and fantasy) a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
- (figurative, originally Internet slang) An inflammatory or insincere statement posted in an attempt to lure others into combative argument (a flame war), originally a way for regulars (long-time users) to poke light-hearted fun at new posters (especially in Usenet newsgroups) and promote in-group cohesion ("trolling for newbies").
- A fishing line, bait, or lure used to fish in these ways.
- (informal, Michigan) A Michigander who lives on the mainland, i.e. not a resident of the Upper Peninsula, so named due to living south of the Mackinaw Bridge.
- (by extension, originally Internet slang) A person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their perception, especially in an online community or discussion.
- (derogatory, slang) An ugly or unpleasant person.
- (music) A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch, a round.
- An act of fishing by using a running fishing line, or by trailing a line with bait or lures behind a boat.
- (astronomy, meteorology) An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour and seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
- (by extension, derogatory, informal) A company, person, etc., that owns and legally enforces copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of commercially exploiting the subjects of the rights.
- An act of moving round; a repetition, a routine.
- (by extension, politics) A person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign.
- a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- angling by drawing a baited line through the water
- (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
adv
adj
- (slang, colloquial, semantic bleaching) The behavior of one who enjoys teasing others.
- (colloquial) Causing a high degree of pain or humiliation.
- Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others.
- Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
- deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another
adj
noun
- playful vexation
- the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone.
- The act of removing tangles from one's hair with a comb.