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noun
- A firecracker.
- (UK) A northern pintail, a dabbling duck of species Anas acuta.
- (computing) One who cracks (i.e. overcomes) computer software or security restrictions.
- (slang, chiefly British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A fine, great thing or person (crackerjack).
- A person or thing that breaks a thing (e.g., nutcracker).
- An ambitious or hard-working person (i.e. someone who arises at the 'crack' of dawn).
- A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).
- A prawn cracker.
- Refinery equipment used to pyrolyse organic feedstocks. If catalyst is used to aid pyrolysis it is informally called a cat-cracker
- A Christmas cracker.
- The final section of certain whips, which is made of a short, thin piece of unravelled rope, or which is a short piece of twisted string tied to the end of the whip, which produces a distinctive cracking sound when the whip is cracked.
- (US, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) An impoverished white person from the southeastern United States, originally associated with Georgia and parts of Florida; (by extension) any white person (slang).
- a poor White person in the southern United States
- a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
- a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
- firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
- a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things
noun
- A flamethrower.
- Someone who throws.
- (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
- Something that throws.
- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
- someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
- a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
noun
- A fire.
- The act by which something burns or is burned.
- (cryptocurrencies) The purposeful removal of certain number of coins in circulation, by sending them to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), which usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply.
- A fiery pain.
- a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
- execution by electricity
- a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- the act of burning something
- execution by fire
adj
verb
noun
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
- (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- (crosswording) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- (by extension) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).
- A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.
- (slang) A cigarette lighter.
- (military, historical) A member of the light cavalry.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- (by extension, less commonly) Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- (countable) A source of illumination.
- (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- (Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.
- The power of perception by vision: eyesight (sightedness; vision).
- a particular perspective or aspect of a situation
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- a person regarded very fondly
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
- an illuminated area
- mental understanding as an enlightening experience
- having abundant light or illumination
- a visual warning signal
- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- any device serving as a source of illumination
- public awareness
adj
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- With low viscosity.
- (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- (cooking) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- (military) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive or consist of locomotives) Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Cheerful.
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Fast; nimble.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
- of comparatively little physical weight or density
- psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- of little intensity or power or force
- easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- not great in degree or quantity or number
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
- silly or trivial
- having relatively few calories
- characterized by or emitting light
- demanding little effort; not burdensome
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- having little importance
- (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- very thin and insubstantial
adv
verb
- (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- (by extension) To leave; to depart.
- (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To find by chance.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
- begin to smoke
- introduce light into
- alight from (a horse)
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- start or maintain a fire in
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- to come to rest, settle
adv
adj
- Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
- Radiant with bright light and color.
- In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion.
- lighted up by or as by fire or flame
- keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement
- resembling flame in brilliance or color
- lighted with red light as if with flames
noun
- A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
- a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
- (historical) An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
- (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A large breast; a breast with a large nipple.
- (Northeastern US) Synonym of submarine sandwich.
- (zoology) An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
- (neuroscience) A focal ovoid swelling on the axons of Purkinje cells, observed in several diseases such as essential tremor and spinocerebellar ataxia.
- (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A woman's shoe with a pointed toe.
- (science fiction) A similar projectile that can travel through space.
- (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
- A thick marijuana cigarette.
- (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
- A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine.
- (rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
- armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
- an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
- any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
verb
noun
- A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.
- a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
- (astronautics) A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.
- (baseball) Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
- (informal) A feisty, strong-willed person.
- (heraldry) A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.
- (weaponry, historical) A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.
- (sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
- (astronomy) A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.
- an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
- a highly energetic and indefatigable person
- the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.
- A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
- a mountain formed by volcanic material
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
verb
adj
- On fire with visible flames.
- (colloquial, typically of a gay man) Extremely obvious; visibly evident.
- (British, Australia, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
- Very enthusiastic or passionate.
- (colloquial) Very showy, flamboyant.
- Very bright and the color of flame.
- passionate or quick-tempered
- informal intensifiers
noun
verb
noun
- A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
- (hiking) A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
- A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
- The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
- A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
- Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.
- Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
- A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
- (poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.
- noisy and unrestrained mischief
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- a cause of difficulty and suffering
- a light-colored marking
- a strong flame that burns brightly
verb
- (transitive) To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
- (transitive) To publish; announce publicly.
- (transitive) To disclose; bewray; defame.
- (transitive, rare) To set in a blaze; burn.
- (transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
- (transitive) To blow, as from a trumpet.
- (slang) To smoke marijuana.
- (intransitive) To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
- (transitive) To mark off or stake a claim to land.
- (transitive, figurative) To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
- (transitive, only in the past participle) To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
- (intransitive, poetic) To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
- (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
- (transitive, heraldry) To blazon.
- (figurative) To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
- (transitive) To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
- shoot rapidly and repeatedly
- move rapidly and as if blazing
- burn brightly and intensely
- shine brightly and intensively
- indicate by marking trees with blazes
noun
- (figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.
- The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
- Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
- Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
- (geology) A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
- A small sole (type of fish).
- In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
- (synecdochic, usually in the plural) A person speaking in a specified manner.
- (religion, often in the plural) Glossolalia.
- A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
- The pole of a towed or drawn vehicle or farm implement (e.g., trailer, cart, plow, harrow), by which it is pulled; for example, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
- The clapper of a bell.
- A manner of speaking, often habitually.
- (countable, uncountable) Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).
- (metonymic) A language.
- (music) A reed.
- A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
- (flags) The middle protrusion of a triple-tailed flag.
- metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- the tongue of certain animals used as meat
- a manner of speaking
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
- any long thin projection that is transient
- the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
verb
- To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
- (music, ambitransitive) On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To lick, penetrate or manipulate with the tongue during flirting or oral sex.
- (transitive) To manipulate with the tongue.
- To join by means of a tongue and groove.
- lick or explore with the tongue
- articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
noun
- A kind of rapidly spinning ground-based firework.
- A native or inhabitant of Saxony, Germany.
- (Ireland, Wales, poetic) An English/British person.
- A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
- a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
adj
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language.
- Of, from or relating to Saxony, Germany.
- (Ireland, Wales, poetic) Of, relating to, or characteristic of England, typically as opposed to a Celtic nationality.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxons.
- of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendants (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
name
- A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
- Upper Saxon, a dialect of modern High German spoken in Saxony.
- A municipality in Martigny district, Valais canton, Switzerland.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
- The language of the ancient Saxons.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage or directly from the noun Saxon.
noun
- firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
- (archaic except in idioms) An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.
- (chiefly Australia) A coward or wimp.
- (automotive) The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.
- A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
- (firearms) A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
- (linguistics) A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic empirical data or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.
- (US) Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
- (film, theater) In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface or a gunshot wound on an actor.
- (mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
- (graphic design) A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.
- (law) In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
- (military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
verb
noun
- a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited
- limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
- an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
- A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
- (now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
- (figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
- (music) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
- (mythology, fantasy) A snake-like monster, such as a dragon or sea serpent.
noun
- (heraldry) A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
- A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
- (slang) An unattractive girl.
- a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
verb
noun
- A kind of firework.
- (equestrianism) In dressage, a winding walk across on the arena.
- (mineralogy) Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.
- Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
- (historical) An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
- (mathematics) Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea
- (geology) An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.
- A coiled distillation tube.
adj
- Having the form or shape of a snake.
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
- Of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.
- Curving in alternate directions; sinuous.
- Pertaining to the serpentine subgroup of minerals.
- resembling a serpent in form
verb
adj
verb
noun
- a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire
- a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns
- A flint.
- Iron pyrite, formerly used for striking fire.
- A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces.
noun
- A kind of firework that creates a snake-like formation of ash via an intumescent reaction.
- Pantherophis obsoletus, a North American colubrid species of snake.
- Alternative form of blacksnake (“whip”).
- Pantherophis alleghaniensis, a North American colubrid species of snake.
- Pantherophis spiloides, a North American colubrid species of snake.
- Crotalus oreganus, a venomous North American pit viper species of snake.
- Coluber constrictor, a non-venomous North and Central American species of snake.
- Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous North American pit viper species of snake.
- Any species of Pseudechis, a genus of Australian snakes.
adj
- Having the colour of fire.
- Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.
- Spirited or filled with emotion.
- Burning or glowing.
- Of or relating to fire.
- (butchery) Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.
- Hot or inflamed.
- Inflammable or easily ignited.
- passionate or quick-tempered
- characterized by intense emotion
- like or suggestive of fire
verb
- Of a fire: to emit heat and light.
- To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn.
- (figurative, Internet slang, alt-right) To expose (someone) to the authorities.
- To emit heat and light without a flame.
- Of a person: to display intense emotion.
- To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.
- (intransitive, obsolete except UK, dialectal) To look intently; to stare.
- Of a person's body or a part of it: to feel hot and often to flush (“become suffused with a reddish colour”) as well, due to an emotional response, exertion, etc.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang) To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
- Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang, alt-right) To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- emit a steady even light without flames
- be exuberant or high-spirited
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
noun
- A state of heat being emitted by a person or an animal's body.
- A state of brightness or warmth of colour; specifically, a reddish colour on a person's face indicating health or youth; a flush.
- A state of light being emitted by something (for example, a bioluminescent animal or fungus, or a mineral) which is not hot; luminescence.
- A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object.
- A condition of being passionate or having warm feelings; an ardour.
- light from nonthermal sources
- a steady even light without flames
- an appearance of reflected light
- the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- a feeling of considerable warmth
- an alert and refreshed state
noun
- A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
- Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- (South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
- A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
- An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
- (uncountable) A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- (UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
- (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
- (countable) Any plant of the genus Eruca.
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
- sends a firework display high into the sky
- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
verb
prefix
verb
- catch fire
- cause to start burning
- cause inflammation in
- become inflamed; get sore
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
- (transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
- (transitive, figuratively) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
- (transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
- (intransitive) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
- (transitive) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
- To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
verb
- catch fire
- cause to start burning
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- (intransitive, of a rabbit or hare) To bring forth young; to give birth.
- (intransitive, figurative) To begin to grow or take hold.
- (transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
adj
noun
noun
- a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
- a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind
- perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
- a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim
- A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
- An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
- A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
- Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral, visually similar to a cinnamon roll.
- A cogged (toothed) gear.
verb
noun
- A small, persistent flame used to ignite gas.
- A small telltale lamp on a dynamo or battery circuit whose brightness indicates the voltage of the current.
- small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- indicator consisting of a light to indicate whether power is on or a motor is in operation
noun
- The act of burning something with fire.
- (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
- (uncountable) A disease in vegetables; brand.
- (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
- The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A large stream.
- (uncountable, UK, chiefly prison slang) Tobacco.
- A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- A sensation resembling such an injury.
- (aerospace) The firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course.
- (computing) The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- damage inflicted by fire
- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
- a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
verb
- (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
- (intransitive, slang, card games, gambling) To discard.
- (intransitive, slang, US) To desire or ache for (something); to focus on attaining (something).
- (transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image darker (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by increasing the exposure of that area to light).
- (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
- (transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
- (transitive, computing, by extension) To render subtitles into a video's content while transcoding it, making the subtitles part of the image (hardsubs).
- (intransitive, physics, of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star.
- (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
- (transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
- (transitive, espionage) To blackmail.
- (transitive, espionage) To compromise (an agent's cover story).
- (intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
- (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot someone with a firearm.
- (ambitransitive) To sunburn.
- (transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
- (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
- (transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
- (transitive, slang) To betray.
- (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
- (transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
- (transitive, card games) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
- (transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
- spend (significant amounts of money)
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- cause to undergo combustion
- cause to burn or combust
- damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- feel hot or painful
- destroy by fire
- feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- create by duplicating data
- execute by tying to a stake and setting alight
- get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- use up (energy)
- undergo combustion
noun
adj
noun
noun
- A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
- (US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
- (informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
- (slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
- A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
- (informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
- a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)
- an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
verb
- ignite
- begin to smoke
- introduce light into
- start to burn with a bright flame
- become clear
- (chiefly US, transitive, slang) To activate the emergency sirens on a police vehicle in order to pull someone over.
- (transitive) To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To show an increase in activity or a brightening of mood.
- (transitive) To make happy.
- (transitive) To light a cigarette, pipe, etc. for (someone).
- (intransitive) To start to emit light; to become activated as a light source.
- (transitive) To introduce (someone to something), to make someone aware of or interested in something; turn on.
- (chiefly US, transitive, slang) To shock (someone) with a stun gun.
- (transitive, nautical) To loosen, slacken, or ease off.
- (transitive, slang) To open fire on a target or group of targets, especially with rockets, a flamethrower, etc.
- (intransitive) To light a cigarette, pipe, etc.
- (transitive) To ignite.
noun
noun
- a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
- tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
- a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
- a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
- A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.
- A spike (“kind of inflorescence”) made up of spikelets.
- A flower which is red or red-orange in colour like a flame.
- A source of enlightenment or guidance.
- (US, slang) An arsonist.
- (chiefly in the plural) The common mullein, great mullein, or torchwort (Verbascum thapsus).
- (chiefly Canada, US) Ellipsis of blowtorch (“a tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame”).
- (by extension) A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.
- In carry, hand on, pass on, take up the torch: a precious cause, principle, tradition, etc., which needs to be protected and transmitted to others.
- (science fiction) Ellipsis of torch drive (“a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
- (by extension, Commonwealth) Ellipsis of electric torch: synonym of flashlight (“a battery-powered hand-held light source”).
verb
- burn maliciously, as by arson
- (figurative) To make damaging claims about (someone or something); to ruin the reputation of (someone or something); to disparage, to insult.
- (informal, originally US) To intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire, especially when committing arson in furtherance of some other criminal act (e.g. insurance fraud or the destruction of evidence).
- To illuminate or provide (a place) with torches (noun etymology 1 sense 1).
- (science fiction) To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (“an engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
- Of a fire: to burn.
- (US, fishing) To catch fish or other aquatic animals by torchlight; to go torch-fishing.
- (UK, dialectal, figurative) To (appear to) flare up like a torch.
noun
- A firecracker.
- (UK) A northern pintail, a dabbling duck of species Anas acuta.
- (computing) One who cracks (i.e. overcomes) computer software or security restrictions.
- (slang, chiefly British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A fine, great thing or person (crackerjack).
- A person or thing that breaks a thing (e.g., nutcracker).
- An ambitious or hard-working person (i.e. someone who arises at the 'crack' of dawn).
- A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).
- A prawn cracker.
- Refinery equipment used to pyrolyse organic feedstocks. If catalyst is used to aid pyrolysis it is informally called a cat-cracker
- A Christmas cracker.
- The final section of certain whips, which is made of a short, thin piece of unravelled rope, or which is a short piece of twisted string tied to the end of the whip, which produces a distinctive cracking sound when the whip is cracked.
- (US, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) An impoverished white person from the southeastern United States, originally associated with Georgia and parts of Florida; (by extension) any white person (slang).
- a poor White person in the southern United States
- a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
- a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
- firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
- a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things
noun
- A flamethrower.
- Someone who throws.
- (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
- Something that throws.
- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
- someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
- a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
noun
- A fire.
- The act by which something burns or is burned.
- (cryptocurrencies) The purposeful removal of certain number of coins in circulation, by sending them to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), which usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply.
- A fiery pain.
- a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
- execution by electricity
- a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- the act of burning something
- execution by fire
adj
verb
noun
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
- (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- (crosswording) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- (by extension) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).
- A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.
- (slang) A cigarette lighter.
- (military, historical) A member of the light cavalry.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- (by extension, less commonly) Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- (countable) A source of illumination.
- (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- (Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.
- The power of perception by vision: eyesight (sightedness; vision).
- a particular perspective or aspect of a situation
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- a person regarded very fondly
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
- an illuminated area
- mental understanding as an enlightening experience
- having abundant light or illumination
- a visual warning signal
- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- any device serving as a source of illumination
- public awareness
adj
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- With low viscosity.
- (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- (cooking) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- (military) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive or consist of locomotives) Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Cheerful.
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Fast; nimble.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
- of comparatively little physical weight or density
- psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- of little intensity or power or force
- easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- not great in degree or quantity or number
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
- silly or trivial
- having relatively few calories
- characterized by or emitting light
- demanding little effort; not burdensome
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- having little importance
- (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- very thin and insubstantial
adv
verb
- (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- (by extension) To leave; to depart.
- (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To find by chance.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
- begin to smoke
- introduce light into
- alight from (a horse)
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- start or maintain a fire in
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- to come to rest, settle
noun
- A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
- a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
- (historical) An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
- (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A large breast; a breast with a large nipple.
- (Northeastern US) Synonym of submarine sandwich.
- (zoology) An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
- (neuroscience) A focal ovoid swelling on the axons of Purkinje cells, observed in several diseases such as essential tremor and spinocerebellar ataxia.
- (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A woman's shoe with a pointed toe.
- (science fiction) A similar projectile that can travel through space.
- (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
- A thick marijuana cigarette.
- (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
- A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine.
- (rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
- armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
- an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
- any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
verb
noun
- A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.
- a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
- (astronautics) A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.
- (baseball) Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
- (informal) A feisty, strong-willed person.
- (heraldry) A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.
- (weaponry, historical) A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.
- (sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
- (astronomy) A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.
- an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
- a highly energetic and indefatigable person
- the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.
- A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
- a mountain formed by volcanic material
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
verb
noun
- A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
- (hiking) A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
- A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
- The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
- A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
- Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.
- Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
- A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
- (poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.
- noisy and unrestrained mischief
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- a cause of difficulty and suffering
- a light-colored marking
- a strong flame that burns brightly
verb
- (transitive) To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
- (transitive) To publish; announce publicly.
- (transitive) To disclose; bewray; defame.
- (transitive, rare) To set in a blaze; burn.
- (transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
- (transitive) To blow, as from a trumpet.
- (slang) To smoke marijuana.
- (intransitive) To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
- (transitive) To mark off or stake a claim to land.
- (transitive, figurative) To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
- (transitive, only in the past participle) To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
- (intransitive, poetic) To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
- (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
- (transitive, heraldry) To blazon.
- (figurative) To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
- (transitive) To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
- shoot rapidly and repeatedly
- move rapidly and as if blazing
- burn brightly and intensely
- shine brightly and intensively
- indicate by marking trees with blazes
noun
- (figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.
- The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
- Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
- Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
- (geology) A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
- A small sole (type of fish).
- In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
- (synecdochic, usually in the plural) A person speaking in a specified manner.
- (religion, often in the plural) Glossolalia.
- A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
- The pole of a towed or drawn vehicle or farm implement (e.g., trailer, cart, plow, harrow), by which it is pulled; for example, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
- The clapper of a bell.
- A manner of speaking, often habitually.
- (countable, uncountable) Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).
- (metonymic) A language.
- (music) A reed.
- A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
- (flags) The middle protrusion of a triple-tailed flag.
- metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- the tongue of certain animals used as meat
- a manner of speaking
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
- any long thin projection that is transient
- the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
verb
- To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
- (music, ambitransitive) On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To lick, penetrate or manipulate with the tongue during flirting or oral sex.
- (transitive) To manipulate with the tongue.
- To join by means of a tongue and groove.
- lick or explore with the tongue
- articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
noun
- A kind of rapidly spinning ground-based firework.
- A native or inhabitant of Saxony, Germany.
- (Ireland, Wales, poetic) An English/British person.
- A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
- a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
adj
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language.
- Of, from or relating to Saxony, Germany.
- (Ireland, Wales, poetic) Of, relating to, or characteristic of England, typically as opposed to a Celtic nationality.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxons.
- of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendants (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
name
- A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
- Upper Saxon, a dialect of modern High German spoken in Saxony.
- A municipality in Martigny district, Valais canton, Switzerland.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
- The language of the ancient Saxons.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage or directly from the noun Saxon.
noun
- firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
- (archaic except in idioms) An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.
- (chiefly Australia) A coward or wimp.
- (automotive) The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.
- A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
- (firearms) A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
- (linguistics) A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic empirical data or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.
- (US) Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
- (film, theater) In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface or a gunshot wound on an actor.
- (mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
- (graphic design) A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.
- (law) In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
- (military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
verb
noun
- a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited
- limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
- an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
- A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
- (now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
- (figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
- (music) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
- (mythology, fantasy) A snake-like monster, such as a dragon or sea serpent.
noun
- (heraldry) A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
- A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
- (slang) An unattractive girl.
- a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
verb
noun
- A kind of firework.
- (equestrianism) In dressage, a winding walk across on the arena.
- (mineralogy) Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.
- Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
- (historical) An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
- (mathematics) Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea
- (geology) An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.
- A coiled distillation tube.
adj
- Having the form or shape of a snake.
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
- Of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.
- Curving in alternate directions; sinuous.
- Pertaining to the serpentine subgroup of minerals.
- resembling a serpent in form
verb
noun
- a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire
- a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns
- A flint.
- Iron pyrite, formerly used for striking fire.
- A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces.
noun
- A kind of firework that creates a snake-like formation of ash via an intumescent reaction.
- Pantherophis obsoletus, a North American colubrid species of snake.
- Alternative form of blacksnake (“whip”).
- Pantherophis alleghaniensis, a North American colubrid species of snake.
- Pantherophis spiloides, a North American colubrid species of snake.
- Crotalus oreganus, a venomous North American pit viper species of snake.
- Coluber constrictor, a non-venomous North and Central American species of snake.
- Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous North American pit viper species of snake.
- Any species of Pseudechis, a genus of Australian snakes.
noun
- A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
- Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- (South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
- A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
- An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
- (uncountable) A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- (UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
- (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
- (countable) Any plant of the genus Eruca.
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
- sends a firework display high into the sky
- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
verb
noun
- a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
- a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind
- perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
- a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim
- A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel.
- An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
- A pastry which resembles the artificial flowers above, with some filling or topping in the center.
- Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral, visually similar to a cinnamon roll.
- A cogged (toothed) gear.
verb
noun
- A small, persistent flame used to ignite gas.
- A small telltale lamp on a dynamo or battery circuit whose brightness indicates the voltage of the current.
- small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- indicator consisting of a light to indicate whether power is on or a motor is in operation
noun
- The act of burning something with fire.
- (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
- (uncountable) A disease in vegetables; brand.
- (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
- The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A large stream.
- (uncountable, UK, chiefly prison slang) Tobacco.
- A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- A sensation resembling such an injury.
- (aerospace) The firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course.
- (computing) The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- damage inflicted by fire
- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
- a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
verb
- (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
- (intransitive, slang, card games, gambling) To discard.
- (intransitive, slang, US) To desire or ache for (something); to focus on attaining (something).
- (transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image darker (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by increasing the exposure of that area to light).
- (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
- (transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
- (transitive, computing, by extension) To render subtitles into a video's content while transcoding it, making the subtitles part of the image (hardsubs).
- (intransitive, physics, of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star.
- (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
- (transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
- (transitive, espionage) To blackmail.
- (transitive, espionage) To compromise (an agent's cover story).
- (intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
- (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot someone with a firearm.
- (ambitransitive) To sunburn.
- (transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
- (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
- (transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
- (transitive, slang) To betray.
- (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
- (transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
- (transitive, card games) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
- (transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
- spend (significant amounts of money)
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- cause to undergo combustion
- cause to burn or combust
- damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- feel hot or painful
- destroy by fire
- feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- create by duplicating data
- execute by tying to a stake and setting alight
- get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- use up (energy)
- undergo combustion
noun
adj
noun
noun
- A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
- (US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
- (informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
- (slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
- A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
- (informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
- a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)
- an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
noun
noun
- a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
- tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
- a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
- a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
- A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.
- A spike (“kind of inflorescence”) made up of spikelets.
- A flower which is red or red-orange in colour like a flame.
- A source of enlightenment or guidance.
- (US, slang) An arsonist.
- (chiefly in the plural) The common mullein, great mullein, or torchwort (Verbascum thapsus).
- (chiefly Canada, US) Ellipsis of blowtorch (“a tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame”).
- (by extension) A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.
- In carry, hand on, pass on, take up the torch: a precious cause, principle, tradition, etc., which needs to be protected and transmitted to others.
- (science fiction) Ellipsis of torch drive (“a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
- (by extension, Commonwealth) Ellipsis of electric torch: synonym of flashlight (“a battery-powered hand-held light source”).
verb
- burn maliciously, as by arson
- (figurative) To make damaging claims about (someone or something); to ruin the reputation of (someone or something); to disparage, to insult.
- (informal, originally US) To intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire, especially when committing arson in furtherance of some other criminal act (e.g. insurance fraud or the destruction of evidence).
- To illuminate or provide (a place) with torches (noun etymology 1 sense 1).
- (science fiction) To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (“an engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
- Of a fire: to burn.
- (US, fishing) To catch fish or other aquatic animals by torchlight; to go torch-fishing.
- (UK, dialectal, figurative) To (appear to) flare up like a torch.
verb
- Of a fire: to emit heat and light.
- To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn.
- (figurative, Internet slang, alt-right) To expose (someone) to the authorities.
- To emit heat and light without a flame.
- Of a person: to display intense emotion.
- To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.
- (intransitive, obsolete except UK, dialectal) To look intently; to stare.
- Of a person's body or a part of it: to feel hot and often to flush (“become suffused with a reddish colour”) as well, due to an emotional response, exertion, etc.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang) To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
- Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang, alt-right) To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- emit a steady even light without flames
- be exuberant or high-spirited
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
noun
- A state of heat being emitted by a person or an animal's body.
- A state of brightness or warmth of colour; specifically, a reddish colour on a person's face indicating health or youth; a flush.
- A state of light being emitted by something (for example, a bioluminescent animal or fungus, or a mineral) which is not hot; luminescence.
- A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object.
- A condition of being passionate or having warm feelings; an ardour.
- light from nonthermal sources
- a steady even light without flames
- an appearance of reflected light
- the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- a feeling of considerable warmth
- an alert and refreshed state
verb
- catch fire
- cause to start burning
- cause inflammation in
- become inflamed; get sore
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
- (transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
- (transitive, figuratively) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
- (transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
- (intransitive) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
- (transitive) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
- To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
verb
- catch fire
- cause to start burning
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- (intransitive, of a rabbit or hare) To bring forth young; to give birth.
- (intransitive, figurative) To begin to grow or take hold.
- (transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
adj
noun
noun
- A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.
- a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
- (astronautics) A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.
- (baseball) Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
- (informal) A feisty, strong-willed person.
- (heraldry) A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.
- (weaponry, historical) A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.
- (sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
- (astronomy) A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.
- an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
- a highly energetic and indefatigable person
- the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
verb
adj
verb
- ignite
- begin to smoke
- introduce light into
- start to burn with a bright flame
- become clear
- (chiefly US, transitive, slang) To activate the emergency sirens on a police vehicle in order to pull someone over.
- (transitive) To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To show an increase in activity or a brightening of mood.
- (transitive) To make happy.
- (transitive) To light a cigarette, pipe, etc. for (someone).
- (intransitive) To start to emit light; to become activated as a light source.
- (transitive) To introduce (someone to something), to make someone aware of or interested in something; turn on.
- (chiefly US, transitive, slang) To shock (someone) with a stun gun.
- (transitive, nautical) To loosen, slacken, or ease off.
- (transitive, slang) To open fire on a target or group of targets, especially with rockets, a flamethrower, etc.
- (intransitive) To light a cigarette, pipe, etc.
- (transitive) To ignite.
adv
adj
- Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
- Radiant with bright light and color.
- In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion.
- lighted up by or as by fire or flame
- keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement
- resembling flame in brilliance or color
- lighted with red light as if with flames
noun
- A fire.
- The act by which something burns or is burned.
- (cryptocurrencies) The purposeful removal of certain number of coins in circulation, by sending them to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), which usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply.
- A fiery pain.
- a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
- execution by electricity
- a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- the act of burning something
- execution by fire
adj
verb
adj
- On fire with visible flames.
- (colloquial, typically of a gay man) Extremely obvious; visibly evident.
- (British, Australia, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
- Very enthusiastic or passionate.
- (colloquial) Very showy, flamboyant.
- Very bright and the color of flame.
- passionate or quick-tempered
- informal intensifiers
noun
verb
adj
verb
adj
- Having the colour of fire.
- Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.
- Spirited or filled with emotion.
- Burning or glowing.
- Of or relating to fire.
- (butchery) Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.
- Hot or inflamed.
- Inflammable or easily ignited.
- passionate or quick-tempered
- characterized by intense emotion
- like or suggestive of fire
adv
adj
- Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
- Radiant with bright light and color.
- In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion.
- lighted up by or as by fire or flame
- keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement
- resembling flame in brilliance or color
- lighted with red light as if with flames