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- complain whiningly
- move with a whining sound
- make a high-pitched, screeching noise
- talk in a tearful manner
- (transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.
- (intransitive) To move with a whining sound.
- (intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine, i.e. in a peevish or self-pitying way.
- (intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.
- (intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.
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- The act of complaining.
- (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
- A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
- (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.
- A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
- an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- an expression of grievance or resentment
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
- (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
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- bother persistently with trivial complaints
- worry persistently
- remind or urge constantly
- To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
- To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
- (ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
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verb
- bother persistently with trivial complaints
- eat like a bird
- kiss lightly
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
- To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
- (ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- (regional) To throw.
- (rare) To type in general.
- To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
- To kiss briefly.
- (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- To type by searching for each key individually.
- To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
noun
- a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
- a light kiss
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
- bite by a bird
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
- Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
- Misspelling of pec.
- One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.
- A small kiss.
- An act of striking with a beak.
verb
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
noun
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
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- complain
- (transitive, slang) To add weight or strength to.
- (intransitive, slang) To fart; break wind.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, intransitive, slang) To feud or hold a grudge against.
- (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- (intransitive, chiefly Yorkshire) To cry.
- (transitive, slang) To fail or mess up.
- (intransitive, slang, Australia) To sing or speak loudly; to cry out.
noun
- meat from an adult domestic bovine
- informal terms for objecting
- cattle that are reared for their meat
- (uncountable) Bovine animals.
- (uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
- (figurative, slang, uncountable) Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
- (slang, uncountable or countable, plural beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)
- (now chiefly Canada, US, countable, now uncommon, plural beeves) A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
- (prison slang) A criminal charge.
- (by extension, slang, uncountable) Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
- (Dorset) Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
- (in the meat industry, on product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
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- a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- informal terms for objecting
- an unpleasant difficulty
- female of any member of the dog family
- (vulgar, offensive, slang) A woman.
- (dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
- (vulgar, informal, slang) Place; situation
- (vulgar, offensive) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
- (vulgar, figurative) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
- (slang, vulgar, offensive, often sexist) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
- (slang, vulgar, idiomatic, derogatory, misogynistic) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
- (humorous, vulgar, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun) Friend.
- (chess, slang, vulgar, offensive) A queen.
- (LGBTQ slang, idiomatic, vulgar, chiefly humorous) a sexual partner
- (colloquial, vulgar, card games) A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
- (colloquial, vulgar) A difficult or confounding problem.
- (LGBTQ slang, derogatory) An obviously gay man.
- (vulgar, colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
- (vulgar, offensive) A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way
verb
- complain
- (intransitive) To complain.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
noun
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
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- popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
- (informal) A cause for complaint; a grumble.
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- complain
- utter a harsh abrupt scream
- (slang, intransitive) To speak out; to protest.
- To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
- (slang, intransitive) To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
- (aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
- (programming, intransitive, informal) To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
noun
- informal terms for objecting
- the noise of squawking
- (aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
- A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
- The American night heron.
- (programming, informal) A warning message indicating a possible error.
- (aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
- (informal) A complaint or objection.
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- A male having at least one parent in common with another person (see half-brother, stepbrother).
- (informal) A form of address to a man.
- Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.
- (poetic) Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.
- Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
- Son of the same parents as another person.
- (African-American Vernacular) A fellow black man.
- A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
- a male with the same parents as someone else
- a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)
- used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
- a close male friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
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phrase
- Expressing exasperation.
- Used to explain or justify something, such as one's course of action.
- Expressing that the conclusion is the same as it was suggested before; the other party's statement actually implies the same thing as one's own idea.
- Used while giving someone something.
- You have done it, or are doing it, correctly.
adj
- Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.
- (Canada, Northern England, figurative) Of weather: blustery, windy; also, of wind: cold and strong; bitter, sharp.
- Quick to become bad-tempered or cross, especially due to insignificant matters; irritable, pettish, petulant.
- easily irritated or annoyed
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- a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
- a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- (slang, derogatory) Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters.
- A baby who cries excessively.
- (slang, derogatory) Someone who takes offense or excessively complains or cries when things are not going well.
verb
noun
- a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
- the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system
- (slang) The radio used in police vehicles to keep in contact with headquarters.
- (slang) An informant; a stool pigeon.
- A person who complains or protests noisily.
- A loudspeaker used for frequencies intermediate between those of a woofer and a tweeter.
- Something that squawks.
noun
- Aggravation; bother.
- (chiefly UK, Australia) Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.
- (gaming) Hostile attention from an enemy.
- (gaming) A measure of a player's level of belligerence.
- (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression
adj
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Angry.
- (TCGs) Of a player, favoring such decks.
- (British, US, slang) Hardcore, aggressive.
- (colloquial) Aggressive; inclined to attack (including, in video games, without having first been attacked).
- (TCGs) Of a deck, designed for aggressive play that seeks to defeat the opponent in the early stages of the game.
verb
noun
- A cause of annoyance.
- A bubble, as on a painted surface.
- (medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
- (uncountable) A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
- A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
- A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
- A swelling on a plant.
- (roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
- a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
- (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
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- annoy persistently
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
- (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- (transitive) To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
noun
- insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
- (television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- (gambling, slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
- (informal) Any minibeast.
- (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- (chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- Any insect.
- (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- (Maine) A lobster.
- (gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
- (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- (printing) Synonym of union bug.
- (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- (slang, US, horse-racing, by extension) A young apprentice jockey.
- (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- (chiefly LGBTQ, "the bug") HIV.
verb
- annoy persistently
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- 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 poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
noun
- The act of complaining.
- (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
- A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
- (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.
- A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
- an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- an expression of grievance or resentment
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
- (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
noun
- a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
- a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- (slang, derogatory) Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters.
- A baby who cries excessively.
- (slang, derogatory) Someone who takes offense or excessively complains or cries when things are not going well.
verb
noun
- a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
- the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system
- (slang) The radio used in police vehicles to keep in contact with headquarters.
- (slang) An informant; a stool pigeon.
- A person who complains or protests noisily.
- A loudspeaker used for frequencies intermediate between those of a woofer and a tweeter.
- Something that squawks.
noun
- Aggravation; bother.
- (chiefly UK, Australia) Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.
- (gaming) Hostile attention from an enemy.
- (gaming) A measure of a player's level of belligerence.
- (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression
adj
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Angry.
- (TCGs) Of a player, favoring such decks.
- (British, US, slang) Hardcore, aggressive.
- (colloquial) Aggressive; inclined to attack (including, in video games, without having first been attacked).
- (TCGs) Of a deck, designed for aggressive play that seeks to defeat the opponent in the early stages of the game.
verb
noun
- A cause of annoyance.
- A bubble, as on a painted surface.
- (medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
- (uncountable) A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
- A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
- A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
- A swelling on a plant.
- (roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
- a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
- (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
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- complain whiningly
- move with a whining sound
- make a high-pitched, screeching noise
- talk in a tearful manner
- (transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.
- (intransitive) To move with a whining sound.
- (intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine, i.e. in a peevish or self-pitying way.
- (intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.
- (intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.
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- bother persistently with trivial complaints
- worry persistently
- remind or urge constantly
- To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
- To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
- (ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
noun
verb
- bother persistently with trivial complaints
- eat like a bird
- kiss lightly
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
- To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
- (ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- (regional) To throw.
- (rare) To type in general.
- To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
- To kiss briefly.
- (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- To type by searching for each key individually.
- To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
noun
- a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
- a light kiss
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
- bite by a bird
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
- Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
- Misspelling of pec.
- One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.
- A small kiss.
- An act of striking with a beak.
verb
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
noun
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
verb
- complain
- (transitive, slang) To add weight or strength to.
- (intransitive, slang) To fart; break wind.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, intransitive, slang) To feud or hold a grudge against.
- (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- (intransitive, chiefly Yorkshire) To cry.
- (transitive, slang) To fail or mess up.
- (intransitive, slang, Australia) To sing or speak loudly; to cry out.
noun
- meat from an adult domestic bovine
- informal terms for objecting
- cattle that are reared for their meat
- (uncountable) Bovine animals.
- (uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
- (figurative, slang, uncountable) Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
- (slang, uncountable or countable, plural beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)
- (now chiefly Canada, US, countable, now uncommon, plural beeves) A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
- (prison slang) A criminal charge.
- (by extension, slang, uncountable) Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
- (Dorset) Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
- (in the meat industry, on product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
adj
verb
noun
- a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- informal terms for objecting
- an unpleasant difficulty
- female of any member of the dog family
- (vulgar, offensive, slang) A woman.
- (dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
- (vulgar, informal, slang) Place; situation
- (vulgar, offensive) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
- (vulgar, figurative) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
- (slang, vulgar, offensive, often sexist) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
- (slang, vulgar, idiomatic, derogatory, misogynistic) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
- (humorous, vulgar, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun) Friend.
- (chess, slang, vulgar, offensive) A queen.
- (LGBTQ slang, idiomatic, vulgar, chiefly humorous) a sexual partner
- (colloquial, vulgar, card games) A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
- (colloquial, vulgar) A difficult or confounding problem.
- (LGBTQ slang, derogatory) An obviously gay man.
- (vulgar, colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
- (vulgar, offensive) A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way
verb
- complain
- (intransitive) To complain.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
noun
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
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noun
verb
noun
- popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
- (informal) A cause for complaint; a grumble.
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verb
- complain
- utter a harsh abrupt scream
- (slang, intransitive) To speak out; to protest.
- To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
- (slang, intransitive) To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
- (aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
- (programming, intransitive, informal) To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
noun
- informal terms for objecting
- the noise of squawking
- (aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
- A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
- The American night heron.
- (programming, informal) A warning message indicating a possible error.
- (aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
- (informal) A complaint or objection.
verb
noun
verb
- annoy persistently
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
- (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- (transitive) To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
noun
- insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
- (television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- (gambling, slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
- (informal) Any minibeast.
- (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- (chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- Any insect.
- (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- (Maine) A lobster.
- (gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
- (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- (printing) Synonym of union bug.
- (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- (slang, US, horse-racing, by extension) A young apprentice jockey.
- (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- (chiefly LGBTQ, "the bug") HIV.
verb
- annoy persistently
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- 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 poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
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adj
- Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.
- (Canada, Northern England, figurative) Of weather: blustery, windy; also, of wind: cold and strong; bitter, sharp.
- Quick to become bad-tempered or cross, especially due to insignificant matters; irritable, pettish, petulant.
- easily irritated or annoyed