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- (of a voice) Harsh or dissonant.
- Broken into coarse pieces.
- Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
- (slang) Crazy; crackpot.
- (slang, usually of a video game) Surprisingly very good in the quality of experience.
- (slang) Extremely skilled at something (usually a video game).
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
- used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
- (of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; unpleasant sounding or looking
- (of behaviour) Violent; rude; boisterous
- (of weather) Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous
- (of temper, character, or people) Harsh; austere; hard
- Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
- Covered with a rug.
- (of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy
- (of land) Rocky and bare of plantlife.
- Rough with bristly hair; shaggy.
- Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
- (of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.
- (of looks, appearance etc.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled
- Having a rug or rugs.
- (computing, of a computer) Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.
- sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
- having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
- very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
- topographically very uneven
- (also figurative) Of sounds: harsh, jarring; specifically (music), of musical notes or tunes: not in harmony; dissonant, inharmonious.
- (geology, physical geography, originally US) Of a rock formation or other land feature, or its alignment: cutting across or transverse to neighbouring features.
- Of people: disagreeing with each other; dissenting, quarrelsome.
- (chiefly genetics) Of two similar subjects, especially twins: differing in some characteristic.
- Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.
- (healthcare) Ellipsis of serodiscordant (“of a couple: with one partner HIV positive and the other HIV negative”).
- (mathematics, statistics) Of figures, etc.: having opposite signs (for example, positive and negative).
- Of a coastline: having bands of different types of rock running transversely to the coast, leading to the formation of alternating bays and headlands.
- lacking in harmony
- not in agreement or harmony
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man
- sound sharply or shrilly
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- cut or make a way through
- make a hole into
- move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
- (transitive) To puncture; to break through.
- (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly
- (transitive) To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
- (transitive, figurative) To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
- (transitive, figurative) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
- Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
- Rough; shaggy; rugged.
- (computing) Of a data structure: having uneven levels.
- (music) Performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.
- Wearing tattered clothes.
- Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.
- In tatters, having the texture broken.
- Having rough edges; jagged or uneven
- (typography, of a block of type) Not justified; having an uneven vertical margin.
- worn out from stress or strain
- being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
- having an irregular outline
- Sounding harsh and throaty.
- (phonetics) having a place of articulation towards the back of the mouth; in modern use, uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal; in earlier or non-technical use, also including velar.
- (medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.
- relating to or articulated in the throat
- like the sounds of frogs and crows
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- Violent; not careful or subtle.
- Harsh-tasting.
- (of a place) Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.
- Not smooth; uneven.
- (of a gem) Not polished; uncut.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Difficult; trying.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
- Turbulent.
- Of or relating to the rough breathing in the Greek language.
- not perfected
- unkind or cruel or uncivil
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- having or caused by an irregular surface
- unpleasantly stern
- full of hardship or trials
- not quite exact or correct
- ready and able to resort to force or violence
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- violently agitated and turbulent
- not carefully or expertly made
- not shaped by cutting or trimming
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
- (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
- A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- (transitive) To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.
- To render rough; to roughen.
- (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
- To endure primitive conditions.
- (boxing, wrestling, intransitive) To break the rules by being excessively violent.
- To create in an approximate form.
- To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- (intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
- (transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
- (transitive, British, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something).
- (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- laugh loudly and harshly
- braying characteristic of donkeys
- The sound made by something that grates against something else.
- (nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
- The loose material that comes from something being grated.
- A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
- A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
- An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
- (now rare outside dialects, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
- (now rare outside dialects) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
- (now rare outside dialects) Tall; big; stout.
- (now rare outside dialects, of cloth, land, etc.) Inflexible, stiff.
- (now rare outside dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
- (now rare outside dialects) Bold; audacious.
- Of speech, sternly, harshly or critically.
- Piercingly; keenly; severely; painfully.
- Quickly and alertly.
- Rapidly, abruptly.
- (to describe breathing) Suddenly and intensely like a gasp, but typically as the result of an emotional reaction.
- Steeply; precipitously.
- Stylishly, smartly.
- Precisely, accurately.
- So as to terminate in a sharp point or edge.
- In an intellectually alert and penetrating manner.
- In a strongly distinguishing or differentiating manner; acutely.
- So as to form a sharp, or tight, angle.
- in an aggressive manner
- changing suddenly in direction and degree
- very suddenly and to a great degree
- in a well delineated manner
- a harsh mixture of sounds
- (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
- lack of agreement or harmony
- strife resulting from a lack of agreement
- disagreement among those expected to cooperate
- Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.
- Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
- Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
- make a strident sound
- make a strident noise
- (archaic except British, dialectal) To make a lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring.
- (Often followed by out) To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.
- To make a loud sound, especially like a trumpet.
- (figuratively) To express (ideas, words, etc.) loudly; to proclaim.
- instill (into a person) by constant repetition
- make a resonant sound, like artillery
- (intransitive) To make a din, to resound.
- (transitive) To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise.
- (intransitive) (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound.
- (transitive) To repeat (something) continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody, or (sometimes particularly) to impress or instill (it, into someone).
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- sharply and harshly discordant
- conflicting, contrasting, or contrary; inconsonant, incompatible, or irreconcilable
- Producing a clash or series of clashes.
- adverse or antagonistic; disagreeing or opposing
- mismatched, inharmonious, discordant or dissonant, not fitting well together (especially in regards to aesthetics, colors, clothing, or sounds)
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- the act of diluting something
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- (countable, UK) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- (countable) A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
- (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
- (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
- having a specified kind of border or edge
- having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination
- That has a sharp planar surface.
- (followed by with or in a compound adjective) Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
- Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
- (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides; forceful in a positive way.
- Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
- Grating or obnoxious.
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)
- conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- being sharply insistent on being heard
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- easily irritated or annoyed
- causing abrasion
- lacking consistency
- Characterized by scratches.
- (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
- (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
- (chiefly of a sore throat) Irritating; itchy.
- (informal) Irritable; tetchy.
- (intransitive, dialectal) A noise, rattling.
- (US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
- (dialectal) A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug.
- (military, derogatory and demeaning) A new and naive boot camp inductee.
- Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
- a stack of hay
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
- (transitive, dialectal) To pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull.
- To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To raffle.
- To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
- (transitive, dialectal) To scold.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To grumble.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter.
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- pile in ricks
- (countable, uncountable) A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
- disagreeable sounds
- (countable) An instance of that state.
- (music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
- (uncountable) A state of disagreement or conflict.
- a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
- the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
- harsh or severe speech or behavior
- used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
- rowdy behavior
- a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- an unpolished unrefined quality
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- (US) Roughage; coarse fodder.
- (Scotland) Abundance, especially of food.
- Something that is rough; a rough spot.
- The property of being rough, coarseness.
- (countable, engineering) A measure of how rough something is, such as a surface
- Of music or some other sound: not discordant or harsh; clear and pure-sounding.
- Of a person, their mind, etc.: able to think and understand clearly; not confused; clear, sharp.
- Easily understood; clear.
- Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.
- transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
- (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
- Strict or harsh.
- Very bad or intense.
- Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
- very strong or vigorous
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- very bad in degree or extent
- unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- severely simple
- Harsh; severe.
- Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.
- Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.
- (British, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.
- Having a wick.
- morally bad in principle or practice
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- having committed unrighteous acts
- naughtily or annoyingly playful
- To make (a sound) less harsh.
- To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount; to pay off.
- To convert (assets) into cash; to encash, to realize, to redeem.
- To use up (money or other assets) wastefully; to dissipate, to squander, to waste.
- (intransitive, business, commercial law, finance) Of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation, to wind up.
- (informal) To kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder; also, to abolish or eliminate (something); to do away with, to put an end to.
- To settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations, by determining liabilities, using assets to pay debts, and apportioning the remaining assets if any; to wind up.
- convert into cash
- eliminate by paying off (debts)
- settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
- (uncountable) Sexual intercourse with a woman
- A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- (by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.
- (firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
- (zoology) Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
- (countable) The vagina or vulva.
- The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
- A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
- (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
- (rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
- A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
- The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.
- (games) A shuffleboard paddle.
- any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
- a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
- any of various coarse seaweeds
- a tart spicy quality
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- cause to make a snapping sound
- record on photographic film
- bring the jaws together
- close with a snapping motion
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- move or strike with a noise
- lose control of one's emotions
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- put in play with a snap
- (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
- (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- (intransitive) To misfire.
- (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- (social media, ditransitive) Alternative letter-case form of Snap (“to send a visual message through the Snapchat application”).
- (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- (intransitive) To move or shift suddenly.
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- a spell of cold weather
- a sudden sharp noise
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- (colloquial) Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”).
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- (colloquial) Something of no value.
- (uncountable) A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.
- A sudden break.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- (colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A tool used by riveters.
- The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
- (Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A newsflash.
- Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
- (slang) An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- (UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- (Canada, US) Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- (British, by extension) Used to express agreement.
- (British, Australia, by extension) "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise
- make more complicated or confused through entanglements
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- (transitive) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
- (transitive) To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated.
- (transitive) To complain angrily; to utter growlingly.
- (intransitive) To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be congested in traffic, or to make traffic congested.
- (intransitive) To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
- (intransitive) To become entangled.
- To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface; to repoussé
- a vicious angry growl
- an angry vicious expression
- something jumbled or confused
- A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle.
- A growl, for example that of an angry or surly dog, or similar; grumbling sounds.
- An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation.
- A slow-moving traffic jam.
- The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
- A squabble.
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- (intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
- (transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
- (transitive, British, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something).
- (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- laugh loudly and harshly
- braying characteristic of donkeys
- a harsh mixture of sounds
- (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
- lack of agreement or harmony
- strife resulting from a lack of agreement
- disagreement among those expected to cooperate
- Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.
- Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
- Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
- make a strident sound
- make a strident noise
- (archaic except British, dialectal) To make a lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring.
- (Often followed by out) To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.
- To make a loud sound, especially like a trumpet.
- (figuratively) To express (ideas, words, etc.) loudly; to proclaim.
- instill (into a person) by constant repetition
- make a resonant sound, like artillery
- (intransitive) To make a din, to resound.
- (transitive) To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise.
- (intransitive) (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound.
- (transitive) To repeat (something) continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody, or (sometimes particularly) to impress or instill (it, into someone).
- (intransitive, dialectal) A noise, rattling.
- (US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
- (dialectal) A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug.
- (military, derogatory and demeaning) A new and naive boot camp inductee.
- Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
- a stack of hay
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
- (transitive, dialectal) To pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull.
- To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To raffle.
- To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
- (transitive, dialectal) To scold.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To grumble.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter.
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- pile in ricks
- (countable, uncountable) A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
- disagreeable sounds
- (countable) An instance of that state.
- (music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
- (uncountable) A state of disagreement or conflict.
- a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
- the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
- harsh or severe speech or behavior
- used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
- rowdy behavior
- a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- an unpolished unrefined quality
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- (US) Roughage; coarse fodder.
- (Scotland) Abundance, especially of food.
- Something that is rough; a rough spot.
- The property of being rough, coarseness.
- (countable, engineering) A measure of how rough something is, such as a surface
- Sounding harsh and throaty.
- (phonetics) having a place of articulation towards the back of the mouth; in modern use, uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal; in earlier or non-technical use, also including velar.
- (medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.
- relating to or articulated in the throat
- like the sounds of frogs and crows
- A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
- (uncountable) Sexual intercourse with a woman
- A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- (by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle.
- (firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
- (zoology) Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
- (countable) The vagina or vulva.
- The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
- A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
- (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
- (rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)
- A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
- The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.
- (games) A shuffleboard paddle.
- any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
- a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
- any of various coarse seaweeds
- a tart spicy quality
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- sound sharply or shrilly
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- cut or make a way through
- make a hole into
- move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
- (transitive) To puncture; to break through.
- (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly
- (transitive) To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
- (transitive, figurative) To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
- (transitive, figurative) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
- (intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
- (transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
- (transitive, British, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something).
- (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- laugh loudly and harshly
- braying characteristic of donkeys
- To make (a sound) less harsh.
- To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount; to pay off.
- To convert (assets) into cash; to encash, to realize, to redeem.
- To use up (money or other assets) wastefully; to dissipate, to squander, to waste.
- (intransitive, business, commercial law, finance) Of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation, to wind up.
- (informal) To kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder; also, to abolish or eliminate (something); to do away with, to put an end to.
- To settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations, by determining liabilities, using assets to pay debts, and apportioning the remaining assets if any; to wind up.
- convert into cash
- eliminate by paying off (debts)
- settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- cause to make a snapping sound
- record on photographic film
- bring the jaws together
- close with a snapping motion
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- move or strike with a noise
- lose control of one's emotions
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- put in play with a snap
- (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
- (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- (intransitive) To misfire.
- (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- (social media, ditransitive) Alternative letter-case form of Snap (“to send a visual message through the Snapchat application”).
- (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- (intransitive) To move or shift suddenly.
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- a spell of cold weather
- a sudden sharp noise
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- (colloquial) Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”).
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- (colloquial) Something of no value.
- (uncountable) A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.
- A sudden break.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- (colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A tool used by riveters.
- The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
- (Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A newsflash.
- Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
- (slang) An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- (UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- (Canada, US) Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- (British, by extension) Used to express agreement.
- (British, Australia, by extension) "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise
- make more complicated or confused through entanglements
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- (transitive) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
- (transitive) To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated.
- (transitive) To complain angrily; to utter growlingly.
- (intransitive) To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be congested in traffic, or to make traffic congested.
- (intransitive) To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
- (intransitive) To become entangled.
- To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface; to repoussé
- a vicious angry growl
- an angry vicious expression
- something jumbled or confused
- A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle.
- A growl, for example that of an angry or surly dog, or similar; grumbling sounds.
- An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation.
- A slow-moving traffic jam.
- The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
- A squabble.
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- Of speech, sternly, harshly or critically.
- Piercingly; keenly; severely; painfully.
- Quickly and alertly.
- Rapidly, abruptly.
- (to describe breathing) Suddenly and intensely like a gasp, but typically as the result of an emotional reaction.
- Steeply; precipitously.
- Stylishly, smartly.
- Precisely, accurately.
- So as to terminate in a sharp point or edge.
- In an intellectually alert and penetrating manner.
- In a strongly distinguishing or differentiating manner; acutely.
- So as to form a sharp, or tight, angle.
- in an aggressive manner
- changing suddenly in direction and degree
- very suddenly and to a great degree
- in a well delineated manner
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- (of a voice) Harsh or dissonant.
- Broken into coarse pieces.
- Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
- (slang) Crazy; crackpot.
- (slang, usually of a video game) Surprisingly very good in the quality of experience.
- (slang) Extremely skilled at something (usually a video game).
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
- used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
- (of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; unpleasant sounding or looking
- (of behaviour) Violent; rude; boisterous
- (of weather) Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous
- (of temper, character, or people) Harsh; austere; hard
- Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
- Covered with a rug.
- (of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy
- (of land) Rocky and bare of plantlife.
- Rough with bristly hair; shaggy.
- Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
- (of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.
- (of looks, appearance etc.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled
- Having a rug or rugs.
- (computing, of a computer) Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.
- sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
- having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
- very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
- topographically very uneven
- (also figurative) Of sounds: harsh, jarring; specifically (music), of musical notes or tunes: not in harmony; dissonant, inharmonious.
- (geology, physical geography, originally US) Of a rock formation or other land feature, or its alignment: cutting across or transverse to neighbouring features.
- Of people: disagreeing with each other; dissenting, quarrelsome.
- (chiefly genetics) Of two similar subjects, especially twins: differing in some characteristic.
- Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.
- (healthcare) Ellipsis of serodiscordant (“of a couple: with one partner HIV positive and the other HIV negative”).
- (mathematics, statistics) Of figures, etc.: having opposite signs (for example, positive and negative).
- Of a coastline: having bands of different types of rock running transversely to the coast, leading to the formation of alternating bays and headlands.
- lacking in harmony
- not in agreement or harmony
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man
- Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
- Rough; shaggy; rugged.
- (computing) Of a data structure: having uneven levels.
- (music) Performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.
- Wearing tattered clothes.
- Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.
- In tatters, having the texture broken.
- Having rough edges; jagged or uneven
- (typography, of a block of type) Not justified; having an uneven vertical margin.
- worn out from stress or strain
- being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
- having an irregular outline
- Sounding harsh and throaty.
- (phonetics) having a place of articulation towards the back of the mouth; in modern use, uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal; in earlier or non-technical use, also including velar.
- (medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.
- relating to or articulated in the throat
- like the sounds of frogs and crows
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- Violent; not careful or subtle.
- Harsh-tasting.
- (of a place) Having socio-economic problems, hence possibly dangerous.
- Not smooth; uneven.
- (of a gem) Not polished; uncut.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Difficult; trying.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
- Turbulent.
- Of or relating to the rough breathing in the Greek language.
- not perfected
- unkind or cruel or uncivil
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- having or caused by an irregular surface
- unpleasantly stern
- full of hardship or trials
- not quite exact or correct
- ready and able to resort to force or violence
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- violently agitated and turbulent
- not carefully or expertly made
- not shaped by cutting or trimming
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
- (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
- A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- (transitive) To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.
- To render rough; to roughen.
- (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
- To endure primitive conditions.
- (boxing, wrestling, intransitive) To break the rules by being excessively violent.
- To create in an approximate form.
- To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
- The sound made by something that grates against something else.
- (nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
- The loose material that comes from something being grated.
- A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
- A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
- An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
- (now rare outside dialects, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
- (now rare outside dialects) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
- (now rare outside dialects) Tall; big; stout.
- (now rare outside dialects, of cloth, land, etc.) Inflexible, stiff.
- (now rare outside dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
- (now rare outside dialects) Bold; audacious.
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- sharply and harshly discordant
- conflicting, contrasting, or contrary; inconsonant, incompatible, or irreconcilable
- Producing a clash or series of clashes.
- adverse or antagonistic; disagreeing or opposing
- mismatched, inharmonious, discordant or dissonant, not fitting well together (especially in regards to aesthetics, colors, clothing, or sounds)
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- the act of diluting something
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- (countable, UK) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- (countable) A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
- (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
- (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
- having a specified kind of border or edge
- having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination
- That has a sharp planar surface.
- (followed by with or in a compound adjective) Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
- Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
- (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides; forceful in a positive way.
- Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
- Grating or obnoxious.
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)
- conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- being sharply insistent on being heard
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- easily irritated or annoyed
- causing abrasion
- lacking consistency
- Characterized by scratches.
- (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
- (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
- (chiefly of a sore throat) Irritating; itchy.
- (informal) Irritable; tetchy.
- Of music or some other sound: not discordant or harsh; clear and pure-sounding.
- Of a person, their mind, etc.: able to think and understand clearly; not confused; clear, sharp.
- Easily understood; clear.
- Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.
- transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
- (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
- Strict or harsh.
- Very bad or intense.
- Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
- very strong or vigorous
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- very bad in degree or extent
- unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- severely simple
- Harsh; severe.
- Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.
- Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.
- (British, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.
- Having a wick.
- morally bad in principle or practice
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- having committed unrighteous acts
- naughtily or annoyingly playful