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noun
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- a large and strong and heavyset man
- a serious and ludicrous blunder
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called ‘cow’; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- the center of a target
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
- (UK) Clipping of bullseye.
- (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- (LGBTQ, slang) An elderly lesbian.
- (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- (slang, uncountable) Beef.
- A lie.
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
- A large, strong man.
- A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
- (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
- A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
- (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
- (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
verb
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- advance in price
- push or force
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.
- To mock; to cheat.
- (UK, military, transitive) To polish (boots) to a high shine.
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
- (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
- (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
- (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
adj
noun
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- (military, historical) A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
- (spinning) A conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
- A quill or tube upon which silk is wound.
- (informal) A police officer or prison guard.
- (architecture, military) A merlon.
verb
- take into custody
- take by theft
- (intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
- (transitive, originally New York dialectal, informal, African-American Vernacular) To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- (transitive) To adopt.
- (slang, transitive) To take (a look, glance, etc.).
- (transitive, slang, of a pimp) To recruit a prostitute into the stable.
- (transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
- (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
- (transitive) To steal.
noun
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
verb
- coat with a layer of copper
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
adj
noun
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- the first beard of an adolescent boy
- filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
- a hazy or indistinct representation
- Misspelling of fuss.
- Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.
- A state of befuddlement.
- (computing) The random data used in fuzz testing.
- A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.
- (US, slang, with "the") The police, or any law enforcement agency.
- Fuzziness, vagueness.
- A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
verb
noun
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- (derogatory, slang) A police officer.
- a coarse obnoxious person
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- domestic swine
- a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
- mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
- (US, slang) A Cadillac car.
- (figuratively, derogatory) An obese person.
- (figuratively, derogatory) A dirty or slovenly person.
- (uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
- (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- (US, military, slang) The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
- (US, slang) A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
- (uncountable) A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.
- (countable and uncountable) An oblong block of cast metal (now only iron or lead).
- (Scotland) An earthenware pot or jar
- (engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.
- (countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
- (informal) A difficult problem.
- (slang) The victim of a pig butchering scam.
- (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
- (specifically) An earthenware vessel used as a hot-water bottle
- (figuratively, derogatory) A lecherous or sexist man.
- A lead container used for radioactive waste.
- (uncountable) A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).
- The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
verb
- live like a pig, in squalor
- give birth to (piglets)
- eat greedily
- (intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
- (intransitive) To live together in a crowded filthy manner.
- (intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).
- (of swine) To give birth.
- (transitive, engineering) To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
noun
verb
noun
- (uncommon, costermongers) A policeman.
- (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
- Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot.
- (uncountable) Semi-solid-like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
- (figurative, derogatory) Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s.
- (sometimes in the plural) Domestic wastewater.
- (South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
- (Internet, artificial intelligence, derogatory) Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content.
- (slang) Fellatio.
- (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
- (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
- (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
- wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
verb
- (transitive, games) In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- (intransitive) To make one's way through soggy terrain.
- (transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
- (transitive) To feed pigs.
- feed pigs
- ladle clumsily
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- walk through mud or mire
noun
- (law enforcement) A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
- A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
- (computer graphics) In OpenGL, a global shader variable whose value does not change between rendering calls, serving as a parameter.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification
adj
- (mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
- Unvarying; all the same.
- (geometry) (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.
- Consistent; conforming to one standard.
- (chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
- the same throughout in structure or composition
- not differentiated
- evenly spaced
- always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
verb
noun
- an informal term for a British policeman
- (Scotland, slang) A penis.
- (British, Ireland, Australia, slang) A railway signaller.
- A banana that is extra small in size.
- A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or otherwise defective.
- (British, Ireland, Australia, slang) A police officer.
- (MLE) Cocaine.
noun
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police officer.
- (business) Initialism of purchase order.
- Initialism of playoff.
- Initialism of post office.
- (military) Initialism of petty officer.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of probation officer.
- Initialism of principal officer.
- an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
- a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
adj
adv
noun
- (slang) A police officer.
- A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
- Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
- (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
- (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
- (Internet, video games) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
- A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
- A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
- (graphical user interface) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
- an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
- any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)
verb
noun
- (slang) A police officer.
- (often in the plural) A very small piece of plush material such as lint.
- Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
- (slang) A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.
- (slang, military) A soldier with the rank of private.
adj
- Not clear; unfocused.
- (computing theory) Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.
- Vague or imprecise.
- Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
- Warm and comforting; affectionate.
- covering with fine light hairs
- confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out
- indistinct or hazy in outline
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
- (transitive) To trudge over or through.
- (transitive) To extrude (soap, margarine, etc.) through a die plate so it can be cut into billets.
- (intransitive) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
- walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
noun
- (British, slang) A police officer.
- (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“one of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle”).
- (Australia) A swim or bathe; a bath.
- (UK) A piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril; a booger.
- (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
- (military, aviation, slang, proscribed) Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.
- A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
- (military, aviation) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“hand-operated truck or trolley”).
- (golf) The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone.
- (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- (UK, engineering) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
- an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
- (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
- a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
verb
noun
- (uncountable, slang) The police.
- (uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
- (countable) A hot spell.
- (countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
- (countable, fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.
- (countable, baseball) A fastball.
- (uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
- (countable, by extension) A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
- (uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
- (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
- (uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.
- (uncountable, slang) Stylish and valuable sneakers.
- (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
- (countable) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
- (slang, endearing) The arousal or horniness of a person, likened to that of a mammal.
- (uncountable) Thermal energy.
- (uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
- (professional wrestling slang) A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.
- (uncountable) The output of a heating system.
- (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
- a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
- the trait of being intensely emotional
- the presence of heat
- the sensation caused by heat energy
- a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
- utility to warm a building
- applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
- (transitive, figurative) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse, to excite (sexually).
- (transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
- (intransitive) To become hotter.
- provide with heat
- gain heat or get hot
- make hot or hotter
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
noun
- (law enforcement) Abbreviation of (police) detective.
- (pornography) Initialism of deep-throating.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of dethermalizer.
- (education) Initialism of design and technology.
- (computing) Initialism of device tree.
- (slang) Abbreviation of detention.
- (American football, Canadian football) Initialism of defensive tackle.
- (medicine) Initialism of diphtheria and tetanus (a type of combination vaccine).
- (television) Initialism of digital television.
- (pathology) Initialism of delirium tremens.
- (slang) Abbreviation of drug test.
name
noun
- (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
- (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
- (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
- (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
- (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
- a male officer of the law
noun
- (UK, Australia, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A police officer.
- A marine jellyfish of the genus Physalia, which includes Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, and Physalia utriculus, the Pacific man-of-war; a man-of-war.
- Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.
- A blue ant, Diamma bicolor, a parasitic wasp native to Australia.
- A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium, also called triangles, etc.
- an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
- blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
noun
- (slang) The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.
- (military slang, by ellipsis of twelve o'clock) Front (front side of something, position in front of something).
- A twelve-bore gun.
- A group of twelve items.
- (law, colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
- the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
num
adj
noun
- (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.
- (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
- (heraldry) The escutcheon on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- (figurative) One who protects or defends.
- (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
- (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- (mining, tunnelling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
- (automotive, British English) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- a protective covering or structure
- armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
verb
noun
- Abbreviation of constable.
- (postnominal qualification) Initialism of certified sex therapist.
- (computing) Initialism of concrete syntax tree.
- (medicine) Initialism of convulsive shock treatment.
- standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States
name
noun
- (UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
- (historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
- The warden of a castle.
- (US) An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
- A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
- (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
- One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
- a police officer of the lowest rank
- a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
noun
- A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- One who holds a public office.
- (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
- a member of a police force
- someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
- a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
- any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
verb
noun
- Initialism of Civil Police Officer.
- (automotive, electricity) Initialism of charge point operator.
- Initialism of county prosecutor's office.
- Initialism of chief petty officer.
- Initialism of chief privacy officer.
- Initialism of certified pool operator (of swimming pools).
- (automotive) Initialism of certified pre-owned Referring to a used car asserted to be in good condition whose warranty (from the seller, manufacturer, or insurer) is asserted to be extensive.
- Initialism of chief procurement officer.
noun
verb
adj
- In police livery, as opposed to unmarked. (of a police vehicle)
- (linguistics, of a word, form, or phoneme) Distinguished by a positive feature.
- Having a visible or identifying mark.
- Singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.
- (of a playing card) Having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
- Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
- having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination
- singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate
- strongly marked; easily noticeable
verb
noun
- a policeman in charge of a precinct
- a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- the naval officer in command of a military ship
- the leader of a group of people
- the pilot in charge of an airship
- an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- A maître d', a headwaiter.
- The leader of a group of workers.
- The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
- One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- (aviation) A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- The head boy of a school.
- A chief or leader.
- A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
- (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
verb
noun
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- a large and strong and heavyset man
- a serious and ludicrous blunder
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called ‘cow’; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- the center of a target
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
- (UK) Clipping of bullseye.
- (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- (LGBTQ, slang) An elderly lesbian.
- (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- (slang, uncountable) Beef.
- A lie.
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
- A large, strong man.
- A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
- (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
- A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
- (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
- (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
verb
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- advance in price
- push or force
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.
- To mock; to cheat.
- (UK, military, transitive) To polish (boots) to a high shine.
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
- (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
- (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
- (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
adj
noun
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- (military, historical) A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
- (spinning) A conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
- A quill or tube upon which silk is wound.
- (informal) A police officer or prison guard.
- (architecture, military) A merlon.
verb
- take into custody
- take by theft
- (intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
- (transitive, originally New York dialectal, informal, African-American Vernacular) To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- (transitive) To adopt.
- (slang, transitive) To take (a look, glance, etc.).
- (transitive, slang, of a pimp) To recruit a prostitute into the stable.
- (transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
- (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
- (transitive) To steal.
noun
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
verb
- coat with a layer of copper
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
adj
noun
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- the first beard of an adolescent boy
- filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
- a hazy or indistinct representation
- Misspelling of fuss.
- Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.
- A state of befuddlement.
- (computing) The random data used in fuzz testing.
- A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.
- (US, slang, with "the") The police, or any law enforcement agency.
- Fuzziness, vagueness.
- A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
verb
noun
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- (derogatory, slang) A police officer.
- a coarse obnoxious person
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- domestic swine
- a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
- mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
- (US, slang) A Cadillac car.
- (figuratively, derogatory) An obese person.
- (figuratively, derogatory) A dirty or slovenly person.
- (uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
- (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- (US, military, slang) The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
- (US, slang) A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
- (uncountable) A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.
- (countable and uncountable) An oblong block of cast metal (now only iron or lead).
- (Scotland) An earthenware pot or jar
- (engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.
- (countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
- (informal) A difficult problem.
- (slang) The victim of a pig butchering scam.
- (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
- (specifically) An earthenware vessel used as a hot-water bottle
- (figuratively, derogatory) A lecherous or sexist man.
- A lead container used for radioactive waste.
- (uncountable) A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).
- The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
verb
- live like a pig, in squalor
- give birth to (piglets)
- eat greedily
- (intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
- (intransitive) To live together in a crowded filthy manner.
- (intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).
- (of swine) To give birth.
- (transitive, engineering) To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
noun
verb
noun
- (uncommon, costermongers) A policeman.
- (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
- Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot.
- (uncountable) Semi-solid-like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
- (figurative, derogatory) Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s.
- (sometimes in the plural) Domestic wastewater.
- (South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
- (Internet, artificial intelligence, derogatory) Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content.
- (slang) Fellatio.
- (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
- (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
- (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
- wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
verb
- (transitive, games) In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- (intransitive) To make one's way through soggy terrain.
- (transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
- (transitive) To feed pigs.
- feed pigs
- ladle clumsily
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- walk through mud or mire
noun
- (law enforcement) A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
- A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
- (computer graphics) In OpenGL, a global shader variable whose value does not change between rendering calls, serving as a parameter.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification
adj
- (mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
- Unvarying; all the same.
- (geometry) (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.
- Consistent; conforming to one standard.
- (chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
- the same throughout in structure or composition
- not differentiated
- evenly spaced
- always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
verb
noun
- an informal term for a British policeman
- (Scotland, slang) A penis.
- (British, Ireland, Australia, slang) A railway signaller.
- A banana that is extra small in size.
- A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or otherwise defective.
- (British, Ireland, Australia, slang) A police officer.
- (MLE) Cocaine.
noun
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police officer.
- (business) Initialism of purchase order.
- Initialism of playoff.
- Initialism of post office.
- (military) Initialism of petty officer.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of probation officer.
- Initialism of principal officer.
- an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
- a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
adj
adv
noun
- (slang) A police officer.
- A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
- Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
- (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
- (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
- (Internet, video games) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
- A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
- A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
- (graphical user interface) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
- an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
- any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)
verb
noun
- (slang) A police officer.
- (often in the plural) A very small piece of plush material such as lint.
- Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
- (slang) A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.
- (slang, military) A soldier with the rank of private.
adj
- Not clear; unfocused.
- (computing theory) Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.
- Vague or imprecise.
- Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
- Warm and comforting; affectionate.
- covering with fine light hairs
- confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out
- indistinct or hazy in outline
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
- (transitive) To trudge over or through.
- (transitive) To extrude (soap, margarine, etc.) through a die plate so it can be cut into billets.
- (intransitive) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
- walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
noun
- (British, slang) A police officer.
- (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“one of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle”).
- (Australia) A swim or bathe; a bath.
- (UK) A piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril; a booger.
- (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
- (military, aviation, slang, proscribed) Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.
- A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
- (military, aviation) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“hand-operated truck or trolley”).
- (golf) The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone.
- (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- (UK, engineering) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
- an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
- (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
- a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
verb
noun
- (uncountable, slang) The police.
- (uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
- (countable) A hot spell.
- (countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
- (countable, fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.
- (countable, baseball) A fastball.
- (uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
- (countable, by extension) A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
- (uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
- (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
- (uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.
- (uncountable, slang) Stylish and valuable sneakers.
- (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
- (countable) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
- (slang, endearing) The arousal or horniness of a person, likened to that of a mammal.
- (uncountable) Thermal energy.
- (uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
- (professional wrestling slang) A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.
- (uncountable) The output of a heating system.
- (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
- a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
- the trait of being intensely emotional
- the presence of heat
- the sensation caused by heat energy
- a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
- utility to warm a building
- applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
- (transitive, figurative) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse, to excite (sexually).
- (transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
- (intransitive) To become hotter.
- provide with heat
- gain heat or get hot
- make hot or hotter
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
noun
- (law enforcement) Abbreviation of (police) detective.
- (pornography) Initialism of deep-throating.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of dethermalizer.
- (education) Initialism of design and technology.
- (computing) Initialism of device tree.
- (slang) Abbreviation of detention.
- (American football, Canadian football) Initialism of defensive tackle.
- (medicine) Initialism of diphtheria and tetanus (a type of combination vaccine).
- (television) Initialism of digital television.
- (pathology) Initialism of delirium tremens.
- (slang) Abbreviation of drug test.
name
noun
- (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
- (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
- (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
- (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
- (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
- a male officer of the law
noun
- (UK, Australia, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A police officer.
- A marine jellyfish of the genus Physalia, which includes Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, and Physalia utriculus, the Pacific man-of-war; a man-of-war.
- Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.
- A blue ant, Diamma bicolor, a parasitic wasp native to Australia.
- A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium, also called triangles, etc.
- an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
- blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
noun
- (slang) The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.
- (military slang, by ellipsis of twelve o'clock) Front (front side of something, position in front of something).
- A twelve-bore gun.
- A group of twelve items.
- (law, colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
- the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
num
adj
noun
- (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.
- (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
- (heraldry) The escutcheon on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- (figurative) One who protects or defends.
- (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
- (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- (mining, tunnelling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
- (automotive, British English) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- a protective covering or structure
- armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
verb
noun
- Abbreviation of constable.
- (postnominal qualification) Initialism of certified sex therapist.
- (computing) Initialism of concrete syntax tree.
- (medicine) Initialism of convulsive shock treatment.
- standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States
name
noun
- (UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
- (historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
- The warden of a castle.
- (US) An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
- A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
- (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
- One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
- a police officer of the lowest rank
- a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
noun
- A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- One who holds a public office.
- (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
- a member of a police force
- someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
- a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
- any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
verb
noun
- Initialism of Civil Police Officer.
- (automotive, electricity) Initialism of charge point operator.
- Initialism of county prosecutor's office.
- Initialism of chief petty officer.
- Initialism of chief privacy officer.
- Initialism of certified pool operator (of swimming pools).
- (automotive) Initialism of certified pre-owned Referring to a used car asserted to be in good condition whose warranty (from the seller, manufacturer, or insurer) is asserted to be extensive.
- Initialism of chief procurement officer.
noun
verb
noun
- a policeman in charge of a precinct
- a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- the naval officer in command of a military ship
- the leader of a group of people
- the pilot in charge of an airship
- an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- A maître d', a headwaiter.
- The leader of a group of workers.
- The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
- One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- (aviation) A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- The head boy of a school.
- A chief or leader.
- A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
- (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
verb
adj
- In police livery, as opposed to unmarked. (of a police vehicle)
- (linguistics, of a word, form, or phoneme) Distinguished by a positive feature.
- Having a visible or identifying mark.
- Singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.
- (of a playing card) Having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
- Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
- having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination
- singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate
- strongly marked; easily noticeable