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noun
verb
- (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
- (intransitive) To jeer.
- (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
- (transitive, chiefly reflexive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.
- (nautical, intransitive) (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing.
- (transitive) To jeer at.
- bind with something round or circular
- put a girdle on or around
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
noun
adj
noun
adj
- Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
- Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
- affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
- Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.
- Erratic or unsustained.
- Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
- occurring in spells and often abruptly
noun
verb
noun
- A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
- A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.
- A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.
- (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
noun
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
noun
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
- Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.
- severe spasm of pain
- (usually in the plural) The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) A hard struggle, especially one associated with the beginning or finishing of a task.
- A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
- hard or painful trouble or struggle
noun
- (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
- A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
- (informal) A minor obstacle or setback.
- A case of the hiccups; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.
- (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected.
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
- The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
- A small jackscrew.
- (Appalachia, Ottawa Valley) Alternative form of creek.
verb
noun
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
- meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
- (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- a sudden abrupt pull
- raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
- (originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
- (slang) Masturbation.
- (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
- (US, slang, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- A quick pull on something.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
- (Internet slang) An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
verb
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- pull, or move with a sudden movement
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- (Internet slang) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
noun
verb
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- disturb (someone's) composure
- (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
- (transitive) To shock emotionally.
- (transitive) To knock sharply
- (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
- (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
noun
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
- a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest
- (rare) A sudden jerking movement.
- (music) The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.
- The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
- A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another.
verb
verb
- twitch or throb with pain
- pronounce with a nasal twang
- cause to sound with a twang
- sound with a twang
- pluck (strings of an instrument)
- (intransitive) To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
- (music) To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
- (intransitive) To have a nasal sound.
- (ambitransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
noun
- a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
- The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
- (vulgar, slang) An annoying or stupid person; especially, a recalcitrant.
- A sharp, pungent taste or flavor; sometimes, a disagreeable one specifically.
- A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
- (music) A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
- (phonetics) The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
adj
noun
- the act of one who, or that which, shoots
- a district in which people have the right to kill game with firearms
- (uncountable) the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- (countable) an instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon
- (Philippines, film, television) filming
- a sensation of darting pain
- killing someone by gunfire
- the act of firing a projectile
verb
noun
- A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
- (medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
- That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
- The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
- the act of taking of a person by force
- the taking possession of something by legal process
- a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
- the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A sensation resembling such an injury.
- (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
- (uncountable) A disease in vegetables; brand.
- The act of burning something with fire.
- (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
- The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A large stream.
- (uncountable, UK, chiefly prison slang) Tobacco.
- A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- (aerospace) The firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course.
- (computing) The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- damage inflicted by fire
- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
- a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
verb
- (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
- (intransitive, slang, card games, gambling) To discard.
- (intransitive, slang, US) To desire or ache for (something); to focus on attaining (something).
- (transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image darker (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by increasing the exposure of that area to light).
- (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
- (transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
- (transitive, computing, by extension) To render subtitles into a video's content while transcoding it, making the subtitles part of the image (hardsubs).
- (intransitive, physics, of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star.
- (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
- (transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
- (transitive, espionage) To blackmail.
- (transitive, espionage) To compromise (an agent's cover story).
- (intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
- (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot someone with a firearm.
- (ambitransitive) To sunburn.
- (transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
- (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
- (transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
- (transitive, slang) To betray.
- (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
- (transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
- (transitive, card games) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
- (transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
- spend (significant amounts of money)
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- cause to undergo combustion
- cause to burn or combust
- damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- feel hot or painful
- destroy by fire
- feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- create by duplicating data
- execute by tying to a stake and setting alight
- get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- use up (energy)
- undergo combustion
verb
- contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
- cause to contract
- move or stir about violently
- shake uncontrollably
- be overcome with laughter
- make someone convulse with laughter
- (intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
- (transitive) To cause disruption to.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to suffer such contractions, especially as a result of making them laugh heartily.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be beset by political or social upheaval.
noun
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
- A kind of willow basket.
- (botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
verb
noun
verb
- pulsate or pound with abnormal force
- tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
- expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
- (intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
- (intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
- (figurative, with "with") To exhibit an attitude, trait, or affect powerfully and profoundly.
noun
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
- a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation
- an eccentric idea
- a person with unusual sexual tastes
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
- (Scotland, dialect) A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
- Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms.
- An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
- A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
- (mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
- Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
- A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
verb
noun
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
- a stack of hay
- (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.
verb
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- pile in ricks
- (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.
verb
- (transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms.
- To form on a cramp.
- (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
- (transitive, figurative) To prohibit movement or expression of.
- secure with a cramp
- suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- affect with or as if with a cramp
noun
- A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
- A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
- That which confines or contracts.
- A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
- a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
noun
- A dizziness; swoon.
- An act or instance of swimming.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums.
- The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
- (UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- A dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.
- (figurative) The flow of events; being in the swim of things.
- the act of swimming
verb
- (intransitive) To have a great quantity of something.
- (transitive, uncommon) To cause to swim.
- (intransitive) To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.
- (intransitive) To glide along with a waving motion.
- (intransitive) To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
- (transitive) To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
- (intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- (intransitive) To be overflowed or drenched.
- (transitive, historical) To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
- (intransitive) To move around freely because of excess space.
- (transitive) To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
- travel through water
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- move as if gliding through water
- be dizzy or giddy
noun
verb
- (croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
- To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
- (intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.
- Alternative form of flense.
- draw back, as with fear or pain
noun
name
- (computing, file systems) Initialism of Hi Performance FileSystem, a file system developed by Hewlett-Packard.
- (computing, file systems) Initialism of Hierarchical File System, a file system developed by Apple Inc.
- (computing, file systems) Initialism of Hierarchical File System, a file system developed by IBM.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
- (intransitive) To jeer.
- (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
- (transitive, chiefly reflexive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.
- (nautical, intransitive) (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing.
- (transitive) To jeer at.
- bind with something round or circular
- put a girdle on or around
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
noun
noun
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
noun
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
- Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.
- severe spasm of pain
- (usually in the plural) The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) A hard struggle, especially one associated with the beginning or finishing of a task.
- A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
- hard or painful trouble or struggle
noun
- (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
- A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
- (informal) A minor obstacle or setback.
- A case of the hiccups; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.
- (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected.
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
- The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
- A small jackscrew.
- (Appalachia, Ottawa Valley) Alternative form of creek.
verb
noun
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
- meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
- (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
- a dull stupid fatuous person
- a sudden abrupt pull
- raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
- (originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
- (slang) Masturbation.
- (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
- (US, slang, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- A quick pull on something.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
- (Internet slang) An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
verb
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- pull, or move with a sudden movement
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- (Internet slang) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
- (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
noun
verb
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- disturb (someone's) composure
- (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
- (transitive) To shock emotionally.
- (transitive) To knock sharply
- (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
- (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
noun
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
- a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest
- (rare) A sudden jerking movement.
- (music) The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.
- The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
- A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another.
verb
noun
- A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
- (medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
- That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
- The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
- the act of taking of a person by force
- the taking possession of something by legal process
- a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
- the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A sensation resembling such an injury.
- (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
- (uncountable) A disease in vegetables; brand.
- The act of burning something with fire.
- (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
- The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A large stream.
- (uncountable, UK, chiefly prison slang) Tobacco.
- A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- (aerospace) The firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course.
- (computing) The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- damage inflicted by fire
- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
- a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
verb
- (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
- (intransitive, slang, card games, gambling) To discard.
- (intransitive, slang, US) To desire or ache for (something); to focus on attaining (something).
- (transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image darker (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by increasing the exposure of that area to light).
- (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
- (transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
- (transitive, computing, by extension) To render subtitles into a video's content while transcoding it, making the subtitles part of the image (hardsubs).
- (intransitive, physics, of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star.
- (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
- (transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
- (transitive, espionage) To blackmail.
- (transitive, espionage) To compromise (an agent's cover story).
- (intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
- (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot someone with a firearm.
- (ambitransitive) To sunburn.
- (transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
- (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
- (transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
- (transitive, slang) To betray.
- (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
- (transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
- (transitive, card games) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
- (transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
- spend (significant amounts of money)
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- cause to undergo combustion
- cause to burn or combust
- damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- feel hot or painful
- destroy by fire
- feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- create by duplicating data
- execute by tying to a stake and setting alight
- get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- use up (energy)
- undergo combustion
noun
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
- A kind of willow basket.
- (botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
verb
noun
verb
- pulsate or pound with abnormal force
- tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
- expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
- (intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
- (intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
- (figurative, with "with") To exhibit an attitude, trait, or affect powerfully and profoundly.
noun
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
- a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation
- an eccentric idea
- a person with unusual sexual tastes
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
- (Scotland, dialect) A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
- Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms.
- An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
- A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
- (mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
- Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
- A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
verb
noun
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
- a stack of hay
- (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.
verb
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- pile in ricks
- (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.
noun
- A dizziness; swoon.
- An act or instance of swimming.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums.
- The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
- (UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- A dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.
- (figurative) The flow of events; being in the swim of things.
- the act of swimming
verb
- (intransitive) To have a great quantity of something.
- (transitive, uncommon) To cause to swim.
- (intransitive) To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid.
- (intransitive) To glide along with a waving motion.
- (intransitive) To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
- (transitive) To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
- (intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- (intransitive) To be overflowed or drenched.
- (transitive, historical) To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
- (intransitive) To move around freely because of excess space.
- (transitive) To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
- travel through water
- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- move as if gliding through water
- be dizzy or giddy
noun
verb
- (croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
- To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
- (intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.
- Alternative form of flense.
- draw back, as with fear or pain
noun
name
- (computing, file systems) Initialism of Hi Performance FileSystem, a file system developed by Hewlett-Packard.
- (computing, file systems) Initialism of Hierarchical File System, a file system developed by Apple Inc.
- (computing, file systems) Initialism of Hierarchical File System, a file system developed by IBM.
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noun
- A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
- A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion.
- A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.
- (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
noun
- a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
- A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.
- (physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
- couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
- (informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (mining) The sudden narrowing almost to nothing of a vein of ore.
- (birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to twitch; spasm.
- (intransitive) To perform a twitch; spasm.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- move or pull with a sudden motion
- make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
- move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- (birdwatching, transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.
- (birdwatching, intransitive) To engage in twitching.
- (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.
noun
verb
verb
- twitch or throb with pain
- pronounce with a nasal twang
- cause to sound with a twang
- sound with a twang
- pluck (strings of an instrument)
- (intransitive) To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
- (music) To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
- (intransitive) To have a nasal sound.
- (ambitransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
noun
- a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
- The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
- (vulgar, slang) An annoying or stupid person; especially, a recalcitrant.
- A sharp, pungent taste or flavor; sometimes, a disagreeable one specifically.
- A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
- (music) A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
- (phonetics) The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
verb
- contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
- cause to contract
- move or stir about violently
- shake uncontrollably
- be overcome with laughter
- make someone convulse with laughter
- (intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
- (transitive) To cause disruption to.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to suffer such contractions, especially as a result of making them laugh heartily.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be beset by political or social upheaval.
verb
- (transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms.
- To form on a cramp.
- (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
- (transitive, figurative) To prohibit movement or expression of.
- secure with a cramp
- suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- affect with or as if with a cramp
noun
- A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
- A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
- That which confines or contracts.
- A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
- a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
adj
noun
adj
- Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
- Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
- affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
- Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.
- Erratic or unsustained.
- Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
- occurring in spells and often abruptly
noun
adj
noun
- the act of one who, or that which, shoots
- a district in which people have the right to kill game with firearms
- (uncountable) the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
- (countable) an instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon
- (Philippines, film, television) filming
- a sensation of darting pain
- killing someone by gunfire
- the act of firing a projectile