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verb
noun
- An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
- (figurative) A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
- (by extension) A counter-attack in any combat or any sport.
- (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
adj
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Brisk; lively.
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- (electronics) Not passive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- (gay slang, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
- engaged in full-time work
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- taking part in an activity
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- in operation
- (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- characterized by energetic activity
- (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
noun
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
- chemical agent capable of activity
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
noun
- The act of doing something quickly.
- A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
- A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
- (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
- the property of being prompt and efficient
- the act of sending off something
- an official report (usually sent in haste)
- killing a person or animal
verb
- (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- (transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
- (transitive) To defeat
- (transitive) To rid; to free.
- (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
- (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- (transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
- (transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
- (transitive) To eat, especially quickly.
- (transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
- dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
- send away towards a designated goal
- complete or carry out
- kill without delay
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
adj
noun
- (computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.
- (machine learning) Textual input given to a large language model or image model in order to have it generate a desired output.
- (theater) A word, phrase or line supplied by a prompter to an actor who has forgotten the script.
- (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
- (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
- a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
verb
- (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
- (transitive, computing) To request (a user) to provide input or do something on a computer.
- (transitive, machine learning) To provide textual input in the form of ordinary language to (an artificial intelligence or language model) to have it generate a desired output.
- (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
- (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
- (transitive) To say (something) in order to help or encourage someone to speak.
- assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
- serve as the inciting cause of
- give an incentive for action
adj
- Quick and alert.
- (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.
- (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).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- 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
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
adv
noun
- (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).
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
verb
adv
- Quickly and alertly.
- Rapidly, abruptly.
- Piercingly; keenly; severely; painfully.
- (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.
- Of speech, sternly, harshly or critically.
- 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
prep
- In response or reaction to.
- In a state of.
- (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
- Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
- Present or taking place during (an event).
- Indicating action bearing upon something, especially continued or repeated action.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, especially finance and law) (also as at; before dates) On (a particular date).
- Attending (an educational institution).
- Indicates a means or method.
- Also used in various other idiomatic combinations: at a pinch, at all, at fault, at pains, at risk, at that, etc.; see the individual entries.
- Indicates a specific speed or rate that is maintained by something.
- In certain phrases, used to indicate the manner in which something happens or is done.
- Working for (a company) or in (a place or situation).
- In the direction of; towards; (often implied to be in a hostile or careless manner).
- (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
- Occupied in (activity).
- Indicating distance or direction relative to the speaker.
- Indicating time of occurrence, especially an instant of time, or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker’s perspective.
- Denotes a price.
- Subject to.
- In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
noun
verb
adj
- (figurative) Producing immediate response, spontaneous.
- (mathematics) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).
- (politics) Producing or provoking a reciprocal response.
- (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
- Of or resulting from a reflex.
- Synonym of reflective.
- referring back to itself
- without volition or conscious control
noun
verb
- move quickly or suddenly
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- run away quickly
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- operate an airplane
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
adj
noun
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- An act of flying.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
verb
adj
noun
- An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- (linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- (chiefly photography) A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
- an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
adj
- reacting to a stimulus
- containing or using responses; alternating
- readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion
- (graphical user interface) Automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space.
- Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
- Using antiphons; antiphonal.
- Susceptible to the feelings of others.
- Answering, replying or responding
verb
- react to in a certain way
- be perceived by
- send greetings to
- express greetings upon meeting someone
- (transitive, figurative) To be perceived by (someone).
- (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
- (transitive) To accost; to address.
- (transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
adj
prep_phrase
adv
adj
- Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
- (of people or tempers) Easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
- Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
- Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
- (mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren
- (crosswording) Not cryptic.
- Being a distinctively sensitive kind of glaciomarine clay that may behave like a watery fluid under stress.
- Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
- moving quickly and lightly
- easily aroused or excited
- accomplished rapidly and without delay
- hurried and brief
- apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
- performed with little or no delay
noun
- The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
- Plants used in making a quickset hedge
- Quitchgrass.
- Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
- (cricket) A fast bowler.
- any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
verb
verb
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
adj
adv
verb
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
- (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
- (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
- (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
- bring about abruptly
- fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- hurl or throw violently
- fall from clouds
adj
noun
adj
- Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action)
- (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the incisors.
- Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
- Accurate and sharply focused. (of an account)
- Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; trenchant.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- suitable for cutting or piercing
verb
- (intransitive) To do things quickly.
- (intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
- (mining) To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.
- (transitive) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
- (transitive) To cause to be done quickly.
- (transitive) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
- act at high speed
- move very fast
- urge to an unnatural speed
noun
- A rushed action.
- (music) A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.
- (American football) An incidence of a defensive pressure that forces the quarterback to throw the ball earlier than intended or rush their decision, often leading to an incomplete pass or failed play.
- An urgency.
- a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
verb
- show a response or a reaction to something
- act against or in opposition to
- undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
- (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
- (physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force
- (Internet, intransitive) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
- (intransitive) To act in response.
noun
verb
- show a response or a reaction to something
- respond favorably or as hoped
- react verbally
- (ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
- (transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
- (intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
- (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
- (intransitive) To be liable for payment.
noun
adj
- quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception
- paying close attention especially to details
- (of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs
- Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful.
- Alert and paying close attention; watchful.
- Practicing a religion.
noun
adj
- Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
- (botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
- (especially medicine) Constituting an emergency.
- (philosophy, epistemology, sciences) That arises at a higher level than that of its components and is not explainable by the behaviour of said components taken individually; having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.
- (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
- (video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
- Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
- coming into existence
noun
verb
- (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
- (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
- (transitive) To shock emotionally.
- (transitive) To knock sharply
- (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- disturb (someone's) composure
noun
verb
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- 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
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- 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.
noun
- 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.
adj
intj
- (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.
verb
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- to make grasping motions
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- (transitive, informal) To steal.
- (transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.
- (transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
- (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
- (transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
noun
- (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- a small fragment
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- obscene terms for female genitals
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- A quick grab or catch.
- (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
- A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
- A short period.
- (aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
- (vulgar slang) The vulva.
noun
- A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
- An oracular answer.
- (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
- (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
- An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
- An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
- A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
- The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
- the manner in which something is greeted
- the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
- a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
- a result
- the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
- a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
adj
noun
- (textiles) A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
- A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
- (entomology) Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
- The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
- (entomology) A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
- Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
- a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
- common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
prep_phrase
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To rush hastily.
- (intransitive) To flounder, wallow.
- (transitive) To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
- (transitive) To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- To eat or drink with gusto.
- To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- (transitive) To wrap up temporarily.
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- (Internet) To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
- defeat soundly and utterly
- strike hard
noun
- A person's ability to throw such punches.
- A heavy blow, a punch.
- A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
- (slang, uncountable) Anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
- An emotional impact, a psychological force.
- a severe blow
- a forceful consequence; a strong effect
verb
- get by acting quickly and smartly
- catch on a snag
- hew jaggedly
- (slang, Native American) To have noncommittal sexual relations.
- (slang, transitive) To obtain or pick up, especially in a quick or surreptitious way.
- To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
- (UK, dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
- (fishing) To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
- To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
noun
- a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest
- a sharp protuberance
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- an unforeseen obstacle
- A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
- (informal, uncommon) Acronym of sensitive new age guy.
- One of the secondary branches of an antler.
- A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
- A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
- A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
- (figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
- (by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
- (Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage.
- A dead tree that remains standing.
- A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth; a tear.
- (Australian rules football, slang) A goal.
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
- (intransitive) To have a connection.
- (intransitive) To interact.
- (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
- (intransitive) To identify with; to understand. [with to]
- (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
- make a logical or causal connection
- be in a relationship with
- be relevant to
- give an account of; narrate
- have or establish a relationship to
verb
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
noun
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.
- return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
- A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.
- (sports) An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw.
verb
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
- (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
- A response that answers another response.
- (law) The defendant's answer to the replication.
- (US patent law) Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
verb
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
- (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer
- the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion
- copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
- the act of making copies
- (biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
- (law) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
- Copy; reproduction.
- The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
- (computing) The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information. Used to improve fault tolerance of the system.
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- (chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.
- A pressure cooker.
- An airtight vessel in which material is subjected to high temperatures in the chemical industry or as part of an industrial manufacturing process, especially during the smelting and forging of metal.
- A crematory furnace.
- A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
verb
- answer back
- (transitive) To heat in a retort.
- To bend or curve back.
- To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility.
- To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
- To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
- the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
- the act of going back to a prior location
- a reciprocal group action
- a coming to or returning home
- document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
- getting something back again
- a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
- the act of someone appearing again
- happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
- (American football) The act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
- An answer.
- An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
- (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
- (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
- The act of returning.
- (computing) A carriage return character.
- Gain or loss from an investment.
- (taxation, finance) A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.
- A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant).
- (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
- A return ticket.
- A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
- (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
- (business) An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.
- (mining) A roadway along which foul air travels from the face on its way out of the mine.
verb
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
- make a return
- give back
- elect again
- answer back
- go back to a previous state
- be restored
- be inherited by
- return to a previous position; in mathematics
- return in kind
- pay back
- submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
- go back to something earlier
- bring back to the point of departure
- give or supply
- pass down
- To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
- (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
- (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
- (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
- (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
- (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
- (transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund.
- (fencing) To give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.
- (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
- (transitive) To report, or bring back and make known.
- (transitive) To reciprocate (a visit or telephone call).
- (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
- (card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
- (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
- (intransitive) To recur; to come again.
- (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
noun
- The act of doing something quickly.
- A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
- A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
- (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
- the property of being prompt and efficient
- the act of sending off something
- an official report (usually sent in haste)
- killing a person or animal
verb
- (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- (transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
- (transitive) To defeat
- (transitive) To rid; to free.
- (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
- (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- (transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
- (transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
- (transitive) To eat, especially quickly.
- (transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
- dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
- send away towards a designated goal
- complete or carry out
- kill without delay
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
verb
noun
- An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
- (figurative) A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
- (by extension) A counter-attack in any combat or any sport.
- (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
noun
noun
- A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
- An oracular answer.
- (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
- (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
- An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
- An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
- A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
- The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
- the manner in which something is greeted
- the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
- a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
- a result
- the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
- a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
verb
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
adj
adv
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.
- return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
- A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.
- (sports) An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw.
verb
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
- (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
- A response that answers another response.
- (law) The defendant's answer to the replication.
- (US patent law) Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
verb
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
- (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer
- the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion
- copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
- the act of making copies
- (biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
- (law) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
- Copy; reproduction.
- The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
- (computing) The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information. Used to improve fault tolerance of the system.
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- (chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.
- A pressure cooker.
- An airtight vessel in which material is subjected to high temperatures in the chemical industry or as part of an industrial manufacturing process, especially during the smelting and forging of metal.
- A crematory furnace.
- A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
verb
- answer back
- (transitive) To heat in a retort.
- To bend or curve back.
- To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility.
- To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
- To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
- the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
- the act of going back to a prior location
- a reciprocal group action
- a coming to or returning home
- document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
- getting something back again
- a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
- the act of someone appearing again
- happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
- (American football) The act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
- An answer.
- An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
- (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
- (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
- The act of returning.
- (computing) A carriage return character.
- Gain or loss from an investment.
- (taxation, finance) A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.
- A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant).
- (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
- A return ticket.
- A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
- (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
- (business) An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.
- (mining) A roadway along which foul air travels from the face on its way out of the mine.
verb
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
- make a return
- give back
- elect again
- answer back
- go back to a previous state
- be restored
- be inherited by
- return to a previous position; in mathematics
- return in kind
- pay back
- submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
- go back to something earlier
- bring back to the point of departure
- give or supply
- pass down
- To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
- (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
- (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
- (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
- (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
- (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
- (transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund.
- (fencing) To give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.
- (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
- (transitive) To report, or bring back and make known.
- (transitive) To reciprocate (a visit or telephone call).
- (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
- (card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
- (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
- (intransitive) To recur; to come again.
- (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
verb
noun
- An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
- (figurative) A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
- (by extension) A counter-attack in any combat or any sport.
- (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
verb
- move quickly or suddenly
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- run away quickly
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- operate an airplane
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
adj
noun
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- An act of flying.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
verb
adj
noun
- An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- (linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- (chiefly photography) A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
- an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
verb
- react to in a certain way
- be perceived by
- send greetings to
- express greetings upon meeting someone
- (transitive, figurative) To be perceived by (someone).
- (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
- (transitive) To accost; to address.
- (transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
adj
verb
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
adj
adv
verb
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
- (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
- (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
- (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
- bring about abruptly
- fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- hurl or throw violently
- fall from clouds
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To do things quickly.
- (intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
- (mining) To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.
- (transitive) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
- (transitive) To cause to be done quickly.
- (transitive) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
- act at high speed
- move very fast
- urge to an unnatural speed
noun
- A rushed action.
- (music) A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.
- (American football) An incidence of a defensive pressure that forces the quarterback to throw the ball earlier than intended or rush their decision, often leading to an incomplete pass or failed play.
- An urgency.
- a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
verb
- show a response or a reaction to something
- act against or in opposition to
- undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
- (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
- (physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force
- (Internet, intransitive) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
- (intransitive) To act in response.
noun
verb
- show a response or a reaction to something
- respond favorably or as hoped
- react verbally
- (ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
- (transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
- (intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
- (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
- (intransitive) To be liable for payment.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
- (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
- (transitive) To shock emotionally.
- (transitive) To knock sharply
- (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- disturb (someone's) composure
noun
verb
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- 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
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- 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.
noun
- 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.
adj
intj
- (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.
verb
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- to make grasping motions
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- (transitive, informal) To steal.
- (transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.
- (transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
- (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
- (transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
noun
- (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- a small fragment
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- obscene terms for female genitals
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- A quick grab or catch.
- (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
- A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
- A short period.
- (aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
- (vulgar slang) The vulva.
verb
- (intransitive) To rush hastily.
- (intransitive) To flounder, wallow.
- (transitive) To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
- (transitive) To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- To eat or drink with gusto.
- To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- (transitive) To wrap up temporarily.
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- (Internet) To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
- defeat soundly and utterly
- strike hard
noun
- A person's ability to throw such punches.
- A heavy blow, a punch.
- A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
- (slang, uncountable) Anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
- An emotional impact, a psychological force.
- a severe blow
- a forceful consequence; a strong effect
verb
- get by acting quickly and smartly
- catch on a snag
- hew jaggedly
- (slang, Native American) To have noncommittal sexual relations.
- (slang, transitive) To obtain or pick up, especially in a quick or surreptitious way.
- To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
- (UK, dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
- (fishing) To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
- To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
noun
- a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest
- a sharp protuberance
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- an unforeseen obstacle
- A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
- (informal, uncommon) Acronym of sensitive new age guy.
- One of the secondary branches of an antler.
- A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
- A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
- A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
- (figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
- (by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
- (Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage.
- A dead tree that remains standing.
- A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth; a tear.
- (Australian rules football, slang) A goal.
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
- (intransitive) To have a connection.
- (intransitive) To interact.
- (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
- (intransitive) To identify with; to understand. [with to]
- (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
- make a logical or causal connection
- be in a relationship with
- be relevant to
- give an account of; narrate
- have or establish a relationship to
verb
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
noun
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
adv
- Quickly and alertly.
- Rapidly, abruptly.
- Piercingly; keenly; severely; painfully.
- (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.
- Of speech, sternly, harshly or critically.
- 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
adv
adj
- Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
- (of people or tempers) Easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
- Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
- Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
- (mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren
- (crosswording) Not cryptic.
- Being a distinctively sensitive kind of glaciomarine clay that may behave like a watery fluid under stress.
- Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
- moving quickly and lightly
- easily aroused or excited
- accomplished rapidly and without delay
- hurried and brief
- apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
- performed with little or no delay
noun
- The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
- Plants used in making a quickset hedge
- Quitchgrass.
- Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
- (cricket) A fast bowler.
- any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
verb
adj
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Brisk; lively.
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- (electronics) Not passive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- (gay slang, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
- engaged in full-time work
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- taking part in an activity
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- in operation
- (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- characterized by energetic activity
- (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
noun
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
- chemical agent capable of activity
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
adj
noun
- (computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.
- (machine learning) Textual input given to a large language model or image model in order to have it generate a desired output.
- (theater) A word, phrase or line supplied by a prompter to an actor who has forgotten the script.
- (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
- (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
- a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
verb
- (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
- (transitive, computing) To request (a user) to provide input or do something on a computer.
- (transitive, machine learning) To provide textual input in the form of ordinary language to (an artificial intelligence or language model) to have it generate a desired output.
- (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
- (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
- (transitive) To say (something) in order to help or encourage someone to speak.
- assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
- serve as the inciting cause of
- give an incentive for action
adj
- Quick and alert.
- (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.
- (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).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- 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
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
adv
noun
- (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).
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
verb
adj
- (figurative) Producing immediate response, spontaneous.
- (mathematics) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).
- (politics) Producing or provoking a reciprocal response.
- (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
- Of or resulting from a reflex.
- Synonym of reflective.
- referring back to itself
- without volition or conscious control
noun
adj
- reacting to a stimulus
- containing or using responses; alternating
- readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion
- (graphical user interface) Automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space.
- Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
- Using antiphons; antiphonal.
- Susceptible to the feelings of others.
- Answering, replying or responding
adj
- Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action)
- (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the incisors.
- Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
- Accurate and sharply focused. (of an account)
- Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; trenchant.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- suitable for cutting or piercing
adj
- quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception
- paying close attention especially to details
- (of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs
- Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful.
- Alert and paying close attention; watchful.
- Practicing a religion.
adj
- Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
- (botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
- (especially medicine) Constituting an emergency.
- (philosophy, epistemology, sciences) That arises at a higher level than that of its components and is not explainable by the behaviour of said components taken individually; having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.
- (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
- (video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
- Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
- coming into existence
noun
adj
noun
- (textiles) A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
- A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
- (entomology) Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
- The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
- (entomology) A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
- Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
- a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
- common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
adv
adj
- Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
- (of people or tempers) Easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
- Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
- Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
- (mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren
- (crosswording) Not cryptic.
- Being a distinctively sensitive kind of glaciomarine clay that may behave like a watery fluid under stress.
- Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
- moving quickly and lightly
- easily aroused or excited
- accomplished rapidly and without delay
- hurried and brief
- apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
- performed with little or no delay
noun
- The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
- Plants used in making a quickset hedge
- Quitchgrass.
- Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
- (cricket) A fast bowler.
- any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
verb
verb
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
- (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
- (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
- (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
- bring about abruptly
- fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- hurl or throw violently
- fall from clouds