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verb
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
noun
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
verb
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner
- influence or control shrewdly or deviously
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
- hold something in one's hands and move it
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
- (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
- (transitive) To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
- (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
- (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
verb
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner
- (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- equip with sails or masts
- connect or secure to
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
- (transitive, intransitive, animation) To outfit a model with controls for animation.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
noun
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- gear used in fishing
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
- A promiscuous woman.
- (slang) Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
- (slang, computing) A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- (US) A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
- (algebra, ring theory) An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- (animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
verb
noun
- a notable achievement
- An achievement.
- (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
- A heroic or extraordinary deed.
- (computing) A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
noun
- deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage)
- any game designed to exercise the intellect
- (psychology) An attempt at using psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.
- (games) A game or puzzle involving logical thinking.
verb
- (figuratively) To manipulate in order to gain something for oneself.
- manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
- (slang, usually reflexive) To masturbate.
- To manipulate or toy with (an object), especially in a nervous, restless or aimless manner.
- To tinker with: to make small adjustments or improvements to (something), especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
verb
- (transitive) To manipulate deceptively.
- To thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse.
- (transitive) To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
- To hit.
- (intransitive) To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer.
- To stab.
- To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.
- (transitive) To interrupt a conversation with an unrelated topic.
- (intransitive) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
noun
- (Southern US, countable) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
- (countable) Clipping of jukebox.
- (sports) A feint.
- (uncountable, music) A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork.
- The neck of a bird.
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
noun
- A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- Specifically, such a tactic or artifice in military operation.
- (uncountable) Military deception or artifice.
- (uncountable) Cunning and artifice in general.
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
noun
- The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- The usage of psychological influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome.
- The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.
- the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
noun
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
- A person who performs any such trick.
noun
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- pretentious or silly talk or writing
- communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
- (countable, slang) A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
- (US, countable, slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
- (uncountable, slang) Nonsense.
- (countable, US, crime, slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
- (countable, British) A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
- (countable, slang) A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
- (US, countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A fight.
- (countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.
- (countable, slang, perhaps by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.
verb
intj
verb
- achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
- (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
- (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
- (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
verb
- achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
- be successful; achieve a goal
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- handle effectively
- watch and direct
- carry on or function
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- (transitive) To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc.
- (transitive) To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
- (transitive) To direct or be in charge of.
- (ambitransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
- (transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).
- (intransitive) To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. [with infinitive]
- (transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
- (ironic) To end up doing something that could or should have been avoided.
noun
verb
noun
adj
- Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
- Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
- (euphemistic, of art) bad, unartistic, busy.
- (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
- promoting construction or creation
- having the ability or power to create
noun
adj
noun
- a cunning or deceitful action or device
- Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
- (heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
- (slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
- (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a prostitute's customer
- an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- a period of work or duty
verb
noun
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- a particular service
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
verb
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
noun
- A stratagem or trick; an artifice.
- (originally Ireland, dialectal) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith (“a person's likeness seen just after their death; a ghost, a spectre”).
- (also figuratively) An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
- An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
- The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction).
- (uncountable) A game played with a dog in which a person throws an object for the dog to retrieve.
- The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
- (computing, specifically) An act of fetching data.
- the action of fetching
intj
verb
- (transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
- (transitive) To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
- (transitive) To reduce; to throw.
- (nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
- (intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
- (nautical, transitive) To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.
- (transitive, rare, literary) To take (a breath); to heave (a sigh).
- (transitive) To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
- be sold for a certain price
- go or come after and bring or take back
- take someone to hell
adj
noun
adj
- designed to deceive
- not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
- erroneous and usually accidental
- deliberately deceptive
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
- inaccurate in pitch
- inappropriate to reality or facts
- arising from error
- adopted in order to deceive
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
- (music) Out of tune.
- (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
- Based on factually incorrect premises.
- Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- Spurious, artificial.
- Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
adv
noun
verb
noun
- The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
- (card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
- (road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
- (motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
- A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
- a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
verb
noun
- Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
- (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
- A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
- (medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
- A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
- an action aimed at evading an opponent
- a military training exercise
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a move made to gain a tactical end
- a plan for attaining a particular goal
verb
- (figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
- (figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- (ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- act in order to achieve a certain goal
- perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
verb
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- deprive of by deceit
- (transitive, slang) To cheat; to swindle.
- (transitive) To waste time.
- (transitive, slang) To masturbate.
- (transitive, computing, slang) To manipulate a value at the level of individual bits (binary digits).
- (transitive, slang) To molest.
- (intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.
intj
noun
verb
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
- commit fraud and steal from one's employer
- avoid (one's assigned duties)
- play on a violin
- try to fix or mend
- play the violin or fiddle
- (informal, intransitive) Synonym of tinker (“to make small adjustments or improvements”); see also fiddle with.
- (informal, transitive) To fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
- (intransitive) To fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; see also fiddle with.
- (intransitive) To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
noun
- bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
- A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
- (informal) A workaround; a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem.
- A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
- (figurative) A clown; an unserious person entertaining a group.
- (informal) A scam; a fraud or swindle.
- (especially nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
- A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).
- (biology) A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
- (usually proscribed) Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
- (informal) An act of tinkering, playing around, or fidgeting with something.
- A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.
intj
verb
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
noun
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
verb
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
- (intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
- (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.
noun
- any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
- a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)
- a device regarded as providing amusement
- an artifact designed to be played with
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
- A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
- (graffiti slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
- (euphemistic) Ellipsis of sex toy.
- Ellipsis of toy dog.
- (slang, MLE) A gun.
- A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
- Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
adj
verb
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To have sexual intercourse with
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- (transitive) To begin to consume, or otherwise use.
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- (transitive, reflexive or rarely intransitive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with.
- color lightly
- cause to be in brief contact with
- to extend as far as
- comprehend
- make a more or less disguised reference to
- consume
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- tamper with
- make physical contact with, come in contact with
- affect emotionally
- have an effect upon
- perceive via the tactile sense
- deal with; usually used with a form of negation
- be relevant to
- be equal to in quality or ability
noun
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Form; standard of performance.
- (chiefly Australia) touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- (uncountable, in set phrases) A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- The children's game of tag.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- (slang) The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
- the event of something coming in contact with the body
- the feel of mechanical action
- the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
- deftness in handling matters
- a slight attack of illness
- the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
- a slight but appreciable amount
- the act of putting two things together with no space between them
- a communicative interaction
- a distinguishing style
- a suggestion of some quality
- the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
noun
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- (chess) An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
- a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
verb
noun
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
noun
verb
- make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
- move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- (transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- (transitive) To elude.
- (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).
adj
noun
- Tactics used to magnify power or influence.
- (curling) A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.
- (sports) A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket.
- A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention.
- (ice hockey) A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties
- a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play
verb
- manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- (transitive, mathematics) To be in an equivalence relation with.
- (transitive) To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
- (intransitive) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
- (transitive, computing) To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
noun
verb
noun
- any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
- one who is playfully mischievous
- (derogatory) Synonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.
- A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
- (loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
- (historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
- (slang, vulgar, uncommon) A penis.
- (cladistically) Any simian, including humans.
- (slang, derogatory) Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.
- (slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
- (strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
- (dance) A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.
- (slang) The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.
- (blackjack) Synonym of face card.
- The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.
- (slang) Synonym of five hundred, especially (British) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars.
- (derogatory) Synonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.
- (slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
- (informal, sometimes offensive) A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child.
- (slang, highly derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black person.
- (slang, usually derogatory) A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence.
- (slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
verb
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
- intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
- (US, Canada, in professional sports) To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.
- (intransitive) To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
- (intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
noun
- a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
- (rail transport) A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
- A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
- An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
noun
- deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage)
- any game designed to exercise the intellect
- (psychology) An attempt at using psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.
- (games) A game or puzzle involving logical thinking.
noun
- A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- Specifically, such a tactic or artifice in military operation.
- (uncountable) Military deception or artifice.
- (uncountable) Cunning and artifice in general.
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
noun
- The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- The usage of psychological influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome.
- The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.
- the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
noun
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
- A person who performs any such trick.
noun
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
- pretentious or silly talk or writing
- communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
- (countable, slang) A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
- (US, countable, slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
- (uncountable, slang) Nonsense.
- (countable, US, crime, slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
- (countable, British) A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
- (countable, slang) A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
- (US, countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A fight.
- (countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.
- (countable, slang, perhaps by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.
verb
intj
noun
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- a particular service
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
verb
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
noun
- A stratagem or trick; an artifice.
- (originally Ireland, dialectal) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith (“a person's likeness seen just after their death; a ghost, a spectre”).
- (also figuratively) An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
- An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
- The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction).
- (uncountable) A game played with a dog in which a person throws an object for the dog to retrieve.
- The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
- (computing, specifically) An act of fetching data.
- the action of fetching
intj
verb
- (transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
- (transitive) To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
- (transitive) To reduce; to throw.
- (nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
- (intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
- (nautical, transitive) To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.
- (transitive, rare, literary) To take (a breath); to heave (a sigh).
- (transitive) To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
- be sold for a certain price
- go or come after and bring or take back
- take someone to hell
noun
- The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
- (card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
- (road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
- (motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
- A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
- a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
verb
noun
- Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
- (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
- A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
- (medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
- A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
- an action aimed at evading an opponent
- a military training exercise
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a move made to gain a tactical end
- a plan for attaining a particular goal
verb
- (figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
- (figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- (ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- act in order to achieve a certain goal
- perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
noun
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- (chess) An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
- a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
verb
noun
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
noun
verb
- make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
- move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- (transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- (transitive) To elude.
- (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).
adj
adj
noun
- a cunning or deceitful action or device
- Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
- (heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
- (slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
- (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a prostitute's customer
- an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- a period of work or duty
verb
noun
- Tactics used to magnify power or influence.
- (curling) A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.
- (sports) A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket.
- A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention.
- (ice hockey) A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties
- a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play
verb
noun
verb
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
noun
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
verb
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner
- influence or control shrewdly or deviously
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
- hold something in one's hands and move it
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
- (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
- (transitive) To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
- (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
- (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
verb
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner
- (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- equip with sails or masts
- connect or secure to
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
- (transitive, intransitive, animation) To outfit a model with controls for animation.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
noun
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- gear used in fishing
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
- A promiscuous woman.
- (slang) Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
- (slang, computing) A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- (US) A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
- (algebra, ring theory) An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- (animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
verb
noun
- a notable achievement
- An achievement.
- (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
- A heroic or extraordinary deed.
- (computing) A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
verb
- (figuratively) To manipulate in order to gain something for oneself.
- manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
- (slang, usually reflexive) To masturbate.
- To manipulate or toy with (an object), especially in a nervous, restless or aimless manner.
- To tinker with: to make small adjustments or improvements to (something), especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
verb
- (transitive) To manipulate deceptively.
- To thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse.
- (transitive) To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
- To hit.
- (intransitive) To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer.
- To stab.
- To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.
- (transitive) To interrupt a conversation with an unrelated topic.
- (intransitive) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
noun
- (Southern US, countable) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
- (countable) Clipping of jukebox.
- (sports) A feint.
- (uncountable, music) A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork.
- The neck of a bird.
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
verb
- achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
- (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
- (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
- (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
verb
- achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
- be successful; achieve a goal
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- handle effectively
- watch and direct
- carry on or function
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- (transitive) To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc.
- (transitive) To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
- (transitive) To direct or be in charge of.
- (ambitransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
- (transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).
- (intransitive) To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. [with infinitive]
- (transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
- (ironic) To end up doing something that could or should have been avoided.
noun
verb
noun
verb
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- deprive of by deceit
- (transitive, slang) To cheat; to swindle.
- (transitive) To waste time.
- (transitive, slang) To masturbate.
- (transitive, computing, slang) To manipulate a value at the level of individual bits (binary digits).
- (transitive, slang) To molest.
- (intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.
intj
noun
verb
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
- commit fraud and steal from one's employer
- avoid (one's assigned duties)
- play on a violin
- try to fix or mend
- play the violin or fiddle
- (informal, intransitive) Synonym of tinker (“to make small adjustments or improvements”); see also fiddle with.
- (informal, transitive) To fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
- (intransitive) To fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; see also fiddle with.
- (intransitive) To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
noun
- bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
- A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
- (informal) A workaround; a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem.
- A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
- (figurative) A clown; an unserious person entertaining a group.
- (informal) A scam; a fraud or swindle.
- (especially nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
- A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).
- (biology) A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
- (usually proscribed) Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
- (informal) An act of tinkering, playing around, or fidgeting with something.
- A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.
intj
verb
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
noun
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
verb
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
- (intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
- (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.
noun
- any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
- a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)
- a device regarded as providing amusement
- an artifact designed to be played with
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
- A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
- (graffiti slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
- (euphemistic) Ellipsis of sex toy.
- Ellipsis of toy dog.
- (slang, MLE) A gun.
- A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
- Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
adj
verb
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To have sexual intercourse with
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- (transitive) To begin to consume, or otherwise use.
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- (transitive, reflexive or rarely intransitive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with.
- color lightly
- cause to be in brief contact with
- to extend as far as
- comprehend
- make a more or less disguised reference to
- consume
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- tamper with
- make physical contact with, come in contact with
- affect emotionally
- have an effect upon
- perceive via the tactile sense
- deal with; usually used with a form of negation
- be relevant to
- be equal to in quality or ability
noun
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Form; standard of performance.
- (chiefly Australia) touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- (uncountable, in set phrases) A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- The children's game of tag.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- (slang) The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
- the event of something coming in contact with the body
- the feel of mechanical action
- the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
- deftness in handling matters
- a slight attack of illness
- the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
- a slight but appreciable amount
- the act of putting two things together with no space between them
- a communicative interaction
- a distinguishing style
- a suggestion of some quality
- the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
verb
- manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- (transitive, mathematics) To be in an equivalence relation with.
- (transitive) To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
- (intransitive) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
- (transitive, computing) To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
noun
verb
noun
- any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
- one who is playfully mischievous
- (derogatory) Synonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.
- A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
- (loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
- (historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
- (slang, vulgar, uncommon) A penis.
- (cladistically) Any simian, including humans.
- (slang, derogatory) Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.
- (slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
- (strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
- (dance) A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.
- (slang) The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.
- (blackjack) Synonym of face card.
- The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.
- (slang) Synonym of five hundred, especially (British) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars.
- (derogatory) Synonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.
- (slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
- (informal, sometimes offensive) A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child.
- (slang, highly derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black person.
- (slang, usually derogatory) A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence.
- (slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
verb
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
- intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
- (US, Canada, in professional sports) To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.
- (intransitive) To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
- (intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
noun
- a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
- (rail transport) A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
- A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
- An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
adj
- Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
- Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
- (euphemistic, of art) bad, unartistic, busy.
- (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
- promoting construction or creation
- having the ability or power to create
noun
adj
noun
- a cunning or deceitful action or device
- Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- (slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
- (heraldry) A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- (slang, vulgar) A term of abuse.
- (slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
- (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a prostitute's customer
- an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- a period of work or duty
verb
adj
noun
adj
- designed to deceive
- not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
- erroneous and usually accidental
- deliberately deceptive
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
- inaccurate in pitch
- inappropriate to reality or facts
- arising from error
- adopted in order to deceive
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
- (music) Out of tune.
- (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
- Based on factually incorrect premises.
- Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- Spurious, artificial.
- Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.