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verb
- (intransitive) To buzz.
- (weather) To blow gently.
- To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.
- (of fish) To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface.
- (usually with along) To move casually, in a carefree manner.
- blow gently and lightly
- to proceed quickly and easily
noun
- Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
- A light, gentle wind.
- (cricket) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
- A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
- An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
- A brief workout for a racehorse.
- (figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- a slight wind (usually refreshing)
suffix
- (z)z: buzz → buzzes
- that end in (s)s: miss → misses, yes → yesses; bus → buses; buss → busses
- (t)ch, when pronounced as /tʃ/: glitch→glitches (but psych→psychs)
- (s)s: bus→buses, Jones → Joneses; waltz → waltzes; yes → yeses.
- sh: ash→ashes
- that end in consonant (or qu) + y: cry→cries (but buy→buys)
- that end in (t)ch pronounced as /tʃ/: impeach→impeaches (but psych→psychs)
- Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a consonant (or qu) + y:
- that end in consonant + o in some cases: go→goes (but radio→radios)
- that end in sh: wish→wishes
- that end in (z)z: fizz→fizzes;
- (j)j: hajj→hajjes (j is only final in loan words raj, hajj)
- Used for form the plural of some nouns that end in a consonant + o:
- (dialectal) Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in /sp/, /st/, /sk/
- that end in x: tax → taxes; rendezvous → rendezvouses.
- x: box→boxes; crux → cruces
noun
- A low-pitched hum or buzz.
- An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
- A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
- (UK, slang) The drug mephedrone.
- (Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
- (music, uncountable) A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
- A humming or deep murmuring sound.
- (chiefly military) Any remotely-operated vehicle (ROV), especially when multiple such vehicles are operated from a larger vessel.
- (music) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
- One who performs menial or tedious work.
- (slang, derogatory) One who lacks the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.
- (BDSM) In dronification kink, one who is mindless and obedient to a dominant, characterized by a detached and robotic identity and an anonymous appearance, typically composed of a latex suit and gas mask.
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
- an unchanging intonation
- an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
verb
noun
verb
- To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.
- (intransitive) To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to make such a sound.
- (intransitive) (of a panther) To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented, much like the domestic cat’s purr.
- make a soft swishing sound
- make a vibrant sound, as of some birds
noun
- a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound
- the activeness of an energetic personality
- (slang) A witty insult or derogatory remark.
- (uncountable) Zest or vitality.
- A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string.
- (uncountable, slang) Pleasant or exciting flavour of food.
intj
verb
verb
- make a buzzing sound
- be noisy with activity
- fly low
- call with a buzzer
- (by extension) To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.
- (transitive) To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer.
- (transitive) To throw swiftly.
- (transitive) To cut (the hair) in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.
- (chiefly of an insect) To fly while making such a sound.
- (transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.
- (transitive, aviation, also figuratively) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over (an area), as to make a surprise pass.
- (intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.
- Of a group of people, to talk about some interesting topic excitedly.
- (transitive) To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
- (colloquial) To show a high level of activity and haste, energization or excitement, to be busy as a bee in one’s actions but perhaps mentally charged.
noun
- a confusion of activity and gossip
- sound of rapid vibration
- (informal) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.
- (informal) A telephone call or e-mail.
- (uncountable) Synonym of fizz-buzz (“counting game”).
- The audible friction of voiced consonants.
- A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
- A whisper.
- (informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.
noun
- A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
- a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
- (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
- (UK, slang, with "the") Pickpocketing.
- (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
prep
verb
noun
- Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
- a humming noise
- (informal, Malaysia, Singapore) Synonym of see hum (“blood cockles, ark clams”).
- (with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
- A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
- An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
- (UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
- the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
verb
- (intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
- (intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
- (intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
- (intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
- (transitive) To express by humming.
- (British, slang) To reek, smell bad.
- make a low continuous sound
- sing with closed lips
- be noisy with activity
- sound with a monotonous hum
intj
noun
- A swishing noise.
- A smooth stroke; a swish.
- A wet splashing sound.
- (typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
- A streak or patch.
- (technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
- (architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
- the movement or sound of water
adj
verb
- (ambitransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
- (intransitive) To wade forcefully through liquid.
- (ambitransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.
- (ambitransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
- (ambitransitive) To swipe.
- (intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
- To streak, to color in a swash.
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- make violent, noisy movements
- dash a liquid upon or against
- show off
noun
- Cucurbita pepo
- Cucurbita argyrosperma
- Cucurbita maxima
- Cucurbita moschata
- any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
- any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months
noun
- Chatter; prattle.
- Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
- (colloquial) The tongue.
- An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
- a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
- a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
verb
- (UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
- To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- make a rattling sound
verb
- twitch or flutter
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- cause to make a snapping sound
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- shine unsteadily
- remove with a flick (of the hand)
- flash intermittently
- touch or hit with a light, quick blow
- To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
- To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
noun
- a short stroke
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
- A flitch.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
verb
- twitch or flutter
- look through a book or other written material
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
- (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
- (transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
- (intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
noun
- shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- The sound made while shuffling cards.
- (mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- A succession of small waves.
- Synonym of riffle shuffle
verb
- twitch or flutter
- disturb the smoothness of
- pleat or gather into a ruffle
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- erect or fluff up
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- trouble or vex
- discompose
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
noun
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- a noisy fight
- a high tight collar
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
adj
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
- Gist.
- (uncountable, transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore, or grain.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.
- Majority, balance.
- (countable) A cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.
- The major part of something.
- Size, specifically, volume.
- (brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.
- Any huge body or structure.
- Dietary fibre.
- (bodybuilding) A period where one tries to gain muscle.
- the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- the property possessed by a large mass
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.
- (intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.
- (intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand.
- (transitive) To put or hold in bulk.
- cause to bulge or swell outwards
- stick out or up
- to gain size and weight by means of exercise and diet
noun
- A low-pitched hum or buzz.
- An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
- A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
- (UK, slang) The drug mephedrone.
- (Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
- (music, uncountable) A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
- A humming or deep murmuring sound.
- (chiefly military) Any remotely-operated vehicle (ROV), especially when multiple such vehicles are operated from a larger vessel.
- (music) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
- One who performs menial or tedious work.
- (slang, derogatory) One who lacks the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.
- (BDSM) In dronification kink, one who is mindless and obedient to a dominant, characterized by a detached and robotic identity and an anonymous appearance, typically composed of a latex suit and gas mask.
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
- an unchanging intonation
- an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
verb
noun
verb
- To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.
- (intransitive) To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to make such a sound.
- (intransitive) (of a panther) To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented, much like the domestic cat’s purr.
- make a soft swishing sound
- make a vibrant sound, as of some birds
noun
- a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound
- the activeness of an energetic personality
- (slang) A witty insult or derogatory remark.
- (uncountable) Zest or vitality.
- A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string.
- (uncountable, slang) Pleasant or exciting flavour of food.
intj
verb
noun
- A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
- a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
- (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
- (UK, slang, with "the") Pickpocketing.
- (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
prep
verb
noun
- Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
- a humming noise
- (informal, Malaysia, Singapore) Synonym of see hum (“blood cockles, ark clams”).
- (with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
- A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
- An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
- (UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
- the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
verb
- (intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
- (intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
- (intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
- (intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
- (transitive) To express by humming.
- (British, slang) To reek, smell bad.
- make a low continuous sound
- sing with closed lips
- be noisy with activity
- sound with a monotonous hum
intj
noun
- A swishing noise.
- A smooth stroke; a swish.
- A wet splashing sound.
- (typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
- A streak or patch.
- (technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
- (architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
- the movement or sound of water
adj
verb
- (ambitransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
- (intransitive) To wade forcefully through liquid.
- (ambitransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.
- (ambitransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
- (ambitransitive) To swipe.
- (intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
- To streak, to color in a swash.
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- make violent, noisy movements
- dash a liquid upon or against
- show off
noun
- Cucurbita pepo
- Cucurbita argyrosperma
- Cucurbita maxima
- Cucurbita moschata
- any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
- any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months
noun
- Chatter; prattle.
- Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
- (colloquial) The tongue.
- An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
- a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
- a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
verb
- (UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.
- To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- make a rattling sound
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
- Gist.
- (uncountable, transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore, or grain.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.
- Majority, balance.
- (countable) A cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.
- The major part of something.
- Size, specifically, volume.
- (brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.
- Any huge body or structure.
- Dietary fibre.
- (bodybuilding) A period where one tries to gain muscle.
- the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- the property possessed by a large mass
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.
- (intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.
- (intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand.
- (transitive) To put or hold in bulk.
- cause to bulge or swell outwards
- stick out or up
- to gain size and weight by means of exercise and diet
verb
- (intransitive) To buzz.
- (weather) To blow gently.
- To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.
- (of fish) To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface.
- (usually with along) To move casually, in a carefree manner.
- blow gently and lightly
- to proceed quickly and easily
noun
- Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
- A light, gentle wind.
- (cricket) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
- A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
- An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
- A brief workout for a racehorse.
- (figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- a slight wind (usually refreshing)
verb
- make a buzzing sound
- be noisy with activity
- fly low
- call with a buzzer
- (by extension) To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.
- (transitive) To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer.
- (transitive) To throw swiftly.
- (transitive) To cut (the hair) in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.
- (chiefly of an insect) To fly while making such a sound.
- (transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.
- (transitive, aviation, also figuratively) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over (an area), as to make a surprise pass.
- (intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.
- Of a group of people, to talk about some interesting topic excitedly.
- (transitive) To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
- (colloquial) To show a high level of activity and haste, energization or excitement, to be busy as a bee in one’s actions but perhaps mentally charged.
noun
- a confusion of activity and gossip
- sound of rapid vibration
- (informal) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.
- (informal) A telephone call or e-mail.
- (uncountable) Synonym of fizz-buzz (“counting game”).
- The audible friction of voiced consonants.
- A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
- A whisper.
- (informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.
noun
- A low-pitched hum or buzz.
- An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
- A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
- (UK, slang) The drug mephedrone.
- (Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
- (music, uncountable) A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
- A humming or deep murmuring sound.
- (chiefly military) Any remotely-operated vehicle (ROV), especially when multiple such vehicles are operated from a larger vessel.
- (music) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
- One who performs menial or tedious work.
- (slang, derogatory) One who lacks the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.
- (BDSM) In dronification kink, one who is mindless and obedient to a dominant, characterized by a detached and robotic identity and an anonymous appearance, typically composed of a latex suit and gas mask.
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
- an unchanging intonation
- an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
verb
verb
- twitch or flutter
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- cause to make a snapping sound
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- shine unsteadily
- remove with a flick (of the hand)
- flash intermittently
- touch or hit with a light, quick blow
- To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
- To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
noun
- a short stroke
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
- A flitch.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
verb
- twitch or flutter
- look through a book or other written material
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
- (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
- (transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
- (intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
noun
- shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- The sound made while shuffling cards.
- (mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- A succession of small waves.
- Synonym of riffle shuffle
verb
- twitch or flutter
- disturb the smoothness of
- pleat or gather into a ruffle
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- erect or fluff up
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- trouble or vex
- discompose
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
noun
- a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- a noisy fight
- a high tight collar
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
noun
- Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
- a humming noise
- (informal, Malaysia, Singapore) Synonym of see hum (“blood cockles, ark clams”).
- (with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
- A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
- An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
- (UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
- the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
verb
- (intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
- (intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
- (intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
- (intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
- (transitive) To express by humming.
- (British, slang) To reek, smell bad.
- make a low continuous sound
- sing with closed lips
- be noisy with activity
- sound with a monotonous hum