backhander
clout
thump
handblow
punch
left-hander
jawbreaker
finger fan
box
fistful
stinger
nobber
smacker
stoater
rap
hammer fist
shot
slug
bunny
nope
dad
kerslap
swack
swat
blower
kerchunk
pelt
pound
bastinado
devvel
wallop
sucker punch
chop
smack
smacking
slap
spank
tunk
cuff
slugging
counterstroke
body blow
bastinade
winder
crack
wham
right-hander
wherret
mandritta
clip
boot
rabbit punch
poke
biff
kneeful
lick
stomacher
bonk
five-star
blowsily
sock
kneeing
suggillation
downstrike
whip
bop
pandy
knee
bunch of fives
whomp
belt
bat
heel-palm
pat
souse
beat
fight bite
cold cock
underblow
backhanded
spit wad
jab
backhanded
kerslap
kerchunk
blowsily
backhander
clout
thump
handblow
punch
left-hander
jawbreaker
finger fan
box
fistful
stinger
nobber
smacker
stoater
rap
hammer fist
shot
slug
bunny
nope
dad
kerslap
swack
swat
blower
pelt
pound
bastinado
devvel
wallop
sucker punch
chop
smack
smacking
slap
spank
tunk
kerchunk
cuff
slugging
counterstroke
body blow
bastinade
winder
crack
wham
right-hander
wherret
mandritta
clip
boot
rabbit punch
poke
biff
kneeful
lick
stomacher
bonk
five-star
sock
kneeing
suggillation
downstrike
whip
bop
pandy
knee
bunch of fives
belt
bat
heel-palm
pat
souse
beat
fight bite
cold cock
underblow
spit wad
jab
cuff
whomp
noun
- A blow with the back of the hand.
- A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
- A player who plays a backhand shot.
- A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
- A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
- A bribe, a secret payment.
noun
- A blow from something other than the fist.
- A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
- A hole or opening created with a punch.
- Impact.
- Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
- An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
- Power, strength, energy.
- A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
- A hit or strike with one's fist.
- A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
verb
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- To strike with one's fist.
- To thrust against; to poke.
- To enter (information) on a device or system.
- To herd.
- To mark a ticket.
- To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc)
- To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
- In winemaking, to perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
- To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
noun
- A blow with the fist.
- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
- A coffin.
- The rectangle in which the batter stands.
- A small rectangular shelter.
- The vagina.
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
- A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
- A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
- Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especiallycommon box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
- One of two specific regions in a promoter.
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach.
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
- A predicament or trap.
- A cell used for solitary confinement.
- A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
- A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
- A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
- Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, the drooping (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black, or ironbark box trees.
- A prison cell.
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
- Preceded by the: television.
- A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
- An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
- The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
- The penalty area.
- Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”)
verb
- To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
- To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
- To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
- To strike with the fists; to punch.
- To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
noun
- A sharp blow with something hard.
- A whit; a jot.
- A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
- An appraisal.
- Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
- A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.
- Rap music.
- A casual talk.
- Blame for something.
- A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
verb
- To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
- To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
- To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
- To seize and carry off.
- To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
- To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
- To utter quickly and sharply.
noun
- A punch or other physical blow.
- Small metal balls used as ammunition.
- A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
- The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
- An opportunity or attempt.
- A cast of one or more nets.
- Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
- A single draft or catch of fish made.
- A vaccination or injection.
- The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
- A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
- Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
- Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
- The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
- A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
- A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
- A single serving of espresso.
- A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
- A place or spot for setting nets.
verb
adj
- Worn out or broken.
- Scarred silly or crazy of something or someone usually due to a traumatic experience with said fear.
- Tired, weary.
- Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
- Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
intj
noun
- A hard blow, usually with the fist.
- A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
- A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
- The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
- A black screen.
- A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
- A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
- A ship that sails slowly.
- The imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
- A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
- Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
- An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors, but lacks a prime mover, being powered by electricity from the mother locomotive, and may or may not have a control cab.
- A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
- A hitchhiking commuter.
- A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
- A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
- A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
verb
- To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
- To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.
- To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
- To make sluggish.
- To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
- To load with a slug or slugs.
noun
- A swelling from a blow; a bump.
- Bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry.
- A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea.
- A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over.
- A small pool of water.
- A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
- In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
- Any small drain or culvert.
- A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
- A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
- A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
adj
noun
- A sharp blow.
- The sound of a sharp blow.
- A single attempt or instance of taking action; a crack; a go.
- A large number or amount of something.
- A wet sound such as a loud kiss.
- An attack, a swipe.
- A gulp or hearty swallow.
- A bum or petty thief.
- A striking stimulus.
- clout; influence.
verb
- To consume with hearty enjoyment.
- To slap or hit.
- To make a swack (sound).
- To labour; to exert an effort.
adj
adv
noun
- A person who blows.
- A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
- The whale; so called by seamen, from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
- A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
- A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
- Any device that blows.
- Telephone.
noun
- A blow or stroke from something thrown.
- A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
- The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
- The fur or hair of a living animal.
- The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
- Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
- A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
- An act of moving quickly; a rush.
- Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.
verb
- Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
- Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
- To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
- To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
- To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
- Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
- To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
- Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
- To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
- To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
noun
- A hard blow.
- The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- a division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine
- The translated name of various non-English units of measure
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
- The translated name of various non-English units of currency
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- The people who work for the pound.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
verb
- To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- To eat or drink very quickly.
- To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- To beat strongly or throb.
- To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
noun
- A heavy blow, punch.
- anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, whitewash.
- A thrill, emotionally excited reaction.
- A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
- A person's ability to throw such punches.
- An emotional impact, psychological force.
verb
- To wrap up temporarily.
- To flounder, wallow.
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- To rush hastily.
- To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
- To eat or drink with gusto.
- To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
noun
- A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
- A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- A complete shipment.
- A license or passport that has been sealed.
- The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
- A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
- A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
- A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods.
- Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
- A woodchopping competition.
- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
- A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
- A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- A jaw of an animal.
- An IRC channel operator.
- The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
verb
- To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
- To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- To vary or shift suddenly.
- To remove the final character from (a text string).
- To interrupt; with in or out.
- to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
- To stab.
- To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
- To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity.
- To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
- To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- To sever with an axe or similar implement.
- To seal a license or passport.
- To chap or crack.
noun
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
- street names for heroin
- an enthusiastic kiss
adv
verb
noun
- A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
- One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
- A winding plant.
- A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth
- A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
- A spool around which something is wound
verb
noun
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- An attempt at something.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- Vagina.
- The space between the buttocks.
- A narrow opening.
- Any sharp sound.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- a meaningful chat.
- Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- Business; events; news.
- Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
verb
- To change rapidly in register.
- To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- To form cracks.
- To make a cracking sound.
- To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- To make a crack or cracks in.
- To make a sharply humorous comment.
- To open slightly.
- To overcome a security system or component.
- To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- To strike forcefully.
- To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- To tell (a joke).
- To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- To solve a difficult problem.
- To cause to make a sharp sound.
- To realize that one is transgender.
- To barely reach, attain to (a measurement, extent).
- To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
adj
noun
- A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
- A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- A newspaper clipping.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- The condition of something, its state.
- A removable magazine of a firearm.
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
verb
- To curtail; to cut short.
- To grip tightly.
- To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- To strike with the hand.
- to grab or take stealthily
- To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
noun
- A blow with the foot; a kick.
- A tyre.
- A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
- The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
- The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
- A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
- The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
- That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
- An unattractive person, ugly woman.
- The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
- Profit, plunder.
- A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
- A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
- A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
- A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
- A bootleg recording.
- A bobbled ball.
- A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
- A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
- A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
- A black person.
verb
- To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
- To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
- To vomit.
- To eject; kick out.
- To kick.
- To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
- To start or restart a computer or other electronic system; to bootstrap.
- To put boots on, especially for riding.
- To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
noun
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
verb
noun
- A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
- A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
- A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
- A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.
- A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
- A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
- A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
- A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
adv
adj
verb
- To move downward in a stiking motion.
- To go in a downward direction.
- To arc to ground in a downstrike.
- To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
- To strike from above.
- To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
- To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
- To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
noun
- A blow administered with a whip.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A whipper-in.
- A coach driver; a coachman.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes; a whipper-in.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
- A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- Whipped cream.
verb
- To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- To urge into action or obedience.
- To hit with any flexible object.
- To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- To move very fast.
- To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- To snap back and forth like a whip.
- To hit with a whip.
- To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
noun
- A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
- In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
- The part of a garment that covers the knee.
- Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
- In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
- A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
- An act of kneeling on one knee, typically to acknowledge an injury or sacrifice or otherwise to show respect.
verb
noun
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
- One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
- A quick drink of liquor.
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
verb
- To fasten a belt on.
- To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
- To hit with a belt.
- To scream or sing in a loud manner.
- To move very fast.
- To encircle.
- To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- To hit someone or something.
- To drink quickly, often in gulps.
noun
- A stroke; a sharp blow.
- A part of a brick with one whole end.
- A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
- Rate of motion; speed.
- Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
- Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
- A stroke of work.
- A rough walking stick.
- The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
- A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- Shale or bituminous shale.
- An old woman.
verb
noun
- A blow in which the heel of the palm strikes an opponent.
- A technique for evaluating the reduction of a hip or femur by holding the patient's heels in one's palms with both legs in abduction and internal rotation, then noting the amount of external rotation of the feet when the internal rotation is released.
verb
noun
- A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
- A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
- The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
adv
verb
- To stroke or fondle (an animal).
- To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
- To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
- To gently rain.
adj
noun
- A stroke; a blow.
- A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- A beatnik.
- A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- A rhythm.
- The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- A pulsation or throb.
- A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- A precinct.
adj
- Ugly.
- Having impressively attractive makeup.
- Boring.
- Exhausted.
- Relating to the Beat Generation.
- Dilapidated, beat up.
verb
- simple past tense of beat
- To rob.
- To indicate by beating or drumming.
- To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- To hit; to strike.
- To tread, as a path.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- To arrive at a place before someone.
- To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
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