English words for 'A borrowing from Punic.'
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- (slang) Stolen.
- (not comparable, slang, of a draft or check) Not covered by funds on account.
- Fresh; just released.
- (acoustics) Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier or other sound equipment.
- (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
- (slang, of bodily fluids) Containing drugs.
- (slang) Extremely attracted to. [with for]
- Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
- Feverish; feeling a high fever.
- (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
- Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
- (of an object) Having or giving off a high temperature.
- (US, not comparable) Electrically charged.
- (colloquial, of a person) Very physically or sexually attractive.
- (slang) Sexually aroused; randy.
- Popular; in demand.
- Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
- (slang) Characterized by police presence or activity.
- (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
- (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- (slang, of a vehicle or aircraft) Extremely fast or with great speed.
- (of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
- (colloquial) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
- (informal) Radioactive.
- Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
- very good; often used in the negative
- recently stolen or smuggled
- marked by excited activity
- of a seeker; very near to the object sought
- newest or most recent
- having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm
- sexually excited or exciting
- very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
- charged or energized with electricity
- (color) bold and intense
- wanted by the police
- (extended meanings, especially of psychological heat) marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
- made recently
- very unpleasant or even dangerous
- having or bringing unusually good luck
- having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
- performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
- characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
- very popular or successful
- used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
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- A cofferdam.
- A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
- A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
- (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
- A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
- a chest especially for storing valuables
- an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
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- The act of stealing.
- (computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
- (curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
- (slang, figurative) A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.
- (basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
- (baseball) A stolen base.
- a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
- an advantageous purchase
verb
- (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
- (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
- (transitive) To convey (something) clandestinely.
- (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
- (sports, transitive) To dispossess
- To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
- (informal, transitive, humorous) To take or retell someone else’s joke; to use a clever phrase or expression from someone else in one's own speaking or writing.
- (transitive, informal, figurative) To acquire at a low price.
- (transitive, of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
- (informal, transitive, hyperbolic) To borrow for a short moment.
- (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
- steal a base
- move stealthily
- take without the owner's consent
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verb
- (slang) To steal.
- (nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
- (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
- To forget, ignore, or get rid of.
- (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
- (transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
- (slang) To arrest.
- (transitive, medicine) To fit with a bag to collect urine.
- To hang like an empty bag.
- (transitive) To put into a bag.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- hang loosely, like an empty bag
- put into a bag
- bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
- take unlawfully
- capture or kill, as in hunting
noun
- (UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
- (informal) A large number or amount.
- (vulgar) The scrotum.
- (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
- The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
- A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
- A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
- An udder, especially the pendulous one of a dairy cow.
- (colloquial) One's preference.
- (baseball) First, second, or third base.
- A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) £1000, a grand.
- (chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
- (preceded by the) A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
- (US, gay slang, derogatory) A fellow gay man.
- (countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.
- A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
- (now historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
- (derogatory) An ugly woman.
- (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
- (usually in the plural) The human female breast.
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- an ugly or ill-tempered woman
- the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a flexible container with a single opening
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior
- the quantity that a bag will hold
- mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
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noun
- (US, slang, derogatory) An enthusiastic sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength.
- An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.
- (British, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A Scotsman.
- (US, slang) A young male athlete, typically tall and aged 16–23.
- (slang) A disc jockey.
- (dialect, Yorkshire) Food; meals.
- (informal) A jockey.
- a person trained to compete in sports
- a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
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- (philately) Initialism of mounted mint.
- (audio, electronics) Initialism of moving magnet, a type of phono cartridge.
- Initialism of man-month.
- (Freemasonry) Initialism of Master Mason.
- (mathematics) Initialism of mathematical morphology.
- (finance) Initialism of market maker.
- (numismatic slang) Initialism of mintmark.
- (aviation) Initialism of middle marker.
- plural of M (“Monsieur”)
- Initialism of mile marker.
- (finance) Abbreviation of million.
- (education) Initialism of Master of Music.
- (education) Initialism of Master of Management.
- (amateur radio) Initialism of maritime mobile.
- (operating systems) Initialism of memory management.
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- (transitive) To steal.
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
- take into custody
- furnish with a collar
- seize by the neck or collar
noun
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A similar detachable item.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
verb
- (transitive) To steal.
- (intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
- (transitive, originally New York dialectal, informal, African-American Vernacular) To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- (transitive) To adopt.
- (slang, transitive) To take (a look, glance, etc.).
- (transitive, slang, of a pimp) To recruit a prostitute into the stable.
- (transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
- (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
- take into custody
- take by theft
noun
- (military, historical) A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
- (spinning) A conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
- A quill or tube upon which silk is wound.
- (informal) A police officer or prison guard.
- (architecture, military) A merlon.
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
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- (Louisiana) The stomach of a pig, especially when stuffed as chaudin (a Louisianan food).
- Synonym of poof: an effeminate gay man; any similarly effeminate man.
- Synonym of pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver.
- Synonym of kept man.
- a man who is effeminate in their manner and fussy in the way they dress
- someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
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- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
verb
- coat with a layer of copper
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
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- take by stealing
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
- free from a burden, evil, or distress
- provide relief for
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- grant exemption or release to
- lessen the intensity of or calm
- relieve oneself of troubling information
- provide physical relief, as from pain
- (transitive) To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
- (reflexive, euphemistic) To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm.
- (originally military) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
- (transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
- (transitive) To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
- (transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
- (reflexive, euphemistic) To urinate or defecate.
- (law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
- (transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
- To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
noun
- A cofferdam.
- A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
- A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
- (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
- A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
- a chest especially for storing valuables
- an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
verb
noun
- The act of stealing.
- (computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
- (curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
- (slang, figurative) A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.
- (basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
- (baseball) A stolen base.
- a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
- an advantageous purchase
verb
- (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
- (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
- (transitive) To convey (something) clandestinely.
- (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
- (sports, transitive) To dispossess
- To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
- (informal, transitive, humorous) To take or retell someone else’s joke; to use a clever phrase or expression from someone else in one's own speaking or writing.
- (transitive, informal, figurative) To acquire at a low price.
- (transitive, of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
- (informal, transitive, hyperbolic) To borrow for a short moment.
- (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
- steal a base
- move stealthily
- take without the owner's consent
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- (philately) Initialism of mounted mint.
- (audio, electronics) Initialism of moving magnet, a type of phono cartridge.
- Initialism of man-month.
- (Freemasonry) Initialism of Master Mason.
- (mathematics) Initialism of mathematical morphology.
- (finance) Initialism of market maker.
- (numismatic slang) Initialism of mintmark.
- (aviation) Initialism of middle marker.
- plural of M (“Monsieur”)
- Initialism of mile marker.
- (finance) Abbreviation of million.
- (education) Initialism of Master of Music.
- (education) Initialism of Master of Management.
- (amateur radio) Initialism of maritime mobile.
- (operating systems) Initialism of memory management.
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- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
verb
- coat with a layer of copper
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
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- (slang) To steal.
- (nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
- (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
- To forget, ignore, or get rid of.
- (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
- (transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
- (slang) To arrest.
- (transitive, medicine) To fit with a bag to collect urine.
- To hang like an empty bag.
- (transitive) To put into a bag.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- hang loosely, like an empty bag
- put into a bag
- bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
- take unlawfully
- capture or kill, as in hunting
noun
- (UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
- (informal) A large number or amount.
- (vulgar) The scrotum.
- (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
- The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
- A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
- A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
- An udder, especially the pendulous one of a dairy cow.
- (colloquial) One's preference.
- (baseball) First, second, or third base.
- A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) £1000, a grand.
- (chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
- (preceded by the) A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
- (US, gay slang, derogatory) A fellow gay man.
- (countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.
- A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
- (now historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
- (derogatory) An ugly woman.
- (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
- (usually in the plural) The human female breast.
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- an ugly or ill-tempered woman
- the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a flexible container with a single opening
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior
- the quantity that a bag will hold
- mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
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- (US, slang, derogatory) An enthusiastic sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength.
- An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.
- (British, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A Scotsman.
- (US, slang) A young male athlete, typically tall and aged 16–23.
- (slang) A disc jockey.
- (dialect, Yorkshire) Food; meals.
- (informal) A jockey.
- a person trained to compete in sports
- a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
verb
- (transitive) To steal.
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
- take into custody
- furnish with a collar
- seize by the neck or collar
noun
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A similar detachable item.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
verb
- (transitive) To steal.
- (intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
- (transitive, originally New York dialectal, informal, African-American Vernacular) To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- (transitive) To adopt.
- (slang, transitive) To take (a look, glance, etc.).
- (transitive, slang, of a pimp) To recruit a prostitute into the stable.
- (transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
- (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
- take into custody
- take by theft
noun
- (military, historical) A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
- (spinning) A conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
- A quill or tube upon which silk is wound.
- (informal) A police officer or prison guard.
- (architecture, military) A merlon.
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
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- (Louisiana) The stomach of a pig, especially when stuffed as chaudin (a Louisianan food).
- Synonym of poof: an effeminate gay man; any similarly effeminate man.
- Synonym of pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver.
- Synonym of kept man.
- a man who is effeminate in their manner and fussy in the way they dress
- someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
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- take by stealing
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
- free from a burden, evil, or distress
- provide relief for
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- grant exemption or release to
- lessen the intensity of or calm
- relieve oneself of troubling information
- provide physical relief, as from pain
- (transitive) To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
- (reflexive, euphemistic) To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm.
- (originally military) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
- (transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
- (transitive) To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
- (transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
- (reflexive, euphemistic) To urinate or defecate.
- (law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
- (transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
- To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
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- (slang) Stolen.
- (not comparable, slang, of a draft or check) Not covered by funds on account.
- Fresh; just released.
- (acoustics) Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier or other sound equipment.
- (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
- (slang, of bodily fluids) Containing drugs.
- (slang) Extremely attracted to. [with for]
- Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
- Feverish; feeling a high fever.
- (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
- Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
- (of an object) Having or giving off a high temperature.
- (US, not comparable) Electrically charged.
- (colloquial, of a person) Very physically or sexually attractive.
- (slang) Sexually aroused; randy.
- Popular; in demand.
- Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
- (slang) Characterized by police presence or activity.
- (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
- (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- (slang, of a vehicle or aircraft) Extremely fast or with great speed.
- (of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
- (colloquial) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
- (informal) Radioactive.
- Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
- very good; often used in the negative
- recently stolen or smuggled
- marked by excited activity
- of a seeker; very near to the object sought
- newest or most recent
- having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm
- sexually excited or exciting
- very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
- charged or energized with electricity
- (color) bold and intense
- wanted by the police
- (extended meanings, especially of psychological heat) marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
- made recently
- very unpleasant or even dangerous
- having or bringing unusually good luck
- having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
- performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
- characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
- very popular or successful
- used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning