inside edge
outside edge
nick
snick
top edge
bottom edge
edge
soft hand
push bunt
cut
backlift
slash bunt
catch
sacrifice bunt
foul tick
open the face
close the face
leg slip
block
dead bat
baseball swing
catch out
swing
splice
beaner
beanball
off side
bowling
backward
spell
check swing
hack
fielder
duck fart
inside out
streaky
the other way
handled the ball
thug
pick off
foul tip
duster
chin music
on
stroke
bat
switch-hit
baseball play
plumb
gardening
bobble
foul ball
overthrow
switch-hitter
ground ball
straight
pitch
batting
deliver
hop
jaffa
object ball
wheelhouse
bunt
batlike
willow
foul out
British baseball
double
off
on drive
cover drive
agricultural shot
plate appearance
off drive
seeing eye ball
baseball
infield fly
lumber
French cut
leg side
slash
baseball bat
backside throw
bat-pad
backward
streaky
on
plumb
straight
batlike
off
inside out
the other way
inside edge
outside edge
nick
snick
top edge
bottom edge
edge
soft hand
push bunt
backlift
slash bunt
sacrifice bunt
foul tick
leg slip
block
dead bat
cut
baseball swing
swing
splice
beaner
beanball
off side
bowling
spell
check swing
hack
fielder
duck fart
thug
pick off
foul tip
duster
chin music
stroke
bat
baseball play
gardening
bobble
foul ball
overthrow
switch-hitter
ground ball
batting
hop
jaffa
object ball
wheelhouse
willow
British baseball
double
on drive
cover drive
agricultural shot
plate appearance
off drive
seeing eye ball
baseball
catch
bunt
infield fly
lumber
French cut
leg side
slash
baseball bat
backside throw
bat-pad
snick
edge
cut
catch
open the face
close the face
catch out
inside edge
outside edge
top edge
bottom edge
switch-hit
pitch
deliver
bunt
foul out
noun
- A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
- The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
- One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
- Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
- A police station or prison.
verb
- To make a cut at the side of the face.
- To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
- To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
- To steal.
- To arrest.
- To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).
noun
- A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
- A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
- Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
- The boundary line of a surface.
- An advantage.
- The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
- The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
- The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
- A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
- A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
- A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
verb
- To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
- To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- To win by a small margin.
verb
- To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- To exhibit (a quality).
- To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- To wound with a knife.
- To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
- To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- To stop, disengage, or cease.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- To make or negotiate.
- To castrate or geld.
- To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To change direction suddenly.
- To perform (a dancing movement etc.).
- To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
noun
- A particular version or edit of a film.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- A skein of yarn.
- A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- The result of cutting.
- In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
- The act of cutting.
- An artificial navigation channel as distinguished from a navigable river.
- Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- A slab, especially of meat.
- A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- A haircut.
- A decrease.
intj
adj
- Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- Reduced.
- Having been cut.
- Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- Carved into a shape; not raw.
- Emotionally hurt.
verb
- To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
- To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
- To be held back or impeded.
- To get pregnant.
- To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- To be hit by something.
- To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- To have something be held back or impeded.
- To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- To travel by means of.
- To become infected by (an illness).
- To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- To charm or entrance.
- To grip or entangle.
- To handle an exception.
- To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- To spread by infection or similar means.
- To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- To germinate and set down roots.
- To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
noun
- The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- The game of catching a ball.
- A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- A fragment of music or poetry.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- The act of seizing or capturing.
- A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- The first contact of an oar with the water.
- A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- Something which is captured or caught.
noun
- A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- A cellblock.
- The popping crease.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
- Solitary confinement.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- A blockhole.
- A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- The human head.
- A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A roughly cuboid building.
- A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
verb
- To hit with a block.
- To wait for some condition to become true.
- To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- To play a block shot.
- To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
- To shape or sketch out roughly.
- To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
- To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
noun
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- a sweeping blow or stroke
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
verb
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- influence decisively
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- hang loosely
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
- have a certain musical rhythm
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
noun
- That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
- A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
- The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
- Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
- The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.
verb
- To unite as if splicing.
- To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
- To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.
- To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
- To unite in marriage.
noun
- The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- Candlepin bowling.
- A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
- A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- The action of the verb bowl.
- Road bowling.
adj
- On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
- Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
- Late or behindhand.
- Situated toward or at the rear of something.
- Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
- Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
- Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
- Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
- Reversed in order or sequence.
- Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
noun
adv
- In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- At, near or towards the rear of something.
- Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
- In a reversed orientation; back to front.
- Toward or into the past;
- By way of reflection; reflexively.
- In a reversed order or sequence.
noun
- The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
- An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
- A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
- An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.
- Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
- A definite period (of work or other activity).
- A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
- A period of rest; time off.
- A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
- A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
verb
- To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
- To work in place of (someone).
- To constitute; to measure.
- To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
- To clarify; to explain in detail.
- Of letters: to compose (a word).
- To indicate that (some event) will occur.
- To rest from work for a time.
- To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
- To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
noun
- A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A try, an attempt.
- The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- A hacking blow.
- An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
- A hearse.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A dry cough.
- A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A tool for chopping.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- A computer programmer who makes quick but inelegant changes to computer code to solve problems or add features.
- A computer programmer, particularly a veteran or someone not immediately expected to be capable of programming.
- One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- An untalented writer.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
- A grating in a mill race.
- Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- A political agitator.
verb
- To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- To kick (a player) on the shins.
- To swing at a pitched ball.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To play hackeysack.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- To cough noisily.
- To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
noun
- A ball hit by a batter into the gray area between the infield and outfield, usually tailing away from whoever is trying to catch it.
- Something insignificant or silent.
- A layered (not mixed) drink made of Kahlua, Bailey's Irish cream and Crown Royal (in that order, and ideally with just a float of Crown).
- A sound made when a stone is thrown into the water where the water breaks twice creating a longer sounding "plop".
adj
- Used to describe a shot where the ball deflects off the edge of the bat, but is not caught by the slips or wicket-keeper and instead results in runs for the batsman.
- Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
- Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
- Having streaks.
noun
- A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand.
- One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her.
- One who, usually as a result of social disadvantage, has turned to committing crimes (e.g. selling drugs, robbery, assault, etc.) to make a living; a gangsta.
- An over-vigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
- Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire.
- A punk; a hoodlum; a hooligan.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A fastball thrown near the batter's chin, often to set up a subsequent pitch thrown low and outside.
- Rhythmic singing, usually to nonsense syllables, in a style partly inspired by the instruments used to accompany folk dancing in Irish and Scottish traditions.
- A bouncer aimed near the batsman's chin.
adj
- Within the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
- Acting in character.
- Fitted; covering; being worn.
- Acceptable, appropriate.
- In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
- Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
- Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
- Menstruating.
- Performing according to schedule; taking place.
verb
noun
prep
- To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
- So as to impact; against.
- Some time during the day of.
- Indicating a means of subsistence.
- Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
- Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
- In the possession of.
- Inside (a vehicle) for the purpose of travelling.
- Indicating the person experiencing an emotion, cold, thirst, hunger, etc.
- Expressing figurative placement or attachment.
- Supported by (the specified part of itself).
- Having identical domain and codomain.
- At or in (a certain region or location).
- Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
- Under the influence of (a drug).
- Generated by.
- Regularly taking (a drug).
- Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
- Against; in opposition to.
- Indicating dependence or reliance.
- Covering.
- Engaged in or occupied with (an action or activity).
- Paid for by.
- Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
- At the date of.
- Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
- In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
- Indicating a means or medium.
- By virtue of; with the pledge of.
- Because of, or due to.
- Near; adjacent to; alongside.
- Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
- Without.
- Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
- So as to impart force to.
- Serving as a member of.
- At a given time after the start of something; at.
adv
noun
- The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
- One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
- In Unicode: the formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in "A̶").
- A flattering or friendly act, comment, etc., done or made to a person to influence them.
- A masterful or effective action.
- The oblique, slash, or virgule ("/").
- The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the boat, or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull; also, the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.
- A beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse.
- An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
- A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.
- An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
- A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
- A gesture of assurance given as encouragement; specifically (psychoanalysis) in transactional analysis: a (generally positive) reaction expressed to a person which fulfils their desires or needs.
- A line making up a written character; specifically, a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean character.
- A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
- A specific combination of movements of the arms and legs which, when repeated, causes the swimmer to advance through the water; also, the manner in which such movements are made; a swimming style.
- A movement of a brush in painting, of a chisel in carving, of a pen, pencil, or such implement in drawing or writing, etc., in one direction; hence, a line or mark made on a surface by such an implement.
- The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
- An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
- An act, or the sound, of the clapper or hammer of a clock hitting a bell or other striking mechanism; hence, the time when such a strike occurs.
- An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.
- A thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.
- A single movement or thrust of a part (such as a piston) of a machine that moves back and forth; also, the length of this movement.
- A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
- The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
- An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.
- A distinctive expression in a written composition; a touch.
- A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.
- The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers; also, the position in the boat occupied by this rower.
- An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.
verb
- To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
- Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke (noun sense 4).
- Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
- To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
- To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs.
- To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
- To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
- To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
- Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
- To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
- To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
- To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew).
- To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
- To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
- Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
noun
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
- 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.
- 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.
- A stroke; a sharp blow.
- Shale or bituminous shale.
- An old woman.
verb
adj
- Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.
- Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
verb
- To attach to a water supply and drain.
- To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
- To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
- To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- To work as a plumber.
- To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
- To fall or sink like a plummet.
- To position vertically above or below.
adv
noun
adj
- Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- Direct, undeviating.
- Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- Strait; narrow.
- Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- Heterosexual.
- Serious rather than comedic.
- Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
- Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
adv
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
noun
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
- Five cards in sequence.
- A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- A heterosexual.
- A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
verb
verb
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- throw or toss with a light motion
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- be at an angle
- heel over
- erect and fasten
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- set the level or character of
noun
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- a high approach shot in golf
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- the action or manner of throwing something
verb
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- bring to a destination, make a delivery
- to surrender someone or something to another
- free from harm or evil
- hand over to the authorities of another country
- pass down
- utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
- save from sins
- carry out or perform
- relinquish possession or control over
- cause to be born
noun
- A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- A short jump.
- A jump on one leg.
- Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
- The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
- A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
- The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.
- The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
- The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers beer or ale is brewed.
verb
- To jump onto, or over
- To jump on one foot.
- To be in state of energetic activity.
- To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
- To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
- To jump a short distance.
- To go in a quick or sudden manner.
- To dance.
- To gather hops.
- To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
noun
- A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
- The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
- A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
- A person's area of authority or expertise.
- The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
verb
- To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- To headbutt affectionately.
- To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- To spring or rear up.
- To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
- To swell out.
- To push with the horns; to butt.
noun
- A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
- A push or shove; a butt.
- The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
- A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
- The act of bunting.
- The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
noun
- A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- A two-base hit.
- Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”)
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A double-precision floating-point number.
- A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A double feast.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- A hit on this ring.
- A boat for two scullers.
- The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
verb
- To get a two-base hit.
- To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- To serve a second role or have a second purpose.
- To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- To fold over so as to make two folds.
- To operate as a double agent.
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- To double down.
- To multiply by two.
- (sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- To repeat exactly; copy.
- To sail around (a headland or other point).
- To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
adv
adj
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Stooping; bent over.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Designed for two users.
- Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
adj
- In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Inoperative, disabled.
- On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- Inappropriate; untoward.
- Circumstanced.
- Cancelled; not happening.
- Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Presently unavailable.
- Started on the way.
- Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- The off front wheel came loose.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- Far; off to the side.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
noun
prep
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Removed or subtracted from.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Out of the possession of.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
verb
adv
- Offstage.
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
noun
adj
noun
- A wild swinging strike of the bat.
- A hard swift lateral strike with a hockey or lacrosse stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- A swampy area; a swamp.
- A clearing in a forest, (particularly) those made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
- Slash fiction.
- A cut or laceration, often deep, made by an edged weapon or whip.
- A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
- A piss: an act of urination.
- Female genitalia.
- A swift, broad, cutting stroke made by an edged weapon or whip.
- A sharp reduction.
- A slit in an outer garment exposing a lining or inner garment, usually of a contrasting color or design; any intentional long vertical cut in a garment.
- The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes (often proscribed) inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- Any similar wide striking motion.
- A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
- The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
adv
verb
- To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- To create slashes in a garment.
- To criticize cuttingly.
- To swing wildly at the ball.
- To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
- To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
- To write slash fiction.
- To piss, to urinate.
- To work in wet conditions.
- To reduce sharply.
- To move quickly and violently.
- To strike violently and randomly
- To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
- To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
conj
English words for 'A deflection of a ball off of the inside edge of a bat, sometimes to the wicket keeper for a catch.'
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