pivoting
swaying
backflip
curl
inward-moving
volution
trundle
shuffly
roly-poly
twizzle
outward-moving
slew
rollingly
angular velocity
turn over
twirl
jouncing
roll
fidgeting
scurrying
contrarotation
weave
scoot
tractionally
deasil
wheeling
counterclockwise
spinning
skew
flap
jerkily
nod
beat
slue
hunching
turny
go round
floating
whirl
a
right-handed
dextrorotary
swivel
dextrorotatory
pivot
contrarotating
scurryingly
spin
twist
lolloping
twisting
bobbing
flip
flittingly
precession
twiddle
sidlingly
countertwisting
gyration
swirl
fulcrum
clinorotated
jigglingly
wheel
sliding
wheel around
roto-
scriggle
jerk
on
levorotary
retrogradely
twitch
wrigglingly
slinkingly
tilting
derotation
corkscrewing
along
spindle
anterogradely
giddy
levorotatory
left-handed
counterrotating
veer
glidingly
scamperingly
360 backflip
swivelling
wrench
sloping
inward-moving
shuffly
roly-poly
outward-moving
counterclockwise
turny
right-handed
dextrorotary
dextrorotatory
contrarotating
clinorotated
levorotary
giddy
levorotatory
left-handed
counterrotating
sloping
rollingly
tractionally
jerkily
counterclockwise
scurryingly
flittingly
sidlingly
jigglingly
on
retrogradely
wrigglingly
slinkingly
along
anterogradely
glidingly
scamperingly
pivoting
swaying
backflip
curl
volution
trundle
twizzle
angular velocity
twirl
jouncing
fidgeting
scurrying
contrarotation
scoot
deasil
wheeling
spinning
skew
hunching
floating
whirl
spin
twist
lolloping
twisting
bobbing
flip
precession
countertwisting
gyration
fulcrum
sliding
scriggle
pivot
wheel
tilting
derotation
corkscrewing
spindle
360 backflip
swivelling
slew
turn over
roll
weave
flap
nod
beat
slue
go round
swivel
pivot
twirl
whirl
twiddle
swirl
wheel
wheel around
jerk
twitch
veer
wrench
noun
- A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
- Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
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- The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇⨯⃑(·), that generates this field.
- Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
- A curved stroke or shape.
- Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
- A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
- The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
- The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
- A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
verb
- To cause to move in a curve.
- To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
- To move in curves.
- To take part in the sport of curling.
- To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
- To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
- To make into a curl or spiral.
- To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
- To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
- To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
noun
- A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
- A low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed.
- The sound made by an object being moved on wheels.
- A spool of golden thread.
- A lantern wheel, or one of its bars.
verb
- To move (something or someone), often heavily or clumsily.
- To transport (something or someone) using an object on wheels, especially one that is pushed.
- To roll or revolve; to roll along.
- To move heavily (on wheels).
- To cause (something) to roll or revolve; to roll (something) along.
- To wheel or roll (an object on wheels), especially by pushing, often slowly or heavily.
- To move, often heavily or clumsily.
adj
noun
- A short, plump person.
- An old game in which balls are bowled into holes or thrown into hats placed on the ground.
- A steamed pudding made from suet pastry containing jam or fruit.
- A forward roll or sideways roll.
- A terrestrial crustacean of suborder Oniscidea; pill bug, potato bug or sowbug.
- A toy that rights itself when pushed over.
adv
verb
- To pivot.
- To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past tense of slay
- To veer a vehicle.
- To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- To skid.
- To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
noun
verb
- move by turning over or rotating
- place into the hands or custody of
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- do business worth a certain amount of money
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- turn from an upright or normal position
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- think about carefully; weigh
verb
- move by turning over or rotating
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- occur in soft rounded shapes
- flatten or spread with a roller
- emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
- arrange or coil around
- begin operating or running
- shape by rolling
- execute a roll, in tumbling
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- move, rock, or sway from side to side
- cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
- pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
- boil vigorously
- take the shape of a roll or cylinder
- show certain properties when being rolled
noun
- rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- a list of names
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
- small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
- a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
- anything rolled up in cylindrical form
- the act of throwing dice
- walking with a swaying gait
- a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
noun
verb
- To move by turning and twisting.
- To unite by close connection or intermixture.
- To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
- To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
- To spin a cocoon or a web.
- To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
- To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.
noun
noun
verb
- To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
- To run away hastily; scram.
- To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
- To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo.
- To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.).
- To squirt.
- To ride on a scooter.
noun
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- The coping of a gable.
- A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
- A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
verb
- To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- To hurl or throw.
- To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
adv
adj
verb
- move with a thrashing motion
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- hit repeatedly
- move rhythmically
- shape by beating
- make a rhythmic sound
- glare or strike with great intensity
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- stir vigorously
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- be superior
- avoid paying
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- move with a flapping motion
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- make by pounding or trampling
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- beat through cleverness and wit
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- wear out completely
noun
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- the sound of stroke or blow
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
adj
verb
- To rotate, to move in a circle.
- To circumvent or to outmanoeuvre someone.
- To be sufficient to be shared, to be enough for everyone.
- To go around the side of sth., to bypass something.
- To go to another person's home or a public event.
- To circulate, to move aimlessly but ghostly (threateningly and invisibly).
- To physically swirl or rotate.
- To evade sth.
- To pass around, to circulate sth.
- To live behaving in a certain way, doing something regularly (followed by specification)
symbol
- specific rotation
- Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.
- allele (recessive)
- specific absorption coefficient
prep
adv
noun
verb
pron
intj
adj
article
- One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
- Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope;
- One certain or particular; any single.
- Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
- Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
- The same; one.
- Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
character
noun
- the act of rotating rapidly
- an unforeseen development
- an interpretation of a text or action
- any clever maneuver
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a circular segment of a curve
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- a jerky pulling movement
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- the act of winding or twisting
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn in the opposite direction
- form into a spiral shape
- form into twists
- extend in curves and turns
- do the twist
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
noun
- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
- The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- A slingshot.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
intj
verb
- To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
- To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
- To throw so as to turn over.
- To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- To hand over or pass along.
- To go berserk or crazy.
- To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- To switch to another task, etc.
adj
noun
- The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
- The arrangement of convolutions of gyri in the cerebral cortex of the brain.
- One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
- A rotation around an axis which is not the centre of rotational symmetry; an eccentric or off-centre rotation.
verb
- change directions as if revolving on a pivot
- wheel somebody or something
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- ride a bicycle
noun
- a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
- a handwheel that is used for steering
- forces that provide energy and direction
- a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
- game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
prefix
noun
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- The fusee of a watch.
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- A sleep spindle.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis
- a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers.
- A muscle spindle.
- A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often sold in such a package.
verb
adj
- Moving around something or spinning rapidly.
- Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.
- Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
- Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.
- Feeling great anger; furious, raging.
- Of an animal, chiefly a sheep: affected by gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”), which may result in the animal turning around aimlessly.
- Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.
verb
adj
- rotating to the left
- (of marriages) illicit or informal
- (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
- ironically ambiguous
- lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
adj
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