dueling tree
close-range
lead
goalpost
behind post
pin
point-blank
pout
holdover
draw iron
target
target area
aim
circle-strafe
pip
postlike
trapshooting
Kentucky windage
overpenetrate
archery
hack
Tennessee windage
butt shaft
tee
tent pegging
hub
clout
bull's eye
double tap
crosscheck
halberd
meatshot
field of fire
shooting range
couch
slice
drop shot
shootout
play
shooting gallery
box and cox
rail shooter
ram
slash
outer
stoke
riposte
body shot
potshot
bring to bear
paper hunting
flying knee
quintain
punt
loose
threes
wrister
hero ball
drag
shoot
shotted
flick
Arkansas elevation
snap shot
stakelike
Swiss arrow
roaring game
rifle range
range
target practice
bear
targeting
upright
port
bracket
kill
nail
undershoot
blank
spitzer
dispart
bulleted
dartchery
dead-center
yawk
pozzy
toxophilite
between the pipes
possie
stray bullet
papingo
wrist
butt
fadeaway
skate one's lane
close-range
point-blank
postlike
shotted
stakelike
bulleted
toxophilite
dueling tree
goalpost
behind post
pin
holdover
target
target area
aim
trapshooting
Kentucky windage
archery
Tennessee windage
butt shaft
tee
tent pegging
hub
clout
bull's eye
double tap
crosscheck
halberd
meatshot
field of fire
shooting range
drop shot
shootout
shooting gallery
rail shooter
outer
body shot
potshot
paper hunting
flying knee
quintain
threes
wrister
hero ball
shoot
hack
flick
Arkansas elevation
snap shot
Swiss arrow
roaring game
rifle range
range
target practice
targeting
upright
port
blank
spitzer
slice
dartchery
pozzy
possie
stray bullet
papingo
butt
fadeaway
lead
pout
draw iron
circle-strafe
pip
overpenetrate
hack
couch
slice
play
box and cox
ram
slash
stoke
riposte
bring to bear
punt
loose
drag
target
bear
bracket
kill
nail
undershoot
dispart
dead-center
yawk
wrist
shoot
skate one's lane
verb
- To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To direct; to counsel; to instruct
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
- To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To step off base and move towards the next base.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
- To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- Lead climb.
- To produce (with to).
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- To place leads between the lines of.
- To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To have the highest interim score in a game.
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
- To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- To begin a game, round, or trick, with
noun
- The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- bullets; ammunition.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
- The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- A lode.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
- The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- The course of a rope from end to end.
- The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
adj
noun
- The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
- Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- A pinball machine.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- A leg.
verb
- To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- To pin down (someone).
- To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
noun
- the location of the target that is to be hit
- a reference point to shoot at
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
- the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
verb
noun
- The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
- Intention or goal
- The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
verb
- To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
- To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
- To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
- To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
verb
- To hit with a gunshot
- To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin
- To peep, to chirp
- To remove the pips from.
- To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
noun
- A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
- A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
- The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
- One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
- Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
- A spot; a speck.
- One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
- Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
verb
- 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 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 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
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
noun
- The target area of a curling rink
- The mark at which players aim in quoits.
- Something shaped like the letter T.
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
- A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
- A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
- A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
- T-shirt.
verb
noun
- A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
- A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
- A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
- A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
- The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
- A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
- A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
- A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
- A screw hob.
- A block for scotching a wheel.
- An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
- A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
verb
- To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
- To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
- To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
- To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
- To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
- To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
- To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
- To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
- To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
- In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
noun
- The den of an otter.
- A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
- A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
- Psychotherapy.
- Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
- An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
- A bed, a resting-place.
verb
- To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
- To cut into slices.
- To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
- To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
- To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
- To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
- To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
- To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
noun
- A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
- A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
- A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
- A contiguous portion of an array.
- A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
- A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
- That which is thin and broad.
- One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
- A thin, broad piece cut off.
- A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
- Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
- A salver, platter, or tray.
- A broad, thin piece of plaster.
- An amount of anything.
- A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
- A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
adj
noun
- In first-person shooters, the act of quickly switching from a standing position to a prone position while shooting at an opponent.
- A downward chopping shot used to extract a ball that lies deep in the grass.
- In sports such as badminton, squash, tennis and volleyball, a lightly-struck shot that just lands into play.
- Synonym of bomb shot (“type of mixed drink”)
verb
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
verb
- To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.
- To thrust during sexual intercourse.
- To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
- To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
- To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
noun
- A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
- A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.
- A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
- An act of ramming.
- A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
- A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
- A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
adj
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
noun
- 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 wild swinging strike of the bat.
- 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
noun
- A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
- Someone who outs another.
- The 4th circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
- The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.
- An outer part.
- One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
- An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground.
- Someone who admits to something publicly.
- One who supports leaving the European Union.
- An ouster; dispossession.
adj
noun
verb
- To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
- To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To eject; to kick out of a place.
noun
- A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
- A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs. E.g anyone up for a punt on Randwick?
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- A wild guess.
- A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- A bet or wager.
- The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A point in the game of faro.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
verb
- To shoot (an arrow).
- Of a grip or hold, to let go.
- To let loose, to free from restraints.
- To make less tight, to loosen.
- To unfasten, to loosen.
adj
- Not compact.
- Not fitting closely
- Relaxed.
- Indiscreet.
- Not held or packaged together.
- Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
- Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
- Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
- Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
- Not under control.
- Having oversteer.
noun
- All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
- The release of an arrow.
- A letting go; discharge.
- Freedom from restraint.
intj
verb
- To hit or kick off target.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- To fish with a dragnet.
noun
- A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- A prison sentence of three months.
- A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- Street, as in 'main drag'.
- A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- Witch house music.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
- The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A mailcoach.
- Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
noun
verb
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- kill by firing a missile
- fire a shot; release
- make a film or photograph of something
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- move quickly and violently
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- record on photographic film
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- score
- utter fast and forcefully
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- give an injection to
noun
- A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
- A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- A flitch.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- A powerful underarm volley shot.
verb
noun
noun
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
- The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
- Selection, array.
- The defensive area that a player can cover.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
verb
- To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- To classify.
- Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- To form a line or a row.
- To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
- Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- To rove over or through.
- To determine the range to a target.
- To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
- To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
verb
- Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
- To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with.
- To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- To wear.
- To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
- To have or display (a mark or other feature).
- To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
- To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
- To have (a name, title, or designation).
- To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
- To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
- To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
- To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
- To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
- To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
- To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
- To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
- To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
- To behave or conduct (oneself).
- To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
- To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- To support or sustain; to hold up.
- To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
- To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- To push, thrust, press.
- To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
- To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
- To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- To warrant, justify the need for.
- To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
- To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
noun
- The meat of this animal.
- A state policeman (short for Smokey Bear).
- A portable punching machine.
- An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
- Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- The fifteenth Lenormand card.
- A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
adj
noun
- A goal post.
- An upright piano.
- An upright arcade game cabinet.
- A leg
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- Any vertical part of a structure.
verb
adj
- Greater in height than breadth.
- Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- Vertical; erect
- Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
- In its proper orientation; not overturned.
adv
noun
- The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
- A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
- A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
- A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
- A suitcase or schoolbag.
- A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
- The portfolio of a model or artist.
- An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
- The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
- A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
- A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
- An entryway or gate.
- A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
- Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
- A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
- A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
adj
verb
- To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
- To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
- To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
- To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform. Porting (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
- To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one telephone service provider to another.
verb
- To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
- To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
- To set aside, discount, ignore.
- To place in the same category.
- To enclose in typographical brackets.
- In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
- To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
- To support by means of mechanical brackets.
- To mark distinctly for special treatment.
noun
- The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
- "[" and "]" specifically - as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
- One of several ranges of numbers.
- The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
- A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
- A printed diagram of games in a tournament.
- A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
- Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
- A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
- "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
- Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
- A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
verb
- To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
- To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.
- To punish severely.
- To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
- To produce intense pain.
- To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
- To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
- To exert an overwhelming effect on.
- To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
- To force a company out of business.
- To deadmelt.
- To render inoperative.
- To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- To use up or to waste.
- To cause to assume the value zero.
- To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.
- To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
noun
verb
- To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
- To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
- To expose as a sham.
- To catch.
- Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
- To spike, as a cannon.
- To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
- To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
- To drive a nail.
- To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
noun
- A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
- The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
- The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
- A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
- An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm).
- The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
- The claw of a bird or other animal.
noun
- The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
- Infertile semen.
- A vacant space, place, or period; a void [since the 17th century].
- A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word
- Blank verse .
- Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form will be settled in Committee .
- A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
- An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
- A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].
- A space to be filled in on a form or template.
- A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
- An unprinted leaf of a book [20th century].
- The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain [17th century].
- Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required [since the 19th century].
- An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory [since the 18th century].
- The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus [20th century].
- The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
- A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
verb
- To make void; to erase.
- To ignore (a person) deliberately.
- To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
- To become blank.
- To be temporarily unable to remember.
- To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
adj
- Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
- Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
- Utterly confounded or discomfited.
- Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
- Absolute; downright; sheer.
- Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
- Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
- Without expression, usually due to incomprehension.
noun
verb
noun
noun
- A mark to be shot at; a target.
- The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
- A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
- The buttocks (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
- The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
- The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
- The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
- A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
- A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
- An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
- Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
- A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
- A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
- The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
- A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
- The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
- The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
- A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
- The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
- The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
- A thrust in fencing.
- Body; self.
- A used cigarette.
- A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
verb
noun
- A jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block.
- The ending of a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
- An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.
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