airshoot
rocket
snapshot
bullseye
set shot
potshot
forehander
draw
wing-shot
angle shot
chili dip
air
soar
throw
tweener
snap
flying shot
outer
skip
caper
levitant
dropper
skycam
jumper
upspring
flyer
chip
plinker
aerily
countershot
jumpingly
midair
snap shot
pogo stick
pop shot
double jump
breath
skyward
putter
transilience
pitch
ground-to-air
aeriform
hop
stop
lob
capriole
wrister
mow
three-point shot
surface-to-air
howitzer
approach shot
winged
salient
half-ball
hiff
loft
subsultory
save
scoop shot
aerially
something is up
atmosphere
bounce
brick
midjump
surface-to-surface
backshot
pass
pop
skyborne
gun
long shot
gunman
saltant
leapingly
swipe
dink
turio
field goal
ship-to-air
play
screwback
bouncingly
sidejump
tweeny
prosiliency
hitting
forespur
blacks
fly
overhead
wing-shot
levitant
skyward
ground-to-air
aeriform
surface-to-air
winged
salient
half-ball
subsultory
surface-to-surface
skyborne
saltant
ship-to-air
aerily
jumpingly
aerially
leapingly
bouncingly
airshoot
rocket
snapshot
bullseye
set shot
potshot
forehander
draw
angle shot
chili dip
air
throw
tweener
snap
flying shot
outer
skip
caper
dropper
skycam
jumper
upspring
flyer
chip
plinker
countershot
midair
snap shot
pogo stick
pop shot
double jump
breath
putter
transilience
hop
stop
capriole
wrister
mow
three-point shot
howitzer
approach shot
scoop shot
atmosphere
brick
midjump
backshot
pass
pop
gun
long shot
gunman
dink
turio
field goal
screwback
sidejump
tweeny
prosiliency
hitting
forespur
blacks
fly
overhead
soar
pitch
lob
hiff
loft
save
bounce
swipe
play
draw
noun
- A shot at something that is in the air, or a shot in midair.
- A channel for providing ventilation.
- A filiform shoot of a water plant that floats on the surface of the water and contains bract-like organs.
- A root-like structure that runs along the surface of the ground, putting down roots at a distance as a form of propagation.
noun
- Something that shoots high in the air.
- A rocket engine.
- A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.
- A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.
- An ace (the playing card).
- A stupid or crazy person.
- A very physically attractive woman.
- An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- A rocket propelled firework; a skyrocket.
- Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis).
- The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
verb
noun
- A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot.
- A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.
- A file or set of files captured at a particular time, often capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state.
- A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity.
- A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time.
verb
noun
- A shot which hits the centre of a target.
- The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
- A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
- A commonly-known reference point used when indicating the location or direction of something.
- A £50 banknote.
- A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.
- The two central rings on a dartboard.
- A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
- An oculus.
- Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.
intj
noun
- A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- The act of drawing.
- The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- Cannabis.
- The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- A bag of cannabis.
- Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
verb
- To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
- To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
- To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
- To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- To take (water) from a well or other source.
- To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
- To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
- To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- To extract (a tooth).
- To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
- To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
- To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
- To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
- To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
- To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
- To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
- To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
- To stretch or elongate.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To draw up, compose (a document).
- To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
- To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
- To become contracted; to shrink.
- To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
- To assume a specific position or attitude.
- To require (a depth of water) for floating.
- To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
- To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
- Of a sail, to fill with wind.
- To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
- To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
- To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
- To run (a bath).
- To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
- To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
- To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
- To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
- To consume (power).
noun
- A jump in which one becomes airborne.
- understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
- The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space.
- understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health.
- A song, especially a solo; an aria.
- A feeling or sense.
- The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere
- A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
- Nothing; absence of anything.
- Publicity.
- A breeze; a gentle wind.
- A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
- An air conditioner or the processed air it produces.
- understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
verb
noun
- The flight of a thrown object.
- The act of throwing something.
- One's ability to throw.
- A distance travelled; displacement.
- A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
verb
- To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- To install (a bridge).
- To eject or cause to fall off.
- To project or send forth.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- Synonym of pass
- Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- To deliver.
- To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
- To roll (a die or dice).
- To discard.
- To send desperately.
- To imprison.
- To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
- To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To confuse or mislead.
- To organize an event, especially a party.
- To intentionally lose a game.
- To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
noun
- A shot that is hit between the legs.
- A professional wrestler who is neutral or morally ambiguous; neither a face nor a heel, or showing no favoritism to either allegiance.
- A person who plays at two positions, not good enough at either to be restricted to it.
- A tweenager.
- A person, machine or piece of software that performs tweening.
- A boxer in various newcomer weight classes whose names often contain "super", "light" or "junior".
- A film that falls between two genres (and thus may not be easily marketed).
- A computing device that is smaller than a traditional laptop, but larger than a PDA.
noun
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- A tool used by riveters.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- Something of no value.
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- Something that is easy or effortless.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- briskness; vigour; energy; decision
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- A sudden break.
- A photograph; a snapshot.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- A newsflash.
- jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
adj
verb
- To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- To say abruptly or sharply.
- To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- To send a visual message through the Snapchat application.
- To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- To give way abruptly and loudly.
- To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- To speak abruptly or sharply.
- To misfire.
- To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
intj
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
- Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
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
- A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
- A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep).
- A college servant.
- A skip car.
- The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
- An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him.
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
- A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- A charge of syrup in the pans.
- A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- skywave propagation
- The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.
- The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
- A beehive.
- A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
verb
- To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear.
- To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
- To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
- To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
- To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
- To have insufficient ink transfer.
- To leap about lightly.
- Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- To jump rope.
- To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
- To leap lightly over.
noun
- A playful leap or jump.
- Playful behaviour.
- The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
- The capercaillie.
- A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
- A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
- A plant of the genus Capparis.
- A jump while dancing.
- A prank or practical joke.
verb
noun
- A drop shot.
- A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
- One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
- A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
- A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
- A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
- A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
- A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
- A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
noun
- A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
- Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
- A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
- A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
- A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
- A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
- A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
- A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
- A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children; pinafore.
- A woollen sweater or pullover.
- Rompers.
- A jumping spider.
- A platform game based around jumping.
- A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
- The larva of the cheese fly.
- A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
verb
noun
- A leap or jump.
- A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- A machine that flies.
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- A risky investment or other venture.
- A fast-moving person or thing.
- A false start
- An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
verb
noun
- A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
- A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
- A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
- Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
- A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.
- A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
- A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
- A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
- A token used in place of cash.
- A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
- A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
- A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
- The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
- A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
- A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
verb
- To make fun of.
- To chop or cut into small pieces.
- To become chipped.
- to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
- To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
- To break small pieces from.
- To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.
- to contribute.
- To ante (up).
verb
- To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To fix or set the tone of.
- To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- To throw away; discard.
- To set or fix.
- To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- To throw.
- To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- To assemble or erect (a tent).
- To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
- To bounce on the playing surface.
- To settle and build up, without melting.
- To discard for some gain.
- To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- To fix one's choice.
- To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
- To produce a note of a given pitch.
- To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
noun
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.
- The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- The act of pitching a baseball.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- The field of battle.
- A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
- A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
- Pitchstone.
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- A person's or animal's height.
- Prominence; importance.
noun
- 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 bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- 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 very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- An f-stop.
- A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
- A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
- A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
- A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
- A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
- A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
verb
- To cause (something) to come to an end.
- To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
- To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
- To cease moving.
- To end someone else's activity.
- To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
- To make fast; to stopper.
- To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.
- To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- To close or block an opening.
- Not to continue.
punct
verb
- To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
- To propel high into the air.
- To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.
- To furnish with a loft space.
- To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
noun
verb
- To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To store for future use.
- To economize or avoid waste.
- To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- To accumulate money or valuables.
conj
prep
noun
- The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- A saving throw.
- A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
noun
- The air in a particular place.
- The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
- Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.
- The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.
- The apparent mood felt in an environment.
- A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
noun
- A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
- A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male power plug and an attached electric cord terminating in another power plug.
- A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
- The colour brick red.
- An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
- A projectile.
- Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
- A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
- A kilogram of cocaine.
- Something shaped like a brick.
- A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
verb
- To blunder; to screw up.
- To make into bricks.
- To build, line, or form with bricks.
- To hit someone or something with a brick.
- To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.
adj
noun
- A shot that sends something backwards, such as a shot that sends the ball behind the player making it.
- A shot taken from behind the subject.
- A shot in the back.
- A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to an earlier point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
- A sexual position in which one partner penetrates the other from behind; doggy style.
adj
noun
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- (military) a written leave of absence
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a difficult juncture
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- a complimentary ticket
- a usually brief attempt
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
verb
- go across or through
- move past
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- for time to move forward
- place into the hands or custody of
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- travel past
- come to pass
- go unchallenged; be approved
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- pass over, across, or through
- transmit information
- disappear gradually
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- be superior or better than some standard
- accept or judge as acceptable
- allow to go without comment or censure
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- throw (a ball) to another player
- be inherited by
- cause to pass
- grant authorization or clearance for
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
adj
noun
- A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
- Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
- A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.
- A bird, the European redwing.
- A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
- A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
- An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
- The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
- One's father.
- A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
- Pop music.
- A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
- The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
verb
- To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
- To burst (something) with a popping sound.
- To give birth.
- To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
- To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
- To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
- To ejaculate; to orgasm.
- To pawn (something) (to raise money).
- To hit (something or someone).
- To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
- To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
- To perform the popping style of dance.
- To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
- To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
- To make a short trip or visit.
- To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
- To arrest.
adj
intj
adj
noun
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- large but transportable armament
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
verb
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
noun
- A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.
- A tightening screw on the back of a hand tool.
- A type of case for a pocket watch where the mechanism is accessed by a removable back plate that screws onto the back of the case. Also, a watch that has such a case.
- A type of propeller in which the blades are angled to produce a motion similar to threading a screw. Also, the angle of the blades on such a propeller.
- The period of screw rotation during injection molding when the plastic can flow into the mold.
- A masonry abutment on an arch that is wedge-shaped in order to transmit the thrust downward.
- An industrial digging machine that uses a large screw at the back to drill into the ground.
- A hook-shapped attachment for an earring that sits behind the earlobe and tightens with a screw. Also, an earring that uses this type of attachment.
- The effect of putting backspin on the cue ball.
- A mechanism for attaching a small item to clothing that operates by a post which goes through the cloth and a small backing plate that screws to the post. Also, the medal, tie pin, button, etc. that uses this type of attachment.
- A half-volley executed by holding the racket loosely and swinging it straight at the ball.
noun
noun
- An act of flying.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- A wing.
- A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- waste cotton
- Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- Any similar, but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly.
- That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
- The free edge of a flag.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A fly ball.
- The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- Related terms: flyman
- A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
verb
- To be in the winged adult stage.
- To hunt with a hawk.
- To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- To be accepted, come about or work out.
- To proceed with great success.
- To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
adj
noun
- An overhead throw.
- Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.
- Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.
- Wasted money.
- An overhead projector.
- A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
- The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
- The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
- A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
- A smash.
adj
adv
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