suddenism
nongradual
somewhere along the line
transition point
gradualism
broken-field
snap
mobility
program
reflexive
bomb
gentle
wave
formation
break out
pulsation
spontaneity
stimulate
induce
spring
rush
hasten
before one knows it
caprice
interruption
break
bounce
explosively
shake
transiently
cycling
larva
reflex
thundering herd problem
when it rains, it pours
semispontaneous
occasional
episodic
zoomingly
adventitiously
run
real time
normalization
spawn
regular
abruptive
jumpy
black art
jolty
jolting
rough
bumpy
intuitive
fast-breaking
rocky
habit
quick
use
autogenously
unawares
casual
stagely
abruptly
jittering
jitter
cyclically
recurring
oddball
burst
chaotization
shunt
anticontrol
glance
art
fleetingly
burst out
crop up
rechannelling
pop
cyclic
abruptedly
pop up
erratic
on an irregular basis
hustle
graceful
pop out
heterochronic
swell
aftereffect
quasiperiodicity
ever
lather, rinse, repeat
everchanging
fibrillate
nongradual
broken-field
reflexive
gentle
cycling
reflex
semispontaneous
occasional
episodic
regular
abruptive
jumpy
jolty
jolting
rough
bumpy
intuitive
fast-breaking
rocky
quick
casual
stagely
jittering
recurring
cyclic
erratic
graceful
heterochronic
ever
everchanging
somewhere along the line
explosively
transiently
zoomingly
adventitiously
autogenously
unawares
abruptly
cyclically
fleetingly
abruptedly
suddenism
transition point
gradualism
mobility
bomb
wave
formation
pulsation
spontaneity
caprice
interruption
break
larva
thundering herd problem
real time
normalization
black art
habit
use
jitter
oddball
chaotization
anticontrol
art
rechannelling
aftereffect
quasiperiodicity
cycling
snap
program
break out
stimulate
induce
spring
rush
hasten
bounce
shake
run
spawn
burst
shunt
glance
burst out
crop up
pop
pop up
hustle
pop out
swell
fibrillate
noun
- The belief that some phenomenon occurs gradually over a long period of time.
- The belief that evolution proceeds at a steady pace, without the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
- The belief that change ought to be brought about in small, discrete increments rather than in abrupt strokes such as revolutions or uprisings.
verb
- To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- 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 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).
adj
noun
- 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 offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- 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.
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 tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness.
- The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement.
- People's ability to move between different social levels or professional occupations.
- The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position.
- The ability to move; capacity for movement.
verb
- To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- To develop (software) by writing program code.
- To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- To put together the schedule of an event.
noun
- A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- A set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate
- A set of structured activities.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
adj
- Producing immediate response, spontaneous.
- Of or resulting from a reflex.
- Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
- Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).
- Synonym of reflective
noun
noun
- Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- A woman’s breast.
- An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- A large amount of money.
- A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- A success; the bomb.
- Any explosive charge.
- A long forward pass.
- A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
- A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, (especially) one dropped from an aircraft.
- An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
- A car in poor condition.
- A very attractive woman.
- A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
verb
- To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
- To crash.
- To move at high speed.
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
- To fail dismally.
- To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- To make oneself drunk.
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To make a smelly mess in a toilet.
adj
noun
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- something that rises rapidly
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- an undulating curve
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
verb
noun
- natural process that causes something to form
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- a particular spatial arrangement
- creation by mental activity
noun
- Spontaneous behaviour.
- The quality of being spontaneous.
- The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigour and refreshment.
- The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment.
verb
- develop suddenly
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop into a distinctive entity
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
noun
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a natural flow of ground water
- a point at which water issues forth
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
verb
- cause to occur rapidly
- move hurridly
- attack suddenly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- act at high speed
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
adj
noun
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- a sudden forceful flow
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
noun
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
verb
- To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
- (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
- To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
- To leave.
- To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
- To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
- To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
- To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- To move rapidly (between).
- To attack unexpectedly.
- To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
- To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
- To return undelivered.
- To turn power off and back on; to reset.
noun
- A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
- Drugs.
- Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
- An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
- The sack, dismissal.
- Swagger.
- A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
- A bang, boom.
- A talent for leaping.
- A good beat in music.
- A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
verb
- To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- To dance.
- To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- To threaten to overthrow.
- To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- To shake hands.
- To move from side to side.
- To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
noun
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- A milkshake.
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shock or disturbance.
- In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- A thin shingle.
noun
- A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
- A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
- An animal in the aforementioned stage.
- An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
adj
- Produced automatically by a stimulus.
- Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
- Illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.
- Bent, turned back or reflected.
verb
noun
- The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- Reflection or an image produced by reflection. The light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
verb
- To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- To print or broadcast in the media.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- To be a candidate in an election.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- To control or manage, be in charge of.
- To smuggle (illegal goods).
- To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To make run in a race.
- To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
- To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- To speedrun.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To move or spread quickly.
- To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- To make a machine operate.
- To become liquid; to melt.
- To make something extend in space.
- Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
- To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace.
- To be presented in the media.
- Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- To cost a large amount of money.
- Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- Of a liquid, to flow.
- To compete in a race.
- Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To make run in an election.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- To have growth or development.
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.
- To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
noun
- Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.
- globalization, the process of making a worldwide normal and dominant model of production and consumption
- A process whereby artificial and unwanted norms of behaviour and models of behaviour are made to seem natural and wanted, through propaganda, influence, imitation and conformity.
- Peace efforts and treaties between the Arab League and Israel. See Arab–Israeli normalization.
- In relational database design, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing, by eliminating redundancy.
- Normalized production.
- standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or regulations.
- Sharing or enforcement of standard policies.
- The process of removing statistical error in repeated measured data.
- Process of establishing normal diplomatic relations between two countries
verb
- (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.
- To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
- To bring forth in general.
- To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
- To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.
- To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
- To plant with fungal spawn.
- To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
noun
adj
- Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
- Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
- Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
- Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
- Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
- Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
- Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
- Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
- Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
- Riding with the left foot forward.
- Isometric.
- Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
- Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
- Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language.
- Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
- Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.
noun
- A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
- A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
- A member of an armed forces or police force.
- A frequent customer, client or business partner.
- A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.
- A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
- A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.
- A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
- Anything that is normal or standard.
adj
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- having or caused by an irregular surface
- of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- not shaped by cutting or trimming
verb
adj
- (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
- not quite exact or correct
- full of hardship or trials
- violently agitated and turbulent
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- ready and able to resort to force or violence
- not carefully or expertly made
- not perfected
- unpleasantly stern
- unkind or cruel or uncivil
adv
- with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
- with rough motion as over a rough surface
noun
noun
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- an established custom
- a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order
- the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)
- attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)
- excessive use of drugs
verb
adj
- Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
- Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
- Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
- Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
- Of water: flowing.
- Burning, flammable, fiery.
- Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
- productive; not "dead" or barren
- Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
adv
verb
noun
noun
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- the act of using
- what something is used for
- a particular service
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
verb
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- use up, consume fully
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- avail oneself to
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
adj
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
- marked by blithe unconcern
- without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
- appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
- natural and unstudied
- not showing effort or strain
verb
- move suddenly, energetically, or violently
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- burst outward, usually with noise
- be in a state of movement or action
- emerge suddenly
- cause to burst
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
noun
verb
- To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
- To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
- To move data in memory to a physical disk.
- To divert the flow of a body fluid.
- To carry on arbitrage between the London stock exchange and provincial stock exchanges.
- To provide with a shunt.
- To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
- To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
- To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
noun
- A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
- An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
- An abnormal passage between body channels.
- The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
- A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
- A minor collision between vehicles.
- A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
verb
- To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
- To look briefly (at something).
- A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.
- To sparkle.
- To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.
- To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
- To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
- To graze at a surface.
noun
noun
- The study and the product of these processes.
- Aesthetic value.
- The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
- The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
- A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
- A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
- Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
- Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
- Artwork.
verb
- appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly
- bulge outward
- hit a pop-fly
- make a sharp explosive noise
- fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise
- cause to make a sharp explosive sound
- put or thrust suddenly and forcefully
- release suddenly
- hit or strike
- drink down entirely
- take drugs, especially orally
- cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound
- burst open with a sharp, explosive sound
noun
- an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
- a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
- music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
adv
adj
verb
- To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be raised to arrogance.
- To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- To cause to become bigger.
noun
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- A person of high social standing; an important person.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
adv
English words for 'A tendency for processes to occur suddenly rather than gradually.'
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