English words for 'A toddler.'
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noun
- A toddler.
- A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
- (dance) A moderately rapid dance.
- (informal, as 'the trots') Diarrhoea.
- A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.
- (Australia, New Zealand, with "good" or "bad") A run of luck or fortune.
- (chiefly of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
- A brisk journey or progression.
- Alternative form of Trot (“Trotskyist”).
- a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together
- a slow pace of running
- a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
verb
- (transitive) To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
- (intransitive, of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
- (intransitive) To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
- run at a moderately swift pace
- ride at a trot
- cause to trot
noun
verb
noun
- A prepubescent child.
- A two-year-old racehorse.
- (zoology) A sexually immature animal.
- (literature) A publication for young adult readers.
- (criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.
- A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.
- (theater) An actor playing a child's role.
- a young person, not fully developed
adj
noun
verb
noun
- a young child who is small for their age
- widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
- pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; ‘groundnut’ and ‘monkey nut’ are British terms
- underground pod of the peanut vine
- (in the plural) See peanuts (“very small amount”).
- A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
- (US) Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
adj
verb
noun
noun
- A child aged two.
- (film) Ellipsis of two shot.
- (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
- The digit/figure 2.
- A playing card featuring two pips.
- Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
num
adj
prefix
noun
- (informal) A small child.
- (psychology) A child's basic drawing of a human being, having a detailed head but only sticks for the body and limbs.
- (informal, derogatory) An insignificant person.
- (by extension) The aquatic larva of any amphibian.
- A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
- A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.
- a larval frog or toad
contraction
character
noun
- (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
- (countable, age regression) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
- Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).
- (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
- (countable, ageplay) The participant who acts out the younger role.
- (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
- a small amount or duration
adj
- Very young, of childhood age.
- Short in duration; brief.
- (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
- (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
- Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.
- (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
- Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
- Having few members.
- Small in size.
- (of a sibling) Younger.
- Insignificant, trivial.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- lowercase
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- (informal) small and of little importance
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
det
pron
noun
- (slang) A small child.
- (historical) A person hired to howl in mourning at a funeral.
- (slang) A hilarious joke.
- (slang) A tremendous lie (especially an obvious one); a whopper.
- (psychology) A person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.
- (slang) A painfully obvious mistake.
- (historical) A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.
- (sometimes figurative) A heavy fall.
- (slang) A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper).
- (slang) A bitterly cold day.
- That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
- monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
- a glaring blunder
- a joke that seems extremely funny
noun
- a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- A very young human, even if not yet born.
- a very young mammal
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- an unborn child; a human fetus
- the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- an immature childish person
- a project of personal concern to someone
- Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See :Category:Baby animals for more.
- A person's romantic partner; a term of endearment used to refer to or address e.g. one's girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse.
- A person who is new to or inexperienced in something.
- A person who is immature, infantile, or feeble.
- (informal) A form of address to a person considered to be attractive.
- The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.
- A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
- (often attributive) One who is new to an identity or community.
- A concept or creation endeared by its creator.
- An affectionate term for anything.
- A pet project or responsibility.
verb
adj
noun
- a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- (law) A minor.
- (countable, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A student in an infant school or the first part of a primary school.
- A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
adj
noun
- (colloquial) A small child.
- (finance) The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield.
- The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).
- (computing, colloquial) Something negligible or insignificant.
- (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
- (phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel.
- the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
verb
- (intransitive) To toddle.
- To tread upon; to trample.
- (intransitive, British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
- (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- (intransitive) To dog paddle in water.
- swim like a dog in shallow water
- walk unsteadily, with short steps
- give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
- stir with a paddle
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
- propel with a paddle
noun
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A paddlewheel.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- (table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
- (sports, uncountable) Alternative form of padel.
- A flipper in a pinball machine.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- (slang) A person's hand.
- (medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
- small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
noun
noun
- (by extension) An infant.
- (slang) One who poops out on an activity; one who dampens the mood by lack of participation or negative attitude. Mostly used in the phrase party pooper.
- (rare) One who poops; or, poops well.
- (Internet) Clipping of YouTube Pooper.
- (slang) A toilet.
- (gambling) A selection in a slot machine game that ends the picking bonus.
- (vulgar, slang) The anus; often in reference to anal intercourse.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To defecate (on); to shit.
- (Australian slang) To laugh.
- (transitive) To excrete (something) by defecation.
- To cheat.
- (US, slang) To kill.
- (intransitive) To defecate.
- (brass instrument technique) To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.
- (of a bird) To squawk.
noun
- a young child who is just beginning to walk
- a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
- an animal in its second year
- An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).
- A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.
- (US) A sophomore at West Point military academy.
noun
- (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
- (dialectal) A mongrel dog.
- (UK, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
- (Canada) Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children.
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- a young person of either sex
adv
adj
- Newborn.
- Additional; recently discovered.
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
- Recently made, or created.
- Recently arrived or appeared.
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
- Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
- Current or later, as opposed to former.
- (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
- (often followed by ‘to’) unfamiliar
- lacking training or experience
- (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
- original and of a kind not seen before
- unaffected by use or exposure
- not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- having no previous example or precedent or parallel
- other than the former one(s); different
adv
noun
verb
noun
- A female baby.
- (slang) The youngest daughter in a family.
- (slang) A daughter.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular) (sometimes endearing, sometimes derogatory) Friendly or intimate term of address for a woman.
- (fandom slang) Alternative spelling of babygirl (“male character or celebrity of whom one is extremely fond”).
noun
- (informal) A child.
- (informal) A person of very short stature.
- Alternative letter-case form of Munchkin (“domestic cat breed”).
- (roleplaying games) A player who mainly concentrates on increasing their character's power and capabilities.
- (informal) A pet name one used for someone considered adorable, such as a pet, child, or a romantic partner.
- (informal, slang) Synonym of donut hole (“ball-shaped pastry”).
noun
noun
- a sweet innocent baby
- an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child
- (biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
- (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
- In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.
- (post-biblical) A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.
noun
- A child who is thirteen years old.
- (poetry) A thirteen-syllable line or series of lines in a poem.
- (cricket) A hit for thirteen runs.
- (US, climbing) A mountain rising to more than 13,000 feet (about 4,000 metres) but less than 14,000 feet above mean sea level.
- (card games, especially bridge) The last playing card of a suit left after the other twelve have been played.
noun
- (slang) A human child.
- A turbot or flatfish.
- (slang) A child (at any age) of an active member of the military or the diplomatic service.
- (mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
- (BDSM) A submissive partner who is disobedient and unruly.
- (uncountable, neologism) The qualities possessed by a confident and assertive woman.
- (historical) A rough cloak or ragged garment.
- (derogatory) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
- (informal, chiefly Upper Midwestern US) Bratwurst.
- a very troublesome child
- a small pork sausage
adj
verb
noun
intj
verb
- To be dismissive or contemptuous of something; used with at.
- (intransitive) To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.
- (transitive) To perceive vaguely.
- (slang, chiefly UK) To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
- (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
- (transitive) To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
- (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
- inhale audibly through the nose
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
noun
noun
- A mischievous child.
- A sea urchin.
- A street urchin, a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets.
- One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders arranged around a carding drum; so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.
- (historical) A neutron-generating device that triggered the nuclear detonation of the earliest plutonium atomic bombs.
- poor and often mischievous city child
noun
- A toddler.
- A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
- (dance) A moderately rapid dance.
- (informal, as 'the trots') Diarrhoea.
- A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.
- (Australia, New Zealand, with "good" or "bad") A run of luck or fortune.
- (chiefly of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
- A brisk journey or progression.
- Alternative form of Trot (“Trotskyist”).
- a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together
- a slow pace of running
- a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
verb
- (transitive) To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
- (intransitive, of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
- (intransitive) To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
- run at a moderately swift pace
- ride at a trot
- cause to trot
noun
verb
noun
- A prepubescent child.
- A two-year-old racehorse.
- (zoology) A sexually immature animal.
- (literature) A publication for young adult readers.
- (criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.
- A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.
- (theater) An actor playing a child's role.
- a young person, not fully developed
adj
noun
verb
noun
- a young child who is small for their age
- widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
- pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; ‘groundnut’ and ‘monkey nut’ are British terms
- underground pod of the peanut vine
- (in the plural) See peanuts (“very small amount”).
- A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
- (US) Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
adj
verb
noun
noun
- A child aged two.
- (film) Ellipsis of two shot.
- (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
- The digit/figure 2.
- A playing card featuring two pips.
- Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
num
adj
noun
- (informal) A small child.
- (psychology) A child's basic drawing of a human being, having a detailed head but only sticks for the body and limbs.
- (informal, derogatory) An insignificant person.
- (by extension) The aquatic larva of any amphibian.
- A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
- A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.
- a larval frog or toad
noun
- (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
- (countable, age regression) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
- Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).
- (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
- (countable, ageplay) The participant who acts out the younger role.
- (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
- a small amount or duration
adj
- Very young, of childhood age.
- Short in duration; brief.
- (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
- (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
- Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.
- (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
- Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
- Having few members.
- Small in size.
- (of a sibling) Younger.
- Insignificant, trivial.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- lowercase
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- (informal) small and of little importance
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
det
pron
noun
- (slang) A small child.
- (historical) A person hired to howl in mourning at a funeral.
- (slang) A hilarious joke.
- (slang) A tremendous lie (especially an obvious one); a whopper.
- (psychology) A person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.
- (slang) A painfully obvious mistake.
- (historical) A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.
- (sometimes figurative) A heavy fall.
- (slang) A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper).
- (slang) A bitterly cold day.
- That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
- monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
- a glaring blunder
- a joke that seems extremely funny
noun
- a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- A very young human, even if not yet born.
- a very young mammal
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- an unborn child; a human fetus
- the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- an immature childish person
- a project of personal concern to someone
- Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See :Category:Baby animals for more.
- A person's romantic partner; a term of endearment used to refer to or address e.g. one's girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse.
- A person who is new to or inexperienced in something.
- A person who is immature, infantile, or feeble.
- (informal) A form of address to a person considered to be attractive.
- The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.
- A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
- (often attributive) One who is new to an identity or community.
- A concept or creation endeared by its creator.
- An affectionate term for anything.
- A pet project or responsibility.
verb
adj
noun
- a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- (law) A minor.
- (countable, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A student in an infant school or the first part of a primary school.
- A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
adj
noun
- (colloquial) A small child.
- (finance) The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield.
- The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).
- (computing, colloquial) Something negligible or insignificant.
- (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
- (phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel.
- the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
noun
noun
- (by extension) An infant.
- (slang) One who poops out on an activity; one who dampens the mood by lack of participation or negative attitude. Mostly used in the phrase party pooper.
- (rare) One who poops; or, poops well.
- (Internet) Clipping of YouTube Pooper.
- (slang) A toilet.
- (gambling) A selection in a slot machine game that ends the picking bonus.
- (vulgar, slang) The anus; often in reference to anal intercourse.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To defecate (on); to shit.
- (Australian slang) To laugh.
- (transitive) To excrete (something) by defecation.
- To cheat.
- (US, slang) To kill.
- (intransitive) To defecate.
- (brass instrument technique) To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.
- (of a bird) To squawk.
noun
- a young child who is just beginning to walk
- a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
- an animal in its second year
- An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).
- A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.
- (US) A sophomore at West Point military academy.
noun
- (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
- (dialectal) A mongrel dog.
- (UK, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
- (Canada) Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children.
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- a young person of either sex
noun
- A female baby.
- (slang) The youngest daughter in a family.
- (slang) A daughter.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular) (sometimes endearing, sometimes derogatory) Friendly or intimate term of address for a woman.
- (fandom slang) Alternative spelling of babygirl (“male character or celebrity of whom one is extremely fond”).
noun
- (informal) A child.
- (informal) A person of very short stature.
- Alternative letter-case form of Munchkin (“domestic cat breed”).
- (roleplaying games) A player who mainly concentrates on increasing their character's power and capabilities.
- (informal) A pet name one used for someone considered adorable, such as a pet, child, or a romantic partner.
- (informal, slang) Synonym of donut hole (“ball-shaped pastry”).
noun
noun
- a sweet innocent baby
- an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child
- (biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
- (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
- In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.
- (post-biblical) A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.
noun
- A child who is thirteen years old.
- (poetry) A thirteen-syllable line or series of lines in a poem.
- (cricket) A hit for thirteen runs.
- (US, climbing) A mountain rising to more than 13,000 feet (about 4,000 metres) but less than 14,000 feet above mean sea level.
- (card games, especially bridge) The last playing card of a suit left after the other twelve have been played.
noun
- (slang) A human child.
- A turbot or flatfish.
- (slang) A child (at any age) of an active member of the military or the diplomatic service.
- (mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
- (BDSM) A submissive partner who is disobedient and unruly.
- (uncountable, neologism) The qualities possessed by a confident and assertive woman.
- (historical) A rough cloak or ragged garment.
- (derogatory) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
- (informal, chiefly Upper Midwestern US) Bratwurst.
- a very troublesome child
- a small pork sausage
adj
verb
noun
intj
verb
- To be dismissive or contemptuous of something; used with at.
- (intransitive) To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.
- (transitive) To perceive vaguely.
- (slang, chiefly UK) To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
- (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
- (transitive) To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
- (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
- inhale audibly through the nose
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
noun
noun
- A mischievous child.
- A sea urchin.
- A street urchin, a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets.
- One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders arranged around a carding drum; so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.
- (historical) A neutron-generating device that triggered the nuclear detonation of the earliest plutonium atomic bombs.
- poor and often mischievous city child
verb
- (intransitive) To toddle.
- To tread upon; to trample.
- (intransitive, British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- (transitive) To spank with a paddle.
- (intransitive) To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- (transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- (intransitive) To dog paddle in water.
- swim like a dog in shallow water
- walk unsteadily, with short steps
- give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
- stir with a paddle
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
- propel with a paddle
noun
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A paddlewheel.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- (table tennis) A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
- (sports, uncountable) Alternative form of padel.
- A flipper in a pinball machine.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- (slang) A person's hand.
- (medicine) A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- (British) A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
- small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
adj
- Newborn.
- Additional; recently discovered.
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
- Recently made, or created.
- Recently arrived or appeared.
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
- Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
- Current or later, as opposed to former.
- (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
- (often followed by ‘to’) unfamiliar
- lacking training or experience
- (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
- original and of a kind not seen before
- unaffected by use or exposure
- not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- having no previous example or precedent or parallel
- other than the former one(s); different
adv
noun
verb
noun
- (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
- (countable, age regression) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.
- Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).
- (countable, university slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.
- (countable, ageplay) The participant who acts out the younger role.
- (chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
- a small amount or duration
adj
- Very young, of childhood age.
- Short in duration; brief.
- (derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
- (offensive) Used to belittle a person.
- Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.
- (often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.
- Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
- Having few members.
- Small in size.
- (of a sibling) Younger.
- Insignificant, trivial.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- lowercase
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- (informal) small and of little importance
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal