English words for 'Alternative form of full throttle.'
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verb
- (automotive) To apply the throttle briefly when downshifting, to provide a smoother gear transition and prevent wheelspin.
- (transitive) Synonym of bleep (“to replace offending words in a broadcast recording with a tone”).
- (intransitive, informal) To change state abruptly, such as between off and on or dark and light, sometimes implying motion.
- (intransitive) To make a short beep sound.
noun
- (electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
- (by extension) A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.
- (Internet, historical) An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.
- A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.
- a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
noun
- (slang) A two-stroke engine.
- (baseball, informal) A fastball.
- (slang) An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
- A person or an apparatus that smokes food.
- A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.
- A smoking car on a train.
- (slang, by extension) Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.
- A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
- A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
- A tobacco pipe that produces smoke well when used.
- (slang) Synonym of stag film.
- a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke
- a person who smokes tobacco
- a party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only)
noun
noun
adj
- Having been changed from an original form.
- (of an animal, usually a pet) Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.
- changed in form or character without becoming something else
- having testicles or ovaries removed
- changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
verb
verb
- (automotive) To run an internal combustion engine to its maximum or maximum recommended speed.
- To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification.
- (Canada, US, urban studies) To deny or complicate access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.
- (audio engineering) To achieve audio levels that will cause clipping (indicated by red in an audio meter).
- To operate a device at one or more redlines.
- discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood
noun
noun
- The second gear of an engine.
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- Something that is number two in a series.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- (baseball) Second base.
- (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- (informal) A second-class honours degree.
- following the first in an ordering or series
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- a speech seconding a motion
adj
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
adv
verb
- (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
- (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
- (transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
- give support or one's approval to
- transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
verb
- (transitive) To tire, exhaust.
- (reflexive) (with out) To become tired and exhausted.
- (informal, reflexive) To defecate on one's person.
- (transitive) To break seawater with the poop (stern) of a vessel, especially the poop deck.
- (transitive) To break over the stern of (a vessel).
- (informal, intransitive) To defecate.
- (informal, transitive) To defecate in or on something.
intj
noun
- A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process.
- The sound of a steam engine's whistle, typically low-pitched.
- (Internet slang) Ellipsis of YouTube poop (“video mashup”).
- (informal) A stupid or ineffectual person.
- (nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- (informal) An act of defecation.
- (informal) Fecal matter; feces.
- (nautical) The poop deck.
- obscene terms for feces
- slang terms for inside information
- the rear part of a ship
- a stupid foolish person
noun
- (motor racing) The accelerator pedal.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of hammer headline.
- (curling) The last stone in an end.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
- One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
- (frisbee) A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, loosely) A handgun.
- (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- The act of using a hammer to hit something.
- a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- the ossicle attached to the eardrum
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- a power tool for drilling rocks
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
verb
- (transitive, slang, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
- (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- (transitive, finance) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
- (transitive, finance) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- (cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To make high demands on (a system or service).
- (sex, transitive, colloquial) To have hard sex with.
- To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
- (sports, etc.) To hit particularly hard.
- create by hammering
- beat with or as if with a hammer
noun
- (motor racing) A fuel tank with a flexible inner liner to reduce the risk of puncture.
- (energy) Synonym of fuel tank: A fuel storage tank.
- (energy) An electrochemical device in which the intrinsic chemical free energy of fuel and oxidant is catalytically converted to direct current energy.
- cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air); often used in electric cars
noun
noun
- a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
- the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration
- (euphemistic, slang) Freewheeling (driving a vehicle with the transmission in neutral) on downhill stretches to achieve higher fuel economy and/or speed than otherwise. In colloquial registers, ethnically bigoted variants have been common, such as Jewish overdrive (alluding to the stereotype of miserly Jews) or Mexican overdrive or Polish overdrive (alluding to stereotypes of foolishness and poverty).
- (uncountable, figurative) A state of heightened activity.
- (engineering, mechanical) A gear ratio higher than 1:1: one in which a single revolution of the driving element corresponds to more than one revolution of the driven element.
verb
noun
- Initialism of horsepower.
- Initialism of Houses of Parliament.
- Initialism of hire purchase.
- Initialism of Helicobacter pylori.
- Initialism of hydrogen peroxide.
- (Japan) Initialism of home page.
- (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea) Initialism of handphone.
- (video games, mostly role-playing games) Initialism of hit points / health points.
- Initialism of higher power.
- Initialism of horizontal pitch.
- a unit of power equal to 746 watts
name
noun
- An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.
- A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.
- A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
- an energetic person with unusual initiative
- an electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine
adj
verb
noun
- (uncountable, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.
- (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
- (countable, physical chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- (uncountable, military) Poison gas.
- (business, often attributive) The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
- (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
- (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
- (uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand, Philippines) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (baseball) A fastball.
- (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
- (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
- (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
- (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
- the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
- a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
- a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
adj
verb
- (transitive) To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
- (intransitive) To emit gas.
- (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
- (US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
- (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
- (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
- (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
- (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
- attack with gas; subject to gas fumes
- show off
noun
- (automotive) Acronym of high-output turbo (turbocharger).
- (electronics) Acronym of hybrid-orientation technique, a technique that applies the technology.
- (video games) Initialism of health over time: a status effect that restores health points as time passes.
- (road transport) Acronym of high occupancy or toll lane.
- (electronics) Acronym of hybrid-orientation technology (“CMOS fabrication technology that uses PMOS and NMOS substrates with differing orientations”).
adj
adj
- (aviation) Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
- (poker slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).
- (slang, euphemistic) Involving assassination or "wet work".
- (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
- Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
- (biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
- With a usual complement or consummation; potent.
- (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
- (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
- Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
- (British, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
- Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
- Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
- (slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
- Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
- Of weather or a time period: rainy.
- covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
- consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
- producing or secreting milk
- very drunk
- supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- containing moisture or volatile components
noun
- Rainy weather.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
- (motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
- (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
- Liquid or moisture.
- (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
- (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
- (British, UK politics, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”).
- wetness caused by water
verb
- Misspelling of whet.
- (transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
- (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
- (transitive, informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.
- (US, MLE, MTE, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
- (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
- cause to become wet
- make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
symbol
noun
- (slang) A two-stroke engine.
- (baseball, informal) A fastball.
- (slang) An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
- A person or an apparatus that smokes food.
- A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.
- A smoking car on a train.
- (slang, by extension) Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.
- A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
- A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
- A tobacco pipe that produces smoke well when used.
- (slang) Synonym of stag film.
- a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke
- a person who smokes tobacco
- a party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only)
noun
noun
adj
- Having been changed from an original form.
- (of an animal, usually a pet) Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.
- changed in form or character without becoming something else
- having testicles or ovaries removed
- changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
verb
noun
- The second gear of an engine.
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- Something that is number two in a series.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- (baseball) Second base.
- (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- (informal) A second-class honours degree.
- following the first in an ordering or series
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- a speech seconding a motion
adj
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
adv
verb
- (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
- (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
- (transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
- give support or one's approval to
- transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
noun
- (motor racing) The accelerator pedal.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of hammer headline.
- (curling) The last stone in an end.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- (anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
- One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
- (frisbee) A frisbee throw in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown forwards above the head.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, loosely) A handgun.
- (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- (firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- The act of using a hammer to hit something.
- a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw
- a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate
- a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
- the ossicle attached to the eardrum
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- a power tool for drilling rocks
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
verb
- (transitive, slang, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly.
- (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- (transitive, finance) To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
- (transitive, finance) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- (cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To make high demands on (a system or service).
- (sex, transitive, colloquial) To have hard sex with.
- To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
- (sports, etc.) To hit particularly hard.
- create by hammering
- beat with or as if with a hammer
noun
- (motor racing) A fuel tank with a flexible inner liner to reduce the risk of puncture.
- (energy) Synonym of fuel tank: A fuel storage tank.
- (energy) An electrochemical device in which the intrinsic chemical free energy of fuel and oxidant is catalytically converted to direct current energy.
- cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air); often used in electric cars
noun
noun
- a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
- the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration
- (euphemistic, slang) Freewheeling (driving a vehicle with the transmission in neutral) on downhill stretches to achieve higher fuel economy and/or speed than otherwise. In colloquial registers, ethnically bigoted variants have been common, such as Jewish overdrive (alluding to the stereotype of miserly Jews) or Mexican overdrive or Polish overdrive (alluding to stereotypes of foolishness and poverty).
- (uncountable, figurative) A state of heightened activity.
- (engineering, mechanical) A gear ratio higher than 1:1: one in which a single revolution of the driving element corresponds to more than one revolution of the driven element.
verb
noun
- Initialism of horsepower.
- Initialism of Houses of Parliament.
- Initialism of hire purchase.
- Initialism of Helicobacter pylori.
- Initialism of hydrogen peroxide.
- (Japan) Initialism of home page.
- (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea) Initialism of handphone.
- (video games, mostly role-playing games) Initialism of hit points / health points.
- Initialism of higher power.
- Initialism of horizontal pitch.
- a unit of power equal to 746 watts
name
noun
- An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.
- A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.
- A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
- an energetic person with unusual initiative
- an electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine
noun
- (uncountable, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.
- (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
- (countable, physical chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- (uncountable, military) Poison gas.
- (business, often attributive) The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
- (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
- (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
- (uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand, Philippines) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (baseball) A fastball.
- (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
- (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
- (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
- (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
- the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
- a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
- a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
adj
verb
- (transitive) To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
- (intransitive) To emit gas.
- (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
- (US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
- (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
- (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
- (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
- (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
- attack with gas; subject to gas fumes
- show off
noun
- (automotive) Acronym of high-output turbo (turbocharger).
- (electronics) Acronym of hybrid-orientation technique, a technique that applies the technology.
- (video games) Initialism of health over time: a status effect that restores health points as time passes.
- (road transport) Acronym of high occupancy or toll lane.
- (electronics) Acronym of hybrid-orientation technology (“CMOS fabrication technology that uses PMOS and NMOS substrates with differing orientations”).
adj
verb
- (automotive) To apply the throttle briefly when downshifting, to provide a smoother gear transition and prevent wheelspin.
- (transitive) Synonym of bleep (“to replace offending words in a broadcast recording with a tone”).
- (intransitive, informal) To change state abruptly, such as between off and on or dark and light, sometimes implying motion.
- (intransitive) To make a short beep sound.
noun
- (electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
- (by extension) A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.
- (Internet, historical) An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.
- A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.
- a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
verb
- (automotive) To run an internal combustion engine to its maximum or maximum recommended speed.
- To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification.
- (Canada, US, urban studies) To deny or complicate access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.
- (audio engineering) To achieve audio levels that will cause clipping (indicated by red in an audio meter).
- To operate a device at one or more redlines.
- discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood
noun
verb
- (transitive) To tire, exhaust.
- (reflexive) (with out) To become tired and exhausted.
- (informal, reflexive) To defecate on one's person.
- (transitive) To break seawater with the poop (stern) of a vessel, especially the poop deck.
- (transitive) To break over the stern of (a vessel).
- (informal, intransitive) To defecate.
- (informal, transitive) To defecate in or on something.
intj
noun
- A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process.
- The sound of a steam engine's whistle, typically low-pitched.
- (Internet slang) Ellipsis of YouTube poop (“video mashup”).
- (informal) A stupid or ineffectual person.
- (nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- (informal) An act of defecation.
- (informal) Fecal matter; feces.
- (nautical) The poop deck.
- obscene terms for feces
- slang terms for inside information
- the rear part of a ship
- a stupid foolish person
adj
verb
adj
- (aviation) Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
- (poker slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).
- (slang, euphemistic) Involving assassination or "wet work".
- (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
- Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
- (biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
- With a usual complement or consummation; potent.
- (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
- (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
- Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
- (British, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
- Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
- Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
- (slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
- Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
- Of weather or a time period: rainy.
- covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
- consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
- producing or secreting milk
- very drunk
- supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- containing moisture or volatile components
noun
- Rainy weather.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
- (motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
- (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
- Liquid or moisture.
- (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
- (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
- (British, UK politics, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”).
- wetness caused by water
verb
- Misspelling of whet.
- (transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
- (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
- (transitive, informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.
- (US, MLE, MTE, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
- (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
- cause to become wet
- make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating