English words for 'Alternative form of point-device.'
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noun
- (computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
- (mythology, literature) The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
- (hurling, camogie) A penalty shot.
- (ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
- (chiefly Canada) An object shaped like a puck.
- (trampoline, gymnastics) A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.
- (Ireland, rustic) billy goat
- a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
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- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- (music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
- An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
- A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
- Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
noun
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- (sexuality) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
- The act of joining together to form a couple.
- (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- (electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- A device that couples two things together.
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
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- An electronic device with multiple sites where components can be plugged in.
- A power strip.
- Something that is composed of multiple boxes.
- The practice of playing an online game with multiple accounts simultaneously.
- One of a set of multiple ballot boxes, one for each candidate.
- A box with several compartments.
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- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- (slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.
- (theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
- (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- (Anglicanism) An excessively high church Anglican.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- (software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
- (music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.
- A sort of very large nail.
- (virology) a structure projecting from the surface of an enveloped virus, which binds to host cells.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- An ear of corn or grain.
- Spike lavender.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- a large stout nail
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
verb
- To add alcohol or a drug into a drink, especially if covertly.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To increase sharply.
- (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- (slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
- (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- (figurative, journalism) To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To fix on a spike.
- (American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
- secure with spikes
- stand in the way of
- manifest a sharp increase
- bring forth a spike or spikes
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
noun
- device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
- Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
- One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
- (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.
- Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
- Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
- One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
noun
- A portable electronic device performing similar functions.
- A small portable book, containing e.g. an appointment diary (appointment book), address book, notepad etc.
- a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
noun
- (electronics) A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
- (philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.
- (music, in particular) One of several ancient Greek scales.
- (textiles) The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
- (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
- A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
- Style or fashion; popular trend.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- (electromagnetism) A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
- (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
- (especially engineering) A state related to signals or vibrations.
- (music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
- (video games) A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
- (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
- how something is done or how it happens
- the most frequent value of a random variable
- a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
- any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
- verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
- a particular functioning condition or arrangement
noun
- A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
- (LGBTQ slang) A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay)
- Alternative form of trey (“third branch of deer's antler”).
- (computing, business) A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
- A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
- (Australia) The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.
- (by extension) The items on a full tray.
- (computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
- an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
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- A small pointed object.
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- The footprint of a hare.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A feeling of remorse.
- (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- obscene terms for penis
- the act of puncturing with a small point
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
verb
- (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
- (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
- (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
- (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
- cause a stinging pain
- stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- to stick up
- cause a prickling sensation
- to cause a sharp emotional pain
- make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
- deliver a sting to
noun
- Any mechanical device used to position something.
- The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- That which positions.
- a device used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track
noun
- A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.
- An oscillating power tool that can perform multiple functions with different attachments.
- Any similar tool with some other central implement (such as shears) or with no central implement, but sharing the themes otherwise.
- Any of a class of folding or telescoping tools with a plier head as the central implement and with sets of peripheral implements (typically knife blades, screwdrivers, files, saws, can openers, bottle openers, scissors, and so on).
- Any of a class of monolithic tools with various holes and edges that act as the multiple implements.
- A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.
adj
- capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
- capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction
- able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
- Able to get along well.
- Capable of easy interaction.
- Consistent; congruous.
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- device for resetting instruments or controls
- A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something.
- (also figurative) The act of resetting to the initial state.
- The cleaning and tidying of one's home. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy69x9wl2no
- The act of setting to zero.
- (typography) That which is reset; printed matter set up again.
- (Scots law) The crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw.
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- (graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
- (chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- (informal, intransitive) To inhale from a cigarette, cigar, etc.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- (informal, intransitive) To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To fish with a dragnet.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- to lag or linger behind
- suck in or take (air)
- move slowly and as if with great effort
- use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
- proceed for an extended period of time
- persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- pull, as against a resistance
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- draw slowly or heavily
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- walk without lifting the feet
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- (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- (countable, music) A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- (countable, informal) A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- (uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- (uncountable, music) Witch house music.
- (countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
- (historical) A mailcoach.
- (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- (informal, uncommon) Clipping of dragon.
- (countable, slang) A street.
- (countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- (uncountable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- (billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- (countable, slang) A drag king or drag queen.
- (countable, slang) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- (slang) A prison sentence of three months.
- (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- (by analogy with above) Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- (countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- (uncountable, slang, by analogy) Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- (countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- something tedious and boring
- the act of dragging (pulling with force)
- clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- something that slows or delays progress
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
noun
- (electronics) An adjustable electrical component.
- One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
- Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest, a flip-flopper.
- (nautical) A member of the crew who trims the sails.
- (mining, historical) A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
- (fishing) A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.
- (architecture) A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.
- A device used to trim.
- (cricket) A fast, high-quality delivery by the bowler, especially one that results in a dismissal of a batter by removing the bails without hitting the stumps.
- (shipping, historical) A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.
- a machine that trims timber
- capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments
- joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.
- a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs
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- The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose.
- (India) The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances.
- The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act.
- A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
- An item of permanent furniture or equipment.
- any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture)
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- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- (colloquial, metonymic) A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particularly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the gun.
- A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- (television) An electron gun.
- (figurative) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- (military) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, skilful, or cool.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- large but transportable armament
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
verb
- (ambitransitive, US, prison slang, of a male prisoner) Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”).
- (transitive) To cause to speed up.
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
- (informal) (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- (informal) To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
- shoot with a gun
noun
- the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
- the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
- (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
- The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
- (astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
- (artificial intelligence) The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
- (roleplaying games) One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
- An alliance of factions.
- (bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
- An arrangement of items in a line.
- (transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
- ground plan of a canal or road
noun
- A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
- Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
- The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
- (by extension) A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
- The act of touching physically; being in close association.
- (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
- (informal) A contact lens.
- (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
- The establishment of communication (with).
- (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
- close interaction
- the physical coming together of two or more things
- a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
- the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
- a communicative interaction
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- the act of touching physically
- a channel for communication between groups
- (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
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- A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
- (databases) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
- (psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
- An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
- (grammar) An argument whose semantic role determines the choice of a verbal affix, in certain Austronesian languages.
- A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response.
- (music) An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
- (firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
- (electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
- (music) A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
- lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
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- (transitive) To fire (a weapon).
- (intransitive, especially electronics) To activate; to become active.
- (transitive) To cause, to precipitate, to bring (something) about in response or as a result.
- (transitive, figurative) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (a person).
- release or pull the trigger on
- put in motion or move to act
noun
- (telecommunications) Initialism of multipoint control unit.
- Initialism of master control unit.
- (chiropractic) Initialism of multi-cervical unit.
- Initialism of main control unit.
- Initialism of motor control unit.
- (electronics) Initialism of microcontroller unit.
- (television) Initialism of medium close-up.
- (computing) Initialism of memory controller unit.
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- A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
- Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
- (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
- (mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- (mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
- (rare) A levee.
- a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
- a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
- a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
verb
- (chiefly UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
- (transitive) To move with a lever.
- (figuratively, transitive) To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
- (figuratively, transitive) To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
noun
- A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.
- A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.
- the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
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- A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
- A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
- (now dialectal) A bird's beak.
- The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
- Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
- One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
- The shaft of a wagon.
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- the writing point of a pen
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- (computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
- (mythology, literature) The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
- (hurling, camogie) A penalty shot.
- (ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
- (chiefly Canada) An object shaped like a puck.
- (trampoline, gymnastics) A body position between the pike and tuck positions, with knees slightly bent and folded in; open tuck.
- (Ireland, rustic) billy goat
- a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey
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- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- (music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
- An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
- A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
- Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
noun
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- (sexuality) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
- The act of joining together to form a couple.
- (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- (electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- A device that couples two things together.
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
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noun
- An electronic device with multiple sites where components can be plugged in.
- A power strip.
- Something that is composed of multiple boxes.
- The practice of playing an online game with multiple accounts simultaneously.
- One of a set of multiple ballot boxes, one for each candidate.
- A box with several compartments.
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- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- (slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.
- (theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
- (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- (Anglicanism) An excessively high church Anglican.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- (software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
- (music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.
- A sort of very large nail.
- (virology) a structure projecting from the surface of an enveloped virus, which binds to host cells.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- An ear of corn or grain.
- Spike lavender.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- a large stout nail
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
verb
- To add alcohol or a drug into a drink, especially if covertly.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To increase sharply.
- (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- (slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
- (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- (figurative, journalism) To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To fix on a spike.
- (American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
- secure with spikes
- stand in the way of
- manifest a sharp increase
- bring forth a spike or spikes
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
noun
- device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
- Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
- One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
- (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.
- Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
- Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
- One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
noun
- A portable electronic device performing similar functions.
- A small portable book, containing e.g. an appointment diary (appointment book), address book, notepad etc.
- a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
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- (electronics) A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
- (philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.
- (music, in particular) One of several ancient Greek scales.
- (textiles) The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
- (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
- A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
- Style or fashion; popular trend.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- (electromagnetism) A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
- (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
- (especially engineering) A state related to signals or vibrations.
- (music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
- (video games) A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
- (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
- how something is done or how it happens
- the most frequent value of a random variable
- a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
- any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
- verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
- a particular functioning condition or arrangement
noun
- A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
- (LGBTQ slang) A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay)
- Alternative form of trey (“third branch of deer's antler”).
- (computing, business) A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
- A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
- (Australia) The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.
- (by extension) The items on a full tray.
- (computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
- an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
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- A small pointed object.
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- The footprint of a hare.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A feeling of remorse.
- (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- obscene terms for penis
- the act of puncturing with a small point
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
verb
- (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
- (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
- (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
- (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
- cause a stinging pain
- stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- to stick up
- cause a prickling sensation
- to cause a sharp emotional pain
- make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
- deliver a sting to
noun
- Any mechanical device used to position something.
- The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- That which positions.
- a device used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track
noun
- A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.
- An oscillating power tool that can perform multiple functions with different attachments.
- Any similar tool with some other central implement (such as shears) or with no central implement, but sharing the themes otherwise.
- Any of a class of folding or telescoping tools with a plier head as the central implement and with sets of peripheral implements (typically knife blades, screwdrivers, files, saws, can openers, bottle openers, scissors, and so on).
- Any of a class of monolithic tools with various holes and edges that act as the multiple implements.
- A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.
noun
- device for resetting instruments or controls
- A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something.
- (also figurative) The act of resetting to the initial state.
- The cleaning and tidying of one's home. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy69x9wl2no
- The act of setting to zero.
- (typography) That which is reset; printed matter set up again.
- (Scots law) The crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw.
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- (electronics) An adjustable electrical component.
- One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
- Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest, a flip-flopper.
- (nautical) A member of the crew who trims the sails.
- (mining, historical) A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
- (fishing) A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.
- (architecture) A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.
- A device used to trim.
- (cricket) A fast, high-quality delivery by the bowler, especially one that results in a dismissal of a batter by removing the bails without hitting the stumps.
- (shipping, historical) A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.
- a machine that trims timber
- capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments
- joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.
- a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs
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- The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose.
- (India) The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances.
- The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act.
- A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
- An item of permanent furniture or equipment.
- any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture)
noun
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- (colloquial, metonymic) A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particularly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the gun.
- A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- (television) An electron gun.
- (figurative) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- (military) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, skilful, or cool.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- large but transportable armament
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
verb
- (ambitransitive, US, prison slang, of a male prisoner) Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”).
- (transitive) To cause to speed up.
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
- (informal) (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- (informal) To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
- shoot with a gun
noun
- the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
- the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
- (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
- The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
- (astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
- (artificial intelligence) The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
- (roleplaying games) One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
- An alliance of factions.
- (bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
- An arrangement of items in a line.
- (transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
- ground plan of a canal or road
noun
- A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
- Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
- The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
- (by extension) A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
- The act of touching physically; being in close association.
- (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
- (informal) A contact lens.
- (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
- The establishment of communication (with).
- (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
- close interaction
- the physical coming together of two or more things
- a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
- the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
- a communicative interaction
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- the act of touching physically
- a channel for communication between groups
- (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
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noun
- A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
- (databases) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
- (psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
- An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
- (grammar) An argument whose semantic role determines the choice of a verbal affix, in certain Austronesian languages.
- A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response.
- (music) An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
- (firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
- (electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
- (music) A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
- lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
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- (transitive) To fire (a weapon).
- (intransitive, especially electronics) To activate; to become active.
- (transitive) To cause, to precipitate, to bring (something) about in response or as a result.
- (transitive, figurative) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (a person).
- release or pull the trigger on
- put in motion or move to act
noun
- (telecommunications) Initialism of multipoint control unit.
- Initialism of master control unit.
- (chiropractic) Initialism of multi-cervical unit.
- Initialism of main control unit.
- Initialism of motor control unit.
- (electronics) Initialism of microcontroller unit.
- (television) Initialism of medium close-up.
- (computing) Initialism of memory controller unit.
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- A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
- Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
- (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
- (mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- (mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
- (rare) A levee.
- a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
- a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
- a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
verb
- (chiefly UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
- (transitive) To move with a lever.
- (figuratively, transitive) To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
- (figuratively, transitive) To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
noun
- A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.
- A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.
- the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
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- A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
- A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
- (now dialectal) A bird's beak.
- The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
- Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
- One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
- The shaft of a wagon.
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- the writing point of a pen
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- (graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
- (chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- (informal, intransitive) To inhale from a cigarette, cigar, etc.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- (informal, intransitive) To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To fish with a dragnet.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- to lag or linger behind
- suck in or take (air)
- move slowly and as if with great effort
- use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
- proceed for an extended period of time
- persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- pull, as against a resistance
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- draw slowly or heavily
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- walk without lifting the feet
noun
- (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- (countable, music) A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- (countable, informal) A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- (uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- (uncountable, music) Witch house music.
- (countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
- (historical) A mailcoach.
- (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- (informal, uncommon) Clipping of dragon.
- (countable, slang) A street.
- (countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- (uncountable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- (billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- (countable, slang) A drag king or drag queen.
- (countable, slang) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- (slang) A prison sentence of three months.
- (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- (by analogy with above) Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- (countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- (uncountable, slang, by analogy) Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- (countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- something tedious and boring
- the act of dragging (pulling with force)
- clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- something that slows or delays progress
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
adj
- capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
- capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction
- able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
- Able to get along well.
- Capable of easy interaction.
- Consistent; congruous.