English words for 'Alternative form of seagull.'
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noun
- A sea-cob or gull.
- Alternative form of cob (“person of mixed (black and white) race”).
- A pier made from cobblestones.
- A hand-basket, especially made from wicker.
- A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Also called cob, rammed earth or pisé.
- (US) A knock or blow.
noun
- A bird, the black tern, seabird.
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- The hinder part of anything.
- (nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- (figurative) The post of management or direction.
- the rear part of a ship
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
adj
verb
noun
- A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
- (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
- One easily cheated; a dupe.
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.
- (dialectal) A channel made by a stream; a natural watercourse; running water.
- A stupid animal.
- (dialectal) A breach or hole made by the force of a torrent; fissure, chasm.
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
verb
noun
- Alternative form of mew (a seagull)
- (now regional) A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
- The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
- The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
- (cricket) A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
- (now only dialectal) A scornful grimace; a wry face.
- a loft in a barn where hay is stored
verb
noun
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a rapid superficial reader
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (naval) A surface ship.
- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
verb
noun
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- The act of gliding.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- the activity of flying a glider
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
verb
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
verb
noun
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, rugby slang) The practice, in Rugby Union, of forwards running in the back line rather than concentrating on their primary positional duties in open play (see rugby union positions).
- (boating slang) The practice of using a British Seagull outboard.
- (chiefly New Zealand) The practice of working as a non-union casual stevedore.
noun
- (colloquial, birdwatching) Ellipsis of sandpiper.
- (uncountable, figurative) "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom):
- (uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
- (countable) A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
- Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
- (countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
- An excuse for tears.
- A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
- (countable, often in the plural) A beach or other mass of sand.
- (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- fortitude and determination
- a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
adj
verb
noun
noun
- Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.
- The name of the Latin script letter J/j.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
- The Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis.
- Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
- crested largely blue bird
noun
- A sea-cob or gull.
- Alternative form of cob (“person of mixed (black and white) race”).
- A pier made from cobblestones.
- A hand-basket, especially made from wicker.
- A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Also called cob, rammed earth or pisé.
- (US) A knock or blow.
noun
- A bird, the black tern, seabird.
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- The hinder part of anything.
- (nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- (figurative) The post of management or direction.
- the rear part of a ship
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
adj
verb
noun
- A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
- (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
- One easily cheated; a dupe.
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.
- (dialectal) A channel made by a stream; a natural watercourse; running water.
- A stupid animal.
- (dialectal) A breach or hole made by the force of a torrent; fissure, chasm.
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
verb
noun
- Alternative form of mew (a seagull)
- (now regional) A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
- The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
- The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
- (cricket) A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
- (now only dialectal) A scornful grimace; a wry face.
- a loft in a barn where hay is stored
verb
noun
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a rapid superficial reader
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (naval) A surface ship.
- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
verb
noun
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- The act of gliding.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- the activity of flying a glider
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
verb
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
noun
- (colloquial, birdwatching) Ellipsis of sandpiper.
- (uncountable, figurative) "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom):
- (uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
- (countable) A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
- Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
- (countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
- An excuse for tears.
- A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
- (countable, often in the plural) A beach or other mass of sand.
- (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- fortitude and determination
- a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
adj
verb
noun
noun
- Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.
- The name of the Latin script letter J/j.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
- The Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis.
- Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
- crested largely blue bird
verb
noun
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, rugby slang) The practice, in Rugby Union, of forwards running in the back line rather than concentrating on their primary positional duties in open play (see rugby union positions).
- (boating slang) The practice of using a British Seagull outboard.
- (chiefly New Zealand) The practice of working as a non-union casual stevedore.