English words for 'Alternative form of when pigs fly.'
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noun
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- A machine that flies.
- A risky investment or other venture.
- (music) Synonym of flying cymbal.
- A leap or jump.
- (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- (firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- (sports) A false start
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- (informal) A fast-moving person or thing.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- someone who operates an aircraft
- someone who travels by air
adj
verb
prep_phrase
noun
- A pigsty.
- (uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
- A hot dog or sausage.
- (countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
- (UK) The grey heron.
- device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
adj
verb
- To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
- (transitive) To place a frank on an envelope.
- (transitive) To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
- (transitive) To send by public conveyance free of expense.
- exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
- stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
noun
verb
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- To deprive of.
noun
verb
intj
noun
- (Northern England, Scotland, derogatory) A greedy and/or stupid person.
- (UK, US, dialect) A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod or a measuring rod.
- (especially mining) A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock.
- (especially UK, US, dialect) A goad, a sharp-pointed rod for driving cattle, horses, etc, or one with a whip or thong on the end for the same purpose.
- One who roams about idly; a gadabout.
- A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
noun
noun
- (literally) The tail of a pig.
- Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.
- A braided plait of hair; queue.
- (now especially) Either of a pair of braids or tails worn on the sides of the head.
- (medicine) Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.
- The flamingo flower (anthurium)
- (electrical engineering) A short length of twisted electrical wire.
- (colloquial, in the plural) A person who wears pigtails.
- (in the plural) A hairstyle with a pair of pigtails.
- a plait of braided hair
verb
noun
verb
- (falconry) The action of stretching out the wings to hide food.
- (intransitive) To become covered or concealed.
- (falconry) The action of stretching a wing and the same side leg out to one side of the body.
- To climb over or onto something.
- (transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
- (intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
- spread over a surface, like a mantle
- cover like a mantle
noun
- (exogeology) Any similar layer in an exoplanet.
- (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
- The zone of hot gases around a flame.
- (heraldry) A mantling.
- A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
- The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
- (geology) The layer between Earth's core and crust.
- (anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
- (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
- A penstock for a water wheel.
- Alternative spelling of mantel (“shelf above fireplace”).
- A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
- (malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
- (ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
- anything that covers
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- the cloak as a symbol of authority
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
prep_phrase
verb
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- move back and forth very rapidly
- beat rapidly
- wink briefly
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
noun
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the act of moving back and forth
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
noun
intj
verb
verb
- (transitive) To feed pigs.
- (transitive, games) In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- (intransitive) To make one's way through soggy terrain.
- (transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
- feed pigs
- ladle clumsily
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- walk through mud or mire
noun
- (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
- (uncommon, costermongers) A policeman.
- Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot.
- (uncountable) Semi-solid-like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
- (figurative, derogatory) Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s.
- (sometimes in the plural) Domestic wastewater.
- (South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
- (Internet, artificial intelligence, derogatory) Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content.
- (slang) Fellatio.
- (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
- (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
- (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
- wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
verb
noun
- (countable, rare) A piece of popcorn.
- (attributive) A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
- (chiefly uncountable) A type of corn or maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
- (countable) A serving of popcorn.
- (chiefly uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.
- A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
- A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.
- (knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
- (humorous) Entertainment for observers.
- small kernels of corn exploded by heat
- corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
noun
- (falconry) The flight of a hawk.
- The course, evolution, and ongoing advancement of one's working life, especially in one particular field.
- One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously or over a long period of time.
- The general course of one's action or conduct in life, or in a particular area of life.
- A jouster's path during a joust.
- the particular occupation for which you are trained
- the general progression of your working or professional life
adj
verb
noun
- A frit fly.
- Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.
- (UK politics, derogatory) A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.
- A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
- (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
adj
verb
noun
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- A machine that flies.
- A risky investment or other venture.
- (music) Synonym of flying cymbal.
- A leap or jump.
- (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- (firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- (sports) A false start
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- (informal) A fast-moving person or thing.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- someone who operates an aircraft
- someone who travels by air
adj
verb
noun
- A pigsty.
- (uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
- A hot dog or sausage.
- (countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
- (UK) The grey heron.
- device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
adj
verb
- To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
- (transitive) To place a frank on an envelope.
- (transitive) To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
- (transitive) To send by public conveyance free of expense.
- exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
- stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
noun
noun
noun
- (literally) The tail of a pig.
- Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.
- A braided plait of hair; queue.
- (now especially) Either of a pair of braids or tails worn on the sides of the head.
- (medicine) Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.
- The flamingo flower (anthurium)
- (electrical engineering) A short length of twisted electrical wire.
- (colloquial, in the plural) A person who wears pigtails.
- (in the plural) A hairstyle with a pair of pigtails.
- a plait of braided hair
verb
noun
noun
intj
verb
noun
- (falconry) The flight of a hawk.
- The course, evolution, and ongoing advancement of one's working life, especially in one particular field.
- One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously or over a long period of time.
- The general course of one's action or conduct in life, or in a particular area of life.
- A jouster's path during a joust.
- the particular occupation for which you are trained
- the general progression of your working or professional life
adj
verb
noun
- A frit fly.
- Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.
- (UK politics, derogatory) A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.
- A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
- (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
adj
verb
verb
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- To deprive of.
noun
verb
intj
noun
- (Northern England, Scotland, derogatory) A greedy and/or stupid person.
- (UK, US, dialect) A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod or a measuring rod.
- (especially mining) A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock.
- (especially UK, US, dialect) A goad, a sharp-pointed rod for driving cattle, horses, etc, or one with a whip or thong on the end for the same purpose.
- One who roams about idly; a gadabout.
- A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
verb
- (falconry) The action of stretching out the wings to hide food.
- (intransitive) To become covered or concealed.
- (falconry) The action of stretching a wing and the same side leg out to one side of the body.
- To climb over or onto something.
- (transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
- (intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
- spread over a surface, like a mantle
- cover like a mantle
noun
- (exogeology) Any similar layer in an exoplanet.
- (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
- The zone of hot gases around a flame.
- (heraldry) A mantling.
- A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
- The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
- (geology) The layer between Earth's core and crust.
- (anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
- (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
- A penstock for a water wheel.
- Alternative spelling of mantel (“shelf above fireplace”).
- A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
- (malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
- (ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
- anything that covers
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- the cloak as a symbol of authority
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
verb
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- move back and forth very rapidly
- beat rapidly
- wink briefly
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
noun
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the act of moving back and forth
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
verb
- (transitive) To feed pigs.
- (transitive, games) In a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- (intransitive) To make one's way through soggy terrain.
- (transitive) To spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
- feed pigs
- ladle clumsily
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- walk through mud or mire
noun
- (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
- (uncommon, costermongers) A policeman.
- Liquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot.
- (uncountable) Semi-solid-like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
- (figurative, derogatory) Content or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the 1960s.
- (sometimes in the plural) Domestic wastewater.
- (South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
- (Internet, artificial intelligence, derogatory) Junk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content.
- (slang) Fellatio.
- (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
- (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
- (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
- wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
verb
noun
- (countable, rare) A piece of popcorn.
- (attributive) A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
- (chiefly uncountable) A type of corn or maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
- (countable) A serving of popcorn.
- (chiefly uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.
- A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
- A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.
- (knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
- (humorous) Entertainment for observers.
- small kernels of corn exploded by heat
- corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
noun
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- A machine that flies.
- A risky investment or other venture.
- (music) Synonym of flying cymbal.
- A leap or jump.
- (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- (firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- (sports) A false start
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- (informal) A fast-moving person or thing.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- someone who operates an aircraft
- someone who travels by air