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elegance
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MacGyverism
hack
ex tempore
cure
answer
extempore
MacGyver
thought experiment
escape fire
solutionist
Eureka step
hackaround
solution
ticket
tweaker
way out
resolutionist
masterminding
weapon
elegance
spike
ingenuity
devilment
convenience method
E-tool
worklet
dingbat
brainstorm
quick fix
false start
puzzlery
Gordian knot
implementer
tut
silver bullet
imagination
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resource
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line of attack
design pattern
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puzzle
solvability
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right-brainer
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cobble
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set
think out
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problematize
sort oneself out
square the circle
get right
nerd-snipe
think too much
go at
bullshit
nail the hammer on the head
resolve
see daylight
unriddle
tool
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wing it
unpick
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MacGyver
scratch one's own itch
noun
- An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A try, an attempt.
- The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- A hacking blow.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
- A hearse.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A dry cough.
- A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A tool for chopping.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- A computer programmer who makes quick but inelegant changes to computer code to solve problems or add features.
- A computer programmer, particularly a veteran or someone not immediately expected to be capable of programming.
- A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- An untalented writer.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
- A grating in a mill race.
- Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- A political agitator.
verb
- To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- To kick (a player) on the shins.
- To swing at a pitched ball.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To play hackeysack.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- To cough noisily.
- To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
noun
- A solution to a problem.
- Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
- That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
- A method, device or medication that restores good health.
- Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
- A process of solidification or gelling.
- A process of preservation, as by smoking.
- A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering.
verb
- To cause to be rid of (a defect).
- To bring about a cure of any kind.
- To preserve (food), typically by salting.
- To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
- To solidify or gel.
- To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
- To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
- To restore to health.
noun
- A solution to a problem.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
- A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
verb
- To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To make a reply or response to.
- To file a document in response to a complaint.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
verb
- To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
- to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
- To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
- To loosen or separate the parts of.
- To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
noun
- a method for solving a problem
- a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- the successful action of solving a problem
noun
- A solution to a problem; something that is needed.
- A warrant.
- A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
- A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
- A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
- A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
- A citation for a traffic violation.
- A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
- A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation
- A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally technical support related).
- A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
verb
verb
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
noun
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
adj
verb
- pass into a solution
- grow less and less substantial until it disappears
- cause to go into a solution
- come to an end
- stop functioning or cohering as a unit
- cause to lose control emotionally
- lose control emotionally
- cause to fade away
- become or cause to become soft or liquid
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- declare void
noun
noun
- A tool of any kind.
- An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.
- An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords; arm.
- An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
- A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe.
verb
noun
- A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
- A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- An adolescent male deer.
- 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 running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- Spike lavender.
- Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- A sort of very large nail.
- 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.
- Synonym of endpin.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- The casual ward of a workhouse.
- An ear of corn or grain.
verb
- To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- 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.
- 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.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.
- To inject a drug with a syringe.
- To fix on a spike.
- To increase sharply.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
noun
- Something cleverly constructed.
- Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
- A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
- Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
- A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.
noun
noun
- A kind of word puzzle involving pictures or typography that hint at the solution.
- Anything that can be thrown or swung with force against something else.
- A small device or gadget, the correct term for which is forgotten or unknown.
- An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.
- A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
- A silly, crazy or stupid person.
verb
- To come up with on the spot; to improvise.
- To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze.
- To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.
noun
- Feces produced by a bull.
- Statements that are transparently or offensively false.
- Statements made without regard for their truth value.
- Synonym of shit (in its sense of any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity).
- Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.
- A card game in which players try to discard their hands first, following rules that encourage bluffing, calling others' bluffs, and penalizing others by tricking them into inaccurate accusations.
- Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.
adj
intj
adj
- Clever, making an apparently hard task easy.
- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
- Sleek; smooth.
- Extraordinarily great or special.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
noun
- A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- A helicopter.
- A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
- A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
- In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
verb
verb
- To find a solution to (a problem).
- To make a firm decision to do something.
- To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
- To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
- To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
- To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
- To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
- To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
- To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
- To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
- To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
noun
verb
- To equip with tools.
- To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- To work very hard.
- To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
- To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
- To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
noun
- A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
- A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
- A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
- Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
- Any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools.
- A gun.
- A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
- An obnoxious or uptight person.
verb
- find the solution or key to
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
noun
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