tackle
bottom
appel
overpower
flooring
blocker
waylay
counterforce
foist
cross-counter
assault and battery
outflank
battery
maneuver
manoeuvre
evasive action
smash
run out
simple machine
crash
withstander
trust fall
machine
get after
close down
go after
mouth rape
wave the white flag
pick
cornering
hand-off
reconnaissance in force
pick off
reprehender
react
oppugner
blockade
force one's way
two can play that game
interceptive
bench
jostle
bat away
impact
overpenetrate
cut out
cut down
glide
ambusher
coercion
backaction
counterattack
ambuscader
trip
counterparry
pusher
subduction
compulsion
drag
thruster
sag off
countermove
concurrent
man up
parry
cannon
countermaneuver
pincer attack
push away
deflect
block
puller
assailer
draw fire
head off
dismounter
jarp
backward
hammer and anvil
apprehender
driving force
chase down
shear
drive
take down
rub
ruse
thrust
dodger
artifice
blocking
knower
counterdefensive
despoilation
despoilment
interceptive
backward
counterdefensive
tackle
appel
flooring
blocker
counterforce
assault and battery
battery
maneuver
manoeuvre
evasive action
smash
simple machine
crash
withstander
trust fall
machine
pick
cornering
hand-off
reconnaissance in force
reprehender
oppugner
blockade
glide
ambusher
coercion
backaction
counterattack
ambuscader
counterparry
pusher
subduction
compulsion
drag
thruster
countermove
concurrent
countermaneuver
pincer attack
puller
assailer
dismounter
block
hammer and anvil
apprehender
driving force
shear
drive
ruse
thrust
dodger
artifice
blocking
knower
despoilation
despoilment
bottom
overpower
waylay
foist
cross-counter
outflank
run out
get after
close down
go after
mouth rape
wave the white flag
pick off
react
force one's way
bench
jostle
bat away
impact
overpenetrate
cut out
cut down
trip
sag off
man up
parry
cannon
push away
deflect
block
draw fire
head off
jarp
chase down
take down
rub
noun
- Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- A block and tackle.
- A man's genitalia.
- Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
- An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- Clothing.
- A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
verb
- To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- To attempt to take away a ball.
- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
verb
- To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.
- To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).
- To establish or found (something) on or upon.
- To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.
- To reach the bottom of something.
- To fall to the lowest point.
- To be the submissive partner in a BDSM relationship.
- To furnish (something) with a bottom.
- To be anally penetrated in gay sex.
noun
- Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.
- The far end of somewhere.
- A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
- A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
- The buttocks or anus.
- Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.
- The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
- A cargo vessel, a ship.
- A man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex with men.
- Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
- Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
- The base; the fundamental part; basic aspect.
- A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.
- An abyss.
- The lowest part of anything.
- Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water.
- The lowest part of a container.
- The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.
adj
noun
- One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
- A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
- A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
- A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats.
- A blocker bet.
- Any of various medications that block (inhibit) the activity of a chemical messenger or its receptors, such as cardiac conduction modifiers (e.g., alpha-blockers), gastric acid inhibitors (H₂ histamine blockers), puberty blockers, and others.
- A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
- One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
- An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme.
- A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
noun
- an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
- group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
- a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
- a collection of related things intended for use together
- a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
- a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
noun
- the act of colliding with something
- a vigorous blow
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a conspicuous success
adv
verb
- hit with great force
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- reduce to bankruptcy
- hit violently
- humiliate or depress completely
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
verb
- To force (someone or something) out of a location or state of being.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, out.
- To extend a piece of material, or clothing.
- To get a batsman out via a run out (see runout)
- To use up; to consume all of something. See also run low, run short.
- to be got out in this way.
- To expire; to come to an end; to be completely used up or consumed.
- To conclude in, to end up
noun
- the act of colliding with something
- a loud resonant repeating noise
- a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
- a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
- (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative
verb
- fall or come down violently
- move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
- undergo damage or destruction on impact
- move violently as through a barrier
- break violently or noisily; smash
- occupy, usually uninvited
- make a sudden loud sound
- enter uninvited; informal
- cause to crash
- hurl or thrust violently
- undergo a sudden and severe downturn
- stop operating
- sleep in a convenient place
noun
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- an efficient person
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
verb
noun
- An interception.
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
verb
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To screen.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
noun
- The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand.
- The passing of a completed project to another person or group.
- A pass made in a backward direction.
- The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred.
- The transfer of control to another subsystem.
noun
verb
- To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force
- To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
- To act in response.
- To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
noun
noun
- Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
- The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
verb
verb
- To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
- To remove a player from play.
- To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
- To place on a bench or seat of honour.
- To lift by bench pressing
- To furnish with benches.
noun
- A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
- The dignity of holding an official seat.
- A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
- The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
- The place where the judges sit.
- A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
- A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
- The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.
- A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
- The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
- A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
- A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
- A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
- A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
- A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
- The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.
noun
- An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- The act of gliding.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.
verb
noun
verb
- To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
- To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
- To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
- To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
- To be activated, as by a signal or an event
- To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.
- To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
- To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
- To journey, to make a trip.
noun
- A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
- A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- A stumble or misstep.
- A trip-switch or cut-out.
- Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
- A flock of wigeons.
- A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
- The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
- A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
- A mechanical cutout device.
- A faux pas, a social error.
adj
noun
- The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
- The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
- Arithmetical subtraction.
- A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.
- The act of subducting or taking away.
noun
- Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- A prison sentence of three months.
- A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- 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.
- Street, as in 'main drag'.
- A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- Witch house music.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
- 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 mailcoach.
- Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
verb
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- To hit or kick off target.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- 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 perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- To fish with a dragnet.
noun
- One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
- One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
- One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.
- One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
adj
- Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect.
- Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
- Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
- Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
- Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
- Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.
- Meeting in one point.
verb
- To vigorously guard the opponent to whom one is assigned.
- To "be a man about it"; to do the things a man is traditionally expected to do, such as taking responsibility for the consequences of one's actions; displaying bravery or toughness in the face of danger, adversity, or a challenge; providing for one's family, etc. (Compare man (“brace oneself, steel oneself”).)
- (Of personnel) to assemble, each person manning (attending to) his station, prepared for the departure of an aircraft, ship, etc. (Compare man (“supply with staff; take up position to operate”).)
- To staff adequately; to staff up; to successfully fill all needed labor positions. (Compare man (“supply with staff”).)
verb
- To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.
- To bombard with cannons.
- To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
- To play the carom billiard shot; to strike two balls with the cue ball.
noun
- A cannon bit.
- Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
- An autocannon.
- A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
- The arm of a player who can throw well.
- A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
- A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
- A carom.
- A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
- A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.
- A cylindrical item of plate armor protecting the arm, particularly one of a pair of such cylinders worn with a couter, the upper cannon protecting the upper arm and the lower cannon protecting the forearm.
- A pickpocket.
verb
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
- turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
- draw someone's attention away from something
verb
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- render unsuitable for passage
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- stop from happening or developing
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- run on a block system
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- shape into a block or blocks
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
noun
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
verb
- In an armed encounter, to attract gunfire from an adversary, whether unintentionally or deliberately for the purpose of allowing one's allies or colleagues to gain a tactical advantage over the adversary.
- To create a distraction that allows one's friends, co-workers, or other associates to gain an advantage over the distracted party.
- To attract criticism or an angry reaction.
noun
verb
noun
adj
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
- Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
- Late or behindhand.
- Situated toward or at the rear of something.
- Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
- On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
- Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
- Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
- Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
- Reversed in order or sequence.
- Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
adv
- In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- At, near or towards the rear of something.
- Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
- In a reversed orientation; back to front.
- Toward or into the past;
- By way of reflection; reflexively.
- In a reversed order or sequence.
noun
noun
- Forces that push in opposite directions.
- A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
- The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
- Wind shear, or an instance thereof.
- A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
- A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
verb
- To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- To make a vertical cut in coal.
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc. by clipping.
- To cut the hair of (a person).
- To deprive of property; to fleece.
- To reap, as grain.
- To change in direction or speed.
noun
- the act of applying force to propel something
- a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a road leading up to a private house
- the trait of being highly motivated
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- the act of driving a herd of animals overland
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
- a wide scenic road planted with trees
- (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
verb
- operate or control a vehicle
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
- cause someone or something to move by driving
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- cause to move back by force or influence
- compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
- push, propel, or press with force
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- have certain properties when driven
- work as a driver
- move by being propelled by a force
- urge forward
- proceed along in a vehicle
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
- excavate horizontally
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- (hunting) search for game
- (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
verb
- To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
- To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
- To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
- To remove something from a website.
- To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
- I took down the medicine and soon felt better.
- To remove something from a hanging position.
- To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
- To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
- If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number.
- To swallow.
- To reduce.
- To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
verb
- To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- To touch the jack with the bowl.
- To be rubbed against something.
- To rub something against (a second thing).
- To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
noun
noun
- Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
- A person full of tricks or street smarts.
- An advertising leaflet; a flyer.
- A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.
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