flurry
stabby
burst
fit
paroxysm
acutish
spasm
brouhaha
kick up
lightning bolt
upcropping
emergent
put the cat among the pigeons
kerwallop
bolt
sandcorn
rush
vellicative
acutely
foof
faff
buzzle
fitful
blip
touch
downshock
action stations
sensigenous
nongradual
hiccup
upstir
upshock
snit
changeable
slam
subfulminant
start
kerchunk
balk
startle
strike
gust
quicken
hit
come to
fulminant
areel
whet
postacute
whiplash
shake
irritative
shock
interruptant
wamble
fleabite
seizure
non sequitur
bubble
wobbler
wiggles
irritant
inquietude
zwodder
influence
wooze
biff
alarums and excursions
awaken
ictic
alarm
prorupt
make waves
precipitation
stirruped
disturbance
startling
seize out
thrill
jolty
judder
startled
superactivity
puff
winder
whap
sweam
crossish
fluked
annoying
upheaval
bothersome
roiled-up
irritating
nettlesome
galling
stabby
acutish
emergent
vellicative
fitful
sensigenous
nongradual
changeable
subfulminant
fulminant
areel
postacute
ictic
stirruped
jolty
startled
crossish
fluked
annoying
bothersome
roiled-up
irritating
nettlesome
galling
acutely
flurry
burst
fit
paroxysm
spasm
brouhaha
lightning bolt
upcropping
kerwallop
bolt
sandcorn
rush
faff
blip
downshock
action stations
hiccup
upshock
snit
slam
kerchunk
balk
startle
gust
whiplash
shake
irritative
shock
interruptant
fleabite
seizure
non sequitur
wobbler
wiggles
irritant
inquietude
zwodder
influence
biff
alarums and excursions
alarm
precipitation
disturbance
startling
thrill
superactivity
puff
winder
sweam
upheaval
kick up
put the cat among the pigeons
foof
buzzle
touch
upstir
start
strike
quicken
hit
come to
whet
wamble
bubble
wooze
awaken
prorupt
make waves
seize out
judder
noun
- Any sudden activity; a stir.
- An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period of time.
- A light, brief snowfall.
- A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
- A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
- The violent spasms of a dying whale.
- A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc.
verb
noun
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- the act of exploding or bursting
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
- a sudden intense happening
verb
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- burst outward, usually with noise
- move suddenly, energetically, or violently
- be in a state of movement or action
- emerge suddenly
- cause to burst
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
noun
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- a display of bad temper
- a sudden uncontrollable attack
- the manner in which something fits
verb
- be agreeable or acceptable to
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- make fit
- insert or adjust several objects or people
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- conform to some shape or size
- provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
- make correspond or harmonize
adj
adj
adj
verb
- To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).
- To move sharply upward.
- To function improperly, to show signs of disorder, (of an illness) to flare up.
- To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
- To make more exciting.
- To raise, to increase (a price).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up.
- To pass something up a hierarchy or chain of command.
- To show anger (about something).
noun
- Something that shocks or energizes, especially something that does so suddenly.
- A single, visible discharge of lightning.
- A conventional representation of a lightning bolt in heraldry or in artistic depictions of thunder gods, for example as a winged and barbed torch.
- A conventional representation of a lightning bolt as a zigzag line.
adj
- Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
- Having leaves and flowers above the water.
- Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
- Having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.
- Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
- Constituting an emergency.
- Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
noun
noun
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
verb
- To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- To escape.
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- To swallow food without chewing it.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
adv
noun
- a sudden burst of activity
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- a sudden forceful flow
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
adj
verb
verb
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
noun
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
noun
- A sudden impact or blow.
- An insult.
- Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- A slambook.
- The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
- A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs
- A slam dunk.
- A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.
- A poetry slam.
- A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
- The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
verb
- To defeat or overcome in a match.
- To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
- To compete in a poetry slam.
- To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
- To make a slam bid.
- To occupy and busy with a high workload.
- To strike against suddenly and heavily.
- To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
- To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.
- To inject intravenously; shoot up.
- To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- To drink off, to drink quickly.
- To strike forcefully with some implement.
verb
- To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
- To begin.
- To flinch or draw back.
- To awaken suddenly.
- To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
- To break away, to come loose.
- To put into play.
- To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
- To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
- To set in motion.
- To have its origin (at), begin.
- To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
- To jerk suddenly in surprise.
- To start one's periods (menstruation).
- To begin an activity.
- To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
noun
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
- A handle, especially that of a plough.
- A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
- The beginning of an activity.
- An instance of starting.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
noun
- A sudden and obstinate stop.
- Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
- The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
- The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
- A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
- The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
- An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
- A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
- An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
verb
- To refuse suddenly.
- To stop short and refuse to go on.
- To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
- To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- To leave or make balks in.
- To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
- To stop, check, block.
- To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
- To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- To disappoint; to frustrate.
verb
- cause to experience suddenly
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- stop work in order to press demands
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- attain
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- find unexpectedly
- produce by ignition or a blow
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- drive something violently into a location
- occupy or take on
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- smooth with a strickle
- pierce with force
- hook by a pull on the line
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
noun
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- a gentle blow
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a conspicuous success
verb
- cause to experience suddenly
- cause to move by striking
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- encounter by chance
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- drive something violently into a location
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- hit the intended target or goal
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
noun
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- a connection made via the internet to another website
noun
- A shock or disturbance.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- A milkshake.
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- A thin shingle.
verb
- To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- To dance.
- To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- To threaten to overthrow.
- To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- To shake hands.
- To move from side to side.
- To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
noun
- A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
- A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance.
- Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
- Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
- A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
- An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
- Something so surprising that it is stunning.
- A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
- A shock wave.
verb
- To give an electric shock to.
- To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
- To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
- To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
- To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
adj
noun
- Any abrupt and inexplicable transition or occurrence.
- Any invalid argument in which the conclusion cannot be logically deduced from the premises.
- A kind of pun that uses a change of word, subject, or meaning to make a joke of the listener’s expectation.
- A statement that does not logically follow a statement that came before it.
verb
- To cause to feel as if bubbling or churning.
- To join together in a support bubble
- To form into a protruding round shape.
- To cry, weep.
- To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
- To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
- To cover with bubbles.
- To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
- To express in a bubbly or lively manner.
- To pat a baby on the back so as to cause it to belch.
- To bubble in; to mark a response on a form by filling in a circular area (‘bubble’).
- Rage bubbled inside him.
- To apply a filter bubble, as to search results.
noun
- The point in a poker tournament when the last player without a prize loses all their chips and leaves the game, leaving only players that are going to win prizes. (e.g., if the last remaining 9 players win prizes, then the point when the 10th player leaves the tournament)
- A group of people who are in quarantine together.
- An officer's station in a prison dormitory, affording views on all sides.
- A bulb or lamp; the part of a lighting assembly that actually produces the light.
- Any of the small magnetized areas that make up bubble memory.
- A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
- A small spherical cavity in a solid material.
- Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
- A Greek.
- The emotional and/or physical atmosphere in which the subject is immersed.
- Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
- A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
- The globule of air in the chamber of a spirit level.
- A laugh.
- A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.
noun
- A sudden unexpected outburst of anger or rage; a tantrum.
- A class of crime that can be charged as a lower penalty or a higher penalty, e.g. a crime punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony at the discretion of the prosecutor.
- A person who is undecided, and might go to either side.
- A small publicity notice which appears to float at eye level, being attached to a fixture by a flexible arm.
- The end of the roll in a roller mill for shaping steel.
- A fishing lure made to resemble a prey fish and that wobbles in the water; plug, minnow.
- A boiled leg of mutton.
- One who or that which wobbles.
- A case that could go either way depending on factors that cannot be controlled.
- A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface.
noun
- A sudden attack; disturbance.
- An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
- A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
verb
noun
- Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
- Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
- A hurried headlong fall.
- A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
adj
noun
- A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- A powder puff.
- A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
- A puffball.
- A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- Synonym of poof: a male homosexual, especially an effeminate one.
- The drug cannabis.
- A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
verb
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To pant.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
noun
- A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
- One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
- A winding plant.
- A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth
- A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
- A spool around which something is wound
verb
adj
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