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noun
- Criticism or ridicule.
- A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- The clarinet.
- Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- General hitting ability.
- A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- The short whip carried by a jockey.
- A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- A handgun.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Corporal punishment; beatings.
- The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- The traction of tires on the road surface.
- The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- A memory stick.
- A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward. Compare carrot.)
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
verb
- To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- To perform (a landing) perfectly.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- To stab.
- To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- To persist.
- Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To propagate plants by cuttings.
- To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- To jam; to stop moving.
- To furnish or set with sticks.
- To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
adj
noun
- An object of criticism or ridicule.
- A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
- A bearing representing a buckler.
- The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
- A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
- A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
- The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
- A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
- the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
- A goal or objective.
- The tenor of a metaphor.
- A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.
- The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
verb
verb
- To attract criticism or an angry reaction.
- To create a distraction that allows one's friends, co-workers, or other associates to gain an advantage over the distracted party.
- 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.
adj
- Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.
- Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
- Like the actions of a snarling dog, especially in reference to facial nerve paralysis.
- Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.
- Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
verb
- To annoy, or displease, by taunting, or by excessive nagging.
- To satisfy the hunger of (someone).
- To fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel.
- To become completely full.
- To make (something) completely full.
- To become tearful as a result of strong emotion.
- To fill in / fill out a form etc.
- To make a full house on the turn or the river.
- To satisfy one's hunger; to stop being hungry.
adj
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
- vile; despicable
- contaminated with infecting organisms
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- obtained illegally or by improper means
- violating accepted standards or rules
- unethical or dishonest
- unpleasantly stormy
verb
adj
verb
- To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- To rely, depend (on).
- Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
- To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
- To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- To traverse by riding.
- To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
- To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
- Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
noun
- A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
- An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
- An instance of riding.
- A vehicle.
- An act of sexual intercourse
- In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.
- A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
- A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
noun
- Criticism.
- The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
- A wound made by stabbing.
- An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
- Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
- An attempt.
- A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
- A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
verb
- To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
- To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- To thrust in a stabbing motion.
- To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
- To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
- To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
- To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
adv
- unfavorably or with disapproval
- to a severe or serious degree
- (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
- evilly or wickedly
- in a disobedient or naughty way
- with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
- very much; strongly
- without skill or in a displeasing manner
- in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
verb
- To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
- To become pink in color, to redden.
- Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
- Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
- To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
- To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- To turn (something) pink.
- To prick with a sword.
noun
- The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
- Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
- A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
- One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
- An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
- Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
- Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
- The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
- The vagina or vulva.
adj
verb
noun
verb
- subject to harsh criticism
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- defeat thoroughly
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- strike as if by whipping
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
noun
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
verb
- be averse to or express disapproval of
- express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent
noun
- a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
- the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
- (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon
- the focus of cognitions or feelings
- (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer
noun
- A feeble utterance or complaint.
- The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
- A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
- A sandpiper or other small wader.
- The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
- A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- person.
verb
noun
- Strong adverse criticism.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A human face, a mug.
- A part; a portion.
- The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
- Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- A loaf of bread.
- A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
verb
- To turn out well; to be successful.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
- To turn horizontally.
adj
noun
- intense adverse criticism
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- the act of attacking
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- strong criticism
verb
adv
noun
- intense adverse criticism
- the event of something burning (often destructive)
- the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
- a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile
- feelings of great warmth and intensity
- fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
- a severe trial
verb
- start firing a weapon
- cause to go off
- bake in a kiln so as to harden
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- go off or discharge
- drive out or away by or as if by fire
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- destroy by fire
- provide with fuel
- generate an electrical impulse
- become ignited
- start or maintain a fire in
verb
- To annoy or bother.
- To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
noun
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
- A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- A Tasmanian devil.
- A printer's assistant. Also (India) "a poltergeist that haunts printing works".
- A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A dust devil.
- A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
- An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- Hell.
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
name
verb
- To annoy or bother.
- To suffer griping pains.
- To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
- To complain; to whine.
noun
- A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
- A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
- The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
- The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
- Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
- An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
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