English words for 'Lasting for a second.'
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adj
- Remaining for only a brief time.
- lasting a very short time
- Occasional; isolated; one-off
- (music) Intermediate.
- Passing through; passing from one person to another.
- (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
- (physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
- Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
- (philosophy) Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
- of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
noun
- one who stays for only a short time
- (Philippines) A homestay.
- Something that is transient.
- A homeless person.
- (programming) A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.
- A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.
- (physics) A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
- (acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
- (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
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- A moment, a short period of time.
- A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
- A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
- The act of spurting, or something spurted
- (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
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- (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
- (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
- (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
- wet with a spurt of liquid
noun
- A very short moment of time.
- (New Zealand) Correction fluid or correction tape.
- (gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.
- The chaffinch.
- One or more very small, short bursts of light.
- (derogatory, slang) A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.
- (online gaming, mildly derogatory) A lower-level character in a roleplaying game (MMO) which is artificially overgeared or overpowered, due to being given advanced equipment or resources via a higher-level character controlled by the same player.
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- To twinkle; to sparkle.
- To chirp or twitter.
- (intransitive, gaming, derogatory) To engage in obnoxious or abusive behaviour in a multi-user dungeon or other roleplaying game, for example by griefing or by equipping a low-level character with advanced equipment from another player.
- (now dialectal) To wink.
noun
- A very short period of time; a moment.
- A single, usually precise, point in time.
- Ellipsis of instant camera.
- A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- a particular point in time
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- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
- A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
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- (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
- A slight speck.
- A tap or light touch.
- A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
- (ornithology) A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).
- (UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.
- (video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
- (Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
- (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
- A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
- (uncountable) Ticking.
- (birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
- A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
- (gaming) Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
- A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
- a metallic tapping sound
- any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
- a light mattress
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
verb
- To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.
- (intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
- (birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
- (informal, intransitive) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
- To make a tick or checkmark.
- (transitive) To give tick; to trust.
- To strike gently; to pat.
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- sew
noun
- A brief time; an instant.
- (chiefly British, slang) Synonym of periwinkle (“type of mollusk”).
- A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
- An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
- (tiddlywinks) Synonym of tiddlywink (“small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks”).
- The smallest possible amount.
- A subtle allusion.
- closing one eye quickly as a signal
- a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
verb
- (intransitive) To close one's eyes.
- (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermittently; to twinkle; to flicker.
- (intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
- (transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
- (intransitive) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
- gleam or glow intermittently
- keep back by blinking
- signal by winking
- briefly shut the eyes
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- (chiefly imperative) To wait a moment.
- To weigh down or oppress.
- To keep; to store something for someone.
- To pay close attention to, or regard with (possibly obsequious) admiration.
- To hold, grasp, or grip.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, on.
- To depend upon.
- To persevere.
- To continually believe in something; to have faith in.
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- fix to; attach
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- the end of something
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
- the motion of one object relative to another
- euphemistic expressions for death
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
- (sociology) The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.
- (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
- Death, dying; the end of something.
- The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
- (law) The act of approving a bill etc.
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- (euphemistic) Lasting for a short time only.
- (grammar) Relating to or denoting time or tense.
- (relational) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.
- Of or relating to time as distinguished from space.
- Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.
- Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time.
- (anatomy, relational) Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.
- of or relating to or limited by time
- of this earth or world
- characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
- not eternal
- of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
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- (zootomy) Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.
- (chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of temporal bone.
- the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
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- catch a glimpse of or see briefly
- (figurative) To perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely.
- To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.
- Chiefly followed by at or upon: to look at briefly and incompletely; to glance.
- (rare) Sometimes followed by out: to provide a brief and incomplete look.
- To shine with a faint, unsteady light; to glimmer, to shimmer.
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- Temporary.
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- possible but not certain to occur
noun
- (military) A quota of troops.
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
- a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- a temporary military unit
noun
- A short period.
- A quick grab or catch.
- (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
- A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
- (aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
- (vulgar slang) The vulva.
- (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- a small fragment
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- obscene terms for female genitals
- the act of catching an object with the hands
verb
- (transitive, informal) To steal.
- (transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.
- (transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
- (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
- (transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
- to make grasping motions
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
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- (sciences, of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions.
- (networking) Independent of previously instated network structure, like routers or access points.
- For a particular purpose.
- Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.
- for or concerned with one specific purpose
- often improvised or impromptu
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- (specifically) A person appointed or hired to fill a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire can be made; a temp.
- Something spoken to fill up an uncomfortable pause in speech; a filled pause or filler.
- A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
- (rare) That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.
- something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
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- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
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- Having little duration.
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
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- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- (finance) A short seller.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
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- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
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- To look briefly at (something).
- (cricket) To hit a ball with a bat held in a slanted manner.
- (cricket) To hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler).
- (figuratively) To communicate (something) using the eyes.
- Often followed by at: of the eyes or a person: to look briefly.
- Of light, etc.: to gleam, to sparkle.
- (also figuratively) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
- (also figuratively) To cause (something) to move obliquely.
- (ball games) To hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction.
- To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.
- (ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: to rapidly touch the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
- Of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter.
- Often followed by at: of a topic: to make an incidental or passing reflection on, often unfavourably; to allude to; to hint at.
- To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.
- hit at an angle
- throw a glance at; take a brief look at
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- (cricket) A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.
- Ellipsis of glance coal (“any hard, lustrous coal such as anthracite”).
- (ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: an act of rapidly touching the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
- (also figuratively) A quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter; also, the flash or glitter.
- (also figuratively) A brief or cursory look.
- (obsolete except in the names of certain minerals) Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
- a quick look
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- (informal) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
- (colloquial, especially politics) Clipping of secretary.
- (colloquial) Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”).
- ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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- A point in time; a moment.
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
- a short note
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
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- Ephemeral, fleeting, momentary.
- Barely there; almost imperceptible.
- (mathematics) Of a number or value: diminishing to the point of reaching zero as a limit; infinitesimal.
- (botany) Of plant parts: shed after a period.
- (electromagnetism) Of an oscillating electric or magnetic field: not propagating as an electromagnetic wave but having its energy spatially concentrated in the vicinity of its source.
- Disappearing, vanishing.
- tending to vanish like vapor
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- (Internet) A pop-up advertisement; an advertisement that is triggered to appear on a computer screen when the user accesses a particular web page.
- A folded paper element which pops up from a book, greeting card, etc.
- (baseball) A pop-up ball: a ball that has been hit to a considerable height above the infield or the shallow outfield; a pop fly.
- A business that opens for a brief temporary period only, such as a temporary restaurant.
- a store that is open for a limited period of time on temporary premises
- a short high fly ball
- a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened
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- A moment, a short period of time.
- A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
- A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
- The act of spurting, or something spurted
- (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
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- (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
- (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
- (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
- wet with a spurt of liquid
noun
- A very short moment of time.
- (New Zealand) Correction fluid or correction tape.
- (gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.
- The chaffinch.
- One or more very small, short bursts of light.
- (derogatory, slang) A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.
- (online gaming, mildly derogatory) A lower-level character in a roleplaying game (MMO) which is artificially overgeared or overpowered, due to being given advanced equipment or resources via a higher-level character controlled by the same player.
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- To twinkle; to sparkle.
- To chirp or twitter.
- (intransitive, gaming, derogatory) To engage in obnoxious or abusive behaviour in a multi-user dungeon or other roleplaying game, for example by griefing or by equipping a low-level character with advanced equipment from another player.
- (now dialectal) To wink.
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- A very short period of time; a moment.
- A single, usually precise, point in time.
- Ellipsis of instant camera.
- A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- a particular point in time
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- (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
- A slight speck.
- A tap or light touch.
- A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
- (ornithology) A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).
- (UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.
- (video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
- (Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
- (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
- A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
- (uncountable) Ticking.
- (birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
- A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
- (gaming) Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
- A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
- a metallic tapping sound
- any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
- a light mattress
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
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- To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.
- (intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
- (birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
- (informal, intransitive) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
- To make a tick or checkmark.
- (transitive) To give tick; to trust.
- To strike gently; to pat.
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- make a clicking or ticking sound
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- sew
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- A brief time; an instant.
- (chiefly British, slang) Synonym of periwinkle (“type of mollusk”).
- A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
- An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
- (tiddlywinks) Synonym of tiddlywink (“small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks”).
- The smallest possible amount.
- A subtle allusion.
- closing one eye quickly as a signal
- a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
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- (intransitive) To close one's eyes.
- (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermittently; to twinkle; to flicker.
- (intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
- (transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
- (intransitive) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
- gleam or glow intermittently
- keep back by blinking
- signal by winking
- briefly shut the eyes
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- catch a glimpse of or see briefly
- (figurative) To perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely.
- To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.
- Chiefly followed by at or upon: to look at briefly and incompletely; to glance.
- (rare) Sometimes followed by out: to provide a brief and incomplete look.
- To shine with a faint, unsteady light; to glimmer, to shimmer.
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- A short period.
- A quick grab or catch.
- (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
- A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
- (aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
- (vulgar slang) The vulva.
- (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- a small fragment
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- obscene terms for female genitals
- the act of catching an object with the hands
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- (transitive, informal) To steal.
- (transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.
- (transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
- (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
- (transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
- to make grasping motions
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
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- (informal) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
- (colloquial, especially politics) Clipping of secretary.
- (colloquial) Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”).
- ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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- A point in time; a moment.
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
- a short note
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
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- Remaining for only a brief time.
- lasting a very short time
- Occasional; isolated; one-off
- (music) Intermediate.
- Passing through; passing from one person to another.
- (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
- (physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
- Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
- (philosophy) Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
- of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
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- one who stays for only a short time
- (Philippines) A homestay.
- Something that is transient.
- A homeless person.
- (programming) A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.
- A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.
- (physics) A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
- (acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
- (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
verb
- (chiefly imperative) To wait a moment.
- To weigh down or oppress.
- To keep; to store something for someone.
- To pay close attention to, or regard with (possibly obsequious) admiration.
- To hold, grasp, or grip.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, on.
- To depend upon.
- To persevere.
- To continually believe in something; to have faith in.
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- fix to; attach
verb
- To look briefly at (something).
- (cricket) To hit a ball with a bat held in a slanted manner.
- (cricket) To hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler).
- (figuratively) To communicate (something) using the eyes.
- Often followed by at: of the eyes or a person: to look briefly.
- Of light, etc.: to gleam, to sparkle.
- (also figuratively) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
- (also figuratively) To cause (something) to move obliquely.
- (ball games) To hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction.
- To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.
- (ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: to rapidly touch the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
- Of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter.
- Often followed by at: of a topic: to make an incidental or passing reflection on, often unfavourably; to allude to; to hint at.
- To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.
- hit at an angle
- throw a glance at; take a brief look at
noun
- (cricket) A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.
- Ellipsis of glance coal (“any hard, lustrous coal such as anthracite”).
- (ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: an act of rapidly touching the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.
- (also figuratively) A quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter; also, the flash or glitter.
- (also figuratively) A brief or cursory look.
- (obsolete except in the names of certain minerals) Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
- a quick look
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- catch a glimpse of or see briefly
- (figurative) To perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely.
- To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.
- Chiefly followed by at or upon: to look at briefly and incompletely; to glance.
- (rare) Sometimes followed by out: to provide a brief and incomplete look.
- To shine with a faint, unsteady light; to glimmer, to shimmer.
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- (sciences, of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions.
- (networking) Independent of previously instated network structure, like routers or access points.
- For a particular purpose.
- Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.
- for or concerned with one specific purpose
- often improvised or impromptu
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- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
adj
- Having little duration.
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
noun
- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- (finance) A short seller.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
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verb
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
adj
- Remaining for only a brief time.
- lasting a very short time
- Occasional; isolated; one-off
- (music) Intermediate.
- Passing through; passing from one person to another.
- (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
- (physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
- Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
- (philosophy) Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
- of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
noun
- one who stays for only a short time
- (Philippines) A homestay.
- Something that is transient.
- A homeless person.
- (programming) A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.
- A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.
- (physics) A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
- (acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
- (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
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noun
noun
- A very short period of time; a moment.
- A single, usually precise, point in time.
- Ellipsis of instant camera.
- A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- a particular point in time
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noun
- someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
- A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
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- the end of something
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
- the motion of one object relative to another
- euphemistic expressions for death
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
- (sociology) The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.
- (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
- Death, dying; the end of something.
- The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
- (law) The act of approving a bill etc.
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- (euphemistic) Lasting for a short time only.
- (grammar) Relating to or denoting time or tense.
- (relational) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.
- Of or relating to time as distinguished from space.
- Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.
- Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time.
- (anatomy, relational) Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.
- of or relating to or limited by time
- of this earth or world
- characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
- not eternal
- of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
noun
- (zootomy) Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.
- (chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of temporal bone.
- the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
adj
- Temporary.
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- possible but not certain to occur
noun
- (military) A quota of troops.
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
- a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- a temporary military unit
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- (specifically) A person appointed or hired to fill a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire can be made; a temp.
- Something spoken to fill up an uncomfortable pause in speech; a filled pause or filler.
- A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
- (rare) That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.
- something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
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- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
adj
- Having little duration.
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
noun
- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- (finance) A short seller.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
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verb
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
adj
- Ephemeral, fleeting, momentary.
- Barely there; almost imperceptible.
- (mathematics) Of a number or value: diminishing to the point of reaching zero as a limit; infinitesimal.
- (botany) Of plant parts: shed after a period.
- (electromagnetism) Of an oscillating electric or magnetic field: not propagating as an electromagnetic wave but having its energy spatially concentrated in the vicinity of its source.
- Disappearing, vanishing.
- tending to vanish like vapor
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noun
- (Internet) A pop-up advertisement; an advertisement that is triggered to appear on a computer screen when the user accesses a particular web page.
- A folded paper element which pops up from a book, greeting card, etc.
- (baseball) A pop-up ball: a ball that has been hit to a considerable height above the infield or the shallow outfield; a pop fly.
- A business that opens for a brief temporary period only, such as a temporary restaurant.
- a store that is open for a limited period of time on temporary premises
- a short high fly ball
- a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened