draw
lock
gun carriage
plunger
striker
lever action
gunwork
gunnery
bowshot
gunning
antibullet
catapult
lockwork
firing off
shoot up
discharge
firing
recoil
kick
hot
cannonry
mouse
gunshot
riflery
rat-a-tat-tat
refiring
quiver
shot
rifling
Glock switch
triggernometry
corn
trigger
open up
gun trigger
riflemanship
loose
unshoot
flip
fusillade
safety
muzzle-loading
shooting
shoot
dart
gunbattle
firing pin
automatic
shotgun
underhammer
ventilate
blowback
nest
backfire
gatka
return fire
gunfire
gunmanship
angle shooting
cowboy load
possie
muzzle brake
Nordenfelt gun
hooksetting
bumpfire
pozzy
yawk
hooking
vent
arpeggiation
archery
blow from a gun
open fire
firelock
hair trigger
matchlock
mag dump
selective fire
cock
pipefitting
hook
snout
muzzleloader
fire
shmup
slingshoot
gun barrel
bell end
gun-fu
bolting
barrel
antibullet
muzzle-loading
automatic
gun-fu
hot
draw
lock
gun carriage
plunger
striker
lever action
gunwork
gunnery
bowshot
gunning
catapult
lockwork
firing off
discharge
firing
recoil
kick
cannonry
mouse
gunshot
riflery
rat-a-tat-tat
refiring
quiver
shot
rifling
Glock switch
triggernometry
corn
trigger
gun trigger
riflemanship
flip
fusillade
shooting
shoot
gunbattle
firing pin
underhammer
blowback
nest
backfire
gatka
return fire
gunfire
gunmanship
angle shooting
cowboy load
possie
muzzle brake
Nordenfelt gun
hooksetting
bumpfire
pozzy
hooking
vent
arpeggiation
archery
safety
firelock
hair trigger
matchlock
mag dump
selective fire
cock
pipefitting
snout
muzzleloader
shmup
gun barrel
bell end
bolting
barrel
draw
shoot up
open up
unshoot
safety
dart
shotgun
ventilate
yawk
blow from a gun
open fire
hook
fire
slingshoot
noun
- The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- The act of drawing.
- Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- Cannabis.
- The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- A bag of cannabis.
- Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
verb
- To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
- To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
- To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
- To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- To take (water) from a well or other source.
- To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
- To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
- To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- To extract (a tooth).
- To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
- To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
- To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
- To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
- To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
- To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
- To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
- To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
- To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
- To stretch or elongate.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To draw up, compose (a document).
- To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
- To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
- To become contracted; to shrink.
- To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
- To assume a specific position or attitude.
- To require (a depth of water) for floating.
- To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
- Of a sail, to fill with wind.
- To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
- To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
- To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
- To run (a bath).
- To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
- To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
- To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
- To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
- To consume (power).
noun
- The firing mechanism.
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- Complete control over a situation.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
verb
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- To fasten with a lock.
- To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- To play in the position of lock.
- To become fastened in place.
- To intertwine or dovetail.
- To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
noun
- The firing pin of a breechloader.
- The moving portion of a solenoid.
- One who plunges; a diver.
- A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
- The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
- A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
- A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
- The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
- A cavalryman.
- The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
- The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
- A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
noun
- A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
- An individual who is on strike.
- An officer's servant or orderly.
- A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
- A piece of metal struck against a flint or quartz-rock to produce sparks; a steel.
- A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
- The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
- The batter.
- One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
noun
- the act of discharging a gun
- the sudden giving off of energy
- the act of venting
- a substance that is emitted or released
- any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
verb
- complete or carry out
- pour forth or release
- free from obligations or duties
- remove the charge from
- go off or discharge
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- eliminate (a substance)
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to go off
- release from military service
- become empty or void of its content
noun
- the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
- the act of delivering a blow with the foot
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- informal terms for objecting
- the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
- a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
verb
adv
adj
- Stolen.
- Not covered by funds on account.
- Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
- Extremely fast or with great speed.
- Sexually aroused; randy.
- Very good, remarkable, exciting.
- Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
- Feverish.
- Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
- Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
- Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
- Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
- Popular; in demand.
- Easily provoked to anger.
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- Fresh; just released.
- Having or giving off a high temperature.
- Characterized by police presence or activity.
- Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
- Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
- Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier.
- Extremely attracted to.
- Electrically charged.
- Radioactive.
- Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
verb
noun
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- The cursor.
- A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A facial hematoma or black eye.
verb
noun
- The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
- Small metal balls used as ammunition.
- A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
- The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
- An opportunity or attempt.
- A cast of one or more nets.
- Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
- A single draft or catch of fish made.
- A vaccination or injection.
- The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
- A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
- Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
- Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
- A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
- A punch or other physical blow.
- A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
- A single serving of espresso.
- A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
- A place or spot for setting nets.
adj
- Worn out or broken.
- Scarred silly or crazy of something or someone usually due to a traumatic experience with said fear.
- Tired, weary.
- Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
- Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
intj
verb
noun
- The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
- The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
- The act or process of letting playing cards cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand), controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top edges of the cards.
noun
- bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms
- (countable) inflammatory disease of horse hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
- A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
- (countable) skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
- money.
- A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
- Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
- A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
- Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
- Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
- A small, hard particle.
verb
verb
intj
noun
- All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
- The release of an arrow.
- A letting go; discharge.
- Freedom from restraint.
verb
- Of a grip or hold, to let go.
- To shoot (an arrow).
- To let loose, to free from restraints.
- To make less tight, to loosen.
- To unfasten, to loosen.
adj
- Not compact.
- Not fitting closely
- Relaxed.
- Indiscreet.
- Not held or packaged together.
- Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
- Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
- Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
- Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
- Not under control.
- Having oversteer.
noun
- The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- A slingshot.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
intj
verb
- To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
- To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
- To throw so as to turn over.
- To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- To hand over or pass along.
- To go berserk or crazy.
- To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- To switch to another task, etc.
adj
verb
- to secure a firing pin, as in guns, to keep the gun from firing
- To secure (a mechanical component, as in aviation) to keep it from becoming detached even under vibration.
noun
- A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.
- An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or stepping out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points to the opposite team.
- The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
- Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
- A safety squeeze.
- Preservation from escape; close custody.
noun
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- A photography session.
intj
verb
- To begin to speak.
- To move very quickly and suddenly.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- To grow; to advance.
- To shoot the moon.
- To ejaculate.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- To photograph.
- To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To make the stated score.
- To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- To throw dice.
- To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.ᵂ
- To dismiss or do away with.
- To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- To lunge.
- To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To film.
- To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- To fire (a projectile).
- To send to someone.
- To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- To go over or pass quickly through.
verb
- To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
- To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
- To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.
- To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
- To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.
noun
- A fish, the dace.
- Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.
- A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
- Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
- A sudden or fast movement.
- A cigarette.
- Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
- A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
- A fold that is stitched on a garment.
- A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
adj
- Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
- An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns.
- Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
- Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
- Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
- Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
- Having one or more finite-state automata.
noun
verb
- To employ the technique of shotgun debugging.
- To send out many (requests, answers to a question, etc), especially in the hope that one obtains a positive result (i.e. reveals useful information, is correct, etc), in the manner of a shotgun firing many balls of shot such that one may hit a target.
- To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
- To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
- To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.
- To verbally lay claim to (something)
noun
- The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.
- Relating to the use of numerous, diverse or indiscriminate means to achieve a particular result.
- Relating to shotguns, either in a present or past sense.
- A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
- An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, often with a running back set to one or both sides of him.
- Relating to the threat of force or dubious means.
- A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
verb
- To shoot with a firearm; to pierce with bullets.
- To provide with a vent.
- To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
- To provide manual or mechanical breathing to a patient.
- To circulate air through a building, etc.
- To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
- To expose something to public examination or discussion.
noun
- the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
- Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge.
noun
- the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
- a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
- a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
verb
noun
- The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
- An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
- Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- A small aperture.
- Ventriloquism.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
- Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
- A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
- In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
verb
noun
- The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
- The penis.
- The circle at the end of the rink.
- The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
- Vulva, vagina.
- Shuttlecock.
- A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
- A cock pigeon.
- The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
- A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
- Hay-cock, a small conical pile of hay.
- The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
- A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
- The style or gnomon of a sundial.
- Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.
- A man; a fellow, especially as a term of address.
- A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
- The indicator of a balance.
- A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.
- A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
intj
verb
- To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
- To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
- To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
- To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
- To erect; to turn up.
- To form into piles.
verb
- To play a hook shot.
- To attach a hook to.
- To finesse.
- To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
- To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- To connect (hook into, hook together).
- To engage in prostitution.
- To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
- To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- To make addicted; to captivate.
- To move or go with a sudden turn.
- To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
noun
- Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- A ship's anchor.
- Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- A field sown two years in succession.
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
- A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- A jack (the playing card).
- Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
- An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”)
- A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- a háček.
- a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
- A finesse.
- A curveball.
- A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- A prostitute.
- A snare; a trap.
- A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
noun
- The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
- The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
- Tobacco; cigarettes.
- The terminus of a glacier.
- A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.
- A person's nose.
- A police informer.
- The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
verb
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
noun
- 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
- intense adverse criticism
noun
English words for 'The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.'
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