clap
pinch force
supination
clenched fist
fist
palmoplantar
snap
ridgehand
tip
touch
pen spinning
jab
dig
volar
transpalmar
fingerable
thenar
pronation
loof
thenal
contact
palmar
physical contact
effleurage
thenad
stroke
posteropalmar
facepalm
hacking
digital
fairy clap
cow bite
fingering
jazz hands
prehension
flat
palmaceous
clip
interknuckle
full-handed
pronated
tap
fullhanded
interdigitally
two-fisted
pianoing
punch
palmarolateral
fistlike
manual
high-five
raise one's hand
interdigital
double-handed
nonpalmar
palmprint
intermanual
palmarodistal
digitally
supinated
fingersucking
handle
hammer fist
grabble
pinch
pick
handsies
malleation
mawks
knep
palm
clenching
thumbsucking
fingerprint
dorsopalmar
heel
click
loose-handed
pick at
knifehand
taction
touch base
finger
thumbnail
riffle
guppy
octopus
pollical
palmoplantar
volar
transpalmar
fingerable
thenar
thenal
palmar
posteropalmar
digital
palmaceous
interknuckle
full-handed
pronated
fullhanded
two-fisted
palmarolateral
fistlike
manual
interdigital
double-handed
nonpalmar
intermanual
palmarodistal
supinated
dorsopalmar
loose-handed
pollical
thenad
interdigitally
digitally
clap
pinch force
supination
clenched fist
fist
snap
ridgehand
tip
touch
pen spinning
jab
dig
pronation
loof
contact
physical contact
stroke
facepalm
hacking
fairy clap
cow bite
fingering
jazz hands
prehension
flat
pianoing
high-five
palmprint
fingersucking
hammer fist
handsies
malleation
mawks
thenar
palm
clenching
thumbsucking
fingerprint
heel
click
knifehand
taction
thumbnail
guppy
clap
effleurage
clip
tap
tip
punch
raise one's hand
handle
grabble
pinch
pick
knep
pick at
touch base
finger
riffle
octopus
noun
- The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
- A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
- A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
- Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
- The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
- The explosive sound of thunder.
- Gonorrhea.
- A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
verb
- To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
- To fornicate, copulate.
- To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
- To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
- To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
- To applaud.
- To have sex.
- To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
- To set or put, usually in haste.
noun
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a spell of cold weather
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- a sudden sharp noise
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
verb
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- move or strike with a noise
- close with a snapping motion
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- put in play with a snap
- cause to make a snapping sound
- lose control of one's emotions
- bring the jaws together
- record on photographic film
noun
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”)
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- A small piece of meat.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
- A recycling centre.
- A piece of advice.
- Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- A very untidy place.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- A prediction or bet about the outcome of something.
verb
- To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
- (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- To dump (refuse).
- To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- To predict or bet on something having a particular outcome.
- (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- To give, pass.
noun
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
verb
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
noun
- the act of touching physically
- close interaction
- the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
- the physical coming together of two or more things
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- a channel for communication between groups
- (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
- a communicative interaction
- a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
verb
noun
- An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.
- One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
- In Unicode: the formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in "A̶").
- A flattering or friendly act, comment, etc., done or made to a person to influence them.
- The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
- A masterful or effective action.
- The oblique, slash, or virgule ("/").
- The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the boat, or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull; also, the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.
- A beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse.
- An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
- A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.
- An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
- A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
- A gesture of assurance given as encouragement; specifically (psychoanalysis) in transactional analysis: a (generally positive) reaction expressed to a person which fulfils their desires or needs.
- A line making up a written character; specifically, a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean character.
- A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
- A specific combination of movements of the arms and legs which, when repeated, causes the swimmer to advance through the water; also, the manner in which such movements are made; a swimming style.
- A movement of a brush in painting, of a chisel in carving, of a pen, pencil, or such implement in drawing or writing, etc., in one direction; hence, a line or mark made on a surface by such an implement.
- The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
- An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
- An act, or the sound, of the clapper or hammer of a clock hitting a bell or other striking mechanism; hence, the time when such a strike occurs.
- A thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.
- A single movement or thrust of a part (such as a piston) of a machine that moves back and forth; also, the length of this movement.
- A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
- The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
- An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.
- A distinctive expression in a written composition; a touch.
- A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.
- The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers; also, the position in the boat occupied by this rower.
- An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.
verb
- To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
- Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke (noun sense 4).
- Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
- To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
- To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs.
- To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
- To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
- To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
- Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
- To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
- To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
- To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew).
- To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
- To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
- Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
noun
verb
noun
- The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
- Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
- A riding or journey on horseback.
- A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
- A kick in the shins.
- Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
adj
noun
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- A flat tyre/flat tire.
- A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene. It's a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth orbackdrop.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with water).
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
- Level ground in general.
- A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
- A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
adv
- Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- Completely.
- Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Bluntly.
- In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat.
- Directly; flatly.
- Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
verb
- To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- To fall from the pitch.
- To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
- To dash or throw
- To dash, rush
adj
- Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- Unable to emit power; dead.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Lowered by one semitone.
- Without spin; spinless.
- Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- Flattening at the ends.
- With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- Exact.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- Without variations in pitch.
- Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- Having no variations in height.
- Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
verb
- To strike with the hand.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- To grip tightly.
- To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- to grab or take stealthily
- To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
noun
- A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- A newspaper clipping.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- The condition of something, its state.
- A removable magazine of a firearm.
- A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
adj
verb
- To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
- To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
- To draw off liquid from a vessel.
- To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To put a new sole or heel on.
- To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
- To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
- To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
- To furnish with taps.
- To exploit.
- To cadge, borrow or beg.
- To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
- To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
- To strike lightly.
- To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
- To cut an internal screw thread.
- To make a sharp noise.
- To intercept a communication without authority.
- To force (an opponent) to submit.
noun
- A device used to dispense liquids.
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
- A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- An interception of communication by authority.
- A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
- A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
- The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
- A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
- A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
- A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
- Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
- A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
- An Indian malarial fever.
- The act of touching a touch screen.
- A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
verb
- To strike with one's fist.
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- To thrust against; to poke.
- To enter (information) on a device or system.
- To herd.
- To mark a ticket.
- To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc)
- To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
- In winemaking, to perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
- To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
noun
- A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
- A hole or opening created with a punch.
- Impact.
- Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
- An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
- Power, strength, energy.
- A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
- A hit or strike with one's fist.
- A blow from something other than the fist.
- A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
adj
- Operated by means of the hands.
- Performed with the hands.
- Performed by a human rather than a machine.
noun
- A vehicle with a manual transmission.
- A similar maneuver on a skateboard, lifting the front or back wheels while keeping the tail or nose of the board from touching the ground.
- A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
- A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
- Manual control or operation.
- A handbook.
- An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
- A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).
- Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
- A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
- A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
- A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
verb
verb
- To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- To use the hands.
- To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- To manage, control, or direct.
noun
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- A point, an extremity of land.
- The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- A name, nickname or pseudonym.
- A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
verb
- To touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.
- To attempt to grab; to grasp at (something).
- To catch fish by reaching into the water with one's hand.
- To pull, lift or dig (something) (out of the ground) by searching with one's hands and fingers.
- To utter inarticulate sounds, often quickly and loudly; to say (something) quickly, idly or foolishly.
- To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something.
- To pick (something or someone) up hastily, roughly or clumsily.
verb
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- To arrest or capture.
- To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- To seize; to grip; to bite.
noun
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- An arrest.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
verb
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To screen.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
noun
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- An interception.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
noun
noun
- the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
- a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
- any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
- an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
verb
noun
- The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
- A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
- Unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem.
- A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.
- The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.
verb
noun
- The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
- The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
- A woman's high-heeled shoe.
- Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
- The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- The last or lowest part of anything.
- The short side of an angled cut.
- A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
- The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
- In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
- The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.
- A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
- The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
- The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
- The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the toe (upper end).
- The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- The back, upper part of the stock.
- The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
- A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
verb
- To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- To incline to one side; to tilt.
- To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
- To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
- To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
- To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
- To kick with the heel.
noun
- The act of making a clicking sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and then releasing to strike the palm; a snap.
- A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- A pawl or similar catch.
- The latch of a door.
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- Sound made by a dolphin.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
verb
- To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- To emit a click.
- To snap the fingers.
- To visit (a web site).
- To make sense suddenly.
- Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- To get along well.
- To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
intj
verb
- To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang.
- To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
- To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
- To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in.
- To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
- To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.
noun
- The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
- One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
- A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm).
- An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
- That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.
- Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
- A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
- Finger-shaped pieces of food.
- Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
- A person.
- An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
- A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
- The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
- Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
- Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
- Something similar in shape to the human finger
- A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
- Synonym of digit: ¹⁄₁₂ the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.
- An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
- The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
- A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
- The act of fingering, inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure.
- Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.
- A leaf in a finger tree data structure.
- Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
- Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot (about 1.9 cm).
- Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
- One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
verb
- To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- To ruffle with a rippling action.
- To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- To leaf through rapidly.
- To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
noun
- A succession of small waves.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards.
noun
- A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips.
- A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
- A tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males.
- Any tiny fish.
verb
- To put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time.
- To behave like an octopus.
- To hunt and catch octopuses.
- To grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended.
- To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.
- To plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet.
noun
- An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
- Any of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
- The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
adj
English words for 'The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.'
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