English words for 'The practices of a carpetbagger'
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- A type of rough carpet pile.
- Coarse shredded tobacco.
- (West Country) Friend; mate; buddy.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sex.
- Any of several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially a common shag or European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), found on European and African coasts.
- (slang, vulgar) A casual sexual partner.
- (often attributive) A deliberately messy, shaggy hairstyle.
- (dance, sometimes capitalized) A swing dance.
- Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
- (Northwestern Ontario) A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.
- a fabric with long coarse nap
- a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
- slang for sexual intercourse
- a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
- a matted tangle of hair or fiber
adj
verb
- To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.
- (transitive) To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex.
- (India, transitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- (dance, uncommon) To perform the dance called the shag.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To shake, wiggle around.
- dance the shag
noun
- A tappet.
- (social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
- (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
- Young cattle.
- A man courting a maidservant; a suitor.
- (locksmithing) A tool used to remove the core from a pin-tumbler lock without causing the driver pins and springs to fall out.
- One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
- Something that comes after another thing.
- A pursuer.
- An imitator, who follows another's example.
- (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
- A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
- A machine part receiving motion from another.
- One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
- someone who travels behind or pursues another
- a person who accepts the leadership of another
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- A carpet sweeper.
- (soccer) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
- A detector for mines.
- Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
- One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
- (cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
- (hiking) The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
- (video games) A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed.
- A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
- One who sweeps.
- (regional, including Cebu) A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
- (US, regional, including Ohio, Indiana and Western Pennsylvania) A vacuum cleaner.
- (cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots.
- (curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
- (motor racing, slang) A large-radius, or high/medium speed corner in a racing circuit, named as such because of the ability of someone to trace the corner profile via "sweeping" motion of the arm.
- little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
- an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
- a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet
verb
noun
- a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet
- A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
- Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
- (figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
- (slang, vulgar) A woman's pubic hair.
- floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
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- a pad placed under a carpet
- A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
- (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
- Anything that is underlaid.
- A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
- (printing, historical) A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
verb
- put (something) under or beneath
- provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
- raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
- (transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
- (mining, ambitransitive, of a vein, fault, or lode) To incline from the vertical.
- (transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
- (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
- simple past of underlie
noun
- A type of rough carpet pile.
- Coarse shredded tobacco.
- (West Country) Friend; mate; buddy.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sex.
- Any of several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially a common shag or European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), found on European and African coasts.
- (slang, vulgar) A casual sexual partner.
- (often attributive) A deliberately messy, shaggy hairstyle.
- (dance, sometimes capitalized) A swing dance.
- Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
- (Northwestern Ontario) A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.
- a fabric with long coarse nap
- a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
- slang for sexual intercourse
- a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
- a matted tangle of hair or fiber
adj
verb
- To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.
- (transitive) To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex.
- (India, transitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- (dance, uncommon) To perform the dance called the shag.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To shake, wiggle around.
- dance the shag
noun
- A tappet.
- (social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
- (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
- Young cattle.
- A man courting a maidservant; a suitor.
- (locksmithing) A tool used to remove the core from a pin-tumbler lock without causing the driver pins and springs to fall out.
- One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
- Something that comes after another thing.
- A pursuer.
- An imitator, who follows another's example.
- (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
- A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
- A machine part receiving motion from another.
- One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
- someone who travels behind or pursues another
- a person who accepts the leadership of another
noun
- A carpet sweeper.
- (soccer) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
- A detector for mines.
- Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
- One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
- (cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
- (hiking) The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
- (video games) A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed.
- A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
- One who sweeps.
- (regional, including Cebu) A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
- (US, regional, including Ohio, Indiana and Western Pennsylvania) A vacuum cleaner.
- (cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots.
- (curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
- (motor racing, slang) A large-radius, or high/medium speed corner in a racing circuit, named as such because of the ability of someone to trace the corner profile via "sweeping" motion of the arm.
- little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
- an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
- a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet
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adj
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
noun
noun
- a pad placed under a carpet
- A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
- (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
- Anything that is underlaid.
- A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
- (printing, historical) A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
verb
- put (something) under or beneath
- provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
- raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
- (transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
- (mining, ambitransitive, of a vein, fault, or lode) To incline from the vertical.
- (transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
- (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
- simple past of underlie
verb
noun
- a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet
- A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
- Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
- (figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
- (slang, vulgar) A woman's pubic hair.
- floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
verb
noun
- a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet
- A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
- Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
- (figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
- (slang, vulgar) A woman's pubic hair.
- floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)