pat
hold someone's hand
grabble
stroke
handle
chuck
open
haptically
rine
laying on
pick at
side-handed
facepalm
grasper
clap
handing
rub up against
maniform
strike
toucher
make contact with
lay a finger on
hand-kiss
handy
flapper
paddle
meet with
grab at
knuckle
take
click
get hold of
octopus
blow a kiss
dip
graze
pandy
touch
one-handed
shave
tactilely
gentle-handed
pull
thumb
mitt
paw
taction
ruching
tactus
finger
fingertapping
grip
at one's fingers' ends
manal
two-handedly
grab
fingersucking
fingering
rap someone's knuckles
fullhanded
compel
handpicker
biscuit hooks
contact
swack
physical contact
oblige
handish
chiro-
obligate
percussion
reach
patting
pick
throw a kiss
fingerable
touching
open-handed
single-handed
grasp
handcare
toe
grope
manually
rax
butt up
whole-handedly
maniform
gentle-handed
manal
fullhanded
handish
fingerable
open-handed
haptically
side-handed
one-handed
tactilely
two-handedly
swack
single-handed
manually
open-handed
whole-handedly
stroke
laying on
chuck
grasper
handing
toucher
handy
flapper
paddle
pandy
touch
mitt
paw
taction
ruching
tactus
fingertapping
fingersucking
fingering
handpicker
biscuit hooks
contact
physical contact
percussion
patting
touching
handcare
pat
hold someone's hand
grabble
handle
chuck
open
rine
pick at
facepalm
clap
rub up against
strike
make contact with
lay a finger on
hand-kiss
stroke
meet with
grab at
knuckle
take
click
get hold of
octopus
blow a kiss
dip
graze
shave
pull
thumb
paw
finger
grip
grab
rap someone's knuckles
compel
oblige
obligate
touch
reach
pick
throw a kiss
grasp
toe
grope
rax
butt up
verb
- To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
- To stroke or fondle (an animal).
- To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
- To gently rain.
noun
- A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
- The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
- A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
adj
- Exactly suitable, fitting, apt; timely, convenient, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
- Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
adv
verb
- To touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.
- To pull, lift or dig (something) (out of the ground) by searching with one's hands and fingers.
- To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something.
- To attempt to grab; to grasp at (something).
- To catch fish by reaching into the water with one's hand.
- To utter inarticulate sounds, often quickly and loudly; to say (something) quickly, idly or foolishly.
- To pick (something or someone) up hastily, roughly or clumsily.
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.).
verb
- To use the hands.
- To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- 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 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 or tap gently.
- To discard, to throw away.
- To vomit.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To jilt; to dump.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- To make a clucking sound.
noun
- A gentle touch or tap.
- Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- A clucking sound.
- A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- An act or instance of vomiting.
- On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- A small pebble.
- A casual throw.
verb
- To reveal one's hand.
- To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- To bring up, broach.
- To make accessible to customers or clients.
- To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
- To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- To become open.
- To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
- To enter upon, begin.
- To turn on; to switch on.
- To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
- To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- To start (a campaign).
- To begin conducting business.
- To load into memory for viewing or editing.
adj
- Not fulfilled.
- Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Having a free variable.
- Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
- Public
- Mild (of the weather); free from frost or snow.
- With open access, of open science, or both.
- Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
- Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- In current use; mapped to part of memory.
- Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- Able to have something pass through or along it.
- not covered, showing what is inside
- To be in a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- To be in a position allowing fluid to flow.
- Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- Able to be accessed (physically).
- Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
- Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended.
- Receptive.
- Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
- Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
- Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- Whose first and last vertices are different.
noun
verb
- strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting
- put quickly or forcibly
- cause to strike the air in flight
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
- clap one's hands together
- strike the air in flight
- strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
noun
verb
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- To hit.
- To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- To create an impression.
- To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To impress, seem or appear (to).
- To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- To impinge upon.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To make and ratify.
- To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- To cause to ignite by friction.
- To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- To set off on a walk or trip.
- To score a goal.
- To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
noun
- A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- The strike plate of a door.
- A cancellation postmark.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- A puddler's stirrer.
verb
verb
noun
- The hand.
- A young girl usually between the ages of 15 and 18, especially one not "out" socially.
- A young game bird just able to fly, particularly a wild duck.
- A flipper; a limb of a turtle, which functions as a flipper or paddle when swimming.
- A flapper valve.
- One who or that which flaps.
- Any injury that results in a loose flap of skin on the fingers, making gripping difficult.
- A young woman, especially when unconventional or without decorum or displaying daring freedom or boldness; now particularly associated with the Jazz Age of the 1920s.
noun
- A person's hand.
- The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.
- A broad, flat device used in striking the ball, analogous to a racket in tennis.
- A blade of a waterwheel.
- A flap of attached skin that has been cut away from a wound.
- A broad, flat spanking implement.
- A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking.
- A handheld electrode used for defibrillation or cardioversion.
- In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
- A paddlewheel.
- A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
- A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
- A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- A flat board with a number of holes or indentations, used to carry small alcoholic drinks such as shots.
- A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats.
- A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
verb
- To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
- To toddle.
- To spank with a paddle.
- To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
- To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
- To tread upon; to trample.
- To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
- To dog paddle in water.
verb
- To bend the fingers.
- To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles.
- To strike or punch.
- To yield.
- To land on the knuckle of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.
- To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
noun
- The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
- A cut of meat.
- The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
- A mechanical joint.
- The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
- Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.
- A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
- A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
verb
- get into one's hands, take physically
- carry out
- require (time or space)
- take somebody somewhere
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- take into one's possession
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- receive willingly something given or offered
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- require as useful, just, or proper
- experience or feel or submit to
- make a film or photograph of something
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- conquer by force
- occupy or take on
- admit into a group or community
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- be a student of a certain subject
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- head into a specified direction
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- engage for service under a term of contract
- receive or obtain regularly
- buy, select
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- have sex with; archaic use
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- be designed to hold or take
- be capable of holding or containing
- develop a habit
- proceed along in a vehicle
- obtain by winning
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
noun
verb
- To snap the fingers.
- To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- To emit a click.
- 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
noun
- 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 making a clicking sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and then releasing to strike the palm; a snap.
- 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 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.
verb
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- dip into a liquid while eating
- go down momentarily
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- take a small amount from
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- lower briefly
- appear to move downward
- slope downwards
- dip into a liquid
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
noun
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a brief immersion
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief swim in water
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
verb
- To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
- To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
- To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
- To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
- To yield grass for grazing.
- To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
- To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
- To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
noun
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 physical contact with a thing.
- 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 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.
verb
- To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
- To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
- To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.
- To row.
- To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
- To do or perform.
- To score a certain number of points in a sport.
- To attract or net; to pull in.
- To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
- To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
- To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
- To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).
- To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
- To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
- To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
- To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
- To persuade (someone) to have sex with one: to be 'on the pull' - looking for a sexual partner.
- To retrieve or generate for use.
- To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
- To take a swig or mouthful of drink.
- To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
- To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
intj
noun
- The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
- The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology
- A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
- Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
- An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
- Appeal or attraction (e.g. of a movie star).
- A single impression from a handpress.
- A journey made by rowing.
- A proof sheet.
- An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
- An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; a strain.
- An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.
- The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout.
- A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.
verb
- To touch or cover with the thumb.
- To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
- To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.
- To hitchhike
- To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.
- To fire (a single action revolver) quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed.
noun
noun
verb
- To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
- 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 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 take hold of, particularly with the hand.
- Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
- To firmly hold the attention of.
- To trench; to drain.
noun
- A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
- An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
- A lot of something.
- A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
- A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
- Control, power or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
- A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
- A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
- A long time.
- As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
- A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
- A handle or other place to grip.
- A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
- Assistance; help or encouragement.
- A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
prep_phrase
noun
noun
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
prefix
noun
- The outer side of the hand.
- The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
- The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
- The sound so produced.
- The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
- The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
- The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
verb
- To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
- To stretch out the hand.
- To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
- To arrive at a particular destination.
- To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
- To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
- To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
- To make contact with.
- To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
- To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
- To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
- To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
- To strike or touch.
- To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
- To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
- To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
noun
- The act of stretching or extending; extension.
- A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
- An extended portion or area of land or water.
- Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
- Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
- The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
- A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
- The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
- The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
- The distance traversed between tacks.
- The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
- An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
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.
verb
- To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
- To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
- To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
- To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
- To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
noun
- An advanced form of ballet primarily for the females, dancing ballet primarily using a Pointe shoe.
- An equivalent part in an animal.
- The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).
- Each of the five digits on the end of the foot.
- Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
- An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.
- The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
- The long side of an angled cut.
- That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
- A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
- A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
- cameltoe
verb
- To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.
- To intentionally and inappropriately touch or rub against another person, in such a manner as to make the contact appear accidental, for the purpose of one's sexual gratification.
- To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.
noun
adv
English words for 'To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.'
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