twilight zone
misbehave
throw one's cap over the windmill
take by surprise
more than one bargained for
change up
blitz out
come over
cold shower
vagary
out of nowhere
switchblade
find oneself
catch
consequence
mislead
misconduct
misbehavior
raise Cain
bowl a googly
flip the script
straggle
curiously
nonnaturally
infelicitously
kicker
sting in the tail
come off
curiouser and curiouser
go over
go off
tantamount
fuck with
tampering
meddling
some mothers do have them
blow off course
peculiarly
fly the freak flag
inopportune
bad sign
throw someone a curve
Nance
singularity
weasel
blunder
crop up
unorthodox
the ways of the world
funny
eccentrically
stiltedly
surprise
the way of the world
pull a rabbit out of a hat
program
act
human action
bam
scorched-earth policy
show one's ass
strike
oddballery
figary
peculiarization
sow dragon's teeth
human activity
deed
ad hoc
eccentric
uncertain
smokescreen
dissemble
habitual
misreact
pretend
quizzical
find
freakish
wild hair
smoke screen
funnily
unconventionalism
extemporize
whiplash
episode
improgressively
entangle
get into
flip one's wig
accidental
flash
creep
go so far as
bug
tantamount
inopportune
unorthodox
funny
ad hoc
eccentric
uncertain
habitual
quizzical
freakish
accidental
curiously
nonnaturally
infelicitously
peculiarly
eccentrically
stiltedly
funnily
improgressively
more than one bargained for
cold shower
vagary
consequence
misbehavior
kicker
sting in the tail
tampering
meddling
bad sign
singularity
the ways of the world
surprise
the way of the world
act
human action
scorched-earth policy
oddballery
figary
peculiarization
human activity
deed
smokescreen
smoke screen
unconventionalism
whiplash
episode
creep
twilight zone
misbehave
throw one's cap over the windmill
take by surprise
change up
blitz out
come over
switchblade
find oneself
catch
mislead
misconduct
raise Cain
bowl a googly
flip the script
straggle
come off
go over
go off
fuck with
blow off course
fly the freak flag
throw someone a curve
Nance
weasel
blunder
crop up
pull a rabbit out of a hat
program
show one's ass
strike
sow dragon's teeth
act
dissemble
misreact
pretend
find
wild hair
extemporize
entangle
get into
flip one's wig
flash
go so far as
bug
verb
- To behave or occur in a confusing or unexpected manner.
- To put or place into an indeterminate position; to be in an ambiguous, undetermined, or improper context.
- To cause to daydream or zone out; to cause to lose attention to one's surroundings.
- To experience or perceive something bizarre or fantastic.
noun
noun
- Something unexpected and often unpleasant which makes one take stock or reconsider something; a sudden change or turn of events.
- A chilly or unenthusiastic reaction to something or someone.
- A shower taken by a person in cold water; as taken for therapeutic reasons, or suggested as a remedy to calm sexual excitement.
verb
- To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
- To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
- To be held back or impeded.
- To get pregnant.
- To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- To be hit by something.
- To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- To have something be held back or impeded.
- To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- To travel by means of.
- To become infected by (an illness).
- To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- To charm or entrance.
- To grip or entangle.
- To handle an exception.
- To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- To spread by infection or similar means.
- To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- To germinate and set down roots.
- To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
noun
- The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- The game of catching a ball.
- A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- A fragment of music or poetry.
- The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- The act of seizing or capturing.
- A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- The first contact of an oar with the water.
- A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- Something which is captured or caught.
noun
- A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
- That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
- A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.
- Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
- Importance with respect to what comes after.
- The power to influence or produce an effect.
- Importance, value, or influence.
verb
noun
- An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
- An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
- An outboard motor.
- A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
- A relaxed party.
- The kicking strap.
- The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
- The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
- A practitioner of the kicking performance art.
- One who takes kicks.
- An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
- One who kicks.
- Synonym of lead-in (“start of photo caption”)
- A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
- Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
- A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.
- A backlight positioned at an angle.
- A rubber pad that propels the ball away upon impact, like a bumper, but usually a horizontal side of a wall.
- A launch ramp.
- A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes, and/or philosophy.
adv
- Acting in strange or perverse way.
- Such as to be strange or odd.
- Strangely, oddly.
- To greater degree than is usual.
- In a manner that is greater than usual.
- Mostly or solely associated with.
- In a strange or perverse manner; strangely.
- Strongly associated with; in a manner that is peculiar or restricted to some person or place.
noun
- An unusual action or behaviour.
- A point where all parallel lines meet.
- Celibacy, singleness (as contrasted with marriage).
- A point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value.
- The value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist.
- The state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.
verb
- To engage in clever or devious behavior.
- To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means.
- To achieve by clever or devious means.
noun
- The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family.
- Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
- The least weasel, Mustela nivalis.
- A devious or sneaky person or animal.
- A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder.
verb
- To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- To develop (software) by writing program code.
- To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- To put together the schedule of an event.
noun
- A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- A set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate
- A set of structured activities.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
noun
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a manifestation of insincerity
verb
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- be suitable for theatrical performance
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
- perform on a stage or theater
verb
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- 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 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 touch; to act by appulse.
- 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.
adj
- Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
- Having a different center; not concentric.
- Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
- Having different goals or motives.
- Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
- Not perfectly circular; elliptical.
noun
verb
- To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
- To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
- To discover game.
- To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
- To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
- To determine or judge.
- To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- Locate on behalf of another
- To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
- To point out.
noun
verb
- To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.
- To ensnare.
- To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
- To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
verb
- To cause to behave uncharacteristically; to possess.
- To become involved or interested in (a discussion, issue, or activity).
- To enter (an unfavourable state).
- To interrogate in order to arrive at a deeper understanding.
- To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- To put on (an item of clothing).
- To reach into or interact with (an object).
adj
- Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
- Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
- Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
- Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
- Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
- Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
noun
- Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
- A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
- A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
- Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
verb
- To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
- To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
- To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
- To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
- To burst out into violence.
- To send by some startling or sudden means.
- To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
- To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
- To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
- To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
- To expose one's intimate body part or piece of clothing, often momentarily. (Contrast streak.)
- To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
- To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
- To perform a flash.
- To be visible briefly.
- To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
- To make visible briefly.
- To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
- To communicate quickly.
adj
- Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
- Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
- Having plenty of ready money.
- Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
noun
- A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
- The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
- A pool.
- Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
- Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
- A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
- The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
- A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
- A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
- A form of military insignia.
- A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
- A flashlight; an electric torch.
- The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
- A very short amount of time.
- A tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).
- A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
noun
- Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
- The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
- The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
- A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
verb
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
- To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
verb
- To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- To annoy.
noun
- A problem that needs fixing.
- A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- HIV.
- A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- A young apprentice jockey.
- A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device.
- A trilobite.
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- Synonym of union bug.
- Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
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