hoop
peel
bail
hooplike
hoopy
surcingle
strapping
spline
buckle
hooper
jukebox
enfasten
stot
cotter
cringle
tire
cinching
strap
tyre
loop
snare
buckle up
above the rim
grommet
stick
Chusovitina
strap up
dunker
peg
tie
pin
gathering hoop
rebuckle
bight
lock
hook
gib
ballhandling
bumper
pegging
scoring
skilfully
basketball hoop
guard
clip
skillfully
snooker
dig
key
pushpin
clench
hooped
play fight
quern
marker
high-stick
tweedle
upbar
quickstep
buckling
punch
zygology
double straddle
clasp
thrap
tack
brace
belt
lyra
leash
malletman
rope
family Upupidae
rolling hitch
croquet
torpify
Upupidae
stoke
basketball
break-off
lasher
basketball goal
rim
slam-dunk
quickenance
morse
crinoline
prong
paperclip
volley
grapple
vicarious
lead
hooplike
hoopy
hooped
vicarious
skilfully
skillfully
bail
strapping
hoop
hooper
tire
cinching
tyre
Chusovitina
dunker
gathering hoop
ballhandling
bumper
pegging
scoring
basketball hoop
marker
buckling
zygology
lyra
malletman
family Upupidae
rolling hitch
croquet
Upupidae
lasher
basketball goal
rim
quickenance
morse
crinoline
hoop
peel
surcingle
spline
buckle
jukebox
enfasten
stot
cotter
cringle
strap
loop
snare
buckle up
grommet
stick
strap up
peg
tie
pin
rebuckle
bight
lock
hook
gib
guard
clip
snooker
dig
key
pushpin
clench
play fight
quern
high-stick
tweedle
upbar
quickstep
punch
double straddle
clasp
thrap
tack
brace
belt
leash
rope
torpify
stoke
basketball
break-off
slam-dunk
prong
paperclip
volley
grapple
lead
verb
noun
- The hoopoe.
- A quart pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
- A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
- A horizontal stripe on the jersey.
- A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.
- The game of basketball.
- The rim part of a basketball net.
- A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- A jockey.
- A hoop earring.
- An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed.
- A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
verb
- To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
- To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
- To remove one's clothing.
- To move, separate (off or away).
- To play a peel shot.
- To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
noun
- A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
- A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
- A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
- The action of peeling away from a formation.
- A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
- An equal or match; a draw.
- The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
noun
- A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
- Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
- A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- The person providing such payment.
- A person who bails water out of a boat.
- One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
- A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
- A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
- Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
- A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
verb
- To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- To secure the head of a cow during milking.
- To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
- To release a person under such guarantee.
- To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
- To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
- To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
- To set free; to deliver; to release.
- To fail to meet a commitment (to a person).
- To exit quickly.
- To confine.
verb
- To fasten to or together with a spline.
- To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
- To fit with a spline.
noun
- Ridges or teeth on a drive shaft that mesh with grooves in a mating piece and transfer torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between them.
- A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.
- A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.
- Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
- Long thin piece of metal or wood.
- A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
verb
- To fasten using a buckle.
- To buckle down; to apply oneself.
- To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
- To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
- To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
- To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
- To unite in marriage.
noun
- A contorted expression, as of the face.
- A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap.
- A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
- An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane frequently occurring over insulation or deck joints. A buckle may be an indication of movement with the roof assembly.
- The brisure of an eighth daughter.
- A cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping.
- A distortion, bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
noun
verb
- To fasten or bind with a strap.
- To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
noun
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Synonym of strapline
- A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
verb
- To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
- To move in a loop.
- To move something in a loop.
- To place in a loop.
- To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
- To fly an aircraft in a loop.
- To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
- To form something into a loop.
- To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
- To form a loop.
noun
- A complete circuit for an electric current.
- A quasigroup with an identity element.
- A ring road or beltway.
- The opening so formed.
- A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
- A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
- A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
- A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
- An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
- An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
- A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
- An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
- A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
- A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
- A path that starts and ends at the same point.
- A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
verb
noun
- A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
- A set of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
- A mental or psychological trap.
- A snare drum.
- A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
verb
noun
- A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
- A boy serving on a ship.
- A ring formed of a single strand of rope, laid in three times round, fastening the upper edge of a sail to its stay.
- An eyelet at the hoist end of a flag, used to fasten the flag to its halyard.
- A young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder, or snowboarder.
verb
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- put, fix, force, or implant
- stay put (in a certain place)
- stick to firmly
- be or become fixed
- endure
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- be loyal to
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- be a mystery or bewildering to
noun
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- informal terms for the leg
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- threat of a penalty
verb
- To fasten using a peg.
- To affix or pin.
- To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
- To throw.
- To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.)
- To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo.
- To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
- To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
- To fix a value or price.
noun
- A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
- A stump.
- A support; a reason; a pretext.
- A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
- The penetration of one's (male) partner in the anus using a dildo.
- A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- A step; a degree.
- A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
- A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
- A place formally allotted for fishing
verb
- To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- To secure (something) by string or the like.
- To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
noun
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A tiewig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- A knot; a fastening.
- A lace-up shoe.
- A connection between two vertices.
- One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- A strong connection between people or groups of people.
- A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
verb
- To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- To pin down (someone).
noun
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
- Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- A pinball machine.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- A leg.
verb
- To fasten with a lock.
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- To play in the position of lock.
- To become fastened in place.
- To intertwine or dovetail.
- To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
noun
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- Complete control over a situation.
- The firing mechanism.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
verb
- fasten with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- take by theft
- make off with belongings of others
- hit with a hook
- catch with a hook
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- secure with the foot
- entice and trap
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
noun
- a catch for locking a door
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
verb
noun
noun
- A bouncer.
- Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
- A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
- A side wall of a pool table.
- Someone or something that bumps.
- Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
- Anything large or successful.
- An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.
- A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
- An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
- A cigarette butt.
- A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
adj
adv
verb
- To fasten by binding; to gird.
- To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
- To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
- To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
- To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
noun
- A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
- A state of caution; posture of defence.
- Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
- Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
- A player playing a position named guard.
- A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
- A squad responsible for protecting something.
- The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
- A watchchain.
- The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.
- A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
- A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- A garda; a police officer.
- The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
- A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
- A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
- An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
verb
- To fasten with a clip.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- To grip tightly.
- To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- To strike with the hand.
- 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 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.
adv
verb
- To thrust; to poke.
- To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
- To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
noun
- Digoxin.
- A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
- A cutting, sarcastic remark.
- An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
- A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
- A thrust; a poke.
- The occupation of digging for gold.
- An innings.
verb
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To depress (a telegraph key).
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
noun
- The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- One of a string of small islands.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- A keystone.
- The last board of a floor when laid down.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- A wooden support for a rail on the bullhead rail system.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart; a legend.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- A color to be masked or made transparent.
- An object designed to open and close a lock.
- In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
adj
noun
- A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
- A counter, especially one used in card games.
- A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.
- Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt.
- A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
- A substance used as an indicator for diagnosis or other analysis, a biomarker.
- A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not.
- A free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function.
- A sewing machine attachment that creases the fabric to mark a line
- Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader.
- The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column or marks the direction of an alignment.
- The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen.
- A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
- A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players.
- A device that fires a paintball.
- A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.
verb
verb
- To thrust against; to poke.
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- To strike with one's fist.
- 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.
verb
verb
- fasten with tacks
- turn into the wind
- create by putting components or members together
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- fix to; attach
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
noun
- the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- gear for a horse
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- (nautical) the act of changing tack
- sailing a zigzag course
verb
- To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
- To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
- To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
- To confront with questions, demands or requests.
- To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
- To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
- To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
- To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
noun
- Harness; warlike preparation.
- That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
- A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
- The state of being braced or tight; tension.
- A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
- A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
- Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
- Two goals scored by one player in a game.
- A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.
- A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
- A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
- A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
- A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
- The mouth of a shaft.
verb
- To fasten a belt on.
- To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
- To hit with a belt.
- To scream or sing in a loud manner.
- To move very fast.
- To encircle.
- To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- To hit someone or something.
- To drink quickly, often in gulps.
noun
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
- One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
- A quick drink of liquor.
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
noun
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noun
verb
- To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
- To hook and raise with a grapple.
- To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
- To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).
- To wrestle or tussle.
- To seize something and hold it firmly.
- To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).
noun
verb
- To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To direct; to counsel; to instruct
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
- To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To step off base and move towards the next base.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
- To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- Lead climb.
- To produce (with to).
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- To place leads between the lines of.
- To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To have the highest interim score in a game.
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
- To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
adj
noun
- The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- bullets; ammunition.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
- The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- A lode.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
- The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- The course of a rope from end to end.
- The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
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