thermal
dam
drove
spark
shoot
seared
shot tower
bluster
hack
squib
roebuck-berry
pot boiler
scabbling
rock drill
waterstone
deflagrate
exsolution
litholatrous
crackling microstar
blow over
gypsy setting
banger
heatshock
electric burn
chill
peening
scald
blow-dry
firebrick
electroslag
loggerhead
stonemason's hammer
ultraheat
clinker
swipe
thermoalgesic
dynamiting
gust
boil
star drill
blaze
parch
bang
knock
sparkler
sizzling
rap
belt
underblow
fountain
carbunculation
sparken
smash
forging
soak
steel
forge
torpedo
bash
clarion
mortar
proudwork
spring hammer
stoneworking
sparkle
blowtorch
knuckle
spall
bonfire
stone plover
flaminical
sear
swat
ignescent
intrusive
breeze
hammer blow
taphole
light up
scabble
stone
bastinado
stroke
whiffle
skew
tumblestone
hammerstone
chafe
flameout
matchlock
strike while the iron is hot
unbank
scorchingness
forgeable
tuyere
thermal
seared
litholatrous
thermoalgesic
sizzling
flaminical
ignescent
intrusive
forgeable
dam
shot tower
hack
squib
roebuck-berry
pot boiler
scabbling
rock drill
waterstone
exsolution
crackling microstar
gypsy setting
banger
electric burn
peening
blow-dry
firebrick
electroslag
loggerhead
stonemason's hammer
dynamiting
star drill
bang
knock
sparkler
rap
belt
fountain
carbunculation
smash
forging
torpedo
bash
proudwork
spring hammer
stoneworking
bonfire
stone plover
swat
hammer blow
taphole
bastinado
ignescent
skew
tumblestone
hammerstone
flameout
matchlock
scorchingness
tuyere
thermal
drove
spark
shoot
bluster
deflagrate
blow over
heatshock
chill
scald
ultraheat
clinker
swipe
gust
boil
blaze
parch
underblow
sparken
soak
steel
forge
clarion
mortar
sparkle
blowtorch
knuckle
spall
sear
breeze
light up
scabble
stone
stroke
whiffle
chafe
strike while the iron is hot
unbank
verb
- To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blow-torch.
- To fly an unpowered aircraft in a (thermal) column of rising air.
adj
- Having a rough finish by treatment with a blow-torch.
- Pertaining to heat or temperature.
- Caused or brought about by heat.
- Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.
noun
noun
- A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
- An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.
- A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
- A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar.
- A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
- The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.
- A reservoir.
- Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals.
- A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
adj
intj
verb
verb
- To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.
- To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance.
- simple past tense of drive
noun
- A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
- A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
- A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven; a drove road.
- A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
- The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
- A group of hares.
- A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
verb
- To give off a spark or sparks.
- To shoot; to fire
- To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
- To light; to kindle.
noun
- A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.
- An electrician.
- A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
- A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
- A ship's radio operator.
- A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
- A gallant; a foppish young man.
- A beau, lover.
verb
- To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To begin to speak.
- To move very quickly and suddenly.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- To grow; to advance.
- To shoot the moon.
- To ejaculate.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- To photograph.
- To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To make the stated score.
- To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- To throw dice.
- To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.ᵂ
- To dismiss or do away with.
- To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- To lunge.
- To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To film.
- To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- To fire (a projectile).
- To send to someone.
- To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- To go over or pass quickly through.
noun
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- A photography session.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
intj
noun
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A try, an attempt.
- The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- A hacking blow.
- An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
- A hearse.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A dry cough.
- A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A tool for chopping.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- A computer programmer who makes quick but inelegant changes to computer code to solve problems or add features.
- A computer programmer, particularly a veteran or someone not immediately expected to be capable of programming.
- A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- An untalented writer.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
- A grating in a mill race.
- Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- A political agitator.
verb
- To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- To kick (a player) on the shins.
- To swing at a pitched ball.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To play hackeysack.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- To cough noisily.
- To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
noun
- A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
- A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.
- A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
- In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.
- A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic empirical data or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.
- Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
- A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
- The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.
- A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
- An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.
- In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
verb
noun
noun
- A firework that makes a bang.
- A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music.
- A Bangalore torpedo.
- A car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing.
- One of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.
- One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
- An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
- Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
- A person who has sex.
- A sausage.
- A woman's breast.
- A man's penis.
verb
- To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
- To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.
- To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
- To become hard by rapid cooling.
- To smoke marijuana.
- To discourage, depress.
- To become cold.
- To relax; to lie back.
adj
- "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
- Moderately cold or chilly.
- Okay, not a problem.
- Unwelcoming; not cordial.
- Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
noun
- A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
- A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
- An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
- A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
- Calmness; equanimity.
- The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
- An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it..
- A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
noun
- A metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end that is made hot in a fire, then plunged into some material (such as pitch or a liquid) to melt or heat it.
- The loggerhead duck or Falkland steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus; formerly Tachyeres cinereus), a species of steamer duck endemic to the Falkland Islands.
- The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus), a bird endemic to the Caribbean and West Indies.
- The loggerhead sea turtle or loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), an oceanic turtle found throughout the world.
- A thistle-like flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).
- The loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor), a large-headed turtle endemic to the United States.
- The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a bird endemic to North America.
- The rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus), a bird endemic to Jamaica.
- A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope.
verb
- To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
- To steal or snatch.
- To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- To grab or bat quickly.
noun
- A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
- A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- An attack, insult or critical remark.
- An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
- An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
- Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
- A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
verb
- To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
- To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
- To feel uncomfortably hot.
- To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
- To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
- To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
- To be uncomfortably hot.
- To cook in boiling water.
- To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
noun
- The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.
- A dish of boiled food, especially seafood.
- A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.)
- The collective noun for a group of hawks.
- A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
verb
- To set in a blaze; burn.
- To disclose; bewray; defame
- To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
- To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
- To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
- To smoke marijuana.
- To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
- To blazon
- To blow, as from a trumpet
- To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
- To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
- To publish; announce publicly
- To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
- To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
- To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
noun
- Publication; the act of spreading widely by report
- A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
- The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
- A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
- A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
- A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
- A hand consisting of five face cards.
- Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
noun
- a vigorous blow
- a sudden very loud noise
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a conspicuous success
verb
- strike violently
- to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
- close violently
- move noisily
- have sexual intercourse with
- leap, jerk, bang
adv
noun
- A sharp blow with something hard.
- A whit; a jot.
- A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
- An appraisal.
- Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
- A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.
- Rap music.
- A casual talk.
- Blame for something.
- A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
verb
- To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
- To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
- To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
- To seize and carry off.
- To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
- To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
- To utter quickly and sharply.
noun
- a vigorous blow
- endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
- an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
- a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
- ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
- the act of hitting vigorously
verb
noun
- A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
- An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
- A natural source of water; a spring.
- A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
- A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
- A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
- A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
- Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.
- The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
- A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
- A soda fountain.
verb
noun
- a vigorous blow
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- the act of colliding with something
- a conspicuous success
adv
verb
- hit with great force
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- reduce to bankruptcy
- hit violently
- humiliate or depress completely
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
verb
- To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
- to engage in sexual activity with penetration but without hip thrusting (usually said of Mormons).
- To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- To take money from.
- To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- To absorb; to drain.
noun
verb
- To sharpen with a honing steel.
- To cause to resemble steel in appearance.
- To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
- To edge, cover, or point with steel.
- To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
- To press with a flat iron.
- To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
adj
- Made of steel.
- Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
- Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
- Engraved on steel.
noun
- Extreme hardness or resilience.
- Varieties of this metal.
- The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
- A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.
- An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
- Armor.
- An engraving plate
- Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.
- A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.
- Projectiles.
- Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
- A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.
- A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus.
- A piece used for striking sparks from flint.
- A flat iron.
verb
- To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
- To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
- To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.
- To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
- To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
- To form or create with concerted effort.
noun
noun
- a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
- a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
- armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
- any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
verb
verb
- To fire a mortar (weapon).
- To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon).
- To pound in a mortar.
- To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
noun
- A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
- A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories.
- A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
- In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.
noun
verb
- To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
- To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
- To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles
- To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle
- To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce
noun
noun
- Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
- A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
- A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical), heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
verb
noun
verb
- To blow gently.
- To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.
- To move casually, in a carefree manner.
- To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface.
- To buzz.
noun
- An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
- A light, gentle wind.
- Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
- Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
- Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
- A brief workout for a racehorse.
- A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
verb
- To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
- To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
- To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
- To wall with stones.
- To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)
- To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
adv
- As a stone (used with following adjective).
- Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
noun
- A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
- A hard, stone-like deposit.
- A small piece of stone, a pebble.
- A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
- A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
adj
verb
- To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
- 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 milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
- Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
- To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
- To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
- To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew).
- To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
- To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
- Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
noun
- 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.
- An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.
- 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 blow a short gust.
- To waste time.
- To waffle, talk aimlessly.
- To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
- To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
- To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
- To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
- To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.
- To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
noun
noun
- A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- The coping of a gable.
- A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
adv
verb
- To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- To hurl or throw.
- To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
adj
verb
- To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
- To be worn by rubbing.
- To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- To fret and wear by rubbing.
- To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
noun
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