furtle
root
probingly
go easy
peak
rootch
fossick
rat through
vise
rake
beclap
foozle
spy
smell out
slubber
gimmick
trenchantly
ensnaringly
figgle
twig
grabble
scuff
ruminant
refined
think out
indelve
by ear
nudgeable
indagate
scramp
eye up
trick
undersee
methodistically
forage
surjectively
snatch
snoopy
root about
kip
detect
sniff
snap
snatch up
use one's noggin
captiously
check
leave no stone unturned
drive-by
dextrorsely
incantation
discuss
ferk
skulk
bop
puzzle
mattock
genuflect
stickybeak
zetetically
holk
secernate
pick
sweep
finesse
ransack
determine
artfully
poke
deprehend
boggle
parenthesize
comb over
cunningly
head off at the pass
pryingly
rummaging
foxily
knavishly
happen across
astucious
sleuth
rummage
softly, softly, catchee monkey
trickily
slyly
craftily
suss
whew
knock off
pondering
bijectively
pendently
lick
fumble
ponder
dog-nose
beseek
fox
ruminant
refined
nudgeable
snoopy
drive-by
astucious
probingly
trenchantly
ensnaringly
methodistically
surjectively
captiously
dextrorsely
zetetically
artfully
cunningly
pryingly
foxily
knavishly
trickily
slyly
craftily
bijectively
pendently
gimmick
trick
sniff
incantation
rummaging
pondering
lick
furtle
root
go easy
peak
rootch
fossick
rat through
vise
rake
beclap
foozle
spy
smell out
slubber
figgle
twig
grabble
scuff
think out
indelve
indagate
scramp
eye up
undersee
forage
snatch
root about
kip
detect
sniff
snap
snatch up
use one's noggin
check
leave no stone unturned
discuss
ferk
skulk
bop
puzzle
mattock
genuflect
stickybeak
holk
secernate
pick
sweep
finesse
ransack
determine
poke
deprehend
boggle
parenthesize
comb over
head off at the pass
happen across
sleuth
rummage
suss
whew
knock off
fumble
ponder
dog-nose
beseek
fox
verb
- To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
- To be firmly fixed; to be established.
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
- To sexually penetrate.
- To get root or privileged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.
- To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
- To turn up or dig with the snout.
- Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
- To root out; to abolish.
- To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
noun
- The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- A sexual partner.
- The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
- A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
- A zero (of an equation).
- The primary source; origin.
- The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
- Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- A root vegetable.
- The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
- The lowest place, position, or part.
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
- A word from which another word or words are derived.
- The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
- A penis, especially the base of a penis.
verb
- To pry; to peep slyly.
- To reach a highest degree or maximum.
- To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
- To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
- To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of peak trans).
- To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
- To become sick or wan.
adj
- At the greatest extent; maximum.
- bad or unfortunate.
- Unlucky; unfortunate
- Maximal, quintessential, archetypical; representing the culmination of its type.
- Bad
noun
- The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
- The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
- The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
- The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
verb
- To search through (thoroughly).
- Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
- To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
- Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
- To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
- To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
- To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
- To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
- To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
- Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
- To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
- Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
- To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
- Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
noun
- A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
- The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
- In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
- A lot, plenty.
- A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
- A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
- A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
- A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
- A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
- A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
- A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
- A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
- The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
- The act of raking.
- In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
- A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
- Rate of progress; pace, speed.
- A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
verb
- To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
- To act as a spy.
- To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.
- To spot; to catch sight of.
noun
- A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.
- A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
verb
- To attempt to grab; to grasp at (something).
- To pick (something or someone) up hastily, roughly or clumsily.
- To catch fish by reaching into the water with one's hand.
- To pull, lift or dig (something) (out of the ground) by searching with one's hands and fingers.
- To utter inarticulate sounds, often quickly and loudly; to say (something) quickly, idly or foolishly.
- To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something.
- To touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.
noun
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- Something designed to fool or swindle.
- A term of abuse.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- A customer or client of a prostitute.
- A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
- A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
adj
verb
verb
- To snatch; take up hastily; filch
- To conduct oneself; act
- To perform the kip maneuver.
- To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
noun
- The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
- A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
- A very untidy house or room.
- A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
- The leather made from such hide; kip leather.
- A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
- A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
- A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
- A bundle or set of such hides.
- The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
- Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
- A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
- A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
noun
- An instance of sniffing.
- A brief perception, or tiny amount.
- Cocaine.
- A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
verb
- To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.
- To perceive vaguely.
- To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
- To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
- To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
- To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
- To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.
intj
verb
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- move or strike with a noise
- close with a snapping motion
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- put in play with a snap
- cause to make a snapping sound
- lose control of one's emotions
- bring the jaws together
- record on photographic film
noun
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a spell of cold weather
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- a sudden sharp noise
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
verb
- To inspect; to examine.
- To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- To verify or compare with a source of information.
- To leave in safekeeping.
- To control, limit, or halt.
- To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- To make a stop; to pause; with at.
- To mark with a check pattern.
noun
- The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
- A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- An inspection or examination.
- A small chink or crack.
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
adj
verb
verb
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To screen.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
noun
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- An interception.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
verb
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- To travel quickly.
- To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- To search (a place) methodically.
- To draw or drag something over.
- To play a sweep shot.
- To vacuum a carpet or rug.
noun
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- Violent and general destruction.
- The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- A single action of sweeping.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- A chimney sweep.
- The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
verb
- To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.
- To play (a card) as a finesse.
- To obtain something from someone through trickery or manipulation.
- To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
- To attempt to win a trick by finessing.
noun
- An adroit manoeuvre.
- The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.
- In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over.
- Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
verb
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To bring to an end; to finish.
verb
- To rummage; to feel or grope around.
- To notify (another user) of activity on social media or an instant messenger.
- To thrust at with the horns; to gore.
- To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
- To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.
- To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
- To put a poke (device to prevent leaping or breaking fences) on (an animal).
- To penetrate in sexual intercourse.
noun
- An old, worn-out horse.
- An ice cream cone.
- A lazy person; a dawdler.
- 1605, William Camden, Remaines Concerning Brittaine, 1629 edition, Proverbes, page 276
- 1627, Michael Drayton, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, 1907 edition, poem Nimphidia
- A notification sent to get another user's attention on social media or an instant messenger.
- A hit, especially an extra base hit.
- A sack or bag.
- A stupid or uninteresting person.
- A long, wide sleeve.
- A prod, jab, or thrust.
- 1814, September 4, The Examiner, volume 13, number 349, article French Fashions, page 573
- A poke bonnet.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 138
- Pokeweed.
- Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs, spices, or other flavorful ingredients.
- A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
verb
- To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.
- To search a vessel for smuggled goods.
- To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
- To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
noun
verb
- To accomplish hastily.
- To rob.
- To defeat.
- To halt one's work or other activity.
- To have sex with.
- To remove, as a discount or estimate.
- To make a copy of, as of a design.
- To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.
- To remove by hitting (something, someone)
- To kill.
noun
- A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
- An attempt at something.
- A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
- An instance of earning money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc.; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks
- The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
- A small amount; a whit.
- A short motif.
- A stroke or blow.
- A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
- An act of cunnilingus.
verb
verb
verb
- To act slyly or craftily.
- To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
- To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
- To confuse or baffle (someone).
- To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
- To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
- To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
- To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
noun
- A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
- A physically attractive man or woman.
- A fox terrier.
- Air-to-air weapon launched.
- A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
- A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
- A cunning person.
- A person with reddish brown hair, usually a woman.
- A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
- The fourteenth Lenormand card.
- The fur of a fox.
- The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
- Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).
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