English words for 'To harass; to manhandle.'
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verb
noun
- (UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
- (Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.
- (Scotland) A scrog.
- A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
- a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- lean end of the neck
- the lean end of a neck of veal
noun
- the act of harassing someone
- extreme mental distress
- a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- unbearable physical pain
- a severe affliction
- Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
- Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
verb
verb
- To subject to trials; to harass.
- (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- (slang, usually as "toss one's cookies") To vomit.
- (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
- (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- (UK, slang) To masturbate.
- To throw with an initial upward direction.
- (UK, slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
- To stir or mix (a salad).
- (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- (informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
- To agitate; to make restless.
- throw carelessly
- move or stir about violently
- throw or cast away
- agitate
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
noun
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; drivel.
- A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- (UK, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
- (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
- (British slang, chiefly in the negative) Concern or consideration.
- A haughty throwing up of the head.
- (cricket, soccer) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
- (broadcasting) A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
- (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
- the act of flipping a coin
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- an abrupt movement
noun
verb
adj
noun
- A person who use intimidation to coerce others.
- A criminal that extorts people.
- (horticulture) An overvigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
- (African-American Vernacular) One who, usually as a result of social disadvantage, has turned to committing crimes (e.g. selling drugs, robbery, assault, etc.) to make a living; a gangsta.
- A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
- A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
- (historical) One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and sacrificed their victims to her.
- A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand.
- an aggressive and violent young criminal
verb
noun
noun
verb
- intimidate somebody (with a threat)
- hold over goods to be sold for the next season
- hold back to a later time
- continue a term of office past the normal period of time
- keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
- (transitive, sometimes idiomatic) (Of a resource) To support or sustain someone for a limited period.
- (intransitive) To remain in office, possession, residency etc., beyond a certain date.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To save, delay.
- (transitive) To be in a position to harm (someone); to have damaging information on (someone).
noun
verb
- To aggressively threaten an opponent by standing toe to toe with them while or before verbally or physically abusing them.
- (sports) To knock down an opponent by colliding with them chest-to-chest (Australian rules football) or tackle them by grabbing their chest by their shirt front and wrestling them to the ground (rugby league football).
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- attack with dogs or set dogs upon
- lure, entice, or entrap with bait
- (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.
- (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
- (intransitive) Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
- (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
- (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
- (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
- (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
- (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- A light or hasty luncheon.
- (as the head of a compound) Something that lures or entices a specified group.
- Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- (Internet slang) A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
- (Geordie, Durham) A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat.
- (vulgar, sexuality) Someone that attracts or entices a specified sex act being done to them.
- (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
- (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
adj
verb
adj
noun
- major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
- lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
- the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- A sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
- A stupid or foolish person.
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
- The cocoon of a silkworm.
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, such as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).
- A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
- An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
- A joke or an imitation.
name
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- censure severely or angrily
- play in ragtime
- break into lumps before sorting
- treat cruelly
- (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
- To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
- To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
- To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang, sometimes euphemistic) To menstruate.
- (intransitive) To become tattered.
- (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
- To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
- (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
- (British slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
noun
- newspaper with half-size pages
- a small piece of cloth
- a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
- music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
- a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
- (slang, derogatory) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
- A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
- (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
- A ragged edge in metalworking.
- (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
- (typography) An uneven vertical margin (of a block of type).
- (slang, theater) A curtain of various kinds.
- (UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
- A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
- (derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
- (singular or plural, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
- (especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- return to a former condition
- gather
- gather or bring together
- call to arms; of military personnel
- (ambitransitive) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
- (business, trading, of the market, stocks etc., intransitive) To recover strength after a decline in prices.
- (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
- (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
noun
- an automobile race run over public roads
- a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
- a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
- (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
- A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
- (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
- (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
- A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- Good-humoured raillery.
verb
noun
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
- sit on and control a vehicle
- move like a floating object
- be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
- ride over, along, or through
- lie moored or anchored
- be sustained or supported or borne
- continue undisturbed and without interference
- have certain properties when driven
- climb up on the body
- copulate with
- be contingent on
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- (ambitransitive, Ireland, slang) To have sex with (someone).
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
- (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- (transitive) To traverse by riding.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- (radio, television, transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
- (transitive, figuratively) To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
- (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- (transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- (ambitransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- (music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
noun
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
- (printing, historical) A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.
- A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- (figurative) A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
- Ellipsis of ride cymbal.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- An instance of riding.
- (UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- (informal) A vehicle.
- (jazz) A steady rhythmical style.
- A district inspected by an excise officer.
- (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
- An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- To blame or reproach, especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
- (obsolete except British, dialectal) To be indiscreet; to gossip.
- (computing) To ignore or kill file (a user on a bulletin board system).
- To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
noun
- aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- someone who is regarded as contemptible
- (informal) An annoying or foolish person.
- A short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else; a cheep, a chirp, a tweet.
- (chiefly US, informal) Chiefly in the form in a twit: clipping of twitter (“a state of excitement or nervousness”).
- A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner.
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noun
verb
adj
verb
- (chiefly Australia) To harass.
- (intransitive) To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
- (informal, British, transitive) To condemn or reprimand.
- (UK, live action roleplaying games) To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants.
- (transitive) To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
adj
noun
- (informal) A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
- A bizarre or whimsical creature.
- (gaming) A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob
- (figuratively, humorous) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat.
- A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
- A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
- (informal) Something very or unusually large.
- someone that is abnormally large and powerful
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
- an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
- (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
verb
- To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
- To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
- To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.
- cause to suffer
verb
- Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.
- (Christianity, French politics, historical) To subject (a Huguenot) to the dragonnades (“a policy instituted by Louis XIV of France in 1681 to intimidate Protestant Huguenots to convert to Roman Catholicism by billeting dragoons (noun noun sense 1.2) in their homes to abuse them and destroy or steal their possessions”).
- (military, historical) To cause (someone) to be attacked by dragoons.
- subjugate by imposing troops
- compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
noun
- (by extension) A man with a fierce or unrefined manner, like a dragoon (noun sense 1.2).
- A variety of pigeon, originally a cross between a horseman and a tumbler.
- (weaponry, historical) Synonym of dragon (“a type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel and a flared muzzle, metaphorically exhaling fire like a mythical dragon”).
- (by extension) Originally (historical), a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (noun sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets.
- a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
noun
- the act of harassing someone
- extreme mental distress
- a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- unbearable physical pain
- a severe affliction
- Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
- Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
- A person who use intimidation to coerce others.
- A criminal that extorts people.
- (horticulture) An overvigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
- (African-American Vernacular) One who, usually as a result of social disadvantage, has turned to committing crimes (e.g. selling drugs, robbery, assault, etc.) to make a living; a gangsta.
- A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
- A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
- (historical) One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and sacrificed their victims to her.
- A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand.
- an aggressive and violent young criminal
verb
noun
noun
noun
verb
adj
verb
noun
- (UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
- (Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.
- (Scotland) A scrog.
- A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
- a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- lean end of the neck
- the lean end of a neck of veal
verb
- To subject to trials; to harass.
- (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- (slang, usually as "toss one's cookies") To vomit.
- (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
- (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- (UK, slang) To masturbate.
- To throw with an initial upward direction.
- (UK, slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
- To stir or mix (a salad).
- (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- (informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
- To agitate; to make restless.
- throw carelessly
- move or stir about violently
- throw or cast away
- agitate
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
noun
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; drivel.
- A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- (UK, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
- (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
- (British slang, chiefly in the negative) Concern or consideration.
- A haughty throwing up of the head.
- (cricket, soccer) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
- (broadcasting) A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
- (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
- the act of flipping a coin
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- an abrupt movement
verb
- intimidate somebody (with a threat)
- hold over goods to be sold for the next season
- hold back to a later time
- continue a term of office past the normal period of time
- keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
- (transitive, sometimes idiomatic) (Of a resource) To support or sustain someone for a limited period.
- (intransitive) To remain in office, possession, residency etc., beyond a certain date.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To save, delay.
- (transitive) To be in a position to harm (someone); to have damaging information on (someone).
noun
verb
- To aggressively threaten an opponent by standing toe to toe with them while or before verbally or physically abusing them.
- (sports) To knock down an opponent by colliding with them chest-to-chest (Australian rules football) or tackle them by grabbing their chest by their shirt front and wrestling them to the ground (rugby league football).
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- attack with dogs or set dogs upon
- lure, entice, or entrap with bait
- (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.
- (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
- (intransitive) Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
- (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
- (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
- (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
- (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
- (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
noun
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- A light or hasty luncheon.
- (as the head of a compound) Something that lures or entices a specified group.
- Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- (Internet slang) A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
- (Geordie, Durham) A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat.
- (vulgar, sexuality) Someone that attracts or entices a specified sex act being done to them.
- (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
- (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
adj
verb
adj
noun
- major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
- lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
- the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- A sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
- A stupid or foolish person.
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
- The cocoon of a silkworm.
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, such as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).
- A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
- An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
- A joke or an imitation.
name
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- censure severely or angrily
- play in ragtime
- break into lumps before sorting
- treat cruelly
- (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
- To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
- To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
- To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang, sometimes euphemistic) To menstruate.
- (intransitive) To become tattered.
- (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
- To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
- (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
- (British slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
noun
- newspaper with half-size pages
- a small piece of cloth
- a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
- music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
- a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
- (slang, derogatory) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
- A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
- (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
- A ragged edge in metalworking.
- (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
- (typography) An uneven vertical margin (of a block of type).
- (slang, theater) A curtain of various kinds.
- (UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
- A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
- (derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
- (singular or plural, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
- (especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- return to a former condition
- gather
- gather or bring together
- call to arms; of military personnel
- (ambitransitive) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
- (business, trading, of the market, stocks etc., intransitive) To recover strength after a decline in prices.
- (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
- (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
noun
- an automobile race run over public roads
- a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
- a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
- (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
- A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
- (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
- (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
- A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- Good-humoured raillery.
verb
noun
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
- sit on and control a vehicle
- move like a floating object
- be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
- ride over, along, or through
- lie moored or anchored
- be sustained or supported or borne
- continue undisturbed and without interference
- have certain properties when driven
- climb up on the body
- copulate with
- be contingent on
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- (ambitransitive, Ireland, slang) To have sex with (someone).
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
- (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- (transitive) To traverse by riding.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- (radio, television, transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
- (transitive, figuratively) To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
- (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- (transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- (ambitransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- (music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
noun
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
- (printing, historical) A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.
- A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- (figurative) A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
- Ellipsis of ride cymbal.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- An instance of riding.
- (UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- (informal) A vehicle.
- (jazz) A steady rhythmical style.
- A district inspected by an excise officer.
- (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
- An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- mock or make fun of playfully
- tear into pieces
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- annoy persistently
- separate the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of (fabrics)
- to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- (transitive) To backcomb.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
- (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
noun
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
verb
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- To blame or reproach, especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
- (obsolete except British, dialectal) To be indiscreet; to gossip.
- (computing) To ignore or kill file (a user on a bulletin board system).
- To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
noun
- aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- someone who is regarded as contemptible
- (informal) An annoying or foolish person.
- A short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else; a cheep, a chirp, a tweet.
- (chiefly US, informal) Chiefly in the form in a twit: clipping of twitter (“a state of excitement or nervousness”).
- A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner.
intj
verb
- (chiefly Australia) To harass.
- (intransitive) To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
- (informal, British, transitive) To condemn or reprimand.
- (UK, live action roleplaying games) To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants.
- (transitive) To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
adj
noun
- (informal) A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
- A bizarre or whimsical creature.
- (gaming) A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob
- (figuratively, humorous) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat.
- A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
- A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
- (informal) Something very or unusually large.
- someone that is abnormally large and powerful
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
- an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
- (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
verb
- To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
- To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
- To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.
- cause to suffer
verb
- Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.
- (Christianity, French politics, historical) To subject (a Huguenot) to the dragonnades (“a policy instituted by Louis XIV of France in 1681 to intimidate Protestant Huguenots to convert to Roman Catholicism by billeting dragoons (noun noun sense 1.2) in their homes to abuse them and destroy or steal their possessions”).
- (military, historical) To cause (someone) to be attacked by dragoons.
- subjugate by imposing troops
- compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
noun
- (by extension) A man with a fierce or unrefined manner, like a dragoon (noun sense 1.2).
- A variety of pigeon, originally a cross between a horseman and a tumbler.
- (weaponry, historical) Synonym of dragon (“a type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel and a flared muzzle, metaphorically exhaling fire like a mythical dragon”).
- (by extension) Originally (historical), a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (noun sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets.
- a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen