nod
swerve
weave
tractionally
circumvolve
spin
rock
seesaw
outwhirl
birr
sway
uptwist
uptwirl
zigzag
boost
bow
bump
wobble
flap
shift
careen
tilt
vacillate
go round
warple
move back and forth
wiggle
uptilt
turn over
piston
uptilted
recline
downward
push-up
lean back
beat
rotate
twizzle
roll
flex
fluctuate
gyre
back
waver
roll around
go around
roly-poly
cock
extrovert
circumvolute
vertiginate
yo-yo
uphold
fugle
undulate
upsway
wintle
wave
turbinate
welter
outpress
wrest
seesawy
windily
wrick
upwreath
wrench
trundle
incliningly
countertwisting
heaving
swing
tranny
tumble
shake
heterostrophy
flurry
pick up
dance
heel
draw
heave
plough
extort
downflex
swaying
ride up
shoulder
uptilt
uptilted
downward
roly-poly
seesawy
downflex
tractionally
windily
incliningly
seesaw
twizzle
countertwisting
heaving
tranny
heterostrophy
heave
swaying
uptilt
nod
swerve
weave
circumvolve
spin
rock
outwhirl
birr
sway
uptwist
uptwirl
zigzag
boost
bow
bump
wobble
flap
shift
careen
tilt
vacillate
go round
warple
move back and forth
wiggle
turn over
piston
recline
push-up
lean back
beat
rotate
roll
flex
fluctuate
gyre
back
waver
roll around
go around
cock
extrovert
circumvolute
vertiginate
yo-yo
uphold
fugle
undulate
upsway
wintle
wave
turbinate
welter
outpress
wrest
wrick
upwreath
wrench
trundle
swing
tumble
shake
flurry
pick up
dance
heel
draw
plough
extort
ride up
shoulder
verb
- To sway, move up and down.
- To signify by a nod.
- To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
- To allude to something.
- To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
- To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
- To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
- To gradually fall asleep.
- To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
noun
verb
- To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
- To bend; to incline; to give way.
- To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
- To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
- Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
- To go out of one's way to avoid; to snub.
- To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
- To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.
noun
verb
- To move by turning and twisting.
- To unite by close connection or intermixture.
- To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
- To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
- To spin a cocoon or a web.
- To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
- To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.
noun
verb
- To move sideways when bouncing.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- To search rapidly.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
- To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- To move swiftly.
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
noun
- The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- Special interest of an autistic person.
- Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- Rapid circular motion.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
- An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- A single play of a record by a radio station.
verb
- To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
- To move gently back and forth.
- To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
- To thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
- To sway one's body as a stim.
- To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
- to make love to or have sex with.
- To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
- To do something with excitement yet skillfully.
- To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
- To cause to shake or sway violently.
- To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
- To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
- to be cool.
noun
- An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
- Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
- A mistake.
- Synonym of stone.
- The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
- A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.
- A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
- Distaff.
- The flax or wool on a distaff.
- A large hill or island having no vegetation.
- A basketball.
- An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
- A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
- A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals.
- A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
- Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
- An Afrikaner.
- An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
- A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
- The striped bass.
- A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.
- A lump or cube of ice.
- The huss or rock salmon.
- A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
noun
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
adj
verb
verb
- To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
- To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
- To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- To have weight or influence.
- To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
noun
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
verb
verb
verb
- To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
- To become bent or curved.
- To defer (to something).
- To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- To make something bend or curve.
- To debut.
- To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
noun
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- The front of a boat or ship.
- A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
verb
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
- To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- To assassinate; to bump off.
- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
- To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
intj
noun
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- A coarse cotton fabric.
- The sound of such a collision.
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
- The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.
- A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
verb
- To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
- To move loosely back and forth.
- Of a resource or network destination: to be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
noun
- A side fin of a ray.
- A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it.
- Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
- A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
- A hinged leaf.
- The labia, the vulva.
- A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
- A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset.
verb
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change place or direction
- move around
- move very slightly
- move from one setting or context to another
- change in quality
- move and exchange for another
- move abruptly
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- change gears
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
noun
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a qualitative change
- the time period during which you are at work
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- the act of moving from one place to another
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
verb
- To physically swirl or rotate.
- To rotate, to move in a circle.
- To circumvent or to outmanoeuvre someone.
- To be sufficient to be shared, to be enough for everyone.
- To go around the side of sth., to bypass something.
- To go to another person's home or a public event.
- To circulate, to move aimlessly but ghostly (threateningly and invisibly).
- To evade sth.
- To pass around, to circulate sth.
- To live behaving in a certain way, doing something regularly (followed by specification)
verb
- move by turning over or rotating
- place into the hands or custody of
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- do business worth a certain amount of money
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- turn from an upright or normal position
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- think about carefully; weigh
adj
verb
adj
noun
verb
- move with a thrashing motion
- move with a flapping motion
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- hit repeatedly
- move rhythmically
- shape by beating
- make a rhythmic sound
- glare or strike with great intensity
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- stir vigorously
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- be superior
- avoid paying
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- make by pounding or trampling
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- beat through cleverness and wit
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- wear out completely
adj
noun
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- the sound of stroke or blow
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
verb
- To spin, turn, or revolve.
- To spin, turn, or revolve something.
- To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
- To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
- To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
- To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
- To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
adj
verb
- move by turning over or rotating
- move, rock, or sway from side to side
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- occur in soft rounded shapes
- flatten or spread with a roller
- emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
- arrange or coil around
- begin operating or running
- shape by rolling
- execute a roll, in tumbling
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
- pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
- boil vigorously
- take the shape of a roll or cylinder
- show certain properties when being rolled
noun
- rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- a list of names
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
- small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
- a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
- anything rolled up in cylindrical form
- the act of throwing dice
- walking with a swaying gait
- a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
verb
noun
verb
- To push or force backwards.
- To go in the reverse direction.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To support.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
- To row backward with (oars).
- To carry an infant on one's back.
noun
- Effort, usually physical.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The keel and keelson of a ship.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- A ferryboat.
- The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- Large and attractive buttocks.
- The inside margin of a page.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
adj
- Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Not current.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- At or near the rear.
- Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
postp
adv
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- In a manner that impedes.
- In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- To or in a previous condition or place.
- Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
adj
adv
noun
- A short, plump person.
- An old game in which balls are bowled into holes or thrown into hats placed on the ground.
- A steamed pudding made from suet pastry containing jam or fruit.
- A forward roll or sideways roll.
- A terrestrial crustacean of suborder Oniscidea; pill bug, potato bug or sowbug.
- A toy that rights itself when pushed over.
verb
- To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
- To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
- To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
- To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
- To erect; to turn up.
- To form into piles.
noun
- The penis.
- The circle at the end of the rink.
- The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
- Vulva, vagina.
- Shuttlecock.
- A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
- A cock pigeon.
- The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
- A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
- Hay-cock, a small conical pile of hay.
- The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
- A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
- The style or gnomon of a sundial.
- The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
- Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.
- A man; a fellow, especially as a term of address.
- A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
- The indicator of a balance.
- A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.
- A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
intj
verb
noun
- A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.
- A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch.
- Someone who vacillates.
- A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for airspeed, or vice versa, in order to rapidly catch up with the defender or to prevent an overshoot.
- A volatile market that moves up and down.
- A foolish, annoying or incompetent person.
verb
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- signal with the hands or nod
- move or swing back and forth
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- set waves in
noun
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- something that rises rapidly
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- an undulating curve
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
verb
- To pull or twist violently.
- To rack with pain; to be hurt or distressed.
- To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
- To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
- To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
- To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
noun
- In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
- A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
- A distorting change from the original meaning.
- In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
- A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
- An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
- A violent emotional change caused by separation.
verb
- To move heavily (on wheels).
- To move (something or someone), often heavily or clumsily.
- To transport (something or someone) using an object on wheels, especially one that is pushed.
- To roll or revolve; to roll along.
- To cause (something) to roll or revolve; to roll (something) along.
- To wheel or roll (an object on wheels), especially by pushing, often slowly or heavily.
- To move, often heavily or clumsily.
noun
verb
- To move sideways in its trajectory.
- To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- To turn in a different direction.
- To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- To ride on a swing.
- To dance.
- To fluctuate or change.
- (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
- To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
noun
- In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The manner in which something is swung.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- A dance style.
- In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
verb
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- fall down, as if collapsing
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- roll over and over, back and forth
- fly around
- fall apart
- throw together in a confused mass
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- fall suddenly and sharply
- put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
- suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
noun
verb
- To move from side to side.
- To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- To dance.
- To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- To threaten to overthrow.
- To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- To shake hands.
- To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
noun
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- A milkshake.
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shock or disturbance.
- In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- A thin shingle.
verb
noun
- An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period of time.
- A light, brief snowfall.
- A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
- A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
- The violent spasms of a dying whale.
- Any sudden activity; a stir.
- A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc.
verb
- To lift; to grasp and raise.
- To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease).
- To collect and detain (a suspect).
- To clean up; to return to an organized state.
- To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
- To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
- To receive calls; to function correctly.
- To record; to notch up.
- To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
- To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
- To collect an object, especially in passing.
- To answer a telephone.
- To take control (physically) of something.
- To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
- To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
- To restart or resume.
- To receive (a radio signal or the like).
- To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on
- To improve, increase, or speed up.
- To reduce the despondency of.
- To pay for.
- To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
- To collect a passenger.
verb
- To incline to one side; to tilt.
- To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
- To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
- To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
- To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
- To kick with the heel.
noun
- The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
- A woman's high-heeled shoe.
- Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
- The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- The last or lowest part of anything.
- The short side of an angled cut.
- A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
- The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
- In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
- The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.
- A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
- The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
- The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
- The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the toe (upper end).
- The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- The back, upper part of the stock.
- The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
- The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
- A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
verb
- To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
- To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
- To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
- To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- To take (water) from a well or other source.
- To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
- To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
- To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- To extract (a tooth).
- To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
- To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
- To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
- To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
- To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
- To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
- To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
- To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
- To stretch or elongate.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To draw up, compose (a document).
- To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
- To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
- To become contracted; to shrink.
- To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
- To assume a specific position or attitude.
- To require (a depth of water) for floating.
- To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
- To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
- Of a sail, to fill with wind.
- To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
- To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
- To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
- To run (a bath).
- To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
- To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
- To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
- To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
- To consume (power).
noun
- A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- The act of drawing.
- The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- Cannabis.
- The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- A bag of cannabis.
- Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
noun
- an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
- (geology) a horizontal dislocation
- the act of lifting something with great effort
- an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
- the act of raising something
- throwing something heavy (with great effort)
verb
- utter a sound, as with obvious effort
- throw with great effort
- rise and move, as in waves or billows
- lift or elevate
- move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
verb
- To move with force.
- To use a plough.
- To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
- To fail (a student).
- To run through, as in sailing.
- To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
- To have sex with, penetrate.
- To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
- To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
noun
verb
- To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- To accept responsibility for.
- To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
noun
- The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
- The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
- A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
- A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
- The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
- A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
- The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
- The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
- The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
- The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- That which supports or sustains; support.
- A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
- Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
- The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
- The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
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