set up
ensnaring
net
trap
betrap
jap
swipe
entrap
trappean
piroot
mousetrap
invade
trappingly
strike
ragpick
banister
depredation
traplike
ensnare
web
antihijack
spree
menace
antihijacking
abastard
lurkingly
depredate
trappous
trappose
nicker
ensnarl
stickybeak
goat
pass through
game of gotcha
jeopardization
pinch
trammel
hem up
land
gap
scramp
quiff
snare
shun
run
attrap
raidable
intrudable
trapped
slime
targetable
sprangle
left-handed
rush
hunt down
inroad
eradicable
invasively
anti-invasive
allurement
threaten
antiprofiteering
immesh
zeugmatic
impregnably
lay hold of
catch
scavage
thwartable
waylaying
foilable
harbinge
scavengeable
run off with
prey on
capture
ball up
illaqueation
bump
infiltrative
untrap
entoil
birdnap
yoink
take
encroachment
fetter
fang
outwile
hook
terrify
wile
ensnaring
trappean
traplike
antihijack
antihijacking
trappous
trappose
raidable
intrudable
trapped
targetable
left-handed
eradicable
anti-invasive
antiprofiteering
zeugmatic
thwartable
foilable
scavengeable
infiltrative
trappingly
lurkingly
invasively
impregnably
depredation
net
game of gotcha
jeopardization
quiff
inroad
allurement
waylaying
illaqueation
encroachment
hook
set up
net
trap
betrap
jap
swipe
entrap
piroot
mousetrap
invade
strike
ragpick
banister
ensnare
web
spree
menace
abastard
depredate
nicker
ensnarl
stickybeak
goat
pass through
pinch
trammel
hem up
land
gap
scramp
snare
shun
run
attrap
slime
sprangle
rush
hunt down
threaten
immesh
lay hold of
catch
scavage
harbinge
run off with
prey on
capture
ball up
bump
untrap
entoil
birdnap
yoink
take
fetter
fang
outwile
terrify
wile
verb
- To trap or ensnare.
- To trick someone in order to make them do something.
- To cause to happen.
- To level to rise in one part of a body of water, especially a shallow one, because of a storm surge caused by persistent wind.
- To profess openly; to make pretensions.
- To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.
- To provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.
- To arrange logically.
- To cause to take flight; to flush into the air.
- To establish someone in a business or position.
- To gel or harden.
- To ready something for use.
- To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).
- To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).
- To ready for use.
- To found; to start (a business, scheme)
- To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.
- To deceive an opponent and capitalize on their reactions with a certain technique or maneuver.
adj
verb
- To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
- To form a netting or network; to knit.
- To yield as profit for.
- To enclose or cover with a net.
- To score (a goal).
- To catch by means of a net.
- To receive as profit.
- To fully hedge a position.
- To hit the ball into the net.
noun
- A trap.
- A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
- The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.
- Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
- Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
- The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
- A mesh of string, cord or rope.
- A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
- A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
- A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
- A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
adv
adj
verb
- To provide with a trap.
- To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
- To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
- To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
- To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- To leave suddenly, to flee.
- To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
- Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman.
- to trap foxes
- To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game.
noun
- A person's mouth.
- An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
- A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
- The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
- A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
- The trapezius muscle.
- A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
- Trapshooting.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
- A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
- A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
- Belongings.
- The game of trapball itself.
- A cubicle (in a public toilet).
- A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
- A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko, josou.
- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
- An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood.
- A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
- Someone who is anatomically male but who passes as female.
verb
- To steal or snatch.
- To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
- To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- To grab or bat quickly.
noun
- A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
- A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- An attack, insult or critical remark.
- An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
- An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
- Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
- A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
verb
- To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation.
- To prevent (the user) from leaving a website by opening another copy when it is closed.
noun
- A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage. Frequently used by advertisers and pornographers.
- A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved.
- An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard.
- A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
- Ordinary, everyday cheese.
verb
- To impinge upon.
- To hit.
- To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- To create an impression.
- To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To impress, seem or appear (to).
- To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To make and ratify.
- To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- To cause to ignite by friction.
- To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- To set off on a walk or trip.
- To score a goal.
- To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
noun
- A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- The strike plate of a door.
- A cancellation postmark.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- A puddler's stirrer.
verb
verb
- To ensnare or entangle.
- To construct or form a web.
- To cover with a web or network.
- To provide with a web.
noun
- A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
- The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
- The blade of a saw.
- The blade of a sword.
- The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
- A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
- The thin, sharp part of a colter.
- The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
- A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
- The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.
- The bit of a key.
- A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs.
- The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
- Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
- A latticed or woven structure.
- A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
- A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.
- A plot or scheme.
verb
verb
- To snatch or steal.
- To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
- To produce a snigger or suppressed laugh.
noun
- A type of mythological sea creature or sea monster; also, a water sprite; a nix or nixie; a mermaid or merman.
- Pound sterling.
- The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.
- nigger.
- A snigger or suppressed laugh.
- Someone who nicks (steals) something, a thief.
- A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
verb
- To scapegoat.
- To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
- To allow goats to feed on.
noun
- A Pontiac GTO car.
- The meat of the aforementioned animal.
- A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
- A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
- A scapegoat.
- A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
- A lecherous man.
- A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
verb
- To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- To seize; to grip; to bite.
noun
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- An arrest.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
verb
noun
- a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
- an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
- a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
verb
- To capture or arrest.
- To succeed in having sexual relations with; to score
- (of a blow) To deliver.
- To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
- To come into rest.
- To arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.
- To acquire; to secure.
- To go down well with an audience.
- To bring to land.
- (of a punch) To connect
noun
- The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
- lant; urine
- The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
- Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
- On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
- realm, domain.
- In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
- A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
- The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
- A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
- The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
- A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
- A country or region.
- A shock or fright.
- The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
verb
- To make an opening in; to breach.
- To leave suddenly.
- To notch, as a sword or knife.
- To check the size of a gap.
noun
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- The regions between the outfielders.
- A vacant space or time.
- A mountain or hill pass.
- A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
verb
noun
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
- a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
- strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
- a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
verb
- To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- To print or broadcast in the media.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- To be a candidate in an election.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- To control or manage, be in charge of.
- To smuggle (illegal goods).
- To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To make run in a race.
- To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
- To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- To speedrun.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To move or spread quickly.
- To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- To make a machine operate.
- To become liquid; to melt.
- To make something extend in space.
- Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
- To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace.
- To be presented in the media.
- Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- To cost a large amount of money.
- Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- Of a liquid, to flow.
- To compete in a race.
- Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To make run in an election.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- To have growth or development.
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.
- To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
adj
verb
noun
- A monster having the form of a slimy blob.
- Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”)
- Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
- Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.
- A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball.
- A friend; a homie.
adj
- Insincere or malicious.
- Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule.
- Awkward or maladroit.
- Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
- Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.
- Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.
- Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo.
noun
verb
- To make a swift or sudden attack.
- To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- To swiftly attack without warning.
- To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- To dribble rapidly.
- To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
- To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- To transport or carry quickly.
- To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
noun
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- General haste.
- A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A surge.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- A sudden forward motion.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A wick.
- The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
adj
verb
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- to hook or entangle
- attract and fix
- reach in time
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- be struck or affected by
- check oneself during an action
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- see or watch
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- detect a blunder or misstep
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- come down with
- start burning
- perceive by hearing
- suffer from the receipt of
- attract; cause to be enamored
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- take in and retain
- spread or be communicated
- be the catcher
- become aware of
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
noun
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- the quantity that was caught
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
- attract; cause to be enamored
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
noun
- the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
- a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
- any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
- the act of taking of a person by force
- the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board
verb
- To assassinate; to bump off.
- 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.
- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
- To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
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.
intj
adj
verb
- To yank or snatch.
- To kill.
- To make a yoink sound.
- To hop or bounce.
- To steal.
- nonce word for an action that impacts on something, especially if it is sudden.
- To take or win (something that others want).
intj
- Used for emphasis or to express that one is impressed.
- Onomatopoeic, accompanying or describing a yank, swipe, or snatch.
noun
verb
- To seize or capture.
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To remove.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To experience or feel.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To require.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To bind oneself by.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To perform (a role).
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
- To strike or attack with the fangs.
- To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
- To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
- To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
- To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
noun
- That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
- Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
- A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
- A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
- The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
- a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
- a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
- Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
- The valve of a pump box.
noun
- A snare; a trap.
- Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- A ship's anchor.
- Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- A field sown two years in succession.
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
- A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- A jack (the playing card).
- Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
- An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”)
- A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- a háček.
- a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
- A finesse.
- A curveball.
- A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- A prostitute.
- A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
verb
- To attach a hook to.
- To finesse.
- To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
- To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- To connect (hook into, hook together).
- To engage in prostitution.
- To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
- To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- To play a hook shot.
- To make addicted; to captivate.
- To move or go with a sudden turn.
- To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
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