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noun
- A fight or brawl; or, a challenge or incitement to fight.
- A type of hardcore dance in which a person violently clears a space for himself and appears to be ready to fight those around him, while making violent and erratic movements with his body.
- A fall, indicating defeat.
- A slam dunk.
- A performance by a rapper or DJ that is intended to be particularly hardcore or intense.
- A weapon planted at a crime scene in order to mislead investigation, especially in situations where deadly force would only have been justified if the victim were armed. Also an untraceable weapon kept in readiness for such use.
verb
- To attempt to fight, compete with, or engage with.
- To assume or take responsibility for.
- To (attempt to) dribble round (an opposition player).
- To catch on, do well; to become popular.
- To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
- To begin to have or exhibit.
- To acquire, bring in, or introduce.
- To grieve or be concerned (about something or someone).
verb
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- 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 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 accept, or engage in, as a contest.
- To unite in marriage.
- To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
- To come into the company of.
- To come together; to meet.
- To become a member of.
- To connect or combine into one; to put together.
- To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
noun
noun
- Metaphor for a contest too close to call.
- A method used to begin or resume play in basketball. Two opposing players attempt to gain control of the ball after it is tossed up into the air in between them by an official.
- Deal in which no trading house has exclusivity (each firm is in direct competition for a piece of business).
- No preference in picking a particular side (buy/sell) of a stock as profile, indicated during the block call, indicate that the sales force could have the stock either way.
verb
verb
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- maintain or assert
- have an argument about something
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
noun
- An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation.
- A large financial loss or massive layoff brought about by negative economic conditions.
- Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.
- A bath taken in warm blood used as a restorative or medical treatment.
- An upset (as of a game with unexpected results, or a national presidential convention) or heavy defeat.
noun
- A contest, a struggle.
- A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
- battle buddy
verb
- To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
- To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.
- To feed or nourish (someone or something).
- To join in battle; to contend in fight
adj
noun
- An invitation to fight.
- An outgoing telephone call.
- A request for people to join or take part.
- A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
- A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
- An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is on call.
- An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
- A form of verbal abuse with the intention to make the victim feel guilty.
- The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend; the act of calling in sick.
verb
noun
- A roller derby match.
- A fighting competition.
- A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
- An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
- A boxing match.
- A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant.
prep
noun
- An argument or fight.
- A contest in games in which the ball is thrown or bounced in the air and two players from opposing teams attempt to give their team an advantage, typically by tapping the ball to a teammate.
- Any one of a ruckman, a ruck rover or a rover; a follower.
- The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks.
- A small heifer.
- The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum.
- A player who competes in said contests; a ruckman or ruckwoman.
- A rucksack; a large backpack.
- A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
- A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.
verb
verb
- To have a fight or argument start.
- To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
- To suddenly become more active.
- To start; to launch.
- To shut down or turn off suddenly.
- To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders. Used figuratively or literally.
- To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight.
- To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.
- To die or quit permanently.
verb
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
- to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
- to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
noun
verb
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To screen.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
noun
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- An interception.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
noun
- A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.
- At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
- An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
- The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
- A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
- A call to, or the use of, a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
- An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
- A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
- A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
- A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
- A power to attract or interest.
verb
- To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
- To be attractive.
- To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.
- To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
- Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
- To have recourse or resort to some physical means.
- To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
- Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
- To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
- Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
verb
noun
- Nonsense.
- A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
- A hoax, jest, or prank.
- A fight.
- A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
- A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
- The piglet of the wild boar.
- A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
- Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
intj
verb
- To fight, brawl, or argue.
- To make or become blue; to turn blue.
- To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
adj
- Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
- Having a color charge of blue.
- Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
- Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
- Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
- Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
- Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
- Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
- Having blue as its color.
- Having a bluish or purplish shade of the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep red blood cells.
- Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
noun
- A blue uniform. See blues.
- One of the three color charges for quarks.
- A bluefish.
- A bluestocking.
- A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
- The ocean; deep waters.
- The sky, literally or figuratively.
- One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
- An umpire, in reference to the typical dark blue color of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
- Blue clothing.
- Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
- The far distance; a remote or distant place.
- A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
- A member of law enforcement.
- A type of firecracker.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
- Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
- The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and purple in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
- A person who has received such sporting colours.
- Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
- An argument or brawl.
verb
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- come together
- get together socially or for a specific purpose
- be adjacent or come together
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
- collect in one place
- get to know; get acquainted with
- meet by design; be present at the arrival of
- experience as a reaction
- undergo or suffer
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
adj
noun
noun
- A conversation to stop an argument or settle a situation.
- A louse (small, parasitic insect).
- Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
- A chat room.
- An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
- A small potato, such as is given to swine.
- Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
- Informal conversation.
- The entirety of users in a chat room or a single member thereof.
- Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.
verb
verb
- To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
- To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
- To compete against in a race (contest).
- To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.
- To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
noun
- Subspecies.
- A race condition.
- A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- A progressive movement toward a goal.
- Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
- A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
- A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
- A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
- An infraspecific rank, a pathotype, pathovar, etc.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
- A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins
- A large group of sentient beings distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare species, subspecies).
- The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
- A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
- A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare ethnic group). See Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race.
- A group or category distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
- Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
verb
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
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