miscue
cue sport
slop
ball in hand
scratch
billiard
billiards
masse
cannon
stick
carom
masse shot
Chinese snooker
white
object ball
slosh
push
cue ball
cuestick
billiard ball
break
half butt
pool cue
pool stick
pocket pool
cue stick
corner throw
cue
cushion
drag
pin pool
string
combination
novuss
break-off
trucks
trucco
bank pool
follow
pachinko
string line
baulk-line
cribbage
balkline
one-pocket
pool
massé
cue up
in-off
go in off
English billiards
pocket
rim
bagatelle
bunny
pool ball
screwback
billiard player
troco
foot
one-and-one
billiard marker
jenny
push shot
Kelly pool
snookered
feather
bowlliards
cotgrave
cuemanship
Chinese eight-ball
jigger
water polo
pack
winning hazard
shoveboard
thimblerig
eight ball
cutthroat
shufflepuck
frame
three-ball
touching ball
professional foul
toeboard
point penalty
chuck
losing hazard
snooker
head
snookered
miscue
cue sport
ball in hand
billiard
billiards
masse
cannon
stick
carom
masse shot
scratch
Chinese snooker
white
object ball
slosh
push
cue ball
cuestick
billiard ball
break
half butt
pool cue
pool stick
pocket pool
cue stick
corner throw
cue
cushion
drag
pin pool
string
combination
novuss
break-off
trucks
trucco
bank pool
follow
pachinko
string line
baulk-line
cribbage
balkline
one-pocket
pool
massé
in-off
English billiards
pocket
rim
bagatelle
bunny
pool ball
screwback
billiard player
troco
foot
one-and-one
billiard marker
jenny
push shot
Kelly pool
bowlliards
cotgrave
cuemanship
Chinese eight-ball
jigger
water polo
pack
winning hazard
shoveboard
thimblerig
eight ball
cutthroat
shufflepuck
frame
three-ball
touching ball
professional foul
toeboard
point penalty
chuck
losing hazard
snooker
head
slop
scratch
cannon
cue up
go in off
cue
feather
carom
push
chuck
snooker
verb
- In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- To spill or dump liquid, especially over the edge of a container when it moves.
- To make one's way through soggy terrain.
- To feed pigs.
- To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
noun
- Domestic liquid waste; household wastewater.
- A policeman.
- Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
- A rubber thong sandal.
- Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
- Semi-solid like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
- See slops.
- Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
verb
- To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- to get such scratches
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To dig or excavate with the claws.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that they were previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
noun
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Money.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- A scratch wig.
- A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.
- The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- An injury.
adj
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
noun
- a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
- a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
- heavy gun fired from a tank
- (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
- heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
- lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
verb
noun
- The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- The clarinet.
- Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- General hitting ability.
- A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- The short whip carried by a jockey.
- A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- A handgun.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Corporal punishment; beatings.
- The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- The traction of tires on the road surface.
- The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- Criticism or ridicule.
- A memory stick.
- A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward. Compare carrot.)
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
adj
verb
- To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- To perform (a landing) perfectly.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- To stab.
- To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- To persist.
- Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To propagate plants by cuttings.
- To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- To jam; to stop moving.
- To furnish or set with sticks.
- To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
noun
- The cue ball in cue games.
- Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
- The sclera, white of the eye.
- The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
- White wine.
- Cocaine
- A white bean
- A white pigment.
- The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
- The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
- A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
- White coffee
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
- The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
verb
adj
- Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.
- Affected by leucism.
- Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
- Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
- The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
- Characterised by the presence of snow.
- Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
- Not containing characters; see white space.
- Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
- Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
- Relatively light or pale in colour.
- Honourable, fair; decent.
- Made from immature leaves and shoots.
- Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”).
- Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
- Designated for use by Caucasians.
- Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
- Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
noun
- A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
- A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
- A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
- An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
- An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
- The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
- A great effort (to do something).
- The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
verb
- To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
- To move (a pawn) directly forward.
- To press or urge forward; to drive.
- To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
- To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
- To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
- To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
- To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
- To make an all-in bet.
- To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
- To make a higher bid at an auction.
- To approach; to come close to.
- To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
- To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
- To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
noun
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
- a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
- A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc.
- A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf.
- A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.
- An engraver's pad.
- Money kept in reserve.
- The pillow used in making bone lace.
- A pad supporting a woman's hair.
- The rubber of an electrical machine.
- The dancer in the cushion dance who currently holds the cushion, or the dance itself.
verb
noun
- A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- A prison sentence of three months.
- A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- Street, as in 'main drag'.
- A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- Witch house music.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
- The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A mailcoach.
- Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
verb
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- To hit or kick off target.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- To fish with a dragnet.
noun
- The points made in a game of billiards.
- Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- A stringed instrument.
- The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- A series of items or events.
- The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread
- The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- Such a structure considered as a substance.
- A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- Cannabis or marijuana.
- A stringcourse.
- Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”)
verb
- To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- To put strings on (something).
- To put (items) on a string.
noun
- A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
- One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
- An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
- A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
- The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
- A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.
- A motorcycle and sidecar.
- An object formed by combining.
noun
- In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
- The act of following another user's online activity.
verb
- To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
- To understand, to pay attention to.
- To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.
- To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
- To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
- To be a logical consequence of something.
- To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
- To go or come after in a sequence.
- To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
noun
- A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards.
- A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15.
- A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.
noun
- A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
- A localized glow of light.
- In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
- The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
- An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
- A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
- A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
- A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
- A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
- Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
- A set of players in quadrille etc.
- A group of fencers taking part in a competition.
- A supply of resources.
- A small amount of liquid on a surface.
- Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
- A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
verb
noun
- an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
- a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
- an enclosed space
- a supply of money
- (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
- a hollow concave shape made by removing something
- a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
- a small isolated group of people
- (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
verb
noun
- A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
- A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
- Any of several smaller, wooden table top games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins; also called pin bagatelle, hit-a-pin bagatelle, jaw ball.
- A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
verb
noun
- In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
- Bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry.
- A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea.
- A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over.
- A small pool of water.
- A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
- Any small drain or culvert.
- A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
- A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
- A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
- A swelling from a blow; a bump.
adj
noun
- The effect of putting backspin on the cue ball.
- A tightening screw on the back of a hand tool.
- A type of case for a pocket watch where the mechanism is accessed by a removable back plate that screws onto the back of the case. Also, a watch that has such a case.
- A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.
- A type of propeller in which the blades are angled to produce a motion similar to threading a screw. Also, the angle of the blades on such a propeller.
- The period of screw rotation during injection molding when the plastic can flow into the mold.
- A masonry abutment on an arch that is wedge-shaped in order to transmit the thrust downward.
- An industrial digging machine that uses a large screw at the back to drill into the ground.
- A hook-shapped attachment for an earring that sits behind the earlobe and tightens with a screw. Also, an earring that uses this type of attachment.
- A mechanism for attaching a small item to clothing that operates by a post which goes through the cloth and a small backing plate that screws to the post. Also, the medal, tie pin, button, etc. that uses this type of attachment.
- A half-volley executed by holding the racket loosely and swinging it straight at the ball.
noun
- The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
- The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
- The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
- Travel by walking.
- The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
- In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
- The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
- The bottom edge of a sail.
- A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
- The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
- A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
- A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
- A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
- The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
- Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
- The base or bottom of anything.
- The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
- The globular lower domain of a protein.
- The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
- Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
- The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
- Foot soldiers; infantry.
- Recognized condition; rank; footing.
- The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
verb
verb
- To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.
- To cover or furnish with feathers; (when of an arrow) to fletch.
- To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.
- To adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe.
- To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
- To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
- To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
- Of written or printed ink: to take on a blurry appearance as a result of spreading through the receiving medium.
- To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
- To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.
- To touch lightly, like (or as if with) a feather.
- To finely shave or bevel an edge.
- To tread, as a cockerel.
- To move the cue back and forth along the bridge in preparation for striking the cue ball.
- To move softly, like a feather.
noun
- A junction indicator attached to a colour-light signal at an angle, which lights up, typically with four white lights in a row, when a diverging route is set up.
- One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.
- Partridges and pheasants, as opposed to rabbits and hares (called fur).
- One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
- A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.
- Anything petty or trifling; a whit or jot.
- The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
- Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
- A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
- Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
noun
- The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
- A vagina.
- Jig, Jigger, Jigabou, derogatory terms meaning the same as American Nigger.
- A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
- A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
- A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
- A measure of 1 ½ fluid ounces of liquor.
- A drink of whisky.
- A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
- A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
- A lock pick.
- The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
- An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
- An illegal distillery.
- A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1 ½ fluid ounces, the other typically 1 fluid ounce.
- One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
- A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
- A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
- A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
- A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
- A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
- A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
- A warehouse crane.
- A jiggermast.
verb
noun
- A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A multitude.
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A full set of playing cards
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A shook of cask staves.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- A flock of knots.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
verb
- To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- to load; to encumber.
- To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- To load with a pack
- To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
- To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
- To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
noun
- A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second.
- The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- An inning.
- A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- The structure of a person's body; the human body.
- The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
verb
- Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- To move.
- To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
- To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- Conspire to falsely incriminate a presumably innocent person. See frameup.
- To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
noun
- A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- A clucking sound.
- A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- An act or instance of vomiting.
- On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- A small pebble.
- A casual throw.
verb
- To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To discard, to throw away.
- To vomit.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- To jilt; to dump.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- To make a clucking sound.
noun
- The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- The uppermost part of a valley.
- The antlers of a deer.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- The headstock of a guitar.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- The top edge of a sail.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The toilet of a ship.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- Headway; progress.
- Mind; one's own thoughts.
- Topic; subject.
- The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- The glans penis.
- The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- A headmaster or headmistress.
- Denouement; crisis.
- The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- Leader; chief; mastermind.
- Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- An individual person.
- The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- The bow of a vessel.
- A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- The population of game.
- The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- A single animal.
- The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- A headland.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
adj
- Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
- Coming from in front.
- Placed at the top or the front.
- Foremost in rank or importance.
verb
- To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- To form a head.
- To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To go in front of.
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- To move in a specified direction.
- To check or restrain.
- To remove the head from a fish.
- To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- To set on the head.
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