English words for 'a raucous gathering'
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noun
- a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
- an automobile race run over public roads
- a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
- (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
- A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
- (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
- (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
- A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- Good-humoured raillery.
verb
- return to a former condition
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- gather
- gather or bring together
- call to arms; of military personnel
- (ambitransitive) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
- (business, trading, of the market, stocks etc., intransitive) To recover strength after a decline in prices.
- (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
- (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
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- A gathering.
- (masonry) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather.
- A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
- The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
- (glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
- the act of gathering something
- sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
verb
- (sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
- To gain; to win.
- (intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus
- (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
- (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
- To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
- Especially, to harvest food.
- (nautical) To haul in; to take up.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually larger by accretion.
- (intransitive) To congregate, or assemble.
- (knitting) To bring stitches closer together.
- To collect normally separate things.
- To bring parts of a whole closer.
- To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
- collect in one place
- conclude from evidence
- get people together
- look for (food) in nature
- draw and bring closer
- increase or develop
- draw together into folds or puckers
- increase in amount by collecting or gathering
- assemble or get together
noun
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the course along which communications spread
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
adj
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
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- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
noun
- a disorderly crowd of people
- A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of criminals
- (collective) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
- (chiefly Japanese fiction) A background character in general.
- (video games) A creature or non-player character, especially one meant to be fought or killed.
- A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
- Abbreviation of mobile phone.
- (Australia) (collective) A group of kangaroos.
- (Australia) (collective) A group of emus.
- A mob cap.
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- a disorderly crowd of people
- an overwhelming defeat
- (countable) A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
- A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
- A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
- (chiefly Scotland) A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
- (originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
- (countable, law, historical) An illegal assembly of people; specifically, three or more people who have come together intending to do something illegal, and who have taken steps towards this, regarded as more serious than an unlawful assembly but not as serious as a riot; the act of assembling in this manner.
- (countable) A group of disorganized things.
- (military, also figurative) The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
verb
- cause to flee
- defeat disastrously
- dig with the snout
- make a groove in
- (transitive) Of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly.
- (transitive, chiefly US) Usually followed by from: to compel (someone) to leave a place; specifically (usually followed by out or up), to cause (someone) to get out of bed.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to search through belongings, a place, etc.; to rummage.
- (intransitive) Of an animal, especially cattle: to low or moo loudly; to bellow.
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to root.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to speak loudly; to bellow, roar, to shout.
- (transitive) To dig or plough (earth or the ground); to till.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To snore, especially loudly.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To make a noise; to bellow, to roar, to snort.
- (ambitransitive) To use a gouge, router, or other tool to scoop out material (from a metallic, wooden, etc., surface), forming a groove or recess.
- (transitive) To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also (transitive) to completely empty or clear out (something).
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- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- a public act of violence by an unruly mob
- a joke that seems extremely funny
- a state of disorder involving group violence
- Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.
- (colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
- A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- (figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.
noun
- A gathering of people.
- A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
- (archaeology) A group of different artifacts found in association with one another.
- (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art.
- The process of assembling or bringing together.
- the social act of assembling
- a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
- a group of persons together in one place
- several things grouped together or considered as a whole
noun
- a gathering of people for pleasure
- an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- an organization to gain political power
- a person involved in legal proceedings
- A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
- (military) A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty.
- A social gathering, usually of invited guests, which typically involves eating, drinking, and entertainment and often held to celebrate a particular occasion.
- A small group of birds or mammals.
- (law) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
- A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
verb
- have or participate in a party
- (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
- (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
- (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
- (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
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- a noisy fight in a crowd
- an uproarious party
- (dance, music, historical) Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”).
- A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
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- A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
- a party of people assembled for dancing
- (figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
- A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
- (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
- A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of electronic dance music.
- (beekeeping) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
- (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
- an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- a party for social dancing
verb
- (beekeeping, of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
- (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
- (figurative, euphemistic) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
- (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
- (figurative, euphemistic) To make love or have sex.
- (transitive) To perform the steps to.
- (transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
- move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
- move in a graceful and rhythmical way
- skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
noun
- A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
- (software engineering) In Agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.
- Hostile shoving between two groups.
- (Canada) A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.
- (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.
- (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
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- (collective) The people at such a gathering.
- A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
- A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
- An encounter between people, even accidental.
- (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
- (Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
- a formally arranged gathering
- the act of joining together as one
- a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- the social act of assembling for some common purpose
- a casual or unexpected convergence
- a small informal social gathering
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- (caving, climbing) To push, press, or squeeze into a place; move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney.
- To push; press; shove; thrust.
- To crowd; throng; squeeze; huddle together.
- (figuratively) To trouble; oppress; distress.
- To press or squeeze cheese in a vat.
noun
- a large gathering of people
- A large group of people; a crowd.
- a coming together of people
- a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
- A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.
- The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence.
- An airport terminal.
- An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
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- A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.
- The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.
- The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.
- The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
- the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
- a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
- any joyous diversion
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- A violent crowding.
- a dense crowd of people
- A crowd control barrier.
- (informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
- (informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.
- (uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
- Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
- (television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
- (Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
- A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
- (slang) A group or gang.
- the act of crushing
- leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
- temporary love of an adolescent
verb
- To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
- (figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
- To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
- (figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
- (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
- (intransitive, transitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
- (film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
- (transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
- To oppress or grievously burden.
- crush or bruise
- make ineffective
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
- become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
- break into small pieces
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- humiliate or depress completely
noun
- An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
- (fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
- (figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
- The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
- (figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
- making a false outward show
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
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- (intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
- (transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
- pretend to be someone or something that you are not
- take part in a masquerade
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- Any large gathering of people.
- A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
- A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
- (UK, Oxford University) The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
- A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
- A flock of various birds, such as plovers or eagles.
- The act of congregating or collecting together.
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- the act of congregating
- an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
noun
- The combined cheers of a crowd.
- (by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
- (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
- An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
- A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
- a sudden outburst of cheers
- an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
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- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- Drunken revelry; an orgy.
- a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
- someone who engages in drinking bouts
- Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
- (Trinidad and Tobago, informal) drama, ruckus, fiasco
- A devotee of Bacchus.
- (in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
- A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
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- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
- any act of immoderate indulgence
- A gathering of people to engage in group sex.
- (originally) A secret rite or ceremony, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc). [from 16th c.]
- An instance or period of excessive indulgence in a specified activity; spree.
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- gather into a club-like mass
- gather and spend time together
- strike with a club or a bludgeon
- unite with a common purpose
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- To score a victory over by a large margin.
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
noun
- stout stick that is larger at one end
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
- a building that is occupied by a social club
- a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
- golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- A club sandwich.
- (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- (countable, golf) An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- (World War I– World War II, military slang) The propeller of an aeroplane.
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- (countable, rhythmic gymnastics) An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
- (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
noun
- A party, especially a dance party.
- An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- (figuratively) An attempt, a try.
- A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
- An act of throwing, often violently.
- An act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.
- (dance) A lively Scottish country dance.
- a usually brief attempt
- a brief indulgence of your impulses
- the act of flinging
verb
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
- (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- throw or cast away
- indulge oneself
- throw with force or recklessness
- move in an abrupt or headlong manner
noun
- A festive gathering to foster introductions.
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
- (US, colloquial) Ellipsis of social security number.
- (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money, often held for a couple to be married.
- (Internet, informal, countable) A social media account; the username or handle thereof, or a link thereto.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of social studies.
- (British, colloquial, with definite article) Ellipsis of social security.
- (Internet, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of social media.
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- (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.
- Being extroverted or outgoing.
- Of or relating to society.
- (biology) Cooperating or growing in groups.
- (rare) Relating to a nation's allies.
- tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind
- composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability
- living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
- marked by friendly companionship with others
- relating to human society and its members
- relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society
noun
- a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- a temporary military unit
- (military) A quota of troops.
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
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- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- possible but not certain to occur
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- Temporary.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
noun
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
- a kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods
- club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol
- electronic equipment that mixes two or more input signals to give a single output signal
- A nonalcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails.
- (electronics) A nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it.
- (US) A dance or other social event meant to foster new acquaintances, as at the beginning of a school year.
- Any of various social dances involving frequent changes of partners.
- A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head.
- A chiropractor who uses other treatments in addition to spinal adjustment.
- (cryptocurrencies) Synonym of tumbler.
- A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
- One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
- (sound engineering) A mixing console.
- One who mixes or socializes.
noun
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
- (US) An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
- A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
- (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
- A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
- A sociable person.
adj
noun
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- a unit of firefighters including their equipment
- the state of being with someone
- a social gathering of guests or companions
- a social or business visitor
- an institution created to conduct business
- organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
- small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
- (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
- (uncountable) Companionship.
- (A group of) adversaries, enemies, or rivals; unwanted company.
- A small group of birds or animals.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.
- (now historical, in later use chiefly US) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.
- (US) A search party.
- (US, Jamaica, slang) A criminal gang.
- (colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends.
- a temporary police force
noun
- a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
- an automobile race run over public roads
- a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
- (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
- A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
- (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
- (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
- A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- Good-humoured raillery.
verb
- return to a former condition
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- gather
- gather or bring together
- call to arms; of military personnel
- (ambitransitive) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
- (business, trading, of the market, stocks etc., intransitive) To recover strength after a decline in prices.
- (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
- (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
noun
intj
verb
noun
- A gathering.
- (masonry) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather.
- A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
- The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
- (glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
- the act of gathering something
- sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
verb
- (sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
- To gain; to win.
- (intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus
- (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
- (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
- To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
- Especially, to harvest food.
- (nautical) To haul in; to take up.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually larger by accretion.
- (intransitive) To congregate, or assemble.
- (knitting) To bring stitches closer together.
- To collect normally separate things.
- To bring parts of a whole closer.
- To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
- collect in one place
- conclude from evidence
- get people together
- look for (food) in nature
- draw and bring closer
- increase or develop
- draw together into folds or puckers
- increase in amount by collecting or gathering
- assemble or get together
noun
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the course along which communications spread
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
adj
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
adv
prep
verb
- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
noun
- a disorderly crowd of people
- A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of criminals
- (collective) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
- (chiefly Japanese fiction) A background character in general.
- (video games) A creature or non-player character, especially one meant to be fought or killed.
- A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
- Abbreviation of mobile phone.
- (Australia) (collective) A group of kangaroos.
- (Australia) (collective) A group of emus.
- A mob cap.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a disorderly crowd of people
- an overwhelming defeat
- (countable) A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
- A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
- A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
- (chiefly Scotland) A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
- (originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
- (countable, law, historical) An illegal assembly of people; specifically, three or more people who have come together intending to do something illegal, and who have taken steps towards this, regarded as more serious than an unlawful assembly but not as serious as a riot; the act of assembling in this manner.
- (countable) A group of disorganized things.
- (military, also figurative) The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
verb
- cause to flee
- defeat disastrously
- dig with the snout
- make a groove in
- (transitive) Of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly.
- (transitive, chiefly US) Usually followed by from: to compel (someone) to leave a place; specifically (usually followed by out or up), to cause (someone) to get out of bed.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to search through belongings, a place, etc.; to rummage.
- (intransitive) Of an animal, especially cattle: to low or moo loudly; to bellow.
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to root.
- (intransitive) Of a person: to speak loudly; to bellow, roar, to shout.
- (transitive) To dig or plough (earth or the ground); to till.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To snore, especially loudly.
- (intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To make a noise; to bellow, to roar, to snort.
- (ambitransitive) To use a gouge, router, or other tool to scoop out material (from a metallic, wooden, etc., surface), forming a groove or recess.
- (transitive) To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
- (transitive) Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also (transitive) to completely empty or clear out (something).
noun
verb
noun
- A gathering of people.
- A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
- (archaeology) A group of different artifacts found in association with one another.
- (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art.
- The process of assembling or bringing together.
- the social act of assembling
- a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
- a group of persons together in one place
- several things grouped together or considered as a whole
noun
- a gathering of people for pleasure
- an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- an organization to gain political power
- a person involved in legal proceedings
- A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
- (military) A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty.
- A social gathering, usually of invited guests, which typically involves eating, drinking, and entertainment and often held to celebrate a particular occasion.
- A small group of birds or mammals.
- (law) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
- A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
verb
- have or participate in a party
- (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
- (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
- (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
- (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
adj
noun
- a noisy fight in a crowd
- an uproarious party
- (dance, music, historical) Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”).
- A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
verb
noun
adj
noun
noun
- A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
- a party of people assembled for dancing
- (figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
- A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
- (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
- A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of electronic dance music.
- (beekeeping) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
- (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
- an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- a party for social dancing
verb
- (beekeeping, of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
- (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
- (figurative, euphemistic) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
- (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
- (figurative, euphemistic) To make love or have sex.
- (transitive) To perform the steps to.
- (transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
- move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
- move in a graceful and rhythmical way
- skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
noun
- A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
- (software engineering) In Agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.
- Hostile shoving between two groups.
- (Canada) A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.
- (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.
- (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
name
verb
noun
- (collective) The people at such a gathering.
- A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
- A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
- An encounter between people, even accidental.
- (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
- (Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
- a formally arranged gathering
- the act of joining together as one
- a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- the social act of assembling for some common purpose
- a casual or unexpected convergence
- a small informal social gathering
verb
noun
verb
- (caving, climbing) To push, press, or squeeze into a place; move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney.
- To push; press; shove; thrust.
- To crowd; throng; squeeze; huddle together.
- (figuratively) To trouble; oppress; distress.
- To press or squeeze cheese in a vat.
noun
- a large gathering of people
- A large group of people; a crowd.
- a coming together of people
- a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
- A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.
- The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence.
- An airport terminal.
- An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
noun
verb
adj
noun
- A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.
- The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.
- The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.
- The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
- the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
- a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
- any joyous diversion
noun
- A violent crowding.
- a dense crowd of people
- A crowd control barrier.
- (informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
- (informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.
- (uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
- Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
- (television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
- (Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
- A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
- (slang) A group or gang.
- the act of crushing
- leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
- temporary love of an adolescent
verb
- To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
- (figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
- To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
- (figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
- (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
- (intransitive, transitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
- (film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
- (transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
- To oppress or grievously burden.
- crush or bruise
- make ineffective
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
- become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
- break into small pieces
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- humiliate or depress completely
noun
- An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
- (fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
- (figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
- The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
- (figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
- making a false outward show
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
verb
- (intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
- (transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
- pretend to be someone or something that you are not
- take part in a masquerade
noun
verb
noun
- Any large gathering of people.
- A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
- A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
- (UK, Oxford University) The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
- A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
- A flock of various birds, such as plovers or eagles.
- The act of congregating or collecting together.
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- the act of congregating
- an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
noun
- The combined cheers of a crowd.
- (by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
- (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
- An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
- A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
- a sudden outburst of cheers
- an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
verb
verb
noun
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- a public act of violence by an unruly mob
- a joke that seems extremely funny
- a state of disorder involving group violence
- Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.
- (colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
- A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- (figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.
noun
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- Drunken revelry; an orgy.
- a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
- someone who engages in drinking bouts
- Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
- (Trinidad and Tobago, informal) drama, ruckus, fiasco
- A devotee of Bacchus.
- (in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
- A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
adj
noun
verb
noun
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
- any act of immoderate indulgence
- A gathering of people to engage in group sex.
- (originally) A secret rite or ceremony, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc). [from 16th c.]
- An instance or period of excessive indulgence in a specified activity; spree.
noun
- A party, especially a dance party.
- An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- (figuratively) An attempt, a try.
- A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
- An act of throwing, often violently.
- An act or period of unrestrained indulgence, enthusiasm, or both.
- (dance) A lively Scottish country dance.
- a usually brief attempt
- a brief indulgence of your impulses
- the act of flinging
verb
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
- (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- throw or cast away
- indulge oneself
- throw with force or recklessness
- move in an abrupt or headlong manner
noun
- A festive gathering to foster introductions.
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
- (US, colloquial) Ellipsis of social security number.
- (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money, often held for a couple to be married.
- (Internet, informal, countable) A social media account; the username or handle thereof, or a link thereto.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of social studies.
- (British, colloquial, with definite article) Ellipsis of social security.
- (Internet, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of social media.
adj
- (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.
- Being extroverted or outgoing.
- Of or relating to society.
- (biology) Cooperating or growing in groups.
- (rare) Relating to a nation's allies.
- tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind
- composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability
- living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
- marked by friendly companionship with others
- relating to human society and its members
- relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society
noun
- a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- a temporary military unit
- (military) A quota of troops.
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
adj
- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- possible but not certain to occur
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- Temporary.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
noun
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
- a kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods
- club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol
- electronic equipment that mixes two or more input signals to give a single output signal
- A nonalcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails.
- (electronics) A nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it.
- (US) A dance or other social event meant to foster new acquaintances, as at the beginning of a school year.
- Any of various social dances involving frequent changes of partners.
- A device for combining hot and cold water before it emerges from a single spout or shower head.
- A chiropractor who uses other treatments in addition to spinal adjustment.
- (cryptocurrencies) Synonym of tumbler.
- A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
- One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
- (sound engineering) A mixing console.
- One who mixes or socializes.
noun
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
- (US) An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
- A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
- (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
- A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
- A sociable person.
adj
noun
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- a unit of firefighters including their equipment
- the state of being with someone
- a social gathering of guests or companions
- a social or business visitor
- an institution created to conduct business
- organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
- small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
- (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
- (uncountable) Companionship.
- (A group of) adversaries, enemies, or rivals; unwanted company.
- A small group of birds or animals.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.
- (now historical, in later use chiefly US) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.
- (US) A search party.
- (US, Jamaica, slang) A criminal gang.
- (colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends.
- a temporary police force
verb
noun
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- a public act of violence by an unruly mob
- a joke that seems extremely funny
- a state of disorder involving group violence
- Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.
- (colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
- A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- (figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.
verb
- gather into a club-like mass
- gather and spend time together
- strike with a club or a bludgeon
- unite with a common purpose
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- To score a victory over by a large margin.
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
noun
- stout stick that is larger at one end
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
- a building that is occupied by a social club
- a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
- golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- A club sandwich.
- (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- (countable, golf) An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- (World War I– World War II, military slang) The propeller of an aeroplane.
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- (countable, rhythmic gymnastics) An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
- (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
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