English words for 'characterized by profanity or cursing'
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adj
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- morally rigorous and strict
- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
- of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
- causing dejection
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- (UK politics) Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
- (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- (informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
- (US politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
- (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
- (particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.
- (astronomy) Of, dominated by, or shifted toward the higher-frequency, or "bluer", end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Of a blue hue.
- (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
- Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
- (of a flame) Pale, without redness or glare.
- (Australian politics) Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
noun
- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- the sky as viewed during daylight
- the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- blue clothing
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- The ocean; deep waters.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- A bluefish.
- A blue cheese.
- Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
- The far distance; a remote or distant place.
- Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
- (particle physics) One of the three colour charges for quarks.
- A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
- A person who has received such sporting colours.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
- A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
- (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
- (baseball, slang) An umpire, in reference to the typical dark-blue colour of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
- (slang) A member of law enforcement.
- The sky, literally or figuratively.
- (British) A type of firecracker.
- (entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
- (now historical) A bluestocking.
- A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
- (slang, uncountable) Risqué or pornographic material.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
- (uncountable) Blue clothing.
- (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
- (Australia, colloquial) An argument or brawl.
verb
- turn blue
- (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
- (ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To fight, brawl, or argue.
adj
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- not concerned with or devoted to religion
- grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
- Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
- Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
- Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
- Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.
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- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- an evil spell
- an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
- something causing misery or death
- a severe affliction
- The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
- A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
- A vulgar epithet.
- A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
verb
- (transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
- utter obscenities or profanities
- exclude from a church or a religious community
- heap obscenities upon
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
- (intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
- To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
- (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
- To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
noun
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- a persistently annoying person
- a boy or man
- (chiefly US, colloquial) A curse word.
- (chiefly US, colloquial) Fellow, person. (From the replacement of a derogatory or affectionate cuss (“curse word”) like son of a bitch with the word cuss.)
- (chiefly US, colloquial) A curse.
verb
noun
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
- a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
- (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
- An obscene or otherwise offensive interjection (such as shit, fuck, or damn it).
- (linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning (such as fuckin in "there's no fuckin way he's gonna get away with it").
adj
noun
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior
- a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
- A curse, a curse word.
- A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
- A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
- A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
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- (ambitransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
- (transitive) To curse; to execrate.
- (transitive) To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
- (transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
- ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
- expel from a community or group
- prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
- forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
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- The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.
- A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
- A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
- A prohibition.
- A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
- A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
- 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
- a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.
- 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
- an official prohibition or edict against something
- a decree that prohibits something
verb
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
- (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
- An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- (figuratively) An attempt, a try.
- A party, especially a dance party.
- 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
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- (euphemistic, uncountable) Profanity.
- (uncountable) The specific wording or style of a text, such as a law or a contract.
- (countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
- A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
- (uncountable) A manner of expression.
- (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
- (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
- (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
- (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
- (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
- a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
- the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
- the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
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- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
- defeat thoroughly
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- subject to harsh criticism
- strike as if by whipping
noun
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- Whipped cream.
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- A blow administered with a whip.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
noun
- An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
- That which is execrated; a detested thing.
- hate coupled with disgust
- the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
- an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
noun
- (slang) An insult, especially a severe one.
- An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
- (euphemistic) Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
- a disrespectful act
- an act that disregards an agreement or a right
- a crime less serious than a felony
- entry to another's property without right or permission
noun
- Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
- Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
- Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
- Misuse; improper use; perversion.
- Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
- a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
- cruel or inhumane treatment
- improper or excessive use
verb
- (transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- (transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
- (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
- (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- use foul or abusive language towards
- treat badly
- use wrongly or improperly or excessively
noun
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- descriptive word or phrase
- (taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
- (mythology) A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
- A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
- An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
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noun
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- a person's reputation
- a well-known or notable person
- by the sanction or authority of
- family based on male descent
- a language unit by which a person or thing is known
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A reputation.
- (computing) An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An authority; a behalf.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- A person (or legal person).
verb
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- charge with a function; charge to be
- mention and identify by name
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- make reference to
- create and charge with a task or function
- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
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- (uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense; bullshit.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Stuff, things.
- (uncountable, colloquial, slang, definite, US) (the shit) The best of its kind.
- (countable, colloquial) A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
- (uncountable, slang) Genitalia, especially male.
- (uncountable, slang) Anything exceptional or remarkable.
- (uncountable, colloquial) (in negations) Anything.
- (countable, uncountable, colloquial, literally) Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
- (countable, informal, colloquial, literally) The act of shitting.
- (countable, colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
- (uncountable, colloquial) A strong rebuke.
- (uncountable, colloquial) A problem or difficult situation.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
- a coarse term for defecation
- a small worthless amount
- obscene terms for feces
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- something of little value
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
verb
- (transitive, reflexive, literally) To defecate on; to soil through defecating.
- (intransitive, literally) To defecate.
- (transitive) To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To fart (especially a wet fart) or shart.
- (transitive, literally) To excrete (something) through the anus.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) To annoy.
- give away information about somebody
- have a bowel movement
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- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- the act of diluting something
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- (countable, UK) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- (countable) A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
- (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
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adj
- (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
- having a specified kind of border or edge
- having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination
- That has a sharp planar surface.
- (followed by with or in a compound adjective) Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
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- an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- (uncountable) Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A noisy commotion.
- (countable) A disagreement or dispute.
- (countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound.
- (countable) A forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering.
verb
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
- spit up in an explosive manner
- To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking.
- To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something).
- Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3).
- To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter.
- Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles.
- Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.
- To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level.
- To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles.
- To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter.
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verb
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
- spit up in an explosive manner
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
- make an explosive sound
- (ambitransitive) To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.
- (ambitransitive) To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
- (physics, intransitive) To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
- (intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
- (physics, transitive) To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.
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- (chiefly British, Ottawa Valley) (of someone) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed; (of words) tinged with anger.
- Transverse; lying across the main direction.
- (nautical) Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
- Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
- annoyed and irritable
noun
- A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
- (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
- A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
- (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
- The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
- A line across or through another line.
- (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
- (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
- (Christianity) Any representation of the crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelry, etc.
- A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
- (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
- (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.
- A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
- (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
- (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Cross (“the Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified”).
- (cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
- (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
- (slang) Crossfire.
- A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
- (soccer) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
- a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- any affliction that causes great suffering
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
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- (transitive) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
- (transitive) To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).
- (soccer) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
- (transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
- (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
- (intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
- (rugby) To score a try.
- (cricket, reciprocally) Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
- To mark with an X.
- (law) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
- To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.ᵂ
- (transitive) To go from one side of (something) to the other.
- (reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
- To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
- (transitive) To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
- To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
- meet at a point
- fold so as to resemble a cross
- breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
- trace a line through or across
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- meet and pass
- travel across or pass over
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- (comparable, slang) Very angry.
- (not comparable) Of or relating to ballistics.
- (comparable) Of or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, aerodynamic drag, gravity, and sometimes rocket power, without significant lift.
- relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity
adj
- (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
- Able to, or likely to, explode.
- Having the character of an explosion.
- (figurative) Rapidly accelerating.
- (figurative) Shocking; startling.
- (cellular automata) Of a specific cellular automaton rule, tending to exhibit infinite and unpredictable growth when starting from finite random patterns.
- serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
- sudden and loud
- liable to lead to sudden change or violence
noun
noun
- (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
- (US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
- A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
- (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
- A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
- (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
- Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
- The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
- The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
- Armor for a horse.
- (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
- the pointed part of barbed wire
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
verb
noun
noun
noun
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- an evil spell
- an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
- something causing misery or death
- a severe affliction
- The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
- A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
- A vulgar epithet.
- A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
verb
- (transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
- utter obscenities or profanities
- exclude from a church or a religious community
- heap obscenities upon
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
- (intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
- To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
- (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
- To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
noun
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- a persistently annoying person
- a boy or man
- (chiefly US, colloquial) A curse word.
- (chiefly US, colloquial) Fellow, person. (From the replacement of a derogatory or affectionate cuss (“curse word”) like son of a bitch with the word cuss.)
- (chiefly US, colloquial) A curse.
verb
noun
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
- a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
- (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
- An obscene or otherwise offensive interjection (such as shit, fuck, or damn it).
- (linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning (such as fuckin in "there's no fuckin way he's gonna get away with it").
adj
noun
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior
- a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
- A curse, a curse word.
- A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
- A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
- A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
noun
- (euphemistic, uncountable) Profanity.
- (uncountable) The specific wording or style of a text, such as a law or a contract.
- (countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
- A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
- (uncountable) A manner of expression.
- (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
- (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
- (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
- (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
- (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
- a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
- the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
- the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
intj
verb
noun
- An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
- That which is execrated; a detested thing.
- hate coupled with disgust
- the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
- an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
noun
- (slang) An insult, especially a severe one.
- An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
- (euphemistic) Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
- a disrespectful act
- an act that disregards an agreement or a right
- a crime less serious than a felony
- entry to another's property without right or permission
noun
- Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
- Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
- Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
- Misuse; improper use; perversion.
- Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
- a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
- cruel or inhumane treatment
- improper or excessive use
verb
- (transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- (transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
- (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
- (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- use foul or abusive language towards
- treat badly
- use wrongly or improperly or excessively
noun
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- descriptive word or phrase
- (taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
- (mythology) A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
- A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
- An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
verb
noun
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- a person's reputation
- a well-known or notable person
- by the sanction or authority of
- family based on male descent
- a language unit by which a person or thing is known
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A reputation.
- (computing) An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An authority; a behalf.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- A person (or legal person).
verb
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- charge with a function; charge to be
- mention and identify by name
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- make reference to
- create and charge with a task or function
- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
noun
- an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- (uncountable) Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A noisy commotion.
- (countable) A disagreement or dispute.
- (countable) A forceful choking or spitting sound.
- (countable) A forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering.
verb
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
- spit up in an explosive manner
- To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking.
- To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something).
- Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3).
- To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter.
- Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles.
- Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles.
- To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level.
- To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
- To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles.
- To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter.
noun
verb
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
- spit up in an explosive manner
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
- make an explosive sound
- (ambitransitive) To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.
- (ambitransitive) To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
- (physics, intransitive) To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
- (intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
- (physics, transitive) To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.
noun
- (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
- (US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
- A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
- (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
- A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
- (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
- Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
- The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
- The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
- Armor for a horse.
- (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
- the pointed part of barbed wire
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
verb
verb
adj
adv
intj
noun
verb
adj
noun
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- a persistently annoying person
- a boy or man
- (chiefly US, colloquial) A curse word.
- (chiefly US, colloquial) Fellow, person. (From the replacement of a derogatory or affectionate cuss (“curse word”) like son of a bitch with the word cuss.)
- (chiefly US, colloquial) A curse.
verb
verb
- (ambitransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
- (transitive) To curse; to execrate.
- (transitive) To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
- (transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
- ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
- expel from a community or group
- prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
- forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
noun
- The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.
- A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
- A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
- A prohibition.
- A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
- A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
- 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
- a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.
- 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
- an official prohibition or edict against something
- a decree that prohibits something
verb
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
- (intransitive, somewhat literary) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
- (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
- An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- (figuratively) An attempt, a try.
- A party, especially a dance party.
- 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
- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- (transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- (transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- (ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- (transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
- (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
- (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- (transitive) To hit with a whip.
- defeat thoroughly
- whip with or as if with a wire whisk
- thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- subject to harsh criticism
- strike as if by whipping
noun
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- Whipped cream.
- (music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
- (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- (UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- (UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- A blow administered with a whip.
- (historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
- (hunting) A whipper-in.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
- a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
- an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
noun
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- an evil spell
- an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
- something causing misery or death
- a severe affliction
- The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
- A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
- A vulgar epithet.
- A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
verb
- (transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
- utter obscenities or profanities
- exclude from a church or a religious community
- heap obscenities upon
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
- (intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
- To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
- (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
- To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
verb
noun
adj
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- morally rigorous and strict
- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
- of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
- causing dejection
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- (UK politics) Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
- (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- (informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
- (US politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
- (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
- (particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.
- (astronomy) Of, dominated by, or shifted toward the higher-frequency, or "bluer", end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Of a blue hue.
- (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
- Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
- (of a flame) Pale, without redness or glare.
- (Australian politics) Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
noun
- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- the sky as viewed during daylight
- the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- blue clothing
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- The ocean; deep waters.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- A bluefish.
- A blue cheese.
- Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
- The far distance; a remote or distant place.
- Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
- (particle physics) One of the three colour charges for quarks.
- A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
- A person who has received such sporting colours.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
- A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
- (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
- (baseball, slang) An umpire, in reference to the typical dark-blue colour of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
- (slang) A member of law enforcement.
- The sky, literally or figuratively.
- (British) A type of firecracker.
- (entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
- (now historical) A bluestocking.
- A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
- (slang, uncountable) Risqué or pornographic material.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
- (uncountable) Blue clothing.
- (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
- (Australia, colloquial) An argument or brawl.
verb
- turn blue
- (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
- (ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To fight, brawl, or argue.
adj
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- not concerned with or devoted to religion
- grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
- Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
- Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
- Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
- Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.
verb
noun
adj
noun
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- the act of diluting something
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- (countable, UK) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- (countable) A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
- (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
verb
adj
- (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
- having a specified kind of border or edge
- having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination
- That has a sharp planar surface.
- (followed by with or in a compound adjective) Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
verb
adj
noun
verb
adj
- (chiefly British, Ottawa Valley) (of someone) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed; (of words) tinged with anger.
- Transverse; lying across the main direction.
- (nautical) Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
- Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
- annoyed and irritable
noun
- A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
- (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
- A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
- (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
- The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
- A line across or through another line.
- (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
- (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
- (Christianity) Any representation of the crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelry, etc.
- A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
- (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
- (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.
- A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
- (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
- (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Cross (“the Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified”).
- (cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
- (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
- (slang) Crossfire.
- A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
- (soccer) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
- a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- any affliction that causes great suffering
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
prep
verb
- (transitive) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
- (transitive) To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).
- (soccer) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
- (transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
- (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
- (intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
- (rugby) To score a try.
- (cricket, reciprocally) Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
- To mark with an X.
- (law) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
- To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.ᵂ
- (transitive) To go from one side of (something) to the other.
- (reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
- To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
- (transitive) To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
- To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
- meet at a point
- fold so as to resemble a cross
- breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
- trace a line through or across
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- meet and pass
- travel across or pass over
adj
- (comparable, slang) Very angry.
- (not comparable) Of or relating to ballistics.
- (comparable) Of or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, aerodynamic drag, gravity, and sometimes rocket power, without significant lift.
- relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity
adj
- (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
- Able to, or likely to, explode.
- Having the character of an explosion.
- (figurative) Rapidly accelerating.
- (figurative) Shocking; startling.
- (cellular automata) Of a specific cellular automaton rule, tending to exhibit infinite and unpredictable growth when starting from finite random patterns.
- serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
- sudden and loud
- liable to lead to sudden change or violence