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jackpot
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killer
up a gum tree
swamp
skittish
tightrope
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cross
bitch and a half
duck's guts
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doghouse
succor
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pig
pickle
dire straits
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how-d'ye-do
shit
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bright side
torfer
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silver lining
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hard-set
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scuffling
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noun
- A difficult situation.
- A jumble of felled timber.
- A large cash prize or money.
- A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
- A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
- An unexpected windfall or reward.
- A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
verb
noun
- A difficult situation.
- A maze-like pattern.
- A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- A tangled clump.
- Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
- One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
- A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
- A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
- A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. (From the practice of counting the number of knots in the log-line (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every ¹⁄₁₂₀ of a mile.)
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- The bulbus glandis.
- The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
- A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
- A node.
- A group of people or things.
- A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
- In omegaverse fiction, a bulbus glandis-like structure on the penis of a male alpha, which ties him to an omega during intercourse.
- A nautical mile.
- The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
- A protuberant joint in a plant.
- The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
verb
noun
- A difficult situation.
- A forceful dunk.
- balls, bollocks, courage, machismo
- A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.
- A song; a track.
- The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.
- A play during which points can be scored.
- Luck.
- A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
- An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
- A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
- An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
- Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
- Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
- That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.
verb
- To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
- To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.
- To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.
- To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
- To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.
- To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
- To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
- To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
- To attempt to score points.
- To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
- To dunk.
- To render something unable to move.
noun
- A difficult situation.
- A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
- The act of spotting or noticing something.
- An official determination of placement.
- A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- Penalty spot.
- A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- An autosoliton.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- A parking space.
- One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
- Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- A decimal point; point.
- A location or area.
- Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
verb
- To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.
- To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
- To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
- To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
- To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
adj
noun
- a difficult or awkward situation
- an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
- anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect
- (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
- a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
- a layer of material that encloses space
- a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
verb
prep_phrase
noun
- A difficult situation that must be endured.
- A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
- A hybrid of any kind.
- A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
- An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
- 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.
- Usually with the: the cross on which Christ was crucified.
- The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
- A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
- A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
- The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
- A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
- Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
- A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
- Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
- A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
- A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
- crossfire.
- An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
- A line drawn across or through another line.
adj
- Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
- Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
- 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.
- Transverse; lying across the main direction.
verb
- Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
- To go from one side of (something) to the other.
- To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
- To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
- 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
- To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
- To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
- To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
- 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 place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
- To mark with an X.
- To score a try.
- To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
- To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).
- To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
prep
noun
- A difficult circumstance or problem.
- A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
- A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
- Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
noun
- A difficult or demoralizing situation.
- Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
- A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.
- Any shabby or disreputable establishment.
- Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
- A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.
prep_phrase
noun
- A difficult problem.
- Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
- A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).
- A lead container used for radioactive waste.
- A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.
- The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
- Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
- The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
- A dirty or slovenly person.
- A police officer.
- A lecherous or sexist man.
- The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
- A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.
- A very obese person.
- An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer
- A block of cast metal.
- earthenware, or an earthenware shard
verb
noun
- A difficult situation; peril.
- A sweet, vinegary pickled chutney popular in Britain.
- A mildly mischievous loved one.
- A penis.
- A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale, rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their colour.
- In an optical landing system, the hand-held controller connected to the lens, or apparatus on which the lights are mounted.
- Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
- A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown
- A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.)
- A pipe for smoking methamphetamine.
- The brine used for preserving food.
- A small or indefinite quantity or amount (of something); a little, a bit, a few. Usually in partitive construction, frequently without "of"; a single grain or kernel of wheat, barley, oats, sand or dust.
- A rundown.
- A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
verb
- To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
- To eat sparingly.
- To pilfer.
- To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
- To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.
- To serialize.
prep_phrase
noun
- A difficult position.
- The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- An instance of squeezing.
- A close or tight fit.
- The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
- A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
- A traversal of a narrow passage.
- A romantic partner.
- A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
- A hug or other affectionate grasp.
verb
- To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
- To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
- To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- To fit into a tight place.
prep_phrase
noun
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- A repair or corrective action.
- A determination of location.
- A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
verb
- To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
- To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- To convert into a stable or available form.
- To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
- To mend, to repair.
- To prepare (food or drink).
- To map a (point or subset) to itself.
noun
noun
- A problem or difficult situation.
- Stuff, things.
- Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
- The act of shitting.
- Rubbish; worthless matter.
- Anything exceptional or remarkable.
- (in negations) Anything.
- Nonsense; bullshit.
- The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- A strong rebuke.
- Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
- A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
- (the shit) The best of its kind.
intj
- Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.
- Used to show displeasure or surprise.
- Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.
adj
verb
noun
- A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
- A fault or interruption in a stratum.
- A malfunction.
- A violent occurrence or event.
- Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
- Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
- Wife. Clipping of trouble and strife.
- A distressing or dangerous situation.
verb
prep_phrase
adv
adj
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- Containing alcohol.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
- Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- Strong.
- Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Unquestionable, unequivocal.
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- Tough and muscular.
- High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- Far, extreme.
- Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
- Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- Resistant to pressure.
- hardcore
- Plosive.
- Unvoiced.
noun
noun
- A difficult maneuver
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- An important or critical situation.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
adj
verb
noun
- A difficulty or predicament.
- Crime, offence, wrongdoing.
- Any of a number of criminal offences incurring similar penalties to the original offence of praemunire.
- The penalty for this offence.
- The offence in English law of bringing suit in or obeying a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown. The offence was created by the Statute of Praemunire 1393 (16 Richard II, chapter 5), and abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967 (chapter 58).
- The writ charging a person with this offence, the writ of praemunire facias.
verb
adj
- Difficult to negotiate; requiring scrambling.
- Characterised by scrabbling, or digging around.
- Rough, poor and uncultured.
- Sparse and scraggly.
- Scribbly.
- Covered in loose rocks or crumbling soil.
- Stunted.
- Thrown together; disorganized or slapdash.
- Impoverished, hardscrabble
- Characterized by sparse, stunted vegetation, infertile.
- Of poor quality; poorly maintained.
- Having a rough texture; scratchy.
noun
noun
noun
- An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
- An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
- A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
- A cornerback.
- A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
- One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
- The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
- The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
- The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
- An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
- The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
- A corner kick.
- First base or third base.
- Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
- A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
verb
- To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
- To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
- To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
- To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
- To supply with corners.
- To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
- To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
adj
adj
noun
noun
noun
verb
- To take part in a wrestling match with someone
- To move or lift something with difficulty
- To struggle or strive
- To fight.
- To throw a calf etc in order to brand it
- To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest
noun
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