knee-jerkery
kneeling
took a knee
wallow
spraddle
take a knee
on one's knees
cattle prod
outpress
inswung
incumbent
knee
nonchoice
squat
curb
stumping
keak
squatting
attitude
vacillate
back
knee-jerkishly
hover
bunt
decumbence
writhing
oscillate
vibrate
spark off
scraffle
actuate
struggling
touch off
set off
misact
trip
overlying
ply
trigger off
trigger
gave a knee
pedally
activate
geniculation
spark
on all fours
flatfoot
kneel
stank
rear back
malposture
forward-leaning
slipslop
hardheartedness
slip
orthoprax
lie
backfall
disarm
bring around
persuade
supination
screwery
onfall
goading
play
bear crawl
bring round
flounder
loin-girding
questioning
takedown
orthopraxy
jog
cross the Rubicon
downsitting
pignorative
roll
extrude
step up to the plate
dorsoflexion
sprawl
wrestle
superincumbent
screwing
wingle
extend
downpress
eupraxy
reclinant
antipositional
gadding
high-step
limpen
on one's knees
inswung
incumbent
overlying
forward-leaning
orthoprax
pignorative
superincumbent
reclinant
antipositional
knee-jerkishly
pedally
on all fours
knee-jerkery
kneeling
wallow
nonchoice
squat
stumping
squatting
attitude
bunt
decumbence
writhing
struggling
ply
geniculation
hardheartedness
slip
lie
malposture
backfall
supination
screwery
onfall
goading
bear crawl
loin-girding
questioning
takedown
orthopraxy
jog
downsitting
roll
dorsoflexion
screwing
eupraxy
gadding
took a knee
spraddle
take a knee
cattle prod
outpress
knee
curb
keak
vacillate
back
hover
oscillate
vibrate
spark off
scraffle
actuate
touch off
set off
misact
trip
trigger off
trigger
gave a knee
activate
spark
flatfoot
kneel
stank
rear back
malposture
slipslop
disarm
bring around
persuade
play
bring round
flounder
cross the Rubicon
extrude
step up to the plate
sprawl
wrestle
wingle
extend
downpress
high-step
limpen
verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, knee.
- To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.
- To cease performing customary activities or duties and kneel on one knee, sometimes as a form of protest.
- Of any player with the ball, to kneel and place the ball on the ground, thereby ending the play and indicating they do not intend to advance with the ball.
verb
noun
- In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
- The part of a garment that covers the knee.
- Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
- In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
- A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
- An act of kneeling on one knee, typically to acknowledge an injury or sacrifice or otherwise to show respect.
- A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
noun
- the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
- exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
- a small worthless amount
adj
- short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
- having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
verb
verb
- To crouch; to cringe.
- To rein in.
- To bend or curve.
- To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
- To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
- To check, restrain or control.
- To bring to a stop beside a curb.
noun
- Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
- A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
- A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
- A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
- A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
- A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
verb
- To push or force backwards.
- To go in the reverse direction.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To support.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
- To row backward with (oars).
- To carry an infant on one's back.
adv
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- In a manner that impedes.
- In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- To or in a previous condition or place.
- Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
postp
adj
- Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Not current.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- At or near the rear.
- Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
noun
- Effort, usually physical.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The keel and keelson of a ship.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- A ferryboat.
- The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- Large and attractive buttocks.
- The inside margin of a page.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
verb
noun
- A push or shove; a butt.
- The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
- A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
- The act of bunting.
- The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
verb
noun
- A bent; a direction.
- In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
- A layer of material.
- A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
- A condition, a state.
verb
- To work at (something) diligently.
- To press upon; to urge persistently.
- To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
- To travel over (a route) regularly.
- To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
- To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
verb
noun
- a momentary flash of light
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger
- a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
verb
- To stumble or lurch.
- To surround or guard.
- To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started.
- To trample.
- To pack in tightly.
- To stink; to smell bad.
- To dam up; to block the flow of water or other liquid.
- To cause to smell bad.
- simple past tense of stink
- To cause (the udders) to become blocked and inflamed from lack of milking.
adj
noun
noun
- An act or instance of slipping.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- A fish, the sole.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A slipway.
- A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- A slipdress.
- The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- A mistake or error.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- An outside covering or case.
- A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
verb
- To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- To move down; to slide.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
- To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- To err.
- To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
- To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
noun
- A manner of lying; relative position.
- An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- The position of a fetus in the womb.
- Anything that misleads or disappoints.
- The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
- The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- An animal's lair.
- A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
verb
- Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
- To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
- To convey a false image or impression.
- Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
- To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To be placed or situated.
- To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
- To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
noun
- The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back.
- The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing up.
- The act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot.
- The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or the resulting state of the forearm
noun
verb
- To put in action or motion.
- To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
- Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.
- To be performed; (or of a film) to be shown.
- To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.
- To move to and fro.
- To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument).
- To compete against, in a game.
- To act; to behave; to practice deception.
- To perform in or at; to give performances in or at.
- To produce music using a musical instrument.
- To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
- To take part in amorous activity; to make love.
- To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- To kid; to joke; say something for amusement.
- (in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- To gamble.
- To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
- To produce music.
- To act or perform (a play).
- To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute.
- To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
- To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
noun
- A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- An instance of watching or listening to digital media.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- The conduct, or course, of a game.
- A short sequence of action within a game.
- An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- A theatrical performance featuring actors.
noun
- A sudden push or nudge.
- An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.
- A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface.
- In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.
verb
- To cause to move at an energetic trot.
- To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
- To shake, stir or rouse.
- To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along.
- To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.
- To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace.
noun
- A swagger or rolling gait.
- A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
- The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
- A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
- The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
- A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
- That which is rolled up.
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
- An official or public document; a register; a record.
- An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
- A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
verb
- To travel by sailing.
- To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
- To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
- To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
- To leave or begin a journey.
- To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
- To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
- To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
- To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch.
- To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
- To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- to move and cause an effect on someone
- To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
- To throw dice.
- To generate a random number.
- To have a rolling aspect.
- To create a customized version of.
- To (cause to) film.
- To utter with an alveolar trill.
- To beat up; to assault.
- To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- To compete, especially with vigor.
- To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- To turn over and over.
- To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
- To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
- To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
- To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
- To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
- To betray secrets.
verb
- To struggle or strive
- To take part in a wrestling match with someone
- To move or lift something with difficulty
- 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
verb
- To straighten (a limb).
- To reenlist for a further period.
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
- To increase in extent.
- To cause to increase in extent.
- To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
- To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
noun
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