English words for 'miniature golf'
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- a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
- (sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
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- (slang) To switch places with someone.
- (soccer) To kick a simple shot, without opposition, from close range into the goal.
- To enter a public transport system (especially the London Underground) by tapping a travelcard on the card-reader
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To contact (someone); to call (someone) on the phone.
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- a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
- (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
- support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
- the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- The mark at which players aim in quoits.
- The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
- A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
- Something shaped like the letter T.
- (sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
- (clothing, informal) Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
- (computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
- (curling) The target area of a curling rink.
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- (golf) A caddy.
- (Canada, politics, informal) A prominent fundraiser for a political party or similar cause.
- (British) A secretary of (and keeper of equipment for) a Morris dancing side.
- (Australia, slang) A bookmaker.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.
- (US, politics, slang) An officer assigned to travel with the president and carry the "nuclear football".
- a salesman who travels to call on customers
- a male racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
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- (golf) A golf course.
- (cooking) A stage of a meal.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- A racecourse.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- The itinerary of a race.
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- (India, historical) The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- (UK, Ireland, Philippines) an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
- (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
- (education) A learning programme
- a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
- (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- A sequence of events.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- part of a meal served at one time
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- general line of orientation
- a mode of action
- facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- (construction) a layer of masonry
- a body of students who are taught together
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- (transitive) To run through or over.
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
- move along, of liquids
- move swiftly through or over
- hunt with hounds
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- a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
- a way of entering or leaving
- a close approximation
- the event of one object coming closer to another
- the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
- the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- (also figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
- (climbing) A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
- (also figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
- (aviation, also attributively) The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
- (figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
- (golf, tennis) Ellipsis of approach shot.
- A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
- An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
- (bowling) The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
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- move towards
- begin to deal with
- come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
- come near in time
- make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
- (transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
- (intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot.
- (transitive, mathematical analysis) Used when defining limits, preceded by as: To become arbitrarily close to some value, be it a number, vector or infinity and have an effect on another value.
- (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
- (ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
- (transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
- (transitive, military) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
- (transitive, rarely intransitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
- (transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
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- (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
- a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
- floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
- floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
- Such an attic used as an atelier.
- An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
- (cricket) A lofted drive.
- (textiles, countable, uncountable) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
- (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
- A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
- (chiefly US) A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building.
- Ellipsis of pigeon loft.
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- kick or strike high in the air
- lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
- store in a loft
- propel through the air
- (intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
- (transitive) To furnish with a loft space.
- (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
- (transitive) To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.
- (transitive) To propel high into the air.
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- (slang) A golf caddy
- A moth having a caterpillar which arches its body into a loop in order to bring the back part of the body forward as it walks due to having fewer prolegs, including inchworms or measuring worms in the family Geometridae and some species in the family Noctuidae.
- An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.
- (Ireland, slang, derogatory) A crazy person; a maniac.
- A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops.
- (baseball) Synonym of blooper (“a fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders”).
- small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
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- (golf) a low running approach shot
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
- electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
- a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
- the act of chipping something
- a piece of dried bovine dung
- a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
- The smallest amount; a whit or jot.
- (US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
- (New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
- A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
- A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
- (golf) A low shot, usually played at short range around and onto a green, intended to travel a short distance through the air and roll the remainder of the way towards the hole.
- (tennis) A light shot with a downward slice, usually played from close to the net.
- A medallion.
- (nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
- (electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.
- (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
- A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
- A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
- (games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.
- (historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
- (billiards) A very light shot that hits the cue ball so softly that it barely moves an object ball into a pocket without the cue ball going in as well.
- (curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
- (sports such as soccer) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
- (cooking) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
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- play a chip shot
- form by chipping
- cut a nick into
- break off (a piece from a whole)
- break a small piece off from
- (UK, slang, intransitive) To leave.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To use a chisel.
- (transitive, dialectal) To chisel (something), to chisel on (something).
- (transitive, sports such as soccer) To beat (an opposing player) by use of a chip shot, such as by looping the ball over the head of the opposing goalkeeper.
- (transitive, automotive) To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
- (UK, transitive, often with "in") To contribute.
- (intransitive) To become chipped.
- (transitive, billiards) To move (a ball) a relatively short distance by means of an oblique contact.
- (transitive) To break small pieces from.
- (transitive, sports) To strike or play (the ball or other implement) as a chip shot.
- (also to chip at) To make fun of.
- (transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.
- (intransitive, card games, often with "in") To ante (up).
- (transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
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- (golf) a low running approach shot
- (some other sports) The achievement of a goal or the striking of a target with a ball or other projectile in relatively nonchallenging or routine circumstances, by throwing (as in basketball) or by discharging a firearm (as in hunting).
- (soccer) A shot in which the ball is kicked from underneath with accuracy but with less than maximum force, to launch it high into the air in order either to pass it over the heads of opponents or to score a goal.
- (golf) An approach shot made from a location a short distance from the golf green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole.
- (American football) A relatively easy field goal, made from a short distance.
- (idiomatic, by extension) Something that is easy to do or to achieve.
- (curling) A takeout shot aimed at hitting a rock at an angle.
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- golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
- (countable, golf) An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- stout stick that is larger at one end
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
- a building that is occupied by a social club
- a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- A club sandwich.
- (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- (World War I– World War II, military slang) The propeller of an aeroplane.
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- (countable, rhythmic gymnastics) An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
- (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
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- gather and spend time together
- gather into a club-like mass
- strike with a club or a bludgeon
- unite with a common purpose
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- To score a victory over by a large margin.
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
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- (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, offensive, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof) A male homosexual.
- (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
- (usually in the plural, irons) Shackles.
- (military, slang) A dumb bomb, one without guidance systems.
- (countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
- (uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
- (uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.
- (slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
- A safety curtain in a theatre.
- (uncountable, figurative) Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
- (countable, astronomy, geology) A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
- Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
- (weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
- implement used to brand live stock
- a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
- a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head
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- (childish, humorous) Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse.
- A chamber pot.
- A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.
- a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
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- (golf) To place a golf ball on a tee.
- (basketball) To give a coach or player a technical foul.
- (American football) To place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff.
- (figurative) To prepare; to make ready.
- (soccer) To pass the ball to someone, facilitating a shot.
- make detailed arrangements or preparations
- place on a tee
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- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- 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
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- (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
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- 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
- (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.
- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (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.
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- (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- (of people) To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- (of people) To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- (figurative) To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- (Australian rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (Canada, UK) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- (singing) To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- (dated except in the phrase "mark my words") To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- (transitive, intransitive) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- (of things) To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- remove from a list
- notice or perceive
- insert punctuation marks into
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- make underscoring marks
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark with a scar
- celebrate by some ceremony or observation
- attach a tag or label to
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- make or leave a mark on
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- make small marks into the surface of
- designate as if by a mark
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- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- (cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- (historical) Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- (product design/engineering) The model number of a device; a device model.
- (sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- (historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- (informal) The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game; a gullible person; a professional wrestling fan who believes matches are legitimate contests rather than scripted or predetermined
- (historical) A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- (nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- (historical) A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- (Commonwealth) A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- (heading) Attention.
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- (historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- (logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A written character or sign.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- A characteristic feature.
- (Rugby football, Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (historical) Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- a reference point to shoot at
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- a visible indication made on a surface
- formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
- an indication of damage
- the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- a distinguishing symbol
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- (golf) A low-trajectory shot intended to get the ball rolling along the fairway and up onto the green, like a chip shot but played from a greater distance.
- (American football) A strategy used by defensive backs, in which a defender lined up directly in front of a wide receiver attempts to impede him with arms, hands, or the entire body and disrupt his intended route.
- (motor racing) A technique for passing another vehicle, mainly used in stock car and touring car racing, in which the trailing car intentionally strikes the rear bumper of the car in front, forcing the driver to slow down or adjust the steering.
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- hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
- (golf) The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
- (onomatopoeia) A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
- (British, motorcycling, slang) A motorcycle.
- Small cart.
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- (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
- (medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL.
- A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
- (US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
- Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
- The contents of said vessel.
- (in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
- A container in which dice are held and shaken before being thrown.
- (soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
- (figurative) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.
- (tarot) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
- Anything shaped like a cup.
- (Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹⁄₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
- A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
- (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
- A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
- A contest for which a cup is awarded.
- (US, Canada) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
- One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
- the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
- any cup-shaped concavity
- cup-shaped plant organ
- a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
- a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
- a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
- the quantity a cup will hold
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- (transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.
- (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
- (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.
- (transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
- treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
- form into the shape of a cup
- put into a cup
noun
- (golf, disc golf) A sharp bend in the fairway before reaching a hole.
- (US, also attributively) A single intersection consisting of two opposing T-junctions in close proximity; an intersection with a staggered cross street.
- (architecture) A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half-landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.
- angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog
- a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway
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noun
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- an unoccupied space
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
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- (golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par.
- Abbreviation of parenthesis.
- (UK) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
- Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
- Equality of condition or circumstances.
- Abbreviation of parish.
- Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”).
- Abbreviation of paragraph.
- (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
- (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
- a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
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adj
- (Internet slang, by extension) Trashy; low-quality.
- (linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, [e o ɛ ɔ].
- Occupying a middle position; middle.
- (originally African-American Vernacular and Internet slang) Mediocre; of middling quality.
- used in combination to denote the middle
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prep
noun
- (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).
- (baseball) third base
- A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
- (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- The person or thing in the third position.
- the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
- following the second position in an ordering or series
- the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
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- (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- (anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
- Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.
- Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
- Public image; outward appearance.
- (typography) A typeface.
- A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- (synecdochic) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself.
- (mining) The exposed surface of the mineral deposit where it is being mined. Also the exposed end surface of a tunnel where digging may still be in progress.
- The directed force of something.
- (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (mechanics) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- (slang) The mouth.
- (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
- (video games, TCGs, uncountable) The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.
- Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
- The frontal aspect of something.
- (informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
- (figurative) Presence; sight; front.
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
- (informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
- An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
- (in expressions such as make a face) A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
- One's facial expression.
- a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
- the general outward appearance of something
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- status in the eyes of others
- a vertical surface of a building or cliff
- impudent aggressiveness
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
- the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
- the striking or working surface of an implement
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
- a contorted facial expression
verb
- (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
- (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
- (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
- (transitive, retail) To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.
- (transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- (transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
- (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
- (transitive) To have as an opponent.
- (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
- (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
- be opposite
- deal with (something unpleasant) head on
- cover the front or surface of
- oppose, as in hostility or a competition
- turn so as to expose the face
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
noun
- (golf) A golf club for making chip shots.
- A machine that chips potatoes into pieces that are ready to be fried and made into chips.
- A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
- (sports) A player who chips the ball.
- (slang) A deep frier.
- Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
- (Ireland, North East Scotland, slang) A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
- (US, smoking) An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.
- (in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
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- (golf) A downward chopping shot used to extract a ball that lies deep in the grass.
- (sports) In sports such as badminton, squash, tennis and volleyball, a lightly-struck shot that just lands into play.
- Synonym of bomb shot (“type of mixed drink”).
- (gaming) In first-person shooters, the act of quickly switching from a standing position to a prone position while shooting at an opponent.
- a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net
noun
- (golf) A variant of golf in which each player in a team tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their second shot from within a club length of where the best ball has come to rest, and the procedure is repeated until the hole is finished.
- A motocross race.
- (golf) A statistic used in assessing a player's short game, consisting of a chip or putt from under 50 yards away that results in requiring one putt or less on the green.
- (military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
- A venue where enslaved people were auctioned during the Atlantic slave trade.
- Any frantic period of competitive activity.
- (gridiron football) An impromptu maneuver or run by a quarterback, attempting to gain yardage or avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.
- A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.
- A dish (meal) involving scrambled eggs and a hodgepodge of complementary ingredients, usually closer to a casserole than to an omelette.
- an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- rushing about hastily in an undignified way
intj
verb
- (transitive) To gather or collect by scrambling.
- (intransitive) To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
- (transitive) To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
- (transitive, military, also by extension) To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
- (transitive, of food ingredients, usually including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
- (intransitive, sports) To partake in motocross.
- (intransitive) To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
- (Rubik's Cube) To permute parts of a twisty puzzle (especially, Rubik's Cube) until it is ready to be solved from scratch.
- (intransitive, military) To be quickly deployed in this manner.
- (intransitive, climbing) To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.
- (transitive) To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner.
- (transitive) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
- stir vigorously
- bring into random order
- make unintelligible
- to move hurriedly
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
adj
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
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noun
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man
verb
noun
- an obstacle on a golf course
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
- (in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
- (programming) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
- (tennis) The side of the court into which the ball is served.
- An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
- (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
- (historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
- Chance.
- (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
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noun
- (golf, informal) The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.
- A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
- A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
- (automotive) A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
- (computer security) A secret means of access to a program or system.
- (slang) The anus; (by extension) anal sex.
- an entrance at the rear of a building
- an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
- a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)
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verb
- To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
- (surfing) To enter a tube by accelerating from behind; to surf into an already formed hollow wave, in contrast to the normal method of slowing to allow a surfable wave to form.
- (computer security) To add a backdoor (a secret means of access) to a program or system.
noun
- (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
- an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
- A green light used as a signal.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
- Any substance or pigment of a green color.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- (snooker) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
- The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Money.
- (British) A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
- (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
- (chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
- (theater, informal) Ellipsis of green room.
- an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
- any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
- green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- street names for ketamine
adj
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Islamist.
- (film, television, historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
- Having a status (as correct, ready, or safe) denoted or coded by the color green.
- (figurative) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.
- (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
- (figurative, of people) Sickly, unwell.
- (Philippines, informal) Having a sexual connotation; indecent; lewd; risqué; obscene; profane.
- (figurative, of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
- (wine) High or too high in acidity.
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- (figurative) Environmentally friendly.
- (academia) Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only available to read for free after an embargo period.
- Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.
- Of a green hue.
- (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
- (figurative) Inexperienced.
- (figurative, of people) Overcome with envy.
- (metallurgy) Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.
- not fully developed or mature; not ripe
- of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
- naive and easily deceived or tricked
- looking pale and unhealthy
- concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
- Good for the environment
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- (slang) To switch places with someone.
- (soccer) To kick a simple shot, without opposition, from close range into the goal.
- To enter a public transport system (especially the London Underground) by tapping a travelcard on the card-reader
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To contact (someone); to call (someone) on the phone.
noun
- a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
- (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
- support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
- the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- The mark at which players aim in quoits.
- The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
- A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
- Something shaped like the letter T.
- (sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
- (clothing, informal) Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
- (computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
- (curling) The target area of a curling rink.
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noun
- (golf) A caddy.
- (Canada, politics, informal) A prominent fundraiser for a political party or similar cause.
- (British) A secretary of (and keeper of equipment for) a Morris dancing side.
- (Australia, slang) A bookmaker.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.
- (US, politics, slang) An officer assigned to travel with the president and carry the "nuclear football".
- a salesman who travels to call on customers
- a male racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
noun
- (golf) A golf course.
- (cooking) A stage of a meal.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- A racecourse.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- The itinerary of a race.
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- (India, historical) The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- (UK, Ireland, Philippines) an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
- (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
- (education) A learning programme
- a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
- (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- A sequence of events.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- part of a meal served at one time
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- general line of orientation
- a mode of action
- facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- (construction) a layer of masonry
- a body of students who are taught together
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verb
- (transitive) To run through or over.
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
- move along, of liquids
- move swiftly through or over
- hunt with hounds
noun
- a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
- a way of entering or leaving
- a close approximation
- the event of one object coming closer to another
- the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
- the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- (also figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
- (climbing) A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
- (also figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
- (aviation, also attributively) The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
- (figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
- (golf, tennis) Ellipsis of approach shot.
- A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
- An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
- (bowling) The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
verb
- move towards
- begin to deal with
- come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
- come near in time
- make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
- (transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
- (intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot.
- (transitive, mathematical analysis) Used when defining limits, preceded by as: To become arbitrarily close to some value, be it a number, vector or infinity and have an effect on another value.
- (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
- (ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
- (transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
- (transitive, military) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
- (transitive, rarely intransitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
- (transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
noun
- (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
- a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
- floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
- floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
- Such an attic used as an atelier.
- An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
- (cricket) A lofted drive.
- (textiles, countable, uncountable) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
- (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
- A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
- (chiefly US) A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building.
- Ellipsis of pigeon loft.
verb
- kick or strike high in the air
- lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
- store in a loft
- propel through the air
- (intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
- (transitive) To furnish with a loft space.
- (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
- (transitive) To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.
- (transitive) To propel high into the air.
noun
- (slang) A golf caddy
- A moth having a caterpillar which arches its body into a loop in order to bring the back part of the body forward as it walks due to having fewer prolegs, including inchworms or measuring worms in the family Geometridae and some species in the family Noctuidae.
- An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.
- (Ireland, slang, derogatory) A crazy person; a maniac.
- A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops.
- (baseball) Synonym of blooper (“a fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders”).
- small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
noun
- (golf) a low running approach shot
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
- electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
- a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
- the act of chipping something
- a piece of dried bovine dung
- a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
- The smallest amount; a whit or jot.
- (US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
- (New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
- A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
- A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
- (golf) A low shot, usually played at short range around and onto a green, intended to travel a short distance through the air and roll the remainder of the way towards the hole.
- (tennis) A light shot with a downward slice, usually played from close to the net.
- A medallion.
- (nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
- (electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.
- (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
- A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
- A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
- (games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.
- (historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
- (billiards) A very light shot that hits the cue ball so softly that it barely moves an object ball into a pocket without the cue ball going in as well.
- (curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
- (sports such as soccer) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
- (cooking) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
verb
- play a chip shot
- form by chipping
- cut a nick into
- break off (a piece from a whole)
- break a small piece off from
- (UK, slang, intransitive) To leave.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To use a chisel.
- (transitive, dialectal) To chisel (something), to chisel on (something).
- (transitive, sports such as soccer) To beat (an opposing player) by use of a chip shot, such as by looping the ball over the head of the opposing goalkeeper.
- (transitive, automotive) To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
- (UK, transitive, often with "in") To contribute.
- (intransitive) To become chipped.
- (transitive, billiards) To move (a ball) a relatively short distance by means of an oblique contact.
- (transitive) To break small pieces from.
- (transitive, sports) To strike or play (the ball or other implement) as a chip shot.
- (also to chip at) To make fun of.
- (transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.
- (intransitive, card games, often with "in") To ante (up).
- (transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
noun
- (golf) a low running approach shot
- (some other sports) The achievement of a goal or the striking of a target with a ball or other projectile in relatively nonchallenging or routine circumstances, by throwing (as in basketball) or by discharging a firearm (as in hunting).
- (soccer) A shot in which the ball is kicked from underneath with accuracy but with less than maximum force, to launch it high into the air in order either to pass it over the heads of opponents or to score a goal.
- (golf) An approach shot made from a location a short distance from the golf green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole.
- (American football) A relatively easy field goal, made from a short distance.
- (idiomatic, by extension) Something that is easy to do or to achieve.
- (curling) A takeout shot aimed at hitting a rock at an angle.
noun
- golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
- (countable, golf) An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- stout stick that is larger at one end
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
- a building that is occupied by a social club
- a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- A club sandwich.
- (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- (World War I– World War II, military slang) The propeller of an aeroplane.
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- (countable, rhythmic gymnastics) An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
- (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
verb
- gather and spend time together
- gather into a club-like mass
- strike with a club or a bludgeon
- unite with a common purpose
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- To score a victory over by a large margin.
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
noun
- (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, offensive, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof) A male homosexual.
- (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
- (usually in the plural, irons) Shackles.
- (military, slang) A dumb bomb, one without guidance systems.
- (countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
- (uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
- (uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.
- (slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
- A safety curtain in a theatre.
- (uncountable, figurative) Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
- (countable, astronomy, geology) A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
- Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
- (weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
- implement used to brand live stock
- a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
- a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head
adj
verb
noun
- (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
- 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
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- (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
verb
- 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
- (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.
- (figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
- (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.
noun
- (golf) A low-trajectory shot intended to get the ball rolling along the fairway and up onto the green, like a chip shot but played from a greater distance.
- (American football) A strategy used by defensive backs, in which a defender lined up directly in front of a wide receiver attempts to impede him with arms, hands, or the entire body and disrupt his intended route.
- (motor racing) A technique for passing another vehicle, mainly used in stock car and touring car racing, in which the trailing car intentionally strikes the rear bumper of the car in front, forcing the driver to slow down or adjust the steering.
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verb
noun
- (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
- (medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL.
- A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
- (US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
- Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
- The contents of said vessel.
- (in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
- A container in which dice are held and shaken before being thrown.
- (soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
- (figurative) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.
- (tarot) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
- Anything shaped like a cup.
- (Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹⁄₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
- A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
- (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
- A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
- A contest for which a cup is awarded.
- (US, Canada) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
- One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
- the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
- any cup-shaped concavity
- cup-shaped plant organ
- a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
- a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
- a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
- the quantity a cup will hold
verb
- (transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.
- (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
- (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.
- (transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
- treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
- form into the shape of a cup
- put into a cup
noun
- (golf, disc golf) A sharp bend in the fairway before reaching a hole.
- (US, also attributively) A single intersection consisting of two opposing T-junctions in close proximity; an intersection with a staggered cross street.
- (architecture) A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half-landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.
- angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog
- a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway
verb
noun
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- an unoccupied space
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
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adj
noun
- (golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par.
- Abbreviation of parenthesis.
- (UK) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
- Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
- Equality of condition or circumstances.
- Abbreviation of parish.
- Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”).
- Abbreviation of paragraph.
- (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
- (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
- a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
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prep
verb
noun
adj
- (Internet slang, by extension) Trashy; low-quality.
- (linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, [e o ɛ ɔ].
- Occupying a middle position; middle.
- (originally African-American Vernacular and Internet slang) Mediocre; of middling quality.
- used in combination to denote the middle
adv
prep
noun
- (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).
- (baseball) third base
- A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
- (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- The person or thing in the third position.
- the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
- following the second position in an ordering or series
- the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
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adv
noun
- (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- (anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
- Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.
- Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
- Public image; outward appearance.
- (typography) A typeface.
- A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- (synecdochic) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself.
- (mining) The exposed surface of the mineral deposit where it is being mined. Also the exposed end surface of a tunnel where digging may still be in progress.
- The directed force of something.
- (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (mechanics) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- (slang) The mouth.
- (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
- (video games, TCGs, uncountable) The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.
- Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
- The frontal aspect of something.
- (informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
- (figurative) Presence; sight; front.
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
- (informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
- An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
- (in expressions such as make a face) A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
- One's facial expression.
- a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
- the general outward appearance of something
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- status in the eyes of others
- a vertical surface of a building or cliff
- impudent aggressiveness
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
- the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
- the striking or working surface of an implement
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
- a contorted facial expression
verb
- (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
- (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
- (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
- (transitive, retail) To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.
- (transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- (transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
- (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
- (transitive) To have as an opponent.
- (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
- (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
- be opposite
- deal with (something unpleasant) head on
- cover the front or surface of
- oppose, as in hostility or a competition
- turn so as to expose the face
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
noun
- (golf) A golf club for making chip shots.
- A machine that chips potatoes into pieces that are ready to be fried and made into chips.
- A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
- (sports) A player who chips the ball.
- (slang) A deep frier.
- Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
- (Ireland, North East Scotland, slang) A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
- (US, smoking) An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.
- (in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
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- (golf) A downward chopping shot used to extract a ball that lies deep in the grass.
- (sports) In sports such as badminton, squash, tennis and volleyball, a lightly-struck shot that just lands into play.
- Synonym of bomb shot (“type of mixed drink”).
- (gaming) In first-person shooters, the act of quickly switching from a standing position to a prone position while shooting at an opponent.
- a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net
noun
- (golf) A variant of golf in which each player in a team tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their second shot from within a club length of where the best ball has come to rest, and the procedure is repeated until the hole is finished.
- A motocross race.
- (golf) A statistic used in assessing a player's short game, consisting of a chip or putt from under 50 yards away that results in requiring one putt or less on the green.
- (military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
- A venue where enslaved people were auctioned during the Atlantic slave trade.
- Any frantic period of competitive activity.
- (gridiron football) An impromptu maneuver or run by a quarterback, attempting to gain yardage or avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.
- A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.
- A dish (meal) involving scrambled eggs and a hodgepodge of complementary ingredients, usually closer to a casserole than to an omelette.
- an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- rushing about hastily in an undignified way
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verb
- (transitive) To gather or collect by scrambling.
- (intransitive) To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
- (transitive) To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
- (transitive, military, also by extension) To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
- (transitive, of food ingredients, usually including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
- (intransitive, sports) To partake in motocross.
- (intransitive) To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
- (Rubik's Cube) To permute parts of a twisty puzzle (especially, Rubik's Cube) until it is ready to be solved from scratch.
- (intransitive, military) To be quickly deployed in this manner.
- (intransitive, climbing) To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.
- (transitive) To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner.
- (transitive) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
- stir vigorously
- bring into random order
- make unintelligible
- to move hurriedly
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
noun
- an obstacle on a golf course
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
- (in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
- (programming) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
- (tennis) The side of the court into which the ball is served.
- An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
- (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
- (historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
- Chance.
- (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
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verb
noun
- hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
- (golf) The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
- (onomatopoeia) A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
- (British, motorcycling, slang) A motorcycle.
- Small cart.
noun
- (golf, informal) The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.
- A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
- A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
- (automotive) A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
- (computer security) A secret means of access to a program or system.
- (slang) The anus; (by extension) anal sex.
- an entrance at the rear of a building
- an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
- a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)
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- To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
- (surfing) To enter a tube by accelerating from behind; to surf into an already formed hollow wave, in contrast to the normal method of slowing to allow a surfable wave to form.
- (computer security) To add a backdoor (a secret means of access) to a program or system.
noun
- (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
- an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
- A green light used as a signal.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
- Any substance or pigment of a green color.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- (snooker) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
- The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Money.
- (British) A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
- (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
- (chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
- (theater, informal) Ellipsis of green room.
- an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
- any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
- green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- street names for ketamine
adj
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Islamist.
- (film, television, historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
- Having a status (as correct, ready, or safe) denoted or coded by the color green.
- (figurative) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.
- (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
- (figurative, of people) Sickly, unwell.
- (Philippines, informal) Having a sexual connotation; indecent; lewd; risqué; obscene; profane.
- (figurative, of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
- (wine) High or too high in acidity.
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- (figurative) Environmentally friendly.
- (academia) Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only available to read for free after an embargo period.
- Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.
- Of a green hue.
- (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
- (figurative) Inexperienced.
- (figurative, of people) Overcome with envy.
- (metallurgy) Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.
- not fully developed or mature; not ripe
- of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
- naive and easily deceived or tricked
- looking pale and unhealthy
- concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
- Good for the environment
intj
verb
verb
noun
- a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
- (sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
verb
- (golf) To place a golf ball on a tee.
- (basketball) To give a coach or player a technical foul.
- (American football) To place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff.
- (figurative) To prepare; to make ready.
- (soccer) To pass the ball to someone, facilitating a shot.
- make detailed arrangements or preparations
- place on a tee
verb
- (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- (of people) To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- (of people) To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- (figurative) To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- (Australian rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (Canada, UK) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- (singing) To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- (dated except in the phrase "mark my words") To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- (transitive, intransitive) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- (of things) To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- remove from a list
- notice or perceive
- insert punctuation marks into
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- make underscoring marks
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark with a scar
- celebrate by some ceremony or observation
- attach a tag or label to
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- make or leave a mark on
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- make small marks into the surface of
- designate as if by a mark
noun
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- (cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- (historical) Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- (product design/engineering) The model number of a device; a device model.
- (sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- (historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- (informal) The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game; a gullible person; a professional wrestling fan who believes matches are legitimate contests rather than scripted or predetermined
- (historical) A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- (nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- (historical) A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- (Commonwealth) A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- (heading) Attention.
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- (historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- (logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A written character or sign.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- A characteristic feature.
- (Rugby football, Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (historical) Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- a reference point to shoot at
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- a visible indication made on a surface
- formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
- an indication of damage
- the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- a distinguishing symbol
verb
noun
- hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
- (golf) The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
- (onomatopoeia) A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
- (British, motorcycling, slang) A motorcycle.
- Small cart.
noun
- a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
- (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
- support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
- the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- The mark at which players aim in quoits.
- The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
- A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
- Something shaped like the letter T.
- (sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
- (clothing, informal) Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
- (computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
- (curling) The target area of a curling rink.
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verb
noun
adj
noun
- (childish, humorous) Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse.
- A chamber pot.
- A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.
- a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
verb
adj
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
adv
noun
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man