startle
start
jump
bolt
startled
bounce
chop
dodge
skip
dart
flit
flip
subsultory
jerk
pounce
shift
pitch
upspring
forge
spurt
spirt
twitch
lurch
fling
rush
tumbly
caper
jackrabbit
jumpingly
jump about
jump around
burst
jumping up and down
sproing
toss
snap
glance
automatically
bound
dance
soubresaut
saltation
reflexly
stampede
snakebit
volant
twitchily
instinctive
spang
hop
transilience
skitter
rash
axel
jumpiness
snatchingly
precipitation
frog jump
jab
jete
hopscotch
precipitating
frisk
catch air
transilient
air
curvet
thrash about
affrettando
skippy
skippingly
paroxysm
double jump
overstep
wave
swooping
whap
jink
breath
startled
subsultory
tumbly
snakebit
volant
instinctive
precipitating
transilient
skippy
jumpingly
automatically
reflexly
twitchily
snatchingly
affrettando
skippingly
dodge
skip
dart
flit
flip
startle
start
jump
upspring
caper
jumping up and down
lurch
toss
bolt
soubresaut
saltation
stampede
hop
transilience
pounce
axel
jumpiness
precipitation
frog jump
jete
frisk
air
paroxysm
double jump
overstep
wave
swooping
jink
breath
startle
start
jump
bolt
bounce
chop
jerk
pounce
shift
pitch
forge
spurt
spirt
twitch
lurch
fling
rush
jackrabbit
jump about
jump around
burst
snap
glance
bound
dance
spang
dodge
skip
skitter
rash
dart
jab
hopscotch
catch air
curvet
thrash about
stampede
hop
whap
verb
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- set in motion, cause to start
- depart for someplace
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- bring into being
- get off the ground
- get going or set in motion
- begin or set in motion
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- play in the starting lineup
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- bulge outward
noun
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the beginning of anything
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- the act of starting something
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
verb
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- make a sudden physical attack on
- increase suddenly and significantly
- be highly noticeable
- enter eagerly into
- rise in rank or status
- jump down from an elevated point
- run off or leave the rails
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- cause to jump or leap
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- bypass
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
noun
verb
- move or jump suddenly
- secure or lock with a bolt
- swallow hastily
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
noun
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
adv
noun
- A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
- A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep).
- A college servant.
- A skip car.
- The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
- An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him.
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
- A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- A charge of syrup in the pans.
- A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- skywave propagation
- The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.
- The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
- A beehive.
- A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
verb
- To leap about lightly.
- To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear.
- To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
- To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
- To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
- To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
- To have insufficient ink transfer.
- Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- To jump rope.
- To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
- To leap lightly over.
noun
- a sudden, quick movement
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- the act of flipping a coin
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
adj
verb
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- cause to move with a flick
- throw or toss with a light motion
- move with a flick or light motion
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
verb
- To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
- To masturbate.
- To lift using a jerk.
- To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
noun
- A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
- A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
- Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
- A dull or stupid person.
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
- A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
verb
- To attack suddenly by leaping.
- To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
- To eagerly seize an opportunity.
- To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
- To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
- To stamp holes in; to perforate.
noun
- A sudden leaping attack.
- Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
- A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
- A punch or stamp.
- Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
verb
- move abruptly
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change place or direction
- move around
- move very slightly
- move from one setting or context to another
- change in quality
- move and exchange for another
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- change gears
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
noun
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a qualitative change
- the time period during which you are at work
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- the act of moving from one place to another
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
verb
- move abruptly
- throw or toss with a light motion
- fall or plunge forward
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- be at an angle
- heel over
- erect and fasten
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- set the level or character of
noun
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- a high approach shot in golf
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- the action or manner of throwing something
verb
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- create by hammering
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- move ahead steadily
- make something, usually for a specific function
- make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
noun
verb
- To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- To swiftly attack without warning.
- To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- To dribble rapidly.
- To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
- To make a swift or sudden attack.
- To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- To transport or carry quickly.
- To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
adj
noun
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- General haste.
- A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A surge.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- A sudden forward motion.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A wick.
- The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
noun
- A playful leap or jump.
- Playful behaviour.
- The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
- The capercaillie.
- A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
- A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
- A plant of the genus Capparis.
- A jump while dancing.
- A prank or practical joke.
verb
verb
- move suddenly, energetically, or violently
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- burst outward, usually with noise
- be in a state of movement or action
- emerge suddenly
- cause to burst
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
noun
verb
- move with a snapping sound
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- move or strike with a noise
- close with a snapping motion
- make a sharp sound
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- put in play with a snap
- cause to make a snapping sound
- lose control of one's emotions
- bring the jaws together
- record on photographic film
noun
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a spell of cold weather
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- a sudden sharp noise
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
verb
- To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
- To look briefly (at something).
- A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.
- To sparkle.
- To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.
- To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
- To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
- To graze at a surface.
noun
verb
- To leap, move by jumping.
- To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- To be the bound of.
- I bound the splint to my leg.
- The rabbit bounded down the lane.
- To cause to leap.
noun
- A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
- A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
adj
verb
- To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
- To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
- To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
- To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
- To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
- To make love or have sex.
- To perform the steps to.
noun
- A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
- A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
- A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
- The art, profession, and study of dancing.
- A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
- The death throes of a hanged person.
- A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
- A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
- A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
noun
- Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse.
- A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
- A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time.
verb
noun
- A short jump.
- A jump on one leg.
- Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
- The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
- A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
- The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.
- The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
- The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers beer or ale is brewed.
verb
- To jump on one foot.
- To jump a short distance.
- To jump onto, or over
- To be in state of energetic activity.
- To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
- To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
- To go in a quick or sudden manner.
- To dance.
- To gather hops.
- To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
verb
- To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry.
- To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
- To cause to have diarrhea.
- To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.
- To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
noun
verb
- To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush.
- Chiefly followed by against, at, or upon: to collide or hit.
- Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently.
- To emit or issue (something) hastily.
- To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction.
- Of rain: to fall heavily.
- Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise.
- To break (something) forcefully; to smash.
adj
noun
- Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk.
- An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus; also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare or obsolete), an illness characterized by a type of rash.
- An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).
- An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.
noun
- an unexpected acceleration or hastening
- the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
- the process of forming a chemical precipitate
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
- the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
verb
noun
- A jump in which one becomes airborne.
- understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
- The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space.
- understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health.
- A song, especially a solo; an aria.
- A feeling or sense.
- The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere
- A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
- Nothing; absence of anything.
- Publicity.
- A breeze; a gentle wind.
- A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
- An air conditioner or the processed air it produces.
- understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
verb
noun
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- something that rises rapidly
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- an undulating curve
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
verb
noun
verb
- To make a quick evasive turn or turns to confuse pursuers, incoming fire, etc.
- In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to attempt to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful.
- To elude; to cheat.
- To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn.
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