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noun
noun
- The act of stealing.
- A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price.
- A stolen base.
- Scoring in an end without the hammer.
- A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
- A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
verb
- To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
- To borrow for a short moment.
- To dispossess
- To convey (something) clandestinely.
- To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
- To acquire at a low price.
- To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
- To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
- To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
- To move silently or secretly.
- take, plagiarize, tell on a joke, use a well-worded expression in one's own parlance or writing
- To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
noun
noun
verb
prefix
noun
noun
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
verb
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
verb
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To screen.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
noun
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- An interception.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
verb
noun
- A thief.
- Something that boosts.
- A term that serves to amplify or strengthen an utterance, such as "really".
- Someone who promotes a town or business.
- A member of a booster club.
- A booster dose.
- A booster engine fitted to a steam locomotive.
- A motor-generator set used for voltage regulation in direct current electrical power circuits.
- A small quantity of a sensitive explosive that is triggered by a detonator and provides the energy needed to detonate a larger quantity of a less-sensitive explosive.
- A package of cards or figurines designed to add to a player's collection.
- Someone who is a fan or supporter of something.
- A power-up item.
- The first stage of a multistage rocket that provides the thrust for liftoff and the initial flight.
verb
noun
- A thief.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- An act of lifting or raising.
- One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- Air.
- Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
- An improvement in mood.
- The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
verb
- To steal.
- To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- To arrest (a person).
- to cause to move upwards.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- To raise or rise.
- To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
adj
- Stolen.
- Not covered by funds on account.
- Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
- Extremely fast or with great speed.
- Sexually aroused; randy.
- Very good, remarkable, exciting.
- Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
- Feverish.
- Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
- Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
- Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
- Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
- Popular; in demand.
- Easily provoked to anger.
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- Fresh; just released.
- Having or giving off a high temperature.
- Characterized by police presence or activity.
- Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
- Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
- Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier.
- Extremely attracted to.
- Electrically charged.
- Radioactive.
- Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
verb
adv
verb
verb
- To steal.
- To make a cut at the side of the face.
- To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
- To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
- To arrest.
- To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).
noun
- The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
- One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
- Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
- A police station or prison.
- A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
noun
verb
verb
- To steal.
- To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
- To rob.
- To be lifted up.
- To lift someone up to be flogged.
- To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
- To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
noun
- The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.
- The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.
- The act of hoisting; a lift.
- A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
- The triangular vertical position of a flag, as opposed to the flying state, or triangular vertical position of a sail, when flying from a mast.
verb
- To steal.
- To take (a victory) at the last moment.
- To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
- To attempt to seize something suddenly.
- To do something quickly in the limited time available.
- To grasp and remove quickly.
noun
- A short period.
- A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
- Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
- A quick grab or catch.
- The vulva.
- A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
verb
- To steal.
- To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
- To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
- To move rapidly; to rush.
- To deflect sideways in the water.
- To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
- To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
- To keep ahead of (an enemy) in order to attack repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
- To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
noun
- A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
- A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
- A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
- An aeroplane or aircraft.
- A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
- A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
- The stomach; the belly.
- A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
- A rapacious person.
- A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
- The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
- A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
- A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
- Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
- A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
noun
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verb
verb
- To steal.
- To arrest.
- To laugh uncontrollably.
- To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
- To put into a bag.
- To fit with a bag to collect urine.
- To hang like an empty bag.
- To drop away from the correct course.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
- To criticise sarcastically.
- To forget, ignore, or get rid of.
- To furnish or load with a bag.
noun
- A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
- One's preference.
- A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, and handbags.
- A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
- The scrotum.
- A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
- £1000, a grand.
- A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
- An ugly woman.
- A fellow gay man.
- The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
- A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
- A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
- A large number or amount.
- First, second, or third base.
- A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
- A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
- The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
verb
- To steal.
- To kill.
- To make a yoink sound.
- To hop or bounce.
- To yank or snatch.
- nonce word for an action that impacts on something, especially if it is sudden.
- To take or win (something that others want).
intj
- Used for emphasis or to express that one is impressed.
- Onomatopoeic, accompanying or describing a yank, swipe, or snatch.
noun
verb
noun
- A jockey.
- An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength.
- A Scotsman.
- Food; meals.
- A disc jockey.
- A young male athlete (through college age).
- An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.
verb
- To steal.
- To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
- To give a booster shot to.
- To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
- To amplify; to signal boost.
- To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
noun
verb
- To steal.
- To adopt.
- To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
- To earn by bad behavior.
- Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
- To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
- To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
noun
noun
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a brief immersion
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief swim in water
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
verb
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- dip into a liquid while eating
- go down momentarily
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- take a small amount from
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- lower briefly
- appear to move downward
- slope downwards
- dip into a liquid
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
verb
- take by stealing
- provide physical relief, as from pain
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- lessen the intensity of or calm
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- relieve oneself of troubling information
- provide relief for
- free from a burden, evil, or distress
- grant exemption or release to
- alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
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