English words for 'throw bombs at or attack with bombs'
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verb
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- fail to get a passing grade
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
- (slang) Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).
- (reflexive) To make oneself drunk.
- (transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
- (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
- (intransitive, computing) To crash.
- (transitive, slang) To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
- (ambitransitive) To fail dismally.
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
noun
- strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- (South India, colloquial) A fart.
- (slang) A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).
- (informal, in combination) A piece of food, often small, usually intensely flavored.
- (colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- (in combination) A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
- (colloquial, figurative) Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
- (figurative) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
- (basketball, slang) A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
- (chiefly British, India, slang) A very attractive woman.
- An obscene word identified by its first letter.
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- (US, Australia, informal) A car in poor condition.
- (often in combination) An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
- (American football, slang) A long forward pass.
- (slang) A woman’s breast.
- (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
- (chiefly British, slang) A success; the bomb.
- (rugby, soccer, slang) A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
- (colloquial) Any explosive charge.
- (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- (professional wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A large amount of money.
- (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
adj
verb
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
- direct high energy particles or radiation against
- address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
- (physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
- (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
- (figuratively) To continuously send or direct (at someone)
noun
noun
verb
verb
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- spray very finely
- break up into small particles
- (transitive) To fragment; to break into small pieces or concepts.
- (chiefly politics, of people) To deprive of community and political capital.
- (transitive) To bomb with nuclear weapons.
- (transitive) To separate or reduce into atoms.
- (transitive) To make into a fine spray.
verb
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- bomb with atomic weapons
- cook or heat in a microwave oven
- (transitive, US, nautical, colloquial) To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.
- (transitive, Internet slang) To maliciously destroy an online community or chat server (especially on Discord) by mass-deleting channels, roles, and messages, or by mass-banning members, often using an automated script or bot.
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on (a target).
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) To expose to some form of radiation.
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven.
- (transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
noun
- the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
- A nuclear weapon.
- (rare) A microwave oven.
- A nuclear power station.
- A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
- (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
- Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”).
- (nautical) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
- (warez) A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware).
verb
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- cook or heat in a microwave oven
- strike suddenly and with force
- kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
- To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
- (slang, transitive) To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame.
- (slang, transitive) To enliven.
- (intransitive) To make a zap sound.
- (slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).
- (Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.
- (slang, transitive) To do away with something.
- (slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
- To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
- (slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
- To participate in a zap (protest) against.
- (US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
- (slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
noun
- a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
- A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
- (slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
- (colloquial) An electric shock.
- (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
intj
noun
- an attack by dropping bombs
- the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
- the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- (figurative) An onslaught of criticism etc.
- The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
- (physics) The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.
- Heavy artillery fire.
verb
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
- To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- rain heavily
- To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
- Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
- Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
- (figuratively) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
- To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
- Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
- Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
- (figuratively) To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
- (archaic except British, dialectal) To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
noun
- body covering of a living animal
- the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- (archaic except Midlands, Southern England (South West)) A fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.
- (also figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
- (chiefly Northern England except in at (full) pelt) An act of moving quickly; a rush.
- The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
- (archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
- (chiefly Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
- A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
- A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
- (archaic except Ireland) A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.
- (by extension) Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.
- The fur or hair of a living animal.
verb
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
- add pepper to
- (transitive) To strike with something made up of small particles.
- (cryptography) To use a pepper (type of value used prior to hashing).
- (transitive) To add pepper to.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To shoot (upon) with the dotty.
- (transitive, slang) To beat or thrash.
- (transitive, slang) To write accents or disambiguating marks in script.
- (transitive) To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
- (transitive) To add (something) at frequent intervals.
noun
- any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
- pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
- sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
- (MLE, slang) A shotgun.
- (baseball) A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
- (cryptography) A randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value.
- A plant of the family Piperaceae.
- (UK, US, Ireland and Canada) A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in a wide range of mild (sweet, nonspicy) to hot (spicy) varieties.
- (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
- (boxing, slang) A beating; a thrashing.
noun
- the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile)
- the point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear weapon
- (by extension) The location of any disaster or violent assault.
- (figuratively) The point at which something begins.
- Originally, the point on the land or water surface below which a nuclear bomb detonates in the air; now also the point on such a surface at or above the detonation.
noun
- (military) The explosion of a bomb or missile.
- An act or instance of bursting.
- A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
- A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- the act of exploding or bursting
- a sudden intense happening
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
verb
- (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting.
- (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
- (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
- (transitive) To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
- (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
- (transitive) To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
- (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- burst outward, usually with noise
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- cause to burst
- emerge suddenly
- be in a state of movement or action
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- move suddenly, energetically, or violently
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- (slang) Abbreviation of atomic bomb; a weapon that derives its energy from nuclear reactions and has enormous destructive power; in particular, those that rely on the uncontrolled explosive chain reaction of nuclear fission.
- a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
noun
- an explosive bomb or artillery shell
- an entertainer who has a sensational effect
- a shocking surprise
- (historical) Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.
- (figurative) Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.
- (by extension) Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.
noun
- making active and effective (as a bomb)
- stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical
- the activity of causing to have energy and be active
- (physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
- (marketing) The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign.
- (biochemistry) The process by which molecules are made able to react.
- Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
verb
- To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
- use explosives on
- (topology) To form a shelling.
- To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
- (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
- (cricket, slang, transitive) To drop (the ball).
- (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
- remove from its shell or outer covering
- create by using explosives
- fall out of the pod or husk
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove the husks from
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly
noun
- The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
- (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
- The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
- A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
- (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
- (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
- A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
- (figuratively) The empty outward form of someone or something.
- (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
- In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
- A psychological barrier to social interaction.
- (figuratively) The outward form independent of what is inside.
- (British, education) One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
- The thin coating of copper on an electrotype.
- (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
- (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
- One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
- An engraved copper roller used in print works.
- The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
- (UK, slang) A person's ear.
- (geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
- An emaciated person.
- (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
- (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
- (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
- (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
- (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
- (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.
- (figuratively) A person otherwise diminished.
- The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
- (weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
- (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
- (phonology) The onset and coda of a syllable.
- A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
- A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
- An unmarked vehicle for carrying corpses from a crime scene.
- (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
- (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
- a very light narrow racing boat
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
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- Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- (South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
- A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
- An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
- (uncountable) A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- (UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
- A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
- (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
- (countable) Any plant of the genus Eruca.
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
- sends a firework display high into the sky
- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
verb
- use explosives on
- make with or as if with an explosion
- make a strident sound
- apply a draft or strong wind to to
- hit with great force
- create by using explosives
- criticize harshly or violently
- shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
- shatter as if by explosion
- fire a shot; release
- (transitive) To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
- (bodybuilding, slang) To have a period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to reducing them during a cruise period.
- (transitive) To blight or wither.
- (transitive) To curse; to damn.
- (transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
- (transitive) To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.
- (transitive) To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
- (transitive, informal) To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot; to attack or shoot (someone or a place).
- (soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
- (intransitive) To make a loud noise.
- (biology, informal, transitive) To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
- (transitive, science fiction) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
- (transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
noun
- intense adverse criticism
- a sudden very loud noise
- a strong current of air
- a very long fly ball
- a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
- an explosion (as of dynamite)
- An explosive charge for blasting.
- (cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
- A verbal attack or punishment; a severe criticism or reprimand.
- (figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
- An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
- A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.
- (countable) A loud, sudden sound.
- (marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
- The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
- A flatulent disease of sheep.
- A sudden pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
- A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.
- The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
- (bodybuilding, slang) A period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to a period of reduced intake.
- A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
- (uncountable, broadcasting) Unwanted noise from a microphone.
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noun
- a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
- A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
- (heraldry) A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
- (slang) An unattractive girl.
verb
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- a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time
- a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed
- (figuratively) A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.
- (computing) A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date or time.
- A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.
noun
- A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
- (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
- (US) In full oak leaf cluster: a small bronze or silver device shaped like a twig of oak leaves and acorns which is worn on a ribbon to indicate that the wearer has been conferred the same award or decoration before; an oakleaf.
- A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
- A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
- (epidemiology) A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
- (linguistics) Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).
- (phonetics) A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
- (physical chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
- A group of computers that work together.
- (statistics) In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are similar enough to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; also, such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
- (slang) Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”).
- (astronomy) A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
- a grouping of a number of similar things
verb
- (intransitive) To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
- To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
- To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun noun sense 1).
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
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- the act of detonating an explosive
- a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- (by extension) Any sudden explosion made by an exothermic process (whether chemical or not) that produces a supersonic shock wave.
- (mechanical engineering) Engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines.
- (chemistry) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
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- armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
- an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
- any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
- a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
- (historical) An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
- (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A large breast; a breast with a large nipple.
- (Northeastern US) Synonym of submarine sandwich.
- (zoology) An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
- (neuroscience) A focal ovoid swelling on the axons of Purkinje cells, observed in several diseases such as essential tremor and spinocerebellar ataxia.
- (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A woman's shoe with a pointed toe.
- A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
- (science fiction) A similar projectile that can travel through space.
- (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
- A thick marijuana cigarette.
- (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
- A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine.
- (rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
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- (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
- (countable) In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.
- (countable, military, historical) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
- (countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories.
- a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
- used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
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- an attack by dropping bombs
- the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
- the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- (figurative) An onslaught of criticism etc.
- The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
- (physics) The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.
- Heavy artillery fire.
noun
- the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile)
- the point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear weapon
- (by extension) The location of any disaster or violent assault.
- (figuratively) The point at which something begins.
- Originally, the point on the land or water surface below which a nuclear bomb detonates in the air; now also the point on such a surface at or above the detonation.
noun
- (military) The explosion of a bomb or missile.
- An act or instance of bursting.
- A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
- A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- the act of exploding or bursting
- a sudden intense happening
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
verb
- (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting.
- (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
- (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
- (transitive) To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
- (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
- (transitive) To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
- (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- burst outward, usually with noise
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- cause to burst
- emerge suddenly
- be in a state of movement or action
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- move suddenly, energetically, or violently
noun
- an explosive bomb or artillery shell
- an entertainer who has a sensational effect
- a shocking surprise
- (historical) Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.
- (figurative) Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.
- (by extension) Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.
noun
- making active and effective (as a bomb)
- stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical
- the activity of causing to have energy and be active
- (physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
- (marketing) The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign.
- (biochemistry) The process by which molecules are made able to react.
- Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
noun
- a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
- A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
- (heraldry) A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
- (slang) An unattractive girl.
verb
noun
- a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time
- a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed
- (figuratively) A situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time.
- (computing) A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date or time.
- A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.
noun
- A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
- (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
- (US) In full oak leaf cluster: a small bronze or silver device shaped like a twig of oak leaves and acorns which is worn on a ribbon to indicate that the wearer has been conferred the same award or decoration before; an oakleaf.
- A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
- A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
- (epidemiology) A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
- (linguistics) Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).
- (phonetics) A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
- (physical chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
- A group of computers that work together.
- (statistics) In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are similar enough to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; also, such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
- (slang) Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”).
- (astronomy) A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
- a grouping of a number of similar things
verb
- (intransitive) To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
- To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
- To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun noun sense 1).
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
noun
- the act of detonating an explosive
- a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- (by extension) Any sudden explosion made by an exothermic process (whether chemical or not) that produces a supersonic shock wave.
- (mechanical engineering) Engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines.
- (chemistry) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
noun
noun
verb
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- fail to get a passing grade
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
- (slang) Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).
- (reflexive) To make oneself drunk.
- (transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
- (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
- (intransitive, computing) To crash.
- (transitive, slang) To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
- (ambitransitive) To fail dismally.
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
noun
- strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- (South India, colloquial) A fart.
- (slang) A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).
- (informal, in combination) A piece of food, often small, usually intensely flavored.
- (colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- (in combination) A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
- (colloquial, figurative) Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
- (figurative) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
- (basketball, slang) A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
- (chiefly British, India, slang) A very attractive woman.
- An obscene word identified by its first letter.
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- (US, Australia, informal) A car in poor condition.
- (often in combination) An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
- (American football, slang) A long forward pass.
- (slang) A woman’s breast.
- (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
- (chiefly British, slang) A success; the bomb.
- (rugby, soccer, slang) A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
- (colloquial) Any explosive charge.
- (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- (professional wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A large amount of money.
- (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
adj
verb
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
- direct high energy particles or radiation against
- address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
- (physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
- (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
- (figuratively) To continuously send or direct (at someone)
noun
verb
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- spray very finely
- break up into small particles
- (transitive) To fragment; to break into small pieces or concepts.
- (chiefly politics, of people) To deprive of community and political capital.
- (transitive) To bomb with nuclear weapons.
- (transitive) To separate or reduce into atoms.
- (transitive) To make into a fine spray.
verb
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- bomb with atomic weapons
- cook or heat in a microwave oven
- (transitive, US, nautical, colloquial) To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.
- (transitive, Internet slang) To maliciously destroy an online community or chat server (especially on Discord) by mass-deleting channels, roles, and messages, or by mass-banning members, often using an automated script or bot.
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on (a target).
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) To expose to some form of radiation.
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven.
- (transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
noun
- the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
- A nuclear weapon.
- (rare) A microwave oven.
- A nuclear power station.
- A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
- (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
- Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”).
- (nautical) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
- (warez) A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware).
verb
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- cook or heat in a microwave oven
- strike suddenly and with force
- kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
- To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
- (slang, transitive) To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame.
- (slang, transitive) To enliven.
- (intransitive) To make a zap sound.
- (slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).
- (Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.
- (slang, transitive) To do away with something.
- (slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
- To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
- (slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
- To participate in a zap (protest) against.
- (US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
- (slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
noun
- a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
- A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
- (slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
- (colloquial) An electric shock.
- (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
intj
verb
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
- To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- rain heavily
- To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
- Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
- Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
- (figuratively) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
- To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
- Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
- Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
- (figuratively) To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
- (archaic except British, dialectal) To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
noun
- body covering of a living animal
- the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- (archaic except Midlands, Southern England (South West)) A fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.
- (also figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
- (chiefly Northern England except in at (full) pelt) An act of moving quickly; a rush.
- The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
- (archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
- (chiefly Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
- A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
- A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
- (archaic except Ireland) A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.
- (by extension) Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.
- The fur or hair of a living animal.
verb
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
- add pepper to
- (transitive) To strike with something made up of small particles.
- (cryptography) To use a pepper (type of value used prior to hashing).
- (transitive) To add pepper to.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To shoot (upon) with the dotty.
- (transitive, slang) To beat or thrash.
- (transitive, slang) To write accents or disambiguating marks in script.
- (transitive) To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
- (transitive) To add (something) at frequent intervals.
noun
- any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
- pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
- sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
- (MLE, slang) A shotgun.
- (baseball) A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
- (cryptography) A randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value.
- A plant of the family Piperaceae.
- (UK, US, Ireland and Canada) A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in a wide range of mild (sweet, nonspicy) to hot (spicy) varieties.
- (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
- (boxing, slang) A beating; a thrashing.
verb
noun
- (slang) Abbreviation of atomic bomb; a weapon that derives its energy from nuclear reactions and has enormous destructive power; in particular, those that rely on the uncontrolled explosive chain reaction of nuclear fission.
- a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
verb
- To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
- use explosives on
- (topology) To form a shelling.
- To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
- (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
- (cricket, slang, transitive) To drop (the ball).
- (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
- remove from its shell or outer covering
- create by using explosives
- fall out of the pod or husk
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove the husks from
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly
noun
- The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
- (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
- The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
- A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
- (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
- (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
- A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
- (figuratively) The empty outward form of someone or something.
- (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
- In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
- A psychological barrier to social interaction.
- (figuratively) The outward form independent of what is inside.
- (British, education) One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
- The thin coating of copper on an electrotype.
- (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
- (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
- One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
- An engraved copper roller used in print works.
- The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
- (UK, slang) A person's ear.
- (geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
- An emaciated person.
- (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
- (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
- (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
- (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
- (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
- (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.
- (figuratively) A person otherwise diminished.
- The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
- (weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
- (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
- (phonology) The onset and coda of a syllable.
- A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
- A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
- An unmarked vehicle for carrying corpses from a crime scene.
- (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
- (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
- a very light narrow racing boat
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
verb
noun
- Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- (South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
- A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
- An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
- (uncountable) A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- (UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
- A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
- (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
- (countable) Any plant of the genus Eruca.
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
- a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
- sends a firework display high into the sky
- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
verb
- use explosives on
- make with or as if with an explosion
- make a strident sound
- apply a draft or strong wind to to
- hit with great force
- create by using explosives
- criticize harshly or violently
- shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
- shatter as if by explosion
- fire a shot; release
- (transitive) To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
- (bodybuilding, slang) To have a period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to reducing them during a cruise period.
- (transitive) To blight or wither.
- (transitive) To curse; to damn.
- (transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
- (transitive) To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.
- (transitive) To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
- (transitive, informal) To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot; to attack or shoot (someone or a place).
- (soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
- (intransitive) To make a loud noise.
- (biology, informal, transitive) To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
- (transitive, science fiction) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
- (transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
noun
- intense adverse criticism
- a sudden very loud noise
- a strong current of air
- a very long fly ball
- a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
- an explosion (as of dynamite)
- An explosive charge for blasting.
- (cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
- A verbal attack or punishment; a severe criticism or reprimand.
- (figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
- An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
- A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.
- (countable) A loud, sudden sound.
- (marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
- The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
- A flatulent disease of sheep.
- A sudden pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
- A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.
- The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
- (bodybuilding, slang) A period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to a period of reduced intake.
- A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
- (uncountable, broadcasting) Unwanted noise from a microphone.
intj
verb
noun
noun
- a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
- A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
- (heraldry) A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
- (slang) An unattractive girl.
verb
verb
noun
- armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
- an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
- any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
- a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
- (historical) An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
- (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A large breast; a breast with a large nipple.
- (Northeastern US) Synonym of submarine sandwich.
- (zoology) An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
- (neuroscience) A focal ovoid swelling on the axons of Purkinje cells, observed in several diseases such as essential tremor and spinocerebellar ataxia.
- (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A woman's shoe with a pointed toe.
- A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
- (science fiction) A similar projectile that can travel through space.
- (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
- A thick marijuana cigarette.
- (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
- A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine.
- (rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
- (countable) In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.
- (countable, military, historical) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
- (countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories.
- a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
- used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range