halt
skip a beat
waver
bottom fall out
blow
kamikaze
blow up
blow up in one's face
go nowhere
let the grass grow under one's feet
no-win
founder
fall through
flop
gronk
fall flat
repine
bomb
fall
bite the big one
fall down
whiff
brickle
go down the toilet
go out
go wrong
fumblingly
attempted
take it on the chin
dys-
turkey
beef
malfunction
backfire
slip up
mis-
flopdom
thwart
fumblingness
unbeatable
fall flat on one's face
ruin
go back on
underwhelm
lay eggs
unconvergence
in the tank
failingness
luckless
nonconvergence
require improvement
backfiring
bollocks up
unflourishing
fall down on
copout
hit the skids
nonsuccessful
break
go to smash
debilitated
fight a losing battle
disinvigorate
unlast
blown
miss stays
scant
take the count
tumble
make-or-break
impairment
fall on one's face
come to nought
lay an egg
nonsurvival
melt down
twilight
omit
strike out looking
noncompletion
flame out
declinal
hopeless
miss the mark
not win for losing
miss
baffle
unattainment
premortem
shit the bed
come a gutser
redefeat
unsucceeding
dead in the water
smashup
take on water
attenuate
dis-
hair-trigger
no-win
attempted
unbeatable
luckless
unflourishing
nonsuccessful
debilitated
blown
make-or-break
declinal
hopeless
unsucceeding
dead in the water
hair-trigger
fumblingly
turkey
malfunction
flopdom
fumblingness
unconvergence
failingness
nonconvergence
backfiring
copout
impairment
nonsurvival
twilight
noncompletion
unattainment
premortem
smashup
halt
skip a beat
waver
bottom fall out
blow
kamikaze
blow up
blow up in one's face
go nowhere
let the grass grow under one's feet
founder
fall through
flop
gronk
fall flat
repine
bomb
fall
bite the big one
fall down
whiff
brickle
go down the toilet
go out
go wrong
take it on the chin
beef
backfire
slip up
thwart
fall flat on one's face
ruin
go back on
underwhelm
lay eggs
require improvement
bollocks up
fall down on
hit the skids
break
go to smash
fight a losing battle
disinvigorate
unlast
miss stays
scant
take the count
tumble
fall on one's face
come to nought
lay an egg
melt down
omit
strike out looking
flame out
miss the mark
not win for losing
miss
baffle
shit the bed
come a gutser
redefeat
take on water
attenuate
verb
- To falter.
- To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- To bring to a stop.
- To limp; move with a limping gait.
- To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- To stop marching.
- To stop either temporarily or permanently.
- To cause to discontinue.
- To waver.
noun
verb
- To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
- To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
- To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
- To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
- To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.
- To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
noun
verb
- To suddenly fail destructively.
- To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.
- (used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.
- To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
- To flatulate or defecate.
- To produce an air current.
- To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
- To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man).
- To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
- (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed.
- To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- To be propelled by an air current.
- To sing.
- To blow from a gun.
- To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- To make a sound as the result of being blown.
- To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- To cause the sudden destruction of.
- To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
- To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
- To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
- To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- To be very undesirable.
- To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
- To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- To recklessly squander.
- To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
noun
- Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”)
- Cocaine.
- An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
- A damaging occurrence.
- Cannabis.
- A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
- An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
- A bloom, state of flowering.
- A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- A strong wind.
- The act of striking or hitting.
- A blowjob; fellatio.
- A display of anything brilliant or bright.
- Heroin.
- A chance to catch one's breath.
- A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
adj
verb
- To fail disastrously.
- To carry out a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
- To destroy (a ship, etc.) in a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
noun
- A cocktail made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice.
- A vehicle used for a suicide attack, especially an aircraft.
- An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft.
- One who takes excessive risks, as for example in a sporting event.
- A deliberate wipeout.
- One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft.
adj
verb
- To fail disastrously.
- To blow something upward.
- To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.
- To blow the whistle.
- To suddenly get very angry.
- To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
- To become popular very quickly.
- To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.
- To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, etc., often exasperating the recipient.
- Receiving a large number of calls or notifications to the point of making the device effectively unusable.
- To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation or defecation.
- To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
- To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or using an air pump.
- To enlarge or zoom in.
verb
- To fail dismally.
- To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
- To crash.
- To move at high speed.
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
- To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- To make oneself drunk.
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To make a smelly mess in a toilet.
adj
noun
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
- A woman’s breast.
- 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.
- A large amount of money.
- A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- A success; the bomb.
- Any explosive charge.
- A long forward pass.
- A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
- A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, (especially) one dropped from an aircraft.
- An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
- A car in poor condition.
- A very attractive woman.
- A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
verb
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- come under, be classified or included
- fall from clouds
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- be captured
- occur at a specified time or place
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- yield to temptation or sin
- lose office or power
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- move in a specified direction
- be due
- lose one's chastity
- to be given by right or inheritance
- come into the possession of
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be inherited by
- slope downward
- lose an upright position suddenly
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- fall or flow in a certain way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- be cast down
- come out; issue
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- begin vigorously
- go as if by falling
- come as if by falling
noun
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a downward slope or bend
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a movement downward
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
verb
- To fail spectacularly.
- To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
- To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
- To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
- To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
- Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
- To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
- To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
- To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
- To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
- To shoot (someone) with a firearm; hence, to assassinate or kill (someone).
- To smell; to sniff.
- In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
- To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
adj
noun
- A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
- A flag used as a signal.
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
- The name of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
- A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
- A slight attack or touch.
- A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
- A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
- A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
- A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
- From the batter's perspective: a strike.
- An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
intj
verb
- To fail.
- To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple.
- To have a romantic relationship (with someone).
- To recede; to ebb.
- To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
- To leave, especially a building.
- To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards.
- To die.
- To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).
- To pass out of fashion.
- To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
- To become extinct, to expire.
- To be eliminated from a competition.
- To be turned off or extinguished.
noun
- A failure.
- The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).
- With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
- A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
- An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
- A foolish or inept person.
verb
- To fail or mess up.
- To feud or hold a grudge against.
- To cry.
- To add weight or strength to.
- To fart; break wind.
- To complain.
adj
- Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient.
- Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.
- Producing or known for raising lots of beef.
- Beefy; powerful; robust.
noun
- A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)
- The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
- Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
- Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
- The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine.
- Bovine animals.
- Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
- A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
verb
noun
- A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
- An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
- A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
adj
noun
verb
adj
verb
- cause the failure or ruin of
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
- suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- fall down, as if collapsing
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- roll over and over, back and forth
- fly around
- fall apart
- throw together in a confused mass
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- fall suddenly and sharply
- put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
noun
verb
- To fail to achieve or attain.
- To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
- To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
- To fail to attend.
- To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
- To fail to score (a goal).
- To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
- To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
- To fail to help the hand of a player.
- To avoid; to escape.
- To fail to understand;
- To fail to hit.
noun
- A failure to obtain or accomplish.
- The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
- A failure to hit.
- A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
- In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
- An unmarried woman; a girl.
- An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give)
- A kept woman; a mistress.
verb
noun
- An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
- A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether.
- A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
verb
verb
- To weaken.
- To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
- To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- To become thin or fine; to grow less.
- To rarefy.
- (of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.
- To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
- To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
adj
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