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noun
- the act of drilling
- the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
- A pit or hole which has been bored.
- (usually in the plural) One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
- The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
adj
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.
- Capable of penetrating; piercing.
- Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.
- (chiefly Manglish) Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
verb
noun
verb
adj
- (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
- without official authorization
- outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
- (usually derogatory) Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:
- (firearms) Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.
- (oil industry) Of or concerning oil exploration in new areas, (particularly) small, independent operations.
- Of or concerning actions undertaken by workers without approval or in defiance of the formal leadership of their trade unions.
- Unauthorized by the proper authorities.
noun
- an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
- a cruelly rapacious person
- any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
- (firearms) Clipping of wildcat cartridge.
- Any feral cat.
- (US) A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
- (figurative) A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
- (UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
- (nautical) A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
- (American football) An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
- (uncommon) Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
- (uncommon) Clipping of wildcat strike (“a strike undertaken without authorization from the relevant trade union”).
verb
noun
- In an oil-drilling operation, the raising, disassembly and replacement of the drilling equipment.
- (finance) The investment of a borrowed overdraft in order to make a profit in the same market.
- (computing) The export and eventual reimport of a file, data, etc. without loss of fidelity.
- (often figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.
- (finance) A form of barter that involves the sale of an unused asset and the purchase of the same asset back again, or a similar one, typically used in accounting fraud.
- a trip to some place and back again
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, oil industry) To dispose of (unusable explosive natural gas from an oil well) by burning it as it emerges from the well.
- (transitive) To use up a resource in a nonproductive manner.
- (transitive, intransitive, television) To fill (low-value air time) with programming not suitable for its original purpose.
- (transitive) To speed past (someone), such as in a race, especially when first starting off.
- (intransitive) To dissipate as the result of heat.
- (transitive) To expend energy resulting from metabolizing food.
- (intransitive, rail transport, of an axle bearing) To fail due to overheating.
- (transitive) To cause to dissipate by applying heat.
- (rugby) Cause to waste energy.
- clear land of its vegetation by burning it off
- use up (energy)
verb
- (engineering) To pull the drill stem and bit out of the hole of an oil well drill, in order to access the borehole.
- (slang) To hallucinate or otherwise alter one's consciousness as a result of drugs.
- (idiomatic) To have as an image in one's mind.
- To be released in spite of constraints; to spill out.
- (slang) To have a fit, to become enraged or upset; to flip out.
- To go out with light steps.
- (electronics) To break a circuit in response to an overload.
- (slang) To enthuse, to respond with strong positive emotion; to get high (on)
- get high, stoned, or drugged
noun
- (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
- (slang) Clipping of battery.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
- (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).
- A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
- Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
- A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
- A part of a brick with one whole end.
- (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
- (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
- A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
- (derogatory) An old woman.
- A stroke; a sharp blow.
- (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
- A player rated according to skill in batting.
- nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- the club used in playing cricket
- a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
- a club used for hitting a ball in various games
- (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
verb
- (transitive) To flutter
- (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
- (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
- (intransitive, usually with ‘around’ or ‘about’) To flit quickly from place to place.
- (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
- (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
- strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
- have a turn at bat
- wink briefly
- use a bat
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
noun
- A displacement fluid that is forced into a system in order to clear out active fluids that are used in a treatment, such as fracking, desalinization, etc.
- The act of overflushing.
- The act or process of forcing overflush into a system in order to clear out active fluids.
- Surplus assets.
- A flush (series of obstacles to ski between) that covers a slope
- An excess of something.
- A flush or tinge of color that appears over the base color.
- A sudden rush of feeling that appears expressed in the face.
adj
adv
verb
noun
- A tool used for drilling.
- One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
- (MLE, slang) A knife fit for a stabbing.
- An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
- A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
- (botany) The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.
- A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
- A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
- any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
- a drill for penetrating rock
noun
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- A promiscuous woman.
- (slang) Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
- (slang, computing) A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
- (US) A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
- (algebra, ring theory) An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- (animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- gear used in fishing
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, animation) To outfit a model with controls for animation.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
- equip with sails or masts
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner
- connect or secure to
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
noun
- A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
- (firefighting, slang) The rescue of a person from a burning structure.
- (countable, media) A sound bite.
- (countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- (countable) A sudden snatch at something.
- (uncountable) A simple card game.
- (countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- a mechanical device for gripping an object
- the act of catching an object with the hands
verb
- (informal) To consume something quickly.
- (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- To take the opportunity of.
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- (transitive) To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- (informal) To quickly collect, retrieve, or take.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- get hold of or seize quickly and easily
- take or grasp suddenly
- capture the attention or imagination of
- make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- obtain illegally or unscrupulously
noun
- a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
- an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
- a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- an abundant source
- (figurative) A source of supply.
- (nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
- (military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
- A well drink.
- A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
- A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
- (video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
- (nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
- (graphical user interface) The region of an interface that contains tabs.
- (nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
- (metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
- A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
- (nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
- (biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
- The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
- (architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
adj
adv
- indicating high probability; in all likelihood
- to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
- thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
- in financial comfort
- favorably; with approval
- with skill or in a pleasing manner
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
- in a manner affording benefit or advantage
- with prudence or propriety
- with great or especially intimate knowledge
- without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
- to a great extent or degree
- (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
- In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
- (degree) To a significant degree.
- (degree, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
- (manner) Completely, fully.
verb
intj
- Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.
- Used as a hedge.
- An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).
- Used as a discourse marker.
- An exclamation of indignance.
- Expressing reluctance to say something.
- (Ireland) Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?"
noun
- (drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
- (programming) A code cave.
- (figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
- A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- (caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
- (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
- (slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
- A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
- (mining) A collapse or cave-in.
- A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
- A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
- a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
intj
verb
- To collapse.
- To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
- To hollow out or undermine.
- (figurative) To surrender.
- (mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
- explore natural caves
- hollow out as if making a cave or opening
noun
- (oil industry) A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
- (countable) A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.
- A relaxed party.
- (countable, machinery) An accident where an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward.
- (uncountable, firearms, machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
- (uncountable, bridge) In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit.
- (machinery, forestry) An accident wherein the upper tip of the bar of a running chainsaw contacts a relatively immovable object, forcing the bar upwards and pressing the running chain more firmly against the object, causing the saw to be hurled upwards and backwards into the operator's face.
- (countable, bowling) The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.
- (countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.
- (pinball) A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play.
- a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
noun
- The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
- The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
- (slang, from, African-American Vernacular) Lying or exaggerating.
- (mathematics) The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.
- (Internet slang) The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.
- (geology) the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
- The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
- (Internet slang) The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY.
verb
noun
- the act of drilling
- the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
- A pit or hole which has been bored.
- (usually in the plural) One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
- The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
adj
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.
- Capable of penetrating; piercing.
- Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.
- (chiefly Manglish) Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- In an oil-drilling operation, the raising, disassembly and replacement of the drilling equipment.
- (finance) The investment of a borrowed overdraft in order to make a profit in the same market.
- (computing) The export and eventual reimport of a file, data, etc. without loss of fidelity.
- (often figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.
- (finance) A form of barter that involves the sale of an unused asset and the purchase of the same asset back again, or a similar one, typically used in accounting fraud.
- a trip to some place and back again
noun
- (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
- (slang) Clipping of battery.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
- (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).
- A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
- Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
- A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
- A part of a brick with one whole end.
- (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
- (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
- A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
- (derogatory) An old woman.
- A stroke; a sharp blow.
- (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
- A player rated according to skill in batting.
- nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- the club used in playing cricket
- a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
- a club used for hitting a ball in various games
- (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
verb
- (transitive) To flutter
- (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
- (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
- (intransitive, usually with ‘around’ or ‘about’) To flit quickly from place to place.
- (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
- (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
- strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
- have a turn at bat
- wink briefly
- use a bat
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
noun
- A displacement fluid that is forced into a system in order to clear out active fluids that are used in a treatment, such as fracking, desalinization, etc.
- The act of overflushing.
- The act or process of forcing overflush into a system in order to clear out active fluids.
- Surplus assets.
- A flush (series of obstacles to ski between) that covers a slope
- An excess of something.
- A flush or tinge of color that appears over the base color.
- A sudden rush of feeling that appears expressed in the face.
adj
adv
verb
noun
- A tool used for drilling.
- One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
- (MLE, slang) A knife fit for a stabbing.
- An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
- A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
- (botany) The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.
- A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
- A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
- any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
- a drill for penetrating rock
noun
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- A promiscuous woman.
- (slang) Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
- (slang, computing) A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
- (US) A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
- (algebra, ring theory) An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- (animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- gear used in fishing
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, animation) To outfit a model with controls for animation.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
- equip with sails or masts
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner
- connect or secure to
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
noun
- A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
- (firefighting, slang) The rescue of a person from a burning structure.
- (countable, media) A sound bite.
- (countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- (countable) A sudden snatch at something.
- (uncountable) A simple card game.
- (countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- a mechanical device for gripping an object
- the act of catching an object with the hands
verb
- (informal) To consume something quickly.
- (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- To take the opportunity of.
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- (transitive) To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- (informal) To quickly collect, retrieve, or take.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- get hold of or seize quickly and easily
- take or grasp suddenly
- capture the attention or imagination of
- make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- obtain illegally or unscrupulously
noun
- a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
- an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
- a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- an abundant source
- (figurative) A source of supply.
- (nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
- (military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
- A well drink.
- A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
- A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
- (video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
- (nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
- (graphical user interface) The region of an interface that contains tabs.
- (nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
- (metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
- A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
- (nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
- (biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
- The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
- (architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
adj
adv
- indicating high probability; in all likelihood
- to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
- thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
- in financial comfort
- favorably; with approval
- with skill or in a pleasing manner
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
- in a manner affording benefit or advantage
- with prudence or propriety
- with great or especially intimate knowledge
- without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
- to a great extent or degree
- (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
- In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
- (degree) To a significant degree.
- (degree, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
- (manner) Completely, fully.
verb
intj
- Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.
- Used as a hedge.
- An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).
- Used as a discourse marker.
- An exclamation of indignance.
- Expressing reluctance to say something.
- (Ireland) Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?"
noun
- (drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
- (programming) A code cave.
- (figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
- A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- (caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
- (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
- (slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
- A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
- (mining) A collapse or cave-in.
- A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
- A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
- a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
intj
verb
- To collapse.
- To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
- To hollow out or undermine.
- (figurative) To surrender.
- (mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
- explore natural caves
- hollow out as if making a cave or opening
noun
- (oil industry) A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
- (countable) A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.
- A relaxed party.
- (countable, machinery) An accident where an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward.
- (uncountable, firearms, machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
- (uncountable, bridge) In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit.
- (machinery, forestry) An accident wherein the upper tip of the bar of a running chainsaw contacts a relatively immovable object, forcing the bar upwards and pressing the running chain more firmly against the object, causing the saw to be hurled upwards and backwards into the operator's face.
- (countable, bowling) The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.
- (countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.
- (pinball) A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play.
- a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
noun
- The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
- The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
- (slang, from, African-American Vernacular) Lying or exaggerating.
- (mathematics) The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.
- (Internet slang) The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.
- (geology) the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
- The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
- (Internet slang) The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY.
verb
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, oil industry) To dispose of (unusable explosive natural gas from an oil well) by burning it as it emerges from the well.
- (transitive) To use up a resource in a nonproductive manner.
- (transitive, intransitive, television) To fill (low-value air time) with programming not suitable for its original purpose.
- (transitive) To speed past (someone), such as in a race, especially when first starting off.
- (intransitive) To dissipate as the result of heat.
- (transitive) To expend energy resulting from metabolizing food.
- (intransitive, rail transport, of an axle bearing) To fail due to overheating.
- (transitive) To cause to dissipate by applying heat.
- (rugby) Cause to waste energy.
- clear land of its vegetation by burning it off
- use up (energy)
verb
- (engineering) To pull the drill stem and bit out of the hole of an oil well drill, in order to access the borehole.
- (slang) To hallucinate or otherwise alter one's consciousness as a result of drugs.
- (idiomatic) To have as an image in one's mind.
- To be released in spite of constraints; to spill out.
- (slang) To have a fit, to become enraged or upset; to flip out.
- To go out with light steps.
- (electronics) To break a circuit in response to an overload.
- (slang) To enthuse, to respond with strong positive emotion; to get high (on)
- get high, stoned, or drugged
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adj
- (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
- without official authorization
- outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
- (usually derogatory) Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:
- (firearms) Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.
- (oil industry) Of or concerning oil exploration in new areas, (particularly) small, independent operations.
- Of or concerning actions undertaken by workers without approval or in defiance of the formal leadership of their trade unions.
- Unauthorized by the proper authorities.
noun
- an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
- a cruelly rapacious person
- any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
- (firearms) Clipping of wildcat cartridge.
- Any feral cat.
- (US) A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
- (figurative) A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
- (UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
- (nautical) A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
- (American football) An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
- (uncommon) Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
- (uncommon) Clipping of wildcat strike (“a strike undertaken without authorization from the relevant trade union”).