bigger

adjective, bigger, biggest.
1.
large, as in size, height, width, or amount:
a big house; a big quantity.
2.
of major concern, importance, gravity, or the like:
a big problem.
3.
outstanding for a specified quality:
a big liar; a big success.
4.
important, as in influence, standing, or wealth:
a big man in his field.
5.
grown-up; mature:
big enough to know better.
6.
elder:
my big sister.
7.
doing business or conducted on a large scale; major in size or importance:
big government.
8.
consisting of the largest or most influential companies in an industry:
Big steel wants to lower prices, but the smaller mills don't.
9.
Informal. known or used widely; popular:
Nouvelle cuisine became big in the 1970s.
10.
magnanimous; generous; kindly:
big enough to forgive.
11.
boastful; pompous; pretentious; haughty:
a big talker.
12.
loud; orotund:
a big voice.
13.
(of clothing or a clothing design) made of or distinguished by voluminous fabric that is loosely or softly shaped and fitted:
a big shirt; the big look.
14.
(of a wine) having more than average flavor, body, and alcoholic content.
15.
filled; brimming:
eyes big with tears.
16.
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pregnant.
17.
Obsolete. very strong; powerful.
adverb
18.
Informal. boastfully; pretentiously:
to act big; to talk big.
19.
Informal. with great success; successfully:
to go over big.
noun
20.
the bigs, Sports Slang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
Idioms
21.
be big on, to have a special liking or enthusiasm for:
Mother is big on family get-togethers.
22.
big with child. great (def 23).

better

adjective, compar. of good with best as superl.
1.
of superior quality or excellence:
a better coat; a better speech.
2.
morally superior; more virtuous:
They are no better than thieves.
3.
of superior suitability, advisability, desirability, acceptableness, etc.; preferable:
a better time for action.
4.
larger; greater:
the better part of a lifetime.
5.
improved in health; healthier than before.
6.
completely recovered in health.
adverb, compar. of well with best as superl.
7.
in a more appropriate or acceptable way or manner:
to behave better.
8.
to a greater degree; more completely or thoroughly:
He knows the way better than we do. I probably know him better than anyone else.
9.
more:
I walked better than a mile to town.
verb (used with object)
10.
to increase the good qualities of; make better; improve: to better one's grades;
to better the lot of the suburban commuter.
11.
to improve upon; surpass; exceed:
We have bettered last year's production record.
12.
Cards. to raise (a previous bid).
noun
13.
that which has greater excellence or is preferable or wiser:
the better of two choices.
14.
Usually, betters. those superior to one in wisdom, wealth, etc.
Idioms
15.
better off,
  1. in better circumstances.
  2. more fortunate; happier:
    Because of his asthma, he would be better off in a different climate.
16.
better oneself, to improve one's social standing, financial position, or education:
He is going to night school because he wants to better himself.
17.
for the better, in a way that is an improvement:
His health changed for the better.
18.
get / have the better of,
  1. to get an advantage over.
  2. to prevail against.
19.
go (someone) one better, to exceed the effort of; be superior to:
The neighbors went us one better by buying two new cars.
20.
had better, would be wiser or more well-advised to; ought to:
We had better stay indoors today.
21.
no better than one should be, morally inferior; immoral or amoral:
Don't speak to him; he's no better than he should be!
22.
think better of,
  1. to reconsider and decide more favorably or wisely regarding:
    I was tempted to make a sarcastic retort, but thought better of it.
  2. to form a higher opinion of:
    I think better of him now that he's gone back to college.

faster

adjective, faster, fastest.
1.
moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid:
a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
2.
done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time:
a fast race; fast work.
3.
  1. indicating a time in advance of the correct time, as of a clock.
  2. noting or according to daylight-saving time.
4.
adapted to, allowing, productive of, or imparting rapid movement:
a hull with fast lines; one of the fastest pitchers in baseball.
5.
characterized by unrestrained conduct or lack of moral conventions, especially in sexual relations; wanton; loose:
Some young people in that era were considered fast, if not downright promiscuous.
6.
characterized by hectic activity:
leading a fast life.
7.
resistant:
acid-fast.
8.
firmly fixed in place; not easily moved; securely attached.
9.
held or caught firmly, so as to be unable to escape or be extricated:
an animal fast in a trap.
10.
firmly tied, as a knot.
11.
closed and made secure, as a door, gate, or shutter.
12.
such as to hold securely:
to lay fast hold on a thing.
13.
firm in adherence; loyal; devoted:
fast friends.
14.
permanent, lasting, or unchangeable:
a fast color; a hard and fast rule.
15.
Informal.
  1. (of money, profits, etc.) made quickly or easily and sometimes deviously:
    He earned some fast change helping the woman with her luggage.
  2. cleverly quick and manipulative in making money:
    a fast operator when it comes to closing a business deal.
16.
Photography.
  1. (of a lens) able to transmit a relatively large amount of light in a relatively short time.
  2. (of a film) requiring a relatively short exposure time to attain a given density.
17.
Horse Racing.
  1. (of a track condition) completely dry.
  2. (of a track surface) very hard.
adverb, faster, fastest.
18.
quickly, swiftly, or rapidly.
19.
in quick succession:
Events followed fast upon one another to the crisis.
20.
tightly; firmly:
to hold fast.
21.
soundly:
fast asleep.
22.
in a wild or dissipated way.
23.
ahead of the correct or announced time.
24.
Archaic. close; near:
fast by.
noun
25.
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
Idioms
26.
play fast and loose. play (def 80).
27.
pull a fast one, Informal. to play an unfair trick; practice deceit:
He tried to pull a fast one on us by switching the cards.

stronger

adjective, stronger
[strawng-ger, strong-] /'str?? g?r, 'str??-/ (Show IPA), strongest
[strawng-gist, strong-] /'str?? g?st, 'str??-/ (Show IPA)
1.
having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust:
a strong boy.
2.
accompanied or delivered by great physical, mechanical, etc., power or force:
a strong handshake; With one strong blow the machine stamped out a fender.
3.
mentally powerful or vigorous:
He may be old, but his mind is still strong.
4.
especially able, competent, or powerful in a specific field or respect:
She's very strong in mathematics. He's weak at bat, but he's a strong fielder.
5.
of great moral power, firmness, or courage:
strong under temptation.
6.
powerful in influence, authority, resources, or means of prevailing or succeeding:
a strong nation.
7.
aggressive; willful:
a strong personality.
8.
of great force, effectiveness, potency, or cogency; compelling:
strong reasons; strong arguments.
9.
clear and firm; loud:
He has a strong voice.
10.
solid or stable; healthy; thriving:
The banker predicted a strong economy.
11.
well-supplied or rich in something specific:
a strong hand in trumps.
12.
having powerful means to resist attack, assault, or aggression:
a strong fortress; a strong defense.
13.
able to resist strain, force, wear, etc.:
strong walls; strong cloth.
14.
decisively unyielding; firm or uncompromising:
She has strong views about the United Nations. He has a strong sense of duty.
15.
fervent; zealous; thoroughgoing:
He's a strong Democrat.
16.
strenuous or energetic; vigorous:
strong efforts.
17.
moving or acting with force or vigor:
strong winds.
18.
distinct or marked; vivid, as impressions, resemblance or contrast:
He bears a strong resemblance to his grandfather.
19.
intense, as light or color.
20.
having a large proportion of the effective or essential properties or ingredients; concentrated:
strong tea.
21.
(of a beverage or food) containing much alcohol:
strong drink; The fruitcake was too strong.
22.
having a high degree of flavor or odor:
strong cheese; strong perfume.
23.
having an unpleasant or offensive flavor or odor, especially in the process of decay:
strong butter.
24.
of a designated number:
Marines 20,000 strong.
25.
Commerce. characterized by steady or advancing prices:
The market resumed its strong pace after yesterday's setback.
26.
Grammar.
  1. (of Germanic verbs) having vowel change in the root in inflected forms, as the English verbs sing, sang, sung; ride, rode, ridden.
  2. (of Germanic nouns and adjectives) inflected with endings that are generally distinctive of case, number, and gender, as German alter Mann “old man.”.
  3. belonging to the morphophonemically less regular of two inflectional subtypes.
27.
(of a word or syllable) stressed.
28.
Optics. having great magnifying or refractive power:
a strong microscope.
adverb
29.
strongly.
Idioms
30.
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
When you're interviewed for the job, don't come on too strong.

bribe

noun
1.
money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:
The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.
2.
anything given or serving to persuade or induce:
The children were given candy as a bribe to be good.
verb (used with object), bribed, bribing.
3.
to give or promise a bribe to:
They bribed the reporter to forget about what he had seen.
4.
to influence or corrupt by a bribe:
The judge was too honest to be bribed.
verb (used without object), bribed, bribing.
5.
to give a bribe; practice bribery.

slantiny

hulking

adjective
1.
heavy and clumsy; bulky.

brow

noun
1.
Anatomy. the ridge over the eye.
2.
the hair growing on that ridge; eyebrow.
3.
the forehead:
He wore his hat low over his brow.
4.
a person's countenance or mien.
5.
the edge of a steep place:
She looked down over the brow of the hill.
6.
gangplank.

allure

verb (used with object), allured, alluring.
1.
to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.
2.
to fascinate; charm.
verb (used without object), allured, alluring.
3.
to be attractive or tempting.
noun
4.
fascination; charm; appeal.

brink

noun
1.
the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water.
2.
any extreme edge; verge.
3.
a crucial or critical point, especially of a situation or state beyond which success or catastrophe occurs:
We were on the brink of war.

feckless

adjective
1.
ineffective; incompetent; futile:
feckless attempts to repair the plumbing.
2.
having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.

hug

verb (used with object), hugged, hugging.
1.
to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace.
2.
to cling firmly or fondly to; cherish:
to hug an opinion.
3.
to keep close to, as in sailing, walking, or in moving along or alongside of:
to hug the shore; to hug the road.
verb (used without object), hugged, hugging.
4.
to cling together; lie close.
noun
5.
a tight clasp with the arms; embrace.

hush now

leadingly

adjective
1.
chief; principal; most important; foremost:
a leading toy manufacturer.
2.
coming in advance of others; first:
We rode in the leading car.
3.
directing, guiding.
noun
4.
the act of a person or thing that leads.

glowing

adjective
1.
incandescent.
2.
rich and warm in coloring:
glowing colors.
3.
showing the radiance of health, excitement, etc.:
glowing cheeks.
4.
warmly favorable or complimentary:
a glowing account of her work.

reek

noun
1.
a strong, unpleasant smell.
2.
vapor or steam.
verb (used without object)
3.
to smell strongly and unpleasantly.
4.
to be strongly pervaded with something unpleasant or offensive.
5.
to give off steam, smoke, etc.
6.
to be wet with sweat, blood, etc.
verb (used with object)
7.
to give off; emit; exude.
8.
to expose to or treat with smoke.

spinst

gust

noun
1.
a sudden, strong blast of wind.
2.
a sudden rush or burst of water, fire, smoke, sound, etc.
3.
an outburst of passionate feeling.
verb (used without object)
4.
to blow or rush in gusts.

gutter

noun
1.
a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
2.
a channel at the eaves or on the roof of a building, for carrying off rain water.
3.
any channel, trough, or the like for carrying off fluid.
4.
a furrow or channel made by running water.
5.
Bowling. a sunken channel on each side of the alley from the line marking the limit of a fair delivery of the ball to the sunken area behind the pins.
6.
the state or abode of those who live in degradation, squalor, etc.:
the language of the gutter.
7.
the white space formed by the inner margins of two facing pages in a bound book, magazine, or newspaper.
verb (used without object)
8.
to flow in streams.
9.
(of a candle) to lose molten wax accumulated in a hollow space around the wick.
10.
(of a lamp or candle flame) to burn low or to be blown so as to be nearly extinguished.
11.
to form gutters, as water does.
verb (used with object)
12.
to make gutters in; channel.
13.
to furnish with a gutter or gutters:
to gutter a new house.

human-hued

pigeons

noun
1.
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
2.
a domesticated member of this family, as one of the varieties of the rock dove.
3.
Slang.
  1. a young, usually attractive, girl.
  2. a person who is easily fooled or cheated; dupe.
4.
Poker Slang. a card, acquired in the draw, that greatly improves a hand or makes it a winner.

restraint

noun
1.
a restraining action or influence:
freedom from restraint.
2.
Sometimes, restraints. a means of or device for restraining, as a harness for the body.
3.
the act of restraining, holding back, controlling, or checking.
4.
the state or fact of being restrained; deprivation of liberty; confinement.
5.
constraint or reserve in feelings, behavior, etc.

dunce

noun
1.
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.

scoop

noun
1.
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
2.
a utensil composed of a palm-sized hollow hemisphere attached to a horizontal handle, for dishing out ice cream or other soft foods.
3.
a hemispherical portion of food as dished out by such a utensil:
two scoops of chocolate ice cream.
4.
the bucket of a dredge, steam shovel, etc.
5.
Surgery. a spoonlike apparatus for removing substances or foreign objects from the body.
6.
a hollow or hollowed-out place.
7.
the act of ladling, dipping, dredging, etc.
8.
the quantity held in a ladle, dipper, shovel, bucket, etc.
9.
Journalism. a news item, report, or story first revealed in one paper, magazine, newscast, etc.; beat.
10.
Informal. news, information, or details, especially as obtained from experience or an immediate source:
What's the scoop on working this machine?
11.
a gathering to oneself or lifting with the arms or hands.
12.
Informal. a big haul, as of money.
13.
Television, Movies. a single large floodlight shaped like a flour scoop.
verb (used with object)
14.
to take up or out with or as if with a scoop.
15.
to empty with a scoop.
16.
to form a hollow or hollows in.
17.
to form with or as if with a scoop.
18.
to get the better of (other publications, newscasters, etc.) by obtaining and publishing or broadcasting a news item, report, or story first:
They scooped all the other dailies with the story of the election fraud.
19.
to gather up or to oneself or to put hastily by a sweeping motion of one's arms or hands:
He scooped the money into his pocket.
verb (used without object)
20.
to remove or gather something with or as if with a scoop:
to scoop with a ridiculously small shovel.

shoplit

nod

verb (used without object), nodded, nodding.
1.
to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
2.
to let the head fall slightly forward with a sudden, involuntary movement when sleepy.
3.
to doze, especially in a sitting position:
The speaker was so boring that half the audience was nodding.
4.
to become careless, inattentive, or listless; make an error or mistake through lack of attention.
5.
(of trees, flowers, plumes, etc.) to droop, bend, or incline with a swaying motion.
verb (used with object), nodded, nodding.
6.
to bend (the head) in a short, quick downward movement, as of assent or greeting.
7.
to express or signify by such a movement of the head:
to nod approval; to nod agreement.
8.
to summon, bring, or send by a nod of the head.
9.
to cause (something) to lean or sway; incline.
noun
10.
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
11.
a brief period of sleep; nap.
12.
a bending or swaying movement.
Verb phrases
13.
nod off, to fall asleep or doze, especially in a sitting position:
He was reprimanded for nodding off in class.
14.
nod out, Slang. to fall asleep, especially owing to the effects of a drug.
Idioms
15.
give the nod to, Informal. to express approval of; agree to:
The board gave the nod to the new proposal.
16.
on the nod,
  1. British Slang. on credit.
  2. Slang. drowsy following a dose of a narcotic drug.

sternly

adjective, sterner, sternest.
1.
firm, strict, or uncompromising:
stern discipline.
2.
hard, harsh, or severe:
a stern reprimand.
3.
rigorous or austere; of an unpleasantly serious character:
stern times.
4.
grim or forbidding in aspect:
a stern face.

hitch

verb (used with object)
1.
to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether:
Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
2.
to harness (an animal) to a vehicle (often followed by up).
3.
to raise with jerks (usually followed by up); hike up:
to hitch up one's trousers.
4.
to move or draw (something) with a jerk.
5.
Slang. to bind by marriage vows; unite in marriage; marry:
They got hitched in '79.
6.
to catch, as on a projection; snag:
He hitched his jeans on a nail and tore them.
verb (used without object)
7.
to stick, as when caught.
8.
to fasten oneself or itself to something (often followed by on).
9.
to move roughly or jerkily:
The old buggy hitched along.
10.
to hobble or limp.
noun
11.
the act or fact of fastening, as to something, especially temporarily.
12.
any of various knots or loops made to attach a rope to something in such a way as to be readily loosened.
Compare bend1 (def 17).
13.
Military Slang. a period of military service:
a three-year hitch in the Navy.
14.
an unexpected difficulty, obstacle, delay, etc.:
a hitch in our plans for the picnic.
15.
a hitching movement; jerk or pull.
16.
a hitching gait; a hobble or limp.
17.
a fastening that joins a movable tool to the mechanism that pulls it.
18.
Mining.
  1. a fault having a throw less than the thickness of a coal seam being mined.
  2. a notch cut in a wall or the like to hold the end of a stull or other timber.
Verb phrases
19.
hitch up, to harness an animal to a wagon, carriage, or the like.

puckering

verb (used with or without object)
1.
to draw or gather into wrinkles or irregular folds, as material or a part of the face; constrict:
Worry puckered his brow.
noun
2.
a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
3.
a puckered part, as of cloth tightly or crookedly sewn.
4.
Archaic. a state of agitation or perturbation.

beak

noun
1.
the bill of a bird; neb.
2.
any similar horny mouthpart in other animals, as the turtle or duckbill.
3.
anything beaklike or ending in a point, as the spout of a pitcher.
4.
Slang. a person's nose.
5.
Entomology. proboscis (def 3).
6.
Botany. a narrowed or prolonged tip.
7.
Nautical. (formerly) a metal or metal-sheathed projection from the bow of a warship, used to ram enemy vessels; ram; rostrum.
8.
Typography. a serif on the arm of a character, as of a K.
9.
Also called bird's beak. Architecture. a pendant molding forming a drip, as on the soffit of a cornice.
10.
Chiefly British Slang.
  1. a judge; magistrate.
  2. a schoolmaster.

wary

adjective, warier, wariest.
1.
watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
2.
arising from or characterized by caution:
to give someone a wary look.

ting

verb (used with or without object)
1.
to make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound.
noun
2.
a tinging sound.

dull

adjective, duller, dullest.
1.
not sharp; blunt:
a dull knife.
2.
causing boredom; tedious; uninteresting:
a dull sermon.
3.
not lively or spirited; listless.
4.
not bright, intense, or clear; dim:
a dull day; a dull sound.
5.
having very little depth of color; lacking in richness or intensity of color.
6.
slow in motion or action; not brisk; sluggish:
a dull day in the stock market.
7.
mentally slow; lacking brightness of mind; somewhat stupid; obtuse.
8.
lacking keenness of perception in the senses or feelings; insensible; unfeeling.
9.
not intense or acute:
a dull pain.
verb (used with or without object)
10.
to make or become dull.

hooting

verb (used without object)
1.
to cry out or shout, especially in disapproval or derision.
2.
to utter the cry characteristic of an owl.
3.
to utter a similar sound.
4.
Chiefly British. to blow a horn or whistle; toot.
verb (used with object)
5.
to assail with shouts of disapproval or derision:
The fans hooted the umpire.
6.
to drive out, off, or away by hooting.
7.
to express in hoots:
The crowd hooted its disagreement with the speaker.
noun
8.
the cry of an owl.
9.
any similar sound, as an inarticulate shout.
10.
a cry or shout, especially of disapproval or derision.
11.
British. a horn, siren, or whistle, especially a factory whistle.
12.
Informal. the least bit of concern, interest, or thought; trifle:
His religion doesn't matter a hoot to me.
13.
Slang. an extremely funny person, situation, or event:
Your cousin is such a hoot!
Idioms
14.
not give / care a hoot,, Informal. to not care at all:
I don't give a hoot.
Also, not give/care two hoots.

creak

verb (used without object)
1.
to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound.
2.
to move with creaking.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cause to creak.
noun
4.
a creaking sound.

gut's all sour

reek

noun
1.
a strong, unpleasant smell.
2.
vapor or steam.
verb (used without object)
3.
to smell strongly and unpleasantly.
4.
to be strongly pervaded with something unpleasant or offensive.
5.
to give off steam, smoke, etc.
6.
to be wet with sweat, blood, etc.
verb (used with object)
7.
to give off; emit; exude.
8.
to expose to or treat with smoke.

cobbled

verb (used with object), cobbled, cobbling.
1.
to mend (shoes, boots, etc.); patch.
2.
to put together roughly or clumsily.

spattering

verb (used with object)
1.
to scatter or dash in small particles or drops:
The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
2.
to splash with something in small particles:
to spatter the ground with water.
3.
to sprinkle or spot with something that soils or stains.
verb (used without object)
4.
to send out small particles or drops, as falling water:
rain spattering on a tin roof.
5.
to strike a surface in or as in a shower, as bullets.
noun
6.
the act or the sound of spattering:
the spatter of rain on a roof.
7.
a splash or spot of something spattered.

mews

noun
1.
the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes.
2.
the characteristic sound a gull makes.
verb (used without object)
3.
to make a mew or emit a similar sound.

nook

noun
1.
a corner, as in a room.
2.
any secluded or obscure corner.
3.
any small recess:
a breakfast nook.
4.
any remote or sheltered spot:
a shady nook that was ideal for a picnic.

dreadlocks

noun, (used with a plural verb)
1.
a hair style, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.

fag ash

trog

noun
1.
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.

pickax

noun, plural pickaxes.
1.
a pick, especially a mattock.
verb (used with object), pickaxed, pickaxing.
2.
to cut or clear away with a pickax.
verb (used without object), pickaxed, pickaxing.
3.
to use a pickax.

racked

noun
1.
a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:
a clothes rack; a luggage rack.
2.
a fixture containing several tiered shelves, often affixed to a wall:
a book rack; a spice rack.
3.
a spreading framework set on a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or the like, in large loads.
4.
Pool.
  1. a wooden frame of triangular shape within which the balls are arranged before play.
  2. the balls so arranged:
    He took aim at the rack.
5.
Machinery.
  1. a bar, with teeth on one of its sides, adapted to engage with the teeth of a pinion (rack and pinion) or the like, as for converting circular into rectilinear motion or vice versa.
  2. a bar having a series of notches engaging with a pawl or the like.
6.
a former instrument of torture consisting of a framework on which a victim was tied, often spread-eagled, by the wrists and ankles, to be slowly stretched by spreading the parts of the framework.
7.
a cause or state of intense suffering of body or mind.
8.
torment; anguish.
9.
violent strain.
10.
a pair of antlers.
11.
Slang. a bed, cot, or bunk:
I spent all afternoon in the rack.
verb (used with object)
12.
to torture; distress acutely; torment:
His body was racked with pain.
13.
to strain in mental effort:
to rack one's brains.
14.
to strain by physical force or violence.
15.
to strain beyond what is normal or usual.
16.
to stretch the body of (a person) in torture by means of a rack.
17.
Nautical. to seize (two ropes) together side by side.
Verb phrases
18.
rack out, Slang. to go to bed; go to sleep:
I racked out all afternoon.
19.
rack up,
  1. Pool. to put (the balls) in a rack.
  2. Informal. to tally, accumulate, or amass as an achievement or score:
    The corporation racked up the greatest profits in its history.

gimness

gaff

noun
1.
an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish.
2.
the spur on a climbing iron, especially as used by telephone linemen.
3.
Nautical. a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail (gaff sail)
4.
a metal spur for a gamecock.
verb (used with object)
5.
to hook or land (a fish) with a gaff.

biro

hovered

verb (used without object)
1.
to hang fluttering or suspended in the air:
The helicopter hovered over the building.
2.
to keep lingering about; wait near at hand.
3.
to remain in an uncertain or irresolute state; waver:
to hover between life and death.
4.
Computers. to place a pointer over an area of a screen without clicking or tapping, as with a mouse or stylus:
Hover over the icon to reveal more information.
verb (used with object)
5.
to cause to hover.
6.
Computers. to place (a pointer) over an area of a screen without clicking or tapping.
noun
7.
the act or state of hovering.

wierd

cobbled

verb (used with object), cobbled, cobbling.
1.
to mend (shoes, boots, etc.); patch.
2.
to put together roughly or clumsily.

absent mindedly

adjective
1.
so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.

damsels

noun, Literary.
1.
a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.

throes

noun
1.
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
2.
a sharp attack of emotion.
3.
throes.
  1. any violent convulsion or struggle:
    the throes of battle.
  2. the agony of death.
  3. the pains of childbirth.

wintry

adjective, wintrier, wintriest.
1.
of or characteristic of winter:
wintry blasts; wintry skies.
2.
resembling winter weather; having snow, frost, cold, storms, etc.:
We had wintry weather well into May last year.
3.
suggestive of winter, as in lack of warmth or cheer:
a wintry manner.
Also, wintery.

maypoles

noun, (often lowercase)
1.
a tall pole, decorated with flowers and ribbons, around which people dance or engage in sports during May Day celebrations.

nobbies and noddies

parkas

noun
1.
a fur coat, shirtlike and hooded, for wear in the arctic and other regions of extreme cold.
2.
a hip-length jacket or overshirt with an attached hood, often of wool or of a windproof, water-repellent material lined or trimmed with wool, used by skiers, hunters, the military, etc.
3.
any coat or jacket with a hood, as a hooded raincoat or windbreaker.

windbreakers

grim

adjective, grimmer, grimmest.
1.
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
grim determination; grim necessity.
2.
of a sinister or ghastly character; repellent:
a grim joke.
3.
having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air:
a grim man but a just one; a grim countenance.
4.
fierce, savage, or cruel:
War is a grim business.

ruddy

adjective, ruddier, ruddiest.
1.
of or having a fresh, healthy red color:
a ruddy complexion.
2.
red or reddish.
3.
British Slang. damned:
a ruddy fool.
adverb
4.
British Slang. damned:
He'd ruddy well better be there.

toted

verb (used with object), toted, toting.
1.
to carry, as on one's back or in one's arms:
to tote a bundle.
2.
to carry on one's person:
to tote a gun.
3.
to transport or convey, as on a vehicle or boat.
noun
4.
the act or course of toting.
5.
something that is toted.
6.
tote bag.

catchlet

adangle

snarled

verb (used without object)
1.
to growl threateningly or viciously, especially with a raised upper lip to bare the teeth, as a dog.
2.
to speak in a surly or threatening manner suggestive of a dog's snarl.
verb (used with object)
3.
to say by snarling:
to snarl a threat.
noun
4.
the act of snarling.
5.
a snarling sound or utterance.

hurled

verb (used with object)
1.
to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
2.
to throw or cast down.
3.
to utter with vehemence:
to hurl insults at the umpire.
verb (used without object)
4.
to throw a missile.
5.
Baseball. to pitch a ball.
noun
6.
a forcible or violent throw; fling.

foolscap

noun
1.
a type of inexpensive writing paper, especially legal-size, lined, yellow sheets, bound in tablet form.
2.
Chiefly British. a size of drawing or printing paper, 13.5 × 17 inches (34 × 43 cm).
Abbreviation: cap., fcp.
3.
Also called foolscap octavo. a size of book, about 4.25 × 6.75 inches (11 × 17 cm), untrimmed.
4.
Also called foolscap quarto. Chiefly British. a size of book, about 6.75 × 8.5 inches (17 × 22 cm) untrimmed.
5.
fool's cap (def 1).

wail

verb (used without object)
1.
to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering:
to wail with pain.
2.
to make mournful sounds, as music or the wind.
3.
to lament or mourn bitterly.
4.
Jazz. to perform exceptionally well.
5.
Slang. to express emotion musically or verbally in an exciting, satisfying way.
verb (used with object)
6.
to express deep sorrow for; mourn; lament; bewail:
to wail the dead; to wail one's fate.
7.
to express in wailing; cry or say in lamentation:
to wail one's grief.
noun
8.
the act of wailing.
9.
a wailing cry, as of grief, pain, or despair.
10.
any similar mournful sound:
the wail of an old tune.

crenelated

adjective
1.
furnished with crenelations, as a parapet or molding, in the manner of a battlement.
Also, especially British, crenellated.

rubbery

adjective
1.
like rubber; elastic; tough.

nip

verb (used with object), nipped, nipping.
1.
to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
2.
to take off by pinching, biting, or snipping (usually followed by off):
He nipped off a piece of steak and gave it to the dog.
3.
to check in growth or development.
4.
to affect sharply and painfully or injuriously, as a very cold temperature:
a cold wind that nips the fingers.
5.
Informal. to snatch away suddenly.
6.
Informal. to defeat (an opponent) by a very close margin; edge.
7.
Informal. to steal or pilfer.
8.
Nautical.
  1. (of ice) to press (a ship) from opposite sides.
  2. to seize (a taut rope) to another rope.
verb (used without object), nipped, nipping.
9.
Chiefly British Slang. to leave stealthily; sneak away; flee (often followed by away).
noun
10.
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
The dog took several nips at our heels.
11.
a biting quality, as in cold or frosty air:
There's a nip in the air this morning.
12.
sharp cold; a sharp touch of frost:
The trees had felt the first nip of winter.
13.
a sharp or biting remark.
14.
a biting taste or tang, especially in some cheese.
15.
a small bit or quantity of anything:
a nip of bread to stave off hunger.
16.
Nautical.
  1. an abrupt turn or twist in a rope.
  2. a part of a rope or chain bound by a seizing or nipper.
17.
Usually, nips. nipper (def 2).
Idioms
18.
nip and tuck, with each competitor equaling or closely contesting the speed, scoring, or efforts of the other:
It was nip and tuck as to which sailboat would reach port first.
19.
nip in the bud. bud1 (def 13).

Dallek

fortieth

adjective
1.
next after the thirty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 40.
2.
being one of 40 equal parts.
noun
3.
a fortieth part, especially of one (1/40).
4.
the fortieth member of a series.

numb

adjective, number, numbest.
1.
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
fingers numb with cold.
2.
manifesting or resembling numbness:
a numb sensation.
3.
incapable of action or of feeling emotion; enervated; prostrate:
numb with grief.
4.
lacking or deficient in emotion or feeling; indifferent:
She was numb to their pleas for mercy.
verb (used with object)
5.
to make numb.

slob

noun
1.
a slovenly or boorish person.
2.
Irish English. mud or ooze, especially a stretch of mud along a shore.
3.
Chiefly Canadian. sludge (def 5).

foundlings

noun
1.
an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian.

loped

verb (used without object), loped, loping.
1.
to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
2.
to canter leisurely with a rather long, easy stride, as a horse.
verb (used with object), loped, loping.
3.
to cause to lope, as a horse.
noun
4.
the act or the gait of loping.
5.
a long, easy stride.

leered

verb (used without object)
1.
to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intention:
I can't concentrate with you leering at me.
noun
2.
a lascivious or sly look.

peed

verb (used without object), peed, peeing.
1.
to urinate.
noun
2.
urine.
3.
the act of urinating.

veed

effed

verb (used with or without object), interjection
1.
fuck: Stop effing around and get to work!
Eff you, you lout!
noun
2.
the word “fuck”; the f-word:
peppering his speech with superfluous and highly offensive effs.
Verb phrases
3.
eff off, Go away!:
Eff off and die, you piece of Martian scum!

blinded

adjective, blinder, blindest.
1.
unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless:
a blind man.
2.
unwilling or unable to perceive or understand:
They were blind to their children's faults. He was blind to all arguments.
3.
not characterized or determined by reason or control:
blind tenacity; blind chance.
4.
not having or based on reason or intelligence; absolute and unquestioning:
She had blind faith in his fidelity.
5.
lacking all consciousness or awareness:
a blind stupor.
6.
drunk.
7.
hard to see or understand:
blind reasoning.
8.
hidden from immediate view, especially from oncoming motorists:
a blind corner.
9.
of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously:
a blind ad signed only with a box number.
10.
having no outlets; closed at one end:
a blind passage; a blind mountain pass.
11.
Architecture. (of an archway, arcade, etc.) having no windows, passageways, or the like.
12.
dense enough to form a screen:
a blind hedge of privet.
13.
done without seeing; by instruments alone:
blind flying.
14.
made without some prior knowledge:
a blind purchase; a blind lead in a card game.
15.
of or relating to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested.
16.
of, relating to, or for blind persons.
17.
Bookbinding. (of a design, title, or the like) impressed into the cover or spine of a book by a die without ink or foil.
18.
Cookery. (of pastry shells) baked or fried without the filling.
19.
(of a rivet or other fastener) made so that the end inserted, though inaccessible, can be headed or spread.
verb (used with object)
20.
to make sightless permanently, temporarily, or momentarily, as by injuring, dazzling, bandaging the eyes, etc.:
The explosion blinded him. We were blinded by the bright lights.
21.
to make obscure or dark:
The room was blinded by heavy curtains.
22.
to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment:
a resentment that blinds his good sense.
23.
to outshine; eclipse:
a radiance that doth blind the sun.
noun
24.
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
25.
a window covering having horizontal or vertical slats that can be drawn out of the way, often with the angle of the slats adjustable to admit varying amounts of light.
26.
venetian blind.
27.
Chiefly Midland U.S. and British. window shade.
28.
a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, especially one in which hunters conceal themselves:
a duck blind.
29.
an activity, organization, or the like for concealing or masking action or purpose; subterfuge:
The store was just a blind for their gambling operation.
30.
a decoy.
31.
Slang. a bout of excessive drinking; drunken spree.
32.
Poker. a compulsory bet made without prior knowledge of one's hand.
33.
(used with a plural verb) persons who lack the sense of sight (usually preceded by the):
The blind are said to have an acute sense of hearing.
adverb
34.
into a stupor; to the degree at which consciousness is lost:
He drank himself blind.
35.
without the ability to see clearly; lacking visibility; blindly:
They were driving blind through the snowstorm.
36.
without guidance or forethought:
They were working blind and couldn't anticipate the effects of their actions.
37.
to an extreme or absolute degree; completely:
The confidence men cheated her blind.
Idioms
38.
fly blind. fly1 (def 34).

quivering

verb (used with or without object)
1.
to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
noun
2.
the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.

chartled

clumsily

adjective, clumsier, clumsiest.
1.
awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace:
He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
2.
awkwardly done or made; unwieldy; ill-contrived:
He made a clumsy, embarrassed apology.

perfunctorily

adjective
1.
performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial:
perfunctory courtesy.
2.
lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic:
In his lectures he reveals himself to be merely a perfunctory speaker.

wan

adjective, wanner, wannest.
1.
of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color:
His wan face suddenly flushed.
2.
showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness, etc.:
a wan look; a wan smile.
3.
lacking in forcefulness, competence, or effectiveness:
their wan attempts to organize the alumni.
4.
Archaic.
  1. dark or gloomy.
  2. pale in color or hue.
verb (used with or without object), wanned, wanning.
5.
to become or make wan.

dud

noun
1.
a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
2.
a shell or missile that fails to explode after being fired.

cackled

verb (used without object), cackled, cackling.
1.
to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.
2.
to laugh in a shrill, broken manner.
3.
to chatter noisily; prattle.
verb (used with object), cackled, cackling.
4.
to utter with cackles; express by cackling:
They cackled their disapproval.
noun
5.
the act or sound of cackling.
6.
chatter; idle talk.

yodeled

verb (used with or without object), yodeled, yodeling or (especially British) yodelled, yodelling.
1.
to sing with frequent changes from the ordinary voice to falsetto and back again, in the manner of Swiss and Tyrolean mountaineers.
2.
to call or shout in a similar fashion.
noun
3.
a song, refrain, etc., so sung.
4.
a call or shout so uttered.

strove

verb
1.
simple past tense of strive.

strive

[strahyv] /stra?v/
verb (used without object), strove or strived, striven
[striv-uh n] /'str?v ?n/ (Show IPA) or strived, striving.
1.
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
He strove to make himself understood.
2.
to make strenuous efforts toward any goal:
to strive for success.
3.
to contend in opposition, battle, or any conflict; compete.
4.
to struggle vigorously, as in opposition or resistance:
to strive against fate.
5.
to rival; vie.

slumped

verb (used without object)
1.
to drop or fall heavily; collapse:
Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
2.
to assume a slouching, bowed, or bent position or posture:
Stand up straight and don't slump!
3.
to decrease or fall suddenly and markedly, as prices or the market.
4.
to decline or deteriorate, as health, business, quality, or efficiency.
5.
to sink into a bog, muddy place, etc., or through ice or snow.
6.
to sink heavily, as the spirits.
noun
7.
an act or instance of slumping.
8.
a decrease, decline, or deterioration.
9.
a period of decline or deterioration.
10.
any mild recession in the economy as a whole or in a particular industry.
11.
a period during which a person performs slowly, inefficiently, or ineffectively, especially a period during which an athlete or team fails to play or score as well as usual.
12.
a slouching, bowed, or bent position or posture, especially of the shoulders.
13.
a landslide or rockslide.
14.
the vertical subsidence of freshly mixed concrete that is a measure of consistency and stiffness.
15.
New England Cookery. a dessert made with cooked fruit, especially apples or berries, topped with a thick layer of biscuit dough or crumbs.

pall

noun
1.
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
2.
a coffin.
3.
anything that covers, shrouds, or overspreads, especially with darkness or gloom.
4.
Ecclesiastical.
  1. pallium (def 2b).
  2. a linen cloth or a square cloth-covered piece of cardboard used to cover a chalice.
5.
Heraldry. pairle.
6.
Archaic. a cloth spread upon an altar; corporal.
7.
Archaic. a garment, especially a robe, cloak, or the like.
verb (used with object)
8.
to cover with or as with a pall.

spice-faring

stickle-bricks

twined

noun
1.
a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
2.
an act of twining, twisting, or interweaving.
3.
a coiled or twisted object or part; convolution.
4.
a twist or turn in anything.
5.
a knot or tangle.
verb (used with object), twined, twining.
6.
to twist together; interwind; interweave.
7.
to form by or as by twisting together:
to twine a wreath.
8.
to twist (one strand, thread, or the like) with another; interlace.
9.
to insert with a twisting or winding motion (usually followed by in or into):
He twined his fingers in his hair.
10.
to clasp or enfold (something) around something else; place by or as if by winding (usually followed by about, around, etc.):
She twined her arms about the sculpture and carried it away.
11.
to cause (a person, object, etc.) to be encircled with something else; wreathe; wrap:
They twined the arch with flowers.
verb (used without object), twined, twining.
12.
to wind about something; twist itself in spirals (usually followed by about, around, etc.):
Strangling vines twined about the tree.
13.
to wind in a sinuous or meandering course.

slewed

verb
1.
simple past tense of slay.

slew3

[sloo] /slu/
verb (used with or without object), noun
1.
slue1 .

slue1

or slew

[sloo] /slu/
verb (used with object), slued, sluing.
1.
to turn (a mast or other spar) around on its own axis, or without removing it from its place.
2.
to swing around.
verb (used without object), slued, sluing.
3.
to turn about; swing around.
noun
4.
the act of sluing.
5.
a position slued to.

preemption

noun
1.
the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.

spires

noun
1.
Speyer.

spire1

[spahyuh r] /spa??r/
noun
1.
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
2.
a similar construction forming the upper part of a steeple.
3.
a tapering, pointed part of something; a tall, sharp-pointed summit, peak, or the like:
the distant spires of the mountains.
4.
the highest point or summit of something:
the spire of a hill; the spire of one's profession.
5.
a sprout or shoot of a plant, as an acrospire of grain or a blade or spear of grass.
verb (used without object), spired, spiring.
6.
to shoot or rise into spirelike form; rise or extend to a height in the manner of a spire.

yonder

adjective
1.
being in that place or over there; being that or those over there:
That road yonder is the one to take.
2.
being the more distant or farther:
yonder side.
adverb
3.
at, in, or to that place specified or more or less distant; over there.

paisley

noun, plural paisleys.
1.
a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures.
2.
a shawl, scarf, tie, or other article made of this fabric.
3.
a silk print simulating this fabric and weave.
4.
Also called paisley print. a pattern resembling the design or figure on this fabric or material.
adjective
5.
made of paisley:
a paisley shawl.
6.
having the pattern of a paisley.

cratered

noun
1.
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
2.
Also called impact crater, meteorite crater. (on the surface of the earth, moon, etc.) a bowl-shaped depression with a raised rim, formed by the impact of a meteoroid.
Compare astrobleme.
3.
Astronomy. (on the surface of the moon) a circular or almost circular area having a depressed floor, almost always containing a central mountain and usually completely enclosed by walls that are often higher than those of a walled plain; ring formation; ring.
Compare walled plain.
4.
the bowllike orifice of a geyser.
5.
the hole or pit in the ground where a bomb, shell, or military mine has exploded.
6.
Electricity. the cavity formed in a positive carbon electrode by an electric arc.
7.
Greek and Roman Antiquity. krater.
8.
Metalworking. a depression at the end of a bead produced by welding.
9.
genitive Crateris
[krey-teer-is] /kre?'t??r ?s/ (Show IPA). (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the Cup, a small southern constellation west of Corvus and north of Hydra.
verb (used with object)
10.
to make craters in:
Bombs had cratered the landscape.
11.
Slang.
  1. to cancel, abandon, or cast aside:
    to crater the new project.
  2. to destroy or ruin:
    One more disappointment won't crater me.
verb (used without object)
12.
to form a crater or craters:
The surface of the concrete cratered and cracked under the repeated impacts.

drenched

verb (used with object)
1.
to wet thoroughly; soak.
2.
to saturate by immersion in a liquid; steep.
3.
to cover or fill completely; bathe:
trees drenched with sunlight.
4.
Veterinary Medicine. to administer a draft of medicine to (an animal), especially by force:
to drench a horse.
5.
Archaic. to cause to drink.
noun
6.
the act of drenching.
7.
something that drenches:
a drench of rain.
8.
a preparation for drenching or steeping.
9.
a solution, especially one of fermenting bran, for drenching hides or skins.
10.
a large drink or draft.
11.
a draft of medicine, especially one administered to an animal by force.
12.
Horticulture. a mixture of pesticide and water applied to the soil surrounding a plant.

col-larless

aforethought

adjective
1.
thought of previously; premeditated (usually used predicatively):
with malice aforethought.
noun
2.
premeditation; forethought.

withored

adumbrate

verb (used with object), adumbrated, adumbrating.
1.
to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
2.
to foreshadow; prefigure.
3.
to darken or conceal partially; overshadow.

lurches

noun
1.
an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
2.
a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person.
3.
an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait.
verb (used without object)
4.
(of a ship) to roll or pitch suddenly.
5.
to make a lurch; move with lurches; stagger:
The wounded man lurched across the room.

illiterate

adjective
1.
unable to read and write:
an illiterate group.
2.
having or demonstrating very little or no education.
3.
showing lack of culture, especially in language and literature.
4.
displaying a marked lack of knowledge in a particular field:
He is musically illiterate.
noun
5.
an illiterate person.

buckle

noun
1.
a clasp consisting of a rectangular or curved rim with one or more movable tongues, fixed to one end of a belt or strap, used for fastening to the other end of the same strap or to another strap.
2.
any similar contrivance used for such purposes.
3.
an ornament of metal, beads, etc., of similar appearance.
4.
a bend, bulge, or kink, as in a board or saw blade.
verb (used with object), buckled, buckling.
5.
to fasten with a buckle or buckles:
Buckle your seat belt.
6.
to shrivel, by applying heat or pressure; bend; curl.
7.
to prepare (oneself) for action; apply (oneself) vigorously to something.
8.
to bend, warp, or cause to give way suddenly, as with heat or pressure.
verb (used without object), buckled, buckling.
9.
to close or fasten with a buckle:
Grandmother always wore shoes that buckled.
10.
to prepare oneself or apply oneself:
The student buckled to the lesson.
11.
to bend, warp, bulge, or collapse:
The bridge buckled in the storm.
12.
to yield, surrender, or give way to another (often followed by under):
She refused to take the medicine, but buckled under when the doctor told her to.
Verb phrases
13.
buckle down, to set to work with vigor; concentrate on one's work:
He was by nature a daydreamer and found it hard to buckle down.
14.
buckle up, to fasten one's belt, seat belt, or buckles:
She won't start the car until we've all buckled up.

sheer

adjective, sheerer, sheerest.
1.
transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics:
sheer stockings.
2.
unmixed with anything else:
We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock.
3.
unqualified; utter:
sheer nonsense.
4.
extending down or up very steeply; almost completely vertical:
a sheer descent of rock.
5.
British Obsolete. bright; shining.
adverb
6.
clear; completely; quite:
ran sheer into the thick of battle.
7.
perpendicularly; vertically; down or up very steeply.
noun
8.
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.

wavering

verb (used without object)
1.
to sway to and fro; flutter:
Foliage wavers in the breeze.
2.
to flicker or quiver, as light:
A distant beam wavered and then disappeared.
3.
become unsteady; begin to fail or give way:
When she heard the news her courage wavered.
4.
to shake or tremble, as the hands or voice:
Her voice wavered.
5.
to feel or show doubt, indecision, etc.; vacillate:
He wavered in his determination.
6.
(of things) to fluctuate or vary:
Prices wavered.
7.
to totter or reel:
The earth quaked and the tower wavered.
noun
8.
an act of wavering, fluttering, or vacillating.

etiolated

verb (used with object), etiolated, etiolating.
1.
to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
to etiolate celery.
2.
to cause to become weakened or sickly; drain of color or vigor.
verb (used without object), etiolated, etiolating.
3.
(of plants) to whiten or grow pale through lack of light.

snooker

noun
1.
a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of colors other than red, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls, each with a point value of 1, into a pocket before shooting at one of the other balls, with point values of from 2 to 7.
verb (used with object)
2.
Slang. to deceive, cheat, or dupe:
to be snookered by a mail order company.

ferrety

noun
1.
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
2.
black-footed ferret.
verb (used with object)
3.
to drive out by using or as if using a ferret (often followed by out):
to ferret rabbits from their burrows; to ferret out enemies.
4.
to hunt with ferrets.
5.
to hunt over with ferrets:
to ferret a field.
6.
to search out, discover, or bring to light (often followed by out):
to ferret out the facts.
7.
to harry, worry, or torment:
His problems ferreted him day and night.
verb (used without object)
8.
to search about.

troughs

noun
1.
a long, narrow, open receptacle, usually boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals.
2.
any of several similarly shaped receptacles used for various commercial or household purposes.
3.
a channel or conduit for conveying water, as a gutter under the eaves of a building for carrying away rain water.
4.
any long depression or hollow, as between two ridges or waves.
5.
Oceanography. a long, wide, and deep depression in the ocean floor having gently sloping sides, wider and shallower than a trench.
Compare trench (def 4).
6.
Meteorology. an elongated area of relatively low pressure.
7.
the lowest point, especially in an economic cycle.

turtleneck

noun
1.
a high, close-fitting collar, often rolled or turned down, appearing especially on pullover sweaters.
2.
a sweater with such a collar.

lopsided

adjective
1.
heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
2.
leaning to one side.

bow

verb (used without object)
1.
to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.
2.
to yield; submit:
to bow to the inevitable.
3.
to bend or curve downward; stoop:
the pines bowed low.
verb (used with object)
4.
to bend or incline (the knee, body, or head) in worship, submission, respect, civility, agreement, etc.:
He bowed his head to the crowd.
5.
to cause to submit; subdue; crush.
6.
to cause to stoop or incline:
Age had bowed his head.
7.
to express by a bow:
to bow one's thanks.
8.
to usher (someone) with a bow (usually followed by in, out, etc.):
They were bowed in by the footman.
9.
to cause to bend; make curved or crooked.
noun
10.
an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, respect, submission, etc.
Verb phrases
11.
bow out, to resign a position or withdraw from a job, competition, obligation, etc.:
He bowed out after two terms as governor.
Idioms
12.
bow and scrape, to be excessively polite or deferential.
13.
make one's bow, to appear publicly for the first time, as a performer, politician, etc.:
The young pianist made her bow last night to an appreciative audience.
14.
take a bow, to step forward or stand up in order to receive recognition, applause, etc.:
The conductor had the soloists take a bow.

zoot-suited

cueists

noun
1.
a billiard player.

flickering

verb (used without object)
1.
to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light:
The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
2.
to move to and fro; vibrate; quiver:
The long grasses flickered in the wind.
3.
to flutter.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to flicker.
noun
5.
an unsteady flame or light.
6.
a flickering movement.
7.
a brief occurrence or appearance:
a flicker of hope.
8.
Often, flickers. Slang. flick2 .
9.
Ophthalmology. the visual sensation of flickering that occurs when the interval between intermittent flashes of light is too long to permit fusion.

sallowing

adjective, sallower, sallowest.
1.
of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color:
sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
verb (used with object)
2.
to make sallow.

stacked

adjective, Slang.
1.
(of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.

frayed

noun
1.
a fight, battle, or skirmish.
Synonyms: altercation, combat, war, clash, encounter, set-to.
2.
a competition or contest, especially in sports.
Synonyms: tournament, match, meet, tourney.
3.
a noisy quarrel or brawl.
Synonyms: fight, dispute, tiff, spat, squabble; riot, fracas, tussle, rumpus.
4.
Archaic. fright.
verb (used with object)
5.
Archaic. to frighten.
verb (used without object)
6.
Archaic. to fight or brawl.

revving

noun
1.
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
verb (used with object), revved, revving.
2.
to accelerate sharply the speed of (an engine or the like) (often followed by up).
verb (used without object), revved, revving.
3.
(of an engine) to accelerate; become revved (often followed by up).
Verb phrases
4.
rev up, to increase in strength or accelerate sharply:
The economy is beginning to rev up.

forbade

verb
1.
a simple past tense of forbid.
Also, forbad
[fer-bad, fawr-] /f?r'bæd, f?r-/ (Show IPA), forbid.
Can be confused
forbade, forbid, forbidden, forebode (see synonym study at forbid)

forbid

[fer-bid, fawr-] /f?r'b?d, f?r-/
verb (used with object), forbade or forbad or forbid, forbidden or forbid, forbidding.
1.
to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place:
to forbid him entry to the house.
2.
to prohibit (something); make a rule or law against:
to forbid the use of lipstick; to forbid smoking.
3.
to hinder or prevent; make impossible.
4.
to exclude; bar:
Burlesque is forbidden in many cities.

macks

noun
1.
a pimp.
verb (used without object)
2.
to flirt with or make sexual advances toward someone (often followed by on):
They spend their nights macking on the ladies.

towelly

cuppa

noun, British Informal.
1.
a cup of tea.

nap

verb (used without object), napped, napping.
1.
to sleep for a short time; doze.
2.
to be off one's guard:
The question caught him napping.
verb (used with object), napped, napping.
3.
to sleep or doze through (a period of time, an activity, etc.) (usually followed by away):
I napped the afternoon away. He naps away most of his classes.
noun
4.
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
Has the baby had her nap?

knack

noun
1.
a special skill, talent, or aptitude:
He had a knack for saying the right thing.
2.
a clever or adroit way of doing something.
3.
a trick or ruse.
4.
a sharp, cracking sound.
5.
Archaic. a knickknack; trinket.

clucked

verb (used without object)
1.
to utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.
2.
to make a similar sound; express concern, approval, etc., by such a sound.
verb (used with object)
3.
to call or utter by clucking.
noun
4.
the sound uttered by a hen when brooding, or in calling her chicks.
5.
any clucking sound.

pat

verb (used with object), patted, patting.
1.
to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape:
to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
2.
to stroke or tap gently with the palm or fingers as an expression of affection, approbation, etc.
3.
to strike (the floor, ground, etc.) with light footsteps.
verb (used without object), patted, patting.
4.
to strike lightly or gently.
5.
to walk or run with light footsteps.
noun
6.
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
7.
the sound of a light stroke or of light footsteps.
8.
a small piece or mass, usually flat and square, formed by patting, cutting, etc.:
a pat of butter.
Idioms
9.
a pat on the back, a word of praise, congratulations, or encouragement:
Everyone needs a pat on the back now and then.
10.
pat down, to pat or pass the hands over the body of (a clothed person) to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.
11.
pat on the back, to praise, congratulate, or encourage:
The boss patted him on the back for the deal he made yesterday.

windowsill

noun
1.
the sill under a window.

harassed

verb (used with object)
1.
to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
2.
to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid.

flinching

verb (used without object)
1.
to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
2.
to shrink under pain; wince.
3.
Croquet. to let the foot slip from the ball in the act of croqueting.
verb (used with object)
4.
to draw back or withdraw from.
noun
5.
an act of flinching.

loathed

verb (used with object), loathed, loathing.
1.
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.

seesaws

noun
1.
a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
2.
a plank or apparatus for this recreation.
3.
an up-and-down or a back-and-forth movement or procedure.
4.
Whist. a crossruff.
adjective
5.
moving up and down, back and forth, or alternately ahead and behind:
It was a seesaw game with the lead changing hands many times.
verb (used without object)
6.
to move in a seesaw manner:
The boat seesawed in the heavy sea.
7.
to ride or play on a seesaw.
8.
to keep changing one's decision, opinion, or attitude; vacillate.
verb (used with object)
9.
to cause to move in a seesaw manner.

twangs

verb (used without object)
1.
to give out a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument when plucked.
2.
to produce such a sound by plucking a stringed musical instrument.
3.
to have or produce a sharp, nasal tone, as the human voice.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to make a sharp, vibrating sound, as a string of a musical instrument.
5.
to produce (music) by plucking the strings of a musical instrument.
6.
to pluck the strings of (a musical instrument):
to twang a guitar.
7.
to speak with a sharp, nasal tone.
8.
to pull the string of (an archer's bow).
9.
to let fly (an arrow).
noun
10.
the sharp, ringing sound produced by plucking or suddenly releasing a tense string.
11.
a sound resembling this.
12.
an act of plucking or picking:
He gave his guitar strings a twang.
13.
a sharp, nasal tone, as of the human voice.

whipcracks

hastening

verb (used without object)
1.
to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry:
to hasten to a place.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
to hasten someone from a room; to hasten the arrival of a happier time.

obit

noun
1.
Informal. an obituary.
2.
the date of a person's death.
3.
Obsolete. a Requiem Mass.

rug

noun
1.
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
2.
the treated skin of an animal, used as a floor covering:
a bear rug.
3.
Chiefly British. a piece of thick, warm cloth, used as a coverlet, lap robe, etc.
4.
Slang. toupee; hairpiece.
Idioms
5.
cut a rug, Older Slang. to dance, especially to jitterbug.

lap

noun
1.
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
2.
the part of the clothing that lies on the front portion of the body from the waist to the knees when one sits.
3.
a place, environment, or situation of rest or nurture:
the lap of luxury.
4.
area of responsibility, care, charge, or control:
They dropped the problem right in his lap.
5.
a hollow place, as a hollow among hills.
6.
the front part of a skirt, especially as held up to contain something.
7.
a part of a garment that extends over another:
the lap of a coat.
8.
a loose border or fold.

sobbed

verb (used without object), sobbed, sobbing.
1.
to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
2.
to make a sound resembling this.
verb (used with object), sobbed, sobbing.
3.
to utter with sobs.
4.
to put, send, etc., by sobbing or with sobs:
to sob oneself to sleep.
noun
5.
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
6.
any sound suggesting this.

kaftaned

protean

adjective
1.
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
2.
changeable in shape or form, as an amoeba.
3.
(of an actor or actress) versatile; able to play many kinds of roles.
4.
(initial capital letter) of, relating to, or suggestive of Proteus.

travail

noun
1.
painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
2.
pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship.
3.
the pain of childbirth.
verb (used without object)
4.
to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor.
5.
to toil or exert oneself.

bonk

verb (used with or without object), Slang.
1.
to hit, strike, collide, etc.:
to get bonked on the head; cars bonking into each other.

suzerainty

noun, plural suzerainties.
1.
the position or authority of a suzerain.
2.
the domain or area subject to a suzerain.

snooker

noun
1.
a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of colors other than red, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls, each with a point value of 1, into a pocket before shooting at one of the other balls, with point values of from 2 to 7.
verb (used with object)
2.
Slang. to deceive, cheat, or dupe:
to be snookered by a mail order company.

frame-clinching

shoveled

noun
1.
an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
2.
any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter:
a steam shovel.
3.
a shovelful.
4.
Informal. shovel hat.
verb (used with object), shoveled, shoveling or (especially British) shovelled, shovelling.
5.
to take up and cast or remove with a shovel:
to shovel coal.
6.
to gather up in large quantity roughly or carelessly with or as if with a shovel:
He shoveled food into his mouth.
7.
to dig or clear with or as if with a shovel:
to shovel a path through the snow.
verb (used without object), shoveled, shoveling or (especially British) shovelled, shovelling.
8.
to work with a shovel.

cue

noun
1.
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
An off-stage door slam was his cue to enter.
2.
anything that excites to action; stimulus.
3.
a hint; intimation; guiding suggestion.
4.
the part a person is to play; a prescribed or necessary course of action.
5.
a sensory signal used to identify experiences, facilitate memory, or organize responses.
6.
Archaic. frame of mind; mood.
verb (used with object), cued, cuing.
7.
to provide with a cue or indication; give a cue to; prompt:
Will you cue me on my lines?
8.
to insert, or direct to come in, in a specific place in a musical or dramatic performance (usually followed by in or into):
to cue in a lighting effect.
9.
to search for and reach (a specific track on a recording) (sometimes followed by up).
Idioms
10.
cue (someone) in, Informal. to inform; give instructions, information, news, etc., to:
Cue him in on the plans for the dance.
11.
miss a cue,
  1. to fail to respond to a cue.
  2. Informal. to miss the point:
    You could tell by his expression that he had missed a cue.

campaip

went solo

lousy

adjective, lousier, lousiest.
1.
infested with lice.
2.
Informal.
  1. mean or contemptible:
    That was a lousy thing to do.
  2. wretchedly bad; miserable:
    a lousy job; I feel lousy.
Idioms
3.
lousy with, Slang. well supplied with or filled with, often to excess: Our city is lousy with bad drivers.
I wish I were lousy with money like my boss.

wisps

noun
1.
a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.
2.
any thin tuft, lock, mass, etc.:
wisps of hair.
3.
a thin puff or streak, as of smoke; slender trace.
4.
a person or thing that is small, delicate, or barely discernible:
a mere wisp of a lad; a wisp of a frown.
5.
a whisk broom.
6.
Chiefly British Dialect.
  1. a pad or twist of straw, as used to rub down a horse.
  2. a twisted bit of straw used as a torch.
7.
a will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus.
verb (used with object)
8.
to twist into a wisp.

canniness

adjective, cannier, canniest.
1.
careful; cautious; prudent:
a canny reply.
2.
astute; shrewd; knowing; sagacious:
a canny negotiator.
3.
skilled; expert.
4.
frugal; thrifty:
a canny housewife.
5.
Scot.
  1. safe to deal with, invest in, or work at (usually used with a negative).
  2. gentle; careful; steady.
  3. snug; cozy; comfortable.
  4. pleasing; attractive.
  5. Archaic. having supernatural or occult powers.
adverb, Also, cannily
6.
in a canny manner.
7.
Scot. carefully; cautiously.

cunning

noun
1.
skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
2.
adeptness in performance; dexterity:
The weaver's hand lost its cunning.
adjective
3.
showing or made with ingenuity.
4.
artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly.
5.
Informal. charmingly cute or appealing:
a cunning little baby.
6.
Archaic. skillful; expert.
verb
7.
Obsolete. present participle of can1 .

upmarket

adjective
1.
appealing or catering to high-income consumers; of high quality; not easily affordable or accessible:
upmarket fashions.
adverb
2.
in an upmarket way.

shrugs

verb (used with object), shrugged, shrugging.
1.
to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
verb (used without object), shrugged, shrugging.
2.
to raise and contract the shoulders.
noun
3.
the movement of raising and contracting the shoulders.
4.
a short sweater or jacket that ends above or at the waistline.
Verb phrases
5.
shrug off,
  1. to disregard; minimize:
    to shrug off an insult.
  2. to rid oneself of:
    to shrug off the effects of a drug.

frowns

verb (used without object)
1.
to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
2.
to look displeased; have an angry look.
3.
to view with disapproval; look disapprovingly (usually followed by on or upon):
to frown upon a scheme.
verb (used with object)
4.
to express by a frown:
to frown one's displeasure.
5.
to force or shame with a disapproving frown:
to frown someone into silence.
noun
6.
a frowning look; scowl.
7.
any expression or show of disapproval:
a tax bill that received Congressional frowns.

frothing

noun
1.
an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
2.
a foam of saliva or fluid resulting from disease.
3.
something unsubstantial, trivial, or evanescent:
The play was a charming bit of froth.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cover with froth:
giant waves frothing the sand.
5.
to cause to foam:
to froth egg whites with a whisk.
6.
to emit like froth:
a demagogue frothing his hate.
verb (used without object)
7.
to give out froth; foam:
frothing at the mouth.

phallus

noun, plural phalli
[fal-ahy] /'fæl a?/ (Show IPA), phalluses.
1.
an image of the male reproductive organ, especially that carried in procession in ancient festivals of Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbolizing the generative power in nature.
2.
Anatomy. the penis, the clitoris, or the sexually undifferentiated embryonic organ out of which either of these develops.

heftily

adjective, heftier, heftiest.
1.
heavy; weighty:
a hefty book.
2.
big and strong; powerful; muscular:
a hefty athlete.
3.
impressively large or substantial:
a hefty increase in salary.

plywood

noun
1.
a material used for various building purposes, consisting usually of an odd number of veneers glued over each other, usually at right angles.

eelskin

frowsy

plumpness

adjective, plumper, plumpest.
1.
well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become plump (often followed by up or out).
verb (used with object)
3.
to make plump (often followed by up or out):
to plump up the sofa pillows.

shrinkrage

crownwards

herped

windowsills

noun
1.
the sill under a window.

black-clad

leggy-how

ripply

adjective
1.
characterized by ripples; rippling.
2.
sounding like rippling water.

spvined

sereared

ism

noun
1.
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
This is the age of isms.

filts

Tings

verb (used with or without object)
1.
to make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound.
noun
2.
a tinging sound.

plush

noun
1.
a fabric, as of silk, cotton, or wool, whose pile is more than ? inch (0.3 cm) high.
adjective, plusher, plushest.
2.
expensively or showily luxurious: the plushest hotel in town.
3.
abundantly rich; lush; luxuriant:
plush, rolling lawns.

jawing

noun
1.
either of two bones, the mandible or maxilla, forming the framework of the mouth.
2.
the part of the face covering these bones, the mouth, or the mouth parts collectively:
My jaw is swollen.
3.
jaws, anything resembling a pair of jaws or evoking the concept of grasping and holding:
the jaws of a gorge; the jaws of death.
4.
Machinery.
  1. one of two or more parts, as of a machine, that grasp or hold something:
    the jaws of a vise.
  2. any of two or more protruding parts for attaching to or meshing with similar parts.
5.
Often, jaws. Also called throat. Nautical. a forked piece at the end of a gaff, fitting halfway around the mast.
6.
Slang.
  1. idle talk; chatter.
  2. impertinent talk.
verb (used without object)
7.
Slang.
  1. to talk; chat; gossip.
  2. to scold or use abusive language.
verb (used with object)
8.
Slang. to scold.

forebears

noun
1.
Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
Also, forbear.

flaky

adjective, flakier, flakiest.
1.
of or like flakes.
2.
lying or cleaving off in flakes or layers.
3.
Slang. eccentric; wacky; dizzy:
a flaky math professor.

carny

noun, plural carnies.
1.
a person employed by a carnival.
2.
carnival (def 1).
adjective
3.
of or relating to carnivals:
carny slang.

sleekly

adjective, sleeker, sleekest.
1.
smooth or glossy, as hair, an animal, etc.
2.
well-fed or well-groomed.
3.
trim and graceful; finely contoured; streamlined:
a sleek sports car.
4.
smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave.
5.
cleverly or deceitfully skillful; slick:
a sleek confidence man.

bribing

noun
1.
money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:
The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.
2.
anything given or serving to persuade or induce:
The children were given candy as a bribe to be good.
verb (used with object), bribed, bribing.
3.
to give or promise a bribe to:
They bribed the reporter to forget about what he had seen.
4.
to influence or corrupt by a bribe:
The judge was too honest to be bribed.
verb (used without object), bribed, bribing.
5.
to give a bribe; practice bribery.

slanting

verb (used without object)
1.
to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
2.
to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usually followed by toward).
verb (used with object)
3.
to cause to slope.
4.
to distort (information) by rendering it unfaithfully or incompletely, especially in order to reflect a particular viewpoint:
He slanted the news story to discredit the Administration.
5.
to write, edit, or publish for the interest or amusement of a specific group of readers:
a story slanted toward young adults.
noun
6.
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
the slant of a roof.
7.
a slanting line, surface, etc.
8.
virgule.
9.
a mental leaning, bias, or distortion:
His mind shows a curious slant.
10.
viewpoint; opinion; attitude:
Let him give you his slant.
11.
Informal. a glance or look.
12.
Also called angle. Journalism. the particular mood or vein in which something is written, edited, or published:
His column always has a humorous slant.
13.
Football.
  1. an offensive play in which the ball-carrier runs toward the line of scrimmage at an angle.
  2. Also called slant-in. a pass pattern in which a receiver cuts diagonally across the middle of the field.
14.
Also called slant-eye
[slant-ahy, slahnt-ahy] /'slænt?a?, 'sl?nt?a?/ (Show IPA). Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person from East Asia, especially a Chinese or Japanese person.
adjective
15.
sloping; oblique:
a slant roof; a slant approach.

hulking

adjective
1.
heavy and clumsy; bulky.