n
A frustration or disappointment; a check.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) to constantly and irritatingly talk (about)
v
(transitive, informal) To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell.
v
(informal) To strike heavily.
v
(informal, transitive) To injure (someone) with violent blows.
v
(colloquial, transitive) To play (a tune) clumsily on a piano or similar instrument.
v
(transitive, informal) To assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury; to beat up.
v
(intransitive) To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
v
(transitive, slang) To severely beat someone up.
v
(transitive) To beat up (a person) severely.
v
Synonym of knock into a cocked hat
n
(card games) Synonym of beggar-my-neighbor
v
(informal) to think very hard about.
v
(figuratively) To successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them.
v
(idiomatic) To beat someone very severely.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To defeat (someone) thoroughly and decisively, especially in a physical fight.
v
Synonym of beat the stuffing out of
v
(transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
v
to hurt someone by hitting or kicking them many times
n
(card games) Synonym of beggar-my-neighbor
v
(transitive, obsolete) To scourge; beat.
v
(transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, by extension) To utterly defeat someone.
n
(idiomatic, by extension) A serious setback; a traumatizing event which prevents or hinders continuation of an activity.
v
(rare) Thrash (verbally or physically).
n
(UK, dialect) Synonym of knock down ginger (“prank of knocking on a front door and running away”)
v
(transitive, informal) To defeat
n
(informal) A casual throw.
v
(transitive, video games) Deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.
v
(dated, slang, transitive) To hit or beat up (someone).
v
(transitive, dated, slang) To hit or strike (someone); to beat up.
v
(idiomatic) To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.
v
(transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
v
(transitive) To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact.
n
(slang) A loud, hard knock at a door.
v
(transitive, US, Internet slang) To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat.
v
(slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
v
(figuratively) To defeat an opponent overwhelmingly or effortlessly.
v
(US, slang, dated) To play pranks.
n
(music, slang) A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
v
(transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
v
(slang, archaic, transitive) To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.
v
(slang) To beat up; to physically assault.
n
(idiomatic) A reprimand or rarely, a thrashing.
v
To forcefully teach something.
v
(slang, archaic) To give someone a beating.
v
(transitive, slang) To attack (a person) physically; to beat up.
n
(India, historical) A pass or permit.
n
(informal, by extension) An argument or dispute.
v
(obsolete) To beat or whip; to drive.
v
Alternative form of clean someone's clock [(idiomatic) To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.]
v
(slang) To win a fight, usually by punching someone until they are knocked over
v
(transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
v
(idiomatic, slang) Used as an insult.
n
(informal) A fight or altercation.
v
(slang, dated) To beat or thrash someone.
v
(idiomatic) To beat up, to batter.
n
(idiomatic) Bad news to a degree that it causes the recipient to feel physically affected.
v
(transitive, finance) To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
v
(UK, slang, transitive) To attack or start a fight with something or someone.
n
An attack on a location, person or people.
v
Alternative form of hit like a ton of bricks [(transitive) To have a sudden and significant impact.]
v
(transitive) To affect somebody badly.
v
(figuratively) To react viciously (towards someone/something).
v
To hit another person very hard.
v
To do something intended to punish or hurt (someone), especially as a sudden or surprise action.
v
(idiomatic) To make things worse for someone in an adverse situation.
n
(slang) A big setback or disappointment.
n
(idiomatic) A humiliating insult or instance of bad treatment, especially when one is expecting friendship or in need of support; a sudden and unexpected setback; a strong rebuff.
v
(idiomatic) To make things worse for someone who is going through a difficult time.
v
(idiomatic, vulgar, chiefly US, Canada) To clobber someone; to beat someone severely.
n
Alternative form of kick up the arse [(UK, slang, vulgar) A severe reprimand, especially one to motivate someone into doing something.]
v
(transitive, dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
v
(transitive) To hit or behave violently towards.
n
Synonym of knock down ginger (“prank of knocking on a front door and running away”)
v
(transitive, baking) To press or knead (dough) so as to remove air bubbles.
v
(obsolete, Oxford University slang) To enter college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.
v
(transitive, originally US, colloquial, dated) To beat up or seriously injure (a person); to badly damage (a thing).
v
(transitive, slang) To rob.
v
(slang) To rob; to stage a heist of.
v
(slang) To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.
n
Synonym of knock down ginger (“prank of knocking on a front door and running away”)
n
(UK, Australia, informal) A rejection; a refusal.
adj
(of a fight or battle) Markedly violent.
n
(informal) Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
adj
(informal) Ready for a fight (and numerous derived shades of meaning).
v
(informal, dated) To attack physically.
n
(informal) A crude improvisation or bodged effort.
v
(colloquial) To beat up or launch an attack against.
v
(colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.
v
(dialectal, transitive) To beat up or rough up (someone).
v
(slang) To trounce or defeat thoroughly or in a humiliating manner.
n
Synonym of knock down ginger (“prank of knocking on a front door and running away”)
v
(slang) To defeat thoroughly.
v
(transitive) To defeat or surpass in a fistfight.
v
(transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
v
(transitive, slang) To defeat decisively or by a large margin.
v
(MLE, transitive, euphemistic) to inflict unlawful physical violence upon.
v
To come on to (someone) in a rude way, with excessive and unwelcome touching; to handle (someone or something) rudely or clumsily.
v
(often passive, slang, rare) To take rudely by surprise.
n
(idiomatic, informal) A chance to fight with someone.
v
(figuratively, law) To base an argument on bluster or rhetoric when unsupported by more substantive elements.
v
(idiomatic) Alternative form of pull punches [(originally boxing) To avoid using a high level of force when punching.]
v
(transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.
v
(chiefly Canada, idiomatic) To praise, encourage, or vigorously support someone.
v
(idiomatic) To achieve or perform at a level lower than should be expected based on one's preparation, attributes, rank, or past accomplishments.
v
(idiomatic) To give someone a serious beating using one's fists; to punch someone until he or she is unconscious.
v
(transitive) To make bolder, zestier, or more exciting.
v
(transitive, colloquial) To handle or beat severely; to maul.
v
(idiomatic) To beat the shit out of someone.
v
(idiomatic) to defeat severely, to thrash
v
(informal, figuratively) To punch someone in the face.
v
(UK, slang) To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.
v
(slang) To have a powerful positive influence on someone, being greatly loved or admired.
v
(video games, slang) To defeat (an opponent) easily and decisively; to trounce.
v
(transitive) To rub (a body part): to massage, give a massage to.
v
(by extension) To defeat or humiliate.
v
To demonstrate one's ability to hurt another.
v
(idiomatic) To be brutal towards someone, especially physically.
v
(informal, transitive) To beat up or handle roughly.
v
To successfully refute (someone or someone's idea or proposal).
v
(Britain, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
v
(Canada, US, informal, idiomatic) To assert one's power in an attempt to get revenge or prove a point; to show who's boss.
v
(transitive) to severely defeat.
v
(sports, by extension) To heavily defeat.
v
(idiomatic) To elicit a significant reaction, especially one which is favorable or sympathetic.
v
(idiomatic) To give the impression of being insincere, incongruous or inappropriate.
v
Alternative form of touch a nerve [(idiomatic) To make a remark or perform a deed which produces a strong response, especially an emotional response such as anxiety or annoyance, because it calls to mind something which has been a source of concern or embarrassment.]
v
(US, slang, transitive) To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).
v
Alternative form of mop the floor with someone [(slang) To trounce or defeat thoroughly or in a humiliating manner.]
v
Alternative form of mop the floor with someone [(slang) To trounce or defeat thoroughly or in a humiliating manner.]
v
(slang) To suffer a defeat or a beating.
v
(idiomatic) To beat or spank someone.
v
(combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
v
(by extension) To beat; to scourge.
v
(Ireland, idiomatic, slang) To act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate.
n
(slang) A fight or brawl.
n
(slang) A fight or brawl; or, a challenge or incitement to fight.
v
To place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, typically with the fingers spread and while simultaneously wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.
v
(transitive, Australia) To thoroughly defeat an opponent in a fight or competition.
v
(transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
v
(chiefly US, transitive, idiomatic) To beat up (someone).
v
(idiomatic) To use significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealously.
v
To allow a vicious fight or altercation to result from something or observe such a fight or altercation.
v
(chiefly Southern US) To punish by spanking.
v
(slang, transitive) To produce quickly, particularly a meal.
v
(idiomatic) To defeat; to defeat humiliatingly.
v
(informal) To be well ahead of someone, or to win a competition by a considerable margin over someone.
v
(US, transitive, slang, figuratively) To defeat (an opponent) thoroughly; trounce.
v
(transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.
v
(Internet slang) To dominate or defeat thoroughly (as in a video game).
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