v
To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
n
(idiomatic) A weakness; a weak point (particularly of something formerly considered near-invincible or perfect).
adj
Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
n
The formation of cracks on a surface.
adj
Involving or producing a crackle.
v
(intransitive) To break into, or become full of, crannies.
v
(intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
v
(intransitive, dated) To undulate or ripple.
n
(cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
adj
Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
n
(Scotland) The last heavy breathings or sighings of a dying person.
adj
(onomatopoeia) Makes a hissing sound.
v
(intransitive, dated) To fly off in minute particles with a fizzing sound, like water from hot metal.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To make the sound of a turkey.
n
(slang) The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable.
adj
Alternative form of grunt-level [At the lowest, basic, unsophisticated level.]
v
(transitive, chiefly New Zealand) To throw (an object) through the air.
v
(intransitive) To move with a rushing sound; to whoosh.
adv
With a plashing sound.
adj
Capable of making a poofing sound.
v
(intransitive) To pipe or chirp.
n
A motion or sound that ripples.
n
A crack in a moulded brick before burning.
adj
Alternative spelling of skew-whiff [(UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Askew; lopsided, not straight.]
v
(obsolete) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
n
(countable) A squelching sound.
n
Obsolete form of squilgee. [A squeegee; a scraper for removing liquid.]
v
Alternative form of squeegee [(transitive, intransitive) To use a squeegee.]
n
(obsolete) A faint or swoon.
n
A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
n
A pattern or logo suggesting a swooshing movement.
adj
Like or suggesting a swooshing sound or movement.
n
Alternative form of swazzle [A device to change the voice to make it more raspy, used in Punch and Judy performances]
n
Alternative form of tempest in a teapot [(idiomatic) A major fuss over a trivial matter.]
n
Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.
n
A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
n
Alternative form of whiff-whaff [(archaic) Table tennis.]
n
(archaic) Alternative form of whiff-whaff (“table tennis”) [(archaic) Table tennis.]
n
Alternative form of whiff-whaff [(archaic) Table tennis.]
n
The breathy sound of something rushing quickly; whoosh.
n
A member of a collegiate a cappella singing group established at Yale University in 1909.
n
Alternative form of wifferdill [(aviation) An aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a series of very tight turns in order to reverse its direction of travel.]
n
A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.
n
Alternative form of woofle dust [An imaginary powder sprinkled by a stage magician as part of making an object disappear.]
n
A sound or motion that whooshes.
v
Alternative form of woof (“to bark”) [To make a woof sound.]
n
Alternative form of whiff-whaff [(archaic) Table tennis.]
n
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
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