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(obsolete, rare) To strike; to strike down.
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The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
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An object or topic which sows anger and dissension; something which causes argument, rivalry, or strife.
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Alternative form of aroint [(archaic) to dispel, to drive away]
v
To behave in a way that is likely to cause problems.
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Alternative form of backbiter [A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.]
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To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
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(transitive, intransitive, rare) To make or be busy; occupy.
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(transitive) To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.
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(transitive, obsolete) To mock or mock at, especially with grimaces.
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(obsolete) To vex or provoke.
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(figuratively) Something unpleasant that must be accepted or endured.
adj
(colloquial, US, of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
v
(transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.
v
(intransitive) To meddle or interfere.
v
(intransitive) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
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(idiomatic) A tendency to take offence quickly.
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An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
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(transitive, Scotland) To daunt; to subdue.
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(Britain, slang) To swear; to use swear words.
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(transitive, slang) To viciously humiliate or insult.
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Obsolete form of feeze (“running start”).. [(obsolete or US, dialectal) A state of fretful excitement or worry.]
n
(obsolete) A running start or run-up, as for a leap; used in the expression "to fetch one's feeze".
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(slang) To misunderstand or misconstrue; to misinterpret; to be confused or in error.
v
(transitive, figuratively, nonstandard) To irritate or annoy someone; to bother.
v
(idiomatic) To approach, attack or accost a person, situation or environment in an extremely violent and unrestrained manner, often with no thought about consequences.
n
(obsolete, rare) A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting.
v
(online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.
v
(transitive) To harass; to weary with vexation.
n
An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
v
(transitive) To curse (as if by causing a harelip),
v
To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
v
(idiomatic) To enjoy an event or occasion, especially a holiday or one's birthday.
v
(US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
n
(countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
v
(informal) to do things that are likely to cause problems.
v
(idioms) To behave in an irritating way.
v
(slang, transitive) To pester.
v
(transitive) To commit more or worse blunders than.
v
(transitive, slang) To surpass in craziness; to be more wild or erratic than.
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Alternative form of picking quarrels and provoking trouble [(Mainland China, law) A collection of vague criminal offences, mainly concerning undermining public order by creating a disturbance in a public place.]
n
(Mainland China, law) A collection of vague criminal offences, mainly concerning undermining public order by creating a disturbance in a public place.
n
Alternative form of picking quarrels and provoking trouble [(Mainland China, law) A collection of vague criminal offences, mainly concerning undermining public order by creating a disturbance in a public place.]
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(idiomatic) To speak ill of; to vilify.
n
(colloquial) A situation where one harms one's reputation or standing by making ill-advised remarks.
v
(Britain, Commonwealth, archaic, historical) To give a formal warning for a riotous assembly to disperse, usually through reading a section of the Riot Act.
v
To thoroughly insult, to comprehensively call attention to the flaws of (someone).
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To harass, to treat in a rough way.
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(idiomatic) To act in an uncontrolled, unbridled manner.
v
(idiomatic) To go unchecked, to be out of control.
v
To upset public order, decorum, or conventional values.
adj
troublemaking, especially by provoking negative behavior from others.
v
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To be tolerant of stupidity or incompetence in other people.
n
(obsolete) A blustering, boisterous person.
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(idiomatic) Synonym of teething troubles
n
Obsolete spelling of trouble [A distressing or dangerous situation.]
n
A violent occurrence or event.
n
(idiomatic) An unexpected problem in a supposedly positive situation, especially in a marital or romantic relationship.
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Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
n
The act of telling about one's troubles.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To criticize in a somewhat irritating way; to carp at.
v
(intransitive) To repeat meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness.
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(slang, transitive) To make someone feel, by weirdness, uneasy or uncomfortable; to make one feel (that something is) weird.
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