adv
(UK, dialectal, dated, of two people) With arms linked together.
n
A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.
v
(intransitive, dated) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
v
Alternative form of clutch [To seize, as though with claws.]
n
(idiomatic) A person who drives a motor vehicle, especially one equipped with a manual transmission, in a particularly skillful manner.
n
The act of one who clutches.
v
(transitive) To handcuff.
n
A glove worn when driving to protect the hands from the steering wheel, or to improve grip
n
(obsolete) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.
n
(firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
n
A guard on the front of a weapon for hand and finger protection, or to allow for attachments to the weapon.
n
A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
n
Alternative form of handicuffs (“hand-to-hand fighting”) [Hand-to-hand fighting; fisticuffs.]
v
Obsolete spelling of hang [(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.]
n
(fencing) A grip used for foil and épée that consists of a straight block of wood or aluminum wrapped in a rubber or leather grip-tape, with projecting prongs to aid grip.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To move like a jackhammer.
n
(combat sports) Any lock designed to hyperextend one of the joints of the body, leading to pain and/or injury.
n
Alternative form of leglock [A joint lock directed at the ankle, knee, or hip joint.]
n
(figuratively) A support; a reason; a pretext.
v
(slang, archaic) To depart hastily; peg it; scram.
n
(historical) A machine for rasping away the ends of pegs inside shoes.
v
Alternative spelling of peg-leg [To limp or hobble (having or imitating having a wooden leg).]
v
(transitive) To hang up (washing) using pegs.
n
(UK, obsolete) A West Country game played with sharp-pointed stakes: one is thrust into the ground and the others are thrown in an attempt to dislodge it. If this succeeds, the player who planted the stake attempts to run a certain distance and back before the others can beat it all the way into the ground.
n
(historical) A person who, or machine that, attached the uppers to the soles of shoes using wooden pegs.
v
(obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down
v
(transitive) (of printing types) To reduce to confusion; to jumble.
v
(intransitive, obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) To depart or travel (as if by a turnpike), especially to flee, to run away.
n
The grip by which a pistol is held in the hand
v
(transitive) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
v
(slang, theater, intransitive) To invent a line of dialogue when one has forgotten the actual line.
v
(intransitive) To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
n
(martial arts, chiefly attributive) A striking surface formed by tucking the thumb of the hand into the palm.
v
To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
n
(idiomatic) Something or someone that does not fit well or at all; something that will not succeed as attempted, except possibly with much force and effort, or alteration of either the peg or the hole or both beyond recognition.
v
Alternative spelling of straight-arm [To ward off by holding the arms out straight.]
v
(intransitive, idiomatic, obsolete) To die by hanging.
n
(UK, soccer) The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
n
Alternative form of thumb war [(games) A children's game in which the two opponents interlock each other's right- or left-handed fingers, each attempting to press and subdue the other's thumb.]
n
An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
Note: Concept clusters like the one above are an experimental OneLook
feature. We've grouped words and phrases into thousands of clusters
based on a statistical analysis of how they are used in writing. Some
of the words and concepts may be vulgar or offensive. The names of the
clusters were written automatically and may not precisely describe
every word within the cluster; furthermore, the clusters may be
missing some entries that you'd normally associate with their
names. Click on a word to look it up on OneLook.
Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!
Today's secret word is 8 letters and means "Believable and worthy of trust." Can you find it?