n
One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.
v
(transitive, rare) To bagatellize; to regard as a bagatelle.
n
One who, or that which balks.
n
One who barges or shoves.
n
(informal) A smooth talker, a persuasive person.
n
One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.
n
A person who makes an ostentatious display of wealth or style.
n
Alternative form of bodice-ripping [A lustful scene of seduction and violent or forcefully initiated sex.]
n
A person who enjoys arguing with others.
v
To force one's way; to be pushy.
n
A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.
v
(transitive, figuratively, informal) To flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain.
n
(slang, from, African-American Vernacular) Lying or exaggerating.
v
Alternative form of carny [(dialectal) To cajole, wheedle, or coax.]
v
(transitive) To toy with (one's victim).
v
(intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
n
The act of one who chaffers.
n
(Britain) Something that encourages one to act; a goad, a spur.
v
Obsolete spelling of choose [To pick; to make the choice of; to select.]
n
(BDSM) A gag consisting of material that is pulled between a person's teeth instead of being tied over the mouth.
n
(informal) A person who attempts to gain political or social power and influence, especially through association or conflict with public figures.
v
(transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
v
To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
n
(dated, British slang) A liar.
v
(obsolete, dialectal, East Midlands, Lancashire, Yorkshire) To bend; to make crooked.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To play with; to wheedle.
n
(obsolete) One who dights.
n
A prankster who misleads others.
v
(transitive) To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.
v
To fiddle (play aimlessly).
n
(obsolete) Trial; temptation.
v
Alternative form of finagle [(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.]
n
One who fiddles; a cheat.
v
Alternative form of finagle [(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.]
v
(transitive, Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.
v
(intransitive, slang, by extension) To flaunt one's superiority.
v
(transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.
v
To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
v
(transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
v
(transitive, intransitive) to make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate
n
One who exhibits a gag reflex.
adv
Causing one to gag or choke.
n
A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
n
A victim of price gouging.
v
To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.
v
(transitive, archaic) To deprive (someone) fraudulently; to cheat, to dupe.
v
(transitive) To make something more clichéd, or more cheesy.
n
One who has something (in various senses).
n
One who administers acts of hazing, or abusive initiation.
n
The act of one who hedges (in various senses)
v
(transitive, figuratively) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
v
To meet or act secretly.
n
(slang, obsolete) A liar.
n
A charlatan, huckster, grifter, swindler, a scoundrel.
v
(obsolete) To cajole or coax; to wheedle.
v
(transitive) To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person.
v
To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
v
(transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically.
n
One who brings bad news.
n
(figuratively) Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
v
(transitive) To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion.
n
killjoy (Someone or something that hinders fun.)
n
One about whom information is leaked.
n
(UK dialectal) A cheat; a go-by.
n
(obsolete) One who excites contentions and quarrels; instigator.
n
The act of one who manhandles; rough physical treatment.
v
(intransitive) To search for and expose corruption or scandal, especially as a form of investigative journalism.
v
(UK, Australia, Singapore, slang) To learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.
v
To haggle; to negotiate argumentatively.
n
One who, or that which, nudges.
v
Synonym of poke borack (“to tease or ridicule”)
v
Obsolete form of prank (“adorn in a showy manner”). [(transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.]
v
(transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.
n
A person who tries to stir up masses of people for political action by appealing to their emotions rather than their reason. A demagogue.
v
(transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
n
Someone who romps or frolics.
v
(of animals) To touch a person's body in a friendly manner, seeking attention.
n
(originally US) A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck.
n
Alternative form of scanno [A typographical error introduced by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape, as *tum for turn, or *Dosition for Position.]
n
One who creates schlock.
v
To mess things up, to corrupt, to be devilish.
n
(archaic) One who lives by trickery; a conman.
n
Fraud; trickery; the acts of a sharper.
n
(dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
n
One who showboats; a showoff.
n
(archaic) A rascal; a scoundrel.
v
(transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.
n
(obsolete) A trick or deception.
n
(obsolete, slang) Something seized or confiscated; a stolen item.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To fondle or cuddle.
n
(obsolete) A paltry person; a sneak.
n
(idiomatic) Petty thieves.
n
(slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
v
(intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To show off; to posture.
v
Alternative form of swag it out [(slang) To behave in a self-confident and ostentatious manner; show off.]
v
(slang) To behave in a self-confident and ostentatious manner; show off.
n
(colloquial, Canada) A crime where an unsuspecting innocent bystander is attacked by several culprits at once, with no known motive.
n
(dialectal or obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor.
v
(transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately.
n
A superstition or freet.
n
(derogatory) A person who is servile to the point of self-degradation.
n
(archaic) A short mention of news or gossip.
v
(intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
n
(rare) A complex question, whose wording hinders the ability to answer it correctly.
v
(transitive, obsolete, by extension) To influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
v
(obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of toil. [(intransitive) To labour; work.]
v
(transitive, formal) To tickle, provoking twitching and laughter.
n
One who vexes; one who annoys
n
(uncountable, slang) A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment.
v
(transitive) To achieve by clever or devious means.
n
(archaic) A coaxing person.
v
(transitive) To entice or lure.
n
A cunning or tricky person; a dodger.
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