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Alternative spelling of able whackets. [(nautical slang, now historical) Blows on the hand from a knotted or twisted handkerchief, especially given as a punishment to the loser of certain card games.]
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A long patch of butter on a floor that will cause anybody walking on it to slip, traditionally used in slapstick or as a practical joke.
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(nonstandard, pronunciation spelling) Alternative form of trouble [A distressing or dangerous situation.]
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(informal, childish) Alternative form of choccy (“chocolate”) [(informal, childish) chocolate]
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(informal, childish) Alternative form of choccy (“chocolate”) [(informal, childish) chocolate]
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(obsolete, British slang) A very hard cheese. Attributed variously to counties of the West Country of the United Kingdom such as Devon, Dorset and the Isle of Wight.
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(UK, Ireland, Yorkshire, Northumbria, Cumbria) To knock one pace-egg against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other’s egg and leaving one's own intact.
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(UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To beat.
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(intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
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(Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread)
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(idiomatic) To approve a document without actually knowing or reviewing what it is that is being approved.
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To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
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Alternative spelling of rake and scrape [(music, Bahamas) A type of traditional Bahamian folk music, characterized by a reliance on improvised musical instruments, such as a ripsaw.]
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Alternative spelling of rake and scrape [(music, Bahamas) A type of traditional Bahamian folk music, characterized by a reliance on improvised musical instruments, such as a ripsaw.]
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(obsolete, Northern England) The practice of sabotaging machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute
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(intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
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(dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
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The act of being struck with a sap or club.
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Alternative form of skelp (“narrow strip of rolled or forged metal”) [A blow; a smart stroke.]
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(of an animal) To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
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(transitive, intransitive) To run with speed; to scurry.
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To strike with a scourge; to flog.
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(intransitive) To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
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One who, or that which, scuds.
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Alternative form of scoon (“to skim along a surface”) [(transitive, intransitive) To skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.]
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(intransitive, originally Cumbria, East Anglia, Yorkshire) To scamper off.
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A quick pace; a short run.
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(obsolete) A sharp blow.
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To move quickly, to flutter.
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(intransitive) To leave hastily; to flee, especially with a whirring sound
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Something used to swat with; a flyswatter.
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One who, or that which, swipes.
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One who swishes something.
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To insert or force a wad into.
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(US, Scotland, Britain, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
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(Scotland, Northern England) To cut, especially to cut off a large portion.
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(rare, intransitive) To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.
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(obsolete) A blow; the act of striking.
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(by extension) Someone or something that holds an explosive amount of success, skill or effectiveness.
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(intransitive, slang) To rush around quickly; to scoot.
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