adj
Full of banter or good-humored raillery.
n
An item of unknown purpose, often unnecessary or useless or annoying.
adj
Like a Bobadil, or swaggering boaster.
adj
Characteristic of a bodice ripper.
adj
(Scotland, Northumbria) Gentle, quiet, steady.
n
A petty or trivial objection or criticism.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To calm or soothe.
n
(uncountable, obsolete) Fun, gaiety, joy, merriment, mirth.
n
(sociology) Behaviour at the edge of what is normally allowed or accepted; risky or radical behaviour.
adj
(Ulster) cunning, shifty
adj
Of petty or trivial importance; footling
adv
By means of petty theft.
adj
(slang, African-American Vernacular, chiefly describing eyebrows) Alternative form of on fleek
n
A little playful skip or leap; a brisk and lively movement.
adj
(slang) Energetic or strong.
adj
(derogatory) Unimportant, silly, useless.
v
(intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
n
Alternative form of fussbudgetry [The characteristics and behaviors of a fussbudget; petty complaining.]
n
One who fusses; a fussy person.
n
(informal) A person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things.
n
(informal) The habit of making a fuss, particularly about trivial things.
n
A person who fustigates.
v
To move in a manner characteristic of a gangling person
adj
Having a dueling or Wild West character; wild and tough
n
(by extension) A ruffian or bully.
adj
(informal) dishonest; sketchy; shady
adj
Lacking focus; jittery or jangly.
adv
Alternative form of jildi [Quickly.]
n
The act of one who jollies; amusement; diversion.
adv
(slang, obsolete) In a fashionable or showy manner.
adj
(slang) Excellent, terrific, outstanding, or wonderful.
v
(Scotland) To slight; to treat contemptuously or without seriousness.
adj
(UK dialectal) Genuine; authorised; sterling.
v
(intransitive) To enjoy oneself in a jolly and festive manner.
adj
(nonce word) A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky combining the senses of "flimsy" and "miserable".
n
The making of mischief; troublemaking.
n
(now Scotland) The causing of damage or terror; rampaging.
adj
Alternative spelling of mousy [Quiet; stealthy.]
n
(idiomatic) A lot of fuss about something trivial.
n
(rare, obsolete) The act or practice of trifling (focusing on the trivial or inconsequential.)
adj
Alternative form of palsy-walsy [(slang) Very friendly, especially in an excessive or artificial way.]
adj
insignificant; unimportant; piddling
v
To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
n
A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.
v
Alternative form of pettifog [To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.]
n
Alternative form of pettyfogger [Someone who quibbles over trifles.]
adj
Alternative form of pettyfogging [Trivial; nitpicky.]
v
Alternative form of pettifog [To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.]
n
Someone who quibbles over trifles.
adj
(informal) Small, inconsequential, or not worth spending time on.
adv
In a quibbling manner; with petty argumentativeness.
adj
Like a ram; rank; lascivious.
n
(colloquial) A tiny amount.
n
(obsolete) A wild revel.
n
The posing or solving of a riddle.
adj
(rare) Characteristic of rigmarole.
adj
Of or pertaining to a rigmarole; excessively elaborate, protracted, or diffuse.
v
To behave in a playful or carefree manner; to frolic or romp.
adj
(obsolete) Like a ruffian.
n
(historical) ruffian, bully, villain; especially a 16th-17th century vagabond operating under the guise of a maimed soldier or sailor
adj
(obsolete, rare) Made from scammony.
adj
Tacky, of tasteless appearance.
adj
(informal) Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive.
adj
(slang, of a detail or distinction) Petty or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, niggling.
adj
(dated, colloquial) Exhibiting side, or unjustified self-importance; arrogant.
adj
Tricky; troublesome; slippery; undependable.
v
(obsolete, transitive, slang) To seize; to confiscate.
n
Smugness; smug behaviour or attitude.
adj
Characterised by sneaking or sneakiness
adj
Having the behaviour and appearance of a spiv.
adj
Of, related to, or resembling a spiv; flashy but often also seedy.
adj
(UK, colloquial, dated) earnest and active in matters of no importance; bustling
adj
Alternative form of spoffish [(UK, colloquial, dated) earnest and active in matters of no importance; bustling]
adj
(Britain, informal) Crooked, askew; awry
n
A bold or arrogant strut.
adj
Characterised by swaggering or swagger
n
Alternative form of Tom Swifty. [A humorous phrase in which a supposed quotation is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is attributed.]
v
(idiomatic) To be bisexual.
adj
(rare) Characterised or marked by teasing
n
(idiomatic, archaic) The worth of some trifling or insignificant matter; a whit or jot of value.
n
A tic or other behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.
n
A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
v
(intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
n
Obsolete form of waif. [(Britain, law, archaic) Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.]
adj
(UK, dialect) Long and flexible, like a wand; wandlike
n
(obsolete, uncountable) Something; thing; stuff.
adj
Characterised or marked by wheedling; coaxing, cajoling.
adj
(archaic) Flexible, like a withe.
adj
(Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Vigorous; strong; healthy.
n
(informal) A period of frenzied running in a pet cat or dog.
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 "Job requiring little to no work." Can you find it?