v
To sensationalise or make grand claims.
n
One who engages in noisy shouting, uproar, or publicity.
n
(dated) A brabble; a noisy contest or wrangle.
n
(archaic) A quarrelsome person.
n
Alternative form of branle [A dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance.]
v
(intransitive) To rattle; to make a scampering noise.
n
One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.
n
(Scotland) A loud argument or dispute.
n
(informal) A bump or bumps.
n
(computing, countable) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
adj
(informal) Full of bustle; tending to bustle around.
v
(transitive, especially as "chirk up") To make happier.
n
One who chucks; a thrower.
n
(Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.
n
(archaic, Scotland) A loud quarrelsome fight.
n
Alternative form of collie-shangie [(archaic, Scotland) A loud quarrelsome fight.]
n
A jab (thrust or insult) delivered in reply to a previous one.
v
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To fawn or coax.
n
A person who takes downblouse photographs or video footage.
n
A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.
v
To rustle; to make a slight rustling (or whistling sound).
v
(transitive, UK dialectal) To beat by flapping.
n
(obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe or taunt.
v
To go to the Devil (as a term of dismissal).
v
(UK, dialect, obsolete, intransitive) To scold or speak loudly.
n
(slang) A painfully obvious mistake.
n
(obsolete) Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
v
(figuratively) To irritate or jar (something).
adj
(obsolete) quarrelsome
v
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
v
Alternative form of jowl [(obsolete, transitive) To throw, dash, or knock.]
n
A large noisy collection.
v
(transitive, obsolete, UK) To strike in the face.
v
(UK, informal) To quarrel; to cease to be on friendly terms.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.
n
(idiomatic) Someone or something that tends to inspire mobs; something controversial or provocative.
v
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To talk noisily; rattle on.
v
(transitive) To notch irregularly.
n
(now rare) Noisy, rapid talk; babble.
v
(informal) To take up little space in a house or other building that one occupies; to live somewhere that is needlessly spacious.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To rail at; to scold.
v
(informal) To tease playfully; to heckle.
n
A clever or witty remark.
n
The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To shake.
v
(UK, dialect, intransitive) To shake.
n
Alternative form of rollicking [(UK) A scolding, a bollocking.]
n
(UK, now historical) Improvised noise created by banging saucepans, scrap metal etc., especially as a way for communities to express outrage or displeasure at someone's behaviour.
n
(military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
n
One who, or that which, rumbles.
v
(transitive) To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.
v
(intransitive, chiefly Northern England) To gurgle; to rattle when breathing.
n
(dated) A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
v
(Yorkshire, dialect) To make a noise, to cause an uproar, to cause a disturbance
adv
With a stroking motion.
n
Alternative form of tatterara [(Ireland, dated) commotion, noise; fuss, bother]
n
Alternative form of tatterara [(Ireland, dated) commotion, noise; fuss, bother]
adj
Made of or woven from thrum.
v
(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
n
(obsolete, usually in the plural) One who talks a lot with little meaning.
n
Someone or something that twitches.
v
(transitive, slang) To smash (something).
n
A thrill, emotionally excited reaction.
v
(intransitive, UK, dialect) To bustle about.
v
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
n
A bustle of noise and excitement.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To box someone's ears.
n
(archaic, Ireland) A fight; a brawl
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