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(transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To cut (a person) so as to provoke bleeding.
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(usually archaeology) To strike the ground with an object in order to determine, from the resulting sounds, what lies underground.
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(transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
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(informal, intransitive) To don a pair of ear buds in preparation for listening to a portable sound system.
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An accidental or slyly given stroke; a side-blow or side-wind; a ruse.
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Alternative spelling of by-blow [A blow struck to the side or from the side, as in swordplay; a secondary or incidental strike of any sort.]
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To do (something) quickly.
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As much as is held in one's claws or (expressively) in one's hand.
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(idiomatic) To restrict someone's freedom.
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(transitive) To strike with a weapon of this kind.
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Synonym of bone to pick (“a disagreeable matter to settle”)
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(obsolete) To encourage an archer when shooting by crying "aim".
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(colloquial) To make oneself conspicuous.
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(idiomatic) The use of vehement arguments.
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to strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in
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A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
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To cut or carve, as with a weapon.
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(transitive) To strike, project, or propel with a fillip (that is, a finger released quickly after being pressed against the thumb); to flick.
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Alternative form of finger in the dyke [(figuratively) An attempt to delay a worse consequence from occurring.]
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(figuratively) An attempt to delay a worse consequence from occurring.
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One who, or that which, grabs (seizes).
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(historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
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To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
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(transitive) To cut the throat of.
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(US, slang, rare) To do something that is impossible or very difficult, with connotations of pointlessness.
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(idiomatic) To stop something at an early stage.
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(slang) To run away; to leg it; to scarper.
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(transitive) to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
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(colloquial) A person who picks things up.
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(transitive, figuratively) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
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(transitive, Internet slang) To persuade or convince someone of something.
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(transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment.
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(transitive) To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
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(figuratively) To rummage; to feel or grope around.
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To search for something, especially in an unorganized way
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To poke in an exploratory manner.
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(transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
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(obsolete) To poke; to thrust.
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(idiomatic) To execute, especially by using a sword.
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(transitive, obsolete) To search; to rummage.
v
To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
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(slang, Rhodesia, in the context of the Rhodesian Bush War) To kill.
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To work very hard (at); to toil
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(film, television) An abrupt cut from one scene to another without a transition.
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(transitive, colloquial) To buy quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for.
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(transitive) To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
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An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
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(of people) To move rapidly in a mass.
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(intransitive, rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something.
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(dated, intransitive) To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
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(idiomatic) To say or do something deliberately and unnecessarily malicious.
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Alternative form of sticking point [(idiomatic) A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation.]
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(now rare) To argue or struggle for.
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Alternative form of sticky-finger (“steal”) [To steal, to pilfer; to make off with (something).]
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sticky, finger. To touch or finger something which is sticky, or with fingers that are sticky.
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(transitive) To poke, pierce, thrust.
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The act of one who stomps.
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(obsolete) simple past tense of strike
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(ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
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To raise (as sheet metal), in making dishes, pans, etc., by blows or pressure in a die.
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A piece of metal struck against a flint or quartz-rock to produce sparks; a steel.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.
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Obsolete spelling of stroke [An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.]
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Obsolete spelling of stroke [An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.]
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To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
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Obsolete form of stroke. [An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.]
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Alternative form of bring a knife to a gunfight [(idiomatic) To enter into a confrontation or other challenging situation without being adequately equipped or prepared.]
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A person or thing that tamps.
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(obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
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(figuratively, rare) The means of wild predators to kill.
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Alternative form of torfer ("difficulty, trouble"). [(dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Difficulty, trouble.]
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A kind of knockout (partially punched opening) that can be removed by twisting.
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A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
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(obsolete) Active or motive power.
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Someone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull
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(transitive, archaic) To stab (someone or something).
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To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
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