n
A backhanded stroke or blow.
v
(dated) To depart with a sweeping motion.
adj
(colloquial) Large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
n
(military, slang) The act of striking a person with the butt of a rifle.
n
Alternative form of chokehold. [(martial arts, wrestling) A grappling hold around the neck that cuts off the flow of air to the brain.]
n
Alternative form of chokehold [(martial arts, wrestling) A grappling hold around the neck that cuts off the flow of air to the brain.]
v
(juggling) To perform a claw catch.
n
The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
n
a plotline that is metaphorically left to "dangle" or "hang"; in other words, the plotline is forgotten, phased out and eventually dropped, and thus a resolution is never achieved
v
(dated, nautical) To attempt to get extra work out of a ship's crew during the dead horse period.
v
Alternative form of fly-tipped, past tense of flytip
n
(martial arts) Alternative spelling of foot sweep [(martial arts) Any of several moves used to trip an opponent by forcefully moving one's legs horizontally at the feet or ankles of one's opponent.]
v
(transitive, dialect) To throw with an underhand movement.
n
(combat sports) A joint lock where the attacker isolates an opponent's leg between his or her own legs, and then twists the opponent's ankle with the aim of causing pain or injury to the opponent's ankle or knee.
n
A blow in which the heel of the palm strikes an opponent.
v
(transitive) to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.
v
(slang, transitive) To move.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To twist or turn.
v
(transitive) To hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently.
v
(ambiintransitive) To move with a jerk; to hitch.
v
(Newfoundland) To skip or skim a stone across water.
n
Alternative spelling of jump scare [(narratology) The technique, typically used in horror films and video games, of having something occur suddenly and without warning to frighten the audience.]
v
(reflexive) To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
n
Alternative spelling of knee-jerk [A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap).]
n
A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap).
n
(combat sports) A joint lock where the knee is hyperextended in order to cause pain and/or injury.
n
Alternative spelling of knee-jerk [A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap).]
n
Alternative form of langrage [Scraps of metal used to fire at an enemy in naval warfare.]
v
(intransitive) To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
v
(archaic, intransitive) To toy or caress using hands or fingers.
v
To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
n
(Ireland, informal) Plenty; an abundance (of something).
v
(transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
v
Alternative form of scoon (“to skim along a surface”) [(transitive, intransitive) To skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.]
v
(transitive, intransitive) To skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.
v
(intransitive) To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
n
A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
n
(informal, in the plural, with "the") Rheumatism.
v
(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To run, or be driven, before a high wind with no sails set.
n
The act by which a vessel is scuttled.
v
To strike with the shin.
n
An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.
n
(sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
adj
Worthy of being skipped.
v
(Scotland, slang) To slip, such as on ice.
v
(UK, dialect) To skewer, impale.
v
Alternative form of skite [(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) To boast.]
n
The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
n
Alternative form of summy [(colloquial) Somersault.]
n
(countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
v
(archaic, transitive, dialectal) To cut a crop in a sweeping or rambling manner, hence to reap; cut for harvest.
n
Obsolete form of swipe. [(countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.]
n
Alternative spelling of toehold [(climbing) A foothold small enough to support just the toe.]
n
(Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
v
While showering, to step on feces to push it down a drain.
v
Alternative spelling of waffle stomp (“while showering, to step on feces to push it down a drain”) [While showering, to step on feces to push it down a drain.]
v
(idiomatic) To do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.
n
An extremely exciting ride at an amusement park, etc., where one's hands grip on so tightly that the knuckles appear white.
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