n
Alternative form of bump in the road [(idiomatic) A setback or obstacle, especially one which is relatively minor.]
n
(phonology) A downward glide.
adj
(phonetics) Having a downglide.
v
(intransitive) To swing the back of a vehicle (originally an aircraft) from side to side.
n
Alternative spelling of flite [(dialectal) a quarrel, dispute, wrangling.]
v
(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
adv
With a motion that glides.
v
Obsolete spelling of glide [(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.]
n
(dance) A ballroom dancing move in which the dancer steps backwards, shifts their weight on to the back foot, and turns on the heel of that foot while holding the other foot close and parallel to it.
adv
With one hip lower than the other.
v
(hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
n
A logan: a rocking or balanced stone.
n
(uncountable, US, lumberjacking) The act of balancing on a log floating on a river to guide it downstream, often involving rolling it using one's feet; birling.
n
(juggling) A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.
v
(intransitive, rare) To move while sliding backwards as though the feet move as if one was running forwards.
v
(intransitive, dance) To perform the moonwalk.
n
Alternative form of offglide [(linguistics) A phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound.]
n
Alternate form of onglide.
n
(slang, dated) An aeroplane crash.
v
(slang) To be executed by electric chair.
n
(preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Gibraltar.
v
(informal) To progress in a smooth fashion.
v
(US, slang) To emit sooty exhaust fumes from a modified (diesel) engine (fad among rural American truck drivers).
n
(slang) A Rolls-Royce car
n
A toy that rights itself when pushed over.
n
(obsolete) A flutter wheel.
v
(India, dated, transitive, intransitive) To hunt; to go hunting.
v
To speed away to another place by means of a vehicle with tires, or in simulation of it.
v
(intransitive) To hunt snipe.
v
Alternative form of spyhop [(intransitive, of a cetacean) To raise the front half of the body out of the sea in a controlled manner.]
v
Alternative form of spyhop [(intransitive, of a cetacean) To raise the front half of the body out of the sea in a controlled manner.]
n
Alternative form of swan upping [An annual swan census in Britain in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, marked, and released.]
v
(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
n
A mechanism in the truck of a railway carriage, etc., permitting swaying from side to side.
n
(dance) A rotating of the hips.
v
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move circularly; to roll; to turn.
adj
(phonetics) Having an upglide.
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