v
(Northern England, rare) To drive.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To bump thoroughly; belabour.
v
(transitive) To thump soundly.
v
To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
v
To knock against or run into with a jolt.
n
Someone or something that bumps.
v
(theater, informal) Of an actor: to distract the audience by moving or gesturing when the focus should be elsewhere.
n
(informal) A spike in a politician's popularity following an appearance with, or promotion by, comedian Stephen Colbert.
v
(Tyneside) To crash into; to bump into.
n
A nudge or jostle with the elbow.
v
(transitive) To beat using a flail or similar implement.
v
Alternative form of flutter the dovecote [(idiomatic) To create a disturbance, usually within a group of people who are generally placid and unexcited.]
v
(Britain, West Midlands) To do a forward roll.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To move erratically here and there, like a grasshopper
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
v
(especially of an animal) To nudge or bump with the head as a gesture.
v
(transitive, informal) To throw or chuck.
v
(obsolete) To move rapidly with a noise; to whirl.
v
(intransitive, archaic) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
n
A motion or gesture that jabs; a jab.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To jolt; to jounce.
v
(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
v
To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
v
To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
v
(transitive) To knock sharply
n
An act of jostling; a push or shove.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To throw, dash, or knock.
v
To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
adj
(slang) Terrific, great (of clothes) smart, fashionable.
n
(cycling, uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock
v
Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
v
(transitive) To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).
v
Alternative form of necro-bump [(Internet, transitive) To add a new message to a long-dormant conversation.]
adj
(US) Of a warrant, raid, etc.: allowing police to enter a property without immediate prior notification of the residents, as by knocking or ringing a doorbell.
v
(transitive) To perform (a song or piece of music) very loudly.
v
(by extension) To surprise or trick (someone) into hearing this song.
v
(intransitive, colloquial) To laugh very heartily.
v
Alternative form of rollick [To behave in a playful or carefree manner; to frolic or romp.]
n
Alternative form of rug-pull [A sudden revelation that completely contradicts the assumptions one has been led to believe.]
n
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
v
To move (someone or something) around.
n
(slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
n
Alternative spelling of scrimmage [A rough fight.]
adj
(of movement) quick and thrusting
v
(reflexive) To behave or feel in a swashbuckling manner.
v
(transitive, literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.
v
(intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
n
(programming) A software mechanism that thunks.
n
(by extension) doing a gentle amount of work
v
(transitive, Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")
v
(transitive, intransitive) To act as an umpire (in).
v
To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
v
(transitive, US, colloquial, dated, often with up) To excite, to arouse, to energize.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To hurry; to trouble; to tease.
n
(figuratively) Any extremely exciting or nerve-racking experience.
n
A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
n
Someone who wrangles or corrals.
n
(archaic) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
v
nonce word for an action that impacts on something, especially if it is sudden.
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