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(archery) One who encouraged an archer by crying "Aim!" when he was about to shoot.
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(transitive) To pommel; to beat, as with a stick.
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(transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To spin.
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(figuratively) A person's weak point.
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(slang) A radar operator.
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A stroke or blow with a weapon that draws blood.
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The act of striking or hitting.
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To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
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(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
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(by extension) A forceful attack, be it written or spoken.
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(transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
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Alternative form 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 place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
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To move with one's fingertips.
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A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
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An act of curb stomping.
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To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
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A motion or gesture that darts.
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Alternative form of deadblow [(chiefly attributive) A hammer or mallet designed to minimize rebound from the surface being struck, useful in precision work and in tight locations.]
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(transitive, UK dialectal) To strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.
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The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it.
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To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
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(transitive, obsolete) To beat; whip.
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To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks as a punishment.
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(obsolete) A top which is made to spin by tying a piece of string around it and then throwing it so that the string unwinds rapidly; a whipping-top.
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(roller derby) The act of grabbing a teammate's hips in order to propel oneself forward.
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A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
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(transitive) To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
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(intransitive) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
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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.]
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(intransitive, felinology) Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
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(Scotland) To clasp the hands; to clench one's fists.
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(intransitive, figuratively) To yield.
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Synonym of knuckle under
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A form of locomotion of some primates in which they move on all fours with pressure being taken by the knuckles.
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Any creature that knucklewalks.
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(transitive) To stab with a kris.
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(slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
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(transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
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(Britain, informal) toilet roll
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(transitive) To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
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(dialect) To throw (or be thrown) and break.
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(of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws.
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(obsolete) A heavy blow, an impact.
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(transitive) To pound or beat.
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(intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.
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(chiefly Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal) An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties.
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(of a quadruped) To jump with all four limbs at once.
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(US, informal) The 2006 controversy over the accidental shooting of Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Riviera, Texas.
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(transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To list or recite quickly.
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A form of spinning top that will spin preferentially in one direction (rattling, then reversing, if spun in the other direction).
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(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
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Any similar wide striking motion.
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(obsolete) A hindrance, an obstruction.
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(transitive) To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
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(obsolete) To strike, push, shove.
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A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick.
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(transitive) To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
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(obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
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A smooth stroke; a swish.
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A motion or gesture that swats; a swat.
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Alternative form of swinge [(archaic) A swinging blow.]
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(archaic) To strike hard.
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(countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
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(transitive) To cause a liquid to move around in a container, or in one's mouth.
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(UK, Scotland, dialect) A substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill.
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(informal) A 2015 controversy in which a male television presenter asked tennis player Eugenie Bouchard to give a twirl, perceived as sexist by some viewers.
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(transitive) Urge forward; drive briskly.
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To move with great force or speed.
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(soccer, transitive) To make a quick pass into the goalmouth.
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(transitive, informal) To complete or produce rapidly.
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(transitive) To lift or snatch up suddenly.
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(cinematography) A rapid zoom that allows the viewer to focus suddenly on a subject.
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(archaic) Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it.
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A quick, light sweeping motion.
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To throw or spin rapidly.
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(historical) Synonym of whizgig (“spinning toy”)
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(dialectal, Northern England) To whiz or whirl along; to move with a hissing sound.
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(transitive) To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
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To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
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