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To thrust with a sword; to lunge.
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(Ireland) A thick, knotted club or shillelagh.
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(countable) A stick made of rattan, bahi, yantok, yakal or kamagong, used in Philippine stick fighting.
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An assault carried out with an axe.
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Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
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(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
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A singlestick with a basket hilt.
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(Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
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bat or club with heavy padding for sparring or therapeutic use without causing injury
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(US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).
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One who uses a baton, specifically a conductor.
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A stick used to play a percussion instrument.
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A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
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Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.
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(martial arts) A stance in which one foot is in front of the other and the body is at an angle to a person in front (who may become aggressive)
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A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
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A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
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A stone thrown as a weapon; a heavy club.
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A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club.
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(fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
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A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
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A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal.
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One of a pair of traditional Chinese martial arts weapons consisting of a short, hard wooden stick.
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A stick for touching the enemy in battle in order to count coup.
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A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
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One who fights with a cudgel.
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A Spanish type of fencing (duelling sport).
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Alternative form of eskrima [The traditional martial arts of the Philippines, which emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives, and various improvised weapons.]
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A downward cutting blow with the edge of a sword or fencing weapon.
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Synonym of fighting stick
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(fencing) A thrust in the side.
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(fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
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(obsolete) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point of the sword, as distinguished from broadsword play.
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The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
adj
Alternative form of gun-fu [Pertaining to gun fu]
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A medieval martial game.
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(Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
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The study of the methods, behaviour, and technology involved in human combat, particularly weapons and armour.
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(video games, Diablo II slang) An Amazon character focusing on javelin skills.
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(countable) A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.
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(BDSM) A sexual practice involving the use of knives, daggers, or swords for physical and mental stimulation.
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Alternative spelling of knuckle duster [(Britain, Australia) A weapon made of metal worn around the knuckles that strengthens the impact of a punch; brass knuckles.]
adj
(of a gladiator) armed with a noose
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(derogatory, informal) A person who claims to be an expert on weaponry, often to the point of disdaining popular weapons and preferring expensive and exotic ones along with equally expensive accessories, and likes to brag about their supposed expertise, but often exposes their ignorance in discussions, sometimes making improbable claims about their experience or weapon use.
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(fencing) A special glove cover worn by fencers, specifically sabreurs, on their weapon hand.
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(swordfighting) The ostentatious twirling of a sword when facing multiple opponents, suggesting the turning sails of a windmill.
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(Australia) A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
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Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff.
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(UK, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
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A hall or room used for fencing.
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Any cudgel, whether or not of Irish origin.
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(uncountable) A martial art, sport or exercise using a cudgel or backsword.
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An infantry soldier used for skirmishing.
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(countable) A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.
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Fighting (or practice exercises) with spears.
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Fighting with a staff or baton, as in certain martial arts.
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Alternative form of stramazoun [(obsolete) A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword.]
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(obsolete) A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword.
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A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
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(fencing) The arm in which one's sword is normally held.
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An exercise done to improve someone's swordfighting skill
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A performer who performs sword swallowing
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The act of passing a sword through the mouth and down the esophagus to the stomach, and then removing it.
adj
Alternative spelling of sword and sandal
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Alternative form of sword swallower [A performer who performs sword swallowing]
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One who bears or carries a sword.
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Alternative form of sword-breaker [A short sword or dagger, with a deeply notched or toothed blade, designed to catch or grapple an opponent's weapon.]
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Management by the sword, military skill, or military power; military compulsion.
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(obsolete) One who uses, or fights with, a sword.
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The skill in fighting with sword; swordplay.
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Slashing or fighting with a sword.
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(rare) An expert or consummate swordfighter.
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A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.
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the skill of using a sword
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(rare) A person skilled at using swords in combat.
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A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat.
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A woman's skill with a sword.
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Combat using a sword; swordplay.
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Alternative form of tumbril [(historical) A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a cucking stool.]
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(historical) A child's toy consisting of a notched disc that spins rapidly with a whizzing noise when its attached string is pulled.
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(fencing) A powerful, diagonally descending blow.
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Alternative spelling of epee [(fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.]
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