Synonyms of the word

flick

• n. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
• n. (informal) A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
• n. (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike…
• n. (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
• n. The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
• n. A flitch.
• v. To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

beam

• n. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
• n. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame…
• n. (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel.
• n. The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
• n. The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
• n. (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
• n. (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and…
• n. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
• n. The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached…
• n. In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which…
• n. A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
• n. (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
• n. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
• n. (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric…
• n. (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
• v. (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
• v. (transitive) give the appearance of beams to.
• v. (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
• v. (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example an animal hide) on a beam.
• v. (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
• v. (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.

blink

• v. (intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
• v. To flash on and off at regular intervals.
• v. (hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
• v. To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.
• v. (Scotland) To trick; to deceive.
• v. To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
• v. (video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances.
• n. The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
• n. (figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
• n. (computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
• n. A glimpse or glance.
• n. (Britain, dialect) gleam; glimmer; sparkle.
• n. (nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice…
• n. (sports, in the plural) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
• n. (video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances.

brush

• n. An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle,…
• n. A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary…
• n. The act of brushing something.
• n. (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees (Wikipedia).
• n. A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
• n. The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
• n. (zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
• n. (archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
• n. (music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
• n. (computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
• n. (video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play…
• n. (poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
• n. (North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export,…
• v. (transitive) To clean with a brush.
• v. (transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
• v. (transitive) To apply with a brush.
• v. (transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
• v. (transitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
• v. (intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.

click

• n. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something…
• n. (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
• n. Sound made by a dolphin.
• n. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
• n. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
• v. (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
• v. (transitive, computing) (direct and indirect) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
• v. (transitive, computing) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse…
• v. (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit a web site.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
• v. (intransitive) To emit a click.
• v. (intransitive) To click the left button of a computer mouse while pointing.
• v. (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
• v. (intransitive) To get on well.
• v. (dated, intransitive) To tick.
• interj. The sound of a click.
• n. Alternative spelling of klick.
• n. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward…
• n. (Britain, dialect) The latch of a door.
• v. (obsolete) To snatch.
• n. (US) Misspelling of clique.
• v. (US) Misspelling of clique.

contact

• n. The act of touching physically; being in close association.
• n. The establishment of communication (with).
• n. A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
• n. Someone with whom one is in communication.
• n. (informal) A contact lens.
• n. (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
• n. (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
• n. (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
• v. (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
• v. (transitive) To establish communication with something or someone.

displace

• v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
• v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
• v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
• v. (psycology) to repress.

film

• n. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
• n. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
• n. A movie.
• n. (film, uncountable) Film or movies as a group.
• n. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
• v. To record a motion picture on photographic film.
• v. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

flash

• v. To briefly illuminate a scene.
• v. To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
• v. To be visible briefly.
• v. To make visible briefly.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To briefly, and in most cases inadvertently, expose one's naked body…
• v. (transitive, informal) To show or expose an "inappropriate" part of the body to someone for humorous reasons…
• v. (figuratively) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
• v. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
• v. To communicate quickly.
• v. To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
• v. (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
• v. (intransitive, of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.).
• v. (transitive, climbing) To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
• v. (computing) To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.
• v. (glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
• v. (juggling) To perform a flash.
• v. (metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To trick up in a showy manner.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
• n. A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
• n. A very short amount of time.
• n. (colloquial, US) A flashlight; an electric torch.
• n. (figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
• n. Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
• n. (Britain, Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
• n. (juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
• n. (linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood…
• n. (photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help…
• n. (archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
• adj. (Britain and New Zealand, slang) Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
• adj. (Britain, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
• adj. (Britain, of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
• adj. (US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
• n. A pool.
• n. (engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream…

flicker

• n. An unsteady flash of light.
• n. A short moment.
• v. (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily. To burn or shine with a wavering light.
• v. (intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
• v. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
• n. (US) A certain type of small woodpecker, especially of the genus Colaptes.
• n. One who flicks.

flip

• n. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
• n. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
• n. (US, slang) A slingshot.
• v. (transitive) To throw (as in to turn over).
• v. (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
• v. (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy.
• v. To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
• v. (computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
• interj. (Britain, mildly vulgar) used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.
• adj. (Britain, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
• adj. Sarcastic.
• adj. (informal) Disrespectful.
• n. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog).

force

• n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or…
• n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
• n. (countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
• n. (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body…
• n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
• n. (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving…
• n. (law) Legal validity.
• n. (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
• n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, …) to…
• n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star…
• v. (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
• v. (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
• v. (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
• v. (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
• v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to…
• v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return…
• v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
• v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
• v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
• v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
• n. (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
• v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.

impinging

• v. present participle of impinge.

jerk

• n. A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
• n. A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
• n. (US, slang, pejorative) A dull or stupid person.
• n. (US, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered,…
• n. (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
• n. (obsolete) A soda jerk.
• n. (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position…
• v. (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
• v. (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
• v. (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
• v. (obsolete) To beat, to hit.
• v. (obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
• v. (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
• v. (obsolete) To flout with contempt.
• n. (Caribbean) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
• n. (Caribbean) Meat cured by jerking; charqui.
• v. To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

leaf

• n. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
• n. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
• n. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
• n. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
• n. (in the plural) Tea leaves.
• n. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
• n. A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms…
• n. (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise…
• n. (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
• n. The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
• n. One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
• v. (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

movie

• n. (chiefly Canada, US) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to…
• n. (usually plural, chiefly Canada, US) A cinema.

peruse

• n. An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
• v. (transitive) To examine or consider with care.
• v. (transitive) To read completely.
• v. (transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim.
• v. (intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.

pic

• n. (informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
• n. A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

picture

• n. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface,…
• n. An image; a representation as in the imagination.
• n. A painting.
• n. A photograph.
• n. (informal) A motion picture.
• n. (dated, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
• n. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
• n. An attractive sight.
• n. The art of painting; representation by painting.
• n. A figure; a model.
• n. Situation.
• v. (transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
• v. (transitive) To imagine or envision.
• v. (transitive) To depict.

push

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or…
• v. (transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
• v. (transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.
• v. (transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
• v. (informal, transitive) To approach; to come close to.
• v. (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
• v. (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
• v. To make a higher bid at an auction.
• v. (poker) To make an all-in bet.
• v. (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
• v. (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
• v. (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
• v. (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
• v. To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
• v. (snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at…
• n. A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
• n. An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
• n. A great effort (to do something).
• n. An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
• n. (military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company…
• n. A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score.
• n. (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
• n. (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request,…
• n. (dated) A crowd or throng or people.
• n. (snooker) A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same…
• n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.

remove

• v. (transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
• v. (transitive) To murder.
• v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
• v. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
• v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
• v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
• v. To dismiss or discharge from office.
• n. The act of removing something.
• n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced,…
• n. (Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
• n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").
• n. Distance in time or space; interval.
• n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
• n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

riff

• n. A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
• n. A clever or witty remark.
• n. A variation on something.
• n. A spoof.
• v. To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use…

riffle

• n. A fast-flowing, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
• n. A succession of small waves.
• n. A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching…
• n. A quick skim through the pages of a book.
• n. The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards.
• v. (intransitive) To flow over a fast moving shallow part of a stream.
• v. (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
• v. (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
• v. (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
• v. (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges…
• v. (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
• v. (transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.

ruffle

• n. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
• n. Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
• n. (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
• n. (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine…
• v. (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
• v. (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
• v. (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
• v. (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
• v. (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
• v. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
• v. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
• v. (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
• v. To throw together in a disorderly manner.

shine

• v. (intransitive) To emit light.
• v. (intransitive) To reflect light.
• v. (intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
• v. (intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
• v. (intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
• v. (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
• v. (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
• v. (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.
• v. (US, transitive) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
• n. Brightness from a source of light.
• n. Brightness from reflected light.
• n. Excellence in quality or appearance.
• n. Shoeshine.
• n. Sunshine.
• n. (slang) Moonshine.
• n. (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
• n. (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
• n. (archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
• v. (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

show

• v. (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
• v. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
• v. (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
• v. (transitive) To guide or escort.
• v. (intransitive) To be visible, to be seen.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
• v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
• v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
• n. (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
• n. (countable) An exhibition of items.
• n. (countable) A demonstration.
• n. (countable) A broadcast program/programme.
• n. (countable) A movie.
• n. (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance.
• n. A project or presentation.
• n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
• n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
• n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
• n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

snap

• n. A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
• n. A sudden break.
• n. An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
• n. The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and a opposing finger of the same hand together…
• n. A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
• n. A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot).
• n. The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
• n. A thin circular cookie or similar good.
• n. A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
• n. A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be…
• n. A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
• n. (American football) The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.
• n. (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
• n. (Britain, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
• n. (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching…
• n. (obsolete) A greedy fellow.
• n. That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement;…
• n. briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
• n. (slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily…
• n. (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
• n. A snapper, or snap beetle.
• n. (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed…
• n. A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
• n. (colloquial) Something of no value.
• n. A visual message sent on the application Snapchat.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
• v. (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
• v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
• v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
• v. (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
• v. (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
• v. (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
• v. (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
• v. (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
• v. (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
• v. (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
• v. (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
• v. (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
• v. (transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
• v. (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound.
• v. (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
• v. (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing…
• v. (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
• v. (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
• v. (transitive, American football) To put the ball in play by passing it from the center to a back; to hike…
• v. To misfire.
• v. (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
• interj. The winning cry at a game of snap.
• interj. (Britain) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similar.
• interj. (Britain) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
• interj. (Canada, US) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement…
• interj. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly…
• adj. (informal) Done, performed, made, etc. quickly and without deliberation.

striking

• adj. Making a strong impression.
• v. present participle of strike.
• n. The act by which something strikes or is struck.

take

• v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
• v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
• v. (transitive) To remove.
• v. (transitive) To have sex with.
• v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
• v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
• v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
• v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
• v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
• v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
• v. (transitive) To consume.
• v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
• v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
• v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
• v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
• v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
• v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
• v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
• v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
• v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
• v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
• v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
• v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
• v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
• v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
• v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
• v. (transitive) To require.
• v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
• v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
• v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
• v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
• v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
• v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
• v. (transitive) To move into.
• v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
• v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
• v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
• v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
• v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
• v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
• v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
• v. (transitive) To deal with.
• v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
• v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
• v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
• v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
• v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
• v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
• v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
• n. The or an act of taking.
• n. Something that is taken; a haul.
• n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
• n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
• n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
• n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
• n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
• n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
• n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
• n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

throw

• v. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
• v. (transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
• v. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
• v. (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
• v. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
• v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during…
• v. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal…
• v. (sports) To intentionally lose a game.
• v. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
• v. (figuratively) To send desperately.
• v. (transitive) To imprison.
• v. To organize an event, especially a party.
• v. To roll (a die or dice).
• v. (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To discard.
• v. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position…
• v. (transitive) To subject someone to verbally.
• v. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone…
• v. (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
• v. (transitive) To project or send forth.
• v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
• v. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles,…
• v. (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role…
• n. The flight of a thrown object.
• n. The act of throwing something.
• n. One's ability to throw.
• n. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
• n. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
• n. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
• n. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
• n. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
• v. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
• n. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
• n. (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
• n. Misspelling of throe.

thumb

• n. The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved…
• n. (computing) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
• n. (colloquial, Internet) A thumbnail picture.
• v. (transitive) To touch or cover with the thumb.
• v. (transitive, with through) To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
• v. (travel) To hitchhike.
• v. To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.
• v. using the thumb to manipulate an object, such as to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.
• v. a method of firing single action revolvers quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depresses.

twinkle

• v. (of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
• v. (chiefly of eyes) to be bright with delight.
• v. to bat, blink or wink the eyes.
• v. to flit to and fro.
• n. a sparkle or glimmer of light.
• n. a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
• n. a flitting movement.

wink

• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To close one's eyes.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To turn a blind eye.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion. (When transitive,…
• v. (intransitive) To twinkle.
• v. (intransitive) To be dim and flicker.
• n. An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
• n. A brief time; an instant.
• n. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
• n. A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.

winkle

• n. A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
• n. Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus…
• n. (children's slang) The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man.
• v. To extract.

withdraw

• v. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
• v. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
• v. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
• v. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
• v. (intransitive) To retreat.
• v. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.