(India) The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.
verb
(US) To eat noisily; to champ or chomp.
chink
chink
noun
(countable) A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
(figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
(uncountable, colloquial, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
A chip or dent in something metallic.
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”)
Alternative letter-case form of Chink
verb
(intransitive) To crack; to open.
(intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
(transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
(transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
(transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
chonk
chonk
adj
(slang, of an animal) Adorably fat or large.
noun
(slang) An adorably fat or large creature, particularly a cat.
Alternative form of chank (“type of shell”)
chunk
chunk
noun
(comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.
(computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
(linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.
A part of something that has been separated.
A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.
verb
(transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
(transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.
(transitive, slang, chiefly Southern US) To throw.
(transitive, video games) Deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.
clank
clank
noun
A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
verb
(intransitive) To make a clanking sound
(transitive) To cause to sound with a clank.
clink
clink
noun
(onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
(slang) A prison.
Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
verb
(humorous, dated) To rhyme.
(transitive, Scotland) To clinch; to rivet.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
clonk
clonk
noun
(fishing) A stick-like tool used to strike the surface of the water and produce a sound that causes nearby fish to attack the bait.
The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact.
clunk
clunk
noun
(dated) The sound of liquid coming out of a bottle, etc.; a glucking sound.
A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact.
verb
to make such a sound
conks
conks
noun
plural of conk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conk
conky
conky
adj
(slang) Having a prominent nose.
crank
crank
adj
(nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
(slang) Strange, weird, odd.
Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
Sick; unwell.
noun
(US, slang) Synonym of methamphetamine.
(archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
(archaic, baseball, slang, 1800s) A baseball fan.
(informal) An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.
(informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
(informal, Britain, dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.
(obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.
(rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
Clipping of crankshaft.
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
a fit of temper or passion.
verb
(intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
(intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
(intransitive) To turn a crank.
(intransitive, dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
(intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn.
(transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
(Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Of a horse, broken down, not useful as a work horse due to illness or infirmity.
(Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Unwell, sick.
noun
(Isle of Man) A hill or barrow.
The honking sound of a goose.
verb
To honk like a goose.
crunk
crunk
adj
(US, slang) Crazy and intoxicated.
noun
A type of hip hop that originated in the southern United States.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To cry like a crane.
encke
icken
kench
kench
noun
A bin or enclosure in which fish or skins are salted.
kinch
kinic
kinic
adj
Alternative form of quinic
knack
knack
noun
A petty contrivance; a toy.
A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.
verb
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
To speak affectedly.
knick
knick
verb
Alternative spelling of nick
knock
knock
noun
(automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
(cricket) A batsman's innings.
(cycling, uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock
(figuratively) A blow or setback.
(figuratively) A criticism.
A sharp impact.
An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
verb
(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
(transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
(transitive, colloquial) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
(transitive, dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
(transitive, intransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
(transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
monck
necks
necks
noun
plural of neck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neck
nicki
nicki
Proper noun
name and Nicole.
nicko
nicks
nicks
noun
plural of nick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nick
nicky
nocks
nocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nock
nyack
runck
snack
snack
noun
(obsolete) A share; a part or portion.
(slang) A very sexy and attractive person.
A light meal.
An item of food eaten between meals.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To bite.
(obsolete, transitive) To share.
(obsolete, transitive) To snatch.
To eat a light meal.
To eat between meals.
sneck
sneck
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch.
(Northern England, Scotland) The nose.
A cut.
verb
(transitive) To cut.
(transitive) To latch, to lock.
snick
snick
noun
(cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.
A knot or irregularity in yarn.
A sharp clicking sound.
A small cut or mark.
verb
(cricket) To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.
(transitive) To cut or snip.
Alternative form of sneck
To make something click, to make a clicking noise.
snock
snuck
snuck
verb
(chiefly Canada, US) simple past tense and past participle of sneak