To enthusiastically affirm or congratulate a person, especially by patting them on the back.
backspin
backspin
noun
(music) Synonym of spinback
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
verb
(music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
(transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
backstop
backstop
noun
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
bakeshop
bakeshop
noun
A shop where baked goods are made and sold.
barkeeps
barkeeps
noun
plural of barkeep
bespeaks
bespeaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bespeak
bespoken
bespoken
adj
(obsolete) betrothed or engaged to be married (compare with: spoken for)
verb
past participle of bespeak
bookshop
bookshop
noun
A shop that sells books.
breakups
breakups
noun
plural of breakup
bumpkins
bumpkins
noun
plural of bumpkin
calpacks
calpacks
noun
plural of calpack
capeskin
capeskin
noun
A soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves.
caprocks
caprocks
noun
plural of caprock
champaks
champaks
noun
plural of champak
checkups
checkups
noun
plural of checkup
cockpits
cockpits
noun
plural of cockpit
cockspur
cockspur
noun
A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
A kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
A kind of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).
cookshop
cookshop
noun
A shop that sells cooked food.
copydesk
copydesk
noun
Alternative form of copy desk
cowpokes
cowpokes
noun
plural of cowpoke
crackups
crackups
noun
plural of crackup
cropsick
cropsick
adj
(obsolete) Sick in the stomach, especially from excess in eating or drinking.
cupcakes
cupcakes
noun
plural of cupcake
desktops
desktops
noun
plural of desktop
dipstick
dipstick
noun
(slang) A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit.
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.
verb
(mechanical engineering) To measure the level of a fluid using a dipstick.
To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something.
doodskop
duckpins
duckpins
noun
A game played by bowling a small ball at such pins.
plural of duckpin
dukeship
dukeship
noun
The quality or condition of being a duke.
ekpweles
ekpweles
noun
plural of ekpwele
flyspeck
flyspeck
noun
(by extension) Anything tiny or insignificant.
Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
verb
To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.
forspeak
forspeak
verb
(transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative spelling of forespeak
(transitive, obsolete) To bewitch, to charm.
(transitive, obsolete) To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.
(transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.
forspoke
forspoke
verb
simple past tense of forspeak
garpikes
garpikes
noun
plural of garpike
gripsack
gripsack
noun
(colloquial, dated) A traveller's bag.
heirskip
henpecks
henpecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of henpeck
hipflask
hipflask
noun
Alternative spelling of hip flask
hockshop
hockshop
noun
(US, rare) A pawnshop.
hookshop
hopsacks
hopsacks
noun
plural of hopsack
inspoken
jackpots
jackpots
noun
plural of jackpot
kaapstad
kajeputs
kalispel
kamloops
kamloops
Proper noun
A city and a lake in British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the
kampongs
kampongs
noun
plural of kampong
kampseen
kapowsin
kashyapa
kasperak
kavaphis
keepings
keepings
noun
plural of keeping
keepsake
keepsake
noun
(historical) Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings.
Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.
keepsaky
kelpfish
kelpfish
noun
A perciform fish in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.
kempster
kempster
noun
Alternative form of kembster
kenipsim
kenspeck
kenspeck
adj
(UK, dialect, Northern England, obsolete) Easily known or seen; obvious; apparent.
ketchups
ketchups
noun
plural of ketchup
keypress
keypress
noun
(computing) The buffered electrical signal resulting from such an event, sometimes distinguished from the release.
The depression of an input key; a keystroke.
kingcups
kingcups
noun
plural of kingcup
kingpins
kingpins
noun
plural of kingpin
kingpost
kingpost
noun
Alternative spelling of king post
kingship
kingship
noun
A monarchy.
The dignity, rank or office of a king; the state of being a king.
The territory or dominion of a king; a kingdom.
kinships
kinships
noun
plural of kinship
kipskins
kipskins
noun
plural of kipskin
klipfish
klipfish
noun
A fish of certain genera in the family Clinidae.
Sun-dried salted cod, exported from Norway.
kliphaas
knappers
knappers
noun
plural of knapper
knappish
knappish
adj
(obsolete) snappish; peevish
knapsack
knapsack
noun
(chiefly US) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
(cryptography) A set of values from which a subset is chosen.
verb
To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.
knapscap
kneecaps
kneecaps
noun
plural of kneecap
kneepads
kneepads
noun
plural of kneepad
kneepans
kneepans
noun
plural of kneepan
koupreys
koupreys
noun
plural of kouprey
krispies
kromskop
kromskop
Noun
A device used for taking colour photographs of specimens in pathology.
kryptons
kryptons
noun
plural of krypton
kyklopes
kyphoses
kyphoses
noun
plural of kyphosis
kyphosis
kyphosis
noun
(anatomy) The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral regions.
(pathology) An abnormal convex curvature of the spine in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine.
landskip
landskip
noun
Obsolete form of landscape.
larkspur
larkspur
noun
Any plant of the genus Delphinium, especially Delphinium ajacis and other plants of the subgenus Delphinium subg. Consolida.
lickspit
lickspit
noun
Synonym of lickspittle
limpkins
limpkins
noun
plural of limpkin
lipinski
lipstick
lipstick
noun
(countable) A stick of this makeup.
(countable, colloquial) A dog's penis.
(uncountable) Makeup for the lips.
verb
(transitive) To apply lipstick to; to paint with lipstick.
lockspit
lockspit
noun
(cartography) A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.
verb
to dig a such a trench
lockstep
lockstep
noun
(figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization.
(military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.
An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern.
lopstick
lopstick
noun
Alternative form of lobstick
mesopeak
milkshop
milksops
milksops
noun
plural of milksop
miskeeps
miskeeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miskeep
misspeak
misspeak
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To speak insultingly or disrespectfully.
(transitive, intransitive, chiefly US) To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly.
misspoke
misspoke
verb
simple past tense of misspeak
monkship
monkship
noun
The position or role of a monk.
mopstick
mopstick
noun
(music, historical) In an old pianoforte movement, a rod that raises the damper as the key is depressed.
The long handle of a mop.
mudpacks
mudpacks
noun
plural of mudpack
muspikes
newspeak
newspeak
noun
Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials.
nipmucks
nitpicks
nitpicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nitpick
nutpicks
nutpicks
noun
plural of nutpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nutpick
outkeeps
outkeeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outkeep
outspeak
outspeak
verb
(intransitive, rare, dialectal) To speak out or aloud.
(transitive) To surpass in speaking; say or express more than; signify or claim superiority to; be superior to in meaning or significance; speak louder than.
(transitive, rare, dialectal) To declare; utter; express; vocalise.
outspoke
outspoke
verb
simple past tense of outspeak
overskip
overskip
verb
To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference.
packages
packages
noun
plural of package
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of package
packings
packings
noun
plural of packing
packless
packless
adj
Of valve: without a packed gland for stem sealing, having a metal diaphragm instead.
packness
packsack
packsack
noun
(chiefly US) A backpack, knapsack, rucksack or similar bag packed with provisions or personal items, especially as carried by a traveller or a hiker, and often slung over the shoulder.
packston
paddocks
paddocks
noun
plural of paddock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paddock
padlocks
padlocks
noun
plural of padlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of padlock
pakistan
palikars
palookas
palookas
noun
plural of palooka
pancakes
pancakes
noun
plural of pancake
panofsky
paprikas
paprikas
noun
plural of paprika
papsukai
parkings
parkings
noun
plural of parking
parksley
parkston
parkways
parkways
noun
plural of parkway
partakes
partakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of partake
pashalik
pashalik
noun
The jurisdiction or the territory of a pasha.
paskenta
passback
passback
noun
circumvention of an access restriction to a physical site by passing one's access card to another person after having entered
passbook
passbook
noun
(South Africa, historical) A kind of internal passport used during apartheid to limit the movements of citizens outside of their homelands or designated areas.
(banking) A customer's record of deposits and withdrawals from a savings account at a bank, typically recorded in a small booklet. The bank keeps its own record, which is final in any dispute.
(dated) A book that passes between a trader and a customer, used to record credit purchases.