(countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
(cricket, countable) An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
(obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.
A person who is four years old.
The crew rowing in a four boat.
The shell itself.
num
A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
Describing a set or group with four elements.
frau
frau
noun
A woman, especially a German woman.
frug
frug
noun
(usually preceded by definite article) A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s.
frum
frum
adj
(Judaism) pious, observant; committed to obeying all the laws of Judaism
fruz
furl
furl
verb
(transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
furr
furr
noun
Obsolete form of fur.
furs
furs
noun
plural of fur
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fur
fury
fury
noun
(obsolete) A thief.
An angry or malignant person.
Extreme anger.
Strength or violence in action.
gruf
rufe
ruff
ruff
adj
(colloquial) Alternative spelling of rough.
intj
The bark of a dog; arf, woof.
noun
(engineering) A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
(music, often military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.
(obsolete) A bottom-dwelling carnivorous fish of the family Sparidae found in temperate and tropical waters; a porgy or sea bream.
(obsolete) A game similar to whist and its predecessor.
(obsolete) An exhibition of haughtiness or pride.
(obsolete) Tumultuous or wanton conduct or procedure.
(ornithology) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.
(zoology) A collar of lengthened or distinctively coloured fur on or around the neck of an animal.
A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
Alternative spelling of ruffe: a small freshwater fish of the genus Gymnocephalus; specifically the Eurasian ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua or Gymnocephalus cernuus) which has spiny fins; the pope.
An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit.
Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
Arripis georgianus, a fish found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia; the Australian herring or tommy ruff.
Philomachus pugnax (syn. Calidris pugnax), a gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a reeve).
verb
(intransitive) Of a drum, etc.: to have a ruff or ruffle beaten on it.
(obsolete, intransitive) To speak in a loud and domineering manner; to bluster, to swagger.
(obsolete, transitive) Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
(obsolete, transitive) To boast, to brag.
(rare, transitive) To ruffle; to disorder.
(transitive) Especially in the form ruff out: to defeat (a card, etc.) by ruffing, thus establishing the master card in the suit led.
(transitive) To beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.
(transitive) To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
(transitive, falconry) Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
(transitive, intransitive) To play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, when unable to play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card).
surf
surf
noun
(UK, dialect) The bottom of a drain.
A dance popular in the 1960s in which the movements of a surfboard rider are mimicked.
An instance or session of riding a surfboard in the surf.
Waves that break on an ocean shoreline.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To browse the Internet, television, etc.
To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach.
To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.
To surf at a specified place.
turf
turf
noun
(countable) A block of peat used as fuel.
(countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.
(uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
(uncountable, slang) A territory claimed by a person, gang, etc., as their own.
(uncountable, with "the", sports) A racetrack, hippodrome; or the sport of racing horses.
verb
(Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
(business) To cancel a project or product.
(business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
(informal, transitive) To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.
(medical slang, transitive) To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.
To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.