Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
noun
(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
verb
present participle of act
cageot
catgut
catgut
noun
(countable) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, racquets, sutures etc.
(uncountable) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.
(uncountable) The material from which such cords are made.
cating
caught
caught
adj
(cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catch
citing
citing
noun
Citation.
verb
present participle of cite
cogent
cogent
adj
Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.
Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
cogito
cogito
noun
(philosophy, often preceded by the, sometimes capitalized) The argument "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think therefore I am") from the philosophy of René Descartes; the mental act of thinking this thought; a conscious being which performs this mental act.
coting
coting
verb
present participle of cote
cygnet
cygnet
noun
The young of a swan.
gaatch
gathic
gathic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Gathas.
gaycat
gedact
geotic
geotic
adj
(rare, chiefly mysticism or religion) Part of or related to the earth; geological or terrestrial.
gestic
gestic
adj
Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.
Relating to bodily motion; consisting of gestures.
glitch
glitch
noun
(astronomy, countable) A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.
(countable) A problem affecting function.
(countable, informal, engineering) An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
(uncountable, music) A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
(video games) A bug or an exploit.
verb
(intransitive, especially of machines) To experience an unexpected, typically intermittent malfunction.
(intransitive, video games) To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.
glutch
glutch
noun
(Britain, dialect) A mouthful.
verb
(Britain, dialect) To swallow.
gocart
gocart
noun
Alternative form of go-cart (framework for children learning to walk)
goetic
goetic
adj
Pertaining to black magic or necromancy.
gotchy
gothic
gothic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Gothic
grutch
grutch
verb
(intransitive) To murmur, complain.
(obsolete) To grudge.
gutnic
sigcat
tiglic
tragic
tragic
adj
(in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.
(informal, chiefly predicative) Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.
Causing great sadness or suffering.
Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
noun
(Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan