(Chiefly Britain) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.
jawp
mawp
pawk
pawk
noun
(Scotland) A wile
A small lobster.
pawl
pawl
noun
A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.
verb
(transitive) To stop with a pawl.
pawn
pawn
noun
(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
(figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
(now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
(rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
(uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
A gallery.
Alternative form of paan
An instance of pawning something.
verb
(video games) Alternative form of pwn
To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
To pledge; to stake or wager.
paws
paws
noun
plural of paw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paw
pwca
swap
swap
noun
(Cambridge University slang) A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.
(computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
(finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
An exchange of two comparable things.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
(transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
(transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
(transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike.
upwa
wamp
wamp
noun
The common American eider.
wapp
wapp
noun
(nautical) A fairleader.
(nautical) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.
waps
waps
noun
(UK, rural dialect) wasp
plural of wap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wap
warp
warp
noun
(countable) A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
(countable) A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
(figurative) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
(nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
(obsolete outside dialects) A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure: about four fish, though sometimes three or even two), oysters, etc.
(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
(weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
verb
(intransitive) To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
(intransitive) To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
(intransitive, nautical, of a ship) To move or be moved by this method.
(intransitive, rare, dated) To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.
(transitive) To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
(transitive) To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
(transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
(transitive, intransitive, agriculture) To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete outside dialects, of an animal) To bring forth (young) prematurely.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete, ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
(transitive, intransitive, rare, obsolete, figurative) To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
(transitive, intransitive, science fiction) To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
(transitive, nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.
(transitive, rare, obsolete, poetic) To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
(transitive, very rare, obsolete) To throw.
wasp
wasp
noun
(entomology) Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).
A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
Alternative letter-case form of WASP (“white Anglo-Saxon Protestant”)
Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
Any of the members of the family Vespidae.
verb
To move like a wasp; to buzz
waup
whap
whap
intj
The sound of sudden blow or hit.
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) The curlew, Numenius arquata; a whaup.
A blow; a hit; a whop.
verb
(US, intransitive) To throw oneself quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly.
(US, transitive) To strike hard and suddenly.
She whapped down on the floor.
wrap
wrap
noun
(Australia, informal) Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”)
(chiefly in the plural, now rare) An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.
(entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
(television, radio) A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
A wraparound mortgage.
Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
verb
(computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
(figurative) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
(lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
(transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
(transitive) To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
(transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
(transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
yawp
yawp
noun
a yelp or bark
loud or coarse talk
verb
(intransitive) clamor, utter loud complaints
(intransitive) to talk loudly and coarsely
(intransitive) to yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise