(board games, Britain, Australia, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
A mild vesicatory.
plural of draught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draught
droughts
droughts
noun
plural of drought
flaughts
fraughts
fraughts
noun
plural of fraught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught
gasthaus
gauchest
gauchest
adj
superlative form of gauche: most gauche
ghastful
ghastful
adj
(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying; dreadful; fit to make one aghast; exceedingly dismal.
(archaic) Terrified, frightened.
goatbush
grutches
grutches
noun
plural of grutch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grutch
gunshots
gunshots
noun
plural of gunshot
gunsmith
gunsmith
noun
a person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms.
gushiest
gushiest
adj
superlative form of gushy: most gushy
gustoish
guytrash
guytrash
noun
Alternative form of gytrash
hametugs
hangouts
hangouts
noun
plural of hangout
hindguts
hindguts
noun
plural of hindgut
huntings
huntings
noun
plural of hunting
hustings
hustings
noun
(by extension) An election campaign.
A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.
plural of husting
hustling
hustling
noun
Act of one who hustles.
verb
present participle of hustle
outsight
outsight
noun
(Scotland) Movable goods kept out of doors, such as animals, ploughs, carts, and other implements of husbandry.
Expectation; prospect.
Sight for that which is on the outside; the ability or capacity to perceive or anticipate external things; view; outlook; perspective; power of observation.
resought
resought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reseek
roughest
roughest
adj
superlative form of rough: most rough
shantung
shantung
noun
A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.
A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk.
shotguns
shotguns
noun
plural of shotgun
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shotgun
shouting
shouting
noun
The action of the verb to shout.
verb
present participle of shout
shunting
shunting
noun
(UK, finance) Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage.
The connection of an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.
The manipulation of railway rolling stock into different combinations or onto different tracks.
verb
present participle of shunt
shutting
shutting
noun
The act by which something is shut.
verb
present participle of shut
sightful
sightful
adj
(obsolete) Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous
Having full sight; clear-sighted; perspicacious and discerning; observant
southing
southing
noun
(astronomy) The time when the moon souths.
(nautical) A distance traveled southward.
verb
present participle of south
stagbush
staghunt
straughn
straught
straught
adj
(Scotland) straight
(obsolete) Insane, mad, distraught.
verb
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To stretch; make straight.
(obsolete) Alternative form of stretched
suiogoth
sunlight
sunlight
noun
(figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.
All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth.
Synonym of sunrise.
verb
To work on the side (at a secondary job) during the daytime.
thoughts
thoughts
noun
plural of thought
thuggees
thuggees
noun
plural of thuggee
thuggess
thuggish
thuggish
adj
(derogatory) Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating.
(obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or Thuggees (often capitalized in this sense).
thuggism
thuggism
noun
(historical) The violent acts of the thuggee.
thusgate
toughens
toughens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of toughen
toughest
toughest
adj
superlative form of tough: most tough
toughies
toughies
noun
plural of toughie
plural of toughy
toughish
toughish
adj
Somewhat tough.
tughriks
tughriks
noun
plural of tughrik
unaghast
unaghast
adj
Not aghast.
unsaught
unsights
unsights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unsight
unsought
unsought
adj
Not sought.
uplights
uplights
noun
plural of uplight
uprights
uprights
noun
(American football, rugby) Vertical (upright) posts of the goal.