(obsolete, UK, dialect) To bite; to bite off; to break short.
(transitive) To rap or strike sharply.
(transitive) To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point.
To make a sound of snapping.
knop
knop
noun
A knob, usually ornamental
kpno
nadp
nanp
napa
napa
noun
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.
nape
nape
noun
(military, slang) Napalm.
(obsolete) A tablecloth.
(zoology) The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.
The back part of the neck.
verb
(transitive, military, slang) To bombard with napalm.
naps
naps
noun
(slang) kinky or curly hair
plural of nap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nap
napu
napu
noun
The greater mouse-deer, Tragulus napu
nasp
neap
neap
adj
(of a tide) Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.
Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.
noun
A neap tide.
Alternative form of neep
The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
verb
To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.
to ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail
neep
neep
noun
(chiefly Scotland) The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.
nemp
nepa
neph
neph
noun
(rare, slang) nephrologist
Abbreviation of nephew.
nfpa
nipa
nipa
noun
A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass.
The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.
nips
nips
noun
plural of nip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nip
nldp
nntp
noop
nope
nope
noun
(East Midlands and Northern England) A blow to the head.
(archaic, except near Staffordshire) A bullfinch.
(informal) A negative reply, no.
(slang) An intensely undesirable thing, such as a circumstance or an animal, eliciting immediate repulsion without possibility of further consideration.
particle
(informal, often emphatic) No.
verb
(archaic, East Midlands and Northern England) To hit someone on the head.
noup
npfx
nprm
npsi
nrpb
nsap
nump
nupe
open
open
adj
(business) Not fulfilled.
(comparable) Receptive.
(computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
(computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.
(computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
(electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) To be in a position preventing electricity from flowing.
(engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To be in a position allowing fluid to flow.
(graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.
(law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
(mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
(mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
(medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
(music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
(music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
(not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
(not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
(not comparable) Public
(not comparable) With open access, of open science, or both.
(now regional) Mild (of the weather); free from frost or snow.
(of a body part) not covered, showing what is inside
(of a multi-word compound) Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
(phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
(phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
(phonetics, of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
Able to be accessed (physically).
Able to have something pass through or along it.
Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended.
Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
noun
(electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
(with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
(with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
A sports event in which anybody can compete.
The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
verb
(Manglish, Philippines) To turn on; to switch on.
(computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
(intransitive) To become open.
(intransitive) To begin conducting business.
(intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
(intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
(obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
(transitive) To bring up, broach.
(transitive) To enter upon, begin.
(transitive) To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
(transitive) To make accessible to customers or clients.
(transitive) To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
(transitive) To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
(transitive) To start (a campaign).
(transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
(transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
(transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
(transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
pain
pain
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Labour; effort; great care or trouble taken in doing something.
(countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
(countable, from pain in the neck) An annoying person or thing.
(obsolete, cooking) Any of various breads stuffed with a filling.
(uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
(uncountable, dated) Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
verb
(intransitive, India) To feel pain; to hurt.
(transitive) To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
(transitive) To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
(transitive, obsolete) To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.
pana
pand
pane
pane
noun
(architecture) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
(computing, graphical user interface) A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position.
A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
Alternative spelling of peen
An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
verb
(transitive) To fit with panes.
pang
pang
noun
(often in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
(often in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense of ping
(transitive) To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
pani
pank
pank
noun
(slang, derogatory, rare) An irritating or stupid person.
pans
pans
noun
plural of pan
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pan
pant
pant
noun
(Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.
(fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
(figurative) Eager longing.
(obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
verb
(intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
(intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
(intransitive) To heave, as the breast.
(intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
(intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
(transitive, intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
(transitive, obsolete) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
paon
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.
pean
pean
adj
(heraldry): In blazon, a heraldic fur of a black field. with gold spots
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur of gold spots on a black field.
Alternative spelling of paean.
Alternative spelling of peen.
peen
peen
noun
(slang) Penis.
The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
verb
To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
pein
pena
pend
pend
noun
(India) oil cake
(Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.
verb
(obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down
(obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.
(obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault.
(obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine.
(transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).
peng
peng
adj
(MTE, MLE) Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.
(MTE, MLE) Physically or sexually attractive.
(of a drink) iced; with ice added
noun
(Chinese mythology) A legendary enormous bird.
penh
penk
penk
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A minnow.
penn
pens
pens
noun
(obsolete) plural of penny
plural of pen
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pen
pent
pent
adj
Confined in, or as if in, a pen; imprisoned.
noun
(informal, music) A pentatonic scale.
(informal, paganism) A pentacle or pentagram.
Confinement; concealment.
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of pen; alternative form of penned
peon
peon
noun
(India, historical) A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman.
(figurative) A person of low rank or importance.
A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
pern
pern
noun
A honey buzzard; Pernis apivorus.
part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle
verb
To take profit of; to make profitable.
petn
phon
phon
noun
(acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.
pian
pian
noun
(medicine) yaws
pien
pina
pina
noun
Alternative form of piña
pind
pind
verb
(transitive, Northern England) To confine within narrow limits, constrain.
(transitive, now rare or chiefly dialectal) To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.
pine
pine
noun
(archaic except Caribbean, Guyana, South Africa) A pineapple.
(archaic) A painful longing.
(countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
verb
(intransitive) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
(intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
(transitive) To grieve or mourn for.
(transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment.
ping
ping
noun
(Wikimedia jargon) A notification.
(networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
(networking) Latency.
(submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
(text messaging, Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
(video games) A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
verb
(by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
(colloquial) To flick.
(colloquial) To penalize.
(colloquial, sports) To call out audibly.
(colloquial, sports, intransitive) To bounce.
(colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.
(networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
(submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
pini
pink
pink
adj
(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
(informal) Relating to women or girls.
(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
(obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Having conjunctivitis.
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
noun
(color) The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
(historical) Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
(now obsolete) A narrow boat.
(obsolete) A small hole or eyelet punched in a garment for decoration, as with a pinking iron; a scallop.
(obsolete) A small hole or puncture made by a sharp, slender instrument such as a rapier, poniard or dagger, or (by extension) a bullet; a stab.
(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
(slang) The vagina or vulva.
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
Alternative form of pinko
Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
verb
(intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.
(obsolete) To wink; to blink.
(transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
(transitive) To turn (something) pink.
Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
To prick with a sword.
To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
pino
pins
pins
noun
plural of pin
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pin
(UK, metonymically) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
(medicine) 12 fluid ounces
16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
approximately 18.62 fluid ounces [551 millilitres] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
pinx
piny
piny
adj
Of, pertaining to, or having many pines
pinz
pion
pion
noun
(physics) Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks.
pirn
pirn
noun
A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.
The amount of thread wound on a shuttle or reel.
verb
(transitive) To wind (yarn) onto a pirn, usually by means of a pirn winder.
plan
plan
noun
A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
A subscription to a service.
A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
verb
(intransitive) To intend.
(intransitive) To make a plan.
(transitive) To create a plan for.
(transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).
pnce
pndb
pnpn
pnxt
pnyx
pnyx
Proper noun
A hill in Athens, the meeting-place of the democratic assembly in Ancient Greece.
pond
pond
noun
(colloquial) The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.
An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
verb
(intransitive) To form a pond; to pool.
(transitive) To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
(transitive) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
(transitive, obsolete) To ponder.
pone
pone
noun
(Southern US) A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.
(card games, chiefly US) The last player to bet or play in turn.
(law, historical) A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
(law, historical) A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities.
pong
pong
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A stench, a bad smell.
(mahjong) Alternative form of pung
(networking) A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host.
verb
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To stink, to smell bad.
(slang, theater, derogatory) To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it.
(slang, theater, intransitive) To invent a line of dialogue when one has forgotten the actual line.
pons
pons
noun
(anatomy) A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ.
(neuroanatomy) A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term pōns Varoliī, within the brain stem.
pont
pony
pony
adj
(Cockney rhyming slang) Of little worth.
noun
(Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
(Cockney rhyming slang) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
(UK, slang) Twenty-five pounds sterling.
(US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
(automotive, slang) One horsepower.
(regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
(slang) A chorus girl of small stature.
(slang) A ponytail hairstyle.
(slang, derogatory, video games) Ellipsis of Sony pony.
A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
a contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight
verb
(transitive) To lead (a horse) from another horse.
To use a crib or cheat-sheet in translating.
poon
poon
noun
(US, vulgar slang) Poontang, the vagina, or, intercourse with a woman.
(colloquial) A wimp; a pussy.
Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
porn
porn
noun
(countable, informal, chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work.
(uncountable, informal) Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a sensational manner.
(uncountable, informal) Pornography.
(uncountable, informal, often humorous) Material that provides illicit gratification of an obsessive or unhealthy interest in something.
pptn
pren
prin
prin
noun
(northern UK, dialectal) Alternative spelling of preen
pron
pron
noun
(Internet, leetspeak) Deliberate misspelling of porn, initially to bypass internet filters.
Abbreviation of pronoun.
Abbreviation of pronunciation.
psdn
pstn
puan
puna
puna
noun
An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population.
pune
pung
pung
noun
(US, Canada) A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.
(mahjong) A set of three identical tiles.
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of ping
punk
punk
adj
(chiefly African-American Vernacular) Cowardly.
Bad, substandard.
Of or concerning punk rock or its associated subculture.
Poorly, sickly.
Thuggish, criminal.
noun
(LGBT, obsolete) Synonym of catamite: a boy or younger man used by an older as a (usually passive) homosexual partner.
(US, LGBT, derogatory, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Synonym of faggot: any male homosexual.
(US, LGBT, prison slang) Synonym of bitch: a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison.
(US, LGBT, slang) A boy who accompanies a hobo, especially as used for sex.
(chiefly US, LGBT) Synonym of bottom: any passive or effeminate homosexual male.
(circus slang) A young, untrained animal or worker.
(countable) A utensil for lighting wicks or fuses (such as those of fireworks) resembling stick incense.
(countable) Short for punk rocker, a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre.
(countable, US slang) A worthless person
(derogatory) A petty criminal, especially a juvenile delinquent.
(derogatory) Synonym of sissy: a weak, timid person.
(humorous, rare) Synonym of fellow: any person, especially a male comrade.
(now historical and rare) Synonym of prostitute: a person paid for sex.
(uncountable) Any material used as tinder for lighting fires, such as agaric, dried wood, or touchwood, but especially wood altered by certain fungi.
(uncountable) The larger nonconformist social movement associated with punk rock and its fans.
(uncountable, music) Short for punk rock, a genre known for short, loud, energetic songs with electric guitars and strong drums.
Any of the punk genres: dieselpunk, solarpunk, steampunk etc.
Synonym of amateur.
verb
(especially with "out") To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.
(often with "out" or "up") To adapt or embellish in the style of the punk movement.
To forcibly perform anal sex upon an unwilling partner.
To pimp.
To prank.
puno
puno
Proper noun
A city of Peru, in the southwest of the country by Lake Titicaca
puns
puns
noun
plural of pun
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pun
punt
punt
noun
(Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs. E.g anyone up for a punt on Randwick?
(glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
(nautical) A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
(rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
A point in the game of faro.
A wild guess.
An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
verb
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
(colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
(colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
(colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
(figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
(nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
(rugby, American football, Australian Rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
(soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
puny
puny
adj
(chiefly Southern US, south Midland US) (Frequently) ill; poorly, sickly.
Coming later in time; secondary, subsequent.
Inferior in rank; specifically, of a judge: junior.
Not experienced; novice.
Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak.
noun
(archaic) An inferior person; a subordinate; also, an insignificant person.
(law) A puisne or junior judge.
(university slang, law) A new student at a school, university, the Inns of Court, etc.; a junior.
A person who is not experienced; a beginner, a novice.
A younger person; a junior.
pyin
pyin
noun
(biochemistry, dated) An albuminoid constituent of pus, related to mucin, possibly a mixture of substances rather than a single body.
pyne
pyne
noun
Obsolete form of pine.
sepn
snap
snap
adj
(informal, attributive) Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.
intj
(Britain) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
(Britain, Australia, by extension) "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
(Canada, US) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
noun
(American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
(Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
(UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
(colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
(colloquial) Something of no value.
(fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
(informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
(obsolete) A greedy fellow.
(physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
(slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
(slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
(slang, dated) A brief theatrical engagement.
(slang, dated) A cheat or sharper.
(social media) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
(uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
(uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
A newsflash.
A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
A snapper, or snap beetle.
A sudden break.
A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
A tool used by glass-moulders.
A tool used by riveters.
A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
briskness; vigour; energy; decision
verb
(cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
(intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
(intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
(intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
(intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
(intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
(intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
(intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
(intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
(intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
(intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
(social media, transitive) To send a visual message through the Snapchat application.
(transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
(transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
(transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
(transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
(transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
(transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
(transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
(transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
(transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
(transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
To misfire.
snip
snip
noun
(dated) An impertinent or mischievous person.
(definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
(informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
(informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
(obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.
(obsolete, slang) A tailor.
(onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
A piece cut out by snipping.
A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
A small amount of something; a pinch.
A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.
The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
verb
(Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
(informal) To circumcise.
To break off; to snatch away.
To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
snmp
snop
snpa
snup
span
span
noun
(US, Canada) A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
(architecture, construction) The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
(architecture, construction) The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
(by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.
(computing) The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic graph representing the computation steps.
(mathematics) The space of all linear combinations of something.
(nautical) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm.
The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
wingspan of a plane or bird
verb
(archaic, now nonstandard) simple past tense of spin
(intransitive, US, dated) To be matched, as horses.
(mathematics) To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
(transitive) To extend through (a time period).
(transitive) To extend through the distance between or across.
(transitive) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
(transitive) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
spin
spin
noun
(UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
(aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
(countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
(dated) An unmarried woman; a spinster.
(informal, used among autistic people) Special interest of an autistic person.
(mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
(nautical) Short for spinnaker.
(physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
(sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
(uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
A single play of a record by a radio station.
Rapid circular motion.
verb
(UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
(aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
(aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
(computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
(cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
(cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
(cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
(figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
(transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
(transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
To move swiftly.
To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.