(Chiefly Britain) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.
jawp
lwop
lwsp
mawp
mpow
opcw
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
pews
pews
noun
plural of pew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pew
pewy
phew
phew
intj
Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise.
Used to show disgust.
pkwy
plew
plew
noun
(Canada, US) beaver pelt
plow
plow
noun
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of plough
powe
pows
pows
noun
plural of pow
prew
prow
prow
adj
(archaic) Brave, valiant, gallant.
noun
(nautical) The front part of a vessel
A vessel
Alternative form of proa
pswm
pwca
spew
spew
noun
(slang) Ejaculate or ejaculation.
A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.
Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
Nonsense or lies.
verb
(intransitive) To be forcibly ejected.
(intransitive) To be written or spoken voluminously.
(intransitive) To ejaculate.
(intransitive, informal) To vomit.
(intransitive, leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.
(transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,
(transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
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.
swep
swop
swop
noun
A fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles.
Alternative spelling of swap
typw
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
wcpc
weep
weep
noun
A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
A session of crying.
A sob.
verb
(medicine, of a wound or sore) To produce secretions.
(obsolete, transitive) To weep over; to bewail.
To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
To flow in drops; to run in drops.
To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
To lament; to complain.
wept
wept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of weep
wfpc
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.
whip
whip
noun
(African-American Vernacular, MTE) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
(UK politics, by extension) The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
(UK politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
(historical) A coach driver; a coachman.
(hunting) A whipper-in.
(music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
(nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
(politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes; a whipper-in.
(roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
A blow administered with a whip.
A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
Whipped cream.
verb
(figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
(intransitive) To move very fast.
(intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
(transitive) To hit with a whip.
(transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
(transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
(transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
(transitive) To urge into action or obedience.
(transitive, by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
(transitive, intransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
(transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
(transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
(transitive, politics) To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
(transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
(transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
whop
whop
noun
A blow or strike.
verb
(transitive, informal) To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
(transitive, slang) To administer corporal punishment
whup
whup
verb
(Southern US or African-American Vernacular, dialect) Alternative form of whoop (“to whip, thrash, or defeat”).
wimp
wimp
noun
(derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.
Alternative spelling of WIMP
verb
(intransitive) To behave submissively.
(transitive) To render wimpy.
wipe
wipe
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) A blow or swipe; the act of striking somebody or something.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A handkerchief.
(obsolete) A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.
(role-playing games, video games) An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
The act of wiping something.
verb
(figurative) To remove an expression from one's face.
(intransitive, role-playing games, video games) To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
(obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
(transitive) To deperm (a ship).
(transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
(transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
(transitive, computing) To erase.
(transitive, intransitive) To clean (the buttocks) after defecation.
(transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
wipo
wips
wisp
wisp
noun
(uncountable) A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
A flock of snipe.
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
A whisk, or small broom.
A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
verb
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To rumple.
(intransitive) To produce a wisp, as of smoke.
(transitive) To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
(transitive) To emit in wisps.
womp
wopr
wops
wops
noun
Abbreviation of wop-wops
Variant spelling of waps in the sense of wasp.
plural of wop
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.
wusp
wype
wype
noun
(UK, dialect) The wipe, or lapwing.
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