(audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
(computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
(cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
(informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
(medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
(music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
verb
(chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
(cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
(intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
(intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
(soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
(transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
(transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
(transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
(transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
(transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
backet
backet
noun
(Scotland) A shallow wooden trough for carrying ashes, coals, etc.
becket
becket
noun
(England, dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
(nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
(nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
(nautical, slang) A pocket in clothing.
(obsolete) chough (the bird)
(sewing) A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
An eye in the end of a rope.
bucket
bucket
noun
(MTE, slang) an insult term used in Toronto to refer to someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
(UK, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
(aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
(basketball, informal) A field goal.
(basketball, informal) The basket.
(computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
(slang, humorous) A helmet.
(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
A bucket bag.
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
The amount held in this container.
The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
The pitcher in certain orchids.
verb
(computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
(intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
(intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
(transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
(transitive) To place inside a bucket.
(transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
(transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
(transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
casket
casket
noun
(Britain) An urn.
(Canada, US) A coffin.
(nautical) A gasket.
A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
verb
(poetic, transitive) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
catkin
catkin
noun
(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
chetek
chitak
cocket
cocket
adj
(obsolete) pert; saucy
noun
(UK, obsolete) A document issued by the bond office stating that duty has been paid and goods may be sold.
(UK, obsolete) An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.
cokato
contek
detick
detick
verb
(transitive) to remove ticks (parasitic arachnids) from
dickty
dickty
noun
(African-American Vernacular) An upper-class black.
docket
docket
noun
(Australia) A receipt.
(law) A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
(law) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
(obsolete) A summary; a brief digest.
A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
An agenda of things to be done.
verb
(transitive) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
(transitive) To label a parcel, etc.
(transitive) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.
(transitive) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.
eckart
eckert
fecket
hicket
hicket
noun
(obsolete) A hiccup.
hocket
hocket
noun
(music) In medieval music, a rhythmic linear technique using the alternation of notes, pitches, or chords. A single melody is shared between two (or occasionally more) voices such that alternately one voice sounds while the other rests.
jacket
jacket
noun
(Appalachia) A vest(US); a waistcoat (UK)
(Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that they are not the child’s biological father.
(military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
(slang) A police record.
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
verb
(transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
keltic
ketchy
kitcat
kitcat
noun
Alternative form of kit-cat.
kitsch
kitsch
adj
Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
noun
Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.
klatch
klatch
noun
An informal social gathering, especially one held over coffee for the purpose of conversation.
knatch
knetch
knitch
knitch
noun
(archaic, dialectal) A small bundle.
kotick
krutch
kutcha
kutcha
adj
Imperfect, makeshift; ramshackle, second-rate.
noun
Dried brick or mud, used as a material.
kvetch
kvetch
noun
A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.
An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine.
verb
To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
locket
locket
noun
(archaic) The upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard.
A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item.
A small white marking on a cat's coat.
mucket
mucket
noun
A heavy cup with lid and bail which can be used over an open fire. Sizes can range from 0.5 to 1.0 liter.
Any of various species of mussels, especially those in the genus Lampsilis.
nacket
natick
natick
noun
An intersection of two obscure crossword puzzle clues.
nocket
packet
packet
noun
(South Africa) A plastic bag.
(botany) A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
(informal) A large amount of money.
(nautical) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).
(networking) A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
(slang) Synonym of package (“male genitalia”)
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
verb
(intransitive) To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
(transitive) To make up into a packet or bundle.
(transitive) To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
(transitive, Internet) To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.
pecket
picket
picket
noun
(card games, uncountable) The card game piquet.
(historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
(military) One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.
(sometimes figurative) A sentry.
A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
A stake driven into the ground.
A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
verb
(intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
(obsolete, transitive) To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
(transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
(transitive) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
(transitive) To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
pocket
pocket
adj
(Texas hold'em poker) Referring to the two initial hole cards.
Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
Smaller or more compact than usual.
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.
(Australia) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
(Australian rules football) The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
(architecture) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
(bowling) The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
(dentistry) A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
(military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
(mining) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
(nautical) A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
(rugby) The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
(sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
(surfing) The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.
A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
A bight on a lee shore.
A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.
A small, isolated group or area.
A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
The pouch of an animal.
verb
(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
(transitive) To put (something) into a pocket.
(transitive, informal) To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own).
(transitive, informal, dated) To put up with; to bear without complaint.
racket
racket
noun
(Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
(countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
(dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
(dated, slang) Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
verb
(intransitive) To make a clattering noise.
(intransitive, dated) To be dissipated; to carouse.
To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
retack
retack
verb
To tack again.
retuck
retuck
verb
To tuck again.
ricket
ricket
verb
(transitive) To move rapidly and uncertainly.
rockat
rocket
rocket
noun
(Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
(South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
(figurative) Something that shoots high in the air.
(military slang) An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.
(military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.
A blunt lance head used in jousting.
A rocket propelled firework; a skyrocket.
A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.
Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis).
The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To accelerate swiftly and powerfully.
To attack something with rockets.
To carry something in a rocket.
To fly vertically.
To rise or soar rapidly.
sacket
sacket
noun
(Scotland) A small sack or wallet.
(Scotland) A small, especially rascally or stupid, person.
schtik
schtik
noun
Dated form of shtick.
shtick
shtick
noun
A characteristic trait or theme, especially in the way people or media present themselves.
(UK) A humorous newspaper article summarizing political events, making heavy use of metaphor, paraphrase and caricature.
(category theory) A formal specification of a mathematical structure or a data type described in terms of a graph and diagrams (and cones (and cocones)) on it. It can be implemented by means of “models”, which are functors which are graph homomorphisms from the formal specification to categories such that the diagrams become commutative, the cones become limiting (i.e., products), the cocones become colimiting (i.e., sums).
(informal) An amusing person.
(slang, Ireland) A lookout; vigilant watch for something.
A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline.
A brief musical composition or theme, especially for the piano.
A brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or short story.
A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.
A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book.
verb
(transitive) To describe briefly and with very few details.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a brief, basic drawing.
socket
socket
noun
(anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
(computing) One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
(computing) One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
(mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.
The hollow of a candlestick.
verb
To place or fit in a socket.
stacks
stacks
noun
(gambling, slang) A large amount of money, especially winnings.
plural of stack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stack
sticks
sticks
noun
(horse racing) Hurdles or other obstacles to be jumped over.
(informal, derogatory, with "the") rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.
(slang, chiefly by long-time users) crutches
plural of stick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stick
sticky
sticky
adj
(Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
(Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
(computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
(computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
(finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
Able or likely to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
Potentially difficult to escape from.
Similar to a stick
noun
(Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.
(Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
(manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
verb
(Internet, bulletin boards, transitive) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
stocks
stocks
noun
(nautical, plural only) The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.
(plural only) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
plural of stock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stock
stocky
stocky
adj
(of a person or an animal) Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact.
strack
streck
strick
strick
noun
A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.
A bushel measure.
A flat piece of wood used for levelling off grain in a measure; a strickle.
struck
struck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of strike
sucket
sucket
noun
A candied fruit sweetmeat
tacked
tacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tack
tacker
tacker
noun
(Australia, colloquial) A young child, especially a boy.
A person who, or device that tacks.
tacket
tacket
noun
A small, broad-headed nail or tack.
tackey
tackey
noun
(US, Southern US) A person in a similar condition.
(US, Southern US) A scrubby, neglected horse.
tackle
tackle
noun
(American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
(American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
(countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
(fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
(nautical, slang, uncountable) Clothing.
(rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
(slang) A man's genitalia.
(sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
(uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
A block and tackle.
A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
verb
(Singapore, colloquial) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
(rugby, American football) To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
(sports) To attempt to take away a ball.
To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
talcky
talcky
adj
Alternative form of talcy
tcheka
tchick
tchick
intj
Used to represent similar animal or other natural sounds
used to express disapproval or disappointment
used to urge on a horse or other animal.
noun
A clicking sound, such as a palatal or dental click.
verb
(intransitive) to make a tchick sound.
tesack
thacks
thacks
noun
plural of thack
thicke
thicke
adj
Obsolete spelling of thick
thicks
thicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thick
thicky
thicky
noun
Alternative spelling of thickie (“An idiotic person.”)
thrack
thrack
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To load or burden.
throck
thwack
thwack
noun
A heavy slapping sound.
The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement.
verb
To beat.
To fill to overflow.
To hit with a flat implement.
ticked
ticked
adj
(Canada, US, slang) Ticked off; annoyed.
flecked, multicolored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tick
ticken
ticker
ticker
noun
(birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.
(slang) A heart, especially a human one.
(slang) A watch (timepiece).
A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.
One who makes a tick mark.
ticket
ticket
noun
(dated) A little note or notice.
(dated) A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).
(dated) A visiting card.
(informal) A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
(law enforcement slang) A warrant.
A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
A citation for a traffic violation.
A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation
A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally technical support related).
A solution to a problem; something that is needed.
verb
To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
To mark with a ticket.
tickey
tickey
noun
(South Africa, obsolete) A silver threepenny (2+¹⁄₂ cents from 1961) bit (last minted 1964).
tickie
tickle
tickle
adj
(obsolete) Changeable, capricious; insecure.
noun
(Newfoundland) A narrow strait.
(cricket, informal) A light tap of the ball.
An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.
The act of tickling.
verb
(archaic) To be excited or heartened.
(intransitive) To feel titillation.
(intransitive, of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
(transitive) To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
(transitive) To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating the fins.
(transitive) To cause delight or amusement in.
(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
(transitive) To unexpectedly touch or stroke delicately in a manner which causes displeasure or withdrawal.
tickly
tickly
adj
Having an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
Producing an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
toback
topock
tracks
tracks
noun
plural of track
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of track
tricks
tricks
noun
plural of trick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trick
tricky
tricky
adj
(colloquial, slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick
adept at using deception
hard to deal with, complicated
trocki
trocks
trucks
trucks
noun
The game of lawn billiards.
The wheel-set of railroad rolling stock.
plural of truck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of truck
tucked
tucked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tuck
tucker
tucker
noun
(countable) Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.
(countable) One who or that which tucks.
(obsolete) A fuller; one who fulls cloth.
(slang, dated) Work that scarcely yields a living wage.
(uncountable, colloquial, Australia, New Zealand) Food.
verb
(slang) To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.
tucket
tucket
noun
(music) A fanfare played on one or more trumpets.
tuckie
turkic
turkic
Proper noun
The language family that includes Turkish, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azeri, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, Tuvan, Altai, Shor, Karakalpak, Khakas, Chuvash, Yakut, and any of the other dozens of languages spoken by Turkic peoples. It may be a subfamily of an Altaic language family.
Adjective
Of or relating to this language group or the people who speak it.
untack
untack
verb
(transitive) To remove the tack from.
(transitive) To unfasten (something tacked).
untuck
untuck
verb
(LGBT, of a drag queen, trans woman, etc.) To remove that which is concealing one’s penis and testicles such as gaff or adhesive tape.
(transitive) To remove something from a relatively hidden location or position where it is tucked.
uptick
uptick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price above a preceding one.
A small increase or upward change in something that has been steady or declining.
uptuck
wicket
wicket
noun
(Britain) A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
(Internet, informal) An angle bracket when used in HTML.
(US, dialect) A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
(cricket) A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
(cricket) One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
(cricket) The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
(cricket) The period during which two batsmen bat together.
(croquet) Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
(mining) The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.
(skiing, snowboarding) A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
(veterinary) A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs.
A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.