(transitive) To furnish or cover with a wig; put a wig on.
bowge
bowge
verb
(intransitive) To bulge or swell out.
(transitive) To cause to leak.
dwang
dwang
noun
(carpentry, Scotland, New Zealand) A horizontal timber (or steel) section used in the construction of a building.
A large metal crowbar.
egwan
egwin
ewing
gatow
gawby
gawby
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) A baby.
(UK, dialect, archaic) A dunce.
gawen
gawks
gawks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gawk
gawky
gawky
adj
(Yorkshire, West Riding) Left-handed.
Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.
noun
An awkward, ungainly person.
gawps
gawps
noun
plural of gawp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gawp
gawra
gawsy
glows
glows
noun
plural of glow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glow
gnawn
gnawn
verb
(archaic) past participle of gnaw
gnaws
gnaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gnaw
gowan
gowan
noun
(Northumbria) The common daisy.
(mineralogy) Decomposed granite.
gowds
gowdy
gowen
gower
gower
Proper noun
A peninsula in southern Wales.
gowks
gowks
noun
plural of gowk
gowns
gowns
noun
plural of gown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gown
gowon
grawn
grewt
groow
growl
growl
noun
(by extension) A similar sound made by a human.
(by extension) An aggressive grumbling.
(by extension) The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.
(jazz, by extension) A low-pitched rumbling sound produced with a wind instrument.
A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.
verb
(intransitive) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
(intransitive, jazz) Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound.
(intransitive, software) To send a user a message via the Growl software library.
(transitive) To express (something) by growling.
(transitive, jazz) To play a wind instrument in a way that produces a low-pitched rumbling sound.
grown
grown
adj
(US) Of a person: adult.
Covered by growth; overgrown.
verb
past participle of grow
grows
grows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grow
gutow
gwari
gwawl
gweed
gwelo
gwely
gwenn
gwent
gweyn
gwine
gwine
verb
(archaic, especially African-American Vernacular) present participle of go
gwinn
gwynn
hewgh
hwang
ignaw
ilgwu
kwang
mcgaw
ngwee
ngwee
noun
A currency of Zambia, one hundredth of a kwacha.
nugmw
ogawa
owego
owego
Proper noun
a village and town in New York, USA; the village is the county seat of Tioga County.
owght
owing
owing
adj
Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
verb
present participle of owe
swage
swage
noun
A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.
verb
(transitive) To bend or shape through use of a swage.
Obsolete form of assuage.
swags
swags
noun
plural of swag
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swag
swang
swang
noun
A swamp.
verb
(African-American Vernacular, slang) To steer one's vehicle from side to side while driving.
(archaic and dialectal) simple past tense of swing. Now largely replaced by swung.
swego
swigs
swigs
noun
plural of swig
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swig
swing
swing
noun
(boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
(music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
(obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
(politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
A dance style.
A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
Influence or power of anything put in motion.
The amount of change towards or away from something.
The manner in which something is swung.
The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
verb
(intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
(intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
(intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
(intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.
(nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
(transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
(transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
(transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
(transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
(transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
(transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
(transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
(transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
(transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
To turn in a different direction.
swung
swung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swing
tawgi
twang
twang
noun
(music) A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
(phonetics) The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
(vulgar, slang) An annoying or stupid person, recalcitrant.
A sharp, disagreeable taste or flavor.
A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
verb
(intransitive) To have a nasal sound.
(intransitive) To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
(music) To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
(transitive, intransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
tweag
tweag
noun
Alternative form of tweague
verb
(obsolete) Alternative form of tweak
tweeg
twigs
twigs
noun
plural of twig
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twig
unwig
unwig
verb
(intransitive) To take off one's wig.
(transitive) To remove (someone) from a position marked by the wearing of a wig, such as that of barrister or judge.
(transitive) To remove a wig from.
wadge
wadge
noun
(Ulster) thick slice of bread
waged
waged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wage
wager
wager
noun
(law) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
(law) An offer to make oath.
Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say.
(transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
wages
wages
noun
one's total income for a time period
plural of wage. It may take a singular verb. E.g. 'the wages of sin is death' (Romans 6:23 KJV)
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wage
waget
wagga
wagga
noun
(Australia) A rug created from material scraps, small raw wool scraps and hessian bags.
waggy
waggy
adj
having a tendency to wag
wagon
wagon
noun
(Ireland, slang, derogatory, dated) A woman of loose morals, a promiscuous woman, a slapper; (by extension) a woman regarded as obnoxious; a bitch, a cow.
(chiefly Australia, US, slang) Short for station wagon (“type of car in which the roof extends rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position of and serving the function of the boot (trunk)”); (by extension) a sport utility vehicle (SUV); any car.
(mathematics) A kind of prefix used in de Bruijn notation.
(rail transport) A vehicle (wagon) designed to transport goods or people on railway.
(slang) Buttocks.
(slang) Short for paddy wagon (“police van for transporting prisoners”).
A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).
Abbreviation of toy wagon; A child's riding toy, with the same structure as a wagon (sense 1), pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front.
Short for dinner wagon (“set of light shelves mounted on castors so that it can be pushed around a dining room and used for serving”).
verb
(intransitive, chiefly US) To travel in a wagon.
(transitive, chiefly US) To load into a wagon in preparation for transportation; to transport by means of a wagon.
wanga
wanga
noun
(voodoo) A magic spell or charm.
warga
waugh
waugh
adj
(dialect, Scotland and Northern England) Insipid; tasteless.
verb
Alternative form of waff (“to bark”)
wburg
wedge
wedge
noun
(UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
(US, regional) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
(archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
(architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
(colloquial, Britain) A quantity of money.
(figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
(finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
(geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
(golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
(mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
(meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
(meteorology) A wedge tornado.
(music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
(obsolete) An ingot.
(obsolete, slang, uncountable) Silver or items made of silver collectively.
(phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
(typography, US) A háček.
A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
verb
(computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
(transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
(transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
(transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
(transitive) To shape into a wedge.
(transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
(transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
(transitive, intransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
wedgy
wedgy
adj
Resembling a wedge, especially in shape
weigh
weigh
verb
(intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
(intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
(intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
(intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
(obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.
(transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
(transitive) To consider a subject.
(transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
(transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
(transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
(transitive, stative) To have a certain weight.
To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
whang
whang
noun
(Britain, Scotland, dialect, colloquial) A large piece or slice; a chunk.
(UK, US, dialect, informal, dated) A leather thong.
(US, dialect, dated) A house-cleaning party.
(dialect, colloquial) A blow; a whack.
verb
(Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
(US, Scotland, Britain, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
(chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
(informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
whigs
whigs
noun
plural of whig
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whig
whing
whing
noun
A high-pitched ringing sound.
Obsolete spelling of wing
verb
To move with great force or speed.
wigan
wigan
noun
A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
wiggy
wiggy
adj
(slang) Uninhibited.
Wiglike.
wight
wight
adj
(UK dialectal, obsolete) Strong; stout; active.
(archaic, except in dialects) Brave, valorous, strong.
noun
(archaic) A living creature, especially a human being.
(fantasy) A wraith-like creature.
(paganism) A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.
(poetic) A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity.
wilga
wilga
noun
Geijera parviflora, a small tree or bush found in inland parts of eastern Australia, and grown elsewhere for its drought tolerance and its graceful willow-like weeping form.
wingo
wings
wings
noun
A flip (hairstyle)
A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing
plural of wing
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wing
wingy
wingy
adj
(archaic) Winged, or as if winged; inclined to fly.
noun
(slang) One who has a wing position.
(slang) One who has an amputated arm or arms.
wodge
wodge
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial) A bulk mass, usually of small items, particularly money; a wad
wodgy
wodgy
adj
(colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland) bulky, solid
wogul
wonga
wonga
noun
(slang, Britain, chiefly London, New Zealand) Money.
wough
wough
noun
(obsolete) A wall.
wrang
wrang
verb
(dialect) simple past tense of wring
wring
wring
noun
(archaic) A device for pressing or compressing, especially for cider.
(obsolete) Pain or distress.
A powerful squeezing or twisting action.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To twist, as if in pain.
(nautical) To bend or strain out of its position.
(obsolete) To give an incorrect meaning to (words, teachings, etc.).
(obsolete) To subject (someone) to extortion; to afflict or oppress in order to enforce compliance.
To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.).
To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.
To hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond.
To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
wrong
wrong
adj
(obsolete) Twisted; wry.
Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
Designed to be worn or placed inward
Immoral, not good, bad.
Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
Incorrect or untrue.
Not working; out of order.
adv
(informal) In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.
noun
An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
Something that is immoral or not good.
The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
verb
To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.