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grapple collapse: to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"

snappy collapse: smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines"

sunlight collapse: the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

hug collapse: a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"; fit closely or tightly; "The dress hugged her hips"

spanking collapse: the act of slapping on the buttocks; "he gave the brat a good spanking"

clasp collapse: the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"; a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together; hold firmly and tightly; grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands"

seize collapse: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"; take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"; take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"; hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"

comma collapse: anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing; a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence

whole collapse: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"; all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"; including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"; (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters"

in sight collapse: at or within a reasonable distance for seeing; "not a policeman in sight"; "kept the monkey in view"

whirling collapse: moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"

fishing collapse: the act of someone who fishes as a diversion; the occupation of catching fish for a living

colored collapse: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples"; having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

million collapse: the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros; a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies"; (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units

censor collapse: a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable; someone who censures or condemns; subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

kinescope collapse: a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

coltish collapse: given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes"

waggish collapse: witty or joking; "Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer"- James Fenimore Cooper

muffle collapse: a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature; deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

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