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wisecrack
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witty remark
make a comment, usually ironic
related words >
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
be merry with
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
conceit
,
crack
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
epigram
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
fleer at
,
flight of wit
,
fun
,
gag
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
happy thought
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
play on words
,
pleasantry
,
poke fun at
,
pun
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
repartee
,
retort
,
ridicule
,
riposte
,
sally
,
scintillate
,
scintillation
,
scoff at
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
sparkle
,
stroke of wit
,
turn of thought
,
utter a mot
,
waggery
,
witticism
,
yak
bon mot
collapse
a clever remark
related words >
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
conceit
,
crack
,
epigram
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
happy thought
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
repartee
,
retort
,
riposte
,
sally
,
scintillation
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
stroke of wit
,
turn of thought
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
nasty crack
collapse
related words >
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
conceit
,
crack
,
epigram
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
happy thought
,
mot
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
repartee
,
retort
,
riposte
,
sally
,
scintillation
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
stroke of wit
,
turn of thought
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
persiflage
collapse
light teasing
related words >
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
backchat
,
badinage
,
banter
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
chaff
,
conceit
,
crack
,
cross
,
epigram
,
exchange
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
fooling
,
fooling around
,
gibe
,
give-and-take
,
good-natured banter
,
happy thought
,
harmless teasing
,
jape
,
jest
,
jive
,
joke
,
josh
,
kidding
,
kidding around
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
raillery
,
rallying
,
repartee
,
retort
,
ridicule
,
riposte
,
sally
,
scintillation
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
sport
,
stroke of wit
,
turn of thought
,
twit
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
scintillate
collapse
physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"
give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
related words >
be brilliant
,
be merry with
,
blink
,
coruscate
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
fleer at
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
glance
,
gleam
,
glimmer
,
glint
,
glisk
,
glisten
,
glister
,
glitter
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
play on words
,
poke fun at
,
pun
,
quip
,
ridicule
,
scoff at
,
shimmer
,
spangle
,
spark
,
sparkle
,
tinsel
,
twinkle
,
utter a mot
,
wisecrack
mot
collapse
a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
related words >
adage
,
ana
,
analects
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
axiom
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
byword
,
catchword
,
collected sayings
,
conceit
,
crack
,
current saying
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
distich
,
epigram
,
expression
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
gnome
,
golden saying
,
happy thought
,
maxim
,
moral
,
motto
,
nasty crack
,
oracle
,
persiflage
,
phrase
,
pithy saying
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
precept
,
prescript
,
proverb
,
proverbial saying
,
proverbs
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
repartee
,
retort
,
riposte
,
sally
,
saw
,
saying
,
scintillation
,
sentence
,
sententious expression
,
sloka
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
stock saying
,
stroke of wit
,
sutra
,
teaching
,
text
,
turn of thought
,
verse
,
wisdom
,
wisdom literature
,
wise saying
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
word
,
words of wisdom
quip
collapse
related words >
Parthian shot
,
ad lib
,
aphorism
,
apophthegm
,
apothegm
,
back answer
,
barb
,
be merry with
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
caustic remark
,
cavil
,
chestnut
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
crack
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
cut
,
cutting remark
,
dig
,
dodge
,
double entendre
,
drollery
,
dump
,
epigram
,
equivoque
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
fleer
,
fleer at
,
flight of wit
,
flout
,
foolery
,
fun
,
gag
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
happy thought
,
jab
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
jesuitism
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
leg-pull
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
parting shot
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
play on words
,
pleasantry
,
poke fun at
,
pun
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quibble
,
quiddity
,
quillet
,
quips and cranks
,
quirk
,
quodlibet
,
repartee
,
retort
,
ridicule
,
riposte
,
rude reproach
,
sally
,
scintillate
,
scintillation
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
shuffle
,
slam
,
slap
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
sparkle
,
stroke of wit
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
turn of thought
,
twit
,
utter a mot
,
verbal thrust
,
wheeze
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
yak
apothegm
collapse
related words >
adage
,
ana
,
analects
,
aphorism
,
axiom
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
brocard
,
byword
,
catchword
,
collected sayings
,
conceit
,
crack
,
current saying
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
distich
,
epigram
,
expression
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
gnome
,
golden saying
,
happy thought
,
maxim
,
moral
,
mot
,
motto
,
nasty crack
,
oracle
,
persiflage
,
phrase
,
pithy saying
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
precept
,
prescript
,
proverb
,
proverbial saying
,
proverbs
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
repartee
,
retort
,
riposte
,
rule
,
sally
,
saw
,
saying
,
scintillation
,
sentence
,
sententious expression
,
sloka
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
stock saying
,
stroke of wit
,
sutra
,
teaching
,
text
,
truism
,
turn of thought
,
verse
,
wisdom
,
wisdom literature
,
wise saying
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
word
,
words of wisdom
play on words
collapse
related words >
abuse of terms
,
acrostic
,
amphibologism
,
amphiboly
,
anagram
,
be merry with
,
calembour
,
corruption
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
equivocality
,
equivoque
,
fleer at
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
jape
,
jest
,
jeu de mots
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
logogram
,
logogriph
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
malapropism
,
metagram
,
missaying
,
mock
,
palindrome
,
paronomasia
,
poke fun at
,
pun
,
punning
,
quip
,
ridicule
,
scintillate
,
scoff at
,
sparkle
,
spoonerism
,
utter a mot
,
wisecrack
,
wordplay
aphorism
collapse
a short pithy instructive saying
related words >
abridgment
,
adage
,
ana
,
analects
,
apothegm
,
axiom
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
brocard
,
byword
,
catchword
,
collected sayings
,
conceit
,
crack
,
current saying
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
distich
,
epigram
,
expression
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
gnome
,
golden saying
,
happy thought
,
maxim
,
moral
,
mot
,
motto
,
nasty crack
,
oracle
,
persiflage
,
phrase
,
pithy saying
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
precept
,
prescript
,
proverb
,
proverbial saying
,
proverbs
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
repartee
,
retort
,
riposte
,
rule
,
sally
,
saw
,
saying
,
scintillation
,
sentence
,
sententious expression
,
sloka
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
stock saying
,
stroke of wit
,
sutra
,
teaching
,
text
,
truism
,
turn of thought
,
verse
,
wisdom
,
wisdom literature
,
wise saying
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
word
,
words of wisdom
witticism
collapse
related words >
adage
,
ana
,
analects
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
axiom
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
byword
,
catchword
,
collected sayings
,
conceit
,
crack
,
current saying
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
distich
,
drollery
,
epigram
,
expression
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gag
,
gibe
,
gnome
,
golden saying
,
happy thought
,
jape
,
jest
,
maxim
,
moral
,
mot
,
motto
,
nasty crack
,
oracle
,
persiflage
,
phrase
,
pithy saying
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
precept
,
prescript
,
proverb
,
proverbial saying
,
proverbs
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
repartee
,
retort
,
riposte
,
sally
,
saw
,
saying
,
scintillation
,
sentence
,
sententious expression
,
sloka
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
stock saying
,
stroke of wit
,
sutra
,
teaching
,
text
,
turn of thought
,
verse
,
waggery
,
wisdom
,
wisdom literature
,
wise saying
,
wisecrack
,
word
,
words of wisdom
,
yak
make fun of
collapse
related words >
be merry with
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
deride
,
fleer at
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
grin at
,
hold in derision
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
laugh at
,
laugh to scorn
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make game of
,
make merry with
,
mock
,
pan
,
pillory
,
play on words
,
point at
,
poke fun at
,
pun
,
put one on
,
quip
,
rag
,
razz
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
scintillate
,
scoff at
,
smile at
,
snicker at
,
snigger at
,
sparkle
,
utter a mot
,
wisecrack
repartee
collapse
adroitness and cleverness in reply
related words >
acknowledgment
,
answer
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
badinage
,
banter
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
crack
,
echo
,
epigram
,
evasive reply
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
give and take
,
happy thought
,
humor
,
irony
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
patter
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
raillery
,
reaction
,
ready reply
,
receipt
,
rejoinder
,
replication
,
reply
,
repost
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
retort
,
return
,
reverberation
,
riposte
,
sally
,
sarcasm
,
satire
,
scintillation
,
short answer
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
stroke of wit
,
turn of thought
,
wisecrack
,
wit
,
witticism
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
wordplay
,
yes-and-no answer
scintillation
collapse
the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight
a brilliant display of wit
(physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle
related words >
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
black spot
,
blink
,
blinking
,
bloom
,
blooping
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
conceit
,
coruscation
,
crack
,
definition
,
epigram
,
facetiae
,
firefly
,
flare
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
fringe area
,
ghost
,
gibe
,
glance
,
glimmer
,
glimmering
,
glint
,
glisten
,
glister
,
glitter
,
glittering
,
glowworm
,
granulation
,
grid
,
happy thought
,
hard shadow
,
image
,
mot
,
multiple image
,
nasty crack
,
noise
,
persiflage
,
picture
,
picture noise
,
picture shifts
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
rain
,
repartee
,
retort
,
riposte
,
rolling
,
sally
,
scanning pattern
,
scintilla
,
shading
,
shimmer
,
shimmering
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
snow
,
snowstorm
,
spangle
,
spark
,
sparkle
,
stroboscopic light
,
stroke of wit
,
tinsel
,
turn of thought
,
twinkle
,
twinkling
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
kid around
collapse
related words >
be merry with
,
coquet
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
dabble
,
dally
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
fleer at
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jape
,
jerk off
,
jest
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
loiter
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mess around
,
mock
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play on words
,
play with
,
poke fun at
,
potter
,
pun
,
putter
,
quip
,
ridicule
,
scintillate
,
scoff at
,
smatter
,
sparkle
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
utter a mot
,
wisecrack
whomp
collapse
beat overwhelmingly
related words >
appulse
,
bang
,
bang into
,
beat
,
blank
,
blow
,
box
,
box the ears
,
brunt
,
buffet
,
bulldoze
,
bulldozing
,
bulling
,
bump
,
bump into
,
burst
,
bust
,
cannon
,
carambole
,
carom
,
carom into
,
clap
,
clash
,
clobber
,
collide
,
collision
,
come into collision
,
concuss
,
concussion
,
confront each other
,
crack
,
crack up
,
crack-up
,
crash
,
crash into
,
cream
,
crump
,
crunch
,
cuff
,
dash into
,
defeat utterly
,
drub
,
encounter
,
fall foul of
,
flap
,
flop
,
foul
,
hammering
,
hit
,
hit against
,
hurt
,
hurtle
,
impact
,
impinge
,
impingement
,
knock
,
knock against
,
lambaste
,
mauling
,
meet
,
meeting
,
onslaught
,
overbear
,
overwhelm
,
paste
,
percuss
,
percussion
,
ramming
,
rap
,
report
,
run into
,
schmear
,
shellac
,
shock
,
shut out
,
sideswipe
,
skunk
,
slam
,
slam into
,
slap
,
slap the face
,
slat
,
sledgehammering
,
smack
,
smack into
,
smash
,
smash into
,
smash up
,
smash-up
,
smashing
,
smear
,
snow under
,
splat
,
steamroller
,
strike
,
strike against
,
swap
,
tap
,
thrash
,
thrusting
,
thwack
,
token punishment
,
trounce
,
wallop
,
whack
,
wham
,
whap
,
whelm
,
whitewash
,
whop
pun
collapse
a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
related words >
abuse of terms
,
acrostic
,
alliterate
,
alliteration
,
ambiguity
,
amphibologism
,
amphibology
,
amphiboly
,
anagram
,
assonance
,
assonate
,
be merry with
,
calembour
,
chime
,
clink
,
corruption
,
counterword
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
double entendre
,
equivocal
,
equivocality
,
equivocation
,
equivoque
,
fleer at
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
jape
,
jest
,
jeu de mots
,
jingle
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
logogram
,
logogriph
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
malapropism
,
metagram
,
missaying
,
mock
,
near rhyme
,
palindrome
,
paronomasia
,
play on words
,
poke fun at
,
polysemant
,
portmanteau word
,
punning
,
quip
,
rhyme
,
ridicule
,
scintillate
,
scoff at
,
slant rhyme
,
sparkle
,
spoonerism
,
squinting construction
,
utter a mot
,
weasel word
,
wisecrack
,
wordplay
fall to pieces
collapse
related words >
ablate
,
atomize
,
bite the dust
,
break
,
break open
,
break up
,
burst
,
canker
,
carry away
,
come apart
,
come off
,
come to dust
,
come undone
,
come unstuck
,
consume
,
corrode
,
corrupt
,
crack
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
crumble to dust
,
decay
,
decompose
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
disorganize
,
dissolve
,
effloresce
,
erode
,
fall
,
fall into decay
,
fall off
,
fall to dust
,
fester
,
fission
,
fissure
,
fly apart
,
fracture
,
gangrene
,
get loose
,
give away
,
give way
,
go bad
,
go to pieces
,
grain
,
granulate
,
mildew
,
mold
,
molder
,
mortify
,
necrose
,
peel off
,
powder
,
putrefy
,
putresce
,
rankle
,
rot
,
rupture
,
shard
,
shatter
,
snap
,
sphacelate
,
split
,
spoil
,
spring a leak
,
spring apart
,
start
,
suppurate
,
topple
,
tumble
,
unravel
,
waste away
,
wear away
fleer
collapse
contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words
to smirk contemptuously
related words >
Parthian shot
,
affront
,
back answer
,
barrack
,
be merry with
,
call names
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
comeback
,
crack
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
dig
,
dig at
,
dishonor
,
disoblige
,
dump
,
dump on
,
fleer at
,
flout
,
foolery
,
fun
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
gird
,
give offense to
,
grin
,
humiliate
,
hurl a brickbat
,
insult
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jeer at
,
jest
,
jibe at
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
leer
,
leg-pull
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
offend
,
outrage
,
parting shot
,
play on words
,
poke fun at
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
pun
,
put down
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rail at
,
rally
,
rank out
,
revile
,
ridicule
,
rude reproach
,
sardonic grin
,
scintillate
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scornful laugh
,
scout
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
smile
,
smirk
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
snicker
,
snigger
,
snort
,
sparkle
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
treat with indignity
,
twit
,
utter a mot
,
verbal thrust
,
wisecrack
gibe
collapse
related words >
Parthian shot
,
affront
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
aspersion
,
atrocity
,
back answer
,
barrack
,
be merry with
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
brickbat
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
call names
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
contempt
,
contumely
,
crack
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
deride
,
derision
,
despite
,
dig
,
dig at
,
dishonor
,
disoblige
,
dump
,
dump on
,
enormity
,
epigram
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
fleer
,
fleer at
,
flight of wit
,
flout
,
flouting
,
foolery
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
gird
,
give offense to
,
happy thought
,
heckle
,
humiliate
,
humiliation
,
hurl a brickbat
,
indignity
,
injury
,
insult
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jeer at
,
jeering
,
jest
,
jibe
,
jibe at
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
leg-pull
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
mockery
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
offend
,
offense
,
outrage
,
parting shot
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
play on words
,
pleasantry
,
poke fun at
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
pun
,
put down
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
rag
,
rail
,
rail at
,
raillery
,
rally
,
rank out
,
razz
,
repartee
,
retort
,
revile
,
rib
,
ridicule
,
riposte
,
rude reproach
,
sally
,
scintillate
,
scintillation
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scoffing
,
scold
,
scout
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
sparkle
,
stroke of wit
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
tease
,
thrust
,
treat with indignity
,
turn of thought
,
twit
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
utter a mot
,
verbal thrust
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
sideswipe
collapse
a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
strike from the side
related words >
appulse
,
bang
,
bang into
,
brunt
,
brush
,
brush by
,
bulldozing
,
bulling
,
bump
,
bump into
,
cannon
,
carambole
,
caress
,
carom
,
carom into
,
clash
,
collide
,
collision
,
come in contact
,
come into collision
,
concuss
,
concussion
,
confront each other
,
contact
,
crack up
,
crack-up
,
crash
,
crash into
,
crump
,
crunch
,
dash into
,
encounter
,
fall foul of
,
foul
,
glance
,
graze
,
hammering
,
hit
,
hit against
,
hurt
,
hurtle
,
impact
,
impinge
,
impingement
,
kiss
,
knock
,
knock against
,
mauling
,
meet
,
meeting
,
nudge
,
onslaught
,
osculate
,
percuss
,
percussion
,
pot
,
ramming
,
rub
,
run into
,
scrape
,
shave
,
shock
,
shy
,
skim
,
skirt
,
slam into
,
sledgehammering
,
smack into
,
smash
,
smash into
,
smash up
,
smash-up
,
smashing
,
squeak by
,
strike
,
strike against
,
thrusting
,
touch
,
whomp
go to pieces
collapse
related words >
bite the dust
,
break
,
break up
,
canker
,
carry away
,
cave in
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come off
,
come undone
,
come unstuck
,
conk out
,
corrupt
,
crack
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
crumble to dust
,
decay
,
decline
,
decompose
,
disintegrate
,
droop
,
drop
,
fade
,
fail
,
faint
,
fall
,
fall into decay
,
fall off
,
fall to pieces
,
fester
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
flip
,
fly apart
,
gangrene
,
get loose
,
give out
,
give way
,
go bad
,
go downhill
,
go haywire
,
go into hysterics
,
go soft
,
hit the skids
,
languish
,
lose courage
,
lose self-control
,
mildew
,
mold
,
molder
,
mortify
,
necrose
,
peel off
,
peg out
,
peter out
,
pine
,
poop out
,
putrefy
,
putresce
,
rankle
,
rot
,
sink
,
sphacelate
,
spoil
,
spring apart
,
start
,
suppurate
,
topple
,
tumble
,
unravel
,
weaken
,
wear away
,
wear thin
,
wilt
,
yield
breakage
collapse
the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
the quantity broken; "the total breakage was huge"
related words >
abatement
,
agio
,
allowance
,
bank discount
,
bankruptcy
,
breach
,
break
,
breakdown
,
burst
,
cash discount
,
chain discount
,
charge-off
,
chip
,
cleft
,
collapse
,
concession
,
crack
,
crack-up
,
crippling
,
cut
,
damage
,
deduction
,
depreciation
,
destruction
,
detriment
,
dilapidation
,
disablement
,
discount
,
disrepair
,
drawback
,
encroachment
,
fissure
,
fracture
,
gap
,
harm
,
hobbling
,
hurt
,
hurting
,
impairment
,
incapacitation
,
infringement
,
injury
,
inroad
,
kickback
,
loss
,
maiming
,
mayhem
,
mischief
,
mutilation
,
penalty
,
penalty clause
,
percentage
,
premium
,
price reduction
,
price-cut
,
rebate
,
rebatement
,
reduction
,
refund
,
rent
,
rift
,
rip
,
rollback
,
ruination
,
ruinousness
,
rupture
,
sabotage
,
salvage
,
scale
,
scathe
,
setoff
,
sickening
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
splinter
,
split
,
spoiling
,
tare
,
tear
,
time discount
,
trade discount
,
tret
,
underselling
,
weakening
,
write-off
snapping
collapse
related words >
awfully
,
clack
,
click
,
crack
,
cracking
,
crackle
,
crackling
,
crepitant
,
crepitation
,
damned
,
decrepitation
,
dreadfully
,
extremely
,
hugely
,
rattling
,
sizzling
,
snap
,
spanking
,
spitting
,
whacking
,
whopping
concussion
collapse
any violent blow
injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
related words >
abrasion
,
appulse
,
beating
,
blemish
,
blow
,
break
,
brunt
,
buffeting
,
bulldozing
,
bulling
,
bump
,
burn
,
cannon
,
carambole
,
carom
,
chafe
,
check
,
chip
,
clash
,
clip
,
clout
,
collision
,
crack
,
crack-up
,
crackle
,
crash
,
craze
,
crump
,
crunch
,
cut
,
encounter
,
flash burn
,
fracture
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
gall
,
gash
,
hammering
,
hurt
,
impact
,
impingement
,
incision
,
injury
,
jar
,
jarring
,
jolt
,
jolting
,
laceration
,
lesion
,
mauling
,
meeting
,
mortal wound
,
mutilation
,
onslaught
,
percussion
,
pounding
,
puncture
,
ramming
,
rent
,
repercussion
,
rip
,
run
,
rupture
,
scald
,
scorch
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
scuff
,
second-degree burn
,
shaking
,
shock
,
sideswipe
,
slash
,
sledgehammering
,
smash
,
smash-up
,
smashing
,
sore
,
stab
,
stab wound
,
tear
,
third-degree burn
,
thrusting
,
trauma
,
whomp
,
wound
,
wounds immedicable
,
wrench
scoff at
collapse
related words >
affront
,
be merry with
,
break the law
,
call names
,
care naught for
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
defy
,
deride
,
despise
,
disdain
,
dishonor
,
disobey
,
disoblige
,
disregard
,
dump on
,
fleer at
,
flout
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
give offense to
,
go counter to
,
hold in derision
,
humiliate
,
hurl a brickbat
,
ignore
,
insult
,
jape
,
jeer at
,
jest
,
jibe at
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
laugh at
,
laugh to scorn
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
not conform
,
not heed
,
not keep
,
not listen
,
not mind
,
not observe
,
offend
,
outrage
,
play on words
,
poke fun at
,
pun
,
put down
,
quip
,
refuse to cooperate
,
ridicule
,
scintillate
,
scorn
,
scout
,
set at defiance
,
set at naught
,
set naught by
,
slight
,
slight over
,
sparkle
,
taunt
,
transgress
,
treat with contempt
,
treat with indignity
,
utter a mot
,
violate
,
wisecrack
riposte
collapse
(fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted"
related words >
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
advocate
,
allege in support
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
argue for
,
argument
,
assert
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
champion
,
come back
,
come back at
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
contend for
,
counter
,
counterstatement
,
crack
,
defend
,
defense
,
demurrer
,
denial
,
echo
,
epigram
,
espouse
,
evasive reply
,
exception
,
facetiae
,
flash back
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
give acknowledgment
,
give answer
,
happy thought
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
objection
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
plea
,
plead for
,
pleading
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
react
,
reaction
,
ready reply
,
rebut
,
rebuttal
,
receipt
,
reecho
,
refutation
,
refute
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
repartee
,
replication
,
reply
,
repost
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
retort
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
sally
,
say
,
say in defense
,
say in reply
,
scintillation
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snap back
,
snappy comeback
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
special demurrer
,
special pleading
,
stand up for
,
statement of defense
,
stick up for
,
stroke of wit
,
support
,
sustain
,
take the bait
,
talk back
,
turn of thought
,
uphold
,
urge reasons for
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
first-rate
collapse
quite well; "she doesn't feel first-rate today"
related words >
ace
,
admirable
,
crack
,
excellent
,
exceptional
,
extraordinary
,
fine
,
first-class
,
great
,
high-grade
,
matchless
,
outstanding
,
prime
,
remarkable
,
superb
,
superior
,
top
,
top-notch
,
unparalleled
,
unsurpassed
,
wizard
carom
collapse
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
make a carom
rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts"
related words >
appulse
,
backfire
,
backlash
,
backlashing
,
bang
,
bang into
,
boomerang
,
bounce
,
bounce back
,
bound
,
bound back
,
brunt
,
bulldozing
,
bulling
,
bump
,
bump into
,
cannon
,
cannon off
,
carambole
,
carom into
,
clash
,
collide
,
collision
,
come into collision
,
concuss
,
concussion
,
confront each other
,
contrecoup
,
crack up
,
crack-up
,
crash
,
crash into
,
crump
,
crunch
,
dap
,
dash into
,
encounter
,
fall foul of
,
fly back
,
foul
,
glance
,
graze
,
hammering
,
have repercussions
,
hit
,
hit against
,
hurt
,
hurtle
,
impact
,
impinge
,
impingement
,
kick
,
kick back
,
kickback
,
knock
,
knock against
,
lash back
,
mauling
,
meet
,
meeting
,
onslaught
,
percuss
,
percussion
,
ramming
,
rebound
,
rebuff
,
recalcitrate
,
recalcitration
,
recoil
,
repercuss
,
repercussion
,
repulse
,
resile
,
resilience
,
ricochet
,
run into
,
shock
,
sideswipe
,
skim
,
skip
,
slam into
,
sledgehammering
,
smack into
,
smash
,
smash into
,
smash up
,
smash-up
,
smashing
,
snap back
,
spring
,
spring back
,
strike
,
strike against
,
thrusting
,
whomp
pleasantry
collapse
an agreeable or amusing remark; "they exchange pleasantries"
related words >
Atticism
,
affability
,
agile wit
,
agreeability
,
agreeableness
,
amenity
,
amiability
,
amicability
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
badinage
,
banter
,
black humor
,
bliss
,
blissfulness
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliance
,
brilliant idea
,
burlesque
,
caricature
,
chaff
,
cleverness
,
comedy
,
compatibility
,
complaisance
,
conceit
,
congeniality
,
cordiality
,
crack
,
dry wit
,
enjoyableness
,
epigram
,
esprit
,
exchange
,
facetiae
,
facetiousness
,
farce
,
felicitousness
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
fooling
,
fooling around
,
funniness
,
geniality
,
gibe
,
give-and-take
,
good-natured banter
,
goodliness
,
goodness
,
graciousness
,
happy thought
,
harmless teasing
,
harmoniousness
,
humor
,
humorousness
,
irony
,
jape
,
jest
,
jive
,
jocoseness
,
jocularity
,
joke
,
joking
,
josh
,
joshing
,
keen-wittedness
,
keenness
,
kidding
,
kidding around
,
lampoon
,
mellifluousness
,
mellowness
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
niceness
,
nimble wit
,
nimble-wittedness
,
parody
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasance
,
pleasantness
,
pleasingness
,
pleasurability
,
pleasurableness
,
pleasure
,
pleasurefulness
,
pretty wit
,
pungency
,
quick wit
,
quick-wittedness
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
raillery
,
rallying
,
rapport
,
ready wit
,
repartee
,
retort
,
ridicule
,
riposte
,
sally
,
salt
,
saltiness
,
sarcasm
,
satire
,
savor of wit
,
scintillation
,
sharpness
,
slapstick
,
slapstick humor
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
smartness
,
snappy comeback
,
sport
,
squib
,
stroke of wit
,
subtle wit
,
sweetness
,
travesty
,
turn of thought
,
twit
,
visual humor
,
welcomeness
,
wisecrack
,
wit
,
witticism
,
wittiness
retort
collapse
a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
answer back
related words >
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
aerosol
,
alembic
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
anvil
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
atomizer
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
backfire
,
bon mot
,
boomerang
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
caldron
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come in
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
counter
,
counterattack
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
countercharge
,
counterfire
,
counterinsurgency
,
countermeasure
,
counterrevolution
,
counterstep
,
counterstroke
,
crack
,
crucible
,
defense
,
echo
,
engine
,
epigram
,
evaporator
,
evasive reply
,
exchange
,
facetiae
,
flash back
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gag
,
get back at
,
gibe
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give in exchange
,
give in return
,
give-and-take
,
happy thought
,
hit back at
,
interchange
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
lathe
,
machine
,
melting pot
,
mortar
,
mot
,
motor
,
nasty crack
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
react
,
reaction
,
ready reply
,
rebut
,
rebuttal
,
receipt
,
reciprocate
,
reciprocation
,
recoil
,
recrimination
,
reecho
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
repartee
,
replication
,
reply
,
repost
,
reprisal
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
retaliate
,
retaliation
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
revenge
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
riposte
,
sally
,
say
,
say in reply
,
scintillation
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
spray
,
still
,
strike back
,
stroke of wit
,
talk back
,
test tube
,
transducer
,
transformer
,
turn of thought
,
vaporizer
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
cauterize
collapse
burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
related words >
blaze
,
blister
,
brand
,
burn
,
burn in
,
burn off
,
cast
,
char
,
coal
,
crack
,
cupel
,
flame
,
found
,
oxidate
,
oxidize
,
parch
,
pyrolyze
,
scorch
,
sear
,
singe
,
solder
,
swinge
,
torrefy
,
vesicate
,
vulcanize
,
weld
fulminate
collapse
a salt or ester of fulminic acid
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated"
criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
related words >
backfire
,
bang
,
bark
,
blast
,
blow out
,
blow up
,
burst
,
bust
,
coal
,
crack
,
detonate
,
discharge
,
explode
,
feed
,
fill up
,
fire
,
fuel
,
fuel up
,
go off
,
let off
,
oil
,
pop
,
refuel
,
set off
,
shoot
,
stoke
,
top off
,
touch off
pileup
collapse
multiple collisions of vehicles
related words >
accident
,
blow
,
calamity
,
casualty
,
cataclysm
,
catastrophe
,
collision
,
contretemps
,
crack-up
,
crash
,
disaster
,
grief
,
ill hap
,
misadventure
,
mischance
,
misfortune
,
mishap
,
nasty blow
,
shipwreck
,
shock
,
smash
,
smashup
,
staggering blow
,
tragedy
,
wreck
peel off
collapse
take off, as with some difficulty; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt"
come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
peel off the outer layer of something
leave a formation
related words >
barnstorm
,
carry away
,
come apart
,
come off
,
come undone
,
come unstuck
,
control
,
copilot
,
crack up
,
disintegrate
,
drive
,
fall off
,
fall to pieces
,
fly
,
fly apart
,
get loose
,
give way
,
go to pieces
,
manipulate
,
pilot
,
solo
,
spring apart
,
start
,
unravel
subjoinder
collapse
related words >
Parthian shot
,
address
,
affirmation
,
allegation
,
answer
,
apostrophe
,
assertion
,
averment
,
comment
,
crack
,
declaration
,
dictum
,
exclamation
,
expression
,
greeting
,
interjection
,
mention
,
note
,
observation
,
phrase
,
position
,
pronouncement
,
question
,
reflection
,
remark
,
say
,
saying
,
sentence
,
statement
,
thought
,
utterance
,
word
jape
collapse
related words >
Parthian shot
,
back answer
,
badinage
,
banter
,
barrack
,
be merry with
,
belly laugh
,
blue story
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
comeback
,
crack
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
dig
,
dig at
,
dirty joke
,
dirty story
,
double entendre
,
drollery
,
dump
,
dump on
,
ethnic joke
,
exchange
,
fleer
,
fleer at
,
flout
,
foolery
,
fooling
,
fooling around
,
fun
,
funny story
,
gag
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
give-and-take
,
good one
,
good story
,
good-natured banter
,
harmless teasing
,
haze
,
howler
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jeer
,
jest
,
jestbook
,
jive
,
joke
,
jolly
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
kidding
,
kidding around
,
laugh
,
leg-pull
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
needle
,
panic
,
parting shot
,
persiflage
,
play
,
play on words
,
pleasantry
,
point
,
poke fun at
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
pun
,
put down
,
put on
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rag
,
rail at
,
raillery
,
rally
,
rallying
,
rank out
,
razz
,
revile
,
rib
,
rib tickler
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
riot
,
roast
,
rude reproach
,
scintillate
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scout
,
scream
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
sick joke
,
sidesplitter
,
sight gag
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
sparkle
,
sport
,
story
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
tease
,
twit
,
utter a mot
,
verbal thrust
,
visual joke
,
waggery
,
wheeze
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
wow
,
yak
,
yarn
vulcanize
collapse
subject to vulcanization; "vulcanized rubber"
undergo vulcanization; "vulcanize rubber"
related words >
blaze
,
blister
,
brand
,
burn
,
burn in
,
burn off
,
cast
,
cauterize
,
char
,
coal
,
crack
,
cupel
,
elasticize
,
flame
,
found
,
oxidate
,
oxidize
,
parch
,
pyrolyze
,
rubber
,
rubberize
,
scorch
,
sear
,
singe
,
solder
,
swinge
,
torrefy
,
vesicate
,
weld
mischance
collapse
related words >
accident
,
adversity
,
blow
,
calamity
,
casualty
,
cataclysm
,
catastrophe
,
collision
,
contretemps
,
crack-up
,
crash
,
disaster
,
grief
,
ill hap
,
misadventure
,
misfortune
,
mishap
,
nasty blow
,
pileup
,
shipwreck
,
shock
,
smash
,
smashup
,
staggering blow
,
tragedy
,
wreck
detonation
collapse
the act of detonating an explosive
related words >
backfire
,
bang
,
bark
,
blast
,
blowout
,
blowup
,
boom
,
bowshot
,
bullet
,
burst
,
cannon
,
crack
,
discharge
,
ejection
,
explosion
,
flare
,
flash
,
fulguration
,
fulmination
,
fusillade
,
gun
,
gunfire
,
gunshot
,
pop
,
potshot
,
report
,
salvo
,
shot
,
spray
,
stoneshot
,
tattoo
,
volley
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