Related Words:
- seesaw
collapse - a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
- move up and down as if on a seesaw related words >
- Ferris wheel,
- Lissajous figure,
- alternate,
- alternately,
- alternation,
- back and fill,
- back and forth,
- back-and-forth,
- backward and forward,
- backwards and forwards,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- cant,
- carousel,
- chute-the-chutes,
- chutes,
- coaction,
- come and go,
- coming and going,
- complementary distribution,
- concurrence,
- cooperation,
- ebb and flow,
- engagement,
- flounder,
- fluctuate,
- flux and reflux,
- flying horses,
- go through phases,
- hitch and hike,
- in and out,
- incline,
- interaction,
- interchange,
- intercommunication,
- intercourse,
- interlacing,
- intermeshing,
- interplay,
- intertwining,
- interweaving,
- interworking,
- lean,
- list,
- lurch,
- merry-go-round,
- mesh,
- meshing,
- metronome,
- mutatis mutandis,
- off and on,
- oscillate,
- oscillator,
- pass and repass,
- pendulate,
- pendulum,
- pitch,
- quid pro quo,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocally,
- reciprocate,
- reciprocation,
- reciprocative,
- rhythmic play,
- ride and tie,
- ring the changes,
- rock,
- rocker,
- rocking chair,
- rocking stone,
- roll,
- roller coaster,
- round and round,
- roundabout,
- seesawing,
- shift,
- shuffle,
- shuttle,
- shuttlecock,
- shuttlewise,
- sine wave,
- stagger,
- swag,
- sway,
- swing,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- teeter-tottering,
- teeterboard,
- teetering,
- teetery-bender,
- tilt,
- tilter,
- tit for tat,
- to and fro,
- to-and-fro,
- totter,
- tottering,
- turn,
- up and down,
- up-and-down,
- ups and downs,
- vacillate,
- vary,
- vibrator,
- vice versa,
- waver,
- wax and wane,
- whip,
- whirligig,
- wibble-wabble,
- wigwag,
- wobble,
- yaw,
- zigzag
- botch
collapse
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" related words >
- anamorphosis,
- bad job,
- bad likeness,
- bat out,
- be all thumbs,
- bevue,
- bitch up,
- blight,
- blow,
- blunder,
- blunder away,
- blunder into,
- blunder on,
- blunder upon,
- bobble,
- boggle,
- bollix,
- bonehead play,
- boner,
- boo-boo,
- botchery,
- bugger up,
- bumble,
- bungle,
- bungling,
- burlesque,
- butcher,
- caricature,
- clumsy performance,
- cobble,
- commit a gaffe,
- confuse,
- dash off,
- daub,
- destroy,
- disorder,
- distortion,
- do anyhow,
- do by halves,
- do carelessly,
- do offhand,
- dub,
- error,
- etourderie,
- fake up,
- faux pas,
- fiasco,
- flounder,
- flub,
- fluff,
- flunk,
- foozle,
- fudge up,
- fumble,
- gaffe,
- gaucherie,
- goof up,
- gum up,
- haphazardness,
- hash,
- indiscretion,
- jury-rig,
- knock off,
- knock out,
- knock together,
- lash up,
- loose ends,
- louse up,
- lumber,
- make a blunder,
- make a misstep,
- mangle,
- mar,
- mess,
- mess up,
- messiness,
- misconduct,
- miscue,
- misdraw,
- mishandle,
- mismanage,
- mispaint,
- misspeak,
- mistake,
- mix-up,
- muck,
- muck up,
- mucker,
- muddle,
- muff,
- mull,
- murder,
- muss,
- mutilate,
- off day,
- parody,
- patch,
- patch together,
- patch up,
- play havoc with,
- play hell with,
- pound out,
- rough out,
- roughcast,
- roughhew,
- ruin,
- sad work,
- scratch,
- screw up,
- scribble,
- shambles,
- slap up,
- slapdash,
- slip,
- slipshoddiness,
- slipshodness,
- sloppiness,
- slovenliness,
- slovenly performance,
- slovenry,
- sluttishness,
- solecism,
- spoil,
- stumble,
- stupidity,
- throw off,
- throw together,
- tinker,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- toss together,
- travesty,
- trifle with,
- trip,
- untidiness,
- washout,
- whomp up,
- wreck
- reel
collapse
- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
- a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- music composed for dancing a reel
- wind onto or off a reel related words >
- Charybdis,
- Chinese windlass,
- Spanish windlass,
- avoid,
- be drunk,
- be intoxicated,
- blench,
- blink,
- blunder,
- bob,
- bobble,
- call off,
- capstan,
- careen,
- career,
- centrifugate,
- centrifuge,
- coggle,
- crab,
- crank,
- crank in,
- cringe,
- dangle,
- dizzy round,
- dodge,
- draw back,
- draw in,
- draw taut,
- duck,
- eddy,
- enumerate,
- evade,
- fade,
- fall back,
- falter,
- flinch,
- flounce,
- flounder,
- fluctuate,
- flutter,
- gurge,
- gyre,
- hang back,
- heave,
- hobbyhorse,
- itemize,
- jib,
- labor,
- librate,
- list,
- lurch,
- maelstrom,
- make heavy weather,
- name,
- nutate,
- oscillate,
- pass out,
- pendulate,
- pirouette,
- pitch,
- pitch and plunge,
- pitch and toss,
- plunge,
- pound,
- pull back,
- pull in,
- purl,
- quail,
- rat race,
- rear,
- recite,
- recoil,
- reel back,
- reel in,
- reel off,
- resonate,
- retreat,
- review,
- rock,
- roll,
- round,
- run over,
- run through,
- scend,
- see double,
- seethe,
- shake,
- sheer off,
- shrink,
- shrink back,
- shy,
- sidestep,
- spin,
- stagger,
- stammer,
- start aside,
- start back,
- struggle,
- stumble,
- surge,
- swag,
- sway,
- swerve,
- swim,
- swing,
- swinging,
- swirl,
- tackle,
- tauten,
- teeter,
- thrash about,
- tighten,
- topple,
- toss,
- toss and tumble,
- toss and turn,
- totter,
- trim,
- tumble,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- twirl,
- vacillate,
- vibrate,
- volutation,
- vortex,
- wag,
- waggle,
- wallop,
- wallow,
- wave,
- waver,
- weasel,
- weasel out,
- weave,
- welter,
- wheel,
- whirl,
- whirligig,
- whirlpool,
- whirlwind,
- wince,
- winch,
- wind in,
- windlass,
- wobble,
- yaw
- wallop
collapse
- a severe blow
- defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!" related words >
- bang,
- bash,
- baste,
- bastinado,
- bat,
- batter,
- beat,
- belabor,
- belt,
- biff,
- birch,
- blast,
- blunder,
- bonk,
- boot,
- bop,
- buffet,
- bump,
- cane,
- careen,
- career,
- clap,
- clash,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clout,
- club,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- collision,
- cowhide,
- crack,
- crash,
- cudgel,
- cut,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- dress down,
- drub,
- falter,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- flagellate,
- flail,
- flap,
- flax,
- flog,
- flounce,
- flounder,
- fustigate,
- give a dressing-down,
- give a whipping,
- give the stick,
- hammer,
- hide,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- horsewhip,
- jab,
- jar,
- jolt,
- kick,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- knout,
- labor,
- lace,
- lambaste,
- larrup,
- lash,
- lather,
- lay on,
- leather,
- let have it,
- lick,
- lurch,
- maul,
- paddle,
- paste,
- patter,
- pelt,
- percussion,
- pistol-whip,
- pitch,
- pitch and plunge,
- plunge,
- plunk,
- poke,
- pommel,
- pound,
- pulverize,
- pummel,
- punch,
- rap,
- rawhide,
- reel,
- rock,
- roll,
- scourge,
- seethe,
- shellac,
- shock,
- slam,
- sledgehammer,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smite,
- snap,
- soak,
- sock,
- spank,
- stagger,
- strap,
- strike,
- strike at,
- stripe,
- struggle,
- stumble,
- swat,
- sway,
- swing,
- swinge,
- swipe,
- switch,
- tan,
- thrash,
- thrash about,
- thresh,
- thump,
- thwack,
- toss,
- toss and tumble,
- toss and turn,
- totter,
- trim,
- trounce,
- truncheon,
- tumble,
- wallow,
- welt,
- welter,
- whack,
- whale,
- wham,
- whip,
- whop,
- yerk
- yaw
collapse
- an erratic deflection from an intended course
- swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"
- deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship" related words >
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- about ship,
- back and fill,
- bank,
- bear away,
- bear off,
- bear to starboard,
- beat,
- beat about,
- bend,
- bias,
- box off,
- branching off,
- break,
- bring about,
- bring round,
- cant,
- cant round,
- cast,
- cast about,
- change course,
- change the heading,
- circuitousness,
- come about,
- corner,
- crab,
- crook,
- curve,
- declination,
- deflection,
- departure,
- detour,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- deviation,
- deviousness,
- digression,
- dip,
- discursion,
- divagation,
- divarication,
- divergence,
- diversion,
- dogleg,
- double,
- double a point,
- drift,
- drift off course,
- drifting,
- drive,
- errantry,
- excursion,
- excursus,
- exorbitation,
- fall down,
- feather,
- fetch about,
- fetch away,
- fishtail,
- flounder,
- gape,
- go about,
- gybe,
- hairpin,
- heave,
- heave round,
- hobbyhorse,
- horizontal axis,
- indirection,
- jibe,
- jibe all standing,
- loop,
- lurch,
- make heavy weather,
- make leeway,
- miss stays,
- obliquity,
- pay off,
- pererration,
- pitch,
- pitch and toss,
- plow,
- plunge,
- ply,
- porpoise,
- pound,
- pull out,
- pull up,
- push down,
- put about,
- put back,
- rambling,
- rear,
- reel,
- rock,
- roll,
- round a point,
- sag,
- scend,
- sheer,
- shift,
- shifting,
- shifting course,
- shifting path,
- sideslip,
- skew,
- skid,
- slant,
- slew,
- spin,
- spiral,
- straying,
- stunt,
- swag,
- sway,
- sweep,
- swerve,
- swerving,
- swing,
- swing round,
- swing the stern,
- swinging,
- tack,
- throw about,
- tilt,
- tilter,
- toss,
- toss and tumble,
- tumble,
- turn,
- turn back,
- turning,
- twist,
- undulate,
- variation,
- veer,
- wallow,
- wandering,
- warp,
- wear,
- wear ship,
- welter,
- wind,
- yaw off,
- zigzag
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