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flying jib martingale
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chock
collapse
a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"
support on chocks; "chock the boat"
secure with chocks
related words >
arrest
,
bar
,
barricade
,
bearing rein
,
bit
,
block
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bolt
,
brake
,
brim
,
chain
,
charge
,
check
,
checkrein
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clog
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
congest
,
constrict
,
countercheck
,
cram
,
crowd
,
curb
,
curb bit
,
damper
,
debar
,
dog
,
doorstop
,
drag
,
drag sail
,
drift anchor
,
drift sail
,
drogue
,
fetter
,
fill
,
fill to overflowing
,
fill up
,
freight
,
holdback
,
jam
,
jam-pack
,
lade
,
load
,
lock
,
martingale
,
obstruct
,
occlude
,
overfill
,
pack
,
pad
,
pelham
,
ram in
,
remora
,
satiate
,
saturate
,
scotch
,
sea anchor
,
shackle
,
shut off
,
shut out
,
shut tight
,
snaffle
,
spoke
,
squeeze
,
squeeze shut
,
stay
,
stifle
,
stop
,
stop up
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
stuff
,
suffocate
,
supercharge
,
surfeit
,
top off
,
trammel
,
wad
,
weight
ponder
collapse
related words >
appraise
,
back down
,
balance
,
be abstracted
,
brood
,
brood over
,
chaw
,
chew over
,
chew the cud
,
cogitate
,
con over
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
deliberate over
,
deliberate upon
,
demur
,
digest
,
dwell
,
evaluate
,
excogitate
,
falter
,
fear
,
hang back
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
introspect
,
jib
,
meditate
,
meditate upon
,
mind
,
mull over
,
muse
,
muse on
,
muse over
,
pause
,
perpend
,
play around with
,
play with
,
ponder over
,
pull back
,
reason
,
reflect
,
reflect over
,
retreat
,
revolve
,
roll
,
ruminate
,
ruminate over
,
run over
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
speculate
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
study
,
think
,
think over
,
think twice about
,
toy with
,
turn over
,
weigh
,
withdraw
,
yield
scuttlebutt
collapse
related words >
bruit
,
buzz
,
canard
,
common talk
,
cry
,
flying rumor
,
gossip
,
grapevine
,
hearsay
,
idea afloat
,
latrine rumor
,
news stirring
,
on-dit
,
report
,
roorback
,
rumble
,
rumor
,
talk
,
town talk
,
unconfirmed report
,
whisper
blinders
collapse
related words >
authoritarianism
,
back band
,
backstrap
,
bearing rein
,
bellyband
,
bigotry
,
bit
,
blind side
,
blind spot
,
blindfold
,
blinds
,
blinkers
,
breeching
,
bridle
,
caparison
,
cavesson
,
checkrein
,
cheekpiece
,
chinband
,
cinch
,
closed mind
,
collar
,
cramped ideas
,
crownband
,
crupper
,
curb
,
eye patch
,
fanaticism
,
gag swivel
,
girth
,
hackamore
,
halter
,
hames
,
hametugs
,
harness
,
headgear
,
headstall
,
hideboundness
,
hip straps
,
illiberality
,
insularism
,
insularity
,
jaquima
,
jerk line
,
lines
,
little-mindedness
,
littleness
,
martingale
,
mean mind
,
meanness
,
narrow sympathies
,
narrow views
,
narrow-mindedness
,
narrowness
,
nearsightedness
,
noseband
,
odium theologicum
,
parochialism
,
pettiness
,
petty mind
,
pole strap
,
provincialism
,
purblindness
,
reins
,
ribbons
,
saddle
,
shaft tug
,
shortsightedness
,
shut mind
,
side check
,
smallness
,
snaffle
,
straitlacedness
,
stuffiness
,
surcingle
,
tack
,
tackle
,
trappings
,
tug
,
uncatholicity
,
winker braces
,
yoke
hydroplane
collapse
glide on the water in a hydroplane
related words >
aeroboat
,
aeroplane
,
airlift
,
airplane
,
amphibian
,
balloon
,
be airborne
,
boat seaplane
,
clipper
,
cruise
,
drift
,
ferry
,
flit
,
floatplane
,
fly
,
flying boat
,
glide
,
hop
,
hover
,
jet
,
navigate
,
sail
,
sailplane
,
seaplane
,
soar
,
take the air
,
take wing
,
volplane
,
waterplane
,
wing
seaplane
collapse
an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane"
related words >
aeroboat
,
aeroplane
,
airlift
,
airplane
,
amphibian
,
balloon
,
be airborne
,
boat seaplane
,
clipper
,
cruise
,
drift
,
ferry
,
flit
,
floatplane
,
fly
,
flying boat
,
glide
,
hop
,
hover
,
hydroplane
,
jet
,
navigate
,
sail
,
sailplane
,
soar
,
take the air
,
take wing
,
volplane
,
waterplane
,
wing
Jupiter Fulgur
collapse
an epithet for Jupiter
related words >
Thor
,
ball lightning
,
bolt
,
bolt of lightning
,
chain lightning
,
dark lightning
,
fireball
,
firebolt
,
flying flame
,
forked lightning
,
fulguration
,
fulmination
,
levin bolt
,
lightning
,
oak-cleaving thunderbolts
,
sheet lightning
,
stroke of lightning
,
thunderball
,
thunderbolt
,
thunderstroke
blench
collapse
related words >
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
avoid
,
blanch
,
bleach
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cringe
,
decolor
,
decolorize
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
funk
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have a misery
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hurt
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pound
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shoot
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
smart
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
suffer
,
swerve
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
turn aside
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
white
,
wince
,
writhe
sheer off
collapse
related words >
about the bush
,
avert
,
avoid
,
bear off
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blench
,
blink
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fence
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
jib
,
make way for
,
move aside
,
parry
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
switch
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer off
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
damper
collapse
a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"
a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
related words >
acoustic tile
,
andiron
,
antiknock
,
arrest
,
baffler
,
bearing rein
,
bit
,
brake
,
chain
,
check
,
checkrein
,
chill
,
chock
,
clog
,
coal tongs
,
cold water
,
countercheck
,
crane
,
crepehanger
,
crook
,
curb
,
curb bit
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampener
,
determent
,
deterrent
,
discouragement
,
doorstop
,
drag
,
drag sail
,
drift anchor
,
drift sail
,
drogue
,
fetter
,
fire hook
,
fire tongs
,
firedog
,
gag
,
grate
,
grating
,
grid
,
griddle
,
gridiron
,
grill
,
griller
,
holdback
,
hushcloth
,
killjoy
,
lifter
,
martingale
,
muffle
,
muffler
,
mute
,
muzzle
,
pelham
,
pessimist
,
poker
,
pothook
,
quietener
,
remora
,
salamander
,
scotch
,
sea anchor
,
shackle
,
silence cloth
,
silencer
,
snaffle
,
soft pedal
,
sordine
,
sordino
,
sound-absorbing material
,
soundproofing
,
soundproofing insulation
,
sourdine
,
spit
,
spoilsport
,
spoke
,
stay
,
stop
,
tongs
,
trammel
,
tripod
,
trivet
,
turnspit
,
wet blanket
sail
collapse
a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"
travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"
related words >
aeroplane
,
airlift
,
airplane
,
balloon
,
balloon sail
,
batten
,
be airborne
,
be effortless
,
be painless
,
boat
,
boltrope
,
breeze
,
canoe
,
canvas
,
carry sail
,
circumnavigate
,
clew
,
cloth
,
coast
,
course
,
cringle
,
cross
,
crossing
,
crowd of sail
,
cruise
,
dart
,
drift
,
earing
,
embark
,
ferry
,
fleet
,
flit
,
float
,
flow
,
fly
,
fly-by-night
,
flying kites
,
foot
,
fore gaff-topsail
,
fore topgallant sail
,
fore-and-aft sail
,
fore-skysail
,
fore-topmast staysail
,
fore-topsail
,
foreroyal
,
foresail
,
forestaysail
,
galley
,
get under way
,
ghost
,
give no trouble
,
glide
,
glissade
,
go by ship
,
go easily
,
go like clockwork
,
go off soundings
,
go on shipboard
,
go to sea
,
have way upon
,
head
,
hop
,
hover
,
hydroplane
,
ice-skate
,
jenny
,
jet
,
jib
,
jigger
,
leech
,
leg
,
leg-of-mutton sail
,
loose-footed sail
,
luff
,
lug
,
main gaff-topsail
,
main royal
,
main skysail
,
main-royal staysail
,
main-topsail
,
mainsail
,
make a passage
,
mizzen
,
mizzen skysail
,
mizzen staysail
,
mizzen-royal staysail
,
mizzen-topgallant sail
,
moonraker
,
moonsail
,
motorboat
,
muslin
,
navigate
,
ocean trip
,
parachute spinnaker
,
passage
,
pilot
,
plain sail
,
plane
,
plow the deep
,
ply
,
present no difficulties
,
press of sail
,
push off
,
put off
,
put to sea
,
rag
,
reduced sail
,
reef
,
reef point
,
reefed sail
,
ride
,
ride the sea
,
roll
,
roller-skate
,
row
,
royal
,
run
,
run smoothly
,
sail away
,
sail round
,
sail the sea
,
sailboat
,
sailing boat
,
sailing cruiser
,
sailing ship
,
sailing vessel
,
sailplane
,
scud
,
scull
,
sea trip
,
seafare
,
seaplane
,
set sail
,
shakedown cruise
,
shoot
,
shove off
,
sideslip
,
skate
,
skateboard
,
ski
,
skid
,
skim
,
skyscraper
,
sled
,
sleigh
,
slide
,
slip
,
slither
,
soar
,
spanker
,
spinnaker
,
spitfire
,
square sail
,
staysail
,
steam
,
steamboat
,
steer
,
stern staysail
,
storm trysail
,
sweep
,
take a voyage
,
take the air
,
take wing
,
tall ship
,
toboggan
,
topsail
,
traverse
,
trysail
,
volplane
,
voyage
,
waft
,
walk the waters
,
windboat
,
windjammer
,
windship
,
wing
,
work well
,
yacht
flinch
collapse
draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
related words >
avoid
,
avoidance
,
be startled
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cower
,
cringe
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
duck
,
elude
,
escape
,
eschew
,
evade
,
evasion
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fallback
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
funk
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
jib
,
jump
,
jump a mile
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pullback
,
pullout
,
quail
,
recede
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shrink from
,
shun
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
startle
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
swerve
,
turn aside
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
gadabout
collapse
a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship
related words >
Ahasuerus
,
Ancient Mariner
,
Argonaut
,
Flying Dutchman
,
Goliard
,
Odysseus
,
Oisin
,
Ossian
,
Ulysses
,
bird of passage
,
drifter
,
floater
,
gad
,
go-about
,
itinerant
,
mover
,
peregrinator
,
peregrine
,
peripatetic
,
rambler
,
roamer
,
rolling stone
,
rover
,
runabout
,
straggler
,
stroller
,
strolling player
,
troubadour
,
visitant
,
wanderer
,
wandering minstrel
,
wandering scholar
roamer
collapse
related words >
Ahasuerus
,
Ancient Mariner
,
Argonaut
,
Flying Dutchman
,
Goliard
,
Odysseus
,
Oisin
,
Ossian
,
Ulysses
,
bird of passage
,
drifter
,
floater
,
gad
,
gadabout
,
go-about
,
itinerant
,
mover
,
peregrinator
,
peregrine
,
peripatetic
,
rambler
,
rolling stone
,
rover
,
runabout
,
straggler
,
stroller
,
strolling player
,
troubadour
,
visitant
,
wanderer
,
wandering minstrel
,
wandering scholar
runabout
collapse
related words >
Ahasuerus
,
Ancient Mariner
,
Argonaut
,
Flying Dutchman
,
Goliard
,
Odysseus
,
Oisin
,
Ossian
,
Ulysses
,
bird of passage
,
drifter
,
floater
,
gad
,
gadabout
,
go-about
,
itinerant
,
mover
,
peregrinator
,
peregrine
,
peripatetic
,
rambler
,
roamer
,
rolling stone
,
rover
,
straggler
,
stroller
,
strolling player
,
troubadour
,
visitant
,
wanderer
,
wandering minstrel
,
wandering scholar
rambler
collapse
a person whose speech or writing is not well organized
a person who takes long walks in the country
related words >
Ahasuerus
,
Ancient Mariner
,
Argonaut
,
Flying Dutchman
,
Goliard
,
Odysseus
,
Oisin
,
Ossian
,
Ulysses
,
bird of passage
,
drifter
,
floater
,
gad
,
gadabout
,
go-about
,
itinerant
,
mover
,
peregrinator
,
peregrine
,
peripatetic
,
roamer
,
rolling stone
,
rover
,
runabout
,
straggler
,
stroller
,
strolling player
,
troubadour
,
visitant
,
wanderer
,
wandering minstrel
,
wandering scholar
Ulysses
collapse
(Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus
related words >
Ahasuerus
,
Ancient Mariner
,
Argonaut
,
Flying Dutchman
,
Goliard
,
Odysseus
,
Oisin
,
Ossian
,
bird of passage
,
drifter
,
floater
,
gad
,
gadabout
,
go-about
,
itinerant
,
mover
,
peregrinator
,
peregrine
,
peripatetic
,
rambler
,
roamer
,
rolling stone
,
rover
,
runabout
,
straggler
,
stroller
,
strolling player
,
troubadour
,
visitant
,
wanderer
,
wandering minstrel
,
wandering scholar
stickle
collapse
dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)
related words >
abrupt
,
arduous
,
back down
,
balance
,
balk
,
blench
,
boggle
,
contend
,
contend for
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
die hard
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight for
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
gag
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hold out
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
kick
,
make bones about
,
not budge
,
object
,
pause
,
persevere
,
ponder
,
precipitate
,
precipitous
,
protest
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sideling
,
stall
,
stand out
,
stand pat
,
stick
,
stick at
,
stickle for
,
stipulate for
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
strive for
,
struggle for
,
stumble
,
take no denial
,
think twice about
,
vie for
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
social climbing
collapse
related words >
ambition
,
ambitious
,
ambitiousness
,
aspiring
,
careerism
,
careerist
,
careeristic
,
climbing
,
high-flying
,
high-reaching
,
lofty ambition
,
magnanimity
,
on the make
,
power-hunger
,
power-hungry
,
sky-aspiring
,
status-seeking
,
vaulting ambition
fugacious
collapse
related words >
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
evanescent
,
fading
,
fickle
,
fleeting
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugitive
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
inconstant
,
insubstantial
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
nonpermanent
,
passing
,
perishable
,
short-lived
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
undurable
,
unenduring
,
unstable
,
volatile
nonpermanent
collapse
related words >
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
evanescent
,
fading
,
fickle
,
fleeting
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugacious
,
fugitive
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
inconstant
,
insubstantial
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
passing
,
perishable
,
short-lived
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
undurable
,
unenduring
,
unstable
,
volatile
undurable
collapse
related words >
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
evanescent
,
fading
,
fickle
,
fleeting
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugacious
,
fugitive
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
inconstant
,
insubstantial
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
nonpermanent
,
passing
,
perishable
,
short-lived
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
unenduring
,
unstable
,
volatile
last minute
collapse
related words >
belatedness
,
cursory
,
deathbed
,
eleventh hour
,
eleventh-hour
,
expeditious
,
festinate
,
feverish
,
flying
,
furious
,
hasty
,
high time
,
hurried
,
immediate
,
instant
,
late hour
,
lateness
,
later
,
on the spot
,
passing
,
prompt
,
quick
,
slap-bang
,
slapdash
,
small hours
,
snap
,
speedy
,
superficial
,
swift
,
tardiness
,
unpreparedness
,
unpunctuality
,
unreadiness
,
untimeliness
,
urgent
echelon
collapse
a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
a body of troops arranged in a line
related words >
battle array
,
caste
,
class
,
close formation
,
condition
,
deployment
,
disposition
,
file
,
footing
,
formation
,
formation flying
,
hierarchy
,
open order
,
order
,
order of battle
,
place
,
position
,
power structure
,
precedence
,
queue
,
rank
,
rate
,
rating
,
row
,
sphere
,
stage
,
standing
,
station
,
status
,
string
,
tier
sweepstakes
collapse
a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
related words >
Academy Award
,
Derby
,
Kentucky Derby
,
Nobel Prize
,
Oscar
,
Preakness Stakes
,
award
,
betting system
,
bingo
,
booby prize
,
card games
,
chase
,
chuck and toss
,
chuck farthing
,
chuck-a-luck
,
class lottery
,
consolation prize
,
crack-loo
,
crap game
,
crap shooting
,
craps
,
daily double
,
double-or-nothing
,
draft lottery
,
drawing
,
exacta
,
fan-tan
,
first prize
,
flat race
,
grab bag
,
handicap
,
handicap race
,
harness race
,
hazard
,
horse race
,
horse racing
,
hurdle race
,
interest lottery
,
jackpot
,
keno
,
lottery
,
lotto
,
martingale
,
number lottery
,
numbers pool
,
pari-mutuel
,
perfecta
,
pinball
,
pitch and toss
,
plate race
,
policy
,
prize
,
purse race
,
quarter-horse race
,
quinella
,
raffle
,
reward
,
rouge et noir
,
roulette
,
second prize
,
shell game
,
stake
,
stake race
,
steeplechase
,
superfecta
,
sweep
,
sweeps
,
sweepstake
,
the numbers
,
the numbers game
,
tombola
,
tontine
,
trente-et-quarante
,
trotting race
perishable
collapse
food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated
liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay; "this minute and perishable planet"; "perishable foods such as butter and fruit"
related words >
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
evanescent
,
fading
,
fickle
,
fleeting
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugacious
,
fugitive
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
inconstant
,
insubstantial
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
nonpermanent
,
passing
,
short-lived
,
subject to death
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
undurable
,
unenduring
,
unstable
,
volatile
inside track
collapse
a favorable position in a competition; "the boss's son had the inside track for that job"
the inner side of a curved racecourse
related words >
advantage
,
bulge
,
coign of vantage
,
drag
,
drop
,
edge
,
favor
,
flying start
,
head start
,
interest
,
jump
,
odds
,
pull
,
running start
,
something extra
,
something in reserve
,
special favor
,
start
,
suction
,
upper hand
,
vantage
,
vantage ground
,
vantage point
,
whip hand
short lived
collapse
related words >
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
evanescent
,
fading
,
fickle
,
fleeting
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugacious
,
fugitive
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
inconstant
,
insubstantial
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
nonpermanent
,
passing
,
perishable
,
short-term
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
undurable
,
unenduring
,
unstable
,
volatile
loftily
collapse
in a lofty manner; "she bore herself loftily"
related words >
Olympianly
,
aloofly
,
arrogantly
,
bombastically
,
condescendingly
,
contemptuously
,
contumeliously
,
disdainfully
,
flatulently
,
grandiloquently
,
grandiosely
,
grandly
,
gravely
,
haughtily
,
imperiously
,
imposingly
,
magisterially
,
magniloquently
,
majestically
,
nobly
,
ostentatiously
,
patronizingly
,
pompously
,
pretentiously
,
proudly
,
regally
,
royally
,
sedately
,
showily
,
soberly
,
solemnly
,
stately
,
stiltedly
,
superciliously
,
toploftily
,
tumidly
,
turgidly
,
venerably
,
windily
,
with arms akimbo
,
with dignity
,
with flying colors
,
worthily
merry-go-round
collapse
a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose); "if we lose the election the whole legislative merry-go-round will have to start over"
related words >
Ferris wheel
,
carousel
,
chute-the-chutes
,
chutes
,
disk
,
flying horses
,
mad round
,
roller
,
roller coaster
,
rolling stone
,
rotator
,
rotor
,
round of pleasure
,
roundabout
,
rundle
,
seesaw
,
swing
,
teeter-totter
,
the dizzy rounds
,
the rounds
,
top
,
wheel
,
whip
,
whirl
,
whirlabout
,
whirler
,
whirligig
back down
collapse
related words >
abjure
,
back off
,
back out
,
backpedal
,
backtrack
,
backwater
,
balance
,
balk
,
beat a retreat
,
beg off
,
break off combat
,
cave in
,
cease resistance
,
climb down
,
crawfish out
,
cry off
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
deny
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disengage
,
disown
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
fall back
,
falter
,
fear
,
forswear
,
give ground
,
give in
,
give place
,
give up
,
give way
,
go back
,
go back on
,
hang back
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold back
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
move back
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
quit the field
,
recall
,
recant
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
resile
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
revoke
,
run back
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
stand back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
swallow
,
take back
,
think twice about
,
unsay
,
weasel out
,
welsh
,
withdraw
,
yield
avoid
collapse
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
related words >
abstain
,
abstain from
,
avert
,
be stuck-up
,
bilk
,
blench
,
blink
,
circumvent
,
cringe
,
debar
,
deflect
,
divert
,
do without
,
dodge
,
double
,
draw back
,
duck
,
elude
,
escape
,
eschew
,
evade
,
exclude
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
forbear
,
forbid
,
forgo
,
give place to
,
hang back
,
hold aloof
,
hold aloof from
,
hold back
,
jib
,
keep aloof
,
keep away from
,
keep clear of
,
keep from
,
keep hands off
,
keep off
,
keep remote from
,
leave alone
,
let alone
,
let go by
,
make way for
,
never touch
,
not meddle with
,
not touch
,
obviate
,
pass up
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
refrain
,
refrain from
,
retreat
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shun
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
spare
,
stand aloof
,
stand aloof from
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stay detached from
,
steer clear of
,
swerve
,
turn aside
,
turn away from
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withhold
wince
collapse
a reflex response to sudden pain
the facial expression of sudden pain
make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"
related words >
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
avoid
,
avoidance
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cower
,
cringe
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
duck
,
evade
,
evasion
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fallback
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
funk
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have a misery
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hurt
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pound
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pullback
,
pullout
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer
,
sheer off
,
shoot
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
smart
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
suffer
,
swerve
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
withdraw
,
writhe
overpower
collapse
overcome by superior force
related words >
amaze
,
be strong
,
bear down
,
beat
,
best
,
conquer
,
crush
,
daze
,
deck
,
defeat
,
drown out
,
dumbfound
,
floor
,
jam
,
master
,
nonplus
,
outroar
,
outshout
,
overcome
,
overmaster
,
overmatch
,
overset
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
overwhelm
,
pack a punch
,
prevail
,
put down
,
quell
,
send flying
,
shout down
,
silence
,
stagger
,
strike
,
stun
,
stupefy
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
surmount
,
trip
,
trip up
,
upset
,
vanquish
,
whelm
,
worst
fosse
collapse
related words >
abri
,
approach trench
,
aqueduct
,
bunker
,
canal
,
canalization
,
channel
,
communication trench
,
countermine
,
coupure
,
crimp
,
cut
,
dike
,
ditch
,
double sap
,
dugout
,
entrenchment
,
fire trench
,
flying sap
,
fortified tunnel
,
foxhole
,
gallery
,
goffer
,
gutter
,
ha-ha
,
kennel
,
mine
,
moat
,
parallel
,
pleat
,
sap
,
slit trench
,
sunk fence
,
trench
,
trough
,
tunnel
startle
collapse
a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
related words >
affright
,
alarm
,
alert
,
amaze
,
arouse
,
astonish
,
astound
,
awe
,
awestrike
,
be startled
,
bedaze
,
bedazzle
,
bewilder
,
boggle
,
bolt
,
bowl down
,
bowl over
,
confound
,
cry havoc
,
cry wolf
,
curdle the blood
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
discombobulate
,
discompose
,
dismay
,
disquiet
,
disturb
,
dumbfound
,
dumbfounder
,
electrify
,
fight shy
,
flabbergast
,
flinch
,
fly storm warnings
,
fright
,
frighten
,
funk
,
horripilate
,
jar
,
jib
,
jolt
,
jump
,
jump a mile
,
make one tremble
,
overwhelm
,
panic
,
paralyze
,
perplex
,
perturb
,
petrify
,
raise apprehensions
,
scare
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shock
,
shy
,
skedaddle
,
sound the alarm
,
sound the tocsin
,
spook
,
spring
,
stagger
,
stampede
,
start
,
start aside
,
strike dead
,
strike dumb
,
strike with wonder
,
stun
,
stupefy
,
surprise
,
take aback
,
terrify
,
terrorize
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unsettle
,
unstring
,
upset
,
warn
fall back
collapse
retreat
fall backwards and down
have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
related words >
avoid
,
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
back up
,
backslide
,
beat a retreat
,
blench
,
blink
,
come after
,
come last
,
cringe
,
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
disengage
,
disimprove
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall
,
fall again into
,
fall astern
,
fall behind
,
fall from grace
,
flinch
,
follow
,
get worse
,
give back
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
grow worse
,
hang back
,
have a relapse
,
jib
,
lag behind
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
let down
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
quail
,
recidivate
,
recoil
,
recur to
,
reel back
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return to
,
revert
,
revert to
,
run back
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sicken
,
sidestep
,
sink back
,
slacken
,
slide back
,
slip back
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
swerve
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
turn aside
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
worsen
,
yield again to
winged
collapse
very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"
having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury";
related words >
agile
,
breakneck
,
dashing
,
double-quick
,
eagle-winged
,
expeditious
,
express
,
fast
,
fleet
,
flying
,
galloping
,
hair-trigger
,
hasty
,
headlong
,
hustling
,
light of heel
,
light-footed
,
lively
,
mercurial
,
nimble
,
nimble-footed
,
precipitate
,
prompt
,
quick
,
quick as lightning
,
quick as thought
,
rapid
,
reckless
,
running
,
snappy
,
spanking
,
speedy
,
swift
galloping
collapse
that are running rapidly; "surrounded by galloping horses"
related words >
agile
,
breakneck
,
dashing
,
double-quick
,
eagle-winged
,
expeditious
,
express
,
fast
,
fleet
,
flying
,
hair-trigger
,
hasty
,
headlong
,
hustling
,
light of heel
,
light-footed
,
lively
,
mercurial
,
nimble
,
nimble-footed
,
precipitate
,
prompt
,
quick
,
quick as lightning
,
quick as thought
,
rapid
,
reckless
,
running
,
snappy
,
spanking
,
speedy
,
swift
,
winged
fly-by-night
collapse
a debtor who flees to avoid paying
ephemeral; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"
of businesses and businessmen of questionable honesty; "a fly-by-night operation"
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