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in a dither
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dote
collapse
shower with love; show excessive affection for; "Grandmother dotes on her the twins"
be foolish or senile due to old age
related words >
adore
,
babble
,
be fond of
,
be insane
,
be stupid
,
blather
,
blither
,
burble
,
coddle
,
dither
,
drivel
,
drool
,
enjoy
,
fancy
,
have a demon
,
hold dear
,
idolize
,
indulge
,
like
,
love
,
make much of
,
maunder
,
pamper
,
rage
,
ramble
,
rant
,
rave
,
run amok
,
run mad
,
slaver
,
slobber
,
spoil
,
wander
,
worship
rictus
collapse
a gaping grimace
related words >
bob
,
bobble
,
bounce
,
bump
,
didder
,
dither
,
falter
,
grimace
,
jar
,
jerk
,
jig
,
jigget
,
jiggle
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
moue
,
mow
,
pout
,
quake
,
quaver
,
quiver
,
shake
,
shiver
,
shock
,
shudder
,
snarl
,
tic
,
tremble
,
tremor
,
twitch
,
twitter
,
wobble
,
wry face
,
wry mouth
burble
collapse
related words >
babble
,
be stupid
,
blather
,
blither
,
blubber
,
boil
,
boil over
,
bubble
,
bubble over
,
bubble up
,
chatter
,
clack
,
dither
,
dote
,
drivel
,
drool
,
effervesce
,
ferment
,
fizz
,
fizzle
,
gabble
,
guggle
,
gurgle
,
hiss
,
lap
,
maunder
,
plash
,
plop
,
prattle
,
purl
,
rattle
,
ripple
,
run on
,
seethe
,
simmer
,
slobber
,
slosh
,
sparkle
,
splash
,
swash
,
swish
,
trill
,
wash
,
work
,
yak
,
yammer
think twice
collapse
consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
be careful
,
be cautious
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dither
,
falter
,
fear
,
go on tiptoe
,
hang back
,
hang in doubt
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make haste slowly
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
take it easy
,
think twice about
,
tiptoe
,
vacillate
,
walk on eggshells
,
withdraw
,
yield
heebie jeebies
collapse
related words >
all-overs
,
blue Johnnies
,
blue devils
,
cold shivers
,
cold sweat
,
dither
,
dithers
,
jimjams
,
jitters
,
jumps
,
pink elephants
,
pink spiders
,
quivers
,
shakes
,
shivers
,
snakes
,
sweat
,
the beezie-weezies
,
the heebie-jeebies
,
the jimjams
,
the screaming meemies
,
the shakes
,
trembles
,
willies
jiggle
collapse
move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"
related words >
agitate
,
bob
,
bobble
,
bounce
,
bump
,
didder
,
dither
,
falter
,
fidget
,
flick
,
flip
,
flirt
,
flounce
,
grimace
,
have the fidgets
,
hitch
,
itch
,
jar
,
jerk
,
jig
,
jigger
,
jigget
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
pluck
,
quake
,
quaver
,
quiver
,
rictus
,
shake
,
shiver
,
shock
,
shudder
,
snake
,
snatch
,
start
,
sudden pull
,
tic
,
tremble
,
tremor
,
tweak
,
twitch
,
twitter
,
vellicate
,
wiggle
,
wobble
,
wrench
,
wriggle
,
yank
,
yerk
swivet
collapse
related words >
befuddlement
,
bewilderment
,
bother
,
botheration
,
chaos
,
cloud
,
confusion
,
daze
,
discombobulation
,
discomfiture
,
discomposure
,
disconcertion
,
disorder
,
disorganization
,
disorientation
,
disturbance
,
dither
,
embarrassment
,
flap
,
flummox
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flusteration
,
flustration
,
flutter
,
fog
,
foofaraw
,
frenzy
,
fret
,
fuddle
,
fuddlement
,
fume
,
fuss
,
haze
,
jumble
,
lather
,
maze
,
mess
,
mist
,
muddle
,
muddlement
,
perplexity
,
perturbation
,
pother
,
pucker
,
ruffle
,
shuffle
,
stew
,
sweat
,
tizzy
,
twitter
,
twitteration
,
unsettlement
,
upset
tizzy
collapse
related words >
befuddlement
,
bewilderment
,
bother
,
botheration
,
chaos
,
cloud
,
confusion
,
daze
,
discombobulation
,
discomfiture
,
discomposure
,
disconcertion
,
disorder
,
disorganization
,
disorientation
,
disturbance
,
dither
,
embarrassment
,
flap
,
flummox
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flusteration
,
flustration
,
flutter
,
fog
,
foofaraw
,
frenzy
,
fret
,
fuddle
,
fuddlement
,
fume
,
fuss
,
haze
,
jumble
,
lather
,
maze
,
mess
,
mist
,
muddle
,
muddlement
,
opposite
,
perplexity
,
perturbation
,
pother
,
pucker
,
ruffle
,
shuffle
,
stew
,
sweat
,
swivet
,
twitter
,
twitteration
,
unsettlement
,
upset
talk nonsense
collapse
related words >
babble
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blather
,
blether
,
bull
,
bullshit
,
chat
,
chatter
,
clack
,
clatter
,
dither
,
drivel
,
drool
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
go on
,
gossip
,
gush
,
haver
,
jabber
,
jaw
,
natter
,
palaver
,
patter
,
piffle
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prattle
,
ramble on
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
run on
,
spout
,
spout off
,
talk away
,
talk on
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
vapor
,
waffle
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
horripilate
collapse
cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me"
have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps; "I horripilate when I see violence on television"
related words >
affright
,
alarm
,
be cold
,
boss
,
chatter
,
chill
,
coarsen
,
curdle the blood
,
didder
,
disquiet
,
dither
,
freeze
,
freeze to death
,
fright
,
frighten
,
funk
,
gnarl
,
granulate
,
grow cold
,
have a chill
,
have goose pimples
,
knob
,
lose heat
,
make one tremble
,
perish with cold
,
pimple
,
quake
,
quiver
,
raise apprehensions
,
rough
,
rough up
,
roughen
,
scare
,
shake
,
shiver
,
shudder
,
spook
,
stagger
,
startle
,
stud
,
tremble
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstring
fluctuate
collapse
be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
bob
,
bobble
,
careen
,
change
,
chop and change
,
coggle
,
dangle
,
dither
,
ebb and flow
,
equivocate
,
flounder
,
flutter
,
go through phases
,
intermit
,
lack regularity
,
librate
,
lurch
,
nutate
,
oscillate
,
pendulate
,
pitch
,
recur
,
reel
,
resonate
,
return
,
reverse
,
ring the changes
,
rock
,
roll
,
seesaw
,
shake
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shuffle
,
stagger
,
swag
,
sway
,
swing
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
tergiversate
,
toss
,
totter
,
turn
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
vibrate
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wave
,
waver
,
wax and wane
,
wobble
shilly shally
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
change
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
debate
,
delay
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dillydally
,
dither
,
drag
,
equivocate
,
falter
,
fear
,
flag
,
fluctuate
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
oscillate
,
pause
,
pendulate
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shift
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
tarry
,
teeter
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
totter
,
trail
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waste time
,
waver
,
withdraw
,
wobble
,
yield
blow hot and cold
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
change
,
chop and change
,
choplogic
,
dither
,
dodge
,
ebb and flow
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
flounder
,
fluctuate
,
go through phases
,
hedge
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
oscillate
,
palter
,
parry
,
pendulate
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
ring the changes
,
seesaw
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
stagger
,
sway
,
swing
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
tergiversate
,
totter
,
turn
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waver
,
wax and wane
,
wobble
tergiversate
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
apostatize
,
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
change
,
choplogic
,
come round
,
desert
,
dither
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
fluctuate
,
have second thoughts
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
oscillate
,
palter
,
parry
,
pendulate
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
rat
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
teeter
,
totter
,
turn
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waffle
,
waver
,
weasel
,
wheel
,
wobble
oscillate
collapse
move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
be here again
,
bob
,
bobble
,
careen
,
change
,
circle
,
coggle
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around
,
come round
,
come round again
,
come up again
,
cycle
,
dangle
,
dither
,
ebb and flow
,
equivocate
,
flounder
,
fluctuate
,
flutter
,
go through phases
,
hem and haw
,
intermit
,
librate
,
lurch
,
nutate
,
pendulate
,
pitch
,
pulsate
,
pulse
,
reappear
,
recur
,
reel
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
resonate
,
return
,
revolve
,
ring the changes
,
rock
,
roll
,
roll around
,
rotate
,
seesaw
,
shake
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shuffle
,
stagger
,
swag
,
sway
,
swing
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
tergiversate
,
toss
,
totter
,
turn
,
undulate
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
vibrate
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wave
,
waver
,
wax and wane
,
wheel
,
wheel around
,
wobble
natter
collapse
related words >
babble
,
babblement
,
bavardage
,
bibble-babble
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blah-blah
,
blather
,
blether
,
blethers
,
cackle
,
caquet
,
caqueterie
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chitter-chatter
,
clack
,
clatter
,
dither
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
go on
,
gossip
,
guff
,
gush
,
haver
,
hot air
,
idle talk
,
jabber
,
jaw
,
mere talk
,
nonsense talk
,
palaver
,
patter
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prating
,
prattle
,
prittle-prattle
,
ramble on
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
run on
,
spout
,
spout off
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
talkee-talkee
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
waffle
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
all overs
collapse
related words >
agitation
,
angst
,
anxiety
,
anxiety hysteria
,
anxiety neurosis
,
anxious bench
,
anxious concern
,
anxious seat
,
anxiousness
,
apprehension
,
apprehensiveness
,
cankerworm of care
,
care
,
cold shivers
,
cold sweat
,
concern
,
concernment
,
disquiet
,
disquietude
,
distress
,
disturbance
,
dither
,
dithers
,
doubt
,
dread
,
fear
,
foreboding
,
forebodingness
,
heebie-jeebies
,
inquietude
,
jimjams
,
jitters
,
jumps
,
malaise
,
misgiving
,
nervous strain
,
nervous tension
,
nervousness
,
overanxiety
,
perturbation
,
pins and needles
,
pucker
,
qualm
,
qualmishness
,
quivers
,
shakes
,
shivers
,
solicitude
,
stew
,
strain
,
suspense
,
sweat
,
tension
,
trembles
,
trouble
,
uneasiness
,
unquietness
,
upset
,
vexation
,
willies
,
zeal
slobber
collapse
related words >
asperge
,
babble
,
be insane
,
be stupid
,
bedew
,
bespatter
,
besprinkle
,
blather
,
blither
,
burble
,
dabble
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dash
,
dew
,
dither
,
dote
,
douche
,
dribble
,
drivel
,
drool
,
expectorate
,
expectoration
,
flattering tongue
,
foam
,
froth
,
gush
,
have a demon
,
hawk
,
hose
,
hose down
,
humect
,
humectate
,
humidify
,
insincerity
,
irrigate
,
maunder
,
moisten
,
mouth-watering
,
oiliness
,
paddle
,
ptyalism
,
rage
,
ramble
,
rant
,
rave
,
run amok
,
run mad
,
saliva
,
salivate
,
salivation
,
sialagogue
,
slabber
,
slaver
,
slop
,
slosh
,
smarm
,
sparge
,
spatter
,
spew
,
spit
,
spittle
,
splash
,
splatter
,
sponge
,
spray
,
sprinkle
,
sputum
,
swash
,
syringe
,
that flattering unction
,
unction
,
unctuousness
,
wander
,
water
,
wet
,
wet down
jitters
collapse
extreme nervousness
related words >
agitation
,
all-overs
,
apprehension
,
apprehensiveness
,
bluster
,
bobbery
,
boil
,
boiling
,
brouhaha
,
bustle
,
churn
,
cold shivers
,
cold sweat
,
commotion
,
conturbation
,
discomposure
,
disorder
,
disquiet
,
disquietude
,
disturbance
,
dither
,
dithers
,
ebullition
,
embroilment
,
excitement
,
ferment
,
fermentation
,
fever
,
feverishness
,
fidgets
,
flap
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flutteration
,
foment
,
fume
,
fuss
,
heebie-jeebies
,
hubbub
,
hurly-burly
,
inquietude
,
jimjams
,
jumpiness
,
jumps
,
maelstrom
,
malaise
,
moil
,
nerves
,
nerviness
,
nervosity
,
nervousness
,
perturbation
,
queasiness
,
quivers
,
restlessness
,
roil
,
rout
,
row
,
seethe
,
seething
,
shakes
,
shivers
,
skittishness
,
stir
,
sweat
,
swirl
,
to-do
,
trembles
,
trepidation
,
trepidity
,
tumult
,
tumultuation
,
turbidity
,
turbulence
,
turmoil
,
twitter
,
unease
,
uneasiness
,
unrest
,
upset
,
willies
waffle
collapse
pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
related words >
babble
,
back and fill
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blather
,
blether
,
blintz
,
buckwheat cake
,
bull
,
bullshit
,
chat
,
chatter
,
cheese blintz
,
clack
,
clatter
,
crepe
,
dither
,
dodge
,
drivel
,
drool
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
flapcake
,
flapjack
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
go on
,
gossip
,
griddlecake
,
gush
,
haver
,
hem and haw
,
hot cake
,
hum and haw
,
jabber
,
jaw
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
natter
,
palacsinta
,
palaver
,
palter
,
pancake
,
parry
,
patter
,
piffle
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prattle
,
prevaricate
,
ramble on
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
run on
,
sidestep
,
spout
,
spout off
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
tergiversate
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
vapor
,
weasel
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
linger
collapse
take one's time; proceed slowly
remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"
related words >
abide
,
amble
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
carry on
,
cease not
,
continue
,
crawl
,
creep
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
dither
,
doodle
,
drag
,
drag along
,
drag on
,
drift
,
dwell on
,
elaborate
,
endure
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
flag
,
get behind
,
go along
,
go on
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hang back
,
hang on
,
harp on
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold steady
,
hold your horses
,
idle
,
jog on
,
keep going
,
keep on
,
labor
,
lag
,
linger behind
,
linger on
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
mark time
,
mope
,
mosey
,
muck
,
never cease
,
pause
,
persevere
,
persist
,
piddle
,
poke
,
procrastinate
,
put off
,
remain
,
run on
,
shilly-shally
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
slog on
,
stagger on
,
stay
,
stay on
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
straggle
,
stroll
,
survive
,
take time
,
tarry
,
temporize
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
waste time
,
wear on
teeter
collapse
move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
related words >
Lissajous figure
,
alternate
,
alternation
,
back and fill
,
back-and-forth
,
balance
,
battledore and shuttlecock
,
change
,
come and go
,
coming and going
,
cower
,
dither
,
dodder
,
ebb and flow
,
equivocate
,
falter
,
flounder
,
fluctuate
,
flux and reflux
,
go through phases
,
halt
,
hitch and hike
,
limp
,
lurch
,
metronome
,
oscillate
,
oscillator
,
pass and repass
,
pendulate
,
pendulum
,
quiver
,
reciprocate
,
reciprocation
,
rhythmic play
,
ride and tie
,
ring the changes
,
rock
,
rocker
,
rocking chair
,
rocking stone
,
seesaw
,
seesawing
,
shake
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shuffle
,
shuttle
,
shuttlecock
,
sine wave
,
stagger
,
stammer
,
stumble
,
sway
,
swing
,
teeter-totter
,
teeter-tottering
,
teeterboard
,
teetering
,
teetery-bender
,
tergiversate
,
to-and-fro
,
topple
,
totter
,
tottering
,
tremble
,
turn
,
ups and downs
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
vibrator
,
waver
,
wax and wane
,
weave
,
wibble-wabble
,
wigwag
,
wobble
,
zigzag
equivocate
collapse
related words >
about the bush
,
alternate
,
around the bush
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
be untruthful
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
change
,
choplogic
,
deceive
,
dither
,
dodge
,
double-talk
,
draw the longbow
,
duck
,
elude
,
escape
,
eschew
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
exaggerate
,
falsify
,
fence
,
fib
,
fluctuate
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
lie
,
lie flatly
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mislead
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
oscillate
,
palter
,
parry
,
pendulate
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
skirt
,
speak falsely
,
split hairs
,
step aside
,
story
,
stretch the truth
,
swerve
,
teeter
,
tell a lie
,
tergiversate
,
totter
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
waver
,
weasel
,
wobble
fidget
collapse
a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"
related words >
chafe
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dither
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
fidgetiness
,
finger with
,
flip out
,
flirt
,
flutter
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
freak out on
,
fret
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
fuss
,
fuss-budget
,
fusspot
,
get high on
,
glow
,
go pitapat
,
have the fidgets
,
have the jitters
,
have the shakes
,
heave
,
heebie-jeebies
,
horse around
,
idle
,
itch
,
itchiness
,
jerk
,
jerk off
,
jig
,
jigger
,
jigget
,
jiggle
,
jitter
,
kid around
,
loiter
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
nervousness
,
palpitate
,
pant
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter
,
putter
,
quake
,
quaver
,
quiver
,
restlessness
,
shake
,
shiver
,
shuffle
,
smatter
,
squirm
,
swell
,
swell with emotion
,
thrill
,
thrill to
,
throb
,
tingle
,
tingle with excitement
,
tinker
,
toss
,
toss and turn
,
toy
,
toy with
,
tremble
,
trifle
,
tumble
,
turn on to
,
twiddle
,
twist and turn
,
twitch
,
twitter
,
uneasiness
,
vellicate
,
wiggle
,
wriggle
,
writhe
hesitate
collapse
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
related words >
alternate
,
back down
,
balance
,
balk
,
be dilatory
,
blench
,
boggle
,
call a recess
,
debate
,
delay
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dither
,
equivocate
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
fluctuate
,
fumble
,
gain time
,
halt
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hang in doubt
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
haver
,
haw
,
hem
,
hem and haw
,
hold back
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
let up
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
mammer
,
pause
,
play for time
,
ponder
,
procrastinate
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recess
,
recoil
,
rest
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink from
,
shy
,
shy at
,
splutter
,
sputter
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stammer
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
stutter
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
tergiversate
,
think twice
,
think twice about
,
vacillate
,
wait
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
back and fill
collapse
related words >
about ship
,
alternate
,
battledore and shuttlecock
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
box off
,
break
,
bring about
,
bring round
,
cant
,
cant round
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change
,
change course
,
change the heading
,
come about
,
come and go
,
dither
,
double a point
,
ebb and flow
,
equivocate
,
fetch about
,
flounder
,
fluctuate
,
go about
,
go through phases
,
gybe
,
heave round
,
hitch and hike
,
jibe
,
jibe all standing
,
miss stays
,
oscillate
,
pass and repass
,
pendulate
,
ply
,
reciprocate
,
ride and tie
,
ring the changes
,
round a point
,
seesaw
,
sheer
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shuffle
,
shuttle
,
shuttlecock
,
slew
,
stagger
,
sway
,
swerve
,
swing
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
tack
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
tergiversate
,
throw about
,
to-and-fro
,
totter
,
turn
,
turn back
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
veer
,
waver
,
wax and wane
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
wibble-wabble
,
wigwag
,
wind
,
wobble
,
yaw
,
zigzag
jaw
collapse
holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
related words >
abuse
,
babble
,
bark at
,
baste
,
bat the breeze
,
bazoo
,
beat the gums
,
berate
,
betongue
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blacken
,
blather
,
blether
,
carpet
,
chaps
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chin
,
chops
,
clack
,
clatter
,
dither
,
embouchure
,
execrate
,
fulminate against
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
go on
,
gob
,
gossip
,
gush
,
haver
,
jabber
,
jaws
,
jowls
,
kisser
,
lip
,
lips
,
load with reproaches
,
mandibles
,
maw
,
maxilla
,
mouth
,
mug
,
mush
,
muzzle
,
natter
,
oral cavity
,
palaver
,
patter
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prattle
,
premaxilla
,
rag
,
rail
,
rail at
,
ramble on
,
rate
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
rave against
,
reel off
,
revile
,
run on
,
sass
,
sauce
,
shoot the breeze
,
spiel
,
spout
,
spout off
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
thunder against
,
tittle-tattle
,
tongue-lash
,
trap
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
upbraid
,
vilify
,
vituperate
,
waffle
,
wig
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
,
yap
,
yell at
,
yelp at
foofaraw
collapse
related words >
ado
,
agitation
,
bluster
,
bother
,
bravery
,
brawl
,
broil
,
brouhaha
,
cacophony
,
chaos
,
chiffon
,
clinquant
,
coil
,
commotion
,
disturbance
,
dither
,
donnybrook
,
donnybrook fair
,
dustup
,
ebullition
,
embroilment
,
fanaticism
,
ferment
,
festoons
,
finery
,
flap
,
fluster
,
flusteration
,
flustration
,
flutter
,
folderol
,
fomentation
,
fracas
,
free-for-all
,
frenzy
,
fret
,
frilliness
,
frilling
,
frills
,
frills and furbelows
,
frippery
,
froufrou
,
fume
,
furor
,
furore
,
fury
,
fuss
,
gaiety
,
gaudery
,
gilding
,
gilt
,
gingerbread
,
hassle
,
helter-skelter
,
hubbub
,
hurrah
,
lather
,
melee
,
pandemonium
,
passion
,
paste
,
pell-mell
,
pinchbeck
,
pother
,
pucker
,
racket
,
rage
,
rampage
,
riot
,
rough-and-tumble
,
roughhouse
,
row
,
ruckus
,
ruction
,
rumpus
,
scramble
,
shindy
,
stew
,
stir
,
storminess
,
superfluity
,
swivet
,
tempestuousness
,
tinsel
,
tizzy
,
to-do
,
trappings
,
trickery
,
trouble
,
trumpery
,
tumult
,
tumultuousness
,
turbulence
,
turmoil
,
twitter
,
twitteration
,
uproar
,
upset
,
wildness
,
zeal
,
zealousness
shudder
collapse
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
related words >
bang
,
be cold
,
bob
,
bobble
,
boot
,
bounce
,
bump
,
charge
,
chatter
,
chill
,
convulse
,
convulsion
,
didder
,
disquiet
,
disquietude
,
dither
,
dithers
,
falter
,
fidgetiness
,
fidgets
,
flush
,
flutter
,
freeze
,
freeze to death
,
grimace
,
grow cold
,
gyrate
,
have a chill
,
have an ague
,
have goose pimples
,
heaving
,
horripilate
,
hustle
,
inquietude
,
jactitate
,
jar
,
jerk
,
jig
,
jigget
,
jiggle
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jollies
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
jounce
,
jump
,
kick
,
lift
,
lose heat
,
palpitation
,
panting
,
paroxysm
,
perish with cold
,
pitapat
,
pitter-patter
,
quake
,
quaking
,
quaver
,
quavering
,
quiver
,
quivering
,
rattle
,
restlessness
,
rictus
,
rush
,
rush of emotion
,
sensation
,
shake
,
shakes
,
shaking
,
shimmy
,
shiver
,
shivers
,
shock
,
spasm
,
surge of emotion
,
thrill
,
throb
,
throbbing
,
tic
,
tingle
,
tingling
,
titillation
,
tremble
,
trembling
,
tremor
,
tremor of excitement
,
trepidation
,
trepidity
,
twitch
,
twitter
,
unrest
,
vibrate
,
vibration
,
wobble
in a stew
collapse
related words >
abashed
,
abroad
,
adrift
,
agitated
,
all-overish
,
antsy
,
antsy-pantsy
,
anxious
,
anxioused up
,
apprehensive
,
astray
,
at sea
,
balled-up
,
bewildered
,
bothered
,
breathless
,
chafing
,
chaotic
,
clueless
,
concerned
,
confused
,
discomposed
,
disconcerted
,
dismayed
,
disordered
,
disorganized
,
disoriented
,
disquieted
,
distracted
,
distraught
,
disturbed
,
eager
,
edgy
,
embarrassed
,
excited
,
fearful
,
flustered
,
fluttered
,
foreboding
,
fretful
,
fretting
,
fussed
,
guessing
,
hasty
,
hopped-up
,
impatient
,
impetuous
,
in a bother
,
in a dither
,
in a ferment
,
in a fix
,
in a flurry
,
in a fluster
,
in a flutter
,
in a foofaraw
,
in a huff
,
in a jumble
,
in a lather
,
in a maze
,
in a pet
,
in a pickle
,
in a pother
,
in a pucker
,
in a quiver
,
in a scrape
,
in a sweat
,
in a swivet
,
in a temper
,
in a tizzy
,
in a turmoil
,
in a twitter
,
in an uproar
,
jumbled
,
lost
,
mazed
,
misgiving
,
mixed-up
,
nervous
,
off the track
,
on edge
,
on tenterhooks
,
overanxious
,
overapprehensive
,
perplexed
,
perturbed
,
put-out
,
rattled
,
restive
,
restless
,
ruffled
,
shaken
,
shook
,
shuffled
,
solicitous
,
squirming
,
squirmy
,
strained
,
suspenseful
,
tense
,
troubled
,
turned around
,
uneasy
,
unpatient
,
unquiet
,
unsettled
,
upset
,
without a clue
,
zealous
quake
collapse
related words >
apoplexy
,
be cold
,
bob
,
bobble
,
bounce
,
breakup
,
bump
,
cataclysm
,
chatter
,
chill
,
climax
,
convulsion
,
diastrophism
,
didder
,
disaster
,
dither
,
earthquake
,
falter
,
fidget
,
fit
,
flip out
,
fluctuate
,
flutter
,
freak out on
,
freeze
,
freeze to death
,
get high on
,
glow
,
go pitapat
,
grimace
,
grow cold
,
have a chill
,
have an ague
,
have goose pimples
,
have the fidgets
,
have the shakes
,
heave
,
horripilate
,
hustle
,
jactitate
,
jar
,
jerk
,
jig
,
jigget
,
jiggle
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
jounce
,
jump
,
lose heat
,
overthrow
,
palpitate
,
pant
,
paroxysm
,
perish with cold
,
quaker
,
quaver
,
quiver
,
rictus
,
shake
,
shake all over
,
shiver
,
shock
,
shudder
,
spasm
,
squirm
,
stagger
,
stroke
,
swell
,
swell with emotion
,
temblor
,
thrill
,
thrill to
,
throb
,
tic
,
tidal wave
,
tingle
,
tingle with excitement
,
toss
,
toss and turn
,
tremble
,
trembler
,
tremblor
,
tremor
,
tsunami
,
tumble
,
turn on to
,
twist and turn
,
twitch
,
twitter
,
upheaval
,
vibrate
,
waver
,
wiggle
,
wobble
,
wriggle
,
writhe
pour forth
collapse
related words >
articulate
,
babble
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blather
,
blether
,
blow out
,
breathe
,
cast forth
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chime
,
chorus
,
clack
,
clatter
,
come out with
,
communicate
,
convey
,
debouch
,
decant
,
deliver
,
discharge
,
disclose
,
disembogue
,
disgorge
,
dither
,
ejaculate
,
emit
,
enunciate
,
eruct
,
erupt
,
exhaust
,
expel
,
express
,
extravasate
,
fling off
,
formulate
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
give
,
give expression
,
give out with
,
give tongue
,
give utterance
,
give voice
,
go on
,
gossip
,
gush
,
haver
,
impart
,
jabber
,
jaw
,
jet
,
let out
,
lip
,
natter
,
out with
,
outpour
,
palaver
,
patter
,
phonate
,
phrase
,
pour
,
pour out
,
prate
,
prattle
,
present
,
pronounce
,
put forth
,
put in words
,
raise
,
ramble on
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
run on
,
say
,
send forth
,
send out
,
set forth
,
sound
,
spew
,
spout
,
spout off
,
spurt
,
squirt
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
tell
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
utter
,
verbalize
,
vocalize
,
voice
,
waffle
,
whisper
,
word
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
grimace
collapse
a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect"
contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
related words >
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
blanch
,
blench
,
bob
,
bobble
,
bounce
,
bump
,
contort
,
declaim
,
deform
,
didder
,
disapprove of
,
distort
,
dither
,
face
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
frown
,
gloom
,
glower
,
ham
,
ham it up
,
have a misery
,
hurt
,
jar
,
jerk
,
jig
,
jigget
,
jiggle
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
knit the brow
,
long face
,
look askance at
,
look black
,
look sullen
,
lower
,
make a face
,
make a lip
,
make a moue
,
make a mouth
,
misshape
,
mop
,
mop and mow
,
moue
,
mouth
,
mouthing
,
mow
,
mug
,
out-herod Herod
,
overact
,
overdramatize
,
pound
,
pout
,
pull a face
,
quake
,
quaver
,
quiver
,
rant
,
recoil
,
revolt at
,
rictus
,
roar
,
scowl
,
shake
,
shiver
,
shock
,
shoot
,
show distaste for
,
shrink
,
shrink from
,
shudder
,
shudder at
,
smart
,
snarl
,
spout
,
suffer
,
thrill
,
throb
,
throw away
,
tic
,
tingle
,
tremble
,
tremor
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
twitter
,
underact
,
wince
,
wobble
,
writhe
,
wry face
,
wry mouth
waver
collapse
the act of moving back and forth
someone who communicates by waving
sway to and fro
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
beat
,
beating
,
bicker
,
blench
,
bob
,
bobble
,
boggle
,
careen
,
change
,
coggle
,
dance
,
dangle
,
demur
,
dither
,
ebb and flow
,
equivocate
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
flap
,
flick
,
flicker
,
flinch
,
flip
,
flit
,
flitter
,
flop
,
flounder
,
fluctuate
,
flutter
,
go pitapat
,
go through phases
,
gutter
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
librate
,
lurch
,
make bones about
,
nutate
,
oscillate
,
palpitate
,
palpitation
,
palter
,
pause
,
pendulate
,
pitapat
,
pitch
,
pitter-patter
,
play
,
pull back
,
pulse
,
quail
,
quiver
,
recoil
,
reel
,
resonate
,
ring the changes
,
rock
,
roll
,
scruple
,
seesaw
,
shake
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
shy at
,
slat
,
splutter
,
sputter
,
stagger
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
swag
,
sway
,
swing
,
swinging
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
tergiversate
,
throb
,
toss
,
totter
,
trim
,
turn
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
vibrate
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wave
,
wax and wane
,
whiffle
,
wince
,
wobble
vacillate
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
bob
,
bobble
,
careen
,
change
,
changeable
,
chop and change
,
coggle
,
dally
,
dallying
,
dangle
,
demurring
,
dickey
,
dillydallying
,
dither
,
double-minded
,
doubtful
,
doubting
,
ebb and flow
,
eccentric
,
equivocate
,
erratic
,
falter
,
faltering
,
fickle
,
fiddle-faddle
,
flounder
,
fluctuant
,
fluctuate
,
fluctuating
,
flutter
,
go through phases
,
halt
,
halting
,
hang in doubt
,
hem and haw
,
hesitant
,
hesitate
,
hesitating
,
inconstant
,
indecisive
,
insecure
,
irresolute
,
librate
,
lurch
,
mercurial
,
nutate
,
oscillate
,
oscillating
,
pendulate
,
pendulous
,
pitch
,
reel
,
resonate
,
ring the changes
,
rock
,
roll
,
rootless
,
seesaw
,
shake
,
shaky
,
shift
,
shifting
,
shilly-shally
,
shilly-shallying
,
shuffle
,
stagger
,
stop to consider
,
swag
,
sway
,
swing
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
tentative
,
tergiversate
,
think twice
,
timid
,
toss
,
totter
,
turn
,
uncertain
,
unresolved
,
unsettled
,
unstable
,
unsteady
,
unsure
,
vacillating
,
vacillatory
,
vary
,
vibrate
,
volatile
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wave
,
waver
,
wavering
,
wax and wane
,
weak
,
weak-kneed
,
whiffle
,
wigwag
,
wobble
,
wobbly
drool
collapse
saliva spilling from the mouth
related words >
absurdity
,
amphigory
,
babble
,
babblement
,
balderdash
,
baloney
,
be insane
,
be stupid
,
bibble-babble
,
blabber
,
blather
,
blither
,
bombast
,
bull
,
bullshit
,
burble
,
bushwa
,
claptrap
,
dither
,
dote
,
double-talk
,
dribble
,
drivel
,
expectorate
,
expectoration
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fiddledeedee
,
flummery
,
foam
,
folderol
,
froth
,
fudge
,
fustian
,
gabble
,
galimatias
,
gammon
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibberish
,
gibble-gabble
,
gobbledygook
,
guff
,
have a demon
,
hawk
,
hocus-pocus
,
hot air
,
humbug
,
jabber
,
jargon
,
jazz
,
maunder
,
mouth-watering
,
mumbo jumbo
,
narrishkeit
,
niaiserie
,
nonsense
,
pack of nonsense
,
palaver
,
piffle
,
prate
,
prattle
,
ptyalism
,
rage
,
ramble
,
rant
,
rattle
,
rave
,
rhapsodize
,
rhapsody
,
rigamarole
,
rigmarole
,
rodomontade
,
rubbish
,
run amok
,
run mad
,
saliva
,
salivate
,
salivation
,
sialagogue
,
skimble-skamble
,
slabber
,
slaver
,
slobber
,
spew
,
spit
,
spittle
,
sputum
,
stuff and nonsense
,
stultiloquence
,
talk nonsense
,
trash
,
trumpery
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
twiddle-twaddle
,
vapor
,
vaporing
,
waffle
,
waffling
,
wander
,
water
tittle tattle
collapse
related words >
babble
,
babblement
,
back-fence gossip
,
backchat
,
bavardage
,
be closeted with
,
beauty-parlor chitchat
,
bibble-babble
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blah-blah
,
blather
,
blether
,
blethers
,
cackle
,
caquet
,
caqueterie
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chitchat
,
chitter-chatter
,
clack
,
clatter
,
cocktail-party chitchat
,
coze
,
dither
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gam
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
go on
,
gossip
,
gossiping
,
gossipmongering
,
gossipry
,
groundless rumor
,
guff
,
gush
,
haver
,
hot air
,
idle chat
,
idle talk
,
jabber
,
jaw
,
make conversation
,
mere talk
,
natter
,
newsmongering
,
nonsense talk
,
palaver
,
patter
,
piece of gossip
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prating
,
prattle
,
prittle-prattle
,
ramble on
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
retail gossip
,
run on
,
small talk
,
spout
,
spout off
,
story
,
table talk
,
tale
,
talebearing
,
taletelling
,
talk
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
talkee-talkee
,
tattle
,
tea-table talk
,
tell idle tales
,
tete-a-tete
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
visit
,
waffle
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
frantic
collapse
excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye"
related words >
Dionysiac
,
abandoned
,
agitated
,
amok
,
anarchic
,
angry
,
at fever pitch
,
bacchic
,
bellowing
,
berserk
,
blustering
,
blusterous
,
blustery
,
carried away
,
chaotic
,
confused
,
corybantic
,
delirious
,
demoniac
,
desperate
,
disconcerted
,
distracted
,
distrait
,
distraught
,
ecstatic
,
enraptured
,
excitable
,
excited
,
fanatical
,
febrile
,
feral
,
ferocious
,
feverish
,
fierce
,
frenetic
,
frenzied
,
fulminating
,
furious
,
haggard
,
hectic
,
hellish
,
hog-wild
,
howling
,
hyperactive
,
hyperkinetic
,
hysteric
,
hysterical
,
in a dither
,
in a tizzy
,
in a transport
,
in hysterics
,
infatuated
,
infuriate
,
insane
,
insensate
,
intoxicated
,
intrusive
,
like one possessed
,
mad
,
madding
,
maenadic
,
maniac
,
maniacal
,
mindless
,
nervous
,
officious
,
orgasmic
,
orgastic
,
orgiastic
,
overanxious
,
overdesirous
,
overeager
,
overenthusiastic
,
overwrought
,
overzealous
,
pandemoniac
,
perfervid
,
perturbed
,
possessed
,
rabid
,
raging
,
rambling
,
ramping
,
ranting
,
ravening
,
raving
,
raving mad
,
ravished
,
rip-roaring
,
roaring
,
running mad
,
running wild
,
stark-raving mad
,
storming
,
stormy
,
tempestuous
,
transported
,
troublous
,
tumultuous
,
turbulent
,
ultrazealous
,
uncontrollable
,
uproarious
,
upset
,
violent
,
wandering
,
wild
,
wild-eyed
,
wild-looking
,
wrought up
tic
collapse
a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
related words >
abstraction
,
abulia
,
agitation
,
alienation
,
anxiety
,
anxiety equivalent
,
anxiety state
,
apathy
,
apprehensiveness
,
attack of nerves
,
bob
,
bobble
,
bounce
,
buck fever
,
bump
,
case of nerves
,
catatonic stupor
,
complex
,
compulsion
,
dejection
,
depression
,
detachment
,
didder
,
dither
,
elation
,
emotionalism
,
euphoria
,
excessive irritability
,
falter
,
fascination
,
fear
,
fidgetiness
,
fidgets
,
fixation
,
fixed idea
,
folie du doute
,
grimace
,
hang-up
,
hypercathexis
,
hypochondria
,
hysteria
,
hysterics
,
idee fixe
,
indifference
,
insensibility
,
irresistible impulse
,
jar
,
jerk
,
jig
,
jigget
,
jiggle
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
lethargy
,
mania
,
melancholia
,
mental distress
,
monomania
,
morbid drive
,
morbid excitability
,
nerves
,
nervosity
,
nervous stomach
,
nervousness
,
obsession
,
obsessive compulsion
,
panic
,
panickiness
,
pathological indecisiveness
,
possession
,
preoccupation
,
prepossession
,
psychalgia
,
psychomotor disturbance
,
quake
,
quaver
,
quiver
,
rictus
,
ruling passion
,
shake
,
shiver
,
shock
,
shudder
,
spell of nerves
,
stage fright
,
state of nerves
,
stupor
,
tremble
,
tremor
,
trepidation
,
twitch
,
twitching
,
twitter
,
uneasiness
,
unresponsiveness
,
vellication
,
withdrawal
,
wobble
twaddle
collapse
related words >
absurdity
,
amphigory
,
babble
,
babblement
,
balderdash
,
bavardage
,
bibble-babble
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blah-blah
,
blather
,
blether
,
blethers
,
bombast
,
bosh
,
bull
,
bullshit
,
cackle
,
caquet
,
caqueterie
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chitter-chatter
,
clack
,
claptrap
,
clatter
,
dither
,
double-talk
,
drivel
,
drool
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fiddledeedee
,
flummery
,
folderol
,
fudge
,
fustian
,
gab
,
gabble
,
galimatias
,
gammon
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibberish
,
gibble-gabble
,
go on
,
gobbledygook
,
gossip
,
guff
,
gush
,
haver
,
hocus-pocus
,
hot air
,
humbug
,
idle talk
,
jabber
,
jargon
,
jaw
,
malarkey
,
mere talk
,
mumbo jumbo
,
narrishkeit
,
natter
,
niaiserie
,
nonsense
,
nonsense talk
,
pack of nonsense
,
palaver
,
patter
,
piffle
,
poppycock
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prating
,
prattle
,
prittle-prattle
,
ramble on
,
rant
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
rigamarole
,
rigmarole
,
rodomontade
,
rubbish
,
run on
,
skimble-skamble
,
spout
,
spout off
,
stuff and nonsense
,
stultiloquence
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
talkee-talkee
,
tittle-tattle
,
tommyrot
,
trash
,
trumpery
,
twattle
,
twiddle-twaddle
,
vapor
,
vaporing
,
waffle
,
waffling
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
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