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playing by ear
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stapes
collapse
the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
related words >
Eustachian tube
,
anvil
,
auditory apparatus
,
auditory canal
,
auditory meatus
,
auditory nerve
,
auditory ossicles
,
auditory tube
,
auricle
,
basilar membrane
,
bony labyrinth
,
cauliflower ear
,
cochlea
,
conch
,
concha
,
drumhead
,
ear
,
ear lobe
,
eardrum
,
endolymph
,
external ear
,
hammer
,
incus
,
inner ear
,
lobe
,
lobule
,
lug
,
malleus
,
mastoid process
,
middle ear
,
organ of Corti
,
outer ear
,
oval window
,
perilymph
,
pinna
,
round window
,
secondary eardrum
,
semicircular canals
,
shell
,
stirrup
,
tympanic cavity
,
tympanic membrane
,
tympanum
,
vestibule
hark
collapse
listen; used mostly in the imperative
related words >
NB
,
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
cock the ears
,
eavesdrop
,
examine by ear
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
give ear to
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
hearken to
,
heed
,
intercept
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
mark
,
mind
,
note
,
notice
,
remark
,
sit in on
,
tap
,
wiretap
ear lobe
collapse
related words >
Eustachian tube
,
anvil
,
auditory apparatus
,
auditory canal
,
auditory meatus
,
auditory nerve
,
auditory ossicles
,
auditory tube
,
auricle
,
basilar membrane
,
bony labyrinth
,
cauliflower ear
,
cochlea
,
conch
,
concha
,
drape
,
drumhead
,
ear
,
eardrum
,
endolymph
,
external ear
,
hammer
,
hanger
,
hanging
,
incus
,
inner ear
,
lappet
,
lobation
,
lobe
,
lobule
,
lug
,
malleus
,
mastoid process
,
middle ear
,
organ of Corti
,
outer ear
,
oval window
,
pendant
,
perilymph
,
pinna
,
round window
,
secondary eardrum
,
semicircular canals
,
shell
,
stapes
,
stirrup
,
tympanic cavity
,
tympanic membrane
,
tympanum
,
uvula
,
vestibule
stirrup
collapse
support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go
related words >
Eustachian tube
,
anvil
,
auditory apparatus
,
auditory canal
,
auditory meatus
,
auditory nerve
,
auditory ossicles
,
auditory tube
,
auricle
,
basilar membrane
,
bellyband
,
bony labyrinth
,
cauliflower ear
,
cinch
,
cochlea
,
conch
,
concha
,
drumhead
,
ear
,
ear lobe
,
eardrum
,
endolymph
,
external ear
,
girt
,
girth
,
hammer
,
horn
,
incus
,
inner ear
,
jockey
,
lobe
,
lobule
,
lug
,
malleus
,
mastoid process
,
middle ear
,
organ of Corti
,
outer ear
,
oval window
,
perilymph
,
pinna
,
pommel
,
round window
,
secondary eardrum
,
semicircular canals
,
shell
,
stapes
,
surcingle
,
tympanic cavity
,
tympanic membrane
,
tympanum
,
vestibule
listen
collapse
hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"
listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
related words >
NB
,
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
cock the ears
,
eavesdrop
,
examine by ear
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
give ear to
,
hark
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
hearken to
,
heed
,
intercept
,
lend an ear
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
mind
,
obey
,
pay attention to
,
sit in on
,
straitened circumstances
,
tap
,
wiretap
anvil
collapse
a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
related words >
Eustachian tube
,
alembic
,
auditory apparatus
,
auditory canal
,
auditory meatus
,
auditory nerve
,
auditory ossicles
,
auditory tube
,
auricle
,
basilar membrane
,
bony labyrinth
,
caldron
,
cauliflower ear
,
cochlea
,
conch
,
concha
,
crucible
,
drumhead
,
ear
,
ear lobe
,
eardrum
,
endolymph
,
engine
,
external ear
,
hammer
,
incus
,
inner ear
,
lathe
,
lobe
,
lobule
,
lug
,
machine
,
malleus
,
mastoid process
,
melting pot
,
middle ear
,
mortar
,
motor
,
organ of Corti
,
outer ear
,
oval window
,
perilymph
,
pinna
,
retort
,
round window
,
secondary eardrum
,
semicircular canals
,
shell
,
stapes
,
stirrup
,
test tube
,
transducer
,
transformer
,
tympanic cavity
,
tympanic membrane
,
tympanum
,
vestibule
hearken
collapse
related words >
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
cock the ears
,
eavesdrop
,
examine by ear
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
hark
,
hear
,
hear out
,
heed
,
intercept
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
sit in on
,
tap
,
wiretap
eavesdrop
collapse
related words >
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
cock the ears
,
examine by ear
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
hark
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
heed
,
intercept
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
overhear
,
pry
,
sit in on
,
snoop
,
spy
,
tap
,
wiretap
ear splitting
collapse
related words >
booming
,
deafening
,
ear-piercing
,
ear-rending
,
earthshaking
,
forte
,
fortissimo
,
full
,
loud
,
loud-sounding
,
loudish
,
pealing
,
piercing
,
plangent
,
resounding
,
ringing
,
sonorous
,
stentoraphonic
,
stentorian
,
stentorious
,
thunderous
,
tonitruant
,
tonitruous
,
window-rattling
monkeying
collapse
related words >
coquetry
,
dabbling
,
dalliance
,
dallying
,
fiddling
,
flirtation
,
fooling
,
fooling around
,
idling
,
jerking off
,
kidding around
,
loitering
,
messing around
,
monkeying around
,
piddling
,
playing
,
playing around
,
pottering
,
puttering
,
smattering
,
tinkering
,
toying
,
trifling
tinkering
collapse
related words >
coquetry
,
dabbling
,
dalliance
,
dallying
,
fiddling
,
flirtation
,
fooling
,
fooling around
,
idling
,
jerking off
,
kidding around
,
loitering
,
messing around
,
monkeying
,
monkeying around
,
piddling
,
playing
,
playing around
,
pottering
,
puttering
,
smattering
,
toying
,
trifling
puttering
collapse
related words >
coquetry
,
dabbling
,
dalliance
,
dallying
,
fiddling
,
flirtation
,
fooling
,
fooling around
,
idling
,
jerking off
,
kidding around
,
loitering
,
messing around
,
monkeying
,
monkeying around
,
piddling
,
playing
,
playing around
,
pottering
,
smattering
,
tinkering
,
toying
,
trifling
deafening
collapse
loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
related words >
booming
,
ear-piercing
,
ear-rending
,
ear-splitting
,
earthshaking
,
forte
,
fortissimo
,
full
,
intense
,
loud
,
loud-sounding
,
loudish
,
pealing
,
penetrating
,
piercing
,
plangent
,
pungent
,
reeking
,
resounding
,
ringing
,
sonorous
,
stentoraphonic
,
stentorian
,
stentorious
,
thundering
,
thunderous
,
tonitruant
,
tonitruous
,
window-rattling
lambent
collapse
related words >
aflicker
,
barely touching
,
beaming
,
bickering
,
blinking
,
brilliant
,
dancing
,
effulgent
,
flashing
,
flickering
,
flickery
,
flicky
,
fluttering
,
fluttery
,
incandescent
,
lucent
,
luminous
,
lustrous
,
playing
,
playing lightly over
,
quivering
,
quivery
,
radiant
,
refulgent
,
stroboscopic
,
wavering
,
wavery
eardrum
collapse
the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound
related words >
Eustachian tube
,
allantoic membrane
,
amnion
,
amniotic sac
,
anvil
,
arachnoid membrane
,
auditory apparatus
,
auditory canal
,
auditory meatus
,
auditory nerve
,
auditory ossicles
,
auditory tube
,
auricle
,
basement membrane
,
basilar membrane
,
bony labyrinth
,
cauliflower ear
,
cochlea
,
conch
,
concha
,
conjuctiva
,
drumhead
,
ear
,
ear lobe
,
endolymph
,
external ear
,
hammer
,
hymen
,
incus
,
inner ear
,
lobe
,
lobule
,
lug
,
maidenhead
,
malleus
,
mastoid process
,
membrana serosa
,
membrana tympana
,
membrane
,
meninges
,
meninx
,
middle ear
,
neurilemma
,
organ of Corti
,
outer ear
,
oval window
,
pellicle
,
pericardium
,
perilymph
,
perineurium
,
pinna
,
pleura
,
round window
,
secondary eardrum
,
semicircular canals
,
serosa
,
shell
,
stapes
,
stirrup
,
tympanic cavity
,
tympanic membrane
,
tympanum
,
velum
,
vestibule
thunderous
collapse
extremely ominous; "world events of thunderous import"
related words >
booming
,
cannonading
,
deafening
,
ear-piercing
,
ear-rending
,
ear-splitting
,
earthshaking
,
forte
,
fortissimo
,
full
,
fulminating
,
loud
,
loud-sounding
,
loudish
,
noisy
,
pealing
,
piercing
,
plangent
,
resounding
,
ringing
,
roaring
,
rolling
,
rumbling
,
sonorous
,
stentoraphonic
,
stentorian
,
stentorious
,
thundering
,
thunderlike
,
thundery
,
tonitruant
,
tonitruous
,
tumultuous
,
volleying
,
window-rattling
impromptu
collapse
an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"
a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
related words >
ad lib
,
ad libitum
,
ad-lib
,
ad-libbing
,
arrangement
,
at short notice
,
at sight
,
by ear
,
cadenza
,
caught napping
,
caught off balance
,
caught short
,
extemporaneous
,
extemporaneously
,
extemporaneousness
,
extemporarily
,
extemporariness
,
extemporary
,
extempore
,
extemporization
,
extemporized
,
flourish
,
haphazard
,
hasty
,
hot lick
,
improvisation
,
improvisatorial
,
improvise
,
improvised
,
improvision
,
improviso
,
interpolation
,
jury-rig
,
jury-rigged
,
lick
,
makeshift
,
measure
,
off the cuff
,
off the hip
,
off-the-cuff
,
offhand
,
on sight
,
out of hand
,
playing by ear
,
precipitate
,
pro tempore
,
quick
,
riff
,
rough-and-ready
,
snap
,
stopgap
,
surprised
,
taken aback
,
taken by surprise
,
taken unawares
,
temporary arrangement
,
temporary measure
,
tripped up
,
unarranged
,
unbegun
,
unconcocted
,
uncontrived
,
undeliberated
,
undevised
,
unhatched
,
unmade
,
unmanufactured
,
unorganized
,
unplanned
,
unpremeditated
,
unprepared
,
unprimed
,
unready
,
unrehearsed
,
unstudied
,
vamp
vestibule
collapse
any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
related words >
Eustachian tube
,
access
,
adit
,
air lock
,
antechamber
,
anteroom
,
anvil
,
approach
,
auditory apparatus
,
auditory canal
,
auditory meatus
,
auditory nerve
,
auditory ossicles
,
auditory tube
,
auricle
,
basilar membrane
,
bony labyrinth
,
cauliflower ear
,
cochlea
,
conch
,
concha
,
corridor
,
drumhead
,
ear
,
ear lobe
,
eardrum
,
endolymph
,
entrance
,
entrance hall
,
entranceway
,
entry
,
entryway
,
external ear
,
foyer
,
galilee
,
gangplank
,
gangway
,
hall
,
hammer
,
in
,
incus
,
ingress
,
inlet
,
inner ear
,
intake
,
lobby
,
lobe
,
lobule
,
lug
,
malleus
,
mastoid process
,
means of access
,
middle ear
,
narthex
,
opening
,
organ of Corti
,
outer ear
,
oval window
,
passage
,
passageway
,
perilymph
,
pinna
,
portal
,
portico
,
propylaeum
,
round window
,
secondary eardrum
,
semicircular canals
,
shell
,
stapes
,
stirrup
,
stoa
,
threshold
,
tympanic cavity
,
tympanic membrane
,
tympanum
,
way
,
way in
sit in on
collapse
related words >
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
be enfranchised
,
be implicated in
,
bear a hand
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
chip in
,
cock the ears
,
contribute
,
eavesdrop
,
enter into
,
examine by ear
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
go into
,
hark
,
have suffrage
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
heed
,
help decide
,
intercept
,
join
,
join in
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
make the scene
,
partake
,
partake of
,
participate
,
participate in
,
pull an oar
,
sit in
,
take part in
,
tap
,
vote
,
wiretap
coquetry
collapse
related words >
amorous looks
,
come-hither look
,
coquettish glances
,
coquettishness
,
coyness
,
dabbling
,
dalliance
,
dallying
,
fiddling
,
flirtation
,
flirtatiousness
,
fooling
,
fooling around
,
goo-goo eyes
,
idling
,
jerking off
,
kidding around
,
loitering
,
messing around
,
monkeying
,
monkeying around
,
ogle
,
piddling
,
playing
,
playing around
,
pottering
,
puttering
,
smattering
,
tinkering
,
toying
,
trifling
listen in
collapse
listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation
listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"
related words >
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
buzz
,
call
,
call up
,
cock the ears
,
dial
,
eavesdrop
,
examine by ear
,
give a ring
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
hang up
,
hark
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
heed
,
hold the phone
,
intercept
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen to
,
make a call
,
phone
,
ring
,
ring off
,
ring up
,
sit in on
,
tap
,
telephone
,
tune down
,
tune in
,
tune up
,
wiretap
wiretap
collapse
the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"
related words >
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
bugging
,
cloak-and-dagger work
,
cock the ears
,
counterespionage
,
counterintelligence
,
eavesdrop
,
electronic surveillance
,
espial
,
espionage
,
examine by ear
,
following
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
hark
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
heed
,
intelligence
,
intelligence work
,
intercept
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
military intelligence
,
observation
,
secret police
,
secret service
,
shadowing
,
sit in on
,
spying
,
stakeout
,
surveillance
,
tailing
,
tap
,
trailing
,
wiretapping
ear piercing
collapse
related words >
acute
,
argute
,
booming
,
creaky
,
deafening
,
ear-rending
,
ear-splitting
,
earthshaking
,
forte
,
fortissimo
,
full
,
howling
,
keen
,
keening
,
loud
,
loud-sounding
,
loudish
,
pealing
,
penetrating
,
piercing
,
piping
,
plangent
,
reedy
,
resounding
,
ringing
,
screaky
,
screeching
,
screechy
,
sharp
,
shrieking
,
shrieky
,
shrill
,
sonorous
,
squeaking
,
squeaky
,
stentoraphonic
,
stentorian
,
stentorious
,
thin
,
thunderous
,
tonitruant
,
tonitruous
,
ululant
,
wailing
,
whining
,
whistling
,
window-rattling
lug
collapse
a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something
ancient Celtic god
carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"
related words >
Eustachian tube
,
anvil
,
auditory apparatus
,
auditory canal
,
auditory meatus
,
auditory nerve
,
auditory ossicles
,
auditory tube
,
auricle
,
basilar membrane
,
bear
,
bony labyrinth
,
buck
,
carry
,
cauliflower ear
,
cochlea
,
conch
,
concha
,
conduct
,
convey
,
draft
,
drag
,
draggle
,
draw
,
drumhead
,
ear
,
ear lobe
,
eardrum
,
endolymph
,
external ear
,
ferry
,
fly
,
freight
,
gawk
,
hale
,
hammer
,
haul
,
heave
,
hump
,
incus
,
inner ear
,
klutz
,
lift
,
lobe
,
lobster
,
lobule
,
looby
,
lout
,
lubber
,
lummox
,
lump
,
lurch
,
malleus
,
manhandle
,
mastoid process
,
middle ear
,
oaf
,
organ of Corti
,
outer ear
,
oval window
,
pack
,
palooka
,
perilymph
,
pinna
,
pull
,
round window
,
secondary eardrum
,
semicircular canals
,
shell
,
snake
,
snap
,
stapes
,
stirrup
,
strain
,
take
,
take in tow
,
tote
,
tow
,
trail
,
train
,
transport
,
trawl
,
troll
,
tug
,
twitch
,
tympanic cavity
,
tympanic membrane
,
tympanum
,
vellicate
,
vestibule
,
waft
,
whisk
,
wing
,
yank
stentorian
collapse
related words >
blaring
,
boanergean
,
booming
,
brazen-mouthed
,
clamorous
,
deafening
,
ear-piercing
,
ear-rending
,
ear-splitting
,
earsplitting
,
earthshaking
,
forte
,
fortissimo
,
full
,
full-throated
,
gravelly
,
loud
,
loud-sounding
,
loud-voiced
,
loudish
,
loudmouthed
,
orotund
,
pealing
,
piercing
,
plangent
,
resounding
,
ringing
,
roaring
,
rough
,
sonorous
,
stentoraphonic
,
stentorious
,
thunderous
,
tonitruant
,
tonitruous
,
trumpet-tongued
,
trumpet-voiced
,
vociferous
,
window-rattling
ad lib
collapse
without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib"
related words >
a beneplacito
,
a discretion
,
ad arbitrium
,
ad libitum
,
ad-libbing
,
al piacere
,
arrangement
,
at choice
,
at pleasure
,
at short notice
,
at sight
,
at will
,
be caught napping
,
be surprised
,
be taken unawares
,
be unprepared
,
by ear
,
caught napping
,
caught off balance
,
caught short
,
cook up
,
dash off
,
disqualification
,
do offhand
,
extemporaneous
,
extemporaneously
,
extemporaneousness
,
extemporarily
,
extemporariness
,
extemporary
,
extempore
,
extemporization
,
extemporize
,
extemporized
,
fake
,
go off half-cocked
,
haphazard
,
hasty
,
have no plan
,
impromptu
,
improvisate
,
improvisation
,
improvisatorial
,
improvise
,
improvised
,
improvision
,
improviso
,
incapability
,
incompetence
,
jury-rig
,
jury-rigged
,
knock off
,
lack of preparation
,
lash up
,
make up
,
makeshift
,
measure
,
nonpreparation
,
nonpreparedness
,
off the cuff
,
off the hip
,
off-the-cuff
,
offhand
,
on sight
,
out of hand
,
planlessness
,
play by ear
,
playing by ear
,
precipitate
,
pro tempore
,
rough-and-ready
,
scrap the plan
,
snap
,
stopgap
,
strike off
,
surprised
,
taken aback
,
taken by surprise
,
taken unawares
,
temporary arrangement
,
temporary measure
,
throw off
,
throw together
,
toss off
,
toss out
,
tripped up
,
unarranged
,
unbegun
,
unconcocted
,
uncontrived
,
undeliberated
,
undevised
,
unfitness
,
unfittedness
,
unforced
,
unhatched
,
unmade
,
unmanufactured
,
unorganized
,
unplanned
,
unpremeditated
,
unprepared
,
unpreparedness
,
unprimed
,
unqualification
,
unqualifiedness
,
unreadiness
,
unready
,
unrehearsed
,
unstudied
,
unsuitability
,
unsuitableness
,
unsuitedness
,
vamp
,
vulnerability
,
whip up
,
whomp up
,
wing it
,
without coercion
make an impression
collapse
related words >
affect
,
arrest the thoughts
,
assail the ear
,
be heard
,
be remembered
,
caress the ear
,
catch the thoughts
,
come home to
,
contact
,
gain a hearing
,
get across
,
get through to
,
get to
,
grab
,
hit
,
hit the mark
,
impress
,
impress forcibly
,
make oneself heard
,
never be forgotten
,
obsess
,
penetrate
,
rankle
,
reach
,
reach the ear
,
register
,
rock
,
sink in
,
smite
,
strike
,
strike hard
,
strike home
,
tell
,
traumatize
hear
collapse
receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years"
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"
related words >
apprehend
,
approve of
,
arbitrate
,
ascertain
,
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
be aware of
,
be conscious of
,
be informed
,
be sensible of
,
be told
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
catch
,
catch on
,
charge the jury
,
cock the ears
,
condone
,
conduct a trial
,
consider
,
determine
,
discover
,
eavesdrop
,
entertain
,
examine by ear
,
experience
,
feel
,
find
,
find out
,
gather
,
get
,
get an earful
,
get wind of
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
give ear to
,
hark
,
have the facts
,
hear of
,
hear out
,
hear tell of
,
hearken
,
hearken to
,
hearsay
,
heed
,
hold court
,
hold the scales
,
intercept
,
judge
,
know
,
know well
,
learn
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
officiate
,
overhear
,
pay attention to
,
perceive
,
pick up
,
referee
,
respond
,
respond to stimuli
,
sanction
,
see
,
sense
,
sit in judgment
,
sit in on
,
smell
,
take in
,
tap
,
taste
,
touch
,
try
,
try a case
,
umpire
,
understand
,
unearth
,
wiretap
earthshaking
collapse
loud enough to shake the very earth
sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering"
related words >
big
,
big-league
,
big-name
,
big-time
,
bigwig
,
bigwigged
,
booming
,
consequential
,
considerable
,
deafening
,
double-barreled
,
ear-piercing
,
ear-rending
,
ear-splitting
,
forte
,
fortissimo
,
full
,
grand
,
great
,
heavyweight
,
high-powered
,
important
,
loud
,
loud-sounding
,
loudish
,
major
,
material
,
momentous
,
name
,
pealing
,
piercing
,
plangent
,
resounding
,
ringing
,
self-important
,
significant
,
sonorous
,
stentoraphonic
,
stentorian
,
stentorious
,
substantial
,
superior
,
thunderous
,
tonitruant
,
tonitruous
,
window-rattling
,
world-shaking
jury rig
collapse
related words >
action
,
ad hoc measure
,
ad lib
,
ad-lib
,
ad-libbing
,
answer
,
arrangement
,
artifice
,
bat out
,
botch
,
bungle
,
contrivance
,
cook up
,
countermove
,
coup
,
course of action
,
dash off
,
demarche
,
device
,
do anyhow
,
do by halves
,
do carelessly
,
do offhand
,
dodge
,
effort
,
expedient
,
extemporaneousness
,
extemporariness
,
extempore
,
extemporization
,
extemporize
,
fake
,
fake up
,
fudge up
,
gimmick
,
impromptu
,
improvisate
,
improvisation
,
improvise
,
improvision
,
jury-rigged expedient
,
knock off
,
knock out
,
knock together
,
lash up
,
last expedient
,
last resort
,
last shift
,
make up
,
makeshift
,
maneuver
,
means
,
measure
,
move
,
patch
,
patch together
,
patch up
,
pis aller
,
play by ear
,
playing by ear
,
pound out
,
pro tempore
,
resort
,
resource
,
rough out
,
roughcast
,
roughhew
,
scrap the plan
,
shake-up
,
shift
,
slap up
,
solution
,
step
,
stopgap
,
stratagem
,
strike off
,
stroke
,
stroke of policy
,
tactic
,
temporary arrangement
,
temporary expedient
,
temporary measure
,
throw off
,
throw together
,
toss off
,
toss out
,
toss together
,
trick
,
trifle with
,
trump
,
vamp
,
whip up
,
whomp up
,
wing it
,
working hypothesis
,
working proposition
tympanum
collapse
related words >
Eustachian tube
,
allantoic membrane
,
amnion
,
amniotic sac
,
anvil
,
arachnoid membrane
,
auditory apparatus
,
auditory canal
,
auditory meatus
,
auditory nerve
,
auditory ossicles
,
auditory tube
,
auricle
,
basement membrane
,
basilar membrane
,
bongo drum
,
bony labyrinth
,
cauliflower ear
,
cochlea
,
conch
,
concha
,
conga
,
conjuctiva
,
drum
,
drumhead
,
drumskin
,
drumstick
,
ear
,
ear lobe
,
eardrum
,
endolymph
,
external ear
,
hammer
,
hymen
,
incus
,
inner ear
,
jazz stick
,
kettle
,
kettledrum
,
lobe
,
lobule
,
lug
,
maidenhead
,
malleus
,
mastoid process
,
membrana serosa
,
membrana tympana
,
membrane
,
membranophone
,
meninges
,
meninx
,
middle ear
,
neurilemma
,
organ of Corti
,
outer ear
,
oval window
,
pellicle
,
pericardium
,
perilymph
,
perineurium
,
pinna
,
pleura
,
round window
,
secondary eardrum
,
semicircular canals
,
serosa
,
shell
,
side drum
,
snare
,
snare drum
,
stapes
,
stirrup
,
tabor
,
taboret
,
tabret
,
tam-tam
,
tambourine
,
tenor drum
,
timbrel
,
timpani
,
tom-tom
,
troll-drum
,
tymp stick
,
tympan
,
tympanic cavity
,
tympanic membrane
,
tympanon
,
velum
,
vestibule
,
war drum
intercept
collapse
the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
related words >
arrest
,
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
bend an ear
,
block
,
bottle up
,
bug
,
catch
,
check
,
cock the ears
,
countercheck
,
curb
,
cut off
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
deflect
,
delay
,
detain
,
eavesdrop
,
examine by ear
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
grab
,
hark
,
head off
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
heed
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
interfere
,
interfere with
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
meddle
,
oppose
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
scotch
,
seize
,
set back
,
sit in on
,
slacken
,
snub
,
stop
,
suppress
,
take
,
tap
,
trap
,
wiretap
lappet
collapse
medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
a small lap on a garment or headdress
related words >
crease
,
creasing
,
crimp
,
dog-ear
,
double
,
doubling
,
drape
,
duplicature
,
ear lobe
,
flection
,
flexure
,
flounce
,
fold
,
frill
,
gather
,
hanger
,
hanging
,
lapel
,
lobation
,
lobe
,
lobule
,
pendant
,
plica
,
plication
,
plicature
,
ply
,
ruche
,
ruching
,
ruffle
,
tuck
,
uvula
cob
collapse
adult male swan
stocky short-legged harness horse
related words >
ambler
,
auricle
,
bang
,
cap
,
corncob
,
ding
,
ear
,
ear of corn
,
exceed
,
excel
,
gaited horse
,
galloper
,
high-stepper
,
mealie
,
outdo
,
outmatch
,
outshine
,
outstrip
,
pacer
,
pad
,
padnag
,
prancer
,
racker
,
side-wheeler
,
single-footer
,
spike
,
stepper
,
trotter
resounding
collapse
related words >
assertive
,
boom
,
booming
,
consonant
,
deafening
,
ear-piercing
,
ear-rending
,
ear-splitting
,
earthshaking
,
echo
,
echoic
,
echoing
,
forceful
,
forte
,
fortissimo
,
full
,
growl
,
growling
,
grumble
,
grumbling
,
insistent
,
lingering
,
loud
,
loud-sounding
,
loudish
,
orotund
,
pealing
,
persistent
,
piercing
,
plangent
,
reboant
,
reboation
,
rebound
,
rebounding
,
reecho
,
reechoing
,
repercussive
,
resound
,
reverberant
,
reverberating
,
reverberation
,
reverberatory
,
ringing
,
rotund
,
round
,
rumble
,
rumbling
,
sonorous
,
sounding
,
stentoraphonic
,
stentorian
,
stentorious
,
thunder
,
thundering
,
thunderous
,
tonitruant
,
tonitruous
,
undamped
,
vibrant
,
window-rattling
grate on
collapse
related words >
chafe
,
exacerbate
,
fret
,
gall
,
grate
,
gravel
,
grit
,
irritate
,
jangle the nerves
,
jar on
,
lacerate the ear
,
offend the ear
,
provoke
,
put on edge
,
rasp
,
rend the ears
,
set on edge
,
split the ears
,
wrack the nerves
get across
collapse
communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"
related words >
assail the ear
,
be glimpsed
,
be heard
,
broadcast
,
caress the ear
,
clarify
,
come through
,
communicate
,
contact
,
convey
,
dawn on
,
disseminate
,
elucidate
,
explain
,
explicate
,
gain a hearing
,
get over
,
get through to
,
get to
,
give
,
give word
,
hand on
,
impart
,
leave word
,
make an impression
,
make clear
,
make it clear
,
make known
,
make oneself heard
,
pass
,
pass along
,
pass on
,
penetrate
,
popularize
,
put across
,
put over
,
reach
,
reach the ear
,
register
,
render
,
report
,
send
,
send word
,
share
,
share with
,
signal
,
simplify
,
sink in
,
soak in
,
spell out
,
tell
,
transfer
,
transmit
,
vulgarize
grin
collapse
to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
related words >
beam
,
bright smile
,
broad grin
,
crack a smile
,
ear-to-ear grin
,
gleaming smile
,
glowing smile
,
grinning
,
idiotic grin
,
sardonic grin
,
simper
,
smile
,
smile brightly
,
smiling
,
smirk
,
stupid grin
,
toothful grin
loitering
collapse
related words >
Micawberish
,
backward
,
coquetry
,
dabbling
,
dalliance
,
dallying
,
dawdling
,
delaying
,
dilatoriness
,
dilatory
,
dillydallying
,
dolce far niente
,
dragging
,
easygoing
,
fiddling
,
flirtation
,
fooling
,
fooling around
,
foot-dragging
,
goofing off
,
idling
,
jerking off
,
kidding around
,
lackadaisical
,
lag
,
laggard
,
lagging
,
lax
,
lazing
,
lazy
,
lingering
,
loafing
,
lolling
,
lollygagging
,
lounging
,
messing around
,
monkeying
,
monkeying around
,
mopery
,
piddling
,
playing
,
playing around
,
pottering
,
procrastinating
,
procrastination
,
procrastinative
,
procrastinatory
,
puttering
,
remiss
,
shilly-shallying
,
shuffling
,
slack
,
slow
,
sluggish
,
smattering
,
tarrying
,
tinkering
,
toying
,
trifling
dallying
collapse
related words >
Micawberish
,
backward
,
coquetry
,
dabbling
,
dalliance
,
dawdling
,
delaying
,
dilatoriness
,
dilatory
,
dillydallying
,
dolce far niente
,
dragging
,
easygoing
,
fiddling
,
flirtation
,
fooling
,
fooling around
,
foot-dragging
,
goofing off
,
idling
,
jerking off
,
kidding around
,
lackadaisical
,
lag
,
laggard
,
lagging
,
lax
,
lazing
,
lazy
,
lingering
,
loafing
,
loitering
,
lolling
,
lollygagging
,
lounging
,
messing around
,
monkeying
,
monkeying around
,
mopery
,
piddling
,
playing
,
playing around
,
pottering
,
procrastinating
,
procrastination
,
procrastinative
,
procrastinatory
,
puttering
,
remiss
,
shilly-shallying
,
shuffling
,
slack
,
slow
,
sluggish
,
smattering
,
tarriance
,
tarrying
,
tinkering
,
toying
,
trifling
,
waiting
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