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spinner collapse: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water; board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game; someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)

trawl collapse: a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths; a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys); fish with trawlers

dragnet collapse: a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals); "caught in the police dragnet"

cobweb collapse: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web; filaments from a web that was spun by a spider; a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider

lasso collapse: a long noosed rope used to catch animals; Belgian composer (1532-1594); catch with a lasso; "rope cows"

lime collapse: the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees; any of various related trees bearing limes; cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"

gig collapse: a booking for musicians; "they played a gig in New Jersey"; small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood; tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain; long and light rowing boat; especially for racing; a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting

dibble collapse: a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs; make a hole with a wooden hand tool; "dibble the ground"; plant with a wooden hand tool; "dibble Spring bulbs"

bait collapse: something used to lure victims into danger; anything that serves as an enticement; attack with dogs or set dogs upon; lure, entice, or entrap with bait

snare collapse: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose; strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit; a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

lure collapse: qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

noose collapse: a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled; secure with a noose; make a noose in or of

clam collapse: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness; flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams; gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

jig collapse: any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping; a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it; a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water; music in three-four time for dancing a jig; dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

torch collapse: a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance; burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"

plug collapse: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly; an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection; persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"; make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote; fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"

shrimp collapse: small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible; fish for shrimp

whale collapse: any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head; hunt for whales

fly collapse: (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air; two-winged insects characterized by active flight; an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth; fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect; (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked; change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage"; hit a fly; transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"; be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"; travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"; move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"; travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"; cause to fly or float; "fly a kite"; travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"; fly a plane; pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"; display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."

troll collapse: angling by drawing a baited line through the water; a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling; "he used a spinner as his troll"; (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains; speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice; praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you"; sing loudly and without inhibition; angle with a hook and line drawn through the water; sing the parts of (a round) in succession; cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop"; circulate, move around

hook collapse: a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent; a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking"; a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something; a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something; a catch for locking a door; a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook; approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"; entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"; secure with the foot; "hook the ball"; fasten with a hook; catch with a hook; "hook a fish"; hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"; hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left; take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"

net collapse: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals; a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects; game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton; a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey); remaining after all deductions; "net profit"; catch with a net; "net a fish"; make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"; yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

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