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verbal thrust
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cutting remark
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related words >
Parthian shot
,
back answer
,
caustic remark
,
comeback
,
crack
,
cut
,
dig
,
dump
,
fleer
,
flout
,
foolery
,
gibe
,
gibing retort
,
jab
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
leg-pull
,
mock
,
parting shot
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rude reproach
,
scoff
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
twit
,
verbal thrust
wrangling
collapse
related words >
Kilkenny cats
,
aggressive
,
altercation
,
apologetics
,
apologia
,
apology
,
argument
,
argumentation
,
bellicose
,
belligerent
,
bicker
,
bickering
,
casuistry
,
cat-and-dog life
,
combat
,
combative
,
conflict
,
contention
,
contentiousness
,
contest
,
contestation
,
controversy
,
cut and thrust
,
debate
,
defense
,
disputation
,
disputatious
,
dispute
,
divisive
,
enmity
,
eristic
,
factional
,
factious
,
fighting
,
flyting
,
hassle
,
hostility
,
hubbub
,
irascible
,
irritable
,
litigation
,
litigious
,
logomachy
,
paper war
,
partisan
,
passage of arms
,
polarizing
,
polemic
,
polemics
,
pugnacious
,
quarrel
,
quarreling
,
quarrelsome
,
quarrelsomeness
,
rhubarb
,
scrapping
,
set-to
,
shrewish
,
squabbling
,
strife
,
struggle
,
verbal engagement
,
war
,
war of words
,
warfare
,
words
let fly at
collapse
related words >
cast at
,
chuck at
,
cut and thrust
,
feint
,
fire at
,
flail at
,
flail away at
,
fling at
,
heave at
,
hit at
,
hurl against
,
hurl at
,
lash out at
,
let drive at
,
lunge at
,
poke at
,
shy at
,
sling at
,
strike at
,
strike out at
,
swing at
,
swing on
,
throw at
,
thrust at
,
toss at
litigation
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a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights
related words >
Kilkenny cats
,
action
,
altercation
,
apologetics
,
apologia
,
apology
,
argument
,
argumentation
,
bicker
,
bickering
,
case
,
casuistry
,
cat-and-dog life
,
cause
,
cause in court
,
combat
,
conflict
,
contention
,
contentiousness
,
contest
,
contestation
,
controversy
,
cut and thrust
,
debate
,
defense
,
disputation
,
dispute
,
enmity
,
fighting
,
flyting
,
hassle
,
hostility
,
hubbub
,
judicial process
,
lawsuit
,
legal action
,
legal case
,
legal proceedings
,
legal process
,
legal remedy
,
logomachy
,
paper war
,
passage of arms
,
polemic
,
polemics
,
proceedings
,
prosecution
,
quarrel
,
quarreling
,
quarrelsomeness
,
rhubarb
,
scrapping
,
set-to
,
squabbling
,
strife
,
struggle
,
suit
,
suit at law
,
verbal engagement
,
war
,
war of words
,
warfare
,
words
,
wrangling
take a crack at
collapse
related words >
cut and thrust
,
feint
,
flail at
,
flail away at
,
give a fling
,
give a go
,
give a try
,
give a whirl
,
hit at
,
lash out at
,
let drive at
,
let fly at
,
lunge at
,
make a try
,
poke at
,
strike at
,
strike out at
,
swing at
,
swing on
,
tackle
,
take on
,
thrust at
logomachy
collapse
argument about words or the meaning of words
related words >
Kilkenny cats
,
altercation
,
apologetics
,
apologia
,
apology
,
argument
,
argumentation
,
bicker
,
bickering
,
blood feud
,
brawl
,
broil
,
casuistry
,
cat-and-dog life
,
combat
,
conflict
,
contention
,
contentiousness
,
contest
,
contestation
,
controversy
,
cut and thrust
,
debate
,
defense
,
disputation
,
dispute
,
donnybrook
,
donnybrook fair
,
embroilment
,
enmity
,
feud
,
fight
,
fighting
,
fliting
,
flyting
,
fracas
,
fuss
,
hassle
,
hostility
,
hubbub
,
imbroglio
,
litigation
,
open quarrel
,
paper war
,
passage of arms
,
polemic
,
polemics
,
quarrel
,
quarreling
,
quarrelsomeness
,
rhubarb
,
scrapping
,
set-to
,
sharp words
,
slanging match
,
snarl
,
spat
,
squabble
,
squabbling
,
strife
,
struggle
,
tiff
,
tussle
,
vendetta
,
verbal engagement
,
war
,
war of words
,
warfare
,
words
,
wrangle
,
wrangling
parting shot
collapse
related words >
PS
,
Parthian shot
,
addendum
,
afterthought
,
appendix
,
back answer
,
back matter
,
caustic remark
,
chorus
,
coda
,
codicil
,
colophon
,
comeback
,
conclusion
,
consequence
,
continuance
,
continuation
,
crack
,
cut
,
cutting remark
,
dig
,
double take
,
dump
,
dying words
,
envoi
,
epilogue
,
fleer
,
flout
,
follow-through
,
follow-up
,
foolery
,
gibe
,
gibing retort
,
jab
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
last words
,
leg-pull
,
mock
,
peroration
,
postface
,
postfix
,
postlude
,
postscript
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
refrain
,
rude reproach
,
scoff
,
scurrility
,
second thought
,
sequel
,
sequela
,
sequelae
,
sequelant
,
sequent
,
sequitur
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
subscript
,
suffix
,
supplement
,
swan song
,
swipe
,
tag
,
taunt
,
twit
,
verbal thrust
jab
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a quick short straight punch
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
strike or punch with quick and short blows
related words >
Parthian shot
,
assault
,
back answer
,
bang
,
barrack
,
bash
,
bat
,
bear
,
bear upon
,
bearing
,
beating
,
belt
,
biff
,
blow
,
bonk
,
boost
,
buck
,
bull
,
bulldoze
,
bump
,
bump against
,
bunt
,
butt
,
butt against
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
chop
,
clap
,
clip
,
clobber
,
clout
,
clump
,
coldcock
,
comeback
,
crack
,
cram
,
crowd
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
dash
,
deal
,
deal a blow
,
deck
,
dig
,
dig at
,
dint
,
drive
,
drub
,
drubbing
,
drumming
,
dump
,
dump on
,
elbow
,
feint
,
fetch
,
fetch a blow
,
fleer
,
flout
,
foolery
,
force
,
fusillade
,
gibe
,
gibing retort
,
goad
,
head
,
hit
,
hit a clip
,
home thrust
,
hurtle
,
hustle
,
jab at
,
jam
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
knock
,
knock cold
,
knock down
,
knock out
,
leg-pull
,
let have it
,
lick
,
lunge
,
mock
,
nudge
,
parting shot
,
pass
,
paste
,
pelt
,
pile drive
,
plunk
,
poke
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
pound
,
press
,
pressure
,
prod
,
punch
,
push
,
put down
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rail at
,
rally
,
ram
,
ram down
,
rank out
,
rap
,
rattle
,
revile
,
rude reproach
,
run
,
run against
,
scoff
,
scout
,
scurrility
,
shake
,
short answer
,
shoulder
,
shove
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
slog
,
slug
,
smack
,
smash
,
smite
,
snap
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
soak
,
sock
,
stab
,
stress
,
strike
,
strike at
,
stroke
,
swat
,
swing
,
swipe
,
tamp
,
tattoo
,
taunt
,
thrust
,
thump
,
thwack
,
twit
,
verbal thrust
,
wallop
,
whack
,
wham
,
whop
,
yerk
lunge
collapse
(fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward
make a thrusting forward movement
related words >
amble
,
barge
,
bound
,
bowl along
,
bundle
,
charge
,
clump
,
cut
,
cut and thrust
,
dash
,
dive
,
drag
,
feint
,
flail at
,
flail away at
,
flounce
,
foot
,
footslog
,
halt
,
hippety-hop
,
hit
,
hit at
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
home thrust
,
hop
,
jab
,
jog
,
jolt
,
jump
,
lash out at
,
leap
,
let drive at
,
let fly at
,
limp
,
lumber
,
lunge at
,
lurch
,
mince
,
pace
,
paddle
,
pass
,
peg
,
piaffe
,
piaffer
,
plod
,
plunge
,
poke at
,
pounce
,
prance
,
rack
,
roll
,
rush
,
sashay
,
saunter
,
scuff
,
scuffle
,
scuttle
,
shamble
,
shuffle
,
sidle
,
single-foot
,
skip
,
slink
,
slither
,
slog
,
slouch
,
spring
,
stab
,
stagger
,
stalk
,
stamp
,
stomp
,
straddle
,
straggle
,
stride
,
strike
,
strike at
,
strike out at
,
stroll
,
strut
,
stump
,
swagger
,
swing
,
swing at
,
swing on
,
thrust
,
thrust at
,
tittup
,
toddle
,
totter
,
traipse
,
trip
,
trudge
,
waddle
,
wamble
,
wiggle
,
wobble
foolery
collapse
related words >
Parthian shot
,
asininity
,
back answer
,
banter
,
battiness
,
brainlessness
,
buffoonery
,
caustic remark
,
clownishness
,
comeback
,
crack
,
crackpottedness
,
crankiness
,
craziness
,
cut
,
cutting remark
,
daffiness
,
desipience
,
dig
,
dump
,
eccentricity
,
fatuity
,
fatuousness
,
fleer
,
flout
,
folly
,
foolheadedness
,
fooling
,
foolishness
,
frivolity
,
frivolousness
,
gibe
,
gibing retort
,
giddiness
,
goofiness
,
harlequinade
,
horseplay
,
idiocy
,
imbecility
,
inanity
,
ineptitude
,
insanity
,
jab
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
leg-pull
,
lunacy
,
madness
,
mindlessness
,
mock
,
monkeyshines
,
niaiserie
,
nugacity
,
nuttiness
,
parting shot
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
queerness
,
quip
,
rude reproach
,
sappiness
,
scoff
,
screwiness
,
scurrility
,
senselessness
,
shenanigans
,
short answer
,
silliness
,
slam
,
slap
,
stupidity
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
thoughtlessness
,
tomfoolery
,
triflingness
,
triviality
,
twit
,
verbal thrust
,
wackiness
,
weirdness
,
witlessness
,
zaniness
,
zanyism
comeback
collapse
return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
related words >
Parthian shot
,
acknowledgment
,
answer
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
backfire
,
boomerang
,
caustic remark
,
convalescence
,
counter
,
counterattack
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
counterfire
,
counterinsurgency
,
countermeasure
,
counterrevolution
,
counterstep
,
counterstroke
,
crack
,
cut
,
cutting remark
,
defense
,
dig
,
dump
,
echo
,
evasive reply
,
exchange
,
fleer
,
flout
,
foolery
,
gibe
,
gibing retort
,
give-and-take
,
interchange
,
jab
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
leg-pull
,
mock
,
parting shot
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rally
,
reaction
,
ready reply
,
receipt
,
reciprocation
,
recoil
,
recovery
,
recuperation
,
rejoinder
,
repartee
,
replication
,
reply
,
repost
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
retaliation
,
retort
,
return
,
reverberation
,
riposte
,
rude reproach
,
scoff
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
snappy comeback
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
twit
,
verbal thrust
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
polemic
collapse
a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
of or involving dispute or controversy
related words >
Kilkenny cats
,
Philadelphia lawyer
,
altercation
,
apologetics
,
apologia
,
apologist
,
apology
,
arguer
,
argufier
,
argument
,
argumentation
,
bicker
,
bickering
,
blood feud
,
brawl
,
broil
,
casuist
,
casuistry
,
cat-and-dog life
,
combat
,
conflict
,
contention
,
contentiousness
,
contest
,
contestation
,
controversialist
,
controversy
,
cut and thrust
,
debate
,
debater
,
defense
,
disceptator
,
disputant
,
disputation
,
dispute
,
donnybrook
,
donnybrook fair
,
embroilment
,
enmity
,
feud
,
fight
,
fighting
,
fliting
,
flyting
,
fracas
,
fuss
,
guardhouse lawyer
,
hassle
,
hostility
,
hubbub
,
imbroglio
,
litigation
,
logomacher
,
logomachist
,
logomachy
,
mooter
,
open quarrel
,
paper war
,
passage of arms
,
pilpulist
,
polemicist
,
polemics
,
polemist
,
quarrel
,
quarreling
,
quarrelsomeness
,
rhubarb
,
scrapping
,
set-to
,
sharp words
,
slanging match
,
snarl
,
spat
,
squabble
,
squabbling
,
strife
,
struggle
,
tiff
,
tussle
,
vendetta
,
verbal engagement
,
war
,
war of words
,
warfare
,
words
,
wrangle
,
wrangler
,
wrangling
uttered
collapse
related words >
articulated
,
enunciated
,
lingual
,
linguistic
,
nuncupative
,
oral
,
parol
,
pronounced
,
said
,
sounded
,
speech
,
spoken
,
unwritten
,
verbal
,
viva voce
,
vocal
,
vocalized
,
voiced
,
voiceful
obtrude
collapse
related words >
barge in
,
boot out
,
bounce
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
burst in
,
butt in
,
cast
,
cast out
,
charge in
,
chuck out
,
come between
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
defenestrate
,
detrude
,
discard
,
discharge
,
edge in
,
eject
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
entrench
,
exclude
,
expel
,
extrude
,
foist in
,
force upon
,
give the hook
,
heave out
,
horn in
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
infiltrate
,
infringe
,
insinuate
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
jettison
,
junk
,
kick downstairs
,
kick out
,
obtrude on
,
oust
,
press in
,
press upon
,
presume
,
push in
,
push upon
,
put on
,
put out
,
put upon
,
reject
,
remove
,
rush in
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
storm in
,
throng in
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
throw overboard
,
thrust in
,
thrust out
,
thrust upon
,
toss out
,
trench
,
trespass
,
turn out
,
work in
,
worm in
slap
collapse
a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"
related words >
Parthian shot
,
abruptly
,
altogether
,
attack
,
back answer
,
bang
,
bash
,
bat
,
beat
,
biff
,
blip
,
blow
,
box
,
box the ears
,
buffet
,
bump
,
burst
,
bust
,
cast
,
castigate
,
caustic remark
,
censure
,
chop
,
chuck
,
clap
,
clash
,
clear
,
clout
,
comeback
,
completely
,
contumely
,
crack
,
crash
,
criticism
,
crump
,
cuff
,
cut
,
cutting remark
,
dash
,
despite
,
dig
,
ding
,
directly
,
drub
,
dump
,
entirely
,
exactly
,
flap
,
flay
,
fleer
,
fling
,
flop
,
flout
,
foolery
,
fully
,
gibe
,
gibing retort
,
go
,
hastily
,
haymaker
,
hit
,
hurl
,
impetuously
,
impulsively
,
indignity
,
insult
,
jab
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
knock
,
lash
,
leg-pull
,
like a flash
,
like a thunderbolt
,
mock
,
of a sudden
,
on short notice
,
parting shot
,
perfectly
,
plank
,
plop
,
plumb
,
plump
,
plunk
,
point-blank
,
poke
,
pop
,
precipitantly
,
precipitately
,
precipitously
,
precisely
,
punch
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
quite
,
rap
,
rebuff
,
rebuke
,
report
,
reprimand
,
reproof
,
right
,
rude reproach
,
scathe
,
scoff
,
score
,
scourge
,
scurrility
,
sharp
,
short answer
,
shot
,
slam
,
slap on
,
slap the face
,
slash
,
slat
,
sling
,
smack
,
sock
,
spank
,
splash
,
splat
,
squarely
,
stab
,
stagger
,
startlingly
,
straight
,
strike
,
stripe
,
sudden
,
suddenly
,
surprisingly
,
swap
,
swat
,
swipe
,
tap
,
taunt
,
throw
,
thrust
,
thwack
,
token punishment
,
toss
,
try
,
twit
,
unawares
,
unexpectedly
,
utterly
,
verbal thrust
,
wallop
,
whack
,
wham
,
whap
,
whip
,
whirl
,
whomp
,
whop
,
without notice
,
without warning
intercommunicational
collapse
related words >
answering
,
communicating
,
communicational
,
communional
,
conversational
,
interacting
,
interactional
,
interactive
,
intercommunicative
,
intercommunional
,
interresponsive
,
interrogative
,
interrogatory
,
linguistic
,
oral
,
questioning
,
responsive
,
speech
,
telepathic
,
transmissional
,
verbal
participial
collapse
of or relating to or consisting of participles; "participial inflections"
related words >
adjectival
,
adverbial
,
attributive
,
conjunctive
,
copulative
,
correct
,
formal
,
functional
,
glossematic
,
grammatic
,
intransitive
,
linking
,
nominal
,
postpositional
,
prepositional
,
pronominal
,
structural
,
substantive
,
syntactic
,
tagmemic
,
transitive
,
verbal
Parthian shot
collapse
related words >
PS
,
addendum
,
address
,
affirmation
,
afterthought
,
allegation
,
answer
,
apostrophe
,
appendix
,
assertion
,
averment
,
back answer
,
back matter
,
caustic remark
,
chorus
,
coda
,
codicil
,
colophon
,
comeback
,
comment
,
conclusion
,
consequence
,
continuance
,
continuation
,
crack
,
cut
,
cutting remark
,
declaration
,
dictum
,
dig
,
double take
,
dump
,
dying words
,
envoi
,
epilogue
,
exclamation
,
expression
,
fleer
,
flout
,
follow-through
,
follow-up
,
foolery
,
gibe
,
gibing retort
,
greeting
,
interjection
,
jab
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
last words
,
leg-pull
,
mention
,
mock
,
note
,
observation
,
parting shot
,
peroration
,
phrase
,
position
,
postface
,
postfix
,
postlude
,
postscript
,
pronouncement
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
question
,
quip
,
reflection
,
refrain
,
remark
,
rude reproach
,
say
,
saying
,
scoff
,
scurrility
,
second thought
,
sentence
,
sequel
,
sequela
,
sequelae
,
sequelant
,
sequent
,
sequitur
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
statement
,
subjoinder
,
subscript
,
suffix
,
supplement
,
swan song
,
swipe
,
tag
,
taunt
,
thought
,
twit
,
utterance
,
verbal thrust
,
word
lexical
collapse
of or relating to words; "lexical decision task"
of or relating to dictionaries
related words >
conjugate
,
derivative
,
echoic
,
etymologic
,
glossematic
,
iconic
,
lexemic
,
lexicographic
,
lexicologic
,
lexigraphic
,
morphemic
,
onomastic
,
onomatologic
,
onomatopoeic
,
paronymic
,
paronymous
,
phrasal
,
semantic
,
semantological
,
semasiological
,
sememic
,
semiotic
,
symbolic
,
verbal
viva voce
collapse
related words >
articulate
,
articulated
,
enunciated
,
lingual
,
linguistic
,
nuncupative
,
oral
,
orally
,
parol
,
pronounced
,
said
,
sonant
,
sounded
,
speech
,
spoken
,
unwritten
,
uttered
,
verbal
,
verbally
,
vocal
,
vocalized
,
vocally
,
voiced
,
voiceful
gibe
collapse
related words >
Parthian shot
,
affront
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
aspersion
,
atrocity
,
back answer
,
barrack
,
be merry with
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
brickbat
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
call names
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
contempt
,
contumely
,
crack
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
deride
,
derision
,
despite
,
dig
,
dig at
,
dishonor
,
disoblige
,
dump
,
dump on
,
enormity
,
epigram
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
fleer
,
fleer at
,
flight of wit
,
flout
,
flouting
,
foolery
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
gird
,
give offense to
,
happy thought
,
heckle
,
humiliate
,
humiliation
,
hurl a brickbat
,
indignity
,
injury
,
insult
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jeer at
,
jeering
,
jest
,
jibe
,
jibe at
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
leg-pull
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
mockery
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
offend
,
offense
,
outrage
,
parting shot
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
play on words
,
pleasantry
,
poke fun at
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
pun
,
put down
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
rag
,
rail
,
rail at
,
raillery
,
rally
,
rank out
,
razz
,
repartee
,
retort
,
revile
,
rib
,
ridicule
,
riposte
,
rude reproach
,
sally
,
scintillate
,
scintillation
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scoffing
,
scold
,
scout
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
sparkle
,
stroke of wit
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
tease
,
thrust
,
treat with indignity
,
turn of thought
,
twit
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
utter a mot
,
verbal thrust
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
wage war
collapse
related words >
battle
,
box
,
brawl
,
broil
,
carry on hostilities
,
clash
,
close
,
collide
,
combat
,
come to blows
,
contend
,
contest
,
cut and thrust
,
duel
,
engage in hostilities
,
exchange blows
,
fence
,
feud
,
fight
,
fight a duel
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
grapple
,
grapple with
,
jostle
,
joust
,
make war
,
mix it up
,
quarrel
,
rassle
,
riot
,
run a tilt
,
scramble
,
scuffle
,
shed blood
,
skirmish
,
spar
,
spill blood
,
strive
,
struggle
,
thrust and parry
,
tilt
,
tourney
,
tussle
,
war
,
wrestle
scoff
collapse
treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"
related words >
Parthian shot
,
affront
,
aspersion
,
atrocity
,
back answer
,
barrack
,
belittle
,
bolt
,
boo
,
brickbat
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
chow
,
comeback
,
comestibles
,
contempt
,
contumely
,
crack
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
deride
,
despite
,
devour
,
dig
,
dig at
,
disbelieve
,
dismiss
,
disparage
,
dump on
,
eats
,
edibles
,
enormity
,
feed
,
fleer
,
flout
,
flouting
,
food
,
foodstuff
,
foolery
,
gibe
,
gibing retort
,
gird
,
gobble up
,
grub
,
gulp down
,
guzzle
,
humiliation
,
indignity
,
injury
,
insult
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jeer at
,
jeering
,
jest
,
kid
,
lampoon
,
leg-pull
,
make light of
,
mock
,
mockery
,
offense
,
outrage
,
parting shot
,
poke fun at
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
provisions
,
put away
,
put down
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rag
,
rail at
,
rally
,
rank out
,
rations
,
revile
,
rib
,
ridicule
,
rude reproach
,
scoff at
,
scout
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
spoof
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
tease
,
twit
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
verbal thrust
,
victuals
,
wolf down
duel
collapse
any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)
a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"
related words >
affair of honor
,
battle
,
box
,
brawl
,
broil
,
buck
,
clash
,
close
,
collide
,
combat
,
come to blows
,
contend
,
contest
,
cut and thrust
,
dispute
,
exchange blows
,
fence
,
feud
,
fight
,
fight a duel
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
grapple
,
grapple with
,
jostle
,
joust
,
mix it up
,
monomachy
,
oppose
,
quarrel
,
rassle
,
repel
,
riot
,
run a tilt
,
satisfaction
,
scramble
,
scuffle
,
single combat
,
skirmish
,
spar
,
strive
,
struggle
,
thrust and parry
,
tilt
,
tourney
,
traverse
,
tussle
,
wage war
,
war
,
withstand
,
wrestle
jeer
collapse
showing your contempt by derision
laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
related words >
Parthian shot
,
affront
,
aspersion
,
atrocity
,
back answer
,
barrack
,
boo
,
brickbat
,
bullyrag
,
call names
,
catcall
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
comeback
,
contempt
,
contumely
,
crack
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
decry
,
deride
,
derision
,
despite
,
dig
,
dig at
,
dishonor
,
disoblige
,
dump
,
dump on
,
enormity
,
fleer
,
fleer at
,
flout
,
flouting
,
foolery
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
gird
,
give offense to
,
hiss
,
hoot
,
humiliate
,
humiliation
,
hurl a brickbat
,
indignity
,
injury
,
insult
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jape
,
jeer at
,
jeering
,
jest
,
jibe
,
jibe at
,
knock
,
leg-pull
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
mockery
,
obloquy
,
offend
,
offense
,
outrage
,
parting shot
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
put down
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rag
,
rail at
,
rally
,
rank out
,
revile
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
rude reproach
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scout
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
treat with indignity
,
twit
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
verbal thrust
interacting
collapse
related words >
answering
,
communicating
,
communicational
,
communional
,
conversational
,
dovetailed
,
in gear
,
in mesh
,
interactional
,
interactive
,
intercommunicational
,
intercommunicative
,
intercommunional
,
interplaying
,
interresponsive
,
interrogative
,
interrogatory
,
interworking
,
linguistic
,
mortised
,
oral
,
questioning
,
responsive
,
speech
,
telepathic
,
transmissional
,
verbal
sounded
collapse
related words >
articulated
,
droning
,
enunciated
,
lingual
,
linguistic
,
monotone
,
monotonic
,
nuncupative
,
oral
,
parol
,
pronounced
,
said
,
soniferous
,
sonorous
,
sounding
,
speech
,
spoken
,
tonal
,
toneless
,
unwritten
,
uttered
,
verbal
,
viva voce
,
vocal
,
vocalized
,
voiced
,
voiceful
said
collapse
related words >
aforementioned
,
aforenamed
,
aforesaid
,
articulated
,
beforementioned
,
enunciated
,
foregoing
,
forementioned
,
forenamed
,
former
,
lingual
,
linguistic
,
named
,
nuncupative
,
oral
,
parol
,
pronounced
,
same
,
sounded
,
speech
,
spoken
,
such
,
unwritten
,
uttered
,
verbal
,
viva voce
,
vocal
,
vocalized
,
voiced
,
voiceful
controversy
collapse
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
related words >
Kilkenny cats
,
altercation
,
antagonism
,
apologetics
,
apologia
,
apology
,
argument
,
argumentation
,
bicker
,
bickering
,
blood feud
,
brawl
,
broil
,
casuistry
,
cat-and-dog life
,
clashing
,
combat
,
conflict
,
confrontation
,
contention
,
contentiousness
,
contest
,
contestation
,
contradiction
,
cut and thrust
,
debate
,
defense
,
difference
,
disaccord
,
disaccordance
,
disagreement
,
discord
,
discordance
,
discordancy
,
discrepancy
,
disharmony
,
disparity
,
disputation
,
dispute
,
dissension
,
dissent
,
dissidence
,
dissonance
,
disunion
,
disunity
,
divergence
,
diversity
,
donnybrook
,
donnybrook fair
,
embroilment
,
enmity
,
faction
,
falling-out
,
feud
,
fight
,
fighting
,
fliting
,
flyting
,
fracas
,
fuss
,
hassle
,
hostility
,
hubbub
,
hurrah
,
imbroglio
,
inaccordance
,
inequality
,
jarring
,
litigation
,
logomachy
,
miff
,
negation
,
open quarrel
,
opposition
,
oppugnancy
,
paper war
,
passage of arms
,
polemic
,
polemics
,
quarrel
,
quarreling
,
quarrelsomeness
,
questioning
,
repugnance
,
rhubarb
,
rumpus
,
scrapping
,
set-to
,
sharp words
,
slanging match
,
snarl
,
spat
,
squabble
,
squabbling
,
strife
,
struggle
,
tiff
,
tussle
,
unharmoniousness
,
variance
,
vendetta
,
verbal engagement
,
war
,
war of words
,
warfare
,
words
,
wrangle
,
wrangling
wrestle
collapse
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"
combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"
related words >
agonize
,
battle
,
box
,
brawl
,
broil
,
buffet
,
clash
,
close
,
collide
,
combat
,
come to blows
,
contend
,
contest
,
cut and thrust
,
duel
,
endeavor
,
essay
,
exchange blows
,
exert
,
fence
,
feud
,
fight
,
fight a duel
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
grapple
,
grapple with
,
grunt and sweat
,
hassle
,
huff and puff
,
jostle
,
joust
,
labor
,
mix it up
,
moil
,
quarrel
,
rassle
,
riot
,
run a tilt
,
scramble
,
scuffle
,
skirmish
,
spar
,
strain
,
stretch
,
strive
,
struggle
,
thrust and parry
,
tilt
,
toil
,
tourney
,
travail
,
tussle
,
wage war
,
war
,
work
colloquy
collapse
formal conversation
a conversation especially a formal one
related words >
chat
,
colloquial discourse
,
colloquium
,
communication
,
communion
,
confabulation
,
conversation
,
converse
,
conversing
,
dialogue
,
discourse
,
exchange
,
give-and-take
,
intercourse
,
interlocution
,
palaver
,
parley
,
rap session
,
rapping
,
seminar
,
talk
,
verbal intercourse
fleer
collapse
contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words
to smirk contemptuously
related words >
Parthian shot
,
affront
,
back answer
,
barrack
,
be merry with
,
call names
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
comeback
,
crack
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
dig
,
dig at
,
dishonor
,
disoblige
,
dump
,
dump on
,
fleer at
,
flout
,
foolery
,
fun
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
gird
,
give offense to
,
grin
,
humiliate
,
hurl a brickbat
,
insult
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jeer at
,
jest
,
jibe at
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
leer
,
leg-pull
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
offend
,
outrage
,
parting shot
,
play on words
,
poke fun at
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
pun
,
put down
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rail at
,
rally
,
rank out
,
revile
,
ridicule
,
rude reproach
,
sardonic grin
,
scintillate
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scornful laugh
,
scout
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
smile
,
smirk
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
snicker
,
snigger
,
snort
,
sparkle
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
treat with indignity
,
twit
,
utter a mot
,
verbal thrust
,
wisecrack
joust
collapse
a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
related words >
Olympic games
,
Olympics
,
battle
,
bout
,
box
,
brawl
,
broil
,
clash
,
close
,
collide
,
combat
,
come to blows
,
concours
,
contend
,
contest
,
cut and thrust
,
derby
,
duel
,
encounter
,
engagement
,
exchange blows
,
fence
,
feud
,
fight
,
fight a duel
,
game
,
games
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
go
,
grapple
,
grapple with
,
gymkhana
,
jostle
,
match
,
matching
,
meet
,
meeting
,
mix it up
,
quarrel
,
rally
,
rassle
,
rencontre
,
riot
,
run a tilt
,
scramble
,
scuffle
,
skirmish
,
spar
,
strive
,
struggle
,
test
,
thrust and parry
,
tilt
,
tournament
,
tourney
,
trial
,
tussle
,
wage war
,
war
,
wrestle
brush off
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
beat back
,
broom
,
brush
,
brush aside
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
cold shoulder
,
cut
,
dismiss
,
dismissal
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
drop the subject
,
fend off
,
forget
,
forget about it
,
forget it
,
hold off
,
keep off
,
lay aside
,
let it go
,
let slip
,
pack off
,
push aside
,
push back
,
put aside
,
put back
,
rebuff
,
refusal
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
set aside
,
shrug off
,
sneeze at
,
snub
,
spurn
,
spurning
,
sweep
,
sweep out
,
sweep up
,
think nothing of
,
thrust aside
,
thrust back
,
turn away from
,
turn back
,
vacuum
,
vacuum-clean
,
ward off
,
whisk
interrogatory
collapse
related words >
answering
,
catechistic
,
communicating
,
communicational
,
communional
,
conversational
,
curious
,
inquiring
,
inquisitional
,
inquisitorial
,
interacting
,
interactional
,
interactive
,
intercommunicational
,
intercommunicative
,
intercommunional
,
interresponsive
,
interrogation
,
interrogational
,
interrogative
,
linguistic
,
oral
,
query
,
querying
,
question
,
questioning
,
quizzical
,
quizzing
,
responsive
,
speech
,
telepathic
,
transmissional
,
verbal
flail
collapse
an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"
related words >
bang
,
baste
,
bastinado
,
batter
,
beat
,
belabor
,
belt
,
birch
,
buffet
,
cane
,
club
,
cowhide
,
cudgel
,
cut
,
cut and thrust
,
drub
,
feint
,
flagellate
,
flail at
,
flail away at
,
flap
,
flog
,
fustigate
,
give a whipping
,
give the stick
,
hammer
,
hit at
,
horsewhip
,
knock
,
knout
,
lace
,
lambaste
,
larrup
,
lash
,
lash out at
,
lay on
,
let drive at
,
let fly at
,
lunge at
,
maul
,
paste
,
patter
,
pelt
,
pistol-whip
,
poke at
,
pommel
,
pound
,
pulverize
,
pummel
,
rap
,
rawhide
,
scourge
,
sledgehammer
,
smite
,
spank
,
strap
,
strike at
,
strike out at
,
stripe
,
swing at
,
swing on
,
swinge
,
switch
,
thrash
,
thresh
,
thrust at
,
thump
,
trounce
,
truncheon
,
wallop
,
whale
,
whip
,
whop
spoken
collapse
uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken"
related words >
articulate
,
articulated
,
colloquial
,
common
,
conversational
,
enunciated
,
everyday
,
familiar
,
informal
,
lingual
,
linguistic
,
nonstandard
,
nuncupative
,
oral
,
parol
,
pronounced
,
said
,
sonant
,
sounded
,
speak
,
speech
,
substandard
,
traditional
,
uneducated
,
unliterary
,
unstudied
,
unwritten
,
uttered
,
verbal
,
vernacular
,
viva voce
,
vocal
,
vocalized
,
voiced
,
voiceful
,
word-of-mouth
telepathic
collapse
communicating without apparent physical signals
related words >
answering
,
automatist
,
clairaudient
,
clairsentient
,
clairvoyant
,
communicating
,
communicational
,
communional
,
conversational
,
extrasensory
,
interacting
,
interactional
,
interactive
,
intercommunicational
,
intercommunicative
,
intercommunional
,
interresponsive
,
interrogative
,
interrogatory
,
linguistic
,
mediumistic
,
oral
,
pretersensual
,
psychic
,
psychokinetic
,
psychosensory
,
questioning
,
responsive
,
second-sighted
,
speech
,
spiritual
,
spiritualistic
,
supersensible
,
supersensual
,
telekinetic
,
transmissional
,
verbal
quip
collapse
related words >
Parthian shot
,
ad lib
,
aphorism
,
apophthegm
,
apothegm
,
back answer
,
barb
,
be merry with
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
caustic remark
,
cavil
,
chestnut
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
crack
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
cut
,
cutting remark
,
dig
,
dodge
,
double entendre
,
drollery
,
dump
,
epigram
,
equivoque
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
fleer
,
fleer at
,
flight of wit
,
flout
,
foolery
,
fun
,
gag
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
happy thought
,
jab
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
jesuitism
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
leg-pull
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
parting shot
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
play on words
,
pleasantry
,
poke fun at
,
pun
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quibble
,
quiddity
,
quillet
,
quips and cranks
,
quirk
,
quodlibet
,
repartee
,
retort
,
ridicule
,
riposte
,
rude reproach
,
sally
,
scintillate
,
scintillation
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
shuffle
,
slam
,
slap
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
sparkle
,
stroke of wit
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
turn of thought
,
twit
,
utter a mot
,
verbal thrust
,
wheeze
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
yak
apologia
collapse
related words >
apologetic
,
apologetics
,
apology
,
argument
,
argumentation
,
bicker
,
bickering
,
casuistry
,
clarification
,
contention
,
controversy
,
defense
,
disputation
,
dispute
,
elucidation
,
explanation
,
flyting
,
hassle
,
hubbub
,
interpretation
,
justification
,
litigation
,
logomachy
,
paper war
,
passage of arms
,
polemic
,
polemics
,
rhubarb
,
set-to
,
verbal engagement
,
war of words
,
wrangling
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