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racket collapse: an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit; a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games; a loud and disturbing noise; hit (a ball) with a racket; make loud and annoying noises

affiliation collapse: the act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university"; a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"

sigh collapse: an utterance made by exhaling audibly; a sound like a person sighing; "she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees"; heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly"; utter with a sigh

limit collapse: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"; the boundary of a specific area; as far as something can go; the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"; the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity; restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

round out collapse: make bigger or better or more complete; fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research"

heirloom collapse: something that has been in a family for generations; (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

belch collapse: a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth

rebuild collapse: build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb"

phonetics collapse: the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

trumpet collapse: utter in trumpet-like sounds; "Elephants are trumpeting"; proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty"; play or blow on the trumpet

preservative collapse: a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition; tending or having the power to preserve; "the timbers should be treated with a preservative"

reshape collapse: shape anew or differently; "The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country"; shape again or shape differently

gasp collapse: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted"

zing collapse: a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound; "the zing of the passing bullet"

as the crow flies collapse: by the shortest and most direct route; "it's 10 miles as the crow flies"

checker collapse: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers; one who checks the correctness of something; an attendant who checks coats or baggage; variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

uproot collapse: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

lay over collapse: interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil"

treble collapse: three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"; sing treble

pivot collapse: the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"; axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns; the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver; turn on a pivot

inkling collapse: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

comply collapse: act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"

art collapse: the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"; the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"; a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"

phase collapse: (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the full phase of the moon"; (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"; a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle; any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"; adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"; arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal"

recoil collapse: a movement back from an impact; the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

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