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trot collapse: a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together; run at a moderately swift pace; cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home"; ride at a trot

apogee collapse: apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth; a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"

backslide collapse

enormity collapse: an act of extreme wickedness; the quality of extreme wickedness; vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task"

doff collapse: remove; "He doffed his hat"

not done collapse

infamy collapse: evil fame or public reputation; a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"

do justice to collapse

catafalque collapse: a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral

gambit collapse: a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position; an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

waddle collapse: walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other; "ducks walk with a waddle"

conk out collapse

octave collapse: a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse; a musical interval of eight tones; a feast day and the seven days following it

fallacious collapse: based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope"; containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"

pseudo collapse: (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"

distort collapse

soapbox collapse: a crate for packing soap

spitting distance collapse

reflex collapse: an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

mistimed collapse

hear a different drummer collapse

come by collapse: obtain, especially accidentally

prance collapse: ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward; cause (a horse) to bound spring forward; spring forward on the hind legs; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"

crappy collapse

diapason collapse: either of the two main stops on a pipe organ

blight collapse: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting; a state or condition being blighted; cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

supplant collapse: take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

misguided collapse: wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"

measure out collapse

double quick collapse

grievance collapse: a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action; an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice

ill-suited collapse

hurriedness collapse

get cracking collapse: start to be active; "Get cracking, please!"

hop to it collapse

fall short collapse: fail to meet (expectations or standards)

lawbreaking collapse

defective collapse: markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech"; having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"

abuse collapse: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"; use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"; use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"

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