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noun
- (obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pick.
- A dry cough.
- (slang) A taxicab (hackney carriage) driver.
- (obsolete) An ordinary horse, especially an old, tired one.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for the use in hackeysack.
- (pejorative) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- (pejorative) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- (pejorative) An untalented writer.
- Dason is nothing but a two-bit .
- (slang) A person incapable of completing a simple task. This person could be also referred to as someone who "sucks at life" (slightly derogatory)
- (computing) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- (context, computing, slang) An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network. (Actually called a "crack" in computer parlance).
- (computing) A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.
- (computing) An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
- (slang) Time check (military usage).
- (curling) The foothold device from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- (rfv-sense) (slang) A prison guard.
- (politics) A political agitator. (slightly derogatory) <!-- This expression was used a lot in student politics in the 1980s. I'm not sure if it is still used much. publunch
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verb
- To cough noisily.
- This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking.
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- Can you it out here with no electricity or running water?
- To play hackeysack.
- To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- He can like no one else and make the program work as expected.
- To work with on an intimately technical level.
- I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.
- To make a quick code change to patch a computer program.
- I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later..
- (sport) To be effective at a certain position or role within a sports game without being particularly graceful or with class.
- Their Defender is such a 'hack', but he gets the job done
- (slang) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to a computer system (e.g. website) or network by manipulating code; a "crack" in computer parlance.
adjective
- (literary) Having or requiring little talent.
- He's nothing but the typical writer.
- I got by on work for years before I finally published my novel.
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noun
- A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal
| | hammer |
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noun
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- (anatomy) The malleus.
- (music) In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
- (sports) A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- (curling) The last rock in an end.
- (context, Ultimate Frisbee) A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
verb
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- (sports) To hit particularly hard.
- To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
- I could hear the engine"s valves hammering once the timing rod was thrown.
| | handsaw |
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noun
- A saw small enough to be used by one hand.
| | handspike |
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noun
- A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
- 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island, Treasure Island
- : Then he rapped on the door with a bit of stick like a that he carried...
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noun
- (Machanics): Any wheel worked by hand; especially, one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.
| | hang |
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noun
- The way in which something hangs
- This skirt has a nice hang
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices
- We sometimes get system hangs
verb (hangs, hanging, hung or hanged (see Usage notes), hung or hanged (see Usage notes))
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended
- The lights hung from the ceiling.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- The smoke hung in the room.
- (intransitive) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose
- You will hang for this, my friend.
- (intransitive) (informal) To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
- Are you busy, or can you hang with me?
- I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging.
- (intransitive) (chess) to be vulnerable to capture.
- In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs.
- (intransitive) (computing) to stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard or mouse
- The computer has hung again. Not even pressing <nowiki><Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del></nowiki> works.
- When I push this button the program hangs.
- (transitive) to cause (something) to be suspended
- Hang those lights from the ceiling.
- (transitive) to place on a hook
- (transitive) to exhibit (a painting)
- (transitive) to apply (wallpaper to a wall)
- (transitive) to decorate (something) with hanging objects
- (transitive) (computing) to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding
- The program has a bug that can hang the system.
- (transitive) to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck
- The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.
- (transitive) (chess) to cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture
- If you move there, you'll hang your queen rook.
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect
- He hung his head in shame.
- (intransitive) To "hang up" means to disconnect a telephone call.
- "Hang up my X" can mean "stop doing Y", where X is a characteristic kit item used in the sport or work occupation Y, e.g. "It's time I hung up my fins" may mean "Due to advancing old age I should stop scuba diving".
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noun
- A large garage like structure where aircraft are kept.
- The plane taxied on over to the for repairs.
| | Hardy |
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proper noun
- Common English surname.
- English novelist and poet, w:Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).
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noun - A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
| | hatch |
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noun
- a horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
- a trapdoor.
- an opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items.
- The cook passed the dishes through the serving .
- a small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
- a narrow passageway between the decks of a ship or submarine.
- (Often as Mayfly hatch) the phenomenon, lasting 1-2 days, of large clouds of mayfly, mayflies appearing in one location (to mate, having reached maturity)
- (poultry)a group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
- These pullets are from an April .
verb (hatch, es)
- (intransitive) (of young animals) to emerge from an egg.
- (intransitive) (of eggs) to break open when a young animal emerges from it.
- (transitive) to incubate eggs; cause to hatch.
- (transitive) to devise. (hatch a plan)
- (transitive) to shade an area of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines, particularly with lines which cross each other: cross-hatch.
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noun
- A small light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
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noun
- A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae.
- It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.
- (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions.
- The hawks controlled the senate, so the Minister of War had few problems with his budget.
verb
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
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noun
- the vertical clearance above someone's head, as in a tunnel, doorway etc
- (electronics) the ability of a system to reproduce loud sounds free of distortion; dynamic headroom
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noun (headways, -)
- (nautical) forward motion, or its rate
- (countable) (transportation) interval of time or distance between two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route
- (slang) progress toward a goal
- (countable) the clearance beneath an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom
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noun
- A brick, stone or cement floor to a fireplace or oven
- An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built
- The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace
- A symbol for home or family life
- (context, paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry.
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noun (wikipedia, Heel, Heel (part of the foot))
- (anatomy) Part of the foot on the backside where it becomes the leg.
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- On a long firearm, the back upper part of the stock.
- The last or lowest part of anything; as, the heel of a mast or the heel of a vessel.
- A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
- (nautical) The tilt of a ship to one side; also, the degree of such a tilt.
verb
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
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noun
- The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
- 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
- :The eyelet in the rose pilleum of his glans welled a clear bead that silled under the corona, wound the veinclomb , and ran a snailtrack down the thrum and ridge of the underduct.
| | Hickey |
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proper noun
- An Irish family name.
| | hinge |
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noun
- A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
- A folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.
- A point in time, on which subsequent events depend.
verb (hing, es)
- (transitive) To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
- (intransitive) To depend on something.
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noun
- a temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public
- a roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them
- (context, mostly, UK) a billboard
- action of the verb to hoard
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noun
- A three-sided box for carrying bricks or other construction materials, often mortar. It bears a long handle and is carried over the shoulder.
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noun
- A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
- A day declared free from work by the government.
- A period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure.
- A period taken off work or study for travel.
- An unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface.<ref>Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/holiday (accessed: June 26, 2007).</ref>
verb
- To take a period of time away from work or study.
- To spend a period of time for travel.
(trans-top, to take a period of time away from work or study)
- Finnish: lomailla
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, to spend a period of time for travel)
- Finnish: matkustella
(trans-bottom)
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noun - An extra-fine-grit sharpening stone, esp one used for razors.
verb (hones, honing, honed)
- To sharpen on, or with, a stone of fine grit.
- To refine or master (a skill)
| | hoop |
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noun
- A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- (italbrac, plural) The game of basketball.
- A hoop earring.
| | hopper |
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noun
- a temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
- one who hops
- (context, localism, or, slang) a toilet's water tank/toilet seat (rfv-sense)
- She got off the just as the phone rang.
- an artificial fishing lure
- To catch a big fish, use a that jumps across the pond surface.
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noun (horns, -)
- (countable) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals.
- (uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
- an umbrella with a handle made of
- (countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.
- (countable) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
- hunting
- (countable) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
- (countable) A conical device used to direct waves.
- antenna
- loudspeaker
- (context, informal, countable) Generally, any brass wind instrument.
- (context, slang, countable, from the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes) A telephone.
- (context, uncountable, coarse, slang, definite article) An erection of the penis.
- (context, countable, coarse, slang, definite article) A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land. "to navigate around the horn."
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noun
- A large hoofed animal (scientific name Equus caballus).
- A cowboy's greatest friend is his .
- (context, zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass.
- These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses.
- (uncountable) cavalry, Cavalry soldiers.
- We should place two units of and one of foot on this side of the field.
- In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high with two handles on top.
- She's scored very highly with the parallel bars, let's see how she does with the .
- (context, chess, rare) A knight.
- Now just remind me how the moves again?
- (slang) heroin, Heroin.
- Alright, mate, got any ?
- (context, slang, pejorative) A Tongan.
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noun (housings, -)
- (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
- (uncountable) residences, Residences, collectively.
- She lives in low-income .
- (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
- The gears were grinding against their .
verb
- (present participle of, house)
- We are the Wik
| | humidifier |
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noun
- A machine that is used to increase the humidity of the air.
| | humidistat |
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noun
- a device that measures, or controls, the relative humidity of a gas
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adjective
- Refers to heating systems which involve circulating hot water.
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