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noun
- a heavy blow, punch.
- a person's ability to throw such punches
- emotional impact, psychological force
- While the wallops1 on his bare butt never failed to remind the rascal of his father's fearful 2 even years after giving up boxing, his younger cousin's unexpected presence dealt a worse 3 to his pride.
- a thrill, emotionally excited reaction
- (slang) beer
- 1949: 1984, w:George Orwell, George Orwell
- "You're a gent," said the other, straightening his shoulders again. He appeared not to have noticed Winston's blue overalls. "Pint!" he added aggressively to the barman. "Pint of ."
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verb (wallop, p, ed)
- (intransitive) to rush hastily
- (intransitive) to flaunder, wallow
- (intransitive) to boil noisily
- (transitive) to strike heavily, trash soundly.
- (transitive) to trounce, beat by wide.
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noun (wikipedia, mul=war (card game))
- A conflict involving the organized use of arms and physical force between countries or other large-scale armed groups. The warring parties hold territory, which they can win or lose; and each has a leading person or organization which can surrender, or collapse, thus ending the war.
- (context, rhetorical) A campaign against something. E.g., the war on drugs is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs; the war on terror is a campaign against terrorist crime.
- (context, by analogy, uncountable) A particular card game for two players.
verb (war, r, ed)
- To engage in conflict with a foe.
- His emotions with his intellect, making him conflicted.
| | weird |
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noun
- (context, archaic, except in Scots) fate, Fate or destiny.
- 1912: In the of death shall the hapless be whelmed, and and from Doom's dark prison / Shall she steal forth never again. " Euripides, Medea, trans. Arthur S. Way (Heinemenn 1946, p. 361)
- (context, archaic, in plural) The Fates.
verb
- To make someone feel strange.
- Hey man, you're weirding me out.
adjective
- Having supernatural or preternatural power.
- Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
- Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
- (archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.
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verb
- (third-person singular of, while)
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adverb
- anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.
- It is unlucky to walk around a church.
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noun
- An individual victory.
verb (wins, winning, won)
- (transitive) To achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc).
- (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
- (intransitive) To achieve victory.
- Who would in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
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noun (plural windles)
- A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
- (Zoí¶l.) The redwing. Prov. Eng.
- An old English measure of corn, half a bushel.
- Quotations
- 1882: In the Derby household book of 1561, wheat, malt, and oats are sold by the quarter and the windle, in which the quarter clearly contained sixteen windles, and must have been a wholly different measure from that which we are familiar. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 208.
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noun (windies)
- (colloquial) fart
adjective (ier, iest)
- accompany, Accompanied by wind.
- It was a long and night.
- unsheltered, Unsheltered and open to the wind.
- They made love in a bus shelter.
- empty, Empty and lacking substance.
- They made promises they would not keep.
- long-winded, Long-winded; orally verbose.
- flatulent, Flatulent.
- The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat .
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noun wīse
- (archaic) way, manner
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verb (wis, es)
- To become wise.
- (transitive, slang) Usually with "up", to inform.
- Mo wised him up about his situation.
- (intransitive, slang) Usually with "up", to learn.
- ''After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
adjective (wiser, wisest)
- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.
- They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
- (colloquial) Disrespectful.
- Don't get wise with me!
| | withershins |
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adverb
- Anti-clockwise, in the contrary direction, especially to the left or opposite to the direction of the sun.
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proper noun
- Nickname for Woodrow
- Given name for a male
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noun a wow
- An exceptionally surprising or unbelievable fact.
- He did? That's a !
verb (wows, wowing, wowed)
- To amaze or awe.
- He really wowed the audience.
| | wyte |
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verb (wyt, ing)
- (context, obsolete, except in Scots) To blame; to regard as guilty.
- Late C14: As help me God, I shal í¾ee nevere smyte! / í�at I have doon, it is í¾yself to . " Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Wife of Bath's Tale", Canterbury Tales
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