bobbin | (noun) a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound | Synonyms: reel, spool |
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chubbiness | (noun) the property of having a plump and round body | Synonyms: pudginess, rolypoliness, tubbiness |
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clubbing | (noun) a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease | - |
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crabbiness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbedness, crossness |
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dabbing | (noun) pressing a marijuana concentrate to a hot surface in order to vaporize it and inhale the concentrate | - |
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(noun) a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing | Synonyms: dab |
dobbin | (noun) a quiet plodding workhorse | Synonyms: farm horse |
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drubbing | (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: beating, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking |
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(noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping |
dubbin | (noun) tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and waterproof | - |
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dubbing | (noun) a new soundtrack that is added to a film | - |
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ebbing | (noun) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) | Synonyms: ebb, wane |
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fibbing | (noun) a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear | Synonyms: paltering |
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flabbiness | (noun) a flabby softness | Synonyms: flaccidity, limpness |
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grubbiness | (noun) the state of being grimy | Synonyms: griminess |
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gubbins | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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jabbing | (noun) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | Synonyms: jab, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting |
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nubbin | (noun) a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn) | - |
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nubbiness | (noun) looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) | Synonyms: coarseness, tweediness |
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rabbinate | (noun) the office or function of a rabbi | - |
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(noun) rabbis collectively | - |
ribbing | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: tantalization, tease, teasing |
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(noun) a framework of ribs | - |
rubbing | (noun) effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure | Synonyms: detrition, friction |
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(noun) representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal | - |
(noun) the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another | Synonyms: friction |
scrubbiness | (noun) the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality | Synonyms: scrawniness |
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scrubbing | (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scouring, scrub |
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shabbiness | (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: iniquity, injustice, unfairness |
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(noun) a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | Synonyms: manginess, seediness, sleaziness |
sobbing | (noun) convulsive gasp made while weeping | Synonyms: sob |
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stubbiness | (noun) the property of being short and broad | Synonyms: squatness |
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subbing | (noun) working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence | Synonyms: substituting |
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swabbing | (noun) cleaning with a mop | Synonyms: mopping |
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throbbing | (noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: pounding, throb |
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(noun) a sound with a strong rhythmic beat | - |
tubbiness | (noun) the property of having a plump and round body | Synonyms: chubbiness, pudginess, rolypoliness |
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webbing | (noun) a strong fabric woven in strips | - |
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(noun) a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts | - |
(noun) something forming a web (as between the toes of birds) | - |