cuddle | (noun) a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace | Synonyms: nestle, snuggle |
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doddle | (noun) an easy task | - |
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fiddle | (noun) bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow | Synonyms: violin |
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fuddle | (noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: clutter, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter |
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griddle | (noun) cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked | - |
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huddle | (noun) (informal) a quick private conference | Synonyms: powwow |
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(noun) a disorganized and densely packed crowd | - |
middle | (noun) the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) | Synonyms: midriff, midsection |
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(noun) an intermediate part or section | - |
(noun) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | Synonyms: center, centre, eye, heart |
(noun) the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process | - |
mollycoddle | (noun) a pampered darling; an effeminate man | - |
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muddle | (noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, smother, welter |
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(noun) informal terms for a difficult situation | Synonyms: fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, pickle |
noddle | (noun) an informal British expression for head or mind | - |
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packsaddle | (noun) a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached | - |
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paddle | (noun) a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat | Synonyms: boat paddle |
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(noun) an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board | - |
(noun) a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel | - |
(noun) small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games | - |
paradiddle | (noun) the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously | Synonyms: drum roll, roll |
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piddle | (noun) liquid excretory product | Synonyms: pee, piss, urine, water, weewee |
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puddle | (noun) something resembling a pool of liquid | Synonyms: pool |
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(noun) a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid | Synonyms: pool |
(noun) a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry | - |
raddle | (noun) a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking | Synonyms: reddle, ruddle |
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reddle | (noun) a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking | Synonyms: raddle, ruddle |
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riddle | (noun) a coarse sieve (as for gravel) | - |
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(noun) a difficult problem | Synonyms: brain-teaser, conundrum, enigma |
ruddle | (noun) a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking | Synonyms: raddle, reddle |
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saddle | (noun) posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl | - |
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(noun) a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal | - |
(noun) a seat for the rider of a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycle seat |
(noun) a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe | - |
(noun) cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins | - |
(noun) a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) | Synonyms: saddleback |
sidesaddle | (noun) a saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse | - |
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skedaddle | (noun) a hasty flight | - |
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staddle | (noun) a base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked | - |
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straddle | (noun) the act of sitting or standing astride | Synonyms: span |
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(noun) the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options | - |
(noun) a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars | - |
(noun) a noncommittal or equivocal position | - |
taradiddle | (noun) a trivial lie | Synonyms: fib, story, tale, tarradiddle |
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(noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
tarradiddle | (noun) a trivial lie | Synonyms: fib, story, tale, taradiddle |
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(noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
twaddle | (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh |
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twiddle | (noun) a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns | - |
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waddle | (noun) walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other | - |
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