airstrip | (noun) an airfield without normal airport facilities | Synonyms: flight strip, landing strip, strip |
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drip | (noun) (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway) | Synonyms: drip mold, drip mould |
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(noun) flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid | Synonyms: dribble, trickle |
(noun) the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop | Synonyms: dripping |
grip | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, hold |
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(noun) a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes | Synonyms: bag, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag |
(noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it | Synonyms: handgrip, handle, hold |
(noun) a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place | Synonyms: bobby pin, hairgrip |
(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding | Synonyms: grasp |
(noun) worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made | - |
(noun) the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) | Synonyms: adhesive friction, traction |
hairgrip | (noun) a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place | Synonyms: bobby pin, grip |
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handgrip | (noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it | Synonyms: grip, handle, hold |
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rip | (noun) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something | Synonyms: rent, split |
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(noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current | Synonyms: countercurrent, crosscurrent, riptide, tide rip |
(noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | Synonyms: rent, snag, split, tear |
(noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society | Synonyms: blood, profligate, rake, rakehell, roue |
scrip | (noun) a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency | - |
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strip | (noun) a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music | Synonyms: strip show, striptease |
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(noun) artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material | Synonyms: slip |
(noun) an airfield without normal airport facilities | Synonyms: airstrip, flight strip, landing strip |
(noun) thin piece of wood or metal | - |
(noun) a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book | Synonyms: cartoon strip, comic strip, funnies |
(noun) a relatively long narrow piece of something | - |
thrip | (noun) any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive | Synonyms: thripid, thrips |
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trip | (noun) a journey for some purpose (usually including the return) | - |
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(noun) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | Synonyms: misstep, stumble, trip-up |
(noun) a light or nimble tread | - |
(noun) a catch mechanism that acts as a switch | Synonyms: tripper |
(noun) an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall | Synonyms: slip |
(noun) an exciting or stimulating experience | Synonyms: head trip |
(noun) a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs | - |
weatherstrip | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstripping |
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