| biff | (verb) strike, usually with the fist | Synonyms: pommel, pummel |
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| bifurcate | (verb) divide into two branches | - |
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| (verb) split or divide into two | - |
| bight | (verb) fasten with a bight | - |
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| bike | (verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycle, cycle, pedal, wheel |
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| bilge | (verb) take in water at the bilge | Synonyms: take in water |
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| (verb) cause to leak | - |
| bilk | (verb) escape, either physically or mentally | Synonyms: elude, evade |
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| (verb) evade payment to | - |
| (verb) cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money | - |
| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
| bill | (verb) advertise especially by posters or placards | - |
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| (verb) publicize or announce by placards | Synonyms: placard |
| (verb) demand payment | Synonyms: charge |
| billet | (verb) provide housing for (military personnel) | Synonyms: canton, quarter |
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| billow | (verb) become inflated | Synonyms: balloon, inflate |
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| (verb) rise and move, as in waves or billows | Synonyms: heave, surge |
| (verb) rise up as if in waves | Synonyms: wallow |
| (verb) move with great difficulty | - |
| bin | (verb) store in bins | - |
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| bind | (verb) cause to be constipated | Synonyms: constipate |
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| (verb) form a chemical bond with | - |
| (verb) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted | Synonyms: hold, obligate, oblige |
| (verb) make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope | - |
| (verb) fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord | Synonyms: tie |
| (verb) provide with a binding | - |
| (verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to |
| (verb) secure with or as if with ropes | Synonyms: tie down, tie up, truss |
| (verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose | Synonyms: bandage |
| (verb) create social or emotional ties | Synonyms: attach, bond, tie |
| binge | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| (verb) to watch a large amount of media in a single seating | - |
| bioassay | (verb) subject to a bio-assay | - |
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| biodegrade | (verb) break down naturally through the action of biological agents | - |
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| birch | (verb) whip with a birch twig | - |
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| bird | (verb) watch and study birds in their natural habitat | Synonyms: birdwatch |
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| birdie | (verb) shoot in one stroke under par | - |
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| birdlime | (verb) spread birdlime on branches to catch birds | Synonyms: lime |
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| birdnest | (verb) gather birdnests | Synonyms: bird-nest |
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| birdwatch | (verb) watch and study birds in their natural habitat | Synonyms: bird |
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| birl | (verb) cause to spin | Synonyms: spin, twirl, whirl |
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| (verb) cause a floating log to rotate by treading | Synonyms: birle |
| birle | (verb) cause a floating log to rotate by treading | Synonyms: birl |
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| birr | (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: purr, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz |
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| birth | (verb) cause to be born | Synonyms: bear, deliver, give birth, have |
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| bisect | (verb) cut in half or cut in two | - |
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| bitch | (verb) say mean things | Synonyms: backbite |
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| (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
| bite | (verb) to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws | Synonyms: seize with teeth |
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| (verb) penetrate or cut, as with a knife | - |
| (verb) deliver a sting to | Synonyms: prick, sting |
| (verb) cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | Synonyms: burn, sting |
| bitt | (verb) secure with a bitt | - |
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| bitter | (verb) make bitter | - |
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| bituminise | (verb) treat with bitumen | Synonyms: bituminize |
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| bituminize | (verb) treat with bitumen | Synonyms: bituminise |
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| bivouac | (verb) live in or as if in a tent | Synonyms: camp, camp out, encamp, tent |
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| blab | (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets | Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle |
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| (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
| blabber | (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
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| black | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: blacken, melanise, melanize |
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| blackball | (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
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| (verb) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | Synonyms: negative, veto |
| blackberry | (verb) pick or gather blackberries | - |
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| blacken | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, melanise, melanize |
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| (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: char, scorch, sear |
| blackguard | (verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: abuse, clapperclaw, shout |
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| (verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast |
| blackjack | (verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackmail, pressure |
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| blacklead | (verb) cover with graphite | - |
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| blackleg | (verb) take the place of work of someone on strike | Synonyms: fink, rat, scab |
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| blacklist | (verb) put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted | - |
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| blackmail | (verb) obtain through threats | - |
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| (verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackjack, pressure |
| blacktop | (verb) coat with blacktop | - |
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| blackwash | (verb) color with blackwash | - |
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| (verb) bring (information) out of concealment | - |
| blame | (verb) attribute responsibility to | Synonyms: charge |
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| (verb) put or pin the blame on | Synonyms: fault |
| (verb) harass with constant criticism | Synonyms: find fault, pick |
| blanch | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blench, pale |
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| (verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: parboil |
| blandish | (verb) praise somewhat dishonestly | Synonyms: flatter |
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| blank | (verb) keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning | - |
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| blanket | (verb) cover as if with a blanket | - |
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| (verb) form a blanket-like cover (over) | - |
| blare | (verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: beep, claxon, honk, toot |
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| (verb) make a strident sound | Synonyms: blast |
| blarney | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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| blaspheme | (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: curse, cuss, imprecate, swear |
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| (verb) speak of in an irreverent or impious manner | - |
| blast | (verb) shatter as if by explosion | Synonyms: knock down |
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| (verb) shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly | - |
| (verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: crucify, pillory, savage |
| (verb) use explosives on | Synonyms: shell |
| (verb) fire a shot; release | Synonyms: shoot |
| (verb) hit with great force | Synonyms: boom, nail, smash |
| (verb) create by using explosives | Synonyms: shell |
| (verb) make with or as if with an explosion | - |
| (verb) apply a draft or strong wind to to | - |
| (verb) make a strident sound | Synonyms: blare |
| blat | (verb) cry plaintively | Synonyms: baa, blate, bleat |
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| blate | (verb) cry plaintively | Synonyms: baa, blat, bleat |
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| blather | (verb) to talk foolishly | Synonyms: babble, blether, blither, smatter |
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| blaze | (verb) indicate by marking trees with blazes | - |
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| (verb) shoot rapidly and repeatedly | Synonyms: blaze away |
| (verb) move rapidly and as if blazing | Synonyms: blaze out |
| (verb) burn brightly and intensely | - |
| (verb) shine brightly and intensively | - |
| blazon | (verb) decorate with heraldic arms | Synonyms: emblazon |
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| bleach | (verb) make whiter or lighter | - |
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| (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
| blear | (verb) make dim or indistinct | Synonyms: blur |
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| bleat | (verb) cry plaintively | Synonyms: baa, blat, blate |
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| (verb) talk whiningly | - |
| bleed | (verb) lose blood from one's body | Synonyms: hemorrhage, shed blood |
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| (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize |
| (verb) drain of liquid or steam | - |
| (verb) be diffused | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone | - |
| bleep | (verb) emit a single short high-pitched signal | - |
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| blemish | (verb) add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective | Synonyms: flaw |
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| (verb) mar or impair with a flaw | Synonyms: spot |
| (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: deface, disfigure |
| blench | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blanch, pale |
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| blend | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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| (verb) combine into one | Synonyms: immingle, intermingle, intermix |
| (verb) blend or harmonize | Synonyms: blend in, go |
| bless | (verb) give a benediction to | - |
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| (verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: consecrate, hallow, sanctify |
| (verb) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate | Synonyms: sign |
| (verb) confer prosperity or happiness on | - |
| blether | (verb) to talk foolishly | Synonyms: babble, blather, blither, smatter |
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| blight | (verb) cause to suffer a blight | Synonyms: plague |
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| blind | (verb) make dim by comparison or conceal | Synonyms: dim |
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| (verb) make blind by putting the eyes out | - |
| (verb) render unable to see | - |
| blindfold | (verb) cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing | - |
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| blindside | (verb) attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed | - |
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| (verb) catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences | - |
| blink | (verb) briefly shut the eyes | Synonyms: nictate, nictitate, wink |
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| (verb) keep back by blinking | Synonyms: blink away, wink |
| (verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: flash, twinkle, wink, winkle |
| blinker | (verb) put blinders on (a horse) | - |
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| blister | (verb) get blistered | Synonyms: vesicate |
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| (verb) cause blisters to form on | - |
| (verb) subject to harsh criticism | Synonyms: scald, scorch, whip |
| blither | (verb) to talk foolishly | Synonyms: babble, blather, blether, smatter |
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| blitz | (verb) attack suddenly and without warning | - |
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| blitzkrieg | (verb) fight a quick and surprising war | - |
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| bloat | (verb) become bloated or swollen or puff up | - |
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| (verb) make bloated or swollen | - |
| blob | (verb) make a spot or mark onto | Synonyms: blot, fleck, spot |
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| block | (verb) shape into a block or blocks | - |
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| (verb) shape by using a block | - |
| (verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: freeze, immobilise, immobilize |
| (verb) be unable to remember | Synonyms: blank out, draw a blank, forget |
| (verb) interfere with or prevent the reception of signals | Synonyms: jam |
| (verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | Synonyms: deflect, parry |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
| (verb) obstruct | Synonyms: choke up, lug, stuff |
| (verb) stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block | - |
| (verb) support, secure, or raise with a block | - |
| (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
| (verb) shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight | Synonyms: obstruct |
| (verb) interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia | - |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| (verb) stop from happening or developing | Synonyms: halt, kibosh, stop |
| (verb) run on a block system | - |
| blockade | (verb) impose a blockade on | Synonyms: seal off |
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| (verb) obstruct access to | Synonyms: block off |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, stop |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| blog | (verb) read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal | - |
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| blood | (verb) smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill | - |
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| bloody | (verb) cover with blood | - |
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| bloom | (verb) produce or yield flowers | Synonyms: blossom, flower |
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| blossom | (verb) develop or come to a promising stage | Synonyms: blossom forth, blossom out, unfold |
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| (verb) produce or yield flowers | Synonyms: bloom, flower |
| blot | (verb) dry (ink) with blotting paper | - |
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| (verb) make a spot or mark onto | Synonyms: blob, fleck, spot |
| blotch | (verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | Synonyms: mottle, streak |
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| bloviate | (verb) orate verbosely and windily | - |
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| blow | (verb) exhale hard | - |
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| (verb) free of obstruction by blowing air through | - |
| (verb) melt, break, or become otherwise unusable | Synonyms: blow out, burn out |
| (verb) burst suddenly | - |
| (verb) shape by blowing | - |
| (verb) show off | Synonyms: bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
| (verb) cause to be revealed and jeopardized | - |
| (verb) allow to regain its breath | - |
| (verb) deposit eggs (of insects) | - |
| (verb) be in motion due to some air or water current | Synonyms: be adrift, drift, float |
| (verb) cause to move by means of an air current | - |
| (verb) leave; informal or rude | Synonyms: shove along, shove off |
| (verb) cause air to go in, on, or through | - |
| (verb) spout moist air from the blowhole | - |
| (verb) play or sound a wind instrument | - |
| (verb) make a sound as if blown | - |
| (verb) sound by having air expelled through a tube | - |
| (verb) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation | Synonyms: fellate, go down on, suck |
| (verb) spend lavishly or wastefully on | - |
| (verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away | Synonyms: squander, waste |
| (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
| (verb) be inadequate or objectionable | Synonyms: suck |
| (verb) be blowing or storming | - |
| blub | (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blubber, sniffle, snivel, snuffle |
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| blubber | (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blub, sniffle, snivel, snuffle |
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| (verb) utter while crying | Synonyms: blubber out |
| bludgeon | (verb) strike with a club or a bludgeon | Synonyms: club |
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| (verb) overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club | - |
| blue | (verb) turn blue | - |
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| blueprint | (verb) make a blueprint of | Synonyms: draft, draught |
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| bluff | (verb) frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is | - |
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| (verb) deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand | Synonyms: bluff out |
| blunder | (verb) utter impulsively | Synonyms: blunder out, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate |
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| (verb) make one's way clumsily or blindly | Synonyms: fumble |
| (verb) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | Synonyms: boob, drop the ball, goof, sin |