backstop | (verb) act as a backstop | - |
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bebop | (verb) dance the bebop | Synonyms: bop |
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bedhop | (verb) be sexually active with more than one partner | Synonyms: bed-hop, sleep around |
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blacktop | (verb) coat with blacktop | - |
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bop | (verb) hit hard | Synonyms: bash, bonk, sock, whap, whop |
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(verb) dance the bebop | Synonyms: bebop |
chop | (verb) hit sharply | - |
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(verb) cut with a hacking tool | Synonyms: hack |
(verb) cut into pieces with repeated blows | Synonyms: chop up |
(verb) strike sharply, as in some sports | - |
(verb) form or shape by chopping | - |
(verb) move suddenly | - |
clop | (verb) make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | Synonyms: clump, clunk, plunk |
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cop | (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, nab, nail, pick up |
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(verb) take by theft | Synonyms: glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve |
crop | (verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim |
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(verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: browse, graze, pasture, range |
(verb) cut short | - |
(verb) let feed in a field or pasture or meadow | Synonyms: graze, pasture |
(verb) yield crops | - |
(verb) prepare for crops | Synonyms: cultivate, work |
develop | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: acquire, get, grow, produce |
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(verb) grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment | - |
(verb) cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development | Synonyms: make grow |
(verb) happen | Synonyms: break, recrudesce |
(verb) change the use of and make available or usable | Synonyms: build up |
(verb) be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest | - |
(verb) gain through experience | Synonyms: acquire, evolve |
(verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: modernise, modernize |
(verb) grow emotionally or mature | Synonyms: grow |
(verb) expand in the form of a series | - |
(verb) elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme | - |
(verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: educate, prepare, train |
(verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses | Synonyms: explicate, formulate |
(verb) move into a strategically more advantageous position | - |
(verb) move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions | - |
(verb) superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry | - |
(verb) work out | Synonyms: evolve, germinate |
(verb) make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation | - |
(verb) generate gradually | - |
(verb) make visible by means of chemical solutions | - |
(verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
droop | (verb) become limp | Synonyms: wilt |
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(verb) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness | Synonyms: flag, sag, swag |
(verb) hang loosely or laxly | Synonyms: loll |
drop | (verb) give birth; used for animals | - |
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(verb) grow progressively worse | Synonyms: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve |
(verb) go down in value | - |
(verb) stop pursuing or acting | Synonyms: knock off |
(verb) change from one level to another | - |
(verb) lower the pitch of (musical notes) | Synonyms: flatten |
(verb) fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death | - |
(verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit |
(verb) omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing | - |
(verb) utter with seeming casualness | - |
(verb) lose (a game) | - |
(verb) take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth | - |
(verb) remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave | Synonyms: discharge, drop off, put down, set down, unload |
(verb) to remove | Synonyms: cast, cast off, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off |
(verb) cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow | Synonyms: cut down, fell, strike down |
(verb) let or cause to fall in drops | Synonyms: dribble, drip |
(verb) to fall vertically | - |
(verb) let fall to the ground | - |
(verb) fall or descend to a lower place or level | Synonyms: drop down, sink |
(verb) pay out | Synonyms: expend, spend |
(verb) stop associating with | Synonyms: dismiss, send away, send packing |
(verb) terminate an association with | - |
(verb) hang loosely | Synonyms: dangle, swing |
eavesdrop | (verb) listen without the speaker's knowledge | Synonyms: listen in |
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envelop | (verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enclose, enfold, enwrap, wrap |
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escallop | (verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | Synonyms: scallop |
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flop | (verb) fall suddenly and abruptly | - |
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(verb) fall loosely | - |
(verb) fail utterly; collapse | Synonyms: fall flat, fall through, founder |
gallop | (verb) ride at a galloping pace | - |
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(verb) go at galloping speed | - |
(verb) cause to move at full gallop | Synonyms: extend |
hedgehop | (verb) fly very close to the ground | Synonyms: flat-hat |
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hoop | (verb) bind or fasten with a hoop | - |
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hop | (verb) jump lightly | Synonyms: hop-skip, skip |
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(verb) make a jump forward or upward | - |
(verb) jump across | - |
(verb) traverse as if by a short airplane trip | - |
(verb) move quickly from one place to another | - |
(verb) travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc. | - |
lollop | (verb) walk clumsily and with a bounce | - |
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loop | (verb) wind around something in coils or loops | Synonyms: coil, curl |
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(verb) fasten or join with a loop | - |
(verb) make a loop in | Synonyms: intertwine |
(verb) fly loops, perform a loop | - |
(verb) move in loops | - |
lop | (verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, dress, prune, snip, trim |
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(verb) cut off from a whole | Synonyms: discerp, sever |
mop | (verb) make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip | Synonyms: mow, pout |
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(verb) to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop | Synonyms: mop up, wipe up |
namedrop | (verb) refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them | - |
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outcrop | (verb) appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground | - |
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overcrop | (verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation | Synonyms: overcultivate |
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overtop | (verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, dominate, overlook |
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photoshop | (verb) To digitally alter a photo | - |
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plop | (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plank, plonk, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
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(verb) drop with the sound of something falling into water | - |
(verb) drop something with a plopping sound | - |
pop | (verb) burst open with a sharp, explosive sound | - |
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(verb) cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound | - |
(verb) fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise | - |
(verb) take drugs, especially orally | - |
(verb) drink down entirely | Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pour down, toss off |
(verb) hit a pop-fly | - |
(verb) put or thrust suddenly and forcefully | - |
(verb) hit or strike | - |
(verb) release suddenly | - |
(verb) bulge outward | Synonyms: bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop out, protrude, start |
(verb) make a sharp explosive noise | - |
(verb) appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly | Synonyms: burst out, crop up, pop out, pop up |
(verb) cause to make a sharp explosive sound | - |
prop | (verb) support by placing against something solid or rigid | Synonyms: prop up, shore, shore up |
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redevelop | (verb) change the plans for the use of (land) | - |
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(verb) formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis | Synonyms: reformulate |
(verb) develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print | - |
scallop | (verb) shape or cut in scallops | Synonyms: scollop |
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(verb) fish for scallops | Synonyms: scollop |
(verb) form scallops in | Synonyms: scollop |
(verb) decorate an edge with scallops | - |
(verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | Synonyms: escallop |
scollop | (verb) shape or cut in scallops | Synonyms: scallop |
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(verb) fish for scallops | Synonyms: scallop |
(verb) form scallops in | Synonyms: scallop |
scoop | (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: best, outdo, outflank, trump |
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(verb) take out or up with or as if with a scoop | Synonyms: lift out, scoop out, scoop up, take up |
shop | (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, snitch, stag, tell on |
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(verb) do one's shopping | - |
(verb) shop around; not necessarily buying | Synonyms: browse |
(verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop at, sponsor |
slop | (verb) feed pigs | Synonyms: swill |
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(verb) cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container | Synonyms: spill, splatter |
(verb) ladle clumsily | - |
(verb) walk through mud or mire | Synonyms: slosh, splash, splosh, squelch, squish |
snoop | (verb) watch, observe, or inquire secretly | Synonyms: sleuth, spy, stag |
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sop | (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, dowse, drench, soak, souse |
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(verb) dip into liquid | - |
(verb) be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid | Synonyms: soak through |
(verb) give a conciliatory gift or bribe to | - |
stoop | (verb) carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward | - |
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(verb) bend one's back forward from the waist on down | Synonyms: bend, bow, crouch |
(verb) descend swiftly, as if on prey | - |
(verb) sag, bend, bend over or down | - |
(verb) debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way | Synonyms: condescend, lower oneself |
stop | (verb) prevent completion | Synonyms: break, break off, discontinue |
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(verb) stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments | Synonyms: hold on |
(verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: arrest, check, contain, hold back, turn back |
(verb) seize on its way | Synonyms: intercept |
(verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade |
(verb) come to a halt, stop moving | Synonyms: halt |
(verb) cause to end | - |
(verb) interrupt a trip | Synonyms: stop over |
(verb) stop from happening or developing | Synonyms: block, halt, kibosh |
(verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit |
(verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: cease, end, finish, terminate |
strop | (verb) sharpen on a strop | - |
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swoop | (verb) seize or catch with a swooping motion | Synonyms: swoop up |
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(verb) move down on as if in an attack | Synonyms: pounce |
(verb) move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc | - |
swop | (verb) exchange or give (something) in exchange for | Synonyms: swap, switch, trade |
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top | (verb) be the culminating event | Synonyms: crown |
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(verb) finish up or conclude | Synonyms: top off |
(verb) cut the top off | Synonyms: pinch |
(verb) strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin | - |
(verb) pass by, over, or under without making contact | Synonyms: clear |
(verb) reach or ascend the top of | - |
(verb) provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure) | Synonyms: top out |
(verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, overstep, pass, transcend |
(verb) be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point | - |
(verb) be ahead of others; be the first | Synonyms: lead |
troop | (verb) move or march as if in a crowd | - |
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(verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: parade, promenade |
underdevelop | (verb) process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature | - |
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wallop | (verb) defeat soundly and utterly | - |
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(verb) strike hard | Synonyms: whack, wham, whop |
whistlestop | (verb) tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election | - |
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whoop | (verb) shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm | - |
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(verb) cough spasmodically | Synonyms: hack |
whop | (verb) strike hard | Synonyms: wallop, whack, wham |
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(verb) hit hard | Synonyms: bash, bonk, bop, sock, whap |