trickle | (noun) flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid | Synonyms: dribble, drip |
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(verb) run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream | Synonyms: dribble, filter |
trickster | (noun) someone who plays practical jokes on others | Synonyms: cut-up, hoaxer, practical joker, prankster, tricker |
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(noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | Synonyms: beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker |
(noun) a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts | - |
tricksy | (adjective) marked by skill in deception | Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricky, wily |
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tricky | (adjective) marked by skill in deception | Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, wily |
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(adjective) having concealed difficulty | Synonyms: catchy |
(adjective) not to be trusted | Synonyms: slippery |
unpick | (verb) become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of | Synonyms: unknot, unravel, unscramble, untangle |
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(verb) undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing) | - |
uptick | (noun) a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction | - |
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walkingstick | (noun) any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies | Synonyms: stick insect, walking stick |
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whicker | (noun) the characteristic sounds made by a horse | Synonyms: neigh, nicker, whinny |
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(verb) make a characteristic sound, of a horse | Synonyms: neigh, nicker, whinny |
wick | (noun) a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame | Synonyms: taper |
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(noun) any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action | - |
wicked | (adjective) morally bad in principle or practice | - |
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(adjective) intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality | Synonyms: severe, terrible |
(adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, yucky |
(adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful | Synonyms: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish |
(adjective) having committed unrighteous acts | Synonyms: sinful, unholy |
wickedly | (adverb) in a wicked evil manner | Synonyms: evilly |
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wickedness | (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: evil, immorality, iniquity |
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(noun) the quality of being wicked | Synonyms: nefariousness, ugliness, vileness |
(noun) estrangement from god | Synonyms: sin, sinfulness |
(noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: loathsomeness, lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness |
(noun) absence of moral or spiritual values | Synonyms: dark, darkness |
wicker | (noun) work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) | Synonyms: caning, wickerwork |
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(noun) slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork | - |
wickerwork | (noun) work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) | Synonyms: caning, wicker |
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wicket | (noun) small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted | Synonyms: grille, lattice |
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(noun) small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) | Synonyms: wicket door, wicket gate |
(noun) a small arch used as croquet equipment | Synonyms: hoop |
(noun) cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket | - |
wickiup | (noun) a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States | Synonyms: wikiup |
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wickup | (noun) tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant | Synonyms: Epilobium angustifolium, fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb |
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wrick | (noun) a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | Synonyms: crick, kink, rick |
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(verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrench |
yardstick | (noun) a ruler or tape that is three feet long | Synonyms: yard measure |
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(noun) a measure or standard used for comparison | - |