| bailiff | (noun) an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. | - |
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| bailiffship | (noun) the office of bailiff | - |
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| biff | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: clout, lick, poke, punch, slug |
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| (verb) strike, usually with the fist | Synonyms: pommel, pummel |
| caitiff | (adjective) despicably mean and cowardly | - |
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| (noun) a cowardly and despicable person | - |
| chiffon | (noun) a sheer fabric of silk or rayon | - |
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| chiffonier | (noun) a tall elegant chest of drawers | Synonyms: commode |
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| cliff | (noun) a steep high face of rock | Synonyms: drop-off, drop |
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| cliffhanger | (noun) an episode that ends in suspense | - |
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| (noun) a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end | - |
| coiffe | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffure, do, dress, set |
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| coiffeur | (noun) a man hairdresser | - |
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| coiffeuse | (noun) a woman hairdresser | - |
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| coiffure | (noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coif, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle |
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| (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, do, dress, set |
| dedifferentiate | (verb) lose specialization in form or function | - |
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| dedifferentiated | (adjective) having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function | - |
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| dedifferentiation | (noun) the loss of specialization in form or function | - |
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| differ | (verb) be of different opinions | Synonyms: disagree, dissent, take issue |
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| (verb) be different | - |
| difference | (noun) the quality of being unlike or dissimilar | - |
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| (noun) a disagreement or argument about something important | Synonyms: conflict, difference of opinion, dispute |
| (noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: departure, deviation, divergence |
| (noun) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend | Synonyms: remainder |
| (noun) a significant change | - |
| different | (adjective) unlike in nature or quality or form or degree | - |
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| (adjective) distinctly separate from the first | - |
| (adjective) differing from all others; not ordinary | - |
| (adjective) distinct or separate | - |
| differentia | (noun) distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) | - |
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| differentiable | (adjective) possessing a differential coefficient or derivative | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being perceived as different | - |
| differential | (adjective) relating to or showing a difference | - |
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| (adjective) involving or containing one or more derivatives | - |
| (noun) a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves | Synonyms: differential gear |
| (noun) a quality that differentiates between similar things | - |
| (noun) the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx | Synonyms: derivative, derived function, differential coefficient, first derivative |
| differentially | (adverb) in a differential manner | - |
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| differentiate | (verb) become distinct and acquire a different character | - |
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| (verb) become different during development | - |
| (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: specialise, specialize, speciate |
| (verb) calculate a derivative; take the derivative | - |
| (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
| (verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | Synonyms: distinguish, mark |
| differentiated | (adjective) made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different | - |
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| (adjective) exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment | - |
| differentiation | (noun) the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function | - |
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| (noun) a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes | Synonyms: distinction |
| (noun) (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function | Synonyms: specialisation, specialization |
| differentiator | (noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates | Synonyms: discriminator |
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| differently | (adverb) in another and different manner | Synonyms: otherwise |
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| difficult | (adjective) not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure | Synonyms: hard |
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| (adjective) hard to control | Synonyms: unmanageable |
| difficultness | (noun) the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | Synonyms: difficulty |
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| difficulty | (noun) an effort that is inconvenient | Synonyms: trouble |
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| (noun) the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result | Synonyms: difficultness |
| diffidence | (noun) lack of self-confidence | Synonyms: self-distrust, self-doubt |
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| diffident | (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: shy, timid, unsure |
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| (adjective) showing modest reserve | - |
| diffidently | (adverb) in a diffident manner | - |
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| difflugia | (noun) a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains | - |
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| diffract | (verb) undergo diffraction | - |
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| diffraction | (noun) when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands | - |
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| diffuse | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffused, soft |
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| (adjective) spread out; not concentrated in one place | - |
| (adjective) lacking conciseness | - |
| (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
| (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
| (verb) move outward | Synonyms: fan out, spread, spread out |
| diffused | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffuse, soft |
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| (adjective) (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material | - |
| diffusely | (adverb) in a diffuse manner | - |
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| diffuseness | (noun) the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume | - |
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| diffuser | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
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| (noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
| diffusing | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusive, dispersive, disseminative |
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| diffusion | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: dispersal, dispersion, dissemination |
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| (noun) the property of being diffused or dispersed | Synonyms: dissemination |
| (noun) the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another | - |
| (noun) (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration | - |
| diffusive | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusing, dispersive, disseminative |
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| diffusor | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |
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| (noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |
| goniff | (noun) (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) | Synonyms: ganef, ganof, gonif |
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| griffin | (noun) winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion | Synonyms: griffon, gryphon |
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| griffon | (noun) breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle | Synonyms: Belgian griffon, Brussels griffon |
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| (noun) breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat; originated in Holland but largely developed in France | Synonyms: wire-haired pointing griffon |
| (noun) large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings | Synonyms: griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus |
| (noun) winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion | Synonyms: griffin, gryphon |
| iffy | (adjective) subject to accident or chance or change | Synonyms: chancy, flukey, fluky |
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| indifference | (noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | Synonyms: apathy, numbness, spiritlessness |
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| (noun) the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern | Synonyms: nonchalance, unconcern |
| (noun) unbiased impartial unconcern | - |
| (noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality |
| indifferent | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed | Synonyms: deaf |
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| (adjective) characterized by a lack of partiality | Synonyms: unbiased, unbiassed |
| (adjective) fairly poor to not very good | - |
| (adjective) neither too great nor too little | - |
| (adjective) being neither good nor bad | Synonyms: so-so |
| (adjective) showing no care or concern in attitude or action | - |
| (adjective) (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other | Synonyms: immaterial |
| (adjective) marked by a lack of interest | Synonyms: apathetic |
| (adjective) having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive | Synonyms: inert, neutral |
| (adjective) marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another | - |
| indifferently | (adverb) with indifference; in an indifferent manner | - |
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| jiffy | (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink |
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| mastiff | (noun) an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog | - |
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| midriff | (noun) (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration | Synonyms: diaphragm |
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| (noun) the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) | Synonyms: middle, midsection |
| miff | (noun) a state of irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: huff, seeing red |
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| (verb) cause to be annoyed | - |
| miffed | (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung |
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| niff | (noun) an unpleasant smell | Synonyms: pong |
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| niffy | (adjective) (British informal) malodorous | - |
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| piffle | (noun) trivial nonsense | Synonyms: balderdash, fiddle-faddle |
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| (verb) act in a trivial or ineffective way | - |
| (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
| piffling | (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, trivial |
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| plaintiff | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: complainant |
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| pontiff | (noun) the head of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ |
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| quiff | (noun) a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead) | - |
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| riff | (noun) a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation | - |
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| (verb) play riffs | - |
| (verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, flip, leaf, riffle, thumb |
| riffle | (noun) shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners | - |
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| (noun) a small wave on the surface of a liquid | Synonyms: ripple, rippling, wavelet |
| (verb) shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix | - |
| (verb) twitch or flutter | Synonyms: flick, ruffle |
| (verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | Synonyms: cockle, ripple, ruffle, undulate |
| (verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, flip, leaf, riff, thumb |
| riffraff | (noun) disparaging terms for the common people | Synonyms: rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail |
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| sheriff | (noun) the principal law-enforcement officer in a county | - |
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| skiff | (noun) any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor | - |
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| skiffle | (noun) a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments | - |
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| sniff | (noun) sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: snuff |
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| (verb) inhale audibly through the nose | Synonyms: sniffle |
| (verb) perceive by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: whiff |
| sniffer | (noun) a person who sniffs | - |
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| sniffle | (noun) the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) | Synonyms: snivel, snuffle |
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| (verb) inhale audibly through the nose | Synonyms: sniff |
| (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blub, blubber, snivel, snuffle |
| sniffler | (noun) a person who breathes audibly through a congested nose | Synonyms: sniveler |
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| sniffly | (adjective) liable to sniffle | Synonyms: snuffling, snuffly |
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| sniffy | (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, supercilious, swaggering |
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| spiff | (noun) attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner | - |
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| spiffing | (adjective) excellent or splendid | - |
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| spiffy | (adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners | Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spruce |
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| spliff | (noun) marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | Synonyms: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick |
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| squiffy | (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, stiff, tight, wet |
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| stiff | (adjective) having a strong physiological or chemical effect | Synonyms: potent, strong |
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| (adjective) rigidly formal | Synonyms: buckram, starchy |
| (adjective) not moving or operating freely | - |
| (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, tight, wet |
| (adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: firm, steadfast, steady, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| (adjective) strong, vigorous | - |
| (adjective) incapable of or resistant to bending | Synonyms: rigid |
| (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: cadaver, clay, corpse, remains |
| (noun) an ordinary man | - |
| (adverb) in a stiff manner | Synonyms: stiffly |
| (adverb) to a great degree | - |
| stiffen | (verb) become stiff or stiffer | - |
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| (verb) make stiff or stiffer | - |
| (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: constrain, tighten, tighten up |
| stiffener | (noun) a member attached to a beam web to prevent loss of strength due to web buckling. | - |
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| (noun) material used for stiffening something | - |
| stiffening | (noun) the act of becoming stiff | - |
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| (noun) the process of becoming stiff or rigid | Synonyms: rigidification, rigidifying |
| stiffly | (adverb) in a stiff manner | Synonyms: stiff |
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| (adverb) in a rigid manner | Synonyms: bolt, rigidly |
| stiffness | (noun) the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend | - |
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| (noun) the property of moving with pain or difficulty | - |
| (noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness |
| (noun) excessive sternness | Synonyms: hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity |
| (noun) firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action | - |
| tariff | (noun) a government tax on imports or exports | Synonyms: duty |
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| (verb) charge a tariff | - |
| tiff | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble |
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| tiffin | (noun) a midday meal | Synonyms: dejeuner, lunch, luncheon |
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| undifferentiated | (adjective) not differentiated | Synonyms: uniform |
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| whiff | (noun) a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike | - |
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| (noun) a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil | - |
| (noun) a short light gust of air | Synonyms: puff, puff of air |
| (verb) utter with a puff of air | - |
| (verb) smoke and exhale strongly | Synonyms: puff |
| (verb) strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third | - |
| (verb) drive or carry as if by a puff of air | - |
| (verb) perceive by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: sniff |
| whiffer | (noun) a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike | - |
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| whiffletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: swingletree, whippletree |
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