blacktopping | (noun) a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock | Synonyms: blacktop |
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chipping | (noun) the act of chipping something | Synonyms: chip, splintering |
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choppiness | (noun) used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather | Synonyms: rough water, roughness |
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clapping | (noun) a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | Synonyms: applause, hand clapping |
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clipping | (noun) the act of clipping or snipping | Synonyms: clip, snip |
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(noun) cutting down to the desired size or shape | Synonyms: trim, trimming |
(noun) an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting |
clopping | (noun) the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clumping, clunking |
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cupping | (noun) a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
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drippiness | (noun) the physical property of being soft and drippy | - |
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(noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness |
dripping | (noun) a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house) | Synonyms: drippage |
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(noun) the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop | Synonyms: drip |
(adverb) extremely wet | Synonyms: soaking, sopping |
drippings | (noun) fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried | - |
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dropping | (adjective) coming down freely under the influence of gravity | Synonyms: falling |
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droppings | (noun) fecal matter of animals | Synonyms: dung, muck |
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equipping | (noun) the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war | Synonyms: armament, arming |
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flapping | (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flap, flutter, fluttering |
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gripping | (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, riveting |
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happiness | (noun) emotions experienced when in a state of well-being | - |
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(noun) state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | Synonyms: felicity |
horsewhipping | (noun) the act of whipping with a horsewhip | - |
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kidnapping | (noun) (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment | Synonyms: snatch |
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lapping | (noun) covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) | Synonyms: imbrication, overlapping |
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mapping | (noun) (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome | Synonyms: chromosome mapping |
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(noun) the process of making maps | - |
(noun) (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) | Synonyms: function, map, mathematical function, single-valued function |
mopping | (noun) cleaning with a mop | Synonyms: swabbing |
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napping | (adjective) not prepared or vigilant | Synonyms: off-guard, off guard, off her guard, off his guard, off one's guard, off your guard |
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nipping | (adjective) pleasantly cold and invigorating | Synonyms: crisp, frosty, nippy, snappy |
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(adjective) capable of wounding | Synonyms: barbed, biting, mordacious, pungent |
outcropping | (noun) the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land | Synonyms: outcrop, rock outcrop |
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overlapping | (noun) covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) | Synonyms: imbrication, lapping |
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peppiness | (noun) liveliness and energy | Synonyms: ginger, pep |
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poppin | (adjective) Of an event that is taking place and is lively | - |
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popping | (noun) a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork | Synonyms: pop |
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ripping | (adjective) resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree | Synonyms: rending, splitting |
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(adjective) very good; of the highest quality | Synonyms: excellent, fantabulous, first-class, mean, splendid |
scrappiness | (noun) the trait of being scrappy and pugnacious | - |
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(noun) The quality or state of being tenacious, energetic, spunky. | Synonyms: feistiness |
shipping | (noun) the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials | Synonyms: transport, transportation |
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(noun) conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry | Synonyms: cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels |
shopping | (noun) searching for or buying goods or services | - |
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(noun) the commodities purchased from stores | - |
slipping | (adjective) moving as on a slippery surface | Synonyms: slithering |
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sloppiness | (noun) the quality of not being careful or taking pains | Synonyms: carelessness |
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(noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, soupiness |
(noun) a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for | Synonyms: slovenliness, unkemptness |
(noun) the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water | Synonyms: muddiness, wateriness |
snipping | (noun) a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | Synonyms: snip, snippet |
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sopping | (adverb) extremely wet | Synonyms: dripping, soaking |
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stopping | (noun) the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch | - |
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(noun) fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members | Synonyms: fillet |
strapping | (adjective) muscular and heavily built | Synonyms: beefy, buirdly, burly, husky |
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stripping | (noun) the removal of covering | Synonyms: baring, denudation, husking, uncovering |
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supping | (noun) ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking | - |
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tapping | (noun) the sound of light blow or knock | - |
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topping | (adjective) excellent; best possible | Synonyms: top-flight, top-hole |
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(noun) a flavorful addition on top of a dish | - |
toppingly | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, marvelously, superbly, terrifically, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously |
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trapping | (noun) stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | Synonyms: caparison, housing |
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trappings | (noun) (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel | Synonyms: furnishing |
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tripping | (adjective) moving easily and quickly; nimble | Synonyms: light, lightsome |
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(adjective) characterized by a buoyant rhythm | Synonyms: lilting, swinging, swingy |
trippingly | (adverb) moving with quick light steps | Synonyms: lightsomely |
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unhappiness | (noun) emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being | Synonyms: sadness |
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(noun) state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief | - |
weatherstripping | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip |
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whipping | (adjective) smart and fashionable | Synonyms: snappy |
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(noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning |
(noun) the act of overcoming or outdoing | Synonyms: beating |
(noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | Synonyms: whipstitch, whipstitching |
(noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping |
whopping | (adjective) (used informally) very large | Synonyms: banging, humongous, thumping, walloping |
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(adverb) to a great extent | - |
wrapping | (noun) the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped | Synonyms: wrap, wrapper |
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(noun) an enveloping bandage | Synonyms: swathe |