brogue | (noun) a thick and heavy shoe | Synonyms: brogan, clodhopper, work shoe |
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drogue | (noun) a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly | Synonyms: drogue chute, drogue parachute |
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(noun) restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind | Synonyms: sea anchor |
(noun) a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: air-sleeve, air sock, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock, windsock |
(noun) a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane | - |
pirogue | (noun) a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log | Synonyms: dugout, dugout canoe |
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prorogue | (verb) adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body | - |
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(verb) hold back to a later time | Synonyms: defer, hold over, postpone, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table |
rogue | (noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, varlet |
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roguery | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguishness, shenanigan |
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roguish | (adjective) lacking principles or scruples | Synonyms: blackguardly, rascally, scoundrelly |
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(adjective) playful in an appealingly bold way | Synonyms: devilish, rascally |
roguishly | (adverb) in a playfully roguish manner | - |
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(adverb) like a dishonest rogue | - |
roguishness | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, shenanigan |
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(noun) the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks | Synonyms: prankishness, rascality |