brushup | (noun) practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory | Synonyms: review |
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dachshund | (noun) small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows | Synonyms: badger dog, dachsie |
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meshuga | (adjective) senseless; crazy | Synonyms: meshugga, meshugge, meshuggeneh, meshuggener |
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meshugaas | (noun) (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | Synonyms: mishegaas, mishegoss |
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meshugga | (adjective) senseless; crazy | Synonyms: meshuga, meshugge, meshuggeneh, meshuggener |
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meshugge | (adjective) senseless; crazy | Synonyms: meshuga, meshugga, meshuggeneh, meshuggener |
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meshuggeneh | (adjective) senseless; crazy | Synonyms: meshuga, meshugga, meshugge, meshuggener |
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(noun) (Yiddish) a crazy fool | Synonyms: meshuggener |
meshuggener | (adjective) senseless; crazy | Synonyms: meshuga, meshugga, meshugge, meshuggeneh |
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(noun) (Yiddish) a crazy fool | Synonyms: meshuggeneh |
pushup | (noun) an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms | Synonyms: press-up |
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reshuffle | (noun) shuffling again | Synonyms: reshuffling |
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(noun) a redistribution of something | - |
(verb) reorganize and assign posts to different people | - |
(verb) shuffle again | - |
reshuffling | (noun) shuffling again | Synonyms: reshuffle |
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shuck | (noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: chaff, husk, stalk, straw, stubble |
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(verb) remove the shucks from | - |
(verb) remove from the shell | - |
shucks | (noun) something of little value | Synonyms: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, tinker's dam, tinker's damn |
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(noun) an expression of disappointment or irritation | - |
shudder | (noun) an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) | Synonyms: tremor |
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(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, thrill, tingle |
(verb) shake, as from cold | Synonyms: shiver |
(verb) tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement | Synonyms: shiver, thrill, throb |
shuddering | (adjective) shaking convulsively or violently | - |
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shudderingly | (adverb) with a shudder | - |
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shuddery | (adjective) provoking fear or terror | Synonyms: chilling, scary, shivery |
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shudra | (noun) the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status | Synonyms: sudra |
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shuffle | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: make, shuffling |
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(noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shambling, shuffling |
(verb) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | Synonyms: mix, ruffle |
(verb) walk by dragging one's feet | Synonyms: scuffle, shamble |
(verb) move about, move back and forth | - |
shuffleboard | (noun) a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface | Synonyms: shovelboard |
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shuffler | (noun) someone who walks without raising the feet | - |
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(noun) the card player who shuffles the cards | - |
shuffling | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: make, shuffle |
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(noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shambling, shuffle |
shufti | (noun) a quick look around (originally military slang) | - |
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shumac | (noun) a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) | Synonyms: sumac, sumach |
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shun | (verb) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of | Synonyms: eschew |
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(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize |
shunning | (noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | Synonyms: avoidance, dodging, turning away |
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shunt | (noun) implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body | - |
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(noun) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current | Synonyms: bypass, electrical shunt |
(noun) a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another | - |
(verb) transfer to another track, of trains | - |
(verb) provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt | - |
shunter | (noun) a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips | - |
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shush | (verb) silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' | - |
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shut | (adjective) not open | Synonyms: closed, unopen |
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(adjective) used especially of mouth or eyes | Synonyms: closed |
(verb) move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut | Synonyms: close |
(verb) become closed | Synonyms: close |
(verb) prevent from entering; shut out | Synonyms: exclude, keep out, shut out |
shutdown | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closing, closure |
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shuteye | (noun) informal term for sleep | Synonyms: shut-eye |
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shutout | (noun) a defeat in a game where one side fails to score | Synonyms: skunk |
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shutter | (noun) a hinged blind for a window | - |
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(noun) a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure | - |
(verb) close with shutters | - |
shutterbug | (noun) a photography enthusiast | - |
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shuttered | (adjective) provided with shutters or shutters as specified; often used in combination | - |
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shutting | (noun) the act of closing something | Synonyms: closing |
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shuttle | (noun) bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads | - |
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(noun) public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that flies back and forth between two points | - |
(noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | Synonyms: bird, birdie, shuttlecock |
(verb) travel back and forth between two points | - |
shuttlecock | (noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | Synonyms: bird, birdie, shuttle |
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(verb) send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock | - |
unshuttered | (adjective) not provided with shutters or having the shuttered open | - |
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washup | (noun) the act of washing yourself (or another person) | Synonyms: bathing |
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(noun) the act of washing dishes | Synonyms: dishwashing |