angle | (noun) a biased way of looking at or presenting something | Synonyms: slant |
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(noun) the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians | - |
(verb) present with a bias | Synonyms: slant, weight |
(verb) fish with a hook | - |
(verb) seek indirectly | Synonyms: fish |
(verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position | Synonyms: lean, slant, tilt, tip |
(verb) move or proceed at an angle | - |
bangle | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bauble, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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(noun) jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration | Synonyms: bracelet |
beagle | (noun) a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound | - |
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bedraggle | (verb) make wet and dirty, as from rain | Synonyms: draggle |
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bespangle | (verb) dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects | - |
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(verb) decorate with spangles | Synonyms: spangle |
bingle | (noun) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base | Synonyms: single |
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boggle | (verb) overcome with amazement | Synonyms: bowl over, flabbergast |
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(verb) startle with amazement or fear | - |
(verb) hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear | - |
boondoggle | (noun) work of little or no value done merely to look busy | - |
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(verb) do useless, wasteful, or trivial work | - |
bugle | (noun) a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares | - |
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(noun) a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration | - |
(noun) any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover | Synonyms: bugleweed |
(verb) play on a bugle | - |
bungle | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall |
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(verb) spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly | - |
(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
burgle | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarise, burglarize, heist |
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coggle | (verb) walk unsteadily, with short steps | Synonyms: dodder, paddle, toddle, totter, waddle |
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(verb) move unsteadily | Synonyms: wobble |
commingle | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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(verb) mix or blend | - |
cringle | (noun) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines | Synonyms: eyelet, grommet, grummet, loop |
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dangle | (verb) cause to dangle or hang freely | - |
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(verb) hang loosely | Synonyms: drop, swing |
dingle | (noun) a small wooded hollow | Synonyms: dell |
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disentangle | (verb) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb | Synonyms: comb, comb out |
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(verb) extricate from entanglement | Synonyms: straighten out, unsnarl |
(verb) separate the tangles of | Synonyms: unwind |
(verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disencumber, extricate, untangle |
(verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disembroil, disinvolve |
dongle | (noun) (computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software | - |
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draggle | (verb) make wet and dirty, as from rain | Synonyms: bedraggle |
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eagle | (noun) any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight | Synonyms: bird of Jove |
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(noun) an emblem representing power | - |
(noun) a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars | - |
(noun) (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole | - |
(verb) shoot in two strokes under par | - |
(verb) shoot two strokes under par | Synonyms: double birdie |
embrangle | (verb) make more complicated or confused through entanglements | Synonyms: snarl, snarl up |
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entangle | (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: mat, snarl, tangle |
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(verb) entrap | Synonyms: mire |
finagle | (verb) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods | Synonyms: manage, wangle |
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gaggle | (noun) a flock of geese | - |
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(verb) make a noise characteristic of a goose | Synonyms: cackle |
gargle | (noun) the sound produced while gargling | - |
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(noun) a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth | Synonyms: mouthwash |
(verb) rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash | Synonyms: rinse |
(verb) utter with gargling or burbling sounds | - |
giggle | (noun) a foolish or nervous laugh | - |
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(verb) laugh nervously | Synonyms: titter |
goggle | (verb) look with amazement; look stupidly | Synonyms: gape, gawk, gawp |
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google | (verb) search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine | - |
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guggle | (verb) drink from a flask with a gurgling sound | Synonyms: gurgle |
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(verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | Synonyms: babble, bubble, burble, gurgle, ripple |
(verb) make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle | - |
gurgle | (noun) the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck | - |
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(verb) utter with a gurgling sound | - |
(verb) drink from a flask with a gurgling sound | Synonyms: guggle |
(verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | Synonyms: babble, bubble, burble, guggle, ripple |
(verb) make sounds similar to gurgling water | - |
haggle | (noun) an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) | Synonyms: haggling, wrangle, wrangling |
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(verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) | Synonyms: chaffer, higgle, huckster |
higgle | (verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) | Synonyms: chaffer, haggle, huckster |
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hornswoggle | (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
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immingle | (verb) combine into one | Synonyms: blend, intermingle, intermix |
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intermingle | (verb) combine into one | Synonyms: blend, immingle, intermix |
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inveigle | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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jangle | (noun) a metallic sound | Synonyms: jingle |
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(verb) make a sound typical of metallic objects | Synonyms: jingle-jangle, jingle |
jiggle | (noun) a slight irregular shaking motion | Synonyms: joggle |
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(verb) move to and fro | Synonyms: joggle, wiggle |
jingle | (noun) a comic verse of irregular measure | Synonyms: doggerel, doggerel verse |
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(noun) a metallic sound | Synonyms: jangle |
(verb) make a sound typical of metallic objects | Synonyms: jangle, jingle-jangle |
joggle | (noun) a slight irregular shaking motion | Synonyms: jiggle |
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(noun) a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together | Synonyms: dowel, dowel pin |
(verb) fasten or join with a joggle | - |
(verb) move to and fro | Synonyms: jiggle, wiggle |
juggle | (noun) throwing and catching several objects simultaneously | Synonyms: juggling |
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(noun) the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression | Synonyms: juggling |
(verb) throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously | - |
(verb) hold with difficulty and balance insecurely | - |
(verb) deal with simultaneously | - |
(verb) manipulate by or as if by moving around components | - |
(verb) influence by slyness | Synonyms: beguile, hoodwink |
jungle | (noun) a place where hoboes camp | Synonyms: hobo camp |
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(noun) an impenetrable equatorial forest | - |
(noun) a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival | - |
mangle | (noun) clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers | - |
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(verb) damage or injure severely | Synonyms: cut up, mutilate |
(verb) alter so as to make unrecognizable | Synonyms: murder, mutilate |
(verb) press with a mangle | - |
(verb) injure badly by beating | Synonyms: maul |
mingle | (verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: amalgamate, commix, mix, unify |
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(verb) get involved or mixed-up with | - |
(verb) be all mixed up or jumbled together | Synonyms: jumble |
niggle | (verb) argue over petty things | Synonyms: bicker, brabble, pettifog, quibble, squabble |
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(verb) worry unnecessarily or excessively | Synonyms: fret, fuss |
ogle | (verb) look at with amorous intentions | Synonyms: perv, perve |
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paigle | (noun) early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers | Synonyms: cowslip, Primula veris |
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(noun) Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel | Synonyms: oxlip, Primula elatior |
pentangle | (noun) a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | Synonyms: pentacle, pentagram |
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porbeagle | (noun) voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific | Synonyms: Lamna nasus |
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quadrangle | (noun) a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings | Synonyms: quad |
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(noun) a four-sided polygon | Synonyms: quadrilateral, tetragon |
rectangle | (noun) a parallelogram with four right angles | - |
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shingle | (noun) a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g. | - |
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(noun) building material used as siding or roofing | Synonyms: shake |
(noun) coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel) | - |
(verb) cover with shingles | - |
single | (adjective) being or characteristic of a single thing or person | Synonyms: individual |
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(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state | Synonyms: unmarried |
(adjective) used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals | - |
(adjective) existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual | - |
(adjective) not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective | Synonyms: exclusive, undivided |
(adjective) having uniform application | - |
(adjective) characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing | Synonyms: individual |
(noun) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base | Synonyms: bingle |
(noun) the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number | Synonyms: 1, ace, I, one, unity |
(verb) hit a single | - |
smuggle | (verb) import or export without paying customs duties | - |
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snuggle | (noun) a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace | Synonyms: cuddle, nestle |
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(verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle |
(verb) position comfortably | Synonyms: nestle |
spangle | (noun) adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing | Synonyms: diamante, sequin |
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(verb) decorate with spangles | Synonyms: bespangle |
(verb) glitter as if covered with spangles | - |
spreadeagle | (verb) defeat disastrously | Synonyms: rout, spread-eagle |
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squiggle | (noun) a short twisting line | Synonyms: curlicue |
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(noun) an illegible scrawl | - |
straggle | (noun) a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons) | - |
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(verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, digress, sidetrack |
(verb) go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way | Synonyms: sprawl |
strangle | (verb) constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | Synonyms: choke |
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(verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | Synonyms: choke, gag, suffocate |
(verb) prevent the progress or free movement of | Synonyms: cramp, halter, hamper |
(verb) die from strangulation | - |
(verb) kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air | Synonyms: strangulate, throttle |
(verb) suppress in order to conceal or hide | Synonyms: muffle, repress, smother, stifle |
struggle | (noun) strenuous effort | - |
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(noun) an energetic attempt to achieve something | Synonyms: battle |
(noun) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) | Synonyms: battle, conflict |
(verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | Synonyms: contend, fight |
(verb) to exert strenuous effort against opposition | - |
(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter |
(verb) make a strenuous or labored effort | Synonyms: fight |
tangle | (noun) something jumbled or confused | Synonyms: maze, snarl |
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(noun) a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven | - |
(verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: entangle, mat, snarl |
(verb) disarrange or rumple; dishevel | Synonyms: dishevel, tousle |
(verb) tangle or complicate | Synonyms: knot, ravel |
(verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up |
tingle | (noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings | Synonyms: prickling, tingling |
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(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill |
(verb) cause a stinging or tingling sensation | Synonyms: prickle |
toggle | (noun) a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable) | - |
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(noun) a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions | Synonyms: on-off switch, on/off switch, toggle switch |
(noun) any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time | - |
(verb) fasten with, or as if with, a toggle | - |
(verb) release by a toggle switch | - |
(verb) provide with a toggle or toggles | - |
triangle | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle | - |
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(noun) any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles | - |
(noun) a three-sided polygon | Synonyms: trigon, trilateral |
(noun) something approximating the shape of a triangle | - |
untangle | (verb) become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of | Synonyms: unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble |
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(verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disencumber, disentangle, extricate |
waggle | (noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side | Synonyms: shake, wag |
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(verb) move from side to side | Synonyms: wag |
(verb) move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion | Synonyms: wamble |
wangle | (noun) an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery | Synonyms: wangling |
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(verb) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods | Synonyms: finagle, manage |
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent |
wiggle | (noun) the act of wiggling | Synonyms: squirm, wriggle |
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(verb) move to and fro | Synonyms: jiggle, joggle |
wrangle | (noun) an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) | Synonyms: haggle, haggling, wrangling |
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(noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words |
(verb) to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively | Synonyms: brawl |
(verb) herd and care for | - |
wriggle | (noun) the act of wiggling | Synonyms: squirm, wiggle |
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(verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | Synonyms: squirm, twist, worm, wrestle, writhe |