blip | (noun) a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface | Synonyms: pip, radar target |
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(noun) a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption | - |
clip | (noun) the act of clipping or snipping | Synonyms: clipping, snip |
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(noun) a sharp slanting blow | - |
(noun) a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun | Synonyms: cartridge clip, cartridge holder, magazine |
(noun) any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together | - |
(noun) an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress | - |
(noun) an instance or single occasion for some event | Synonyms: time |
(verb) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent | Synonyms: curtail, cut short |
(verb) attach with a clip | - |
(verb) sever or remove by pinching or snipping | Synonyms: nip, nip off, snip, snip off |
(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim |
(verb) run at a moderately swift pace | Synonyms: jog, trot |
cowslip | (noun) early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers | Synonyms: paigle, Primula veris |
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(noun) swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups | Synonyms: Caltha palustris, kingcup, marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, water dragon |
fillip | (noun) anything that tends to arouse | Synonyms: bonus |
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flip | (adjective) marked by casual disrespect | Synonyms: impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed |
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(noun) (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team | Synonyms: pass, toss |
(noun) the act of flipping a coin | Synonyms: toss |
(noun) a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water | - |
(noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset |
(noun) a sudden, quick movement | - |
(noun) hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg | - |
(verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | Synonyms: alternate, flip-flop, interchange, switch, tack |
(verb) go mad, go crazy | Synonyms: flip out |
(verb) react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way | Synonyms: flip out |
(verb) throw or toss with a light motion | Synonyms: pitch, sky, toss |
(verb) cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation | Synonyms: switch, throw |
(verb) turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse | Synonyms: flip over, turn over |
(verb) move with a flick or light motion | - |
(verb) lightly throw to see which side comes up | Synonyms: toss |
(verb) cause to move with a flick | Synonyms: flick |
(verb) toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air | Synonyms: twitch |
(verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb |
gymslip | (noun) a sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform | - |
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harelip | (noun) a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip | Synonyms: cheiloschisis, cleft lip |
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landslip | (noun) a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | Synonyms: landslide |
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lip | (noun) either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell | - |
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(noun) the top edge of a vessel or other container | Synonyms: brim, rim |
(noun) either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking | - |
(noun) an impudent or insolent rejoinder | Synonyms: back talk, backtalk, mouth, sass, sassing |
(noun) (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx | - |
nonslip | (adjective) designed to reduce or prevent slipping | - |
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overlip | (noun) the upper lip | - |
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oxlip | (noun) Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel | Synonyms: paigle, Primula elatior |
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paperclip | (noun) a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together | Synonyms: gem clip, paper clip |
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payslip | (noun) a slip of paper included with your pay that records how much money you have earned and how much tax or insurance etc. has been taken out | - |
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sideslip | (noun) an unexpected slide | Synonyms: skid, slip |
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(noun) a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air | Synonyms: slip |
slip | (noun) a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air | Synonyms: sideslip |
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(noun) a socially awkward or tactless act | Synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, solecism |
(noun) the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) | Synonyms: eluding, elusion |
(noun) an unexpected slide | Synonyms: sideslip, skid |
(noun) a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. | Synonyms: miscue, parapraxis, slip-up |
(noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | Synonyms: chemise, shift, shimmy, teddy |
(noun) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | Synonyms: case, pillow slip, pillowcase |
(noun) artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material | Synonyms: strip |
(noun) a small sheet of paper | Synonyms: slip of paper |
(noun) a slippery smoothness | Synonyms: slick, slickness, slipperiness |
(noun) an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall | Synonyms: trip |
(noun) a place where a craft can be made fast | Synonyms: berth, moorage, mooring |
(noun) a young and slender person | - |
(noun) a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting | Synonyms: cutting |
(noun) potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics | - |
(verb) fall to a lower standard | Synonyms: drop away, drop off, fall away |
(verb) move out of position | Synonyms: dislocate, luxate, splay |
(verb) insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly | - |
(verb) to make a mistake or be incorrect | Synonyms: err, mistake |
(verb) pass out of one's memory | Synonyms: slip one's mind |
(verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: skid, slew, slide, slue |
(verb) move stealthily | Synonyms: steal |
(verb) move easily | - |
(verb) move smoothly and easily | - |
(verb) cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion | - |
(verb) pass on stealthily | Synonyms: sneak |
tulip | (noun) any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower | - |
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unclip | (verb) remove the clip from | - |
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underlip | (noun) the lower lip | - |
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