amble | (noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) | Synonyms: perambulation, promenade, saunter, stroll |
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(verb) walk leisurely | Synonyms: mosey |
assemble | (verb) create by putting components or members together | Synonyms: piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together |
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(verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: foregather, forgather, gather, meet |
(verb) get people together | Synonyms: gather, get together |
bramble | (noun) any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines | - |
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bumble | (verb) speak haltingly | Synonyms: falter, stammer, stutter |
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(verb) walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly | Synonyms: falter, stumble |
(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
crumble | (verb) break or fall apart into fragments | Synonyms: fall apart |
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(verb) fall into decay or ruin | Synonyms: decay, dilapidate |
(verb) fall apart | Synonyms: break down, collapse, crumple, tumble |
disassemble | (verb) take apart into its constituent pieces | Synonyms: break apart, break up, dismantle, take apart |
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dissemble | (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: affect, feign, pretend, sham |
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(verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly | Synonyms: act, pretend |
(verb) hide under a false appearance | Synonyms: cloak, mask |
ensemble | (noun) a coordinated outfit (set of clothing) | - |
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(noun) the chorus of a ballet company | Synonyms: corps de ballet |
(noun) a group of musicians playing or singing together | - |
(noun) an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole | Synonyms: tout ensemble |
(noun) a cast other than the principals | Synonyms: supporting players |
fumble | (noun) (sports) dropping the ball | Synonyms: muff |
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(verb) drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder | - |
(verb) feel about uncertainly or blindly | Synonyms: grope |
(verb) handle clumsily | - |
(verb) make one's way clumsily or blindly | Synonyms: blunder |
(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
gamble | (noun) a risky act or venture | - |
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(noun) money that is risked for possible monetary gain | - |
(verb) play games for money | - |
(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, chance, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
grumble | (noun) a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone | Synonyms: grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering |
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(noun) a loud low dull continuous noise | Synonyms: grumbling, rumble, rumbling |
(verb) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath | Synonyms: croak, gnarl, murmur, mutter |
(verb) show one's unhappiness or critical attitude | Synonyms: grouch, scold |
(verb) to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds | Synonyms: growl, rumble |
(verb) make a low noise | Synonyms: rumble |
humble | (adjective) marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful | - |
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(adjective) low or inferior in station or quality | Synonyms: low, lowly, modest, small |
(adjective) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: base, baseborn, lowly |
(adjective) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) | Synonyms: lowly, menial |
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify |
(verb) cause to be unpretentious | - |
jumble | (noun) a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas | Synonyms: hodgepodge, patchwork |
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(noun) small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie | Synonyms: jumbal |
(noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: clutter, fuddle, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter |
(verb) bring into random order | Synonyms: scramble, throw together |
(verb) assemble without order or sense | Synonyms: confuse, mix up |
(verb) be all mixed up or jumbled together | Synonyms: mingle |
mumble | (noun) a soft indistinct utterance | - |
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(verb) talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice | Synonyms: maunder, mussitate, mutter |
(verb) grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty | Synonyms: gum |
nimble | (adjective) moving quickly and lightly | Synonyms: agile, quick, spry |
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(adjective) mentally quick | Synonyms: agile |
preamble | (noun) a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose) | - |
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(verb) make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document | - |
preassemble | (verb) to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings | Synonyms: prefabricate |
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ramble | (noun) an aimless amble on a winding course | Synonyms: meander |
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(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
(verb) continue talking or writing in a desultory manner | Synonyms: jog, ramble on |
reassemble | (verb) assemble once again, after taking something apart | - |
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resemble | (verb) appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to | - |
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rumble | (noun) a fight between rival gangs of adolescents | Synonyms: gang fight |
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(noun) a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage | - |
(noun) a loud low dull continuous noise | Synonyms: grumble, grumbling, rumbling |
(verb) to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds | Synonyms: growl, grumble |
(verb) make a low noise | Synonyms: grumble |
scramble | (noun) rushing about hastily in an undignified way | Synonyms: scamper, scurry |
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(noun) an unceremonious and disorganized struggle | Synonyms: scuffle |
(verb) make unintelligible | - |
(verb) bring into random order | Synonyms: jumble, throw together |
(verb) stir vigorously | Synonyms: beat |
(verb) to move hurriedly | - |
(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: clamber, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle |
scumble | (noun) the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture | - |
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shamble | (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shambling, shuffle, shuffling |
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(verb) walk by dragging one's feet | Synonyms: scuffle, shuffle |
stumble | (noun) an unsteady uneven gait | Synonyms: lurch, stagger |
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(noun) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | Synonyms: misstep, trip-up, trip |
(verb) make an error | Synonyms: slip up, trip up |
(verb) miss a step and fall or nearly fall | Synonyms: trip |
(verb) walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly | Synonyms: bumble, falter |
(verb) encounter by chance | Synonyms: hit |
thimble | (noun) a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container | - |
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(noun) as much as a thimble will hold | Synonyms: thimbleful |
tremble | (noun) a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement | Synonyms: shake, shiver |
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(verb) move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways | - |
tumble | (noun) an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end | - |
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(noun) a sudden drop from an upright position | Synonyms: fall, spill |
(verb) do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully | - |
(verb) fall suddenly and sharply | - |
(verb) suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat | - |
(verb) put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying | - |
(verb) understand, usually after some initial difficulty | Synonyms: catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, twig |
(verb) throw together in a confused mass | - |
(verb) fall down, as if collapsing | Synonyms: topple |
(verb) fall apart | Synonyms: break down, collapse, crumble, crumple |
(verb) roll over and over, back and forth | - |
(verb) cause to topple or tumble by pushing | Synonyms: tip, topple |
(verb) fly around | Synonyms: whirl, whirl around |
unscramble | (verb) make intelligible | - |
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(verb) become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of | Synonyms: unknot, unpick, unravel, untangle |
wamble | (verb) move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion | Synonyms: waggle |
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wimble | (noun) hand tool for boring holes | Synonyms: auger, gimlet, screw auger |
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