Words that rhyme with bourbaki

adv 1: in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house" 2: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" [syn: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards] [ant: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards] 3: in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep" 4: in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" [syn: back, backward] [ant: ahead, forward] 5: in reply; "he wrote back three days later" 6: in repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher" adj 1: related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" [ant: front(a)] 2: located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" [syn: back(a), hind(a), hinder(a)] 3: of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine" n 1: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" [syn: back, dorsum] 2: the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" [syn: rear, back] [ant: front] 3: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" [syn: back, rear] [ant: front] 4: (football) a person who plays in the backfield 5: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis] 6: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding" [syn: binding, book binding, cover, back] 7: the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back" 8: a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable" [syn: back, backrest] 9: (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage v 1: be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" [syn: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support] 2: travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" 3: give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project" [syn: second, back, endorse, indorse] 4: cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" [ant: advance, bring forward] 5: support financial backing for; "back this enterprise" 6: be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" [ant: face, front, look] 7: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt] 8: shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed" [ant: veer] 9: establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?" [syn: back, back up] 10: strengthen by providing with a back or backing

n 1: a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated [syn: clack, clap] 2: a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction [syn: clack valve, clack, clapper valve] v 1: make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter, clack, brattle] 2: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: cluck, click, clack] 3: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]

n 1: a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance

adj 1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)] n 1: a long narrow opening [syn: crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure] 2: a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" [syn: gap, crack] 3: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap] 4: a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" [syn: crack, cracking, snap] 5: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion" [syn: shot, crack] 6: witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip] 7: a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror" 8: a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive [syn: crack, crack cocaine, tornado] 9: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer] 10: the act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack, cracking] v 1: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" [syn: crack, check, break] 2: make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked" 3: make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" [syn: snap, crack] 4: hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler" 5: pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" [syn: break through, crack] 6: break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked" 7: break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped" [syn: snap, crack] 8: gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe" 9: suffer a nervous breakdown [syn: crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse] 10: tell spontaneously; "crack a joke" 11: cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" 12: reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking 13: break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"

n 1: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer [syn: flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack] 2: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] 3: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom- pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun]

n 1: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer [syn: flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack] 2: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] 3: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom- pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun]

n 1: (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body 2: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet, plaque]

adj 1: medically unqualified; "a quack doctor" n 1: an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice 2: the harsh sound of a duck v 1: utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked" 2: act as a medical quack or a charlatan

adj 1: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" [syn: loose, slack] 2: flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water" 3: lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" [syn: lax, slack] n 1: dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve 2: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" [syn: slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off] 3: a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless" [syn: slack, slack water] 4: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack] 5: the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" [syn: slack, slackness] 6: a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack" v 1: avoid responsibilities and work, be idle 2: be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention" 3: release tension on; "slack the rope" 4: make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [syn: slack, slacken, slack up, relax] 5: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken] 6: make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate, slack] 7: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" [syn: abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away] 8: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime" [syn: slack, slake]

adv 1: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt] n 1: a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) [syn: slap, smack] 2: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang] 3: a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast 4: street names for heroin [syn: big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, thunder, skag, scag] 5: an enthusiastic kiss [syn: smack, smooch] 6: the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand [syn: smack, smacking, slap] v 1: deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" [syn: smack, thwack] 2: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell] 3: have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg" [syn: smack, taste] 4: kiss lightly [syn: smack, peck] 5: press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating

n 1: a light informal meal [syn: bite, collation, snack] v 1: eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals" [syn: nosh, snack]

n 1: an orderly pile 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 3: a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) [syn: push-down list, push-down stack, stack] 4: a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated [syn: smokestack, stack] 5: a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) [syn: push-down storage, push-down store, stack] v 1: load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes" 2: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: stack, pile, heap] 3: arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; "stack the deck of cards"

n 1: a hard blow with a flat object v 1: deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" [syn: smack, thwack]

n 1: a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: path, track, course] 2: evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" [syn: lead, track, trail] 3: a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels 4: a course over which races are run [syn: racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track] 5: a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" [syn: cut, track] 6: an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground [syn: track, caterpillar track, caterpillar tread] 7: (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data [syn: track, data track] 8: a groove on a phonograph recording 9: a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll [syn: track, rail, rails, runway] 10: any road or path affording passage especially a rough one [syn: track, cart track, cartroad] 11: the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track [syn: track, running] v 1: carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house" 2: observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile" 3: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track] 4: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" [syn: traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across] 5: make tracks upon

v 1: remove from its packing; "unpack the presents" [syn: unpack, take out] [ant: pack]