Words that rhyme with gangbangers

v 1: carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" [syn: prosecute, engage, pursue] 2: consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" [syn: absorb, engross, engage, occupy] 3: engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" [syn: hire, engage, employ] [ant: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate] 4: ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer" 5: give to in marriage [syn: betroth, engage, affiance, plight] 6: get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged" [ant: disengage] 7: carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe" [syn: engage, wage] 8: hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support" [syn: engage, enlist] 9: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take] 10: keep engaged; "engaged the gears" [syn: engage, mesh, lock, operate] [ant: disengage, withdraw]

n 1: a loose dressing gown for women [syn: negligee, neglige, peignoir, wrapper, housecoat]

n 1: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" [syn: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit] 2: the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire" [syn: range, reach] 3: a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze; "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range" 4: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" [syn: range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains] 5: a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice" 6: a variety of different things or activities; "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection" 7: (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers" [syn: image, range, range of a function] 8: the limit of capability; "within the compass of education" [syn: compass, range, reach, grasp] 9: a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was already on the stove" [syn: stove, kitchen stove, range, kitchen range, cooking stove] v 1: change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" [syn: range, run] 2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 3: have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; "This gun ranges over two miles" 4: range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" [syn: range, straddle] 5: lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" [syn: range, array, lay out, set out] 6: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture] 7: let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" 8: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place]

n 1: Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920) [syn: Faberge, Peter Carl Faberge]

n 1: Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980) [syn: Piaget, Jean Piaget]

adj 1: free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson 2: showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander" [syn: degage, detached, uninvolved]

n 1: a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

n 1: (architecture) a concave molding [syn: conge, congee] 2: formal permission to depart; "he gave me his conge" [syn: conge, congee] 3: an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal [syn: conge, congee] v 1: perform a ceremonious bow [syn: congee, conge]