Words that rhyme with ghat

• art 0
  n 1: the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art" [syn: art, fine art] 2: the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" [syn: art, artistic creation, artistic production] 3: a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art" [syn: art, artistry, prowess] 4: photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book" [syn: artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter]
• aught 0
  n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
• baht 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Thailand [syn: baht, tical]
• but 0
  adv 1: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: merely, simply, just, only, but]
• butt 0
  n 1: thick end of the handle [syn: butt, butt end] 2: the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots 3: a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge] 4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 5: sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at [syn: target, butt] 6: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn: cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag] 7: a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping [syn: butt joint, butt] 8: a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons) 9: the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) [syn: butt, stub] v 1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on] 2: to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" [syn: butt, bunt] 3: place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"
• cart 0
  n 1: a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal 2: wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with groceries" [syn: handcart, pushcart, cart, go-cart] v 1: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: haul, hale, cart, drag] 2: transport something in a cart
• carte 0
  n 1: a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French" [syn: menu, bill of fare, card, carte du jour, carte]
• chart 0
  n 1: a visual display of information 2: a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea v 1: make a chart of; "chart the territory" 2: plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein" 3: represent by means of a graph; "chart the data" [syn: graph, chart]
• court 0
  n 1: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business [syn: court, tribunal, judicature] 2: a room in which a lawcourt sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom" [syn: court, courtroom] 3: the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state [syn: court, royal court] 4: a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance" 5: Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947) [syn: Court, Margaret Court] 6: the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince [syn: court, royal court] 7: a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area [syn: motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court, court] 8: a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws [syn: court, lawcourt, court of law, court of justice] 9: the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court" 10: an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court" [syn: court, courtyard] 11: respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor" [syn: court, homage] v 1: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" [syn: woo, court, romance, solicit] 2: seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" [syn: woo, court] 3: engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years"
• cut 0
  adj 1: separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists" [ant: uncut] 2: fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet" [ant: rough, uncut] 3: with parts removed; "the drastically cut film" [syn: cut, shortened] 4: made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair" [syn: trimmed, cut] [ant: uncut, untrimmed] 5: (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay" [syn: mown, cut] [ant: uncut, unmown] 6: (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit; "the cut pages of the book" [ant: uncut] 7: (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse" [syn: cut, emasculated, gelded] 8: (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers" [syn: cut, slashed] 9: mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup" [syn: cut, thinned, weakened] n 1: a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings" 2: (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt" 3: a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation [syn: cut, gash] 4: a step on some scale; "he is a cut above the rest" 5: a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" [syn: cut, gash, slash, slice] 6: a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass [syn: cut, cut of meat] 7: a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all" [syn: stinger, cut] 8: 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] 9: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" [syn: deletion, excision, cut] 10: the style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut" 11: a canal made by erosion or excavation 12: a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional" [syn: snub, cut, cold shoulder] 13: in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball" [syn: baseball swing, swing, cut] 14: (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player" [syn: cut, undercut] 15: the division of a deck of cards before dealing; "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual" [syn: cut, cutting] 16: the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" [syn: cut, cutting] 17: the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" [syn: cut, cutting] 18: the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" [syn: cut, cutting, cutting off] 19: the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget" 20: an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" v 1: separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" 2: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down] 3: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut] 4: make an incision or separation; "cut along the dotted line" 5: discharge from a group; "The coach cut two players from the team" 6: form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" 7: style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" [syn: cut, tailor] 8: hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; "cut a Ping-Pong ball" 9: make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me" [syn: write out, issue, make out, cut] 10: cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" [syn: edit, cut, edit out] 11: intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" [syn: cut, skip] 12: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" [syn: hack, cut] 13: give the appearance or impression of; "cut a nice figure" 14: move (one's fist); "his opponent cut upward toward his chin" 15: pass directly and often in haste; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" 16: pass through or across; "The boat cut the water" 17: make an abrupt change of image or sound; "cut from one scene to another" 18: stop filming; "cut a movie scene" 19: make a recording of; "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again" 20: record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record" 21: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn: cut, burn] 22: form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls" 23: perform or carry out; "cut a caper" 24: function as a cutting instrument; "This knife cuts well" 25: allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily" 26: divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time" 27: cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights" [syn: switch off, cut, turn off, turn out] [ant: switch on, turn on] 28: reap or harvest; "cut grain" 29: fell by sawing; hew; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia" 30: penetrate injuriously; "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead" 31: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut] 32: shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair" 33: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" [syn: cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise] 34: dissolve by breaking down the fat of; "soap cuts grease" 35: have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings" 36: cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" [syn: cut, cut off] 37: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 38: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut] 39: have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth" 40: grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" 41: cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" [syn: geld, cut]
• dart 0
  n 1: a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot 2: a tapered tuck made in dressmaking 3: a sudden quick movement [syn: flit, dart] v 1: move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit, flutter, fleet, dart] 2: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot] 3: move with sudden speed; "His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke"
• distraught 0
  adj 1: deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief" [syn: distraught, overwrought]
• fart 0
  n 1: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn: fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind] v 1: expel intestinal gases through the anus [syn: fart, break wind]
• fort 0
  n 1: a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn: garrison, fort] 2: a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress, fort] v 1: gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense [syn: fort, fort up] 2: enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: fortify, fort] 3: station (troops) in a fort
• glut 0
  n 1: the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall [syn: glut, oversupply, surfeit] v 1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out] 2: supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" [syn: flood, oversupply, glut]
• gut 0
  n 1: the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus [syn: intestine, bowel, gut] 2: a narrow channel or strait 3: a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery [syn: catgut, gut] v 1: empty completely; destroy the inside of; "Gut the building" 2: remove the guts of; "gut the sheep"
• hart 0
  n 1: United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961) [syn: Hart, Moss Hart] 2: United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943) [syn: Hart, Lorenz Hart, Lorenz Milton Hart] 3: a male deer, especially an adult male red deer [syn: hart, stag]
• heart 0
  n 1: the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" [syn: heart, bosom] 2: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly" [syn: heart, pump, ticker] 3: the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball" [syn: heart, mettle, nerve, spunk] 4: an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" [syn: center, centre, middle, heart, eye] 5: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty] 6: an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart" [syn: heart, spirit] 7: a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines; "he drew a heart and called it a valentine" 8: a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal); "a five-pound beef heart will serve six" 9: a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" [syn: affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia] 10: a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it; "he led the queen of hearts"; "hearts were trumps"
• hut 0
  n 1: temporary military shelter [syn: hut, army hut, field hut] 2: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty]
• jut 0
  n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 2: the act of projecting out from something [syn: protrusion, projection, jut, jutting] v 1: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project]
• lot 0
  n 1: (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] 2: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake" 3: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot] 4: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion] 5: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [syn: draw, lot] 6: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" [syn: bunch, lot, caboodle] 7: (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction v 1: divide into lots, as of land, for example 2: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out]
• mart 0
  n 1: an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up [syn: marketplace, market place, mart, market]
• mutt 0
  n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur, mongrel, mutt]
• naught 0
  n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo] 2: complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught"
• not 0
  adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]
• nought 0
  n 1: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number [syn: zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher]
• nut 0
  n 1: usually large hard-shelled seed 2: Egyptian goddess of the sky 3: a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt 4: half the width of an em [syn: en, nut] 5: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball] 6: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" [syn: addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky] 7: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" [syn: testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg] v 1: gather nuts
• overwrought 0
  adj 1: deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief" [syn: distraught, overwrought]
• part 0
  adv 1: in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" [syn: partially, partly, part] [ant: all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly] n 1: something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" [syn: part, portion, component part, component, constituent] 2: something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" [syn: part, portion] 3: a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" [syn: part, piece] 4: that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation; "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part" 5: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" [syn: region, part] 6: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" [syn: function, office, part, role] 7: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" [syn: character, role, theatrical role, part, persona] 8: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" [syn: share, portion, part, percentage] 9: one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" [syn: part, section, division] 10: a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle" [syn: part, parting] 11: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" [syn: part, voice] 12: the part played by a person in bringing about a result; "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work" [syn: contribution, part, share] v 1: go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" [syn: separate, part, split] 2: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" [syn: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up] 3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off] 4: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" [syn: separate, divide, part] 5: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: separate, disunite, divide, part]
• pate 0
  n 1: liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned 2: the top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown]
• plot 0
  n 1: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start" [syn: plot, secret plan, game] 2: a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" [syn: plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch] 3: the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal" 4: a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object v 1: plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government" 2: make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed [syn: diagram, plot] 3: make a plat of; "Plat the town" [syn: plat, plot] 4: devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); "the writer is plotting a new novel"
• port 0
  adj 1: located on the left side of a ship or aircraft [syn: port, larboard] n 1: a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country 2: sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal [syn: port, port wine] 3: an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through [syn: port, embrasure, porthole] 4: the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose [syn: larboard, port] [ant: starboard] 5: (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) [syn: interface, port] v 1: put or turn on the left side, of a ship; "port the helm" 2: bring to port; "the captain ported the ship at night" 3: land at or reach a port; "The ship finally ported" 4: turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship; "The big ship was slowly porting" 5: carry, bear, convey, or bring; "The small canoe could be ported easily" 6: carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons; "port a rifle" 7: drink port; "We were porting all in the club after dinner" 8: modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
• putt 0
  n 1: hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter; "his putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet" [syn: putt, putting] v 1: strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter; "he putted the ball several feet past the hole" 2: hit a putt; "he lost because he putted so poorly"
• quart 0
  n 1: a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon 2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters 3: a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches [syn: quart, dry quart]
• rut 0
  n 1: a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) 2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: rut, groove] 3: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity [syn: estrus, oestrus, heat, rut] [ant: anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus] v 1: be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals 2: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: furrow, rut, groove]
• short 0
  adv 1: quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn: abruptly, suddenly, short, dead] 2: without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash" 3: clean across; "the car's axle snapped short" 4: at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations" 5: so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue" 6: at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" [syn: short, unawares] 7: in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it" [syn: curtly, short, shortly] adj 1: primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months" [ant: long] 2: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" [ant: long] 3: low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man" [syn: short, little] [ant: tall] 4: not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: inadequate, poor, short] 5: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" [syn: unretentive, forgetful, short] [ant: long, recollective, retentive, tenacious] 6: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton" [ant: long] 7: of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short" [ant: long] 8: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" [syn: light, scant(p), short] 9: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" [syn: short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic] 10: tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust" 11: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" [syn: brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)] n 1: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed 2: accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference [syn: short circuit, short] 3: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base [syn: shortstop, short] v 1: cheat someone by not returning him enough money [syn: short-change, short] 2: create a short circuit in [syn: short-circuit, short]
• shut 0
  adj 1: not open; "the door slammed shut" [syn: shut, unopen, closed] [ant: open, unfastened] 2: used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight" [syn: closed, shut] [ant: open, opened] v 1: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window" [syn: close, shut] [ant: open, open up] 2: become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang" [syn: close, shut] [ant: open, open up] 3: prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" [syn: exclude, keep out, shut out, shut] [ant: admit, include, let in]
• slut 0
  n 1: a dirty untidy woman [syn: slattern, slut, slovenly woman, trollop] 2: a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop]
• smart 0
  adj 1: showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness [ant: stupid] 2: elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut" [syn: chic, smart, voguish] 3: characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average" [syn: bright, smart] 4: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!" [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise] 5: painfully severe; "he gave the dog a smart blow" 6: quick and brisk; "I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace" 7: capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; "smart weapons" n 1: a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore [syn: smart, smarting, smartness] v 1: be the source of pain [syn: ache, smart, hurt]
• smut 0
  n 1: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink [syn: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock] 2: destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores 3: any fungus of the order Ustilaginales [syn: smut, smut fungus] 4: an offensive or indecent word or phrase [syn: obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word] 5: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire [syn: pornography, porno, porn, erotica, smut] v 1: make obscene; "This line in the play smuts the entire act" 2: stain with a dirty substance, such as soot 3: become affected with smut; "the corn smutted and could not be eaten" 4: affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
• snort 0
  n 1: a disrespectful laugh [syn: snicker, snort, snigger] 2: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn: boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird] v 1: indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose; "she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom" 2: make a snorting sound by exhaling hard; "The critic snorted contemptuously" 3: inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" [syn: huff, snort] 4: inhale through the nose [syn: take a hit, snort]
• snot 0
  n 1: a person regarded as arrogant and annoying [syn: snob, prig, snot, snoot] 2: nasal mucus
• sort 0
  n 1: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" [syn: kind, sort, form, variety] 2: an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing" 3: a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort" 4: an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting" [syn: sort, sorting] v 1: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen, screen out, sieve, sort] 2: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate]
• sought 0
  adj 1: that is looked for; "the long sought relatives" 2: being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum" [syn: sought, sought-after(a)]
• spare 0
  adj 1: thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise" [syn: spare, trim] 2: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] 3: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: spare, free] 4: kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts" 5: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: bare(a), scanty, spare] 6: lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" [syn: plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented] n 1: an extra component of a machine or other apparatus [syn: spare part, spare] 2: an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle [syn: fifth wheel, spare] 3: a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls v 1: refrain from harming [syn: spare, save] 2: save or relieve from an experience or action; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally" 3: give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey" [syn: spare, give up, part with, dispense with] 4: use frugally or carefully
• sport 0
  n 1: an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition [syn: sport, athletics] 2: the occupation of athletes who compete for pay 3: (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine [syn: sport, summercater] 4: a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances; "a good sport"; "a poor sport" 5: someone who engages in sports [syn: sport, sportsman, sportswoman] 6: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation, variation, sport] 7: verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" [syn: fun, play, sport] v 1: wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat" [syn: sport, feature, boast] 2: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about]
• start 0
  n 1: the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start" 2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 3: a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen" [syn: start, starting] 4: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" [syn: startle, jump, start] 5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start, commencement] [ant: finish, finishing] 6: a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game [syn: start, starting line, scratch, scratch line] 7: a signal to begin (as in a race); "the starting signal was a green light"; "the runners awaited the start" [syn: starting signal, start] 8: the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race); "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch" [syn: start, head start] v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end, terminate] 2: set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" [syn: begin, lead off, start, commence] [ant: end, terminate] 3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off] 4: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" [syn: begin, start] [ant: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate] 5: bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" [syn: originate, initiate, start] 6: get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack" [syn: start, start up, embark on, commence] 7: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" [syn: startle, jump, start] 8: get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer" [syn: start, start up] [ant: stop] 9: begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" [syn: start, go, get going] [ant: halt, stop] 10: begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job" [syn: start, take up] 11: play in the starting lineup 12: have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony" [syn: begin, start] 13: begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade" [syn: begin, start] 14: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out]
• strut 0
  n 1: a proud stiff pompous gait [syn: strut, prance, swagger] 2: brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression v 1: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock]
• sublime 0
  adj 1: inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night" [syn: empyreal, empyrean, sublime] 2: worthy of adoration or reverence [syn: reverend, sublime] 3: lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton 4: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded] v 1: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: sublime, sublimate] 2: change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated" [syn: sublime, sublimate]
• swart 0
  adj 1: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" [syn: dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy]
• tart 0
  adj 1: tasting sour like a lemon [syn: lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart] 2: harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark" [syn: sharp, sharp-worded, tart] n 1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street] 2: a small open pie with a fruit filling 3: a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
• taut 0
  adj 1: pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope" [syn: taut, tight] 2: subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
• thought 0
  n 1: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" [syn: idea, thought] 2: the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" [syn: thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation] 3: the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought" 4: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" [syn: opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought]
• thwart 0
  n 1: a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat [syn: thwart, cross thwart] v 1: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk]
• tort 0
  n 1: (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought [syn: tort, civil wrong]
• torte 0
  n 1: rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria
• wart 0
  n 1: any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) 2: an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness) 3: (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus [syn: wart, verruca]
• wrought 0
  adj 1: shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort); "a shaped handgrip"; "the molded steel plates"; "the wrought silver bracelet" [syn: shaped, molded, wrought]
• yacht 0
  n 1: an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing [syn: yacht, racing yacht] v 1: travel in a yacht
• porte 0
  n 1: the Ottoman court in Constantinople [syn: Porte, Sublime Porte]
• knut 0
  n 1: king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035) [syn: Canute, Cnut, Knut, Canute the Great]
• tut 0
  v 1: utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval [syn: tsk, tut, tut-tut]
• jat 0
  n 1: a member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs
• kyat 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Myanmar
• bart 0
  n 1: a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." [syn: baronet, Bart]
• harte 0
  n 1: United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902) [syn: Harte, Bret Harte]
• scut 0
  n 1: a short erect tail
• begot 0
• besought 0
• bethought 0
• bought 0
• brought 0
• caught 0
• fought 0
• kart 0
• mort 0
• ought 0
• overbought 0
• taught 0
• cort 0
• quarte 0
• phut 0
• boart 0
• bort 0
• haught 0
• haut 0
• wat 0
• ayotte 0
• lamotte 0
• picotte 0
• sicotte 0
• turcotte 0
• maat 0
• mut 0
• scart 0

See also ghat definition