Words that rhyme with hough

n 1: a group of countries in special alliance [syn: bloc, axis]

n 1: a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" 2: a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; "he lives in the next block" [syn: block, city block] 3: a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides [syn: block, cube] 4: a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock" 5: housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing" 6: (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted; "since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably" 7: an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension; "I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block" [syn: block, mental block] 8: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope [syn: pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, block] 9: a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine; "the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked" [syn: engine block, cylinder block, block] 10: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage] 11: a platform from which an auctioneer sells; "they put their paintings on the block" [syn: auction block, block] 12: the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements [syn: blocking, block] v 1: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar] 2: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" [syn: obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass] 3: stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process" [syn: stop, halt, block, kibosh] 4: interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station" [syn: jam, block] 5: run on a block system; "block trains" 6: interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia; "block a nerve"; "block a muscle" 7: shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains" [syn: obstruct, block] 8: stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block; "block the book cover" 9: obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" [syn: stuff, lug, choke up, block] [ant: loosen up, unstuff] 10: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up] [ant: disengage, free] 11: support, secure, or raise with a block; "block a plate for printing"; "block the wheels of a car" 12: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack" [syn: parry, block, deflect] 13: be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!" [syn: forget, block, blank out, draw a blank] [ant: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think] 14: shape by using a block; "Block a hat"; "block a garment" 15: shape into a block or blocks; "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly" 16: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn: freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise] [ant: free, release, unblock, unfreeze]

adj 1: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" [syn: bluff, bold, sheer] 2: bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader" n 1: a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) 2: pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted" 3: the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards [syn: bluff, four flush] v 1: deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand [syn: bluff, bluff out] 2: frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

n 1: a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring [syn: bock, bock beer]

n 1: any of the larger branches of a tree

n 1: a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces [syn: bow, bowknot] 2: a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments 3: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore, prow, stem] 4: a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow 5: something curved in shape [syn: bow, arc] 6: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting [syn: bow, bowing, obeisance] 7: an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience [syn: bow, curtain call] 8: a decorative interlacing of ribbons 9: a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments v 1: bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame" [syn: bow, bow down] 2: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in] 3: bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King" 4: bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: crouch, stoop, bend, bow] 5: play on a string instrument with a bow

n 1: the part of the face above the eyes [syn: brow, forehead] 2: the arch of hair above each eye [syn: eyebrow, brow, supercilium] 3: the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills" [syn: hilltop, brow]

adj 1: of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover] 2: a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen 3: bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff" 4: a medium to dark tan color [syn: yellowish brown, raw sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown] 5: an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) [syn: buff, buffer] v 1: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn: buffet, buff] 2: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish]

adv 1: as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full" [syn: chock, chock-a-block] n 1: a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object [syn: chock, wedge] v 1: secure with chocks 2: support on chocks; "chock the boat"

n 1: a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage

n 1: the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism [syn: Zhou, Zhou dynasty, Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow, Chow dynasty] 2: informal terms for a meal [syn: chow, chuck, eats, grub] 3: breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China [syn: chow, chow chow]

v 1: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff]

n 1: an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) [syn: aloha, ciao]

n 1: a timepiece that shows the time of day v 1: measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners" [syn: clock, time]

n 1: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz] 2: faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid [syn: stopcock, cock, turncock] 3: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled [syn: hammer, cock] 4: adult male chicken [syn: cock, rooster] 5: adult male bird v 1: tilt or slant to one side; "cock one's head" 2: set the trigger of a firearm back for firing 3: 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]

n 1: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) [syn: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif] 2: a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law v 1: cover with a coif 2: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]

n 1: a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis [syn: cough, coughing] v 1: exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day"

n 1: female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term" [syn: cow, moo-cow] 2: mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull' 3: a large unpleasant woman v 1: subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) [syn: overawe, cow]

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: nonsense; foolish talk; "that's a crock" 3: an earthen jar (made of baked clay) [syn: crock, earthenware jar] v 1: release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric 2: soil with or as with crock

n 1: the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg [syn: cuff, turnup] 2: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle] v 1: hit with the hand [syn: cuff, whomp] 2: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime" [syn: manacle, cuff, handcuff]

n 1: a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs

n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" [syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico] 2: the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913 [syn: Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC]

n 1: an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial 2: any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine [syn: dock, sorrel, sour grass] 3: a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats [syn: pier, wharf, wharfage, dock] 4: a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded [syn: dock, loading dock] 5: landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late" [syn: dock, dockage, docking facility] 6: the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair 7: a short or shortened tail of certain animals [syn: bobtail, bob, dock] v 1: come into dock; "the ship docked" [ant: undock] 2: deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty 3: deduct from someone's wages 4: remove or shorten the tail of an animal [syn: dock, tail, bob] 5: maneuver into a dock; "dock the ships" [ant: undock]

v 1: remove; "He doffed his hat"

n 1: a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll 2: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]

n 1: a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron [syn: duff, plum duff]

adv 1: as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" [syn: enough, plenty] adj 1: sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" [syn: adequate, decent, enough] n 1: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" [syn: enough, sufficiency]

n 1: a church congregation guided by a pastor 2: a group of birds 3: (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] 4: an orderly crowd; "a troop of children" [syn: troop, flock] 5: a group of sheep or goats [syn: flock, fold] v 1: move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" 2: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" [syn: cluster, constellate, flock, clump]

n 1: a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea [syn: ice floe, floe]

n 1: any light downy material 2: something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity] 3: a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up] 2: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn: ruffle, fluff] 3: ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect [syn: tease, fluff]

n 1: a habit worn by clerics 2: a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn: dress, frock] v 1: put a frock on

adj 1: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured] 2: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson [syn: gruff, hoarse, husky]

n 1: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) [syn: bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash]

n 1: any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage) [syn: Rhine wine, Rhenish, hock] 2: tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle [syn: hock, hock-joint] v 1: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock] 2: disable by cutting the hock

n 1: a state of irritation or annoyance [syn: huff, miff, seeing red] v 1: inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" [syn: huff, snort] 2: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff]

n 1: a person trained to compete in sports [syn: athlete, jock] 2: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise [syn: athletic supporter, supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock]

n 1: the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); "the knocking grew louder" [syn: knock, knocking] 2: negative criticism [syn: knock, roast] 3: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: knock, bash, bang, smash, belt] 4: a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks" 5: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" [syn: knock, belt, rap, whack, whang] v 1: deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room" [syn: knock, strike hard] 2: rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door" 3: knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" [syn: bump, knock] 4: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: tap, rap, knock, pink] 5: sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded" [syn: pink, ping, knock] 6: find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" [syn: knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart] [ant: praise]

n 1: a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) 2: Scottish word for a lake

n 1: a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed 2: a strand or cluster of hair [syn: lock, curl, ringlet, whorl] 3: a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun 4: enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it [syn: lock, lock chamber] 5: a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key [syn: lock, ignition lock] 6: any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured v 1: fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence" [ant: unlock] 2: keep engaged; "engaged the gears" [syn: engage, mesh, lock, operate] [ant: disengage, withdraw] 3: become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" [ant: unlock] 4: hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck" [syn: lock, interlock, interlace] 5: become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" [syn: interlock, lock] 6: hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit" 7: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" [syn: lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up] 8: pass by means through a lock in a waterway 9: build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

n 1: a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland 2: Irish word for a lake

n 1: (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast 2: the act of sailing close to the wind v 1: sail close to the wind [syn: luff, point] 2: flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides; "the sails luffed"

n 1: the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) [syn: meow, mew, miaou, miaow, miaul] v 1: cry like a cat; "the cat meowed" [syn: meow, mew]

adj 1: constituting a copy or imitation of something; "boys in mock battle" n 1: the act of mocking or ridiculing; "they made a mock of him" v 1: treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" [syn: mock, bemock] 2: imitate with mockery and derision; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate"

n 1: a loft in a barn where hay is stored [syn: hayloft, haymow, mow] v 1: cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" [syn: mow, cut down] 2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow]

n 1: a warm tubular covering for the hands 2: (sports) dropping the ball [syn: fumble, muff] v 1: fail to catch, as of a ball 2: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]

v 1: make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" [syn: score, nock, mark]

adv 1: in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port" 2: in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television" [syn: nowadays, now, today] 3: used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention" 4: at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now" [syn: now, at present] 5: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot] 6: (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..." 7: in the immediate past; "told me just now" n 1: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"

adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach" [syn: away, off, forth] 2: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century" [syn: off, away] 3: no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache" adj 1: not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off" [ant: on] 2: below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off" 3: (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off" [syn: off, cancelled] [ant: on] 4: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: off, sour, turned] 5: not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday" v 1: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove]

n 1: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon] 2: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing [syn: plow, plough] v 1: move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water" [syn: plow, plough] 2: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" [syn: plow, plough, turn]

n 1: a pustule in an eruptive disease v 1: mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" [syn: scar, mark, pock, pit]

n 1: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore, prow, stem]

adj 1: gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" [syn: puff, puffed] n 1: a short light gust of air [syn: puff, puff of air, whiff] 2: a light inflated pastry or puff shell 3: exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) 4: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together [syn: quilt, comforter, comfort, puff] 5: a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin [syn: powderpuff, puff] 6: thick cushion used as a seat [syn: ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff, hassock] 7: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" [syn: puff, drag, pull] 8: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" [syn: blow, puff] v 1: smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" [syn: puff, whiff] 2: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" [syn: puff, drag, draw] 3: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant, puff, gasp, heave] 4: make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" 5: praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production" [syn: puff, puff up] 6: speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" 7: to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" [syn: puff, puff up, blow up, puff out] 8: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff]

n 1: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) [syn: rebuff, slight] 2: an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: rebuff, snub, repulse] v 1: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" [syn: rebuff, snub, repel] 2: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back]

n 1: mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength

n 1: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me" [syn: rock, stone] 2: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries" [syn: rock, stone] 3: United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984) [syn: Rock, John Rock] 4: (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew 5: hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint) [syn: rock candy, rock] 6: a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll." [syn: rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock- and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music] 7: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen, sway, tilt] v 1: move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" [syn: rock, sway, shake] 2: cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" [syn: rock, sway]

adv 1: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough" [syn: roughly, rough] 2: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" [syn: roughly, rough] adj 1: having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face" [syn: rough, unsmooth] [ant: smooth] 2: (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners" 3: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn: approximate, approximative, rough] 4: full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time" [syn: rocky, rough] 5: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: boisterous, fierce, rough] 6: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" [syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy] 7: ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men" [syn: pugnacious, rough] 8: of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped [ant: smooth] 9: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth] 10: not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones" [syn: uncut, rough] [ant: cut] 11: not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" [syn: crude, rough] 12: not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches" 13: unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" [syn: harsh, rough] 14: unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer" [syn: harsh, rough] n 1: the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short v 1: prepare in preliminary or sketchy form [syn: rough in, rough, rough out]

n 1: an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line; "a row of chairs" 2: an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" [syn: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup] 3: a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally); "a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"; "rows of barbed wire protected the trenches" 4: (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" [syn: course, row] 5: a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side 6: a continuous chronological succession without an interruption; "they won the championship three years in a row" 7: the act of rowing as a sport [syn: rowing, row] v 1: propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake"

n 1: an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal [syn: frill, ruff] 2: a high tight collar [syn: choker, ruff, ruffle, neck ruff] 3: common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season [syn: ruff, Philomachus pugnax] 4: (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit [syn: ruff, trumping] v 1: play a trump [syn: trump, ruff]

n 1: merchandise that is shoddy or inferior [syn: schlock, shlock, dreck]

n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing] v 1: laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" [syn: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe] 2: treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" [syn: scoff, flout]

n 1: any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends 2: a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold

n 1: the back side of the neck [syn: nape, scruff, nucha]

n 1: a slipper that has no fitting around the heel [syn: mule, scuff] 2: the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet) v 1: walk without lifting the feet [syn: scuff, drag] 2: get or become scuffed; "These patent leather shoes scuffed" 3: mar by scuffing; "scuffed shoes" 4: poke at with the foot or toe

n 1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze, shock, stupor] 2: the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle" [syn: shock, impact] 3: a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body; "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks" [syn: electric shock, electrical shock, shock] 4: (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor; "loss of blood is an important cause of shock" 5: an instance of agitation of the earth's crust; "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch" [syn: shock, seismic disturbance] 6: an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured" [syn: shock, blow] 7: a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field; "corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks"; "whole fields of wheat in shock" 8: a bushy thick mass (especially hair); "he had an unruly shock of black hair" 9: a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" [syn: jolt, jar, jounce, shock] 10: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks" [syn: shock absorber, shock, cushion] v 1: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback] 2: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage] 3: strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing shocked her" 4: collide violently 5: collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain" 6: subject to electrical shocks 7: inflict a trauma upon [syn: traumatize, traumatise, shock]

n 1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass [syn: gangrene, sphacelus, slough] 2: a hollow filled with mud 3: a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) 4: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) v 1: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough]

n 1: a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles [syn: duster, gaberdine, gabardine, smock, dust coat] v 1: embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"

adj 1: snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown [syn: snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown] n 1: the charred portion of a candlewick 2: a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time 3: finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose 4: sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose [syn: sniff, snuff] v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: snuff, snuffle] 2: inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke"

n 1: hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee 2: a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind [syn: windsock, wind sock, sock, air sock, air-sleeve, wind sleeve, wind cone, drogue] v 1: hit hard [syn: sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash]

v 1: make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling" [syn: sough, purl]

n 1: an adult female hog v 1: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: sow, seed] 2: introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs" 3: place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" [syn: inseminate, sow, sow in]

adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn] 2: routine; "a stock answer" 3: regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item" [syn: standard, stock] n 1: the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock" 2: the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory" [syn: stock, inventory] 3: the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" [syn: stock, gunstock] 4: a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year" [syn: stock certificate, stock] 5: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store, stock, fund] 6: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock] 7: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" [syn: breed, strain, stock] 8: liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock" [syn: broth, stock] 9: the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor" 10: persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant [syn: stock, caudex] 11: a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants 12: any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers [syn: stock, gillyflower] 13: any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia [syn: Malcolm stock, stock] 14: lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter" 15: the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock" 16: an ornamental white cravat [syn: neckcloth, stock] 17: any animals kept for use or profit [syn: livestock, stock, farm animal] v 1: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn: stock, carry, stockpile] 2: equip with a stock; "stock a rifle" 3: supply with fish; "stock a lake" 4: supply with livestock; "stock a farm" 5: amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" [syn: stock, buy in, stock up] 6: provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat" 7: put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" [syn: sprout, stock]

n 1: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" [syn: material, stuff] 2: miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff" 3: informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?" [syn: stuff, clobber] 4: senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" [syn: stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock] 5: unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine" 6: information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book" 7: a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative" v 1: cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets" 2: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze] 3: obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" [syn: stuff, lug, choke up, block] [ant: loosen up, unstuff] 4: 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] 5: treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin" 6: fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers" 7: fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?" [syn: farce, stuff]

n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard]

n 1: informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person [syn: toff, nob]

adj 1: not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character" [ant: tender] 2: very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job" [syn: rugged, tough] 3: physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet" [syn: tough, toughened] [ant: tender, untoughened] 4: substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal" [syn: sturdy, tough] 5: violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs" [syn: ruffianly, tough] 6: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night" [syn: bad, tough] 7: resistant to cutting or chewing [ant: tender] 8: unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break" [syn: hard, tough] 9: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home" [syn: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough] n 1: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing [syn: street fighter, tough] 2: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer] 3: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo]

n 1: a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) 2: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater [syn: gutter, trough] 3: a concave shape with an open top [syn: bowl, trough] 4: a treasury for government funds [syn: public treasury, trough, till] 5: a long narrow shallow receptacle 6: a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed [syn: manger, trough]

n 1: hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash [syn: tuff, tufa]

n 1: a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "they took vows of poverty" v 1: make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again" 2: dedicate to a deity by a vow [syn: vow, consecrate]

n 1: pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking

n 1: a joke that seems extremely funny [syn: belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot] v 1: impress greatly; "The speaker wowed the audience"

n 1: United States editor (1920-1993) [syn: Howe, Irving Howe] 2: Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928) [syn: Howe, Gordie Howe, Gordon Howe] 3: United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910) [syn: Howe, Julia Ward Howe] 4: United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867) [syn: Howe, Elias Howe]

n 1: a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war [syn: prisoner of war, POW]

n 1: an adherent of any branch of Taoism [syn: Taoist, Tao] 2: the ultimate principle of the universe

n 1: the dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125 [syn: Liao, Liao dynasty]

n 1: United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959) [syn: Bloch, Ernest Bloch]

n 1: Russian poet (1880-1921) [syn: Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich Blok, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok]

n 1: colloquial British abbreviation; "a box of chocs"

n 1: English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704) [syn: Locke, John Locke]

n 1: United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998) [syn: Spock, Benjamin Spock]

n 1: French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917) [syn: Rodin, Auguste Rodin, Francois Auguste Rene Rodin]

n 1: oblong cream puff

n 1: German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910) [syn: Koch, Robert Koch]

n 1: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing [syn: plow, plough] v 1: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" [syn: plow, plough, turn] 2: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address] 3: move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water" [syn: plow, plough]

n 1: a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia [syn: Revolutionary United Front, RUF]

n 1: French Post-impressionist painter who worked in the South Pacific (1848-1903) [syn: Gauguin, Paul Gauguin]

n 1: French painter in the classical style (1594-1665) [syn: Poussin, Nicolas Poussin]

adj 1: sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; [syn: chubby, embonpoint, plump] n 1: the bodily property of being well rounded [syn: plumpness, embonpoint, roundness]

n 1: a region of central France to the west of the Auvergne mountains

n 1: the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet

n 1: a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867) [syn: Baudelaire, Charles Baudelaire, Charles Pierre Baudelaire]