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at
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n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the
halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
[syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85]
2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
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bat
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n 1: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form
membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for
echolocation by which they navigate [syn: bat,
chiropteran]
2: (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it
happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats" [syn: bat,
at-bat]
3: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
[syn: squash racket, squash racquet, bat]
4: the club used in playing cricket; "a cricket bat has a narrow
handle and a broad flat end for hitting" [syn: cricket bat,
bat]
5: a club used for hitting a ball in various games
v 1: strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"
2: wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" [syn: bat, flutter]
3: have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
4: use a bat; "Who's batting?"
5: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;
"We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat,
clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
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brat
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n 1: a very troublesome child [syn: terror, brat, little
terror, holy terror]
2: a small pork sausage [syn: bratwurst, brat]
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cat
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n 1: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability
to roar: domestic cats; wildcats [syn: cat, true cat]
2: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's
only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat, hombre,
bozo]
3: a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"
4: the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like
tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric
stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
[syn: kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea,
African tea]
5: a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the
cat" [syn: cat-o'-nine-tails, cat]
6: a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless
metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction
and farm work [syn: Caterpillar, cat]
7: any of several large cats typically able to roar and living
in the wild [syn: big cat, cat]
8: a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X
rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-
sectional scans along a single axis [syn: computerized
tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial
tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT]
v 1: beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
2: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him
last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
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chat
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n 1: an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab,
confabulation, schmooze, schmoose]
2: birds having a chattering call [syn: New World chat,
chat]
3: songbirds having a chattering call [syn: Old World chat,
chat]
v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
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combat
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n 1: an engagement fought between two military forces [syn:
combat, armed combat]
2: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke
out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets";
"the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" [syn: fight,
fighting, combat, scrap]
v 1: battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The
Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We
must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they
battled over the budget" [syn: battle, combat]
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crosscut
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n 1: a diagonal path
2: a route shorter than the usual one [syn: shortcut,
cutoff, crosscut]
v 1: cut using a diagonal line [syn: crosscut, cut across]
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cut
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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]
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fat
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adj 1: having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered
how fat she was" [ant: lean, thin]
2: having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"
3: containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
[syn: fatty, fat] [ant: fat-free, fatless, nonfat]
4: lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" [syn: fat,
juicy]
5: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat
land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fat,
fertile, productive, rich]
n 1: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and
consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides);
"pizza has too much fat"
2: a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a
source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital
organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
[syn: adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue]
3: excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as
well as in others" [syn: fatness, fat, blubber,
avoirdupois] [ant: leanness, spareness, thinness]
v 1: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving
child" [syn: fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out,
plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up]
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flat
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adv 1: with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind"
2: in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't
answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for
less work and more pay" [syn: directly, flat, straight]
[ant: indirectly]
adj 1: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is
higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of
level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with
fine flat seams" [syn: flat, level, plane]
2: having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or
thickness; "flat computer monitors"
3: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical
denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, categorical,
flat, unconditional]
4: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;
"found himself lying flat on the floor" [syn: flat,
prostrate]
5: lacking contrast or shading between tones [ant: contrasty]
6: (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic
semitone; "B flat" [ant: natural, sharp]
7: flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain
leafstalks or flatfishes) [syn: compressed, flat]
8: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid
hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid
beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless,
flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid]
9: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland
little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat]
10: having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
11: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's
faint monotonous hooting" [syn: flat, monotone,
monotonic, monotonous]
12: horizontally level; "a flat roof"
13: lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an
illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters";
"a flat two-dimensional painting" [syn: two-dimensional,
2-dimensional, flat]
14: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat, matt,
matte, matted]
15: commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices
remained flat"; "a flat market"
n 1: a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah"
2: a shallow box in which seedlings are started
3: a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the
note named
4: freight car without permanent sides or roof [syn: flatcar,
flatbed, flat]
5: a deflated pneumatic tire [syn: flat, flat tire]
6: scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted
canvas; part of a stage setting
7: a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
[syn: apartment, flat]
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gat
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n 1: a gangster's pistol [syn: gat, rod]
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gnat
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n 1: any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges;
black flies; sand flies
2: (British usage) mosquito
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haircut
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n 1: the style in which hair has been cut
2: the act of cutting the hair
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hat
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n 1: headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has
shaped crown and usually a brim [syn: hat, chapeau,
lid]
2: an informal term for a person's role; "he took off his
politician's hat and talked frankly"
v 1: put on or wear a hat; "He was unsuitably hatted"
2: furnish with a hat
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lat
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n 1: a broad flat muscle on either side of the back [syn:
latissimus dorsi, lat]
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linocut
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n 1: a print that is made from a design carved in relief into a
block of linoleum
2: a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum
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mat
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adj 1: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat,
matt, matte, matted]
n 1: a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
2: mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
[syn: mat, matting]
3: sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on
the floor for gymnastic sports [syn: mat, gym mat]
4: a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven; "a mat of weeds
and grass"
5: a master's degree in teaching [syn: Master of Arts in
Teaching, MAT]
6: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking
highlights or gloss [syn: flatness, lusterlessness,
lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte]
7: a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from
an object placed on it
v 1: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child
entangled the cord" [syn: entangle, tangle, mat,
snarl] [ant: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl]
2: change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The
fabric felted up after several washes" [syn: felt, felt
up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat]
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matt
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adj 1: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat,
matt, matte, matted]
n 1: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking
highlights or gloss [syn: flatness, lusterlessness,
lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte]
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matte
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adj 1: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat,
matt, matte, matted]
n 1: a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores
are smelted
2: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking
highlights or gloss [syn: flatness, lusterlessness,
lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte]
v 1: change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The
fabric felted up after several washes" [syn: felt, felt
up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat]
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pat
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adv 1: completely or perfectly; "he has the lesson pat"; "had
the system down pat"
adj 1: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a
slick commercial" [syn: glib, pat, slick]
2: exactly suited to the occasion; "a pat reply"
n 1: the sound made by a gentle blow [syn: pat, rap, tap]
2: a light touch or stroke [syn: tap, pat, dab]
v 1: pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the
chin [syn: chuck, pat]
2: hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" [syn: dab, pat]
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rat
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n 1: any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger
than a mouse
2: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike [syn:
scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat]
3: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
"only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum
out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a
contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog,
rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke,
crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]
4: one who reveals confidential information in return for money
[syn: informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber]
5: a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's
coiffure
v 1: desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for
one's personal advantage
2: employ scabs or strike breakers in
3: take the place of work of someone on strike [syn: fink,
scab, rat, blackleg]
4: give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
5: catch rats, especially with dogs
6: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce,
tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit,
shop, snitch, stag]
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sat
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n 1: the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the
Sabbath by Jews and some Christians [syn: Saturday,
Sabbatum, Sat]
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scat
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n 1: singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for
the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical
instrument [syn: scat, scat singing]
v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed
up" [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam,
run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills,
take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break
away]
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shortcut
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n 1: a route shorter than the usual one [syn: shortcut,
cutoff, crosscut]
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slat
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n 1: a thin strip (wood or metal) [syn: slat, spline]
v 1: equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows"
2: close the slats of (windows)
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spat
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n 1: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering,
spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss]
2: a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and
ankles [syn: spat, gaiter]
3: a young oyster or other bivalve
v 1: come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on
us"
2: become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"
3: strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were
spatting the leaves"
4: clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate
approval [syn: applaud, clap, spat, acclaim] [ant:
boo, hiss]
5: engage in a brief and petty quarrel
6: spawn; "oysters spat"
7: clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the
music" [syn: clap, spat]
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splat
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n 1: a single splash; "he heard a splat as it hit the floor"
2: a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
v 1: give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact
2: split open and flatten for cooking; "splat fish over an open
fire"
3: flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees"
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sprat
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n 1: small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like
sardines [syn: sprat, brisling]
2: small herring processed like a sardine [syn: brisling,
sprat, Clupea sprattus]
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tat
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n 1: tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar [syn:
cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze]
2: a projective technique using black-and-white pictures;
subjects tell a story about each picture [syn: Thematic
Apperception Test, TAT]
v 1: make lacework by knotting or looping [syn: tat,
intertwine]
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uncut
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adj 1: not trimmed; "shaggy untrimmed locks" [syn: untrimmed,
uncut] [ant: cut, trimmed]
2: (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand
implement or machine; "uncut grass"; "an unmown lawn" [syn:
unmown, uncut] [ant: cut, mown]
3: not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough
gemstones" [syn: uncut, rough] [ant: cut]
4: (of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at
the fore edge; "a book with its leaves still uncut" [ant:
cut]
5: not cut [ant: cut]
6: not cut; "glad to get out of the house with my throat uncut"-
Tobias Smollett
7: complete; "the full-length play" [syn: full-length,
uncut]
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undercut
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n 1: the material removed by a cut made underneath
2: the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the
vertebral column [syn: tenderloin, undercut]
3: a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the
direction of its fall
4: (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts
do not bother a good tennis player" [syn: cut, undercut]
5: a cut made underneath to remove material
v 1: sell cheaper than one's competition [syn: undersell,
undercut]
2: cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to
leave an overhanging portion in relief
3: cut away the underpart of; "undercut a vein of ore"
4: strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely
downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot
5: cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the
side toward which the tree will fall
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uppercut
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n 1: a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an
opponent's chin)
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vat
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n 1: a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price
before taxes and its cost of production [syn: VAT,
value-added tax, ad valorem tax]
2: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids [syn:
tub, vat]
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woodcut
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n 1: a print made from a woodcut [syn: woodcut, wood
engraving]
2: engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut
into it; used to make prints [syn: woodcut, wood block,
wood engraving]
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gatt
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n 1: a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty
to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import
quotas [syn: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
GATT]
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nonfat
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adj 1: without fat or fat solids; "nonfat or fat-free milk"
[syn: nonfat, fat-free, fatless] [ant: fat,
fatty]
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that
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offcut
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precut
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nat
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pratt
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stat
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calicut
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