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bash
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n 1: 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]
2: an uproarious party [syn: bash, do, brawl]
v 1: hit hard [syn: sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk,
bash]
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abash
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v 1: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious [syn:
embarrass, abash]
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ash
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n 1: the residue that remains when something is burned
2: any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber
trees of the genus Fraxinus [syn: ash, ash tree]
3: strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for
furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as
baseball bats
v 1: convert into ashes
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brash
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adj 1: offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old
rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"
[syn: brash, cheeky, nervy]
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cache
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n 1: a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
2: a secret store of valuables or money [syn: hoard, cache,
stash]
3: (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a
specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used
to optimize data transfers between system elements with
different characteristics [syn: cache, memory cache]
v 1: save up as for future use [syn: hoard, stash, cache,
lay away, hive up, squirrel away]
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cash
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n 1: money in the form of bills or coins; "there is a desperate
shortage of hard cash" [syn: cash, hard cash, hard
currency]
2: prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check
[syn: cash, immediate payment] [ant: credit, deferred
payment]
3: United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)
[syn: Cash, Johnny Cash, John Cash]
v 1: exchange for cash; "I cashed the check as soon as it
arrived in the mail" [syn: cash, cash in]
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clash
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n 1: a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang
of distant bells" [syn: clang, clangor, clangour,
clangoring, clank, clash, crash]
2: a state of conflict between persons [syn: clash,
friction]
3: a state of conflict between colors; "her dress was a
disturbing clash of colors"
4: a minor short-term fight [syn: brush, clash, encounter,
skirmish]
v 1: crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided";
"Two meteors clashed" [syn: collide, clash]
2: be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors
clash" [syn: clash, jar, collide]
3: disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies"
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crash
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n 1: a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang
of distant bells" [syn: clang, clangor, clangour,
clangoring, clank, clash, crash]
2: a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles);
"they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
[syn: crash, wreck]
3: a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks
(especially one that causes additional failures) [syn:
crash, collapse]
4: the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the
window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" [syn:
crash, smash]
5: (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to
become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm
and the system has been down ever since"
v 1: fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my
car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
2: move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed
through the glass door"
3: undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed
into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" [syn:
crash, ram]
4: move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed
the gate"
5: break violently or noisily; smash; [syn: crash, break up,
break apart]
6: occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our
house last weekend"
7: make a sudden loud sound; "the waves crashed on the shore and
kept us awake all night"
8: enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!" [syn:
barge in, crash, gate-crash]
9: cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the
palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
10: hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the
wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" [syn: crash,
dash]
11: undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed";
"will the stock market crash again?"
12: stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The
system goes down at least once a week" [syn: crash, go
down]
13: sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though
it's not very comfortable" [syn: doss, doss down,
crash]
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dash
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n 1: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the
confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash, elan,
flair, panache, style]
2: a quick run [syn: dash, sprint]
3: a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the
100-yard dash"
4: a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word
or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided
at the end of a line of text [syn: hyphen, dash]
5: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
[syn: dash, dah]
6: the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the
door" [syn: dash, bolt]
v 1: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash,
shoot]
2: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a
plate" [syn: smash, dash]
3: hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the
wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" [syn: crash,
dash]
4: destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
5: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt,
dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away,
frighten away, scare]
6: add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed
with white"
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flash
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adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring";
"garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts";
"a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
[syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish,
gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky,
tatty, tawdry, trashy]
n 1: a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
2: a momentary brightness
3: a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over
him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning" [syn: flash,
flashing]
4: a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of
intuition"
5: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or
the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a
flash" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat,
instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling,
wink, New York minute]
6: a gaudy outward display [syn: ostentation, fanfare,
flash]
7: a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate [syn:
flare, flash]
8: a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
[syn: news bulletin, newsflash, flash, newsbreak]
9: a bright patch of color used for decoration or
identification; "red flashes adorned the airplane"; "a flash
sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to"
10: a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
[syn: flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun,
flashbulb, flash bulb]
v 1: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
[syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle]
2: appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen"
3: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
showed off his new sports car" [syn: flaunt, flash, show
off, ostentate, swank]
4: make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest
intelligence is flashed to all command posts"
5: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash,
shoot]
6: expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill"
7: protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; "flash the
roof"
8: emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was
gone"
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gash
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n 1: a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
[syn: cut, gash, slash, slice]
2: a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or
excavation [syn: cut, gash]
3: a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument [syn:
slash, gash]
v 1: cut open; "she slashed her wrists" [syn: slash, gash]
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gnash
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v 1: grind together, of teeth
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hash
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n 1: chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
2: purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a
hallucinogen [syn: hashish, hasheesh, haschisch,
hash]
v 1: chop up; "hash the potatoes"
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lash
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n 1: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of
the eyelids [syn: eyelash, lash, cilium]
2: leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip [syn:
lash, thong]
3: a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the
whip raised a red welt" [syn: whip, lash, whiplash]
v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often
flogged the students"; "The children were severely
trounced" [syn: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash,
slash, strap, trounce]
2: lash or flick about sharply; "The lion lashed its tail"
3: strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
[syn: whip, lash]
4: bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse" [ant:
unlash]
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mash
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n 1: a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in
brewing
2: mixture of ground animal feeds
v 1: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or
condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn:
squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze]
2: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The
guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband
never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt,
dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance,
philander, mash]
3: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn:
grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute]
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plash
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n 1: the sound like water splashing [syn: splash, plash]
v 1: interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge" [syn: pleach,
plash]
2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash,
splash, splosh, swash]
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rash
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adj 1: imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he
will forever repent"- George Meredith
2: marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences;
"foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker";
"became the fiercest and most reckless of
partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to
climb Mount Everest" [syn: foolhardy, heady, rash,
reckless]
n 1: any red eruption of the skin [syn: rash, roseola,
efflorescence, skin rash]
2: a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of
bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits" [syn: rash,
blizzard]
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rehash
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n 1: old material that is slightly reworked and used again;
"merely a dull rehash of his first novel"
v 1: present or use over, with no or few changes
2: go back over; "retrograde arguments" [syn: retrograde,
rehash, hash over]
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sash
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n 1: a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window
frame [syn: sash, window sash]
2: a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt
or trousers [syn: girdle, cincture, sash, waistband,
waistcloth]
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slash
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n 1: a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
[syn: cut, gash, slash, slice]
2: an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris
from logging (or fire or wind)
3: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
information [syn: solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal,
stroke, separatrix]
4: a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument [syn:
slash, gash]
v 1: cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete [syn:
slash, cut down]
2: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn:
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap,
trounce]
3: cut open; "she slashed her wrists" [syn: slash, gash]
4: cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"
5: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh
about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss,
jactitate]
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smash
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adv 1: with a loud crash; "the car went smash through the fence"
[syn: smash, smashingly]
n 1: 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]
2: a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) [syn:
smash, smash-up]
3: a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head [syn:
overhead, smash]
4: the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the
window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" [syn:
crash, smash]
5: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and
marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show
is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" [syn: hit,
smash, smasher, strike, bang]
v 1: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: smash, nail,
boom, blast]
2: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a
plate" [syn: smash, dash]
3: reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going
to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed
him" [syn: bankrupt, ruin, break, smash]
4: hit violently; "She smashed her car against the guard rail"
5: humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his
refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed
her" [syn: crush, smash, demolish]
6: damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up
the car of his mother" [syn: bang up, smash up, smash]
7: hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
8: collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle
smashed into the guard rail"
9: overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful);
"The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"
10: break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The
window smashed"
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splash
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n 1: the sound like water splashing [syn: splash, plash]
2: a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he
made a great splash and then disappeared" [syn: stir,
splash]
3: a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of
paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" [syn:
dab, splash, splatter]
4: a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a
splash of color"
5: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn:
spatter, spattering, splash, splashing,
splattering]
6: the act of scattering water about haphazardly [syn: splash,
splashing]
v 1: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force;
"She splashed the water around her" [syn: sprinkle,
splash, splosh]
2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet
meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splash, splosh,
slosh, slop]
3: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash,
splash, splosh, swash]
4: mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture;
cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The mountain was
splashed with snow"
5: make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor"
[syn: splash, splosh, slosh, slush]
6: soil or stain with a splashed liquid
7: strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around
in the pool"
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stash
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n 1: a secret store of valuables or money [syn: hoard,
cache, stash]
v 1: save up as for future use [syn: hoard, stash, cache,
lay away, hive up, squirrel away]
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thrash
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n 1: a swimming kick used while treading water
v 1: give a thrashing to; beat hard [syn: thrash, thresh,
lam, flail]
2: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh
about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss,
jactitate]
3: dance the slam dance [syn: slam dance, slam, mosh,
thrash]
4: beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until
(it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
5: move data into and out of core rather than performing useful
computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
6: beat the seeds out of a grain [syn: thrash, thresh]
7: 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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trash
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n 1: worthless material that is to be disposed of [syn:
rubbish, trash, scrap]
2: worthless people [syn: trash, scum]
3: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish,
tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce,
codswallop]
4: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the
form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to
the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn:
methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride,
Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken
feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash]
v 1: dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old
chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" [syn:
trash, junk, scrap]
2: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned
the performance" [syn: pan, tear apart, trash]
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whiplash
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n 1: an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting
from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an
automobile accident) [syn: whiplash, whiplash injury]
2: a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the
whip raised a red welt" [syn: whip, lash, whiplash]
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asch
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n 1: United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish
(1880-1957) [syn: Asch, Sholem Asch, Shalom Asch,
Sholom Asch]
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ashe
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n 1: United States tennis player who was the first Black to win
United States and English singles championships (1943-1993)
[syn: Ashe, Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe]
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nash
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n 1: United States writer noted for his droll epigrams
(1902-1971) [syn: Nash, Ogden Nash]
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asche
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brasch
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dasch
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pash
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tash
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basch
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