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antitank
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adj 1: designed for defense against armored vehicles
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bank
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n 1: sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water);
"they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank
of the river and watched the currents"
2: a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels
the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the
bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home" [syn:
depository financial institution, bank, banking
concern, banking company]
3: a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
4: an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he
operated a bank of switches"
5: a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially
in emergencies)
6: the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some
gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"
7: a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher
than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal
force [syn: bank, cant, camber]
8: a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping
money at home; "the coin bank was empty" [syn: savings
bank, coin bank, money box, bank]
9: a building in which the business of banking transacted; "the
bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" [syn:
bank, bank building]
10: a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its
longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went
into a steep bank"
v 1: tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
2: enclose with a bank; "bank roads"
3: do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where
do you bank in this town?"
4: act as the banker in a game or in gambling
5: be in the banking business
6: put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every
month" [syn: deposit, bank] [ant: draw, draw off,
take out, withdraw]
7: cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a
fire"
8: have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on
your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my
grandmother's recipes" [syn: trust, swear, rely,
bank] [ant: distrust, mistrust, suspect]
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blanc
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n 1: a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used
especially with braised meat)
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blank
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adj 1: (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages";
"fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white
margins" [syn: blank, clean, white]
2: void of expression; "a blank stare" [syn: blank, vacuous]
3: not charged with a bullet; "a blank cartridge"
n 1: a blank character used to separate successive words in
writing or printing; "he said the space is the most
important character in the alphabet" [syn: space,
blank]
2: a blank gap or missing part [syn: lacuna, blank]
3: a piece of material ready to be made into something
4: a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
[syn: blank, dummy, blank shell]
v 1: keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
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clank
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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]
v 1: make a clank; "the train clanked through the village"
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conch
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n 1: any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the
genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with
large outer lip
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conk
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n 1: informal term for the nose
v 1: come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway" [syn:
stall, conk]
2: hit, especially on the head; "The stranger conked him and he
fainted"
3: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer";
"The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went
peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of
102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass
away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's
chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop
dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be
born]
4: pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to
a loss of blood supply to the brain [syn: faint, conk,
swoon, pass out]
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crank
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adj 1: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
[syn: crank, cranky, tender, tippy]
n 1: a bad-tempered person [syn: grouch, grump, crank,
churl, crosspatch]
2: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank,
nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball]
3: 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]
4: a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel
handle [syn: crank, starter]
v 1: travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the
countryside" [syn: zigzag, crank]
2: start by cranking; "crank up the engine" [syn: crank,
crank up]
3: rotate with a crank [syn: crank, crank up]
4: fasten with a crank
5: bend into the shape of a crank
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dank
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adj 1: unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake";
"clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"
[syn: clammy, dank]
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honk
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n 1: the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)
v 1: make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn:
honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot]
2: use the horn of a car [syn: honk, claxon]
3: cry like a goose; "The geese were honking" [syn: honk,
cronk]
4: 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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plank
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n 1: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of
sizes and used for many purposes [syn: board, plank]
2: an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
v 1: cover with planks; "The streets were planked" [syn:
plank, plank over]
2: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise;
"He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into
the sofa" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk,
plump down, plunk down, plump]
3: cook and serve on a plank; "Planked vegetable"; "Planked
shad"
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plonk
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n 1: a cheap wine of inferior quality
2: the noise of something dropping (as into liquid)
v 1: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise;
"He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself
into the sofa" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plop,
plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump]
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prank
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n 1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery,
clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank]
2: a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement [syn:
antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on]
v 1: dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking
the lawn"
2: dress up showily; "He pranked himself out in his best
clothes"
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rank
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adj 1: very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth"
2: very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar"
3: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of
human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross
injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying(a), egregious,
flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]
4: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes
used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an
absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem";
"an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down
vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer
stupidity" [syn: absolute, downright, out-and-out(a),
rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)]
5: growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"
n 1: a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police)
standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded
by ranks of policemen"
2: relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and
seniority"
3: the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted
soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union
rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"
[syn: rank and file, rank]
4: position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware
of social status than Americans are" [syn: social station,
social status, social rank, rank]
5: the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled
their membership"; "they found dissension in their own
ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" [syn:
membership, rank]
v 1: take or have a position relative to others; "This painting
ranks among the best in the Western World"
2: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these
students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food
guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade,
place]
3: take precedence or surpass others in rank [syn: rank,
outrank]
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shank
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n 1: a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the
upper part of the leg
2: the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
3: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something [syn:
shank, stem]
4: cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and
the head
5: cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the
drill
6: the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide
part of the sole [syn: shank, waist]
7: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock
in hoofed mammals [syn: cannon, shank]
8: a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the
ball
v 1: hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball
to veer in the wrong direction
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spank
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n 1: a slap with the flat of the hand
v 1: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: spank,
paddle, larrup]
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swank
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adj 1: imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment"
[syn: swank, swanky]
n 1: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic,
chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness,
stylishness, swank, last word]
v 1: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
showed off his new sports car" [syn: flaunt, flash,
show off, ostentate, swank]
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tank
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n 1: an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and
moves on caterpillar treads [syn: tank, army tank,
armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle]
2: a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or
liquids [syn: tank, storage tank]
3: as much as a tank will hold [syn: tank, tankful]
4: a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk [syn:
tank car, tank]
5: a cell for violent prisoners [syn: cooler, tank]
v 1: store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
2: consume excessive amounts of alcohol
3: treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse"
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thank
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v 1: express gratitude or show appreciation to [syn: thank,
give thanks]
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wank
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n 1: slang for masturbation [syn: jacking off, jerking off,
hand job, wank]
v 1: get sexual gratification through self-stimulation [syn:
masturbate, wank, fuck off, she-bop, jack off,
jerk off]
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yank
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n 1: an American who lives in the North (especially during the
American Civil War) [syn: Yankee, Yank, Northerner]
2: an American (especially to non-Americans) [syn: Yankee,
Yank, Yankee-Doodle]
v 1: pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle
and jerked the door open" [syn: yank, jerk]
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planck
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n 1: German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation
in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated
quantum theory (1858-1947) [syn: Planck, Max Planck,
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck]
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bronc
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n 1: an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang [syn: bronco,
bronc, broncho]
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cronk
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v 1: utter a hoarse sound, like a raven [syn: croak, cronk]
2: cry like a goose; "The geese were honking" [syn: honk,
cronk]
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bonk
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v 1: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in
the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with,
get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate,
have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw,
fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a
go at it, bang, get it on, bonk]
2: hit hard [syn: sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash]
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bundesbank
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n 1: the central bank of Germany
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banc
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clonk
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sank
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shrank
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stank
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banke
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banque
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blanck
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blanke
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brank
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dahnke
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deblanc
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leblanc
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bronk
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fronk
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graunke
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kronk
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ronk
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schwanke
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shonk
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swanke
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tonk
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vonk
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wanke
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yonke
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kohnke
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nationsbanc
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zonk
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