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aching
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adj 1: causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her
old achy joints" [syn: aching, achy]
n 1: a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn:
ache, aching]
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acting
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adj 1: serving temporarily especially as a substitute; "the
acting president"
n 1: the performance of a part or role in a drama [syn:
acting, playing, playacting, performing]
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asking
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n 1: the verbal act of requesting [syn: request, asking]
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attacking
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adj 1: disposed to attack [syn: assaultive, attacking(a)]
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catching
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adj 1: (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
[syn: catching, communicable, contagious,
contractable, transmissible, transmittable]
n 1: (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball
team
2: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
[syn: detection, catching, espial, spying,
spotting]
3: becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable";
"the contracting of a serious illness can be financially
catastrophic" [syn: catching, contracting]
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clapping
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n 1: a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
[syn: applause, hand clapping, clapping]
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cracking
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adj 1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car";
"had a great time at the party"; "you look simply
smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking,
cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat,
nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell,
smashing]
n 1: a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the
cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
[syn: crack, cracking, snap]
2: the act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack,
cracking]
3: the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum
are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight
(especially in the oil-refining process)
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flapping
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n 1: the motion made by flapping up and down [syn: flap,
flapping, flutter, fluttering]
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gaping
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adj 1: with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping
audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with
mouth agape" [syn: agape(p), gaping]
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happening
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n 1: an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence,
occurrent, natural event]
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kidnapping
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n 1: (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a
person against their will and holding them in false
imprisonment [syn: kidnapping, snatch]
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lapping
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n 1: covering with a design in which one element covers a part
of another (as with tiles or shingles) [syn: imbrication,
overlapping, lapping]
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laughing
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adj 1: showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness;
"laughing children" [syn: laughing(a), riant]
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mapping
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n 1: (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each
element of a given set (the domain of the function) is
associated with an element of another set (the range of the
function) [syn: function, mathematical function,
single-valued function, map, mapping]
2: (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
[syn: mapping, chromosome mapping]
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napping
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adj 1: not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping";
"caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his
guard" [syn: napping, off-guard(a), off guard(p),
off one's guard(p), off his guard, off her guard,
off your guard]
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packing
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n 1: any material used especially to protect something [syn:
packing material, packing, wadding]
2: the enclosure of something in a package or box [syn:
packing, boxing]
3: carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of
oxygen is essential for astronauts" [syn: packing,
backpacking]
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shaping
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adj 1: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning;
"a formative influence"; "a formative experience" [syn:
formative, shaping, plastic]
n 1: any process serving to define the shape of something [syn:
shaping, defining]
2: the act of fabricating something in a particular shape [syn:
formation, shaping]
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strapping
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adj 1: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a
tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a
strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish
term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping,
buirdly]
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taping
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n 1: a recording made on magnetic tape; "the several recordings
were combined on a master tape" [syn: tape, tape
recording, taping]
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tapping
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n 1: the sound of light blow or knock; "he heard the tapping of
the man's cane"
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trapping
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n 1: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse,
especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison,
trapping, housing]
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wrapping
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n 1: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which
something is wrapped [syn: wrapping, wrap, wrapper]
2: an enveloping bandage [syn: swathe, wrapping]
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adapting
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aping
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bootstrapping
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capping
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chapping
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jacking
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recapping
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sapping
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scrapping
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slapping
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snapping
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unwrapping
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yapping
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zapping
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backslapping
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