Words that rhyme with stride

• abide 0
  v 1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide, abide, stay] 2: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]
• allied 0
  adj 1: related by common characteristics or ancestry; "allied species"; "allied studies" 2: of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II; "an Allied victory"; "the Allied armies" 3: of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I; "an allied offensive"; "the Allied powers" 4: united in a confederacy or league [syn: allied, confederate, confederative] 5: joined by treaty or agreement
• alongside 0
  adv 1: side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship" [syn: aboard, alongside]
• applied 0
  adj 1: concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles; "applied physics"; "applied psychology"; "technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines"- Sidney Hook [ant: theoretical]
• aside 0
  adv 1: on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered" 2: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: aside, away] 3: not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy" [syn: apart, aside] 4: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside] 5: placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing" [syn: aside, apart] 6: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by, away] n 1: a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage 2: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis]
• astride 0
  adv 1: with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" [syn: astride, astraddle] 2: with the legs stretched far apart
• bestride 0
  v 1: get up on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride] [ant: get off, hop out]
• betide 0
  v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: befall, bechance, betide]
• bide 0
  v 1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide, abide, stay]
• brick 0
  n 1: rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material 2: a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
• bride 0
  n 1: a woman who has recently been married 2: Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bride] 3: a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
• chick 0
  n 1: young bird especially of domestic fowl [syn: chick, biddy] 2: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird]
• chide 0
  v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
• click 0
  n 1: a short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click, clink] 2: a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) [syn: suction stop, click] 3: a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: pawl, detent, click, dog] 4: depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for example" [syn: click, mouse click] v 1: move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward" [syn: snap, click] 2: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" [syn: click, tick] 3: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn: chatter, click] 4: cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn: snap, click, flick] 5: produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click" 6: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: cluck, click, clack] 7: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place]
• cockeyed 0
  adj 1: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" [syn: askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff] 2: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous] 3: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet]
• coincide 0
  v 1: go with, fall together [syn: coincide, co-occur, cooccur] 2: happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" [syn: concur, coincide] 3: be the same; "our views on this matter coincided"
• collide 0
  v 1: be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash" [syn: clash, jar, collide] 2: cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles" 3: crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" [syn: collide, clash]
• confide 0
  v 1: reveal in private; tell confidentially 2: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit]
• crick 0
  n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: crick, kink, rick, wrick] 2: English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) [syn: Crick, Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick] v 1: twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck"
• decide 0
  v 1: reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" [syn: decide, make up one's mind, determine] 2: bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" [syn: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate] 3: cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!" 4: influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
• deride 0
  v 1: treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
• dick 0
  n 1: someone who is a detective [syn: dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw] 2: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz]
• divide 0
  n 1: a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) 2: a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems [syn: watershed, water parting, divide] v 1: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" [syn: divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up] [ant: unify, unite] 2: perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" [syn: divide, fraction] [ant: multiply] 3: act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries" [syn: separate, divide] 4: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" [syn: separate, divide, part] 5: make a division or separation [syn: separate, divide] 6: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: separate, disunite, divide, part]
• dried 0
  adj 1: not still wet; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with dried tears" 2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat" [syn: dried, dehydrated, desiccated]
• dyed 0
  adj 1: (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde" [syn: bleached, colored, coloured, dyed]
• eyed 0
  adj 1: having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination; "a peacock's eyed feathers"; "red-eyed" [ant: eyeless]
• flick 0
  n 1: a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip" 2: a short stroke 3: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" [syn: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick] v 1: flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" [syn: flicker, flick] 2: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn: flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff] 3: cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" [syn: flip, flick] 4: throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" [syn: jerk, flick] 5: shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" [syn: flicker, flick] 6: twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" [syn: flick, ruffle, riffle] 7: cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn: snap, click, flick] 8: touch or hit with a light, quick blow; "flicked him with his hand" 9: remove with a flick (of the hand)
• fried 0
  adj 1: cooked by frying in fat [syn: fried, deep-fried]
• glide 0
  n 1: a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant [syn: semivowel, glide] 2: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" [syn: slide, glide, coast] 3: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing] v 1: move smoothly and effortlessly 2: fly in or as if in a glider plane 3: cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
• guide 0
  n 1: someone employed to conduct others [syn: usher, guide] 2: someone who shows the way by leading or advising 3: something that offers basic information or instruction [syn: guidebook, guide] 4: a model or standard for making comparisons [syn: template, templet, guide] 5: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory [syn: scout, pathfinder, guide] 6: a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something v 1: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling [syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise] 2: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide] 3: be a guiding or motivating force or drive; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses" [syn: guide, steer] 4: use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on" [syn: guide, guide on] 5: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run, draw, pass]
• hick 0
  adj 1: awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated] n 1: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon]
• hide 0
  n 1: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) [syn: hide, fell] 2: body covering of a living animal [syn: hide, pelt, skin] v 1: prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" [syn: hide, conceal] [ant: show] 2: be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety; "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"; "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana" [syn: hide, hide out] 3: cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" [syn: shroud, enshroud, hide, cover] 4: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" [syn: obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide]
• homicide 0
  n 1: the killing of a human being by another human being
• inside 0
  adv 1: within a building; "in winter we play inside" [syn: inside, indoors] [ant: alfresco, out of doors, outdoors, outside] 2: on the inside; "inside, the car is a mess" [syn: inside, within] [ant: outside] 3: with respect to private feelings; "inwardly, she was raging" [syn: inwardly, inside] [ant: outwardly] 4: in reality; "she is very kind at heart" [syn: at heart, at bottom, deep down, inside, in spite of appearance] adj 1: relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter" [ant: outside] 2: being or applying to the inside of a building; "an inside wall" 3: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information" [syn: inside, inner, privileged] 4: away from the outer edge; "an inner lahne"; "the inside lane" n 1: the region that is inside of something [syn: inside, interior] [ant: exterior, outside] 2: the inner or enclosed surface of something [syn: inside, interior] [ant: exterior, outside]
• kick 0
  n 1: the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" [syn: kick, boot, kicking] 2: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick] 3: the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired [syn: recoil, kick] 4: informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" [syn: gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk] 5: the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs); "a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick" 6: a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics; "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him" [syn: kick, kicking] v 1: drive or propel with the foot 2: thrash about or strike out with the feet 3: strike with the foot; "The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down" 4: kick a leg up 5: spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" [syn: kick back, recoil, kick] 6: stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol" [syn: kick, give up] 7: make a goal; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown" 8: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" [syn: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch] [ant: cheer, cheer up, chirk up]
• lick 0
  n 1: a salt deposit that animals regularly lick [syn: salt lick, lick] 2: touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet" [syn: lick, lap] 3: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug] v 1: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick] 2: pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand" [syn: lick, lap] 3: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" [syn: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work] 4: take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" [syn: lap, lap up, lick]
• lied 0
  n 1: a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
• misguide 0
  v 1: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" [syn: mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray] 2: give bad advice to [syn: misadvise, misguide]
• nationwide 0
  adv 1: extending throughout an entire nation; "nationally advertised"; "it was broadcast nationwide" [syn: nationally, nationwide, across the nation, across the country] adj 1: occurring or extending throughout a country or nation; "the event aroused nationwide interest"; "a countrywide fund-raising campaign" [syn: countrywide, nationwide]
• nick 0
  n 1: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: dent, ding, gouge, nick] 2: (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick" 3: a small cut [syn: notch, nick, snick] v 1: cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek" [syn: nick, snick] 2: cut a nick into [syn: nick, chip] 3: divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses" 4: mate successfully; of livestock
• outside 0
  adv 1: outside a building; "in summer we play outside" [syn: outside, outdoors, out of doors, alfresco] [ant: indoors, inside] 2: on the outside; "outside, the box is black" [ant: inside, within] adj 1: relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit; "an outside margin" [ant: inside] 2: coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: external, extraneous, outside] 3: originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside world"; "outside interests"; "an outside job" 4: located, suited for, or taking place in the open air; "outdoor clothes"; "badminton and other outdoor games"; "a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding" [syn: outdoor(a), out-of-door, outside] [ant: indoor(a)] 5: functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit; "extramural hospital care and treatment"; "extramural studies" 6: leading to or from the outside; "an outside door" 7: from or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help" [syn: external, international, outside(a)] 8: very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency" [syn: outside, remote] 9: on or toward an outer edge; "an outer lane"; "the outside lane" 10: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch" [syn: away, outside] n 1: the region that is outside of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior] 2: the outer side or surface of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior]
• pick 0
  n 1: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor" [syn: choice, pick, selection] 2: the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years" [syn: picking, pick] 3: the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War" [syn: cream, pick] 4: the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving [syn: woof, weft, filling, pick] 5: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument [syn: pick, plectrum, plectron] 6: a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks" 7: a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks" [syn: pick, pickax, pickaxe] 8: a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick" 9: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: choice, selection, option, pick] v 1: select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully" 2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn: pick, pluck, cull] 3: harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother" [syn: blame, find fault, pick] 4: provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel" 5: remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone" 6: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" [syn: clean, pick] 7: pilfer or rob; "pick pockets" 8: pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" [syn: foot, pick] 9: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" [syn: pluck, plunk, pick] 10: attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice" [syn: pick, break up] 11: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: peck, pick, beak] 12: eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" [syn: nibble, pick, piece]
• pied 0
  adj 1: having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" [syn: motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured]
• popeyed 0
  adj 1: with eyes or mouth open in surprise [syn: goggle-eyed, openmouthed, popeyed] 2: having bulging eyes
• preside 0
  v 1: act as president; "preside over companies and corporations"
• prick 0
  n 1: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous [syn: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB] 2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent] 3: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz] 4: the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the balloon a small prick" [syn: prick, pricking] v 1: make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" [syn: prickle, prick] 2: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn: prick, sting, twinge] 3: raise; "The dog pricked up his ears" [syn: prick up, prick, cock up] 4: stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick [syn: goad, prick] 5: cause a prickling sensation [syn: prickle, prick] 6: to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" 7: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn: sting, bite, prick]
• pride 0
  n 1: a feeling of self-respect and personal worth [syn: pride, pridefulness] [ant: humbleness, humility] 2: satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements; "he takes pride in his son's success" 3: the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards 4: a group of lions 5: unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: pride, superbia] v 1: be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school" [syn: pride, plume, congratulate]
• provide 0
  v 1: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide, render, furnish] 2: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: provide, supply, ply, cater] 3: determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech" 4: mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" [syn: put up, provide, offer] 5: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" [syn: leave, allow for, allow, provide] 6: supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon" [syn: provide, bring home the bacon] 7: take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
• quick 0
  adv 1: with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!" [syn: promptly, quickly, quick] adj 1: accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial" [syn: quick, speedy] 2: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit" [syn: flying, quick, fast] 3: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it" [syn: agile, nimble, quick, spry] 4: apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit" [syn: quick, ready] 5: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial" [syn: immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway] 6: easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper" [syn: quick, warm] n 1: any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
• reside 0
  v 1: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" [syn: reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate] 2: live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" [syn: occupy, reside, lodge in] 3: be inherent or innate in; [syn: rest, reside, repose]
• ride 0
  n 1: a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car" [syn: drive, ride] 2: a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement v 1: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare" [syn: ride, sit] 2: be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" [ant: walk] 3: continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride" 4: move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky" 5: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride] 6: be sustained or supported or borne; "His glasses rode high on his nose"; "The child rode on his mother's hips"; "She rode a wave of popularity"; "The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name" 7: have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: drive, ride] 8: be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" [syn: depend on, devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn on, hinge on, hinge upon] 9: lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor" 10: sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town" 11: climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs" 12: ride over, along, or through; "Ride the freeways of California" 13: keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!" 14: copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" [syn: ride, mount]
• said 0
  adj 1: being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; "works of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied the charges" [syn: aforesaid(a), aforementioned(a), said(a)]
• shtick 0
  n 1: (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven" [syn: shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick] 2: (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight with no shtik" [syn: shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick] 3: (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh" [syn: shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick] 4: (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?" [syn: shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick]
• sic 0
  adv 1: intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase) v 1: urge to attack someone; "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits" [syn: sic, set]
• sick 0
  adj 1: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering" [syn: ill, sick] [ant: well] 2: feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit [syn: nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish] 3: affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" [syn: brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged] 4: having a strong distaste from surfeit; "grew more and more disgusted"; "fed up with their complaints"; "sick of it all"; "sick to death of flattery"; "gossip that makes one sick"; "tired of the noise and smoke" [syn: disgusted, fed up(p), sick(p), sick of(p), tired of(p)] 5: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn: pale, pallid, wan, sick] 6: deeply affected by a strong feeling; "sat completely still, sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing" 7: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick] n 1: people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick" v 1: 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]
• side 0
  adj 1: located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch" [ant: bottom(a), top(a)] n 1: a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side" 2: one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack" 3: either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side" 4: a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" [syn: side, face] 5: an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" 6: an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect); "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing side of the business"; "it brought out his better side" 7: a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side" 8: a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side" 9: a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food [syn: side, side of meat] 10: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question" [syn: side, position] 11: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" [syn: slope, incline, side] 12: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: English, side] v 1: take sides for or against; "Who are you widing with?"; "I"m siding against the current candidate"
• slick 0
  adj 1: made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil" 2: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" [syn: glib, pat, slick] 3: having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters" [syn: satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick] 4: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily] n 1: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" [syn: slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip] 2: a magazine printed on good quality paper [syn: slick, slick magazine, glossy] 3: a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water 4: a trowel used to make a surface slick v 1: make slick or smooth [syn: slick, sleek] 2: give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair" [syn: slick, slick down, sleek down]
• slide 0
  n 1: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: slide, microscope slide] 2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. 3: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn: swoop, slide] 4: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide [syn: slide, playground slide, sliding board] 5: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" [syn: slide, glide, coast] 6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector [syn: slide, lantern slide] 7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn: chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough] v 1: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide] 2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" [syn: slither, slide] 3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"
• snick 0
  n 1: a small cut [syn: notch, nick, snick] 2: a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat v 1: hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat 2: cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek" [syn: nick, snick]
• snide 0
  adj 1: expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one" [syn: supercilious, sneering, snide]
• spic 0
  adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick- and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn: immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and- span, spic, spick, spotless] n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent [syn: spic, spik, spick]
• stick 0
  n 1: an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" 2: a small thin branch of a tree 3: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane [syn: stick, control stick, joystick] 4: a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine 5: informal terms for the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" [syn: pin, peg, stick] 6: a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball 7: a long thin implement resembling a length of wood; "cinnamon sticks"; "a stick of dynamite" 8: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff] 9: threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" v 1: put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" [syn: lodge, wedge, stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge, free] 2: stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" [syn: stay, stick, stick around, stay put] [ant: move] 3: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to] 4: be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it" 5: endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life" 6: be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles" [syn: adhere, stick] 7: be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war" [syn: stand by, stick by, stick, adhere] 8: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" 9: fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall" 10: fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard" 11: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" 12: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck the cloth with the needle" 13: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He stuck the needle into his finger" 14: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" [syn: cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere] 15: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" [syn: stick, sting] 16: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
• subdivide 0
  v 1: form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided" 2: divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"
• subside 0
  v 1: wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" [syn: subside, lessen] 2: sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside" 3: sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" [syn: subside, settle] 4: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn: sink, subside]
• thick 0
  adv 1: with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick" [syn: thickly, thick] [ant: thin, thinly] 2: in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick" [syn: thick, thickly] adj 1: not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets" [ant: thin] 2: having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair" 3: relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" [ant: thin] 4: spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred" [syn: slurred, thick] 5: having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" [syn: compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset] 6: hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods" [syn: dense, thick] 7: (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" [syn: thick, deep] 8: (used informally) associated on close terms; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months" [syn: chummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p)] 9: (used informally) stupid [syn: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed] 10: abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust" n 1: the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd" [syn: midst, thick]
• tic 0
  n 1: a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
• tick 0
  n 1: a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" [syn: tick, ticking] 2: any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals 3: a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name" [syn: check mark, check, tick] 4: a light mattress v 1: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" [syn: click, tick] 2: make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat] 3: sew; "tick a mattress" [syn: tick, retick] 4: put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" [syn: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick]
• tide 0
  n 1: the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon 2: something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest" 3: there are usually two high and two low tides each day [syn: tide, lunar time period] v 1: rise or move forward; "surging waves" [syn: tide, surge] [ant: ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out] 2: cause to float with the tide 3: be carried with the tide
• tied 0
  adj 1: bound or secured closely; "the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed chicken" [syn: trussed, tied] 2: bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection; "people tied by blood or marriage" 3: fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle" [syn: tied, fastened] [ant: unfastened, untied] 4: closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes" [syn: laced, tied] [ant: unlaced, untied] 5: of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" [syn: tied(p), even, level(p)]
• trick 0
  n 1: a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" [syn: trick, fast one] 2: a period of work or duty 3: an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick" 4: a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement [syn: antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on] 5: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn: magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception] 6: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick] 7: (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner v 1: deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" [syn: flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on]
• tried 0
  adj 1: tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method" [syn: tested, tried, well-tried] 2: tested and proved to be reliable [syn: tested, time- tested, tried, tried and true]
• untied 0
  adj 1: not tied [syn: untied, unfastened] [ant: fastened, tied] 2: with laces not tied; "teenagers slopping around in unlaced sneakers" [syn: unlaced, untied] [ant: laced, tied] 3: not bound by shackles and chains [syn: unchained, unfettered, unshackled, untied]
• untried 0
  adj 1: not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing" [syn: unseasoned, untested, untried, young] 2: not yet proved or subjected to testing; "an untested drug"; "untested theory"; "an untried procedure" [syn: untested, untried]
• upside 0
  n 1: the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted" [syn: top, top side, upper side, upside]
• wick 0
  n 1: any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action; "the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it" 2: a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: wick, taper]
• wide 0
  adv 1: with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end" 2: to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open" 3: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn: wide, astray] 4: to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely" [syn: wide, widely] adj 1: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" [syn: wide, broad] [ant: narrow] 2: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the- board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide] 3: (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes" [syn: wide-eyed, wide] 4: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: broad, spacious, wide] 5: great in degree; "won by a wide margin" [ant: narrow] 6: having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt" [syn: wide, wide-cut, full] 7: not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth" [syn: wide, wide of the mark]
• worldwide 0
  adj 1: spanning or extending throughout the entire world; "worldwide distribution"; "a worldwide epidemic" [syn: worldwide, world-wide] 2: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance" [syn: global, planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide] 3: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world- wide]
• clyde 0
  n 1: a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow
• westside 0
  adj 1: of the western part of a city; "he lives in upper westside Manhattan"
• rick 0
  n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: crick, kink, rick, wrick] 2: a stack of hay [syn: haystack, hayrick, rick] v 1: pile in ricks; "rick hay" 2: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick]
• spick 0
  adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick- and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn: immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and- span, spic, spick, spotless] n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent [syn: spic, spik, spick]
• hie 0
  v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger]
• mick 0
  n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent [syn: Paddy, Mick, Mickey]
• pic 0
  n 1: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" [syn: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick] 2: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material [syn: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic]
• spik 0
  n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent [syn: spic, spik, spick]
• wrick 0
  n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: crick, kink, rick, wrick] v 1: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick]
• starry-eyed 0
  adj 1: unrealistically or naively optimistic; "a starry-eyed reformer"; "starry-eyed idealism"
• belied 0
• beside 0
• complied 0
• cried 0
• decried 0
• defied 0
• denied 0
• died 0
• fide 0
• ide 0
• implied 0
• misapplied 0
• plied 0

See also stride definition and stride synonyms