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brick
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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
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chick
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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]
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click
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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]
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crick
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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"
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prick
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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]
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quick
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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)
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realpolitik
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n 1: politics based on practical rather than moral or
ideological considerations [syn: realpolitik, practical
politics]
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slick
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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]
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spic
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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]
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stick
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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]
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trick
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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]
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wick
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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]
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schtick
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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]
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nonstick
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adj 1: (of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting
easy removal of adherent food particles; "a frying pan
with a nonstick surface"
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frick
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n 1: United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the
steel industry (1849-1919) [syn: Frick, Henry Clay
Frick]
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klick
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n 1: a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371
miles) [syn: kilometer, kilometre, km, klick]
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bric
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afflik
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cwik
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dzik
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quik
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schlick
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schmick
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schnick
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smick
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strick
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swick
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vic
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zwick
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vanwyck
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vanwyk
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ostpolitik
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bic
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bick
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blick
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bryk
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fricke
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glick
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krick
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schrick
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