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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

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]

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]

n 1: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp]

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"

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]

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)

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]

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]

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]

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

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]

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)

n 1: politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations [syn: realpolitik, practical politics]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

n 1: a step in walking or running [syn: pace, stride, tread] 2: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride] 3: significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); "they made big strides in productivity" v 1: walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall" 2: cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"

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]

n 1: a local and habitual twitching especially in the face

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent [syn: Paddy, Mick, Mickey]

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]

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]

n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent [syn: spic, spik, spick]

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]