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Kick

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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Manner of action 32

Backbite 76% connected

To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).

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Beef 76% connected

An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow…

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Bellyache 76% connected

Pain in the bowels; colic.

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Bemoan 76% connected

To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

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Bewail 76% connected

To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.

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Bitch 76% connected

The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.

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Bleat 76% connected

To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.

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Boot 76% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Crab 76% connected

One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen i…

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Croak 76% connected

To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.

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Deplore 76% connected

To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.

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Gnarl 76% connected

To growl; to snarl.

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Gripe 76% connected

A vulture; the griffin.

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Grizzle 76% connected

Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.

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Grouse 76% connected

Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. T…

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Grumble 76% connected

To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

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Inveigh 76% connected

To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken…

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Lament 76% connected

To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

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Murmur 76% connected

A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.

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Mutter 76% connected

To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to gro…

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Nag 76% connected

A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.

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Peck 76% connected

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

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Protest 76% connected

To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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Punt 76% connected

To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.

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Rail 76% connected

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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Repine 76% connected

To fail; to wane.

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Report 76% connected

To refer.

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Scold 76% connected

To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to sco…

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Scuff 76% connected

The back part of the neck; the scruff.

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Squawk 76% connected

To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.

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Whine 76% connected

To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, n…

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Yawp 76% connected

See Yaup.

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Broader term 32

Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Bounce 76% connected

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Dance 76% connected

To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of mov…

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Excitement 76% connected

The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

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Exhilaration 76% connected

The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Forego 76% connected

To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

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Forgo 76% connected

To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Impel 76% connected

To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.

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Motility 76% connected

Capability of motion; contractility.

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Objection 76% connected

The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection.

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Propel 76% connected

To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

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Rebound 76% connected

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

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Recoil 76% connected

To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

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Relinquish 76% connected

To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.

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Resile 76% connected

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

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Reverberate 76% connected

Reverberant.

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Ricochet 76% connected

A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of…

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Spring 76% connected

To leap; to bound; to jump.

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Stimulant 76% connected

Serving to stimulate.

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Stimulation 76% connected

The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.

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Stimulus 76% connected

A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action.

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Tally 76% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Waive 76% connected

A waif; a castaway.

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Punt 76% connected

To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.

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Derivationally related 12

Bitch 74% connected

The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.

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Bitch 74% connected

The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.

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Boot 74% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Boot 74% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Exalt 74% connected

To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

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Exalt 74% connected

To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

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Kicker 74% connected

One who, or that which, kicks.

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Kicker 74% connected

One who, or that which, kicks.

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Thrill 74% connected

A warbling; a trill.

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Thrill 74% connected

A warbling; a trill.

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Displace 72% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Move 72% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Synonym 14

Bang 92% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Beef 92% connected

An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow…

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Bitch 92% connected

The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.

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Boot 92% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Charge 92% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Complain 92% connected

To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak…

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Flush 92% connected

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

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Gripe 92% connected

A vulture; the griffin.

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Kicking 92% connected

of Kick

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Plain 92% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Recoil 92% connected

To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

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Rush 92% connected

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Squawk 92% connected

To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.

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Thrill 92% connected

A warbling; a trill.

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