administer a blow

  • 1Administer — Ad*min is*ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Administered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Administering}.] [OE. aministren, OF. aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad + ministrare to serve. See {Minister}.] 1. To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2administer — administer, dispense come into comparison because they are used in certain idiomatic phrases, similar in wording but not always equivalent in meaning, such as administer justice or dispense justice; administer a medicine or dispense medicine;… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 3hit — 1. verb /hɪt/ a) To administer a blow to. One boy hit the other. b) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly. He tried to hit me but I dodged the blow and went out to plot revenge. Ant: miss …

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  • 4bonk — /bɒŋk / (say bongk) Colloquial –verb (t) 1. to administer a blow to (someone); hit: she bonked her little brother on the head. 2. (taboo) to have sexual intercourse with (someone). –verb (i) 3. to collide with a thud. 4. Also, hit the bonk. Sport …

  • 5Bonk — 1. administer a blow to someone; hit: She bonked her little brother on the head ; 2. have sexual intercourse (with someone); 3. act of sexual intercourse …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 6bonk — I Australian Slang 1. administer a blow to someone; hit: She bonked her little brother on the head ; 2. have sexual intercourse (with someone); 3. act of sexual intercourse II Mawdesley Glossary a bank. Jay Bonk, Jay Bank, Bonks Banks, Southport …

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  • 7strike — Verb: To eliminate; to expunge. To administer a blow. To act in concert with other employees in refusing to work. Noun: A discovery of valuable ore. Coming upon oil in quantity in drilling. A simultaneous cessation or quitting of work by a body… …

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  • 8Administered — Administer Ad*min is*ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Administered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Administering}.] [OE. aministren, OF. aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad + ministrare to serve. See {Minister}.] 1. To manage or conduct, as public… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 9Administering — Administer Ad*min is*ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Administered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Administering}.] [OE. aministren, OF. aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad + ministrare to serve. See {Minister}.] 1. To manage or conduct, as public… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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