bounce off (verb)
21wave — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 on water ADJECTIVE ▪ big, enormous, giant, great, huge, mountainous ▪ small, tiny ▪ …
22ricochet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bounce, rebound, carom, recoil. v. i. bounce off, carom, cannon (Brit.), glance off, deflect, reflect, skip, skim, recoil. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reflect, rebound, skip, glance off; see bounce 1 .… …
23Baseball field — The baseball diamond of the San Diego Padres PETCO Park, seen from the stands. A baseball field, also called a ball field or a baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The terms baseball field and ball field are… …
24glance — 1. verb 1) Rachel glanced at him Syn: look briefly, look quickly, peek, peep; glimpse; informal have a gander 2) I glanced through the report Syn: read quickly, scan, skim through, leaf through, flip through …
25glance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. glimpse, coup d oeil; ray, beam, look; ricochet, skim, stroke. v. i. peek, glimpse, look; graze, brush, strike; gleam, flash. See vision, light. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. glimpse, sight, flash, fleeting …
26boast — I. /boʊst / (say bohst) verb (i) 1. to speak exaggeratedly and objectionably, especially about oneself: to boast about one s skills. –verb (t) 2. to speak of with excessive pride, vanity, or exultation. 3. to be proud in the possession of: *He… …
27The Lariat — is a 1927 short novel by the poet and anthropologist Jaime de Angulo, set in Spanish California. It is reprinted in Bob Callahan, ed. A Jaime de Anglo Reader (Turtle Island Books, 1974).Plot summary The Lariat is a story told through a myriad of… …
28glance — glance1 verb 1》 take a brief or hurried look. ↘(glance at/through) read quickly or cursorily. 2》 (often glance off) strike at an angle and bounce off obliquely. noun 1》 a brief or hurried look. 2》 archaic a flash or gleam of light. 3》 Cricket …
29deflect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. bend, curve, twist; deviate, avert, swing, sidetrack. See deviation, curvature. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. swerve, diverge, divert, parry; see turn 3 , 6 , veer . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. turn… …
30wick — I. /wɪk / (say wik) noun 1. a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, or the like serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid… …
