fling (verb)

  • 81Glossary of cue sports terms — The following is a glossary of traditional English language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool (pocket… …

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  • 82throw — [[t]θro͟ʊ[/t]] ♦♦ throws, throwing, threw, thrown 1) VERB When you throw an object that you are holding, you move your hand or arm quickly and let go of the object, so that it moves through the air. [V n prep/adv] He spent hours throwing a tennis …

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  • 83Split infinitive — A split infinitive is an English language grammatical construction in which a word or phrase, usually an adverb or adverbial phrase, comes between the marker to and the bare infinitive (uninflected) form of a verb. For example, a split infinitive …

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  • 84Colbert, Claudette — orig. Lily Claudette Chauchoin born Sept. 13, 1903, Paris, France died July 30, 1996, Cobblers Cove, Barb. French born U.S. actress. She made her Broadway debut in 1923 and her film debut in Frank Capra s For the Love of Mike (1927). After… …

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  • 85Modern Scots — Not to be confused with Scottish people. Scots language History …

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  • 86precipitate — I adjective abrupt, breakneck, foolhardy, harebrained, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heady, hellbent, hot headed, hurried, immediate, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, inconsultus, indiscreet, injudicious, madcap, overconfident, overly hasty,… …

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  • 87dance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Motion to music Nouns 1. dance, dancing; ball, formal, tea dance, thé dansant, cotillion, promenade, dinner dance; masquerade, masked ball, bal masqué, fancy dress ball. Informal, drag, hop, prom, mixer …

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  • 88dash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. shatter, smash; frustrate, dishearten; hurl, cast; dart. See destruction, dejection, haste, propulsion. n. élan, spirit; spurt, soupçon, trace. See activity, velocity, littleness, energy, ostentation …

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  • 89shy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bashful, reserved, retiring, demure; cautious, suspicious, wary; timid, skittish, fearful; short, lacking. See modesty, fear, incompleteness. Ant., forward, brash, incautious. v. start, recoil. See… …

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  • 90smite — (v.) O.E. smitan to hit, strike, beat (strong verb, pt. smat, pp. smiten), from P.Gmc. *smitanan (Cf. Swed. smita, Dan. smide to smear, fling, O.Fris. smita, M.L.G., M.Du. smiten to cast, fling, Du. smijten to throw, O.H.G. sm …

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