sliding (verb)

  • 11Glossary 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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  • 12shuffle — I. verb (shuffled; shuffling) Etymology: perhaps irregular from 1shove Date: 1570 transitive verb 1. to mix in a mass confusedly ; jumble 2. to put or thrust aside or under cover < shuffled the whole matter out of his …

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  • 13slide — I. verb (slid; sliding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slīdan; akin to Middle High German slīten to slide Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move smoothly along a surface ; slip b. to coast over snow …

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  • 14slip — 1 /slIp/ verb slipped, slipping 1 SLIDE (I) to accidentally slide a short distance quickly or to fall by sliding: Suddenly, Frank slipped and fell over the edge. | My foot slipped and I nearly fell. see also: slippery 2 MOVE QUICKLY (intransitive …

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  • 15scale — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 size/extent ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ It was several days before the full scale of the accident became clear. ▪ big, considerable, epic, grand, greater …

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  • 16slide — [slaɪd] verb slid PTandPP [slɪd] [intransitive] to gradually become lower or less: • Some dealers continued to buy silver as the price slid. • The new model didn t stop their share of the U.S. car market from sliding. slide into something phrasal …

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  • 17run — run1 [ rʌn ] (past tense ran [ ræn ] ; past participle run) verb *** ▸ 1 move quickly with legs ▸ 2 control/organize ▸ 3 machine: work ▸ 4 liquid: flow ▸ 5 try to be elected ▸ 6 vehicle: travel ▸ 7 be shown/performed ▸ 8 reach amount/rate ▸ 9&#8230; …

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  • 18slide — [[t]sla͟ɪd[/t]] ♦♦♦ slides, sliding, slid 1) V ERG When something slides somewhere or when you slide it there, it moves there smoothly over or against something. [V n with adj] She slid the door open... [V n prep/adv] I slid the wallet into his&#8230; …

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  • 19two-step — I noun a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps • Hypernyms: ↑ballroom dancing, ↑ballroom dance II verb dance the two step • Hypernyms: ↑dance, ↑tr …

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  • 20Glossary of curling — This is a glossary of terms in curling. Contents: Top&#160;· 0–9&#160;· A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #s …

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