swinging (verb)

  • 31crawl — [[t]krɔ͟ːl[/t]] crawls, crawling, crawled 1) VERB When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees. Don t worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk... [V prep/adv] I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door …

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  • 32flail — I noun an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑implement II verb 1. give a thrashing to; beat hard (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑ …

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  • 33Kick — Kicking redirects here. For the Austrian villages, see Kicking, Austria. For other uses, see Kick (disambiguation). Kick A Roundhouse kick to the head during Taekwondo Tournament …

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  • 34English language idioms derived from baseball — B = * ballpark: in the ballpark, ballpark figure, and out of the ballpark mdash; Ballpark has been used to mean a broad area of approximation or similarity, or a range within which comparison is possible; this usage OED dates to 1960. Another… …

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  • 35Tank (computer gaming) — In gaming jargon, a tank is a player or unit designated to protect weaker players or units in combat by drawing enemy attacks and absorbing damage. Compared to other units, tanks have a high damage tolerance and specialize in melee combat. The… …

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  • 36strike — 1. verb /stɻaɪk/ a) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate. Please strike the last sentence. b) To hit. Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose …

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  • 37sway — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. swing, rock; influence, direct, control, rule, bias, prejudice, warp; lurch, rock, roll, reel, dangle. See cause, agitation. n. domination, rule; influence; oscillation. See authority, power. II… …

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  • 38swing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. oscillate, sway, wag; depend, dangle; pivot, turn; informal, be hanged; slang, [wife or husband ]swap. See oscillation,punishment, impurity, sex. n. sweep, sway, oscillation; rhythm, lilt, scope,… …

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  • 39slash — slash1 [ slæʃ ] verb transitive * 1. ) to cut something in a violent way: The tires on the car had been slashed. His attacker slashed him across the face with a knife. 2. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM to reduce something by a large amount: Congress voted… …

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  • 40swipe — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to hit or to try to hit someone or something by swinging you arm very quickly: Jim swiped Bob across the face. (+ at): The woman swiped at the child. 2 (T) informal to steal something: Who s swiped my pen? 3 (T) to pull a special… …

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