HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. A snack or light hasty meal.

verb

1. (ice-skating) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.
2. Of birds: to make a sudden harsh call.
3. To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

noun

1. (US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
2. (US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
3. (US, sports, chiefly basketball, horseracing) The favorite in a sporting event.
4. (countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO4), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
5. (uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).
6. (uncountable, climbing, gymnastics) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO3).
7. Tailor's chalk.

verb

1. (figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
2. To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
3. To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
4. To manure (land) with chalk.
5. To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
6. To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.

noun

1. (India) The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.

verb

1. (US) To eat noisily; to champ or chomp.

noun

1. (US, Alaska) A wine glass.
2. A Middle Eastern falcon, probably the lanner.
3. A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire drill.
4. Charcoal; coke.

verb

1. (Scotland) To make a grating sound.
2. To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine.

adj

1. (heraldry) Divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.

noun

1. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
2. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
3. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
4. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
5. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
6. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
7. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
8. A control; a limit or stop.
9. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
10. A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
11. A small chink or crack.
12. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
13. An inspection or examination.
14. Any fabric woven with such a pattern.

verb

1. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
2. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
3. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
4. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
5. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
6. (poker) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
7. (sports) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
8. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
9. (transitive) To mark with a check pattern.
10. To act as a curb or restraint.
11. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
12. To control, limit, or halt.
13. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
14. To inspect; to examine.
15. To leave in safekeeping.
16. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
17. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
18. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
19. To verify or compare with a source of information.
20. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).

noun

1. (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
2. (anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
3. (biology, informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
4. (figurative, informal, uncountable) Impudence.
5. (in the plural) The branches of a bridle bit. .
6. (metalworking) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.
7. (nautical) pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down
8. Either side of an axehead.
9. One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.

verb

1. Don't cheek me, you little rascal!
2. To be impudent towards.
3. To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.

noun

1. (Turkish units of measurement) A unit of weight equal to 200 kg (441 lbs.).
2. (historical units of measurement) A former Turkish unit of weight equal to 100 dirhems (variously .15–.35 kg).
3. (historical units of measurement) A former Turkish unit of weight equal to 180 okas.

noun

1. (India, Pakistan) A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.
2. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A young, typically attractive, woman or teenage girl.
3. (dated, endearing) A young child.
4. (military, slang) A friendly fighter aircraft.
5. A young bird.
6. A young chicken.

verb

1. (obsolete) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
2. To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.

noun

1. (countable) A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
2. (figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
3. (uncountable, colloquial, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
4. A chip or dent in something metallic.
5. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
6. Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”)
7. Alternative letter-case form of Chink

verb

1. (intransitive) To crack; to open.
2. (intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
3. (transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
4. (transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
5. (transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.

adj

1. (colloquial, US, chiefly New England) lively; cheerful; in good spirits

noun

1. the sound of a spoon rapidly whisking around a pot or basin.

verb

1. (intransitive, especially as "chirk up") To become happier.
2. (transitive, especially as "chirk up") To make happier.
3. To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

verb

1. Obsolete form of choke.

adv

1. (nautical) Entirely; quite.

noun

1. (nautical) Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.
2. (obsolete) An encounter.
3. Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To fill up, as a cavity.
2. (nautical) To insert a line in a chock.
3. (obsolete) To encounter.
4. (transitive) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
5. To make a dull sound.

noun

1. (electronics) A choking coil.
2. (sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
3. A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
4. A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
5. A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
6. A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
7. The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.

verb

1. (golf, baseball, transitive) To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
2. (intransitive) To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
3. (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
4. (intransitive) To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
5. (intransitive, colloquial) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
6. (intransitive, fluid mechanics, of a duct) To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
7. (transitive) To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
8. (transitive) To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
9. (transitive) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
10. (transitive) To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
11. (transitive) To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
12. (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
13. (transitive) To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
14. (transitive) To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
15. To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.

noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A chayote.
2. A small handleless cup in which saké is served.

adj

1. Alternative form of chokey

adj

1. (slang, of an animal) Adorably fat or large.

noun

1. (slang) An adorably fat or large creature, particularly a cat.
2. Alternative form of chank (“type of shell”)

intj

1. (Australia) A call made to chickens.
2. An imitation of the call of a chicken.

noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A chicken, especially a hen.
2. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.
3. (Australia, dated) A fool.

noun

1. (India, Pakistan) A courtyard.
2. (India, Pakistan) A marketplace or open area in a city or village.
3. (India, Pakistan) An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).

noun

1. (Scotland) A small pebble.
2. (Scotland, obsolete, slang, in the plural) Money.
3. (US, slang, dated) Food.
4. (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
5. (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
6. (dialect, obsolete) A chicken, a hen.
7. (informal) A casual throw.
8. (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
9. (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
10. (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
11. (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
12. A clucking sound.
13. A gentle touch or tap.
14. Abbreviation of woodchuck.

verb

1. (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
2. (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
3. (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
4. (obsolete) To chuckle; to laugh.
5. (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
6. (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
7. (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
8. (transitive, informal, dated) To give up; to stop doing; to quit.
9. To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
10. To call, as a hen her chickens.
11. To make a clucking sound.
12. To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
13. To touch or tap gently.

noun

1. (comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.
2. (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
3. (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.
4. A part of something that has been separated.
5. A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.

verb

1. (transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
2. (transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.
3. (transitive, slang, chiefly Southern US) To throw.
4. (transitive, video games) Deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.

noun

1. plural of hack

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hack

adj

1. (Tyneside) Filthy or totally dirty.
2. (colloquial) Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
3. (comedy, informal) Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)
4. (computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
5. Like a hack; amateurish.

noun

1. plural of heck

noun

1. plural of hick

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hick

noun

1. Alternative form of hickey (“bruise-like mark of mouth on skin”)

noun

1. plural of hock

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hock

noun

1. Alternative spelling of hoik

noun

1. plural of huck

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of huck

adj

1. Alternative form of kutcha

noun

1. (obsolete) A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.

noun

1. A bin or enclosure in which fish or skins are salted.

Proper noun

1. A city on the Kerch Peninsula of eastern Crimea, on the shore of Kerch Strait; an important industrial, transport and tourist centre of Ukraine.

noun

1. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
2. A hangman.

verb

1. (rare) To hang.
2. Pronunciation spelling of catch.

noun

1. A packet of vellum leaves in which gold is beaten into thin sheets.

noun

1. (Nigeria, slang) A drink, especially an alcoholic one.
2. (UK, US, dialect, obsolete) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
3. (fishing) Bait that can be picked up at sea.
4. (obsolete) Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon shack.
5. (obsolete) Grain fallen to the ground and left after harvest.
6. (obsolete) Nuts which have fallen to the ground.
7. (slang) The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.
8. A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
9. Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.

verb

1. (Nigeria, slang) To drink, especially alcohol.
2. (UK, dialect) To wander as a vagabond or tramp.
3. (US, intransitive) To hibernate; to go into winter quarters.
4. (obsolete) To feed in stubble, or upon waste.
5. (obsolete) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
6. To live (in or with); to shack up.

adj

1. Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.

noun

1. (automotive, mechanical engineering) A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
2. (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
3. (commerce, dated) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
4. (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
5. (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
6. (medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
7. (medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
8. (obsolete) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
9. (physics) A shock wave.
10. (psychology) A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance.
11. (psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
12. A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
13. A sudden, heavy impact.
14. An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.

verb

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
2. (transitive) To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
3. (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
4. (transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
5. (transitive) To give an electric shock to.
6. (transitive) To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.

noun

1. (slang) A phony.
2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) A fraud; a scam.
3. The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).

verb

1. (dialectal) To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk.
2. (dialectal) To do hurriedly or in a restless way.
3. (dialectal) To shake; shiver.
4. (dialectal) To slither or slip, move about, wriggle.
5. (dialectal, of a horse) To walk at a slow trot.
6. (transitive) To remove (any outer covering).
7. (transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
8. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.

noun

1. A stroke; a thwack.
2. the weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often thatch specifically

verb

1. (transitive) To strike; thump; thwack.
2. To cover a roof with thack.

adj

1. (UK, dated) troublesome; unreasonable
2. (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
3. (informal) Friendly or intimate.
4. (informal) Stupid.
5. (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
6. Abounding in number.
7. Deep, intense, or profound.
8. Densely crowded or packed.
9. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
10. Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
11. Having a viscous consistency.
12. Heavy in build; thickset.
13. Impenetrable to sight.
14. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
15. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

adv

1. Frequently or numerously.
2. In a thick manner.

noun

1. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.
2. A thicket.
3. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.

verb

1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To thicken.

intj

1. A clear, echoing thud, as of an axe chopping wood.

verb

1. To make, or cause to make, a thock sound.

adj

1. Alternative form of wack (“crazy”)

noun

1. (US, obsolete) A deal, an agreement.
2. (US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
3. (dated, disco-era drug slang) PCP, phencyclidine (as also wack).
4. (obsolete) A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
5. (originally UK cant, somewhat dated) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
6. (typography, computing, slang) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
7. The sound of a heavy strike.
8. The strike itself.
9. The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.

verb

1. (UK, chiefly in the negative) To surpass; to better.
2. (slang) To kill, bump off.
3. (sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
4. (transitive, slang) To share or parcel out (often with up).
5. To hit, slap or strike.