(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
cockmatch
cockmatch
noun
(archaic) A cockfight.
forksmith
hamtramck
hamtramck
Proper noun
A city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
hatmakers
hatmakers
noun
plural of hatmaker
hatmaking
hatmaking
noun
The manufacture of hats.
hawkmoths
hawkmoths
noun
plural of hawkmoth
haymarket
haymarket
Proper noun
Any of various placenames, particularly a street in Westminster, London and the in that street
A town in Virginia State.
heatmaker
hektogram
hemiekton
hemiekton
noun
An ancient Attic dry measure of capacity, equivalent to 4.36 litres.
hooksmith
jacksmith
jacksmith
noun
A smith who makes jacks.
jokesmith
jokesmith
noun
(humorous) A person who devises jokes.
kamchatka
kamchatka
Proper noun
A long peninsula in the Russian Far East, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.
kathmandu
kilhamite
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
linksmith
locksmith
locksmith
noun
(gambling, slang) someone who only bets when they are sure they will win
one who practices locksmithing
mahlstick
mahlstick
noun
Alternative form of maulstick
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
marketech
matchbook
matchbook
noun
A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.
matchlock
matchlock
noun
Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
matchmake
matchmake
verb
To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
matchmark
matchmark
noun
(engineering) A mark inscribed on a component to aid alignment with the rest of an assembly.
meathooks
meathooks
noun
plural of meathook
misthinks
misthinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misthink
mohawkite
mohawkite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper ore and discredited mineral species composed of arsenic and copper, Cu₃As up to Cu₆As.
motherkin
motherkin
Noun
definition
mouthlike
mouthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mouth.
mutchkins
mutchkins
noun
plural of mutchkin
mythmaker
mythmaker
noun
A person who originates a myth.
picksmith
shirtmake
shotmaker
shotmaker
noun
(sports) A player who is skilled at making shots and scoring even against skilled defense.
smethwick
smethwick
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England
smithwick
smithwork
smithwork
noun
The work done by a smith (blacksmith); metal forgery.
stockholm
stockholm
Proper noun
The capital and largest city of Sweden.
tacmahack
thumbikin
thumbikin
noun
Synonym of thumbikins
thumbkins
thumbkins
noun
plural of thumbkin
thumblike
thumblike
adj
Resembling a thumb.
thumbmark
thumbmark
noun
The mark left by a thumb.
thumbtack
thumbtack
noun
(Canada, US) A small nail-like tack with a slightly rounded head that can be pressed into place with light pressure from the thumb; used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard.
verb
(transitive) To fix or attach something with a thumbtack.
timwhisky
tomahawks
tomahawks
noun
plural of tomahawk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tomahawk
touchmark
touchmark
noun
(archaic) The manufacturer's official identifying sign, impressed into a pewter object.
(archaic, rare) A symbol, sign, or other inscribed indication used to aid the alignment, calibration, or other adjustment of a measuring device or scientific instrument.
tuskahoma
umbethink
umbethink
verb
(dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To recall to mind; remember; recollect.