(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
backspin
backspin
noun
(music) Synonym of spinback
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
verb
(music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
(transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
bricktop
capeskin
capeskin
noun
A soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves.
chalkpit
chalkpit
noun
A quarry where chalk is found.
chapnick
chickpea
chickpea
noun
A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
chipmuck
chipmuck
noun
Archaic form of chipmunk.
chipmunk
chipmunk
noun
A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.
verb
(transitive) To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
(transitive) To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
(transitive) To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
cockpits
cockpits
noun
plural of cockpit
crankpin
crankpin
noun
The pin that attaches a connecting rod to a crank
cropsick
cropsick
adj
(obsolete) Sick in the stomach, especially from excess in eating or drinking.
deckpipe
depickle
dipchick
dipchick
noun
Alternative form of dabchick
dipstick
dipstick
noun
(slang) A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit.
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.
verb
(mechanical engineering) To measure the level of a fluid using a dipstick.
To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something.
dopchick
dropkick
dropkick
noun
(Australia, derogatory, informal) An unintelligent or useless person.
(professional wrestling) a kick made to the opponent by leaping into the air and kicking with both feet before dropping to the ground.
(soccer) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
verb
to make a dropkick
to score via a dropkick
duckpins
duckpins
noun
A game played by bowling a small ball at such pins.
plural of duckpin
epiclike
epiclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an epic.
flipjack
footpick
gripsack
gripsack
noun
(colloquial, dated) A traveller's bag.
handpick
handpick
verb
To pick or harvest by hand.
To select carefully and with individual attention.
impocket
impocket
verb
(transitive, rare) To place into a pocket.
jackpile
kickapoo
kickapoo
Proper noun
An Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe.
The language spoken by this people.
Noun
A member of this tribe.
killcrop
killcrop
noun
(obsolete) A changeling.
kingcups
kingcups
noun
plural of kingcup
klephtic
klephtic
adj
(historical) Relating to the klephts.
kyphotic
kyphotic
adj
(anatomy, pathology) Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
lampwick
lickspit
lickspit
noun
Synonym of lickspittle
lipstick
lipstick
noun
(countable) A stick of this makeup.
(countable, colloquial) A dog's penis.
(uncountable) Makeup for the lips.
verb
(transitive) To apply lipstick to; to paint with lipstick.
lockspit
lockspit
noun
(cartography) A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.
verb
to dig a such a trench
lopstick
lopstick
noun
Alternative form of lobstick
mopstick
mopstick
noun
(music, historical) In an old pianoforte movement, a rod that raises the damper as the key is depressed.
The long handle of a mop.
nipmucks
nitpicks
nitpicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nitpick
nutpicks
nutpicks
noun
plural of nutpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nutpick
overpick
pachinko
pachinko
noun
A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
verb
(intransitive) To tumble down through a series of obstacles.
packings
packings
noun
plural of packing
paetrick
panicked
panicked
adj
Experiencing or in a state of panic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of panic
pavkovic
peacenik
peacenik
noun
(sometimes derogatory) Someone who publicly opposes armed conflict in general, or a particular conflict, or who publicly opposes the proliferation of weapons.
peachick
peachick
noun
A baby peafowl.
peastick
peckiest
penstick
physicks
physicks
noun
Obsolete form of physics.
plural of physick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of physick
physicky
physicky
adj
(archaic) Resembling medicine.
pickable
pickable
adj
Able to be picked.
pickadil
pickaway
pickaxed
pickaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pickax
pickaxes
pickaxes
noun
plural of pickaxe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pickax
pickback
pickback
adv
Archaic form of pickaback.
pickedly
pickeers
pickeers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pickeer
pickerel
pickerel
noun
(Canada) Walleye, A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.
A freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
A wading bird, the dunlin.
picketed
picketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of picket
picketer
picketer
noun
Someone who pickets; one participating in a demonstration or posted on a picket line.
pickford
pickfork
pickiest
pickiest
adj
superlative form of picky: most picky
pickings
pickings
noun
plural of picking
pickling
pickling
noun
A process by which the oxide scale on steel (especially stainless steels) or other metallic objects is chemically removed (by strong acids).
An instance of processing something in brine or other solution.
verb
present participle of pickle
picklock
picklock
noun
A device designed to pick locks.
One who picks locks; a thief.
picknick
picknick
noun
Archaic form of picnic.
pickoffs
pickoffs
noun
plural of pickoff
pickover
pickpole
pickrell
picksman
picksome
picksome
adj
Characterised by picking and choosing, or by being picky; selective.
Valued for picking; choice; select.
pickwick
pickwork
picnicky
picnicky
adj
(informal) Picniclike.
piddocks
piddocks
noun
plural of piddock
pigstick
pigstick
noun
(nautical) A staff that carries a flag or pennant above the mast of a sailboat.
(obsolete) An event or gathering at which pigs are hunted for sport.
A stick that is used for stabbing.
A waterjet disruptor used to disable explosive devices.
verb
(obsolete) To hunt pigs.
To stab.
pincheck
pincheck
noun
A kind of sturdy cotton cloth with a dot pattern.
pinckard
pinckney
pinprick
pinprick
noun
A mildly annoying wound or damage.
A very tiny dot.
An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.
verb
(transitive) To produce a jabbing sensation, like a pinprick, in.
(transitive) To puncture with a tiny hole or holes.
pluckier
pluckier
adj
comparative form of plucky: more plucky
pluckily
pluckily
adv
In a plucky manner.
plucking
plucking
noun
(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked.
(printing) The undesirable situation in which printed ink becomes detached from the paper.
A fragment of something obtained by plucking.
verb
present participle of pluck
pockiest
pokonchi
politick
politick
verb
To engage in political activity.
polonick
potstick
potstick
noun
A stick for stirring food while it cooks in a pot.
poyssick
prickado
prickant
prickers
prickers
noun
plural of pricker
prickets
prickets
noun
plural of pricket
prickier
prickier
adj
comparative form of pricky: more pricky
pricking
pricking
noun
(mining) A nicking.
(obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
A sensation that pricks.
The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
verb
present participle of prick
prickish
prickish
adj
(informal, vulgar) having the characteristics of a prick; being unpleasant, rude or annoying.
prickled
prickled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prickle
prickles
prickles
noun
(Ulster) gooseflesh
plural of prickle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prickle
princock
princock
noun
(now rare, dialectal, sometimes attributive) An insolent or cheeky young man.
probrick
puckfist
puckfist
noun
A puffball (Lycoperdon giganteum).
pucklike
pucklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puck.
puckling
pyknotic
pyknotic
adj
(cytology) showing pyknosis
raunpick
sheppick
skeptics
skeptics
noun
plural of skeptic
skipjack
skipjack
noun
(obsolete) An upstart.
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
An elaterid; a click beetle.
Katsuwonus pelamis.
Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna.
The alewife
The bonito
The butterfish
The common bluefish
The cutlass fish
The jurel
The leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
The runner.
The saurel.
The saury.
skippack
slipback
snipjack
speckier
speckier
adj
comparative form of specky: more specky
specking
specking
noun
(Australia) The practice by speckers or fossickers of walking around scanning the ground for gemstones.
verb
present participle of speck
spickard
spicknel
spicknel
noun
Rare spelling of spignel.
stickpin
stickpin
noun
(US) An ornamented pin used to secure a necktie's end flat against the shirt, a tie tack.
stickups
stickups
noun
plural of stickup
tipstock
tipstock
noun
The detachable or movable fore part of a gunstock, lying beneath the barrel or barrels, and forming a hold for the left hand.