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(v)
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
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(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
(idiomatic) To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
(transitive) To say goodbye to someone with a wave (hand gesture)
(ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.
(transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
(transitive) To make something appear trivial
(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
(transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
(adj)
Minor; small in amount
Conspicuously short.
(intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.
(transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
(n)
A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
A shake of the head.
A glib statement or explanation that glosses over important details.
An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort.
A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.
the act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval
A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
A deceit; a trick.
(countable or uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.
A relatively weak shaking movement.
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To shake or rock rapidly.
A shake of the foot, possibly imitating a handshake.
A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
(astronomy) Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.
jolt, shake (brisk movement)
(archaic) A jolting or shaking motion.
(idiomatic) Discussion or argumentation involving approximation, vagueness, educated guessing, or the attempt to explain or excuse vagaries.
A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
A mocking remark or reflection.
(chiefly UK, Ireland) A partly suppressed or broken laugh.
The act of one who scoffs; derision; mockery.
An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
Alternative spelling of harumph. [An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort.]
(idiomatic, vulgar) A broad smile indicating self-awareness that may suggest self-satisfaction, smugness, discomfort, or embarrassment.
Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
Alternative form of eye-roll. [The circular movement of one's eyes, usually suggesting feelings of exasperation, disbelief or frustration.]
An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
(colloquial) One who or that which shocks or startles.
A mocking utterance.
(slang) A dismissal.
(slang, idiomatic) A pretense of deference; a veiled or subtle insult.
The act of flinging or throwing something off.
(slang, sometimes vulgar, humorous) Behaviour that is rude, obnoxious, ignorant, or foolish.
The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
(idiomatic) Confusing, perplexing, puzzling.
(pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
A surly complaint.
A brief period of sleep; a nap.
An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
(colloquial) An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph.
an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
The shaka, a gesture made with a fist with the thumb and little finger extended.
(slang, vulgar) Boastful or aggressive demonstration of one's machismo or toughness.
The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
(informal) Something that causes surprise or disbelief.
(countable) An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
The act of giving a scowl.
(also figuratively) A brief or cursory look.
A light nudge or bump done with the head as an affectionate gesture, typically by an animal.
A grunting sound.
A quiet laugh.
(obsolete or dialect) A snub or reprimand.
A young hog or pig
(slang, childish) The act of an overweight or obese individual holding their excess fat around the stomach and then shaking it.
The act of scoffing; mockery.
(informal) A joke, fib or tease.
Contemptful, mocking.
(intransitive, often derogatory) To associate with in a friendly manner, often with those of a higher class or status; to fraternize.
(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
(uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.
A jostling.
(colloquial) A fit of trembling or shivering.
(theater) A performance during which the players do not speak; mime.
A customary laughing matter amongst a group of people.
A brief raising of the eyebrows as an unconscious social signal when approaching another person to interact with them.
oculogyration
(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
Snubs, the act or result of snubbing.
(slang, offensive, derogatory) Deceit.
A retort; a scoffing utterance in response to another.
Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genus Anous found in tropical seas, especially the brown noddy or common noddy (Anous stolidus).
(India, historical) An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.
(slang) To give a hearty laugh that is punctuated by a snort on the inhale.
A joke or quip.
The utterance of a sigh.
A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap the palms of their hands together at shoulder height or higher.