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(n)
A short jump.
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(v)
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
(transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
(intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
(transitive with over as adverbial particle) To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else.
(ambitransitive, slang) To run away (from); to flee.
(intransitive) To break up camp and move on.
(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
(uncountable) The act of omitting.
bound off one point after another
jump lightly
bypass
(intransitive) To jump.
(intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
A sudden percussive noise.
(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
To make a non-linear physical movement.
The act of one who turns (rotates or twists).
(adj)
Passing from one side of something to the other.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
(intransitive) To produce an air current.
(intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
To change place.
(not comparable) That moves or move.
(transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.
An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
The act of going past or around.
(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
To help the progress of (something); to further.
(transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
(intransitive) To move or burst forth.
The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
To move toward the speaker.
(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
(transitive) To create.
The act of performing a jump.
Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
(uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
(intransitive) To occur or take place.
Going past.
A movement to do something, a beginning.
(ambitransitive) To pay out (money).
An amount that has been, or is planned to be spent.
(transitive) To leave out or exclude.
A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
Alternative spelling of bailout. [A rescue, especially a financial rescue.]
One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
A surname.
(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
(transitive) To lose remembrance of.
(UK, Ireland, chiefly London, informal) A form of address to a man, usually a stranger or a superior.
(ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
(sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
(ambitransitive, computing) To contact (a person) via Skype.
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
(countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
Free from or lacking moisture.
The stem or main axis of a plant.
A city, the capital of Salta province, Argentina.
(gymnastics) A somersault.
Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
(transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
A prank or practical joke.
(colloquial, figuratively) To strut about in a showy manner.
(intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.
An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
(intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.