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(v)
To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
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(n)
(informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
A rod used to level off heaped grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring.
(music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
(music, transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio.
To slam; to beat or put down or close violently or noisily.
(transitive, idiomatic) To start something with somebody else, such as a conversation or relationship.
(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
(intransitive, informal) To play a power chord on an electric guitar.
(intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
A wiggling movement.
(drumming) Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.
The act, or an instance, of swinging.
The sound or action of something being scraped.
To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
An irregular, spread-out group.
(slang) A musical synthesizer.
An imaginary guitar that a listener to (usually rock) music pretends to play.
An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
(golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
Alternative form of play someone like a fiddle. [(idiomatic) To play (manipulate) (a person) skillfully.]
Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
(intransitive) To jangle amid each other.
(dialectal) A wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.
(adj)
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
A female prostitute.
(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
(music) The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
A stroke; a blow.
A surname.
A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
(cooking) A person who prepares food.
A soft toot sound.
(slang, humorous, uncommon) To masturbate by stimulating one's clitoris.
(uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
Obsolete spelling of stroke. [An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.]
The striking again of a key, for example on a piano.
Rapid circular motion.
(intransitive) To speak up, especially in a robust, assertive manner; to say something loudly and suddenly.
(Scotland) A small stream, streamlet; a trickle of water, the run of spilt liquid.
(figurative) To cause an event or events to occur, especially in someone's benefit or favour; to make something happen.
(dated, except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
(UK dialectal) Stir; bustle; agitation; contention.
A wrinkle.
A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
(poker) A blind bet pre-flop after a player as straddled which is twice the value of the player's straddle.
(transitive, music) To finger again or differently.
(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
(UK, intransitive, obsolete) To wander about idly and without purpose.
(also figuratively) A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
(countable) A long step in walking.
(idiomatic) To play (manipulate) (a person) skillfully.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To behave or perform in a showy or ostentatious manner, as if to impress others; to show off.
A movement to do something, a beginning.
A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
Obsolete form of stride. [(countable) A long step in walking.]
(card games) A technique of shuffling a deck of playing cards by first separating the deck into two parts.
An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
(informal) Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.
(climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
A beating, vibration or palpitation.
(transitive) To make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely, or obvious; to showcase or highlight.
(rare, intransitive, UK dialectal) To fiddle, fumble, potter around.
(UK dialectal, Ulster) A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.
(textiles) An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: play with.
A disreputable woman, a slut.
(intransitive) To sprawl or straggle.
(colloquial, transitive) To write or type something very quickly, without much thought.
(uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
(idiomatic) To control or manipulate someone, especially by playing on their emotions.
(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
Any rotating movement; a spin.
(intransitive) To play the fiddle idly.
(Northumbria, Cumbria) A splinter, usually of wood.