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Synonyms of the word 
KNOCK → BANG - BASH - BELT - BLOW - BUMP - COMMENT - CRITICISE - CRITICISM - CRITICIZE - CRITIQUE - GO - HIT - KNAP - KNOCKING - MISFORTUNE - NOTICE - PING - PINK - RAP - REMARK - ROAST - SMASH - SOUND - STRIKE - TAP - WHACK - WHANGknock- n. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- n. An impact.
- n. (figuratively) criticism.
- n. (cricket) a batsman's innings.
- n. (automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by…
- n. (cycling) Synonym of hunger knock.
- v. (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
- v. (transitive, dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
- v. (transitive, intransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
- v. (colloquial) To denigrate, undervalue.
- v. (soccer) To pass, kick a ball towards another player.
- v. (slang, dated, Britain) To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
bang- n. A sudden percussive noise.
- n. A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
- n. An explosion.
- n. (US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
- n. (US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
- n. (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
- n. (figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.
- n. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
- n. (slang, mining) An explosive product.
- n. (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
- v. (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To hit hard.
- v. (slang, figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To engage in sexual intercourse.
- v. (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
- v. (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
- adv. Right, directly.
- adv. Precisely.
- adv. With a sudden impact.
- interj. a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound.
- n. (in the plural) Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
bash- v. To strike heavily.
- v. To collide.
- v. To criticize harshly.
- n. A large party; gala event.
- n. An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
belt- n. A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun…
- n. A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- n. A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- n. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- n. A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- n. (astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- n. (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed…
- n. A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- n. A quick drink of liquor.
- n. (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn…
- n. (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- n. (weaponry) device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
- v. (transitive) To encircle.
- v. (transitive) To fasten a belt.
- v. (transitive) To hit with a belt.
- v. (transitive) and intransitive To scream or sing in a loud manner.
- v. (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
- v. (transitive, slang) To hit someone or something.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- v. (intransitive) To move very fast.
blow- adj. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.
- v. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
- v. (transitive) To propel by an air current.
- v. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
- v. (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
- v. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- v. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- v. (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
- v. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
- v. (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while…
- v. (intransitive) To explode.
- v. (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly…
- v. (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
- v. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
- v. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
- v. (transitive, vulgar) To fellate.
- v. (transitive) To leave.
- v. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
- v. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
- v. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
- v. (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- v. (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- v. (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
- v. (slang, informal, African American Vernacular) To sing.
- n. A strong wind.
- n. (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
- n. (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
- n. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Cannabis.
- n. (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.
- n. The act of striking or hitting.
- n. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- n. A damaging occurrence.
- v. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- n. A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
- n. A display of anything brilliant or bright.
- n. A bloom, state of flowering.
bump- n. A light blow or jolting collision.
- n. The sound of such a collision.
- n. A protuberance on a level surface.
- n. A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- n. One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or…
- n. (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to…
- n. The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- n. (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning…
- n. A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- n. (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- n. The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
- n. A coarse cotton fabric.
- n. A training match for a fighting dog.
- n. (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- v. To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- v. To move up or down by a step.
- v. (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it…
- v. (chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- v. (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- v. (transitive) To move the time of a scheduled event.
- v. (archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
- interj. (Internet) Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to…
comment- n. A spoken remark.
- n. (programming) A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.
- v. (transitive) To remark.
- v. (intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.
- v. (transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).
- v. (transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.
criticise- v. To evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults.
- v. To find fault (with something).
criticism- n. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination…
criticize- v. To find fault (with something).
- v. To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.
critique- n. The art of criticism.
- n. An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
- n. A point made to criticize something.
- n. (obsolete) A critic; one who criticises.
- v. (US) To review something.
go- v. To move.
- v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- v. (intransitive) To attend.
- v. To proceed.
- v. To follow or travel along (a path).
- v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
- v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
- v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
- v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
- v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- v. To pass, to be used up.
- v. (intransitive) To die.
- v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
- v. To break down or apart.
- v. (intransitive) To be sold.
- v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
- v. To say (something), to make a sound.
- v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
- v. To apply or subject oneself to.
- v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
- v. (intransitive) To date.
- v. To attack.
- v. To be in general; to be usually.
- v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
- n. (uncommon) The act of going.
- n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- n. An attempt, a try.
- n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- n. An act; the working or operation.
- n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
- n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
- n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
- n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
- n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
- n. A period of activity.
- n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
- n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…
hit- v. (heading, physical) To strike.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- v. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
- v. (transitive) To affect negatively.
- v. (heading, games) To make a play.
- v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches…
- n. (music) A recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success, mainly through radio airplay.
- n. An attack on a location, person or people.
- n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine.
- n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s…
- n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
- n. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- adj. Designating of a popular song.
- pron. (dialectal) It.
knap- v. (transitive) To shape a vitreous mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.) by breaking away flakes, often…
- v. (transitive) To rap or strike sharply.
- v. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To bite; to bite off; to break short.
- v. To make a sound of snapping.
- n. A sharp blow or slap.
- n. A protuberance; a swelling; a knob.
- n. The crest of a hill.
- n. A small hill.
knocking- v. present participle of knock.
- n. An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced.
misfortune- n. (uncountable) bad luck.
- n. (countable) an undesirable event such as an accident.
notice- n. (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
- n. (countable) A written or printed announcement.
- n. (countable) A formal notification or warning.
- n. (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee…
- n. (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
- n. (uncountable) Prior notification.
- n. (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
- v. (transitive) To acknowledge the presence of; observe.
- v. (transitive) To detect; to perceive with the mind.
ping- n. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- n. (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about…
- n. (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
- n. (text messaging, Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
- n. (networking) Latency.
- v. To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- v. (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
- v. (networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of…
- v. (networking) To send a network packet to another host and receive an acknowledgement in return.
- v. To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
- v. (colloquial) To flick.
- v. (colloquial, sports, intransitive) To bounce.
- v. (colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.
- v. (colloquial, sports) To call out audibly.
pink- n. (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
- n. (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
- n. (now historical) A narrow boat.
- v. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- v. To prick with a sword.
- v. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
- v. To choose; to cull; to pick out.
- n. A stab.
- n. Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
- n. (dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
- n. The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
- n. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
- n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
- n. (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare…
- adj. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
- adj. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
- adj. Having conjunctivitis.
- adj. (obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism…
- adj. (informal) Relating to women or girls.
- adj. (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
- v. (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat; (more generally) to…
- v. (of a motor car) To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the…
- v. (obsolete) To wink; to blink.
- adj. (obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
rap- n. (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
- n. (uncountable) Blame (for something), whether or not it results in a conviction.
- n. (informal) A casual talk.
- n. (music, uncountable) Rap music.
- n. A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
- v. (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
- v. (transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
- v. (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
- v. (informal, intransitive) To talk casually.
- n. A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
- n. Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century;…
- n. A whit; a jot.
remark- n. Act of pointing out or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
- n. The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something worth attention…
- n. A casual observation, comment, or statement.
- n. (engraving) Alternative form of remarque.
- v. (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
- v. (transitive) To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to…
- v. (transitive) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally.
- v. (transitive) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a…
- n. Alternative spelling of re-mark.
- v. Alternative spelling of re-mark.
roast- v. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering,…
- v. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- v. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- v. To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- v. (metalworking) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
- n. A cut of meat suited to roasting.
- n. A meal consisting of roast foods.
- n. The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- n. (Originally fraternal) A comical event where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised…
- adj. having been cooked by roasting.
- adj. (figuratively) subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.
smash- n. The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- n. (Britain, colloquial) A traffic accident.
- n. (colloquial, entertainment) Something very successful.
- n. (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- n. (colloquial, archaic) A bankruptcy.
- v. To break (something brittle) violently.
- v. (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
- v. To hit extremely hard.
- v. (figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success.
- v. (US) To deform through continuous pressure.
- v. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
sound- adj. Healthy.
- adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
- adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
- adj. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
- adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
- adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
- adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
- adv. Soundly.
- interj. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
- n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
- n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
- n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
- n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
- v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
- v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
- v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
- v. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area…
- v. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
- v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
- n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting…
- n. The air bladder of a fish.
- n. A cuttlefish.
- v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
- v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;…
- v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
- v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
- n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
- n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.
strike- v. (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- v. (heading, physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
- v. (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- v. (heading, personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
- v. To touch; to act by appulse.
- v. (heading, transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
- v. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
- v. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- v. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
- v. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- v. To make and ratify.
- v. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level…
- v. (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- v. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- v. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
- v. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- v. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
- v. To balance (a ledger or account).
- n. (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when…
- n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- n. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- n. A blow or application of physical force against something.
- n. (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise…
- n. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- n. (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- n. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- n. (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the…
- n. An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is…
- n. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
- n. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- n. (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
- n. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
- n. The discovery of a source of something.
- n. A strike plate.
tap- n. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
- n. A device used to dispense liquids.
- n. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
- n. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
- n. (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die…
- n. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
- n. An interception of communication by authority.
- v. To furnish with taps.
- v. To draw off liquid from a vessel.
- v. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
- v. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
- v. To intercept a communication without authority.
- v. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
- v. (card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already…
- n. Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
- v. To strike lightly.
- v. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
- v. To make a sharp noise.
- v. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
- v. (slang, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- v. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
- v. (combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
- v. To put a new sole or heel on.
- n. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
- n. tap dance.
- n. (computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
- n. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel;…
- n. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring…
- n. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard…
whack- n. The sound of a heavy strike.
- n. The strike itself.
- n. The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
- n. (US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
- n. (originally Britain cant, dated) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
- n. (obsolete) A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
- n. (US, obsolete) A deal, an agreement.
- n. (typography, computing, slang) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
- v. To hit, slap or strike.
- v. (slang) To kill, bump off.
- v. (transitive, slang) To share or parcel out; often with up.
- v. (sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
- v. (Britain, usually in the negative) To surpass; to better.
- adj. Alternative form of wack (“crazy”).
whang- v. (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- v. (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- v. (US, Scotland, Britain, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- v. (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
- n. (dialect, colloquial) A blow; a whack.
- n. (Britain, Scotland, dialect, colloquial) A large piece or slice; a chunk.
- n. (US, dialect, dated) A house-cleaning party.
- n. (Britain, US, dialect, informal, dated) A leather thong.
- n. (slang) A penis.
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