#260. Opening -- N. hole
foramen
puncture
perforation;
pinhole
keyhole
loophole
porthole
peephole
mousehole
pigeonhole
eye of a needle
eyelet
slot
opening
aperture
yawning
dehiscence
patefaction|
chasm
(interval) 198
embrasure
window
casement
light
sky light
fan
light
lattice
bay window
bow window
oriel[Arch]
dormer
lantern
outlet
inlet
vent
vomitory
embouchure
orifice
mouth
sucker
muzzle
throat
gullet
wizen
nozzle
placket
portal
porch
gate
ostiary|
postern
wicket
trapdoor
hatch
door;
arcade
driveway
gateway
doorway
hatchway
gangway;
way
path
thoroughfare
channel
passage
passageway
tube
pipe
water pipe
air pipe
vessel
tubule
canal
gut
fistula
smokestack
chimney
flue
tap
funnel
gully
tunnel
main
mine
pit
shaft;
gallery
alley
aisle
glade
vista
bore
caliber
pore
blind orifice
porousness
porosity
sieve
colander
riddle
screen;
honeycomb
perforation
piercing
pertusion|
puncture
acupuncture
penetration
key
opener
master key
password
combination
passe-partout
V. open
gape
yawn
bilge
fly open
perforate
pierce
empierce|
tap
bore
drill
mine
tunnel
transfix
enfilade
impale
spike
spear
gore
spit
stab
pink
puncture
lance
stick
prick
riddle
punch
stave
in
cut a passage through
make way for
make room for
uncover
unclose
lay open
cut open
rip open
throw
open
pop open
blow open
pry open
tear open
pull open
Adj. open
perforated
perforate
wide open
ajar
unclosed
unstopped
gaping
yawning
patent
tubular
fistulous
pervious
permeable;
vesicular
porous
follicular
honeycombed
riddled
piped
opening
Int. open sesame!
#261. Closure. -- N. closure
occlusion
blockade
shutting up
obstruction
embolus
contraction
infarction;
constipation
blind alley
blind corner
cul-de-sac
caecum
imperviousness
impermeability
stopper
V. close
occlude
plug
block up
stop up
fill up
bung up
cork up
button up
stuff up
shut up
dam up
blockade
obstruct
(hinder) 70
bar
bolt
stop
seal
plumb
choke
throttle
ram down
dam
cram
trap
clinch
put to the door
shut the door
Adj. closed
shut
unopened
caecal[Med]
closable
imperforate
impervious
impermeable
impenetrable
impassable
unpassable|
invious|;
pathless
untrodden
untrod
unventilated
air tight
water tight
hermetically sealed
tight
snug
#262. Perforator. -- N. perforator
piercer
borer
auger
chisel
gimlet
drill
awl
bradawl
scoop
terrier
corkscrew
dibble
trocar[Med]
trepan
probe
bodkin
needle
stiletto
rimer
warder
lancet
punch
puncheon
gouge
spear
(weapon) 7
puncher
punching machine
punching press
punch pliers
#263. Stopper. -- N. stopper
stopple
plug
cork
bung
spike
spill
stopcock
tap
ram
ramrod
piston
stop-gap
wadding
stuffing
padding
stopping
tourniquet
cover
valve
vent peg
spigot
slide valve
janitor
doorkeeper
porter
warder
beadle
cerberus
#264. [Successive change of place.] Motion. -- N. motion
movement
move
going
unrest
stream
flow
flux
run
course
stir
evolution
kinematics;
telekinesis
step
rate
pace
tread
stride
gait
port
footfall
cadence
carriage
velocity
angular velocity
clip
progress
locomotion
journey
voyage
transit
restlessness
mobility
movableness
motive
power
laws of motion
mobilization
V. be in motion
move
go
hie
gang
budge
stir
pass
flit
hover about
hover round
hover about
shift
slide
glide
roll
roll on
flow
stream
run
drift
sweep along
wander
walk
change one's place
shift one's place
change one's quarters
shift one's quarters
dodge
keep going
keep moving;
put in motion
set in motion
move
impel
propel
render movable
mobilize
Adj. moving
in motion
transitional
motive;
shifting
movable
mobile
mercurial
unquiet
restless
1
nomadic
erratic
Adv. under way
on the move
on the wing
on the tramp
on the march
Phr. eppur si muove [It][Galileo]
es bildet ein Talent sich in der
Stille[Ger]
sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt[Ger]
#265. Quiescence. -- N. rest
stillness
quiescence;
stagnation
stagnancy
fixity
immobility
catalepsy
quietism
quiet
tranquility
calm
repose
peace
dead calm
anticyclone|!
statue-like repose
silence
not a breath of air
not a mouse stirring
sleep
pause
lull
stand still
standing still
lock
dead lock
dead stop
dead stand
full stop
fix
embargo
resting place
bivouac
home
pillow
(support)
haven
goal
V. be quiescent
stand still
lie still
keep quiet
repose
hold the breath
remain
stay
stand
lie to
ride at anchor
remain in situ
tarry
mark time
bring to
heave to
lay to
pull up
draw up
hold
halt
stop
stop short
rest
pause
anchor
cast to an anchor
come to an anchor
rest
on one's oars
repose on one's laurels
take breath
stop
142
stagnate
quieta non movere[Lat]
let alone
abide
rest and be
thankful
keep within doors
stay at home
go to bed
dwell
settle
alight
(arrive) 292 stick
stick fast
stand like a post
not stir a peg
not stir
a step
be at a stand
becalm
hush
stay
lull to sleep
lay
an embargo on
Adj. quiescent
still
motionless
moveless
fixed
stationary;
immotile
at rest at a stand
at a standstill
at anchor
stock
still;
standing still
sedentary
untraveled
stay-at-home
becalmed
stagnant
quiet
unmoved
undisturbed
unruffled
calm
restful;
cataleptic
immovable
sleeping
silent
still as a statue
still as a post
still as a mouse
still as
death
vegetative
vegetating
Adv. at a stand
tout court
at the halt
Phr. requiescat in pace[Lat]
Deus nobis haec otia fecit
[Lat][Vergil]
"the noonday quiet holds the hill" [Tennyson]
#266. [Locomotion by land.] Journey. -- N. travel
traveling
wayfaring
campaigning
journey
excursion
expedition
tour
trip
grand tour
circuit
peregrination
discursion|
ramble
pilgrimage
hajj
trek
course
march
walk
promenade
constitutional
stroll
saunter
tramp
jog trot
turn
stalk
perambulation
noctambulism
somnambulism
outing
ride
drive
airing
jaunt
equitation
horsemanship
riding
ride and tie;
roving
vagrancy
pererration|
marching and countermarching;
nomadism
vagabondism
vagabondage
hoboism [U.S.]
gadding
flit
flitting
migration
emigration
immigration
demigration|
wanderlust
plan
itinerary
guide
handbook
guidebook
road book;
Bradshaw
Murray
map
road map
transportation guide
subway map
procession
cavalcade
caravan
file
cortege
column
[Organs and instruments of locomotion] vehicle
automobile
train
bus
airplane
plane
autobus
omnibus
subway
motorbike
dirt
bike
off-road vehicle
van
minivan
motor scooter
trolley
locomotive;
legs
feet
pegs
pins
trotters
traveler
depot [U.S.]
railway station
station
V. travel
journey
course
take a journey
go a journey
take a walk
go out for walk
have a run
take the air
flit
take wing
migrate
emigrate
trek
rove
prowl
roam
range
patrol
pace up and down
traverse
scour the country
traverse the
country
peragrate|
circumambulate
perambulate
wander
ramble
stroll
saunter
hover
go one's rounds
straggle
gad
gad about;
expatiate
walk
march
step
tread
pace
plod
wend
go by shank's mare;
promenade
trudge
tramp
stalk
stride
straddle
strut
foot it
hoof it
stump
bundle
bowl along
toddle
paddle
tread a path
take horse
ride
drive
trot
amble
canter
prance
frisk
caracole
gallop
[start riding] embark
board
set out
hit the road
get going
get
underway
peg on
jog on
wag on
shuffle on
stir one's stumps
bend one's
steps
bend one's course
make one's way
find one's way
wend one's way
pick one's way
pick one's way
thread one's way
plow one's way
slide
glide
coast
skim
skate
march in procession
file on
defile
go to
repair to
resort to
hie to
betake oneself to
Adj. traveling
ambulatory
itinerant
peripatetic
roving
rambling
gadding
discursive
vagrant
migratory
monadic;
mundivagrant
locomotive
wayfaring
wayworn
travel-stained
Adv. on foot
on horseback
on Shanks's mare
by the Marrowbone stage
in transitu
en route
Int. come along!
#267. [Locomotion by water
or air.] Navigation. -- N. navigation;
aquatics
boating
yachting
ship
oar
paddle
screw
sail
canvas
aileron
swimming
fin
flipper
fish's tail
aeronautics
balloon
ballooning
aviation
airmanship
flying
flight
wing
pinion
rocketry
space travel
astronautics
orbital mechanics
orbiting
voyage
sail
cruise
passage
circumnavigation
headway
sternway
leeway
fairway
mariner
flight
trip
shuttle
run
airlift
V. sail
put to sea
take ship
get under way
set
sail
spread sail
spread canvas
gather way
have way on
make sail
carry
sail
plow the waves
plow the deep
plow the main
plow the ocean
walk
the waters
navigate
warp
scud
boom
kedge
drift
course
cruise
coast
hug the shore
hug the land
circumnavigate
ply the oar
row
paddle
pull
scull
punt
steam
swim
float
buffet the waves
ride the storm
skim
dive
wade
fly
be wafted
hover
soar
flutter
jet
orbit
rocket
take wing
take a flight
take off
ascend
blast off
land
alight
wing one's
flight
wing one's way
aviate
parachute
jump
glide
Adj. sailing
seafaring
nautical
maritime
naval
seagoing
coasting
afloat
navigable
aerial
aeronautic
Adv. under way
under sail
under canvas
under steam
on the wing
in
flight
in orbit
Phr. bon voyage
"spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale"
[Pope]
#268. Traveler. -- N. traveler
wayfarer
voyager
itinerant
passenger
commuter
tourist
excursionist
explorer
adventurer
mountaineer
hiker
backpacker
Alpine Club
wanderer
rover
straggler
rambler
bird of passage
gadabout
vagrant
wastrel
foundling
loafer
tramp
tramper
vagabond
nomad
Bohemian
gypsy
Wandering Jew
Hadji
pilgrim
palmer
peripatetic;
somnambulist
emigrant
fugitive
refugee
beach comber
globetrotter
vagrant
hobo [U.S.]
night walker
sleep walker
noctambulist
runabout
straphanger
swagman
swagsman
trekker
runner
courier
Mercury
Iris
comet
pedestrian
walker
foot passenger
cyclist
wheelman
rider
horseman
equestrian
cavalier
jockey
roughrider
trainer
breaker
driver
coachman
whip
Jehu
charioteer
postilion
carter
wagoner
cabman
cabdriver
engine driver
stoker
fireman
guard;
chauffeur
conductor
engineer
hackman
Phr. on the road
#269. Mariner. -- N. sailor
mariner
navigator
seaman
seafarer
seafaring man
dock walloper*
tar
jack tar
salt
able seaman
A. B.;
man-of-war's man
bluejacket
marine
jolly
midshipman
middy
skipper
boatman
ferryman
bargeman
longshoreman
gondolier
oar
oarsman
rower
boatswain
coxswain;
steersman
pilot
crew
aerial navigator
aeronaut
balloonist
Icarus
airman
aviator
birdman
man-bird
wizard of the air
aviatrix
flier
pilot
test pilot
glider pilot
bush pilot
navigator
flight attendant
steward
stewardess
crew
astronaut
cosmonaut
parachutist
paratrooper
#270. Transference. -- N. transfer
transference
translocation
elocation|
displacement
metastasis
metathesis
removal
relegation
deportation
extradition
conveyance
draft
carrying
carriage
convection
conduction
contagion;
transfer
transit
transition
passage
ferry
gestation
portage
carting
cartage
shoveling
vection|
vecture|
vectitation|
shipment
freight
transmission
transport
transportation
importation
exportation
transplantation
translation
shifting
dodging
dispersion
transposition
traction
[Thing transferred] drift
V. transfer
transmit
transport
transplant
translocate
convey
carry
bear
fetch and carry
carry over
ferry over;
hand pass
forward
shift
conduct
convoy
bring
fetch
reach
tote
[U.S.]
port
import
export
send
delegate
consign
relegate
turn over to
deliver
ship
embark
waft
shunt
transpose
displace
throw
drag
post
shovel
ladle
decant
draft off
transfuse
infuse
siphon
Adj. transferred
drifted
movable
portable
mailable [U.S.]
contagious
Adv. from hand to hand
from pillar to post
on the way
by the way
on the road
on the wing
under way
in
transit
on course
as one goes
in transitu[Lat]
en route
chemin
in mid progress
in mid course
#271. Carrier. -- N. carrier
porter
bearer
tranter|
conveyer;
express
expressman
stevedore
coolie
conductor
locomotive
motor
beast
beast of burden
cattle
horse
nag
palfrey
blood
horse
thoroughbred
charger
courser
racer
hunter
pony
filly
colt
foal
barb
roan
jade
hack
bidet
pad
cob
tit
punch
roadster
racehorse
pack horse
draft horse
cart horse
dray horse
post horse
ketch
Shetland pony
shelty
sheltie;
jennet
mare
stallion
gelding
bronco
cayuse [U.S.]
creature
critter
[rural U.S.]
cow pony
mustang
Narraganset
stud
Pegasus
Bucephalus
Rocinante
ass
donkey
jackass
mule
hinny
sumpter horse
sumpter mule
burro
reindeer
camel
dromedary
llama
elephant
carrier pigeon
[object used for carrying] pallet
brace
cart
dolley
support
fork lift
carriage
ship
Adj. equine
asinine
#272. Vehicle. -- N. vehicle
conveyance
carriage
caravan
van;
common carrier
wagon
wain
dray
cart
lorry
truck
tram
cariole
limber
tumbrel
pontoon;
barrow
wheel barrow
hand barrow
perambulator
Bath chair
wheel chair
sedan chair
chaise
palanquin
litter
crate
hurdle
stretcher
ambulance
black Maria
conestoga wagon
conestoga wain
jinrikisha
ricksha
dump cart
hack
jigger
rig
prairie schooner [U.S.]
shay
sloven
[Can.]
team
wheel
hobbyhorse
go-cart
cycle
bicycle
bike
two-wheeler
tricycle
velocipede
equipage
turn-out
coach
chariot
phaeton
break
mail phaeton
wagonette
drag
whisky
landau
barouche
victoria
brougham
calash
berlin
sulky
sociable
vis-a-vis
jaunting car
outside car
roller skates
skate
runabout
ski
post chaise
diligence
stage
stage coach
mail coach
hackney coach
glass coach
stage wagon
car
omnibus
fly
cab
hansom
four-wheeler
growler
dogcart
trap
whitechapel
buggy
four-in-hand
unicorn
random
tandem
motor car
automobile
limousine
car
auto
jalopy
clunker
lemon
flivver
coupe
sedan
two-door sedan
four-door sedan
luxury sedan;
wheels [coll.]
sports car
roadster
gran turismo[It]
jeep
four-wheel
drive vehicle
electric car
steamer
golf cart
electric wagon
taxicab
cab
checker cab
yellow cab
station wagon
family car;
motorcycle
motor bike
side car
van
minivan
bus
minibus
microbus;
truck
wagon
pick-up wagon
pick-up
tractor-trailer
road train
articulated vehicle
racing car
racer
hot rod
stock car
souped-up car.
bob
bobsled
cutter
double ripper
double runner
[U.S.]
jumper
sled
sledge
sleigh
toboggan
train
accommodation train
passenger train
express trail
special
train
corridor train
parliamentary train
luggage train
freight train
goods train
1st class train
2nd class train
3rd class train
1st class
carriage
2nd class carriage
3rd class carriage
1st class compartment
2nd class compartment
3rd class compartment
rolling stock
horse box
cattle truck
baggage car
express car
freight car
parlor car
dining
car
Pullman car
sleeping car
sleeper
dome car
surface car
tram car
trolley car
box car
box wagon
horse car [U.S.]
bullet train
shinkansen
[Jap.]
cannonball
the Wabash cannonball
lightning express
luggage van;
mail car
mail van
shovel
spool
spatula
ladle
hod
hoe
spade
spud
pitchfork
post hole digger
[powered construction vehicles] tractor
steamshovel
backhoe
fork
lift
earth mover
dump truck
bulldozer
grader
caterpillar
trench
digger
steamroller
pile driver
crane
wrecking crane
#273. Ship. -- N. ship
vessel
sail
craft
bottom
navy
marine
fleet
flotilla
shipping
man of war
transport
tender
merchant ship
merchantman
packet
liner
whaler
slaver
collier
coaster
lighter
fishing boat
pilot boat
trawler
hulk
yacht;
floating hotel
floating palace
ocean greyhound
ship
bark
barque
brig
snow
hermaphrodite brig
brigantine
schooner
topsail schooner
for and aft schooner
three
masted schooner
sloop
cutter
corvette
clipper
foist
yawl
dandy
ketch
smack
lugger
barge
cat
buss
sailer
sailing vessel
windjammer
steamer
steamboat
steamship
liner
ocean
liner
cruisp
flap
dab
pat
thump
beat
blow
bang
slam
dash
punch
thwack
whack
hit hard
strike hard
swap
batter
dowse|
baste
pelt
patter
buffet
belabor
fetch one a blow
poke at
pip
ship of the line;
destroyer
cruiser
frigate
landing ship
LST[abbr]
aircraft carrier
carrier
flattop[coll.]
nuclear powered carrier
submarine
submersible
atomic submarine
boat
pinnace
launch
life boat
long boat
jolly boat
bum boat
fly
boat
cock boat
ferry oat
canal boat
swamp boat
ark
bully [Nfld.]
bateau battery[Can.]
dory
drogher;
dugout
durham boat
flatboat
gig
funny
skiff
dingy
scow
cockleshell
wherry
punt
cog
kedge
eight oar
four oar
pair oar
outrigger;
float
raft
pontoon
iceboat
ice canoe
ice yacht
catamaran
hydroplane
hovercraft
coracle
gondola
caravel
felucca
canoe
birch bark canoe
dugout canoe;
galley
hooker
argosy
galleon
junk
sampan
xebec
dhow
kayak
keel boat [U.S.]
log canoe
pirogue;
trireme
stern-wheeler [U.S.]
wangan
wharf boat
balloon
airship
aeroplane
biplane
monoplane
hydroplane
aerodrome
air balloon
pilot balloon
fire balloon
dirigible
zeppelin
aerostat
Montgolfier
kite
parachute
jet plane
rocket plane
jet liner
turbojet
prop-jet
propeller
plane
corporate plane
corporate jet
private plane
private aviation;
airline
common carrier
fighter
bomber
fighter-bomber
escort plane
spy
plane
supersonic aircraft
subsonic aircraft
Adv. afloat
aboard
on board
on ship board
hard a lee
hard a port
hard a starboard
hard a weather
2. Degrees of Motion
#274. Velocity. -- N. velocity
speed
celerity
swiftness
rapidity
eagle speed
expedition
pernicity|;
acceleration
haste
spurt
rush
dash
race
steeple chase
smart rate
lively rate
swift
rate
rattling rate
spanking rate
strapping rate
smart pace
lively pace
swift pace
rattling pace
spanking pace
strapping pace;
round pace
flying
flight
lightning
greased lightning
light
electricity
wind
cannon ball
rocket
arrow
dart
hydrargyrum[Lat]
quicksilver
telegraph
express
train
torrent
eagle
antelope
courser
race horse
gazelle
greyhound
hare
doe
squirrel
camel bird
chipmunk
ostrich
scorcher*
Mercury
Harlequin
[Measurement of velocity] log
log line
speedometer
odometer
tachometer
strobe
radar speed detector
radar trap
air speed gauge
wind
sock
wind speed meter
pedometer
V. move quickly
trip
fisk|
speed
hie
hasten
post
spank
scuttle
scud
scour
scour the plain
scamper
run like
mad
beat it
fly
race
run a race
cut away
shot
tear
whisk
zoom
swoosh
sweep
skim
brush
cut along
bowl along
barrel along
barrel;
scorch
burn up the track
rush
dash on
dash off
dash forward
bolt
trot
gallop
amble
troll
bound
flit
spring
dart
boom
march in quick time
march in double time
ride hard
get over the
ground
hurry
accelerate
put on
quicken
quicken one's
pace
mend one's pace
clap spurs to one's horse
make haste
make rapid
strides
make forced marches
make the best of one's way
put one's best
leg foremost
stir one's stumps
wing one's way
set off at a score
carry
sail
crowd sail
go off like a shot
go like a shot
go ahead
gain
ground
outstrip the wind
fly on the wings of the wind
keep up with
keep pace with
outstrip
Adj. fast
speedy
swift
rapid
quick
fleet
nimble
agile
expeditious
express
active
flying
galloping
light footed
nimble footed
winged
eagle winged
mercurial
electric
telegraphic
light-legged
light of heel
swift as an arrow
quick
as lightning
quick as a thought
Adv. swiftly
with speed
apace
at a great rate
at
full speed
at railway speed
full drive
full gallop
posthaste
in full
sail
trippingly
instantaneously
under press of sail
under press of canvas
under press of sail and
steam
velis et remis[Lat]
on eagle's wing
in double quick time
with
rapid strides
with giant strides
in seven league
boots
whip and spur
as fast as one's legs will carry
one
as fast as one's heels will carry one
as fast as one can lay legs to
the ground
at the top of one's speed
by leaps and bounds
with haste
684
Phr. vires acquirit eundo[Lat]
"I'll put a girdle about the earth in
forty minutes" [M.N.D.]
"swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow"
[M.N.D.]
go like a bat out of hell
tempus fugit[Lat]
#275. Slowness. -- N. slowness
languor
drawl
creeping
retardation
slackening
delay
claudication|
jog trot
dog trot
mincing steps
slow march
slow time
slow coach
slow back
lingerer
loiterer
sluggard
tortoise
snail
poke* [U.S.]
dawdle
V. move slowly
creep
crawl
lag
slug
drawl
linger
loiter
saunter
plod
trudge
stump along
lumber
trail
drag
dawdle
(be inactive) 6
grovel
worm one's way
steal along
job on
rub on
bundle on
toddle
waddle
slug
traipse
slouch
shuffle
halt
hobble
limp
caludicate|
shamble
flag
falter
trotter
stagger;
mince
step short
march in slow time
march in funeral procession
take
one's time
hang fire
retard
relax
slacken
check
moderate
rein in
curb
reef
strike
sail
shorten sail
take in sail
put on the drag
apply the brake
clip
the wings
reduce the speed
slacken speed
slacken one's pace
lose
ground
Adj. slow
slack
tardy
dilatory
gentle
easy;
leisurely
deliberate
gradual
insensible
imperceptible
glacial
languid
sluggish
slow paced
tardigrade|!
snail-like
creeping
Adv. slowly
leisurely
piano
adagio
largo
larghetto
at
half speed
under easy sail
at a foots pace
at a snail's pace
at a
funeral pace
in slow time
with mincing steps
with clipped wings
haud
passibus aequis [Lat][Vergil]
gradually
gradatim[Lat]
by degrees
by slow degrees
by
inches
by little and little
step by step
one step at a time
inch by
inch
bit by bit
little by little
seriatim
consecutively
Phr. dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit[Lat]
at a glacial pace
3. Motion conjoined with Force
<-- distinguish between impact
collision
and impulse imparted thereby?
12-13-90 -->
#276. Impulse. -- N. impulse
impulsion
impetus
momentum
push
thrust
shove
jog
jolt
brunt
booming
boost [U.S.]
throw
explosion
propulsion
percussion
concussion
collision
occursion|
clash
encounter
cannon
shock
crash
bump
impact
elan;
charge
beating
blow
dint
stroke
knock
tap
rap
slap
smack
pat
dab
fillip;
slam
bang
hit
whack
thwack
cuff
squash
dowse
swap
punch
thump
pelt
kick
punce|
arietation|
cut
thrust
lunge
yerk|
carom
clip *
jab
plug*
sidewinder* [U.S.]
sideswipe [U.S.]
hammer
sledge hammer
mall
maul
mallet
flail
ram
battering ram
monkey
pile-driving engine
punch
bat
cant hook
cudgel
ax
[Science of mechanical forces] dynamics
seismometer
accelerometer
earthquake detector
V. give an impetus
impel
push
start
give a start to
set
going
drive
urge
boom
thrust
prod
cant
elbow
shoulder
jostle
hustle
hurtle
shove
jog
jolt
encounter
run
against
bump against
butt against
knock one's head against
run one's
head against
impinge
boost [U.S.]
bunt
carom
clip y
fan
fan out;
jab
plug *
strike
knock
hit
tap
rap
slap
flap
dab
pat
thump
beat
blow
bang
slam
dash
punch
thwack
whack
hit hard
strike hard
swap
batter
dowse|
baste
pelt
patter
buffet
belabor
fetch one a blow;
poke at
pink
lunge
kick
butt
strike at
whip *c. (punish) 972
come into a collision
enter into collision
collide
sideswipe
foul;
fall foul of
run foul of
telescope
throw
Adj. impelling
impulsive
booming
dynamic
dynamical
impelled
Phr. "a hit
a very palpable hit" [Hamlet]
#277. Recoil. -- N. recoil
reaction
retroaction
revulsion
bounce
rebound
ricochet
repercussion
kick
springing back
elasticity
reflection
reflexion[Brit]
reflex
reflux
reverberation
rebuff
repulse
return
ducks and drakes
boomerang
spring
elastic collision
coefficient of restitution
V. recoil
react
spring back
fly back
bounce back
bound back;
rebound
reverberate
echo
ricochet
Adj. recoiling
repercussive
recalcitrant
reactionary
retroactive
Adv. on the rebound
on the recoil
Phr. for every action there is a reaction equal in force and opposite
in direction [Newton]
4. Motion with reference to Direction
#278. Direction. -- N. direction
bearing
course
vector
set
drift
tenor
tendency
incidence
bending
trending
dip
tack
aim
collimation
steering steerage
point of the compass
cardinal points
North East
South
West
N by
E
ENE
NE by N
NE
azimuth
line of collimation
line
path
road
range
quarter
line of march
alignment
air line
beeline
straight shoot
V. tend towards
bend towards
point towards
conduct to
go to
point
to
point at
bend
trend
verge
incline
dip
determine
steer for
steer towards
make for
make towards
aim at
level at;
take aim
keep a course
hold a course
be bound for
bend one's steps
towards
direct one's course
steer one's course
bend one's course
shape
one's course
align one's march
to straight
go
straight to the point
march on
march on a point
ascertain one's direction
see which way
the wind blows
box the compass
take the air line
Adj. directed
pointing towards
bound
for
aligned
direct
straight
undeviating
unswerving
straightforward
North
Northern
Northerly
Adv. towards
on the road
on the high road to
en avant
versus
to;
hither
thither
whither
directly
straight as an arrow
forwards as an
arrow
point blank
in a bee line to
in a direct line to
as the crow
flies
in a straight line to
in a bee line for
in a direct line for
in a
straight line for
in a bee line with
in a direct line with
in a straight
line with
in a line with
full tilt at
as the crow flies
before the wind
near the wind
close to the wind
against the wind;
windwards
in the wind's eye
through
via
by way of
in all directions
in all manner of ways;
quaquaversum[Lat]
from the four winds
Phr. the shortest distance between two points is a straight line
#279. Deviation. -- N. deviation
swerving
obliquation|
warp
refraction
flexion
sweep
deflection
declination
diversion
digression
depart from
aberration
divergence
zigzag
detour
divagation
[Desultory motion] wandering
vagrancy
bypaths and crooked ways
byroad
[Motion sideways
oblique motion] sidling
knight's move at
chess
V. alter one's course
deviate
depart from
turn
trend
bend
curve
swerve
heel
bear off
wear
deflect
divert
divert from its course
put on a new
scent
shift
shunt
draw aside
crook
warp
stray
straggle
sidle
diverge
tralineate|
digress
wander;
wind
twist
meander
veer
tack
divagate
sidetrack
turn aside
turn a
corner
turn away from
wheel
steer clear of
ramble
rove
drift
go
astray
go adrift
yaw
dodge
step aside
ease off
make way for
shy
fly off at a tangent
glance off
wheel about
face about
turn to the
right about
face to the right about
waddle
go out of
one's way
lose one's way
Adj. deviating
aberrant
errant
excursive
discursive;
devious
desultory
loose
rambling
stray
erratic
vagrant
undirected
circuitous
indirect
zigzag
crab-like
Adv. astray from
round about
wide of the mark
to the right about;
all manner of ways
circuitously
obliquely
sideling
like the move of the knight on a chessboard