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Nouns (4)

lunge

n. the act of moving forward suddenly

pitch

n. abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"

stumble, stagger

n. an unsteady uneven gait

Verbs (14)

skunk

v. defeat by a lurch

stagger

v. move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"

prowl

v. loiter about, with no apparent aim

pitch, shift

v. move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

abandon, desert, desolate, forsake

v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

stagger, careen, reel, keel, swag

v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

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Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (122)

thrust, stab, knife thrust

n. a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"

return, retort, rejoinder, riposte, comeback

n. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"

dive, nose dive

n. a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

dash, sprint

n. a quick run

seesaw, teeter, totter

v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

lurch, stagger, careen, reel, keel, swag

v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

daze, stun, bedaze

v. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"

interchange, flip, switch, flip-flop, alternate

v. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

rock, cradle

v. move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

toss, flip

v. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

defect, desert

v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"

empty, abandon, vacate

v. leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"

drop

v. change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon"

leave, depart

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

throw, cast, drop, shed, cast off, throw away, shake off, throw off

v. get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

renounce, turn away from, quit, relinquish, foreswear

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

disinherit, disown

v. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

abjure, recant, forswear, retract

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate

v. abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

abandon, give up

v. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

shun, eschew

v. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

predate, antedate, precede, forego, antecede

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

swear off, promise to abstain from

v. promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether"

seesaw, teeter, totter

v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

lurch, stagger

v. move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"

trip, stumble

v. miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"

turn over, capsize

v. overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

overturn, upset, bowl over, turn over, tip over, knock over

v. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

shift, careen, sway, tilt, wobble

v. move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

wind, weave, thread, meander

v. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

waver, falter

v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

founder

v. stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"

waggle, reel, wamble

v. move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

fall, come down, go down, descend

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

slip, steal

v. move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"

draw

v. move or go steadily or gradually; "The ship drew near the shore"

drive, pull

v. of a car; "The van pulled up"

jump, start, startle, move suddenly

v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

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Antonyms (4)

stick, cling, adhere, cohere

v. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

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