| brick | noun (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. |
| | noun (n.) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. |
| | noun (n.) Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). |
| | noun (n.) A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. |
| | verb (v. t.) To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks. |
| | verb (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them. |
| prick | noun (n.) To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper. |
| | noun (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board. |
| | noun (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off. |
| | noun (n.) To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition. |
| | noun (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off. |
| | noun (n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. |
| | noun (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged. |
| | noun (n.) To render acid or pungent. |
| | noun (n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. |
| | noun (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail. |
| | noun (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course. |
| | noun (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. |
| | noun (n.) To nick. |
| | verb (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer. |
| | verb (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. |
| | verb (v.) A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. |
| | verb (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. |
| | verb (v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. |
| | verb (v.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch. |
| | verb (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid. |
| | verb (v.) The footprint of a hare. |
| | verb (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks. |
| | verb (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback. |
| | verb (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine. |
| | verb (v. i.) To aim at a point or mark. |
| trick | adjective (a.) An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade. |
| | adjective (a.) A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks. |
| | adjective (a.) Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. |
| | adjective (a.) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning. |
| | adjective (a.) A knot, braid, or plait of hair. |
| | adjective (a.) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. |
| | adjective (a.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours. |
| | adjective (a.) A toy; a trifle; a plaything. |
| | verb (v. t.) To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse. |
| | verb (v. t.) To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out. |
| | verb (v. t.) To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry. |
| click | noun (n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward. |
| | noun (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel. |
| | noun (n.) The latch of a door. |
| | verb (v. i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. |
| | verb (v. t.) To move with the sound of a click. |
| | verb (v. t.) To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. |
| | verb (v. t.) To snatch. |
| kick | noun (n.) A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot. |
| | noun (n.) The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife. |
| | noun (n.) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick. |
| | noun (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged. |
| | verb (v. t.) To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog. |
| | verb (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn. |
| | verb (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc. |
| lick | noun (n.) A slap; a quick stroke. |
| | verb (v. t.) To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand. |
| | verb (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. |
| | verb (v.) A stroke of the tongue in licking. |
| | verb (v.) A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. |
| | verb (v.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs. |
| | verb (v. t.) To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. |
| nick | noun (n.) An evil spirit of the waters. |
| | noun (n.) A notch cut into something |
| | noun (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning. |
| | noun (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution. |
| | noun (n.) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china. |
| | noun (n.) A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc. |
| | verb (v. t.) To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in. |
| | verb (v. t.) To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. |
| | verb (v. t.) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher). |
| | verb (v. t.) To nickname; to style. |
| quick | noun (n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. |
| | noun (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. |
| | noun (n.) Quitch grass. |
| | noun (n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. |
| | noun (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. |
| | noun (n.) Quitch grass. |
| | superlative (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. |
| | superlative (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. |
| | superlative (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. |
| | superlative (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. |
| | superlative (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. |
| | superlative (superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. |
| | superlative (superl.) Pregnant; with child. |
| | superlative (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. |
| | superlative (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. |
| | superlative (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. |
| | superlative (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. |
| | superlative (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. |
| | superlative (superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. |
| | superlative (superl.) Pregnant; with child. |
| | adverb (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. |
| | verb (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. |
| | adverb (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. |
| | verb (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. |
| pick | noun (n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock. |
| | noun (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones. |
| | noun (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. |
| | noun (n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick. |
| | noun (n.) That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock. |
| | noun (n.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. |
| | noun (n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. |
| | noun (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch. |
| | verb (v.) To throw; to pitch. |
| | verb (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin. |
| | verb (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc. |
| | verb (v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire. |
| | verb (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc. |
| | verb (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket. |
| | verb (v.) To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out. |
| | verb (v.) To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information. |
| | verb (v.) To trim. |
| | verb (v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. |
| | verb (v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care. |
| | verb (v. i.) To steal; to pilfer. |
| jerk | noun (n.) A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion. |
| | noun (n.) A sudden start or spring. |
| | verb (v. t.) To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui. |
| | verb (v. t.) To beat; to strike. |
| | verb (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off. |
| | verb (v. t.) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone. |
| | verb (v. i.) To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts. |
| | verb (v. i.) To flout with contempt. |
