To express negative feelings, especially of dissatisfaction or resentment

• bitch

  1. A female canine animal, especially a dog.
  2. A woman considered to be mean, overbearing, or contemptible.
  3. A prostitute considered in relation to a pimp.

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• bellyache

  1. Pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
  2. A whining complaint.
  3. To complain, especially in a whining manner.

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• beef

  1. A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.
  2. The flesh of a slaughtered full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow.
  3. Human muscle; brawn.

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• grouse

  1. Any of various plump, chiefly ground-dwelling gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae of northern North America and Eurasia, characteristically having feathered legs and nostrils and mottled plumage.

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• gripe

  1. To complain naggingly or petulantly; grumble.
  2. To have sharp pains in the bowels.
  3. To irritate; annoy:

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• crab

  1. Any of various chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, having a hard carapace that covers a broad flattened cephalothorax with a small abdomen tucked beneath it, and an anterior pair of legs that are large and pincerlike.
  2. Any of various similar decapod crustaceans, such as a hermit crab or a king crab.
  3. Crabmeat.

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• whine

  1. To produce a sustained, high-pitched, plaintive sound, as in pain, fear, or complaint.
  2. To complain or protest in a childish or annoying fashion:
  3. To produce a sustained noise of high pitch:

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• grump

  1. A cranky complaining person.
  2. A fit of ill temper. Used with the :
  3. To mutter complaints.

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• grouch

  1. A habitually complaining or irritable person.
  2. A grumbling or sulky mood:
  3. A complaint; a grudge:

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• complain

  1. To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
  2. To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge; file a complaint.

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To express opposition, often by argument

• squawk

  1. To utter a harsh scream; screech.
  2. To complain or protest noisily or peevishly.
  3. To utter with or as if with a squawk.

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• remonstrate

  1. To say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof.
  2. To reason or plead in protest; present an objection.

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• protest

  1. To express a strong objection to (something):
  2. To participate in a public demonstration in opposition to (something):
  3. To promise or affirm earnestly, as after being doubted:

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• object

  1. Something perceptible by one or more of the senses, especially by vision or touch; a material thing.
  2. A focus of attention, feeling, thought, or action:
  3. A limiting factor that must be considered:

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• inveigh

  1. To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently.

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• expostulate

  1. To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate.
  2. To say in protest; object:

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• except

  1. With the exclusion of; other than; but:
  2. If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that:
  3. Otherwise than:

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• demur

  1. To voice opposition; object:
  2. To enter a demurrer.
  3. To delay.

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• challenge

  1. A call to engage in a contest, fight, or competition:
  2. An act or statement of defiance; a call to confrontation:
  3. A demand for explanation or justification; a calling into question:

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To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example)

• stop

  1. To close (an opening or hole) by covering, filling in, or plugging up:
  2. To constrict (an opening or orifice):
  3. To obstruct or block passage on (a road, for example).

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• leave off

  1. (idiomatic) to omit
  2. (informal) To desist; to cease.
  3. (intransitive)

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• give up

  1. A term used to describe a transaction between three brokers in which one does not use his/her name. For example, a broker receives a buy order that he or she can’t transact. The broker asks a second broker to handle the order. So the second broker buys the stock from a third broker on behalf of the first broker’s client. The transaction is recorded in the records of the firms and exchange as if the first broker was never involved. A term used to describe a transaction between three brokers in which one does not use his/her name. For example, a broker receives a buy order that he or she can’t transact. The broker asks a second broker to handle the order. So the second broker buys the stock from a third broker on behalf of the first broker’s client. The transaction is recorded in the records of the firms and exchange as if the first broker was never involved.

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• cut out

  1. (idiomatic) Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose.
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see cut,"Ž out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
  3. To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop/cease (doing something).

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• break

  1. To cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently; smash.
  2. To divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting:
  3. To separate into components or parts:

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An expression of dissatisfaction or a circumstance regarded as a cause for such expression

• beef

  1. A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.
  2. The flesh of a slaughtered full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow.
  3. Human muscle; brawn.

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• grouse

  1. Any of various plump, chiefly ground-dwelling gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae of northern North America and Eurasia, characteristically having feathered legs and nostrils and mottled plumage.

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• gripe

  1. To complain naggingly or petulantly; grumble.
  2. To have sharp pains in the bowels.
  3. To irritate; annoy:

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• grievance

  1. An actual or supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint.
  2. A complaint or protestation based on such a circumstance:
  3. Indignation or resentment stemming from a feeling of having been wronged.

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• complaint

  1. An expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
  2. A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance:
  3. A bodily disorder or disease; a malady or ailment.

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The act of expressing strong or reasoned opposition

• squawk

  1. To utter a harsh scream; screech.
  2. To complain or protest noisily or peevishly.
  3. To utter with or as if with a squawk.

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• remonstration

  1. Protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof.

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• remonstrance

  1. The act of remonstrating.
  2. An expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially a formal statement of grievances.

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• protestation

  1. An emphatic declaration.
  2. A strong or formal expression of dissent.

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• protest

  1. To express a strong objection to (something):
  2. To participate in a public demonstration in opposition to (something):
  3. To promise or affirm earnestly, as after being doubted:

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• objection

  1. The act of objecting:
  2. The formal registration of protest against the admission of a piece of evidence at trial, on the grounds of some legal defect.
  3. A statement presented in opposition:

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• expostulation

  1. (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
  2. (uncountable) A comment of earnest reasoning meant to dissuade or remonstrate.

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• exception

  1. The act of excepting or the condition of being excepted; exclusion.
  2. One that is excepted, especially a case that does not conform to a rule or generalization.
  3. An objection or a criticism:

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• demur

  1. To voice opposition; object:
  2. To enter a demurrer.
  3. To delay.

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• challenge

  1. A call to engage in a contest, fight, or competition:
  2. An act or statement of defiance; a call to confrontation:
  3. A demand for explanation or justification; a calling into question:

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A stimulating or intoxicating effect

• wallop

  1. To beat forcefully; thrash.
  2. To strike with a hard blow:
  3. To defeat thoroughly.

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• sting

  1. To pierce or wound painfully with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
  2. To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain:
  3. To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings:

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• punch

  1. A tool for circular or other piercing:
  2. A tool for forcing a pin, bolt, or rivet in or out of a hole.
  3. A tool for stamping a design on a surface.

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A strong, pleasant feeling of excitement or stimulation

• high

  1. Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward:
  2. Extending a specified distance upward:
  3. Far or farther from a reference point:

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• boot

  1. A durable covering for the foot and part or much of the leg, usually made of leather, fabric, plastic, or rubber.
  2. A protective covering, especially a sheath to enclose the base of a floor-mounted gear shift lever in a car or truck.
  3. An automobile trunk.

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• bang

  1. A sudden loud noise, as of an explosion.
  2. A sudden loud blow or bump.
  3. A sudden burst of action:

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• wallop

  1. To beat forcefully; thrash.
  2. To strike with a hard blow:
  3. To defeat thoroughly.

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• thrill

  1. To cause to feel a sudden sensation of pleasure or delight; excite greatly:
  2. To cause to quiver, tremble, or vibrate.
  3. To feel a sudden sensation of pleasure or delight:

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• lift

  1. To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise:
  2. To transport by air:
  3. To revoke by taking back; rescind:

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A temporary concentration of interest

• trip

  1. A going from one place to another; a journey.
  2. A stumble or fall.
  3. A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall.

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A clever, unexpected new trick or method

• angle

  1. To fish with a hook and line.
  2. To try to get something by indirect or artful means:
  3. A fishhook or fishing tackle.

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• wrinkle

  1. A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.
  2. A line or crease in the skin, as from age.
  3. A different or unexpected development, action, or idea:

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• kicker

  1. One that kicks:
  2. A sudden, surprising turn of events or ending; a twist.
  3. A tricky or concealed condition; a pitfall:

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• twist

  1. To wind together (two or more threads, for example) so as to produce a single strand.
  2. To form in this manner:
  3. To wind or coil (vines or rope, for example) about something.

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• gimmick

  1. A device employed to cheat, deceive, or trick, especially a mechanism for the secret and dishonest control of gambling apparatus.
  2. An innovative or unusual mechanical contrivance; a gadget.
  3. An innovative stratagem or scheme employed especially to promote a project:

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A blow with the foot

• fillip

  1. A snap or light blow made by pressing a fingertip against the thumb and suddenly releasing it.
  2. Something that excites or stimulates:
  3. To strike or propel rapidly by a fillip:

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• thrust

  1. To push or drive quickly and forcefully:
  2. To cause to project or extend:
  3. To force into a specified condition or situation:

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• jar

  1. A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles.
  2. The amount that a jar can hold.
  3. A glass of beer.

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• jolt

  1. To move or dislodge with a sudden, hard blow; strike heavily or jarringly:
  2. To cause to move jerkily:
  3. To put into a specified condition by or as if by a blow:

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• swift kick

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• boot

  1. A durable covering for the foot and part or much of the leg, usually made of leather, fabric, plastic, or rubber.
  2. A protective covering, especially a sheath to enclose the base of a floor-mounted gear shift lever in a car or truck.
  3. An automobile trunk.

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In sports, a kicked ball

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• free-kick

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• place-kick

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• drop-kick

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• punt

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*An objection

• beef

  1. A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.
  2. The flesh of a slaughtered full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow.
  3. Human muscle; brawn.

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• animadversion

  1. Strong criticism.
  2. A critical or censorious remark.

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• reproof

  1. The act, an instance, or an expression of reproving; a rebuke.

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• complaint

  1. An expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
  2. A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance:
  3. A bodily disorder or disease; a malady or ailment.

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*Pleasurable reaction; often plural

• charge

  1. To impose a duty, responsibility, or obligation on:
  2. To instruct or urge authoritatively; command:
  3. To instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.

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• amusement

  1. The state of being amused, entertained, or pleased.
  2. Something that amuses, entertains, or pleases.

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• excitement

  1. The act or an instance of exciting.
  2. The condition of being excited.
  3. Something that excites:

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*A stimulating quality

• wallop

  1. To beat forcefully; thrash.
  2. To strike with a hard blow:
  3. To defeat thoroughly.

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• punch

  1. A tool for circular or other piercing:
  2. A tool for forcing a pin, bolt, or rivet in or out of a hole.
  3. A tool for stamping a design on a surface.

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• potency

  1. The quality or condition of being potent.
  2. Inherent capacity for growth and development; potentiality.

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• vitality

  1. The capacity to live, grow, or develop:
  2. The characteristic, principle, or force that distinguishes living things from nonliving things.
  3. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy or liveliness.

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To give a blow with the foot

• kick off

  1. (intransitive) To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To start; to launch.
  3. To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.

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• place-kick

  1. A kick, as for a kickoff or field goal, for which the ball is held or propped up in a fixed position on the ground.

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• drop-kick

  1. A kick made by dropping a ball to the ground and kicking it just as it starts to rebound.

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• punt

  1. An open flatbottom boat with squared ends, used in shallow waters and usually propelled by a long pole.
  2. To propel (a boat) with a pole.
  3. To carry in a punt.

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• propel

  1. To cause to move forward or onward.
  2. To cause to develop or progress:

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• thrust

  1. To push or drive quickly and forcefully:
  2. To cause to project or extend:
  3. To force into a specified condition or situation:

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• jolt

  1. To move or dislodge with a sudden, hard blow; strike heavily or jarringly:
  2. To cause to move jerkily:
  3. To put into a specified condition by or as if by a blow:

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• boot

  1. A durable covering for the foot and part or much of the leg, usually made of leather, fabric, plastic, or rubber.
  2. A protective covering, especially a sheath to enclose the base of a floor-mounted gear shift lever in a car or truck.
  3. An automobile trunk.

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*To object

• carp

  1. To complain or find fault in a petty or disagreeable way:

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• criticize

  1. To find fault with:
  2. To judge the merits and faults of; analyze and evaluate:
  3. To act as a critic.

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• complain

  1. To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
  2. To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge; file a complaint.

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