To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain.

Discuss fully, especially to resolve a problem.

A series of small ridges, usually milled on a surface, in order to provide a better surface for gripping or turning; also called milling.

To beat, as with the fists; pommel.

A clever turn of speech; a verbal conceit: ‘quips and cranks’.

Foolish nonsense (Chiefly British).

A cut of beef extending from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.

A construction of poles intertwined with twigs, reeds, or branches, used for walls, fences, and roofs. A fleshy, wrinkled, often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat, characteristic of certain birds, such as chickens or turkeys,…

Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor.

A cluster of small iron balls formerly used as a cannon charge.

Ritual suicide by disembowelment formerly practiced by Japanese samurai. Also called hara-kiri.

A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique: ‘stormed off in a huff’.

To blow in loud, violent gusts, as the wind during a storm. To speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner. To brag or make loud, empty threats.

A thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark.

A checking or restraining element.

Having a disproportionately large number of administrators.

Outside the bounds of morality, good behavior or judgment; unacceptable.

A sewer or drain crossing under a road or embankment.

not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands

The drift of a ship or an aircraft to leeward of the course being steered. A margin of freedom or variation, as of activity, time, or expenditure; latitude.