1. The act of catching an object with the hands; SYN. grab, snatch, snap.
2. The quantity that was caught; SYN. haul.
3. A fastener that fastens or locks a door or window.
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4. A hidden drawback
5. A person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect; SYN. match.
6. A restraint that checks the motion of something; SYN. stop.
7. Anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
8. A cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
9. A break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion).
1. (Typography) A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
2. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.
3. A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet.
4. The part of a cannon in front of the swell of the muzzle.
Hunting.
ETYM Old Eng. game, gamen, AS. gamen, gomen, play, sport; akin to OS., Old High Germ., and Icel. gaman, Dan. gammen mirth, merriment, OSw. gamman joy. Related to Gammon a game, Backgammon, Gamble.
1. A contest with rules to determine a winner.
2. An amusement or pastime.
3. The equipment needed to play a game.
4. Animal hunted for food or sport.
5. The flesh of wild animals that is used for food.
6. Informal terms for an occupation; SYN. biz.
1. The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport; SYN. hunting.
2. The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts; SYN. hunting.
3. Any pursuit of an elusive goal.
4. A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; SYN. pursuit, quest.
5. An association of huntsmen who hunt for sport; SYN. hunt club.
ETYM Dutch kil.
The destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile.
ETYM French poursuite, from poursuivre. Related to Pursue.
1. The act of pursuing.
2. An activity that one engages in as a vocation, profession, or avocation; occupation.
3. The act of pursuing; SYN. chase, following.
Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coitus.
Pursuit of sexual gratification; hunting; pursuit of game
Hunting; game (animals); sexual intercourse.
ETYM Old Eng. veneison, veneson, venison, Old Fren. veneison, French venaison, Latin venatio hunting, the chase, game, from venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt; perhaps akin to Old High Germ. weidinen, weidenen, to pasture, to hunt, German weide pasturage. Related to Gain to acquire, Venation.
Meat from a deer used as food.