pilomotor reflex
gooseflesh
goose bump
goosebump
goose pimple
goose skin
horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
threadfish
thread-fish
Alectis ciliaris | fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins |
lisle
lisle thread | a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) |
screw thread
thread | the raised helical rib going around a screw |
| speed bump | a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway |
thread
yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |
train of thought
thread | the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together, I couldn't follow his train of thought, he lost the thread of his argument |
discussion treatment
discourse | an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic, the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic, his treatment of the race question is badly biased |
discussion
give-and-take
word | an exchange of views on some topic, we had a good discussion, we had a word or two about it |
conference
group discussion | a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic |
| panel discussion | discussion of a subject of public interest by a group of persons forming a panel usually before an audience |
public discussion
ventilation | free and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest, such a proposal deserves thorough public discussion |
blow
bump | an impact (as from a collision), the bump threw him off the bicycle |
| section discussion section | a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately, a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course |
ribbon
thread | any long object resembling a thin line, a mere ribbon of land, the lighted ribbon of traffic, from the air the road was a grey thread, a thread of smoke climbed upward |
spinner
spinster thread maker | someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) |
goldthread
golden thread
Coptis groenlandica
Coptis trifolia groenlandica | low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers |
Adam's needle
Adam's needle-and-thread
spoonleaf yucca
needle palm
Yucca filamentosa | yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages |
c bulge
bump
hump
swelling
gibbosity
gibbousness
jut
prominence
protuberance
protrusion
extrusion
excrescence a caa | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings, the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge, the hump of a camel, he stood on the rocky prominence, the occipital protuberance was well developed, the bony excrescence between its horns |
| thread blight | a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus) |
| bump | a lump on the body caused by a blow |
| bump up | increase or raise, OPEC bumped up the price of oil |
bump
knock | knock against with force or violence, My car bumped into the tree |
run into
bump into
jar against
butt against knock against | collide violently with an obstacle, I ran into the telephone pole |
| string thread draw e | thread on or as if on a string, string pearls on a string, the child drew glass beads on a string, thread dried cranberries |
| thread | pass through or into, thread tape, thread film |
| thread | remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string, She had her eyebrows threaded |
| thread | pass a thread through, thread a needle |
| dislodge bump | remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied, The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space |
jar shake up
bump around | shock physically, Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game |
weave
wind
thread
meander
wander | 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 |
| bump | dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward, bump and grind |
| find happen chance bump encounter | come upon, as if by accident, meet with, We find this idea in Plato, I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here, She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day |
demote
bump
relegate
break kick downstairs | assign to a lower position, reduce in rank, She was demoted because she always speaks up, He was broken down to Sergeant |
murder
slay
hit
dispatch bump off
off
polish off
remove | kill intentionally and with premeditation, The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered |
hang by a thread
hang by a hair | depend on a small thing or be at risk, His life now hangs by a thread |