Action (n.) A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest |
Action (n.) An act |
Action (n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition |
Action (n.) Movement |
Action (n.) Effective motion |
Action (n.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism |
Action (n.) Gesticulation |
Action (n.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted. |
Action (n.) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice |
Action (n.) A right of action |
Action (n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds |
Action (n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water |
Action (n.) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. |
Air drill () A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air |
Chuck (v. i.) To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens |
Chuck (v. i.) To chuckle |
Chuck (v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens. |
Chuck (n.) The chuck or call of a hen. |
Chuck (n.) A sudden, small noise. |
Chuck (n.) A word of endearment |
Chuck (v. t.) To strike gently |
Chuck (v. t.) To toss or throw smartly out of the hand |
Chuck (v. t.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning |
Chuck (n.) A slight blow or pat under the chin. |
Chuck (n.) A short throw |
Chuck (n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon. |
Chuck (n.) A small pebble |
Chuck (n.) A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught |
Chuck (n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking |
Chuck-Will's-widow (n.) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States |
Double-quick (a.) Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run |
Double-quick (n.) Double-quick time, step, or march. |
Double-quick (v. i. & t.) To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time. |
Drill (v. t.) To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill |
Drill (v. t.) To train in the military art |
Drill (v. i.) To practice an exercise or exercises |
Drill (n.) An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances |
Drill (n.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like |
Drill (n.) Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition |
Drill (n.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea. |
Drill (v. t.) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling |
Drill (v. t.) To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water. |
Drill (v. t.) To entice |
Drill (v. t.) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees. |
Drill (v. i.) To trickle. |
Drill (v. i.) To sow in drills. |
Drill (n.) A small trickling stream |
Drill (n.) An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made. |
Drill (n.) A light furrow or channel made to put seed into sowing. |
Drill (n.) A row of seed sown in a furrow. |
act deed human action human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
action | something done (usually as opposed to something said), there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions |
course course of action | a mode of action, if you persist in that course you will surely fail, once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place |
maneuver manoeuvre evasive action | an action aimed at evading an opponent |
performance execution carrying out carrying into action | the act of performing, of doing something successfully, using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it, they criticised his performance as mayor, experience generally improves performance |
band aid quick fix quickie quicky | hurried repair |
quick march | marching at quick time |
action | the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field, the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds, gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible |
reflex reflex response reflex action instinctive reflex innate reflex inborn reflex unconditioned reflex physiological reaction | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
drill | (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms |
exercise practice drill practice session recitation | systematic training by multiple repetitions, practice makes perfect |
fire drill | an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire |
military drill | training in marching and the use of weapons |
close-order drill | (military) military drill of troops in standard marching (shoulder-to-shoulder) |
military action action | a military engagement, he saw action in Korea |
police action | a local military action without declaration of war, against violators of international peace and order |
replay instant replay action replay | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape |
group action | action taken by a group of people |
direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
legal action action action at law | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another, one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
action | an act by a government body or supranational organization, recent federal action undermined the segregationist position, the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues, the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves |
class action class-action suit | a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group |
civil action | legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) |
job action | a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands |
chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis | large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States |
drill Mandrillus leucophaeus | similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored |
Abstract Expressionism action painting | a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions, the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles |
action action mechanism | the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism, the piano had a very stiff action |
arena scene of action | a playing field where sports events take place |
bore bore-hole drill hole | a hole or passage made by a drill, usually made for exploratory purposes |
bore bit borer rock drill stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock |
breast drill | a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work |
chuck | a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill |
chuck wagon | a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys) |
collet collet chuck | a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe |
core drill | a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole |
delayed action | a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture |
dentist's drill burr drill | a high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth |
drill | a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows) |
electric drill | a rotating power drill powered by an electric motor |
drilling bit drill bit | a bit used in drilling for oil |
drill press | a machine tool with a separate, upright stand, an electric drill is pressed into the work automatically or with a hand lever |
drill rig drilling rig oilrig oil rig | rig used in drilling for oil or gas |
drill site | workplace that is the site of a drill hole |
hand drill handheld drill | a small portable drill held and operated by hand |
piano action | action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed |
pneumatic drill | a power drill powered by compressed air |
power drill | a power tool for drilling holes into hard materials |
pump action slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
star drill | a steel rock drill with a star-shaped point that is used for making holes in stones or masonry, it is operated by hitting the end with a hammer while rotating it between blows |