get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
CANE
a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
beat with a cane
DEFEATED
beaten or overcome; not victorious; "the defeated enemy"
disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
FLAIL
an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
give a thrashing to; beat hard
move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"
LAM
give a thrashing to; beat hard
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
LICK
take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand"
(boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"
touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
Pattern of notes employed regularly by a jazzman in improvisation. If used too frequently, can be seen as cliche.
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"
ONEUPPED
OUTDO
be or do something to a greater degree;
get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
OVERCAME
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"
win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
PULSATE
produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"
expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
PULSE
edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)
produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"
the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
Throb
drive by or as if by pulsation; "A soft breeze pulsed the air"
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
PUMMEL
strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"
RHYTHM
natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
recurring at regular intervals
the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons"
ROUTE
divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders"
send via a specific route
send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
an established line of travel or access
STRESS
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;
test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
THRASH
beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
dance the slam dance
a swimming kick used while treading water
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
give a thrashing to; beat hard
beat the seeds out of a grain
move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
THROB
expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head"
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
a deep pulsating type of pain
pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"
TIRED
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
cause to be bored
deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
TOP
cut the top off;
a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance;
situated at the top or highest position; "the top shelf"
a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips;
covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container);
a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin;
be ahead of others; be the first;
platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
the greatest possible intensity;
the upper part of anything;
finish up or conclude;
be the culminating event;
WEARY
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary' is archaic"
WORST
capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
Not good
to the highest degree of inferiority or badness; "She suffered worst of all"; "schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts"; "the worst dressed person present"