April 2024

Definition (noun): a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

Definition (noun): a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead

Definition (noun): a Mass celebrated for the dead

Definition (noun): a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

Example: the party went with a swing

Definition (noun): a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

Example: it took time to get into the swing of things

Definition (noun): mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

Definition (noun): a sweeping blow or stroke

Example: he took a wild swing at my head

Definition (noun): changing location by moving back and forth

Definition (noun): a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

Definition (noun): a jaunty rhythm in music

Definition (noun): the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

Definition (noun): in baseball; a batter’s attempt to hit a pitched ball

Example: he took a vicious cut at the ball

Definition (noun): a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

Definition (verb): move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

Example: He swung his left fist

Definition (verb): move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

Example: swing a bat

Definition (verb): move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

Example: He swung back

Definition (verb): change direction with a swinging motion; turn

Example: swing back

Definition (verb): change direction with a swinging motion; turn

Example: swing forward

Definition (verb): influence decisively

Example: This action swung many votes over to his side

Definition (verb): make a big sweeping gesture or movement

Definition (verb): hang freely

Example: the ornaments dangled from the tree

Definition (verb): hang freely

Example: The light dropped from the ceiling

Definition (verb): hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement

Example: The soccer player began to swing at the referee

Definition (verb): alternate dramatically between high and low values

Example: his mood swings

Definition (verb): alternate dramatically between high and low values

Example: the market is swinging up and down

Definition (verb): live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style

Example: The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely

Definition (verb): have a certain musical rhythm

Example: The music has to swing

Definition (verb): be a social swinger; socialize a lot

Definition (verb): play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

Definition (verb): engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one’s friends

Example: There were many swinging couples in the 1960’s

Definition (noun): an extemporaneous speech or remark

Example: a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated

Definition (noun): a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation

Definition (adjective): with little or no preparation or forethought

Example: his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment

Definition (adjective): with little or no preparation or forethought

Example: an extemporaneous piano recital

Definition (adjective): with little or no preparation or forethought

Example: an extemporary lecture

Definition (adjective): with little or no preparation or forethought

Example: an extempore skit

Definition (adjective): with little or no preparation or forethought

Example: an impromptu speech

Definition (adjective): with little or no preparation or forethought

Example: offhand excuses

Definition (adjective): with little or no preparation or forethought

Example: trying to sound offhanded and reassuring

Definition (adjective): with little or no preparation or forethought

Example: an off-the-cuff toast

Definition (adjective): with little or no preparation or forethought

Example: a few unrehearsed comments

Definition (adverb): without advance preparation

Example: he spoke ad lib

Definition (noun): manner of acting or controlling yourself

Definition (noun): (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

Definition (verb): direct the course of; manage or control

Example: You cannot conduct business like this

Definition (verb): lead, as in the performance of a composition

Example: conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years

Definition (verb): behave in a certain manner

Example: She carried herself well

Definition (verb): behave in a certain manner

Example: he bore himself with dignity

Definition (verb): behave in a certain manner

Example: They conducted themselves well during these difficult times

Definition (verb): take somebody somewhere

Example: We lead him to our chief

Definition (verb): take somebody somewhere

Example: can you take me to the main entrance?

Definition (verb): take somebody somewhere

Example: He conducted us to the palace

Definition (verb): transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Example: Sound carries well over water

Definition (verb): transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Example: The airwaves carry the sound

Definition (verb): transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Example: Many metals conduct heat

Definition (verb): lead musicians in the performance of

Example: Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor

Definition (verb): lead musicians in the performance of

Example: she cannot conduct modern pieces

Definition (adjective): characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

Example: a group of loud children

Definition (adjective): characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

Example: loud thunder

Definition (adjective): characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

Example: her voice was too loud

Definition (adjective): characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

Example: loud trombones

Definition (adjective): tastelessly showy

Example: a flash car

Definition (adjective): tastelessly showy

Example: a flashy ring

Definition (adjective): tastelessly showy

Example: garish colors

Definition (adjective): tastelessly showy

Example: a gaudy costume

Definition (adjective): tastelessly showy

Example: loud sport shirts

Definition (adjective): tastelessly showy

Example: a meretricious yet stylish book

Definition (adjective): tastelessly showy

Example: tawdry ornaments

Definition (adjective): (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) loud; with force

Example: the forte passages in the composition

Definition (adverb): with relatively high volume

Example: the band played loudly

Definition (adverb): with relatively high volume

Example: she spoke loudly and angrily

Definition (adverb): with relatively high volume

Example: he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him

Definition (adverb): with relatively high volume

Example: cried aloud for help

Definition (noun): a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

Example: he took the blame for it

Definition (noun): a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

Example: it was a bum rap

Definition (noun): a gentle blow

Definition (noun): the sound made by a gentle blow

Definition (noun): voluble conversation

Definition (noun): genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

Definition (noun): the act of hitting vigorously

Example: he gave the table a whack

Definition (verb): strike sharply

Example: rap him on the knuckles

Definition (verb): make light, repeated taps on a surface

Example: he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently

Definition (verb): perform rap music

Definition (verb): talk volubly

Definition (noun): metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock’s mechanism can be rotated

Definition (noun): something crucial for explaining

Example: the key to development is economic integration

Definition (noun): pitch of the voice

Example: he spoke in a low key

Definition (noun): any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

Definition (noun): a kilogram of a narcotic drug

Example: they were carrying two keys of heroin

Definition (noun): a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

Definition (noun): United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner’ (1779-1843)

Definition (noun): a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

Definition (noun): (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

Example: he hit a jump shot from the top of the key

Definition (noun): (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

Example: he dominates play in the paint

Definition (noun): a list of answers to a test

Example: some students had stolen the key to the final exam

Definition (noun): a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

Definition (noun): a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access

Example: a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it

Definition (noun): mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

Definition (noun): the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

Definition (noun): a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed

Definition (verb): identify as in botany or biology, for example

Definition (verb): provide with a key

Example: We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building

Definition (verb): vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

Example: His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot

Definition (verb): regulate the musical pitch of

Definition (verb): harmonize with or adjust to

Example: key one’s actions to the voters’ prevailing attitude

Definition (adjective): serving as an essential component

Example: a cardinal rule

Definition (adjective): serving as an essential component

Example: the central cause of the problem

Definition (adjective): serving as an essential component

Example: an example that was fundamental to the argument

Definition (adjective): serving as an essential component

Example: computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure

Definition (noun): long and light rowing boat; especially for racing

Definition (noun): an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

Definition (noun): a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting

Definition (noun): tender that is a light ship’s boat; often for personal use of captain

Definition (noun): small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood

Definition (noun): a booking for musicians

Example: they played a gig in New Jersey

Definition (noun): the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

Example: his compositions always started with the lyrics

Definition (noun): the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

Example: he wrote both words and music

Definition (noun): the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

Example: the song uses colloquial language

Definition (noun): a short poem of songlike quality

Definition (verb): write lyrics for (a song)

Definition (adjective): expressing deep emotion

Example: the dancer’s lyrical performance

Definition (adjective): used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range

Example: a lyric soprano

Definition (adjective): relating to or being musical drama

Example: the lyric stage

Definition (adjective): of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way)

Example: lyric poetry

Definition (noun): a shape that is spherical and small

Example: he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops

Definition (noun): a shape that is spherical and small

Example: beads of sweat on his forehead

Definition (noun): a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

Example: he had a drop too much to drink

Definition (noun): a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

Example: a drop of each sample was analyzed

Definition (noun): a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

Example: there is not a drop of pity in that man

Definition (noun): a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

Example: years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet

Definition (noun): a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

Example: a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index

Definition (noun): a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

Example: there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery

Definition (noun): a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

Example: a dip in prices

Definition (noun): a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

Example: when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall

Definition (noun): a steep high face of rock

Example: he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town

Definition (noun): a steep high face of rock

Example: a steep drop

Definition (noun): a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

Definition (noun): a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

Example: it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height

Definition (noun): a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

Definition (noun): a central depository where things can be left or picked up

Definition (noun): the act of dropping something

Example: they expected the drop would be successful

Definition (verb): let fall to the ground

Example: Don’t drop the dishes

Definition (verb): to fall vertically

Example: the bombs are dropping on enemy targets

Definition (verb): go down in value

Example: Stock prices dropped

Definition (verb): fall or descend to a lower place or level

Example: He sank to his knees

Definition (verb): terminate an association with

Example: drop him from the Republican ticket

Definition (verb): utter with seeming casualness

Example: drop a hint

Definition (verb): utter with seeming casualness

Example: drop names

Definition (verb): stop pursuing or acting

Example: drop a lawsuit

Definition (verb): stop pursuing or acting

Example: knock it off!

Definition (verb): remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

Example: unload the cargo

Definition (verb): remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

Example: drop off the passengers at the hotel

Definition (verb): cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

Example: strike down a tree

Definition (verb): cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

Example: Lightning struck down the hikers

Definition (verb): lose (a game)

Example: The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13

Definition (verb): pay out

Example: spend money

Definition (verb): lower the pitch of (musical notes)

Definition (verb): hang freely

Example: the ornaments dangled from the tree

Definition (verb): hang freely

Example: The light dropped from the ceiling

Definition (verb): stop associating with

Example: They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock

Definition (verb): let or cause to fall in drops

Example: dribble oil into the mixture

Definition (verb): get rid of

Example: he shed his image as a pushy boss

Definition (verb): get rid of

Example: shed your clothes

Definition (verb): take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth

Example: She dropped acid when she was a teenager

Definition (verb): omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing

Example: New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r’s

Definition (verb): leave undone or leave out

Example: How could I miss that typo?

Definition (verb): leave undone or leave out

Example: The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten

Definition (verb): change from one level to another

Example: She dropped into army jargon

Definition (verb): fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death

Example: shop til you drop

Definition (verb): grow worse

Example: Her condition deteriorated

Definition (verb): grow worse

Example: Conditions in the slums degenerated

Definition (verb): grow worse

Example: The discussion devolved into a shouting match

Definition (verb): give birth; used for animals

Example: The cow dropped her calf this morning