| Main Entry: | cuff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat with hands |
Synonyms: |
bat, belt, biff, box, buffet, clap, clobber, clout, hit, knock, pummel, punch, slap, smack, spank, thump, whack |
| Main Entry: | box |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punch competitively |
Synonyms: |
buffet, clout, cuff, duke, exchange blows, hit, mix, scrap, slap, slug, sock, spar, strike, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | buffet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit repeatedly |
Synonyms: |
bang, batter, beat, blow, box, bump, clobber, cuff, flail, jolt, knock, pound, pummel, push, rap, shove, slap, smack, spank, strike, thrash, thump, wallop |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay with credit card |
Synonyms: |
book, buy on credit, chalk up, cuff, debit, encumber, go into hock, incur debt, nick, paste, put on account, put on one's card, put on the cuff, put on the tab, receive credit, run up |
Antonyms: |
pay by check, pay cash |
| Main Entry: | clip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punch |
Synonyms: |
blow, box, clout, cuff, knock, punch, smack, sock, thump, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | clout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
Synonyms: |
blow, box, clip, clobber, cuff, rap, slap, smack, sock, strike, thump, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit very hard |
Synonyms: |
bash, buffet, clip, clout, cuff, slap, thump, thunder, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | crown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit, usually on head |
Synonyms: |
biff, box, cuff, knock, punch, smite, strike |
| Main Entry: | fetter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tie up, hold |
Synonyms: |
bind, chain, check, clog, confine, cuff, curb, drag feet, encumber, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, hang up, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold captive, leash, manacle, put straitjacket on, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, throw monkey wrench in, trammel |
| Notes: | a manacle (handcuff shackle) comes from Latin manus 'hand'; the ankle counterpart is fetter |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, loose, loosen, release |
| Main Entry: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike |
Synonyms: |
KO, bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, blitz, box*, brain*, buffet, bump, clap, clip, clobber, clout, club, crack, cudgel, cuff, dab, ding, flail, flax, flog, give a black eye, hammer*, hook, jab, kick, knock, knock around, knock out, lace, lambaste, larrup, lather, let fly, let have it, lob, nail, pellet, pelt, percuss, pop, pound, punch, rap, ride roughshod, slap, smack, sock, stone, swat, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, trash, uppercut, wallop, whack, whang |