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| Main Entry: | ride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey, trip in vehicle |
| Synonyms: | commute, drive, excursion, expedition, hitch, jaunt, lift, outing, pick up*, run, spin, tour, transportation, turn, whirl, Sunday drive, airing, joyride |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ride |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry or be carried |
| Synonyms: | control, cruise, curb, direct, drift, drive, float, go, guide, handle, hitchhike, journey, manage, motor, move, post, progress, restrain, roll, sit, tour, travel, be supported, go with, hitch a ride, sit on, thumb a ride, tool around |
| Main Entry: | ride |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dominate, oppress |
| Synonyms: | afflict, annoy, badger, bait, berate, disparage, domineer, enslave, grip, harass, harry, haunt, hector, hound, override, persecute, rate, reproach, revile, scold, torment, torture, tyrannize, upbraid, be arbitrary, be autocratic |
| Antonyms: | free, release |
| Main Entry: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
| Synonyms: | abrade, agitate, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on*, exasperate, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, henpeck, irk, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, trouble, turn off*, vex, worry, T-off, ask for it, be at, be on the back of, burn up, fire up, heat up, hit where one lives, make waves, tick off*, work on |
| Antonyms: | aid, gratify, please, soothe, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | automobile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land vehicle; car |
| Synonyms: | auto, bug*, buggy*, bus, compact, convertible, crate*, heap*, jalopy*, lemon*, ride*, sports car, transportation, truck, tub*, van, wreck*, bucket of bolts, clunker, four-wheeler, gas guzzler, go-cart, hardtop, hatchback, junker, limousine, motor car, oil burner, passenger car, pickup truck, sedan, station wagon, subcompact, taxi, wheels |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | badger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nag, bother |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat*, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, needle, nudge, pester, plague, ride, tease, torment, give the business, insist on, work on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | car |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vehicle driven on streets |
| Synonyms: | auto, automobile, bucket*, buggy*, bus, compact, convertible, conveyance, heap*, jalopy*, machine, motor, pickup, ride*, truck, van, wagon, wreck*, clunker, coupe, gas guzzler, hardtop, hatchback, jeep, junker, limousine, motorcar, roadster, sedan, station wagon, subcompact, touring car, wheels |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aim, amass, amble, coast, dance, flicker, flit, float, flow, flutter, gad*, gallivant*, gather, gravitate, hover, linger, malinger, meander, mosey*, muck*, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash*, be carried along, draw near, flitter, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, kick around* |
| Antonyms: | decide, direct, guide, set |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fetch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go get, bring in |
| Synonyms: | back, bear, bring, buck, call for, carry, conduct, convey, deliver, earn, elicit, escort, get, go for, gun, heel, lead, lug*, make, obtain, pack, produce, realize, retrieve, ride, schlepp*, sell, shoulder*, transport, truck*, yield, be sold for, bring back, bring to, draw forth, give rise to, piggyback, sell for, tote |
| Antonyms: | free, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | float |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie on the surface |
| Synonyms: | bob, drift, glide, hang, hover, poise, ride, sail, skim, slide, swim, waft, wash, be buoyant, move gently, rest on water, slip along, smooth along, stay afloat |
| Antonyms: | drown, sink |
| Main Entry: | harass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | badger |
| Synonyms: | annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug*, bullyrag*, burn*, despoil, devil*, distress, disturb, eat*, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to*, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw*, harry, hassle, heckle, hound*, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, facilitate, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, pull to another spot |
| Synonyms: | back, boost, bring, buck, carry, cart, convey, drag, draw, elevate, gun, heave, heel, hoist, hump, jag, lift, lug, pack, raise, rake, remove, ride, schlepp*, shift, shoulder, tow, trail, transport, trawl, truck, tug, piggy back, tote |
| Notes: | a hall is a corridor or passageway in a building; haul (noun) is something that is pulled or transported, and haul (verb) carry or drag slowly or heavily |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jeer |
| Synonyms: | badger, bait, bother, bully, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, disturb, embarrass, faze, gibe, hound*, interrupt, pester, plague, rattle, ride*, ridicule, taunt, tease, torment, worry, chivy, dis, shout at |
| Antonyms: | encourage, help, promote, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | henpeck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nag |
| Synonyms: | badger, berate, bother, bug*, bully, carp, fuss, harass, hector, hound, intimidate, irritate, needle, pester, pick on*, ride, scold, torment, give a hard time |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | homicide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing |
| Synonyms: | bloodshed, carnage, crime, death, erase*, foul play, hit, manslaughter, murder, ride, assassination, big chill, bump-off, butchery, offing, rubout, slaying |
| Antonyms: | birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chase, badger |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bait, be at, be on one's back, be on one's case, be on one's tail, beat the bushes*, bird-dog, bother, bug, chivy, curdle, dog*, drive, give chase, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hunt, hunt down, impel, leave no stone unturned, persecute, pester, prod, provoke, pursue, rag on, rag*, ride, scout, scratch, scratch around, search high heaven, tail, take out after, track down, turn inside out, turn upside down, yap at |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intimidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten, threaten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, awe, badger, bait, bludgeon, bluster, bowl over*, browbeat*, buffalo, bulldoze*, bully, chill, coerce, compel, constrain, cow*, daunt, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, dragoon, enforce, force, hound*, lean on, oblige, overawe, push around, ride*, ruffle, scare, showboat, spook, strong-arm, subdue, terrify, terrorize, twist someone's arm |
| Antonyms: | assist, encourage, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jaunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expedition |
| Synonyms: | adventure, amble, beat, canter, circuit, constitutional, course, cruise, drive, excursion, frolic, gallop, hike, jog, journey, junket, march, outing, patrol, peregrination, picnic, promenade, prowl, ramble, ride, round, roundabout, run, safari, sally, saunter, stroll, tour, tramp, travel, trek, trip, turn, voyage, walk, airing |
| Main Entry: | jockey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maneuver |
| Synonyms: | direct, guide, handle, move, navigate, negotiate, pilot, position, ride, steer, turn, twist |
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