| Main Entry: | soft touch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gullible person |
Synonyms: |
bleeding heart, easy pickings, easy touch, prize sap, pushover, softie, sucker |
| Main Entry: | fall guy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy victim |
Synonyms: |
boob, can-carrier, chopping block, chump, dupe, easy mark, easy touch, fool, goat, lamb to the slaughter, mark, patsy, pigeon, prize sap, sacrifice, sap, scapegoat, schlemiel, schmuck, sitting duck, soft touch, stooge, sucker, trusting soul, victim, whipping boy |
| Main Entry: | puppet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or toy manipulated by another |
Synonyms: |
creature, doll, dupe*, figurehead, figurine, instrument, jerk*, manikin, marionette, moppet, mouthpiece, patsy, pawn, pushover, schlemiel, servant, soft touch, stooge, tool*, victim |
| Notes: | the word puppet originally meant 'doll' and a puppet usually goes on the hand and arm, while a marionette (or string puppet) is a jointed figure with strings or wires |
| Main Entry: | pushover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something or someone easily influenced |
Synonyms: |
breeze, child's play, chump, cinch, duck soup, easy game, easy mark, easy pickings, fool, kid stuff, picnic, piece of cake, setup, snap, soft touch, stooge, sucker, victim, walkover |
| Main Entry: | snap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy thing to accomplish |
Synonyms: |
breeze*, child's play, cinch, duck soup, ease, easy as pie, kid stuff, no problem, picnic, pie, smooth sailing, soft touch, walkover |
Antonyms: |
difficulty |
| Main Entry: | victim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon |
Synonyms: |
babe in woods, butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy make, easy mark, fatality, fool, gambit, gopher, gudgeon, gull, hireling, hunted, immolation, injured party, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy, pawn, pigeon, prey, pushover, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, sitting duck, sitting target, soft touch, stooge, sucker, sufferer, underdog, wretch |
Antonyms: |
criminal, culprit |
| Main Entry: | easy mark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy victim |
Synonyms: |
chump, cinch, doormat, easy pickings, easy touch, fall guy, jay, mark, mug, patsy, pigeon, prize sap, pushover, scapegoat, sitting duck, soft touch, sucker, trusting soul |
| Main Entry: | sitting duck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy target |
Synonyms: |
babe in the woods, dead duck, dead meat, easy pickings, easy victim, lamb, pushover, sinecure, soft touch, toast, vulnerable |
| Concept: | [Sudden and violent sounds] Snap. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; specific sounds |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
snap; rapping; decrepitation, crepitation; report, thud; burst, explosion, discharge, detonation, firing, salvo, volley., squib, cracker, gun, popgun.
-verbs
rap, snap, tap, knock; click; clash; crack, crackle; crash; pop; slam, bang, clap; brustle; burst on the ear; crepitate, rump.
-adjectives
rapping.
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