quick+motion

  • 121Flipped — Flip Flip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flipped} (fl[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flipping}.] 1. To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent. [1913 Webster] As when your little ones Do twixt… …

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  • 122Flipping — Flip Flip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flipped} (fl[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flipping}.] 1. To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent. [1913 Webster] As when your little ones Do twixt… …

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  • 123agile — adjective /ˈæʤ.aɪl/ Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue. The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had …

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  • 124Cersopithecus nictitans — Wink Wink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Winked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winking}.] [OE. winken, AS. wincian; akin to D. wenken, G. winken to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. winchan, Sw. vinka, Dan. vinke, AS. wancol wavering, OHG. wanchal wavering, wanch?n to waver, G …

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  • 125Play — Play, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Played}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Playing}.] [OE. pleien, AS. plegian, plegan, to play, akin to plega play, game, quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be wont, G.… …

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  • 126Played — Play Play, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Played}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Playing}.] [OE. pleien, AS. plegian, plegan, to play, akin to plega play, game, quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be wont, G.… …

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  • 127Playing — Play Play, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Played}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Playing}.] [OE. pleien, AS. plegian, plegan, to play, akin to plega play, game, quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be wont, G.… …

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  • 128Pulse — Pulse, n. [OE. pous, OF. pous, F. pouls, fr. L. pulsus (sc. venarum), the beating of the pulse, the pulse, from pellere, pulsum, to beat, strike; cf. Gr. ? to swing, shake, ? to shake. Cf. {Appeal}, {Compel}, {Impel}, {Push}.] 1. (Physiol.) The… …

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