BELABOURS Synonyms

• (military) signal to turn the lights out

• close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

• thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946

• a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped

• the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• force (someone) to have sex against their will

• attack in speech or writing

• a vigorous blow

• a sudden very loud noise

• a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• a conspicuous success

• directly

• strike violently

• to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound

• close violently

• move noisily

• have sexual intercourse with

• leap, jerk, bang

• (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

• a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking

• strike against forcefully

• strike violently and repeatedly

• make a dent or impression in

• a club used as a weapon

• overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club

• strike with a club or a bludgeon

• informal terms for personal possessions

• strike violently and repeatedly

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• stout stick that is larger at one end

• a building that is occupied by a social club

• golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

• a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it

• a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink

• unite with a common purpose

• gather and spend time together

• strike with a club or a bludgeon

• gather into a club-like mass

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• beat with a cane

• the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

• a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

• the ossicle attached to the eardrum

• a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

• a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

• a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

• a power tool for drilling rocks

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

• beat with or as if with a hammer

• create by hammering

• the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

• body covering of a living animal

• prevent from being seen or discovered

• be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety

• cover as if with a shroud

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• (baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)

• the act of contacting one thing with another

• a conspicuous success

• (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

• a dose of a narcotic drug

• a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

• a connection made via the internet to another website

• cause to move by striking

• hit against; come into sudden contact with

• deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

• affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

• hit with a missile from a weapon

• encounter by chance

• cause to experience suddenly

• make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

• kill intentionally and with premeditation

• drive something violently into a location

• reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

• produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

• hit the intended target or goal

• pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

• any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

• leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

• a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• lash or flick about sharply

• strike as if by whipping

• bind with a rope, chain, or cord

• a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse

• handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle

• an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger

• strike, usually with the fist

• United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

• 16 ounces avoirdupois

• the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

• a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

• the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

• formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

• the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

• a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

• a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

• a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

• strike or drive against with a heavy impact

• move heavily or clumsily

• move rhythmically

• partition off into compartments

• shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits

• place or shut up in a pound

• break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

• strike, usually with the fist

• a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

• the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

• directly

• hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

• to play music at loud volume

• a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

• the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

• a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast

• street names for heroin

• an enthusiastic kiss

• the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

• directly

• deliver a hard blow to

• have an element suggestive (of something)

• have a distinctive or characteristic taste

• kiss lightly

• press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating

• inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon

• affect suddenly with deep feeling

• cause physical pain or suffering in