light+blow
111alapa — /euh lap euh/, n. Rom. Cath. Ch., Anglican Ch. the light blow on the cheek delivered by the bishop in a confirmation service. [ < L: a slap] * * * ▪ Indian music Sanskrit“conversation” in the art musics of South Asia, improvised melody… …
112bob — bob1 /bob/, n., v., bobbed, bobbing. n. 1. a short, jerky motion: a bob of the head. v.t. 2. to move quickly down and up: to bob the head. 3. to indicate with such a motion: to bob a greeting. v.i. 4. to make a jerky motion with the head or body …
113croquignole — /kroh keuh nohl , kin yohl /, n. a method of waving the hair by curling it around metal rods from the ends inward toward the scalp. Also called croquignole wave. [1930 35; < F: light blow on the head or nose, small crunchy biscuit, appar. deriv.… …
114glass jaw — a person s jaw, esp. that of a boxer, that is vulnerable to even a light blow. [1910 15] * * * …
115noogie — /noog ee/, n. Slang. a light blow or jab, usually to a person s head, back, or upper arm and accompanied by a twisting motion, with the extended knuckle of the curled up second or third finger: done as a gesture of affection or painfully as a… …
116spat — spat1 /spat/, n., v., spatted, spatting. n. 1. a petty quarrel. 2. a light blow; slap; smack. v.i. 3. to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute. 4. to splash or spatter; rain spatting against the window. v.t. 5. to strike lightly; slap. [1795 1805 …
117bump — 1. noun /bʌmp/ a) A light blow or jolting collision. US presidential nominees get a post convention bump in survey ratings. b) The sound of such a collision. 2. verb /bʌmp/ a) …
118Knee jerk — The reflex tested by tapping just below the knee causing the lower leg to suddenly jerk forward. What is tapped to elicit this reaction is the patellar tendon, the tendon that runs down from the quadriceps muscle in the front of the thigh, over… …
119bunch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crowd, group; cluster, bundle. See convexity, assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A connected group of things] Syn. cluster, clump, batch, spray, bouquet, sheaf, tuft, shock, stack, thicket, tussock,… …
120knot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. snarl, tangle; puzzle, problem; cluster, group; lump, node. v. tangle, snarl; tie, bind, fasten. See difficulty, crossing, density, connection, assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An arrangement of… …
