quick+at+contrivance

  • 31wit — I. /wɪt / (say wit) noun 1. keen perception and cleverly apt expression of connections between ideas which may arouse pleasure and especially amusement. 2. speech or writing showing such perception and expression. 3. a person endowed with or… …

  • 32resource — [n] supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial ability, appliance, artifice, assets, capability, capital, cleverness, contraption, contrivance, course, creation, device, expedient, fortune, hoard, ingenuity, initiative, inventiveness,… …

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  • 33trip — [trip] vi. tripped, tripping [ME trippen < OFr treper < Gmc * trippon (> OE treppan, to step): see TRAP1] 1. to walk, run, or dance with light, rapid steps; skip; caper 2. to stumble, esp. by catching the foot 3. to make a false step,… …

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  • 34trip — v. & n. v.intr. & tr. (tripped, tripping) 1 intr. a walk or dance with quick light steps. b (of a rhythm etc.) run lightly. 2 a intr. & tr. (often foll. by up) stumble or cause to stumble, esp. by catching or entangling the feet. b intr. & tr.… …

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