English Words: T

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take a cotton toverb

Synonym of take a shine to (“to become fond of something”).

take a crack atverb

To attempt or try (synonym of give something a try).

take a dim view ofverb

To dislike; to regard with skepticism, disbelief, disfavor, etc.

take a diveverb

To decline rapidly.

take a dookieverb

To defecate.

take a dumpverb

To defecate.

take a fall out ofverb

get the better of

take a fancy toverb

To become fond of someone or something.

take a flutterverb

To flutter for a short period of time.

take a flyerverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, flyer.

take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnutverb

Alternative spelling of take a flying fuck at a rolling donut.

take a flying leapverb

To get lost; to scram.

take a French leaveverb

Obsolete form of take French leave, with particular reference to a single act.

take a gambleverb

To try something risky.

take a ganderverb

To take a look; to check or examine.

take a grabverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, grab.

take a hikeverb

To go hiking.

take a hornverb

To consume an alcoholic drink.

take a jokeverb

To accept a joke at one's expense.

take a kneeverb

To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.

take a leaf out of someone's bookverb

To adopt an idea or practice of another person.

take a leakverb

To urinate.

take a licking and keep on tickingverb

To be tough; to have endurance; to have the capacity to absorb stress or damage, but still be able to function.

take a liking toverb

To develop a fondness for; to become infatuated with.

take a listenverb

To listen; to try to hear.

take a load offverb

To go from a standing position to a sitting one.

take a long walk on a short pierverb

Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.

take a lookverb

To examine or observe.

take a numberverb

To queue; to wait to be served by being assigned a number and waiting for that number to be called after all previous numbers have been served in order of assignment.

take a pewverb

To take a seat; to sit down.

take a pictureverb

To photographically capture an image

take a picture, it will last longerphrase

Said to scold somebody who is staring at the speaker.

take a pillverb

To change one's attitude or expressed feeling.

take a powderverb

To leave without saying goodbye; to leave quietly, to run away; to scram; to depart without taking leave or notifying anyone, often with the implication of avoiding something unpleasant or shirking responsibility.

take a rain checkverb

To request or accept a rain check (an agreement from a merchant to honor a special offer, temporarily unavailable, after the expiration date).

take a ride to Tyburnverb

To be executed.

take a run atverb

To attempt to achieve or acquire.

take a seatverb

To sit down; to become seated, to sit.

take a shine toverb

To become fond of something or someone.

take a shining toverb

Synonym of take a shine to (“to become fond of something”).

take a shitverb

To defecate.

take a shot in the darkverb

To try or guess at something without having any knowledge about the subject.

take a sightverb

Synonym of cock a snook (“perform disrespectful gesture with thumb against the nose”).

take a spillverb

To trip and fall.

take a stab atverb

To attempt or try.

take a standverb

To assert an opinion or viewpoint; to defend one's point of view or beliefs.

take a step backverb

To withdraw temporarily from a situation in order to evaluate it; to cease one's course of action and take a moment to reflect on it; to try and gain some perspective.

take a tinkleverb

To urinate.

take a tollverb

Alternative form of take its toll.

take a tumbleverb

To fall off something, or down something.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter T contains 27,828 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 557 pages, and you are currently viewing page 23. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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