bomb vs run

bomb

verb
  • To move at high speed. 

  • To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing. 

  • To crash. 

  • To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs. 

  • To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly. 

  • To fail dismally. 

  • To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard. 

  • To make oneself drunk. 

  • To cover an area in many graffiti tags. 

  • To make a smelly mess in a toilet. 

noun
  • A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours. 

  • Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect. 

  • A woman’s breast. 

  • An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing. 

  • A large amount of money. 

  • A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat. 

  • A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure. 

  • A success; the bomb. 

  • Any explosive charge. 

  • A long forward pass. 

  • A failure; an unpopular commercial product. 

  • A throw into the basket from a considerable distance. 

  • A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down. 

  • An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, (especially) one dropped from an aircraft. 

  • An action or statement that causes a strong reaction. 

  • A car in poor condition. 

  • A very attractive woman. 

  • A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed. 

adj
  • Great, awesome. 

run

verb
  • To go at a fast pace; to move quickly. 

  • To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking. 

  • Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it. 

  • To print or broadcast in the media. 

  • To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. 

  • To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. 

  • To be a candidate in an election. 

  • To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast. 

  • To control or manage, be in charge of. 

  • To smuggle (illegal goods). 

  • To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase). 

  • To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program. 

  • To make run in a race. 

  • To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting. 

  • To control or have precedence in a card game. 

  • To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.) 

  • To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint). 

  • To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled. 

  • To exert continuous activity; to proceed. 

  • To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time. 

  • To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse). 

  • To cause to move quickly or lightly. 

  • To cause to enter; to thrust. 

  • To speedrun. 

  • To be in form thus, as a combination of words. 

  • To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly. 

  • To move or spread quickly. 

  • To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control. 

  • To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase). 

  • To make a machine operate. 

  • To become liquid; to melt. 

  • To make something extend in space. 

  • Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally. 

  • To achieve or perform by running or as if by running. 

  • To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way. 

  • To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace. 

  • To be presented in the media. 

  • Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route). 

  • To cost a large amount of money. 

  • Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel. 

  • To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. 

  • To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune). 

  • Of a liquid, to flow. 

  • To compete in a race. 

  • Of fish, to migrate for spawning. 

  • To make run in an election. 

  • To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven. 

  • To have growth or development. 

  • To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company. 

  • To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine. 

  • To flee from a danger or towards help. 

  • To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation. 

  • To encounter or incur (a danger or risk). 

  • To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. 

  • To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object. 

  • To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole. 

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