to humiliate; to provoke; to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner
To drive by inches, or small degrees.
To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
cocky and cheeky
A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.
A small island; an islet.
A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh.
Any very short distance.
A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, roughly the width of a thumb.
Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
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 go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
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 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.