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.
take, plagiarize, tell on a joke, use a well-worded expression in one's own parlance or writing
To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
To borrow for a short moment.
To dispossess
To convey (something) clandestinely.
To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
To acquire at a low price.
To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
To move silently or secretly.
To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price.
A stolen base.
Scoring in an end without the hammer.
A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
The act of stealing.