To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.
To punish severely.
To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
To produce intense pain.
To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
To exert an overwhelming effect on.
To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
To force a company out of business.
To deadmelt.
To render inoperative.
To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
To use up or to waste.
To cause to assume the value zero.
To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
To sexually penetrate in a skillful way.
To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
Specifically, the death blow.
A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
The act of killing.
The result of killing; that which has been killed.
To flinch or draw back.
To begin.
To awaken suddenly.
To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
To break away, to come loose.
To put into play.
To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
To set in motion.
To have its origin (at), begin.
To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
To jerk suddenly in surprise.
To start one's periods (menstruation).
To begin an activity.
To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
A handle, especially that of a plough.
A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
The beginning of an activity.
An instance of starting.
A sudden involuntary movement.