To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
The main part or beginning of a period of time.
Meat from that part of an animal.
The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
An improvised stabbing weapon.
The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
A loop forming an eye to a button.
The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
Bad.
To thrust in a stabbing motion.
To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
A wound made by stabbing.
An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
Criticism.
An attempt.
A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.