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Noun
▲
(informal) Something that restrains freedom of movement
bracelet
irons
manacles
shackle
chain
bond
fetter
bind
ligature
band
handcuffs
manacle
bonds
shackles
gyves
bilboes
leg irons
chains
yoke
handcuff
link
coupling
tether
fetters
bracelets
trammels
darbies
hawser
clinker
locket
pendant
connection
cable
rackle
lavaliere
restraint
iron
Noun
▲
Metal bands joined by a chain, used for fastening a person's hands or ankles
manacles
chains
fetters
handcuffs
irons
restraints
shackles
bonds
bracelets
darbies
gyves
handcuff
ligature
chain
fetter
bond
shackle
band
bind
bracelet
ropes
trammels
restraint
tie
manacle
iron
leg irons
tethers
bilboes
binding
more ❯
Noun
▲
Plural for a hard strike or hit
bangs
bashes
bats
beats
belts
biffs
blows
bop
boxes
buffets
busts
chops
claps
clip
clout
crack
dabs
douses
fillips
hacks
haymakers
hits
hooks
knocks
larrup
lashes
licks
pelts
picks
plumps
pokes
pounds
punch
rap
slam
slaps
slugs
smacks
smashes
socks
spanks
stingers
stripes
strokes
swats
swipe
switches
thuds
thumps
thwacks
wallops
welts
whacks
whams
whaps
whops
thunder
explosions
detonations
peals
clangs
clonks
clunks
dins
noise
roars
clatterings
rumbles
stomps
discharge
rackets
kicks
reverberation
clatters
touch
smashings
blares
bellows
crackles
applause
echoes
gunshots
plops
howls
rolls
salvos
thunderbolts
jumps
leaps
attacks
head-butts
rams
shoves
pushes
jostles
stabs
shoulders
elbows
clangorsUS
clangoursUK
brunts
beatings
strikings
hittings
clinks
clicks
tick
thrummings
drumfire
drumming
echoings
crashings
roarings
barrages
cannonades
resonance
resoundings
thunderings
blastings
backslashes
honks
clamourUK
wails
blarings
toots
screams
screech
hoots
trumpets
clamorUS
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Noun
▲
Turn-ups
turn-ups
Noun
▲
Plural for a ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow
welts
bruises
weals
wheals
blisters
bumps
contusions
marks
ridges
scars
streaks
strokes
swelling
wales
lashes
stripes
wounds
injury
Noun
▲
Plural for a sum of money that is owed or due
debts
scores
bills
accounts
debit
liability
obligations
tallies
arrearages
checks
commitment
dues
duty
indebtedness
tabs
albatross
baggage
balance
bites
capital
chits
claims
credit
damage
debentures
deficits
encumbrances
invoices
IOUs
manifests
mortgages
note
outstandings
receipts
reckonings
responsibility
vouchers
price tags
promissory notes
red ink
arrears
score
bill
account
debt
obligation
tally
arrearage
check
due
liabilities
tab
charges
debits
bite
chit
claim
cuff
debenture
deficit
encumbrance
financial obligation
invoice
IOU
manifest
mortgage
outstanding payment
receipt
reckoning
voucher
money owing
balance due
price tag
promissory note
amount due
amount outstanding
amount overdue
sum unpaid
charge
amenableness
accountability
onus
subjection
blame
culpabilities
compulsion
accountableness
amenabilities
susceptibleness
vulnerability
burdens
openness
fees
statements
vulnerableness
deficiency
expense
susceptibilities
accounts payable
bad news
tolls
payment
demand
exposure
levies
tax
assessments
totals
back payments
outstanding payments
helplessness
expenditure
shots
back payment
unpaid bill
hock
imposition
tariffs
taxation
imposts
ledgers
inventories
bills of sale
books
itemizations
computation
checking accounts
amounts
registers
sums
prices
rates
collectibles
subtraction
withdrawal
payouts
entry
records
deductions
accounts receivable
receivables
thanks
loss
appreciation
losings
depletions
sacrifice
costs
gratitude
faults
blameworthiness
rap
answerability
incriminations
guilt
contributions
collections
customs
protection
subscription
antes
kickback
pay
more ❯
Noun
▲
Plural for restraint
shackles
chains
fetters
manacles
trammels
baulksUK
balksUS
bar
blocks
clogs
cramps
crimps
deterrents
drag
embarrassment
encumbrances
handicaps
hindrances
holdbacks
hurdles
impediments
inhibition
interference
lets
obstacles
obstructions
stops
bonds
handcuffs
iron
gyves
hobbles
stumbling blocks
restraint
rope
yokes
Verb
▲
Beat with hands
hits
slaps
smacks
strikes
thumps
clouts
knocks
punches
raps
beats
belts
biffs
clobbers
skelps
swats
thwacks
wallops
whacks
bashes
bops
dots
sloshes
socks
whops
boffs
dongs
quilts
slugs
smites
bats
boxes
buffets
claps
pummelsUS
spanks
boxes somebody's ears
assails
does
tears into
sets upon
straps
turns on
scourges
horsewhips
sets about
sails into
lets fly at
sets on
pounces on
harms
besets
trounces
has a go at
charges
cowhides
rawhides
slashes
rounds on
gets stuck into
beats up on
rushes
crushes
brutalizesUS
falls on
weighs into
ill-treats
brutalisesUK
dashes
bullies
storms
mishandles
sics
sicks
defeats
molests
bombs
raids
persecutes
jumps on
ill-uses
treats badly
misuses
goes in on
bombards
descends on
descends upon
messes over
kicks around
overwhelms
pulverizesUS
routs
stabs
besieges
dashes against
pulverisesUK
castigates
skunks
damages
creams
shoots
butts
smothers
treats roughly
waxes
handles roughly
demolishes
shellacs
aggresses
wipes the floor with
plunges
flies at
duffs up
strafes
boots
wrongs
cannonades
bests
shells
annihilates
pushes
buries
sends
smokes
slaughters
worsts
dusts
destroys
murders
hits hard
marmalizes
triumphs over
crucifies
kills
snows under
blows away
owns
beats hollow
gets the better of
fires at
shakes up
gives a hiding
runs rings around
walks all over
walks over
makes mincemeat of
takes to the cleaners
plays
sinks
plunks
thrums
jams
forges
draws
thunders
peppers
gets
stuffs
harasses
digs
oppresses
launches oneself at
goes at
tortures
bursts
blisters
sticks
crashes against
beats against
collides with
victimizesUS
barrages
fusillades
leaps
strums
assaults physically
victimisesUK
outrages
invades
wades into
massacres
goes bang
rolls
tanks
has at
opens fire on
fires on
takes a stick to
ferules
brings someone to their knees
blows out of the water
turns inside out
cuts up
chastens
wins a resounding victory over
defeats utterly
blows out
takes a swing
flails around
strikes out
thrashs about
clunks
head-butts
thumps on
knocks on
strikes out at
windmills
bullwhips
stomps
malleates
whirls
hits for six
bears down
yerks
quirts
mars
shakes
jerks
whisks
jogs
jars
sets at
terrorizesUS
fustigates
blackjacks
flumps
whumps
clomps
stamps
vituperates
scathes
savages
tackles
potshots
excoriates
rains blows upon
wears out
terrorisesUK
handles
knobs
flutters
flops
flaps
lacerates
mangles
defaces
mutilates
lames
wrecks
disfigures
cripples
disables
maims
contuses
lets one have it
screws
ruins
socks it to someone
accosts
dives into
tans someone's hide
torpedoes
dusts someone's britches
warms someone's seat
paddlewhacks
neglects
strikes with a stick
beats with a stick
cracks against
runs
propels
gives the cat o'nine tails
punishs severely
springs on
rushs at
interferes with
bangs up
sounds
lays about
makes an assault on
maligns
encounters
vilifies
impugns
launches an attack on
pecks
prostitutes
profanes
misapplies
perverts
misemploys
pots
jackhammers
punts
bags
twacks
beats to a pulp
runs at
rushs upon
launches at
springs at
catapults
fires upon
launches
ambushes
quarrels
fights
palpates
tips
exploits
comes at
wades in
conquers
takes a strap to
corrupts
desecrates
cracks into
overcomes
bothers
plucks
twangs
misappropriates
mismanages
crams
performs on
gets at
tells off
criticisesUK
battles
criticizesUS
vanquishes
hits lightly
volleys
packs
subdues
runs through
goes through
knocks down
knocks over
strikes lightly
cooks
wedges
overpowers
wins against
prevails over
slaps lightly
smacks against
pounces
dives
makes music on
lunges at
chops down
tamps
squeezes
riffs
noodles
improvises
showers
quashes
explodes
shoots at
tattoos
presses
crowds
compresses
shoehorns
sandwiches
knocks cold
masters
overbears
dispatches
overmatches
upends
stops
surmounts
takes
strikes at
springs
wins over
throbs
pulsates
reverberates
skins
jacks
jam-packs
drives into
shoots down
knocks block off
duffs someone up
bounds
backbites
rips
outdoes
gains a victory over
surpasses
tops
gets around
downs
throws
hurdles
smears
does down
outstrips
excels
lays siege to
turns to violence
enfilades
sweeps
rakes
roars
booms
runs into
knocks for a loop
crumps
shatters
detonates
goes off
varnishes
knocks against
strikes head-on
lapidates
gives black eye
dumps on
pushes around
does wrong
reports
blows up
protrudes
bulges
plays the drums
goes off with a bang
lurches
calls
inserts
rises
launches oneself
moves suddenly
darts
pitches
appears
surges
makes for
grabs
cuts
sticks out
makes a grab
lunges
mortars
eats alive
flukes
plays guitar
casts at
slings at
hurls at
throws at
runs circles around
beats the pants off
fires a broadside at
rains something down on
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“He closed his eyes, I guess so he couldn't see it coming, and let her cuff him right in the chops, but he didn't budge.”
Verb
▲
To restrain or immobilize (someone) by tying up or holding their arms or legs
pinions
binds
chains
fetters
manacles
shackles
fastens
immobilisesUK
immobilizesUS
ties
constrains
handcuffs
confines
enchains
enfetters
gyves
lashes
pins down
restrains
ropes
secures
tethers
trammels
trusses
hobbles
holds
holds fast
pins
presses down
traps
holds down
trusses up
chains up
blocks
retards
frustrates
stops
delays
baulksUK
slows down
balksUS
bridles
cumbers
slows
foils
prevents
bars
arrests
hangs up
cripples
borks
stalls
leashes
gets in the way
throws a spanner in the works of
baffles
deters
sets back
detains
interrupts
cramps one's style
curtails
throws a monkey wrench in the works of
halts
represses
entrammels
suppresses
puts a brake on
stifles
stonewalls
locks up
forestalls
interferes
crimps
derails
entangles
prohibits
withholds
drags one's feet
stands in the way of
gets in the way of
shuts down
controls
stays
muzzles
subdues
smothers
pauses
defers
crabs
brakes
chokes
shelves
slows up
freezes
keeps back
cuts off
bottles up
weighs down
puts off
gives a hard time
silences
muffles
yokes
moderates
imprisons
regulates
circumscribes
remits
prorogues
suspends
sabotages
jailsUS
scuppers
inconveniences
compels
catches
reins in
disadvantages
holds off
captures
burdens
opposes
disrupts
debars
reduces
oppresses
straitens
strangles
fazes
sandbags
stills
interdicts
indentures
coerces
postpones
averts
holds in
throttles
gags
enslaves
bits
gaolsUK
keeps
hems in
chokes off
bogs down
makes late
stems the flow of
fouls up
ties one's hands
throws a spanner in the works
boxes in
keeps the lid on
brings to screeching halt
keeps within bounds
saddles with
shuts off
holds over
closes off
ruins
laces
joins
fixes together
gimps
straps
waives
impairs
idles
retardates
protracts
prevents from making progress
overloads
nets
ensnares
enmeshes
bottlenecks
neutralizesUS
snags
puts straitjacket on
throws monkey wrench in
drags feet
clips someone's wings
incommodes
intermits
prolongs
sidelines
rattles
discomfits
dams
keeps waiting
resists
contravenes
neutralisesUK
counteracts
puts a crimp in
entraps
disconcerts
takes down
staves off
puts back
holds off on
backs off
debilitates
charges
bothers
discommodes
puts at a disadvantage
puts a leash on
puts a lead on
hitches up
causes to stay
causes to wait
places at a disadvantage
gives disadvantage
puts out of commission
takes out
obscures
screens
brings to a screeching halt
screws up
contains
throws a spoke in the wheel of
shuts out
louses up
makes difficult
covers
shields
masks
hides
complicates
closes
fills
plugs
stoppers
terminates
objects
clamps
grips
clasps
constricts
tames
discourages
monkeys with
governs
prevaricates
brings up
stands
fences
equivocates
tarries
prevaricateth
fetches up
quibbles
draws up
dithers
hesitates
pulls up
sets limits on
imposes limits on
brings to a standstill
disciplines
comes to a standstill
takes one's time
avoids the issue
stands off
beats around the bush
buys time
peters out
coops up
boxes up
cuts down on
bites back
swallows
fights back
keeps under control
pegs
keeps in check
rules
measures
quashes
dissuades
chokes back
forbids
keeps tight rein on
cools down
cools off
keeps a tight rein on
keeps lid on
pulls in
scrubs
puts the brakes on
keeps a lid on
abstains
sends up
buttons up
refrains
puts a limit on
ices
cooks
denies
cuts back
enjoins
outlaws
taboos
wards
keeps in
puts an end to
subjugates
puts on brakes
nips in the bud
puts an stop to
dominates
obliges
enthralsUK
engages
makes
forces
requires
prescribes
snookers
tyrannizesUS
mutes
puzzles
defeats
impels
obligates
necessitates
censors
quietens
suffocates
confounds
spoils
mystifies
stumps
hegemonizes
exploits
persecutes
disenfranchises
hogties
no-platforms
scotches
nonplusses
disfranchises
subjects
bethralls
enthrallsUS
immures
beslaves
encloses
deprives
incarcerates
flummoxes
corks
garrottesUK
squelches
demurs
deadens
bans
squashes
shies
stumbles
garrotesUS
tongue-ties
corners
dead-ends
upsets
pigeonholes
ties hand and foot
puts half nelson on
puts lock on
stops up
tyrannisesUK
condemns to slavery
sells into slavery
puts paid to
puts the lid on
binds over
corks up
seals somebody's lips
binds up
tapes up
puts the kibosh on
hangs fire
shuts in
keeps under thumb
reduces to slavery
subjects to forced labour
gets hooks into
condemns to servitude
puts on hold
puts on back burner
gives the run around
throws a monkey wrench into
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Verb
▲
Penalize for wrongdoing
punishes
disciplines
penalisesUK
penalizesUS
chastises
chastens
corrects
castigates
abuses
beats
canes
gets
lashes
mistreats
murders
scalps
sentences
thumps
wallops
whips
batters
flogs
harms
hurts
injures
misuses
oppresses
scourges
manhandles
recompenses
visits
admonishes
blacklists
debars
defrocks
dismisses
drops on
executes
exiles
expels
fines
immures
incarcerates
lectures
metes out punishment to
paddles
rebukes
reprimands
reproves
skins alive
spanks
switches
tears down
trains
brings someone to book
brings to book
comes down on
makes an example of
slaps someone's wrist
teaches someone a lesson
attends to
beats up
does in
gives it to someone
gives someone what for
raps knuckles
raps someone's knuckles
slaps wrist
cracks down on
gives a going-over
gives a lesson to
gives someone the works
gives the works
knocks about
roughs up
teaches a lesson
gives a going over
throws the book at
comes down on like a ton of bricks
Verb
▲
To engage in forceful or violent confrontations
struggles
fights
brawls
grapples
scuffles
spars
wrestles
clashes
scraps
comes to blows
contends
exchanges blows
jostles
trades punches
altercates
assaults
attacks
confronts
duels
dukes it out
jousts
manhandles
roughhouses
tackles
tussles
wrangles
battles
boxes
combats
engages
feuds
skirmishes
bumps heads
goes for each other
goes up against
has a fight
puts up a fight
raises fists
slugs it out
starts fighting
takes on
tangles
quarrels
disputes
argues
crosses swords
locks horns
squabbles
bickers
rows
does battle
quibbles
vies
wages war
hassles
swedges
stoushes
conflicts
mixes it up
goes the knuckle
contests
romps
wars
comes to grips
disagrees
has a row
goes to war
argufies
controverts
jars
tiffs
spats
brabbles
plies weapons
bears arms
falls out
hits each other
caterwauls
fights like Kilkenny cats
exchanges blows with
clashes with
raises your fists
broils
challenges
engages in fisticuffs
has a ding-dong
slugs
differs
mounts an attack
engages in hostilities
makes war
comes into conflict
collides
chops logic
has shouting match
has words
has a misunderstanding
fails to agree
bandies words
closes with
tussles with
scraps with
does battle with
engages with
struggles with
battles with
comes to blows with
tilts
strives
bucks
rumbles
assaults each other
grunts
exerts
works
strains
endeavorsUS
essays
tugs
races against
skirmishes with
takes up the gauntlet
scrimmages with
wars against
protects
attacks each other
races with
lights into
lays into
locks antlers
races
takes the field
takes all comers
engages in conflict
brushes with
carries on war
spars with
traverses
punches each other
tastes battle
flares up
bandies with
raises Cain
fights nastily
endeavoursUK
kicks up a row
goes at it hammer and tongs
gets to grips
more ❯
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