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BOUNCH |
Sudden spring |
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SOURCE |
Sudden spring |
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JERK |
A sudden start or spring. |
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BOLT |
A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the
horse made a bolt. |
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START |
To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from
surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary
act. |
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SPRINGE |
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close
with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin;
a snare. |
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BOUND |
To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a
succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the
herd bounded across the plain. |
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FILLIP |
To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed
against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a
sudden spring; to snap with the finger. |
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BURST |
To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to
force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of
force, or to pressure f... |
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ELATER |
Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when
laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement
of the arti... |
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FLOUNCE |
To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to
spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as
a horse in mire; t... |