" cuffs "

1: something that physically prevents free movement;

  * e.g., " ... the policeman snapped the cuffs on and led the prisoner away to the car "

•  Synonyms : 

•  band,

•  bind,

•  bond,

•  bracelet,

•  chain,

•  fetter,

•  handcuff(s),

•  irons,

•  ligature,

•  manacle(s),

•  shackle

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: something that physically prevents free movement;

  * e.g., " ... the policeman snapped the cuffs on and led the prisoner away to the car "

•  Synonyms : 

•  band,

•  bind,

•  bond,

•  bracelet,

•  chain,

•  fetter,

•  handcuff(s),

•  irons,

•  ligature,

•  manacle(s),

•  shackle

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument;

  * e.g., " ... the mama cat would give her kittens a cuff with a paw whenever they played too rough "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bang,

•  bash,

•  bat,

•  beat,

•  belt,

•  biff,

•  blow,

•  bop,

•  box,

•  buffet,

•  bust,

•  chop,

•  clap,

•  clip,

•  clout,

•  crack,

•  dab,

•  douse,

•  fillip,

•  hack,

•  haymaker,

•  hit,

•  hook,

•  knock,

•  larrup,

•  lash,

•  lick,

•  pelt,

•  pick,

•  plump,

•  poke,

•  pound,

•  punch,

•  rap,

•  slam,

•  slap,

•  slug,

•  smack,

•  smash,

•  sock,

•  spank,

•  stinger,

•  stripe,

•  stroke,

•  swat,

•  swipe,

•  switch,

•  thud,

•  thump,

•  thwack,

•  wallop,

•  welt,

•  whack,

•  wham,

•  whop

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in socks, slaps;

•  Synonyms : 

•  assails,

•  assaults,

•  attacks,

•  besets,

•  boxes,

•  busts,

•  chops,

•  clobbers,

•  clouts,

•  cracks,

•  cudgels,

•  descends (on or upon),

•  hits,

•  jumps (on),

•  knocks,

•  lams,

•  lays on,

•  pastes,

•  pounces (on or upon),

•  punches,

•  raids,

•  rushes,

•  slams,

•  slaps,

•  smacks,

•  smashes,

•  socks,

•  spanks,

•  storms,

•  swats,

•  swipes,

•  thwacks,

•  whacks,

•  whams,

•  whomps,

•  bashes,

•  bastes,

•  bats,

•  batters,

•  beats,

•  belabors,

•  belts,

•  birches,

•  bludgeons,

•  buffets,

•  bungs up,

•  clubs,

•  curries,

•  does,

•  drubs,

•  fibs,

•  flogs,

•  hammers,

•  hides,

•  laces,

•  lambastes,

•  lashes,

•  lathers,

•  licks,

•  mauls,

•  messes (up),

•  paddles,

•  pelts,

•  pommels,

•  pounds,

•  pummels,

•  punches out,

•  roughs (up),

•  slates,

•  slogs,

•  switches,

•  tans,

•  thrashes,

•  threshes,

•  thumps,

•  tromps,

•  wallops,

•  whales,

•  whips,

•  whops,

•  whups,

•  works over,

•  blackjacks,

•  canes,

•  cowhides,

•  flagellates,

•  fustigates,

•  horsewhips,

•  leathers,

•  pistol-whips,

•  rawhides,

•  scourges,

•  straps,

•  gores,

•  lacerates,

•  wounds,

•  maims,

•  mangles,

•  mutilates

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force;

  * e.g., " ... BB guns shoot small round metal pellets "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blast,

•  discharge,

•  fire,

•  loose,

•  squeeze off

•  Antonyms : 

•  crawl,

•  creep,

•  poke

2: to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force;

  * e.g., " ... soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blast,

•  discharge,

•  fire

•  Antonyms : 

•  accept,

•  receive

3: to strike with a missile from a gun;

  * e.g., " ... hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season "

•  Synonyms : 

•  drill,

•  gun,

•  plug,

•  pop

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to rise abruptly and rapidly;

  * e.g., " ... gas prices shot up seemingly overnight "

•  Synonyms : 

•  rocket,

•  skyrocket,

•  soar,

•  zoom

•  Antonyms : 

•  nose-dive,

•  plummet,

•  plunge,

•  slump,

•  tumble