All put on synonyms
put on
P p verb put on
- get into β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- jollies β in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- gimme β Golf. a final short putt that a player is not required to take in informal play.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- bodied β of or relating to the body; bodily.
- misquote β a quotation that is incorrect.
- doublecross β To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
- bs β BS is an abbreviation for 'British Standard', which is a standard that something sold in Britain must reach in a test to prove that it is satisfactory or safe. Each standard has a number for reference.
- ink β a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- make as if β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make use of β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- mount β to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
- cribbing β the action of one that cribs
- misdirect β to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly: to misdirect a person; to misdirect a letter.
- beat around the bush β to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- cross up β to confuse or disorder
- inked β (slang) Having a tattoo or tattoos.
- affix β If you affix one thing to another, you stick it or attach it to the other thing.
- gaming β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- bait and switch β Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
- apparelled β clothing, especially outerwear; garments; attire; raiment.
- caricaturing β a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- adventured β Simple past tense and past participle of adventure.
- do the honors β honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- misreport β to report incorrectly or falsely.
- floodlit β Lit by floodlights.
- bulling β the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- disinformed β Simple past tense and past participle of disinform.
- hosed β a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
- buffaloing β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- cladding β Cladding is a covering of tiles, wooden boards, or other material that is fixed to the outside of a building to protect it against bad weather or to make it look more attractive.
- fork over β an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- fox β Free Objects for Crystallography
- misguide β to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- factoring β one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- overemphasise β (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- gluing β a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- handed β of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- appareled β Simple past tense and past participle of apparel.
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- disinform β to give or supply disinformation to.
- beg the question β If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
noun put on
- fickleness β Changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.
- inconstancy β not constant; changeable; fickle; variable: an inconstant friend.
- caprice β A caprice is an unexpected action or decision which has no strong reason or purpose.
adjective put on
- forced β strained, unnatural, or affected: a forced smile.