| magazine | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. mag, magazine | a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it.; "it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money" |
| ~ center spread, centre spread | the spread at the center of a magazine. |
| ~ public press, press | the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines. |
| ~ feature article, feature | a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine.; "they ran a feature on retirement planning" |
| ~ magazine article | an article published in a magazine. |
| ~ publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution. |
| ~ colour supplement | (British) a magazine that is printed in color and circulated with a newspaper (especially on weekends). |
| ~ comic book | a magazine devoted to comic strips. |
| ~ news magazine | a magazine devoted to reports of current events; usually published weekly. |
| ~ pulp magazine, pulp | an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper. |
| ~ glossy, slick magazine, slick | a magazine printed on good quality paper. |
| ~ trade magazine | a magazine published for and read by members of a particular trade group. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. magazine | product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object.; "tripped over a pile of magazines" |
| ~ product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| n. (group) | 3. magazine, magazine publisher | a business firm that publishes magazines.; "he works for a magazine" |
| ~ publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house | a firm in the publishing business. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. cartridge, magazine | a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required. |
| ~ camera, photographic camera | equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other). |
| ~ supply chamber | a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. magazine, powder magazine, powder store | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored. |
| ~ storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store | a depository for goods.; "storehouses were built close to the docks" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. cartridge clip, cartridge holder, clip, magazine | a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun. |
| ~ gun | a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel). |
| ~ pincurl clip | a variety of clip for holding pin curls. |
| ~ supply chamber | a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed. |
| inept | | |
| adj. | 1. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept | not elegant or graceful in expression.; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" |
| ~ infelicitous | not appropriate in application; defective.; "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy" |
| adj. | 2. feckless, inept | generally incompetent and ineffectual.; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account" |
| ~ incompetent | not qualified or suited for a purpose.; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent" |
| adj. | 3. inept, tactless | revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse.; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable" |
| ~ maladroit | not adroit.; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda" |
| unskillful | | |
| adj. | 1. botchy, butcherly, unskillful | poorly done.; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" |
| ~ unskilled | not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency.; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" |
| bullet | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. bullet, slug | a projectile that is fired from a gun. |
| ~ cartridge | ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun. |
| ~ dumdum, dumdum bullet | a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound. |
| ~ full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper). |
| ~ projectile, missile | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled. |
| ~ rifle ball | a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape. |
| ~ rubber bullet | a bullet made of hard rubber; designed for use in crowd control. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. bullet, bullet train | a high-speed passenger train. |
| ~ passenger train | a train that carries passengers. |
| n. (act) | 3. bullet, fastball, heater, hummer, smoke | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity.; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" |
| ~ pitch, delivery | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. |
| ~ slider | a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| cartridge | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cartridge | ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun. |
| ~ ammo, ammunition | projectiles to be fired from a gun. |
| ~ ball cartridge | a general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder. |
| ~ blank shell, blank, dummy | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet. |
| ~ bullet, slug | a projectile that is fired from a gun. |
| ~ cartouch, cartouche | a cartridge (usually with paper casing). |
| n. (artifact) | 2. cartridge | a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment.; "he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck" |
| ~ ink cartridge | a cartridge that contains ink and can be replaced. |
| ~ module | a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components. |
| ~ tape cartridge | a cartridge containing magnetic tape; for use with audio or video recorders or computer systems. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cartridge, pickup | an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable. |
| ~ crystal pickup | a cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal. |
| ~ electro-acoustic transducer | a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa. |
| ~ phonograph, record player | machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically. |
| ~ stylus | a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player. |
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