| knock-kneed | | |
| adj. | 1. knock-kneed | having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart. |
| ~ unfit | not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition.; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" |
| clink | | |
| n. (event) | 1. chink, click, clink | a short light metallic sound. |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence). |
| ~ bastille | a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner). |
| ~ correctional institution | a penal institution maintained by the government. |
| ~ holding cell | a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial. |
| ~ hoosegow, hoosgow | slang for a jail. |
| ~ house of correction | (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences. |
| ~ lockup | jail in a local police station. |
| ~ workhouse | a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months. |
| v. (perception) | 3. clink | make a high sound typical of glass.; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast" |
| ~ sound | cause to sound.; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note" |
| ~ chink, tink, tinkle, clink | make or emit a high sound.; "tinkling bells" |
| v. (perception) | 4. chink, clink, tink, tinkle | make or emit a high sound.; "tinkling bells" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| ping | | |
| n. (object) | 1. ping, ping river | a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya. |
| ~ kingdom of thailand, siam, thailand | a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula.; "Thailand is the official name of the former Siam" |
| ~ river | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).; "the river was navigable for 50 miles" |
| n. (event) | 2. ping | a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal). |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| v. (contact) | 3. ping | hit with a pinging noise.; "The bugs pinged the lamp shade" |
| ~ collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike | hit against; come into sudden contact with.; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
| v. (perception) | 4. knock, ping, pink | sound like a car engine that is firing too early.; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (perception) | 5. ping | make a short high-pitched sound.; "the bullet pinged when they struck the car" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (communication) | 6. ping | contact, usually in order to remind of something.; "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing" |
| ~ contact, get hold of, get through, reach | be in or establish communication with.; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" |
| v. (communication) | 7. ping | send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active.; "ping your machine in the office" |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ contact, get hold of, get through, reach | be in or establish communication with.; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" |
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