| FINGERPICK | • fingerpick n. A type of plectrum that clips on to, or wraps around the end of the fingers and thumb. • fingerpick v. (Music) To play a stringed instrument by plucking individual strings with the fingers. • FINGERPICK v. to play the guitar with fingers rather than a plectrum. |
| KRIEGSPIEL | • kriegspiel n. A board game used to train military tactics and strategy. • kriegspiel n. A variant of chess in which the player cannot see their opponent’s pieces. • KRIEGSPIEL n. (German) a game in which miniature characters and blocks represent armies, ships, etc. as they move around on a drawing of a battlefield, used to simulate war, also KRIEGSSPIEL. |
| PHREAKINGS | • PHREAKING n. making illegal phone-calls. |
| PICKEERING | • pickeering v. Present participle of pickeer. • PICKEER v. to forage, to skirmish in advance of an army. |
| PIGSTICKER | • pigsticker n. A large knife, used as a weapon. • pigsticker n. A spike bayonet. • pigsticker n. (US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front. |
| PREBOOKING | • prebooking v. Present participle of prebook. • prebooking n. A booking made in advance. • PREBOOK v. to book beforehand. |
| PRECOOKING | • precooking v. Present participle of precook. • PRECOOK v. to cook beforehand. |
| PREPACKING | • prepacking v. Present participle of prepack. • PREPACK v. to package before retail distribution. |
| PRESOAKING | • presoaking v. Present participle of presoak. • presoaking n. The soaking of something in advance. • PRESOAK v. to soak beforehand. |
| PREWORKING | • PREWORK v. to work beforehand. |
| RAGPICKERS | • ragpickers n. Plural of ragpicker. • RAGPICKER n. one who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets. |
| RESPEAKING | • respeaking v. Present participle of respeak. • RESPEAK v. (Shakespeare) to speak again. |
| REUPTAKING | • reuptaking v. Present participle of reuptake. • REUPTAKE v. to take up again. |
| SKIPPERING | • skippering v. Present participle of skipper. • SKIPPERING n. the act of sleeping rough. |
| SPRINGLIKE | • springlike adj. (Chiefly of the weather) Typical of spring (the season). • springlike adj. Resembling a spring (coiled-shaped usually metal object). • spring-like adj. Alternative spelling of springlike. |
| UPBREAKING | • upbreaking v. Present participle of upbreak. • upbreaking n. The action of something that escapes or flies upward. • UPBREAK v. to break out. |