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noun
fast race for short distance
Synonyms: birr, bolt, dart, haste, onset, run, rush, sortie, sprint, spurt, zip
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noun
flair, style
Synonyms: animation, birr, brio, éclat, élan, energy, esprit, flourish, force, impressiveness, intensity, life, might, oomph, panache, power, spirit, strength, vehemence, verve, vigor, vim, vivacity, zing, zip
Antonyms: drab, dullness, frumpiness
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noun
small amount; suggestion
Synonyms: bit, drop, few drops, flavor, grain, hint, lick, little, part, pinch, scattering, seasoning, smack, smidgen, soupçon, sprinkle, sprinkling, squirt, streak, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, trifle, zest
Antonyms: glob, lump
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verb
run very fast for short distance
Synonyms: boil, bolt, bound, career, charge, chase, course, dart, fly, gallop, get on it, haste, hasten, hurry, lash, make a run for it, make it snappy, race, rush, rush at, scamper, scoot, scurry, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, tear
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verb
break by hitting or throwing violently
Synonyms: beat, bludgeon, cast, charge, crash, cudgel, destroy, fling, hit, hurl, hurtle, lunge, plunge, shatter, shiver, slam, sling, smash, splash, splatter, splinter, throw
Antonyms: aid, assist, encourage, help, inspirit
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verb
discourage, frustrate
Synonyms: abash, baffle, balk, beat, bilk, blast, blight, chagrin, chill, circumvent, cloud, confound, dampen, disappoint, discomfort, dismay, dispirit, foil, nip, ruin, spoil, thwart