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| active |
constantly doing something; busy; energetic. [1/7 definitions] |
| beset |
to trouble constantly; harass. [1/2 definitions] |
| besetting |
constantly tormenting, troubling, or preoccupying, as a need, temptation, or sin. |
| butterfly |
someone who moves constantly from one activity to another, esp. in social life. [1/5 definitions] |
| carp1 |
to complain and criticize constantly, esp. about petty things. |
| chronic |
recurring often over long periods or happening constantly. [1/3 definitions] |
| harry |
to attack or annoy repeatedly or constantly; harass. [1/3 definitions] |
| henpeck |
(informal) to dominate (one's husband) by constantly nagging or criticizing. |
| kaleidoscope |
any series of constantly changing colors, phases, or events. [1/2 definitions] |
| Punch-and-Judy show |
a puppet show consisting of slapstick humor in which the grotesque and quarrelsome Punch constantly fights with his wife Judy. |
| pursue |
to constantly torment or harass. [1/7 definitions] |
| scramble |
to cook (eggs) in an open pan, stirring constantly to produce a uniformly cooked mixture. [1/10 definitions] |
| sleepless |
constantly alert or moving, or unable to fall asleep. [1/2 definitions] |
| spiral |
a curve that begins from and continues to form a circle around a fixed point and that constantly increases or decreases in distance from it, in either a flat or a three-dimensional plane; coil or helix. [1/6 definitions] |
| stir-fry |
to cook (thinly sliced or diced vegetables, meat, or fish) in a small amount of oil over high heat while stirring constantly. |
| trotter |
an energetic person who appears to be moving constantly. [1/3 definitions] |
| vade mecum |
(Latin) a resource that a person carries around constantly, such as a guidebook, manual, or map. |
| womanize |
to pursue women constantly or excessively; be sexually promiscuous with women. [1/2 definitions] |
| womanizer |
a man who, with sexual intentions, pursues women constantly or excessively. |
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