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box2 |
to fight with in a boxing match. [3/6 definitions] |
chameleon |
a lizard that is able to change its skin color to match its environment. |
clash |
to not match or work together in color, tone, or time. [1/5 definitions] |
companion |
a match or mate in a pair. [1/2 definitions] |
correspond |
to agree; match (often followed by "with" or "to"). [1/3 definitions] |
default |
to lose a game, match, or the like for this reason. [2/14 definitions] |
double |
(pl., but used with a sing. verb) in tennis and other games, a match with two players on each side. (Cf. single.) [1/19 definitions] |
fellow |
one of a pair; match. [1/7 definitions] |
fight |
a boxing match. [2/5 definitions] |
foursome |
a match between two pairs of partners, as in golf or bridge, or the participants therein. [1/2 definitions] |
friction match |
a match that lights by friction or rubbing. |
fusee |
a match with a large head ignited by friction and capable of burning even in a wind. [1/4 definitions] |
gallery |
a group of spectators, as at a golf or tennis match. [1/7 definitions] |
go1 |
to be a good match with something else. [1/16 definitions] |
hotfoot |
a practical joke in which a match is secretly placed between the sole and upper of someone's shoe and is lit. [1/3 definitions] |
Jimmy McDaniel |
U.S. tennis player, who, in a match against Don Budge in 1940, was the first African American to play a white champion (b. 1917). |
key1 |
to regulate, coordinate, or adjust so that there is harmony or an appropriate match with something else. [1/8 definitions] |
lotto |
a lottery, usu. operated by a state government, in which players choose numbers that may match those selected at an official drawing. [1/2 definitions] |
matchless2 |
having no match or matches to light a fire. [1/2 definitions] |
matchlock |
an old type of gunlock in which the powder charge was ignited by a slow-burning match. [1/2 definitions] |
match point |
the final point that must be scored to win a match, esp. in tennis. |
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