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| NOUN: | 1. A flippant or sarcastic remark: crack, quip. Slang : wisecrack. See RESPECT, WORDS. 2. An act of thrusting into or against, as to attract attention: jab, jog, nudge, poke. See TOUCH. 3. Chiefly British. A building or shelter where one lives. Used in plural: abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodging (often used in plural), place, residence. See PROTECTION. | | VERB: | 1. To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool: delve, excavate, grub, scoop, shovel, spade. See ENTER. 2. To make by digging: excavate, scoop, shovel. See MAKE. 3. To thrust against or into: jab, jog, nudge, poke, prod. See TOUCH. 4. Slang. To receive pleasure from: enjoy, like1, relish, savor. Informal : go for. See LIKE. 5. To go into or through for the purpose of making discoveries or acquiring information: delve, explore, inquire, investigate, look into, probe, reconnoiter, scout1. See INVESTIGATE. 6. To cause to penetrate with force: drive, plunge, ram, run, sink, stab, stick, thrust. See PUT IN. 7. To find by investigation. Out or up: turn up, uncover, unearth. See SHOW. 8. Slang. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal : savvy. Chiefly British : twig. Scots : ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See UNDERSTAND.
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