English words: S

2316 words under S; 1501–1600 on this page.

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• spontaneous adjective (spontaneous, more spontaneous); adverb…
  Spontaneous means happening or done suddenly, without being planned.
• spontaneously adverb (spontaneously)
  Spontaneously means doing something suddenly, without planning it first, because you feel like it, as in «the crowd spontaneously started…
• spoof noun (a spoof, spoofs); verb…
  A spoof is a funny copy of something, such as a film, song or advert, that makes fun of it by exaggerating it.
• spook noun (a spook, spooks); verb…
  A spook is a ghost.
• spooky adjective (spooky, spookier, spookiest)
  Spooky means strange and a bit frightening, as if there might be ghosts.
• spoon noun (spoon, spoons); verb…
  A spoon is a small tool with a round, shallow end and a handle, used for eating, serving or stirring.
• spoonbill noun (spoonbills)
  A spoonbill is a wading bird with a long, flat bill shaped like a spoon.
• spoonerism noun (a spoonerism, spoonerisms)
  A spoonerism is a slip of the tongue where you swap the first sounds of two words, often by accident and with a funny result: «a…
• spoonful noun (a spoonful, spoonfuls)
  A spoonful is the amount a spoon holds.
• spore noun (a spore, spores)
  A spore is a tiny cell made by fungi, ferns, mosses and some bacteria that can grow into a new living thing.
• spork noun (a spork, sporks)
  A spork is a plastic or metal eating tool that is a spoon and a fork in one: a spoon shape with short prongs at the tip.
• sport noun (a sport, sports; sport, uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A sport is a game or activity where you move your body and follow rules, often to win: football, swimming, netball.
• sportive adjective (sportive, more sportive) — old-fashioned
  Sportive means playful and full of fun: a sportive puppy.
• sportsman noun (a sportsman, sportsmen)
  A sportsman is a man who plays sport, especially well or as his job.
• sportsmanship noun (sportsmanship — uncountable)
  Playing fairly and kindly in sport or games: following the rules, respecting the other team and the referee, and being a good winner and a…
• sporty adjective (sporty, sportier, sportiest)
  A sporty person likes sport and is good at it.
• spot noun (a spot, spots); verb (spot, spots, spotted, spotting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A spot is a small round mark of a different colour, like spots on a ladybird.
• spotless adjective (spotless); adverb spotlessly
  Spotless means completely clean, without any dirt or marks.
• spotlight noun (a spotlight, spotlights; the spotlight); verb…
  A spotlight is a strong lamp that shines a narrow, bright beam onto one person or area, especially on a stage.
• spots noun (a spot, spots); verb (spot, spots, spotted, spotting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Small round marks or patches of a different colour on something, like the spots on a ladybird or a Dalmatian.
• spotted adjective (spotted); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Spotted means covered with a pattern of spots or dots: «a spotted dog».
• spotter noun (a spotter, spotters)
  A spotter is a person who watches out for something, especially as a hobby: a train spotter, a bird spotter, a plane spotter.
• spotting verb, -ing form of spot (spot, spots, spotted, spotting)…
  Spotting means noticing or seeing something, often something hard to find.
• spotty adjective (spotty, spottier, spottiest)
  Spotty means covered with spots or dots, like a spotty dress.
• spouse noun (a spouse, spouses)
  Your spouse is the person you are married to: your husband or your wife.
• spout noun (a spout, spouts); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A spout is a short tube or lip on a teapot, kettle or jug that liquid is poured out of.
• spouting verb (spout, spouts, spouted, spouting — -ing form); noun…
  Pouring or shooting out in a strong stream, like water from a fountain or a whale's blowhole.
• sprain verb (sprain, sprains, sprained, spraining); noun…
  To sprain your ankle, wrist or knee is to hurt it by twisting it suddenly, so the joint swells and is painful.
• sprat noun (sprats)
  A sprat is a small sea fish, like a herring but smaller.
• sprawl verb (sprawl, sprawls, sprawled, sprawling); noun…
  To sprawl is to sit or lie with your arms and legs spread out in a relaxed or careless way.
• spray noun (spray, a spray, sprays); verb…
  Spray is many tiny drops of liquid flying through the air, like sea spray from waves.
• spread verb (spread, spreads, spread, spreading); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To open or stretch out something: "spread your arms".
• spreadeth verb, old form of «spreads» (he, she, it)
  «spreadeth» means «spreads», a form of «spread»: To open or stretch out something: "spread your arms".
• spreading verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Covering a surface with a thin layer of something soft, like spreading butter on toast.
• spree noun (a spree, sprees)
  A short time when you do a lot of something you enjoy, without holding back: a shopping spree, a spending spree.
• sprig noun (sprigs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A sprig is a small twig or shoot with leaves or flowers on it.
• sprightly adjective (sprightlier, sprightliest)
  Sprightly means lively, quick and full of life and cheer.
• spring noun (spring, springs); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Spring is the season after winter and before summer, when plants start to grow.
• springbok noun (a springbok, springboks; the Springboks)
  A springbok is a small, fast antelope (a deer-like animal) of southern Africa, brown and white, famous for jumping high into the air.
• springtail noun (a springtail, springtails)
  A tiny, wingless, six-legged animal that lives in soil and leaf litter and jumps by flicking a spring-like tail under its body.
• springtime noun (springtime)
  The season of spring, between winter and summer, when plants start to grow, flowers bloom and many baby animals are born.
• springy adjective (springy, springier, springiest)
  Springy means bouncy: it goes back to its shape after you press, squash or stretch it, like a spring.
• sprinkle verb (sprinkle, sprinkles, sprinkled, sprinkling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To sprinkle is to scatter small drops or bits over something, like salt, sugar, water or seeds.
• sprinkler noun (a sprinkler, sprinklers)
  A device that sprays water over grass or plants.
• sprint verb (sprint, sprints, sprinted, sprinting); noun…
  To sprint is to run as fast as you can for a short distance.
• sprinter noun (a sprinter, sprinters)
  A sprinter is a runner who races over short distances very fast.
• sprit noun (sprits)
  A sprit is a thin, stiff stalk of rush or reed, used to tie things, such as halters for cattle.
• sprite noun (a sprite, sprites); brand (Sprite)
  A small magical creature like a fairy or elf in stories, often playful or mischievous.
• sprocket noun (a sprocket, sprockets)
  A sprocket is a wheel with teeth around its edge that fit into the links of a chain or the holes in a film or tape, so that it can turn it…
• sprout verb (sprout, sprouts, sprouted, sprouting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To sprout is to start to grow: a seed sprouts when it puts out its first shoot.
• spruce noun…
  A spruce is a tall evergreen tree with short needles and hanging cones; it often grows in cold places.
• spud noun (a spud, spuds) — informal
  A spud is a potato.
• spur noun (a spur, spurs); verb (spur, spurs, spurred, spurring)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A spur is a small metal spike or wheel on the back of a rider's boot, used to push a horse to go faster.
• spurn verbJewish tradition
  To refuse or push away something with scorn.
• spurned verbJewish tradition
  To reject something with scorn or contempt, as if refusing to have anything to do with it.
• spurt verb (spurt, spurts, spurted, spurting); noun…
  To spurt is for a liquid to shoot out suddenly and fast in a stream, like water from a burst pipe.
• sputnik noun (Sputnik, a sputnik, sputniks)
  Sputnik was the first man-made satellite sent into orbit around the Earth, by the Soviet Union.
• sputter verb (sputters, sputtered, sputtering)
  To sputter is to make short, hissing or spitting noises, as a fire or a match does when it burns.
• spy noun (a spy, spies); verb (spy, spies, spied, spying)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A spy is a person who secretly collects information about another country, group or person.
• squabble verb (squabble, squabbles, squabbled, squabbling); noun…
  To squabble is to argue noisily about something small and unimportant.
• squad noun (a squad, squads)
  A squad is a small group of people who work or train together, especially a sports team or a group of soldiers or police.
• squadron noun (squadrons)
  A squadron is a group of ships, aircraft or soldiers that fight together as one unit.
• squall verb (squalls, squalled, squalling); noun (squalls)
  To squall is to cry out loudly and harshly, as in fright or anger.
• squalling verb (squall, squalls, squalled, squalling)
  To squall is to cry or scream loudly and harshly, the way a baby or an angry animal does.
• squander verb (squander, squanders, squandered, squandering)
  To squander something is to waste it foolishly, especially money, time or a chance.
• square noun, adjective, verb (square, squares, squared, squaring)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A square is a flat shape with four equal sides and four right angles (square corners).
• squared adjective, verb form (squared; from square)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Squared means multiplied by itself: five squared is 25, written 5².
• squash verb (squash, squashes, squashed, squashing); noun…
  To press or crush something so it becomes flat or out of shape: squash a can, a squashed sandwich.
• squashy adjective (squashy, squashier, squashiest)
  Squashy means soft and easy to press or squeeze out of shape.
• squat verb (squat, squats, squatted, squatting); noun…
  To squat is to bend your knees and lower your body so you sit on your heels or just above the ground.
• squawk verb (squawk, squawks, squawked, squawking); noun…
  To squawk is to make a loud, harsh cry like a parrot or a scared chicken.
• squeak verb (squeak, squeaks, squeaked, squeaking); noun…
  A squeak is a short, high, thin sound, like a mouse makes or a door that needs oil.
• squeaky adjective (squeaky, squeakier, squeakiest)
  Squeaky means making a short, high sound, like a squeaky door or a squeaky toy.
• squeal verb (squeal, squeals, squealed, squealing); noun…
  To make a long, high, loud sound, like a pig or an excited child.
• squeeze verb (squeeze, squeezes, squeezed, squeezing); noun…
  To squeeze means to press something hard, often from the sides: squeeze a lemon.
• squelch verb (squelch, squelches, squelched, squelching); noun…
  To squelch is to walk through soft, wet mud so that it makes a loud sucking sound.
• squib noun (a squib, squibs)
  A small firework that burns with a hissing sound and then bangs.
• squid noun (a squid; plural squid or squids)
  A sea animal with a long soft body, eight arms and two longer tentacles, which can squirt ink to escape from danger.
• squiffy adjective (squiffy, squiffier, squiffiest) — UK, informal
  Slightly drunk; tipsy.
• squiggle noun (a squiggle, squiggles); verb…
  A squiggle is a short wavy or curly line, especially one drawn quickly or messily.
• squint verb (squint, squints, squinted, squinting); noun…
  To look with your eyes partly closed, for example in bright sun or to see something better.
• squire noun (a squire, squires); verb…
  A young man training to be a knight, who served a knight and carried his shield and armour.
• squirm verb (squirm, squirms, squirmed, squirming); noun (a squirm)
  To squirm means to twist and wriggle your body because you are uncomfortable, bored or trying to get free: "The puppy squirmed out of my…
• squirrel noun (a squirrel, squirrels); verb…
  A small furry animal with a long bushy tail that lives in trees, eats nuts and seeds, and can climb and jump very well.
• squirt verb (squirt, squirts, squirted, squirting); noun…
  To squirt is to make liquid shoot out in a thin, fast stream from a small hole.
• squish verb (squish, squishes, squished, squishing); noun…
  To squash something soft, so it gets flat or out of shape.
• squishy adjective (squishy, squishier, squishiest); noun…
  Squishy means soft and wet or soft and easy to squeeze, so it changes shape when pressed: squishy mud, a squishy tomato.
• ss abbreviation (SS, ss)
  SS before a ship's name stands for steamship, as in the SS Great Britain.
• sss interjection, sound word (sss, ssss, sssss)
  "Sss" is the hissing sound of a snake, written down.
• stab verb (stab, stabs, stabbed, stabbing); noun (a stab, stabs)
  To stab means to push a knife or other sharp, pointed thing into someone or something.
• stabbing noun (a stabbing, stabbings); adjective…
  A stabbing is a crime or attack in which someone is hurt with a knife or sharp object.
• stabiliser noun (a stabiliser, stabilisers; US stabilizer)
  Stabilisers are the two small extra wheels on the back of a child's bicycle that stop it falling over while you learn to ride (US…
• stabilising verb…
  Making something steady and less likely to move, fall or change.
• stability noun (stability — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Stability is being steady and not likely to fall over, move or change suddenly.
• stable adjective (stable, more stable / stabler, most stable)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Stable means steady and firm, not likely to move, wobble, fall or change.
• stableman noun (stablemen)
  A stableman is a man whose job is to look after horses in a stable: feeding them, cleaning them and exercising them.
• stack noun (a stack, stacks); verb…
  A stack is a neat pile of things one on top of another.
• stacte nounJewish tradition
  A sweet-smelling resin or gum that drips from a tree and is used to make perfume or incense.
• stadium noun (stadium, stadiums; also stadia)
  A stadium is a big place with rows of seats around a field or track where people watch sports or concerts.
• staff noun (staff — the people; a staff, staffs — a stick)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The staff are all the people who work for a school, shop, hospital or company.

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