A Stampede
of Carniverbs
Provide
the animal-verb which best matches the definition of each of the following.
Some animals/verbs are used twice. Good luck! Don't louse up!
Thanks to Rex Stocklin for helping to corral some of the beasts...
1.
to score two under-par on a golf hole [5]
2. to outwit by cunning [3]
3. complain [6]
4. to defraud by cheating or swindling [4]
5. to strike with great force; move quickly [3]
6. to advance a baserunner [3]
7. to harass or annoy persistently [6]
8. to offer for sale by calling out in the street [4]
9. show off [7]
10. to give way; falter; recoil in fear [5]
11. to become silent [4 + up]
12. to give birth to; to produce as yield [4]
13. to extend like the spokes of a bicycle wheel [3]
14. equivocate; to evade an obligation [6 + out]
15. to chatter [3]
16. engage in sycophancy [4 + y]
17. to show affection; to court favor by flattery [4]
18. to eat greedily; devour [4]
19. to eat greedily [3 + out]
20. to stand or move with legs and arms extended [spread + 5]
21. to foul up; snarl [5 + up]
22. deceive; take advantage of [4]
23. spy on [4]
24. to store away for future use [8 + away]
25. to make secure against leakage or passage [4]
26. to devour greedily; despoil [5]
27. to shoot at exposed individuals from a concealed vantage point
[5]
28. to get something from or live on another by imposing on their
hospitality
or generosity [6]
29. to search or move stealthily or slowly; to toy with roughly
[5]
30. to repeat by rote [6]
31. to destroy the courage or resolve of; intimidate [3]
32. fail to do one's best; goldbrick [3 + it]
33. to repeat monotonously [6]
34. to seek something by roundabout means (as a compliment) [4]
35. avoid; evade [4]
36. to accept without question, protest or resentment [7]
37. to betray, desert or inform on one's associate; work as a scab
[3]
38. to bake in a sauce usually covered with seasoned bread crumbs
[7]
39. to gather hastily (archaic) [5]
40. to act on with violence [4]
41. bother; annoy [3]
42. to find fault; querulously complain [4]
43. to bring an anchor up for securing in place [3]
44. to lose one's nerve [7 +/- out]
45. shoot a three on a par four [4 + ie]
46. exultantly boast, gloat or brag [4]
47. to draw back in preparation to throw [4]
48. to wink; flutter [3]
49. to copy closely, but ineptly [3]
50. to scurry [6]
51. to project; jut [6]
52. to bewilder; baffle [7]
53. throw (a steer) by seizing the horns and twisting the neck [7]
54. to leave abruptly [4]
55. to alight on a elevated resting spot [5]
56. to move slowly or lazily [5]
57. to poke between the buttocks [5]
58. move, proceed or act ineffectually and clumsily; thrash about
[8]
59. to force out of hiding; flush out [6]
60. to settle payment of an account; pay up [4 + up]
61. to act mischievously [6]
62. to treat as an object of great importance [4 + ize]
63. to move by brute force [5]
64. to take in excess of one's due [3]
65. strut; swagger [4]
66. to increase the power, intensity, speed or amount of [5]
67. to set in motion; foment; disperse [3]
68. to proceed insinuously or deviously [4]
69. to move sinuously and silently [5]
70. defeat; shut out in a game [5]
71. to plant a concealed microphone [3]
72. to tear up or shred into bits by machine [3]
73. to hunt or track like a hound [3]
74. to make sullen or sour; complain peevishly [4]
75. attend a party without a companion [4]
76. to drive or affect by persistent harassing [5]
77. to pierce [4]
78. to find fault incessantly [3]
79. to fool with fast boastful talk [4]
80. to search for a sexual mate [3 + around]
81. to escape from [3]
82. to stretch the neck for a better look [5]
83. to draw blood [5]
84. to punch [4]
85. issue a low, animal noise [5]
86. to go against; resist [4]
87. to capsize [6]
88. to complain bitterly [4]
89. to cry like a cat [3]
90. to engage in pranks [4]
91. to allow [6]
92. shoot the breeze [4]
93. to glide on ice [5]
94. to blacken on a grill [4]
95. to bore a hole [5]
96. to file in a small compartment [6 + hole]
97. to head directly towards [3 + line]
98. to verbally harass a husband [3 + peck]
99. to walk across the street illegally [3 + walk]
100. to run quickly [4]
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