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Whop :: Whop (v. i.) To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over..

Refract :: Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.

Bold :: Bold (n.) Steep; abrupt; prominent.

Abrupt :: Abrupt (a.) Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..

Bore :: Bore (n.) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel..

Jump :: Jump (n.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

Bob :: Bob (n.) Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail..

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.

Bore :: Bore (n.) A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China..

Brusque :: Brusque (a.) Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style..

Inflexed :: Inflexed (a.) Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower..

Bluntness :: Bluntness (n.) Abruptness of address; rude plainness.

Squawk :: Squawk (v. i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly..

Shut :: Shut (a.) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are..

Premorse :: Premorse (a.) Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off..

Abruptly :: Abruptly (adv.) Precipitously.

Round :: Round (a.) Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style..

Shortly :: Shortly (adv.) In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose..

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