effort |
a hard try; attempt. [1/2 definitions] |
endeavor |
to make an effort; try; strive. [1/2 definitions] |
explore |
to try to understand by examining carefully. [1/2 definitions] |
fish |
to catch or try to catch fish. [2/5 definitions] |
flatter1 |
to give too much or false praise; try to please by praising. [1/2 definitions] |
frugal |
likely to try to save money; careful with spending. [1/2 definitions] |
go1 |
a try; an attempt. [1/16 definitions] |
hitchhike |
to try to get, or to get, a free ride in a vehicle. |
ice hockey |
a sport played on ice by two teams. In ice hockey, each person wears skates and plays with a long stick. Using the stick, players hit a flat disc called a puck and try to get it into the other team's goal, often by passing it from one team member to another across the ice. |
imitate |
to copy the actions of; try to be like. [1/2 definitions] |
listen |
to try to hear. [1/2 definitions] |
lobby |
to try to get legislators to vote in a certain way. [1/3 definitions] |
look for |
to try to find; seek. |
make amends |
to try to make up for harm done to someone. |
masquerade |
to try to be or look like another person. [1/4 definitions] |
mug |
to attack and try to rob on the street or in some other public place. [1/3 definitions] |
piņata |
a colorful decorated container, often in the shape of a star, animal, or popular character, that is filled with candies, gifts, or other treats. The container is suspended in the air so that children, blindfolded, may try to break it open so that the treats may be gathered from the ground. The piņata is of Latin American origin. |
puck |
the hard rubber disk that is used in ice hockey. Players try to hit the puck into the net to score a goal. |
pump1 |
to try hard to get information from someone. [1/6 definitions] |
reach |
to try to touch or get hold of something. [1/11 definitions] |
rival |
to try to do better than; compete with or against. [1/4 definitions] |