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Today’s pangram is HICKORY.
HICKORY is defined as American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts. It is also defined as valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees.
CHICK is defined as informal terms for a (young) woman. It is also defined as young bird especially of domestic fowl.
CHOCK is defined as a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object. It is also defined as as completely as possible. It is also defined as secure with chocks. It is also defined as support on chocks.
COCK is defined as faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid. It is also defined as the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled. It is also defined as adult male chicken. It is also defined as to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. It is also defined as obscene terms for penis. It is also defined as adult male bird. It is also defined as set the trigger of a firearm back for firing. It is also defined as tilt or slant to one side.
COCKY is defined as overly self-confident or self-assertive.
COOK is defined as tamper, with the purpose of deception. It is also defined as English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779). It is also defined as prepare for eating by applying heat. It is also defined as prepare a hot meal. It is also defined as someone who cooks food. It is also defined as transform and make suitable for consumption by heating. It is also defined as transform by heating.
CORK is defined as the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle). It is also defined as close a bottle with a cork. It is also defined as a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line. It is also defined as (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells. It is also defined as a port city in southern Ireland. It is also defined as outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.. It is also defined as stuff with cork.
CORKY is defined as (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin.
CRICK is defined as a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick’ and `wrick’ are British). It is also defined as English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004). It is also defined as twist (a body part) into a strained position.
CROCK is defined as an earthen jar (made of baked clay). It is also defined as a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink. It is also defined as nonsense; foolish talk. It is also defined as release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric. It is also defined as soil with or as with crock.
CROOK is defined as a circular segment of a curve. It is also defined as someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. It is also defined as bend or cause to bend. It is also defined as a long staff with one end being hook shaped.
HICK is defined as a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture. It is also defined as awkwardly simple and provincial.
HOCK is defined as any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock’ is British usage). It is also defined as leave as a guarantee in return for money. It is also defined as tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle. It is also defined as disable by cutting the hock.
HOOK is defined as anything that serves as an enticement. It is also defined as make off with belongings of others. It is also defined as approach with an offer of sexual favors. It is also defined as take by theft. It is also defined as a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer. It is also defined as a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook. It is also defined as to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug). It is also defined as a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something. It is also defined as make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle. It is also defined as rip off; ask an unreasonable price. It is also defined as entice and trap. It is also defined as a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket. It is also defined as a catch for locking a door. It is also defined as a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something. It is also defined as a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent. It is also defined as catch with a hook. It is also defined as fasten with a hook. It is also defined as hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left. It is also defined as hit with a hook. It is also defined as secure with the foot.
HOOKY is defined as failure to attend (especially school).
ICKY is defined as soft and sticky. It is also defined as very bad.
KICK is defined as the act of delivering a blow with the foot. It is also defined as express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness. It is also defined as stop consuming. It is also defined as informal terms for objecting. It is also defined as spring back, as from a forceful thrust. It is also defined as the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired. It is also defined as a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics. It is also defined as the swift release of a store of affective force. It is also defined as drive or propel with the foot. It is also defined as kick a leg up. It is also defined as make a goal. It is also defined as strike with the foot. It is also defined as the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs). It is also defined as thrash about or strike out with the feet.
The word KICKY has no known definition.
KOOK is defined as someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group.
KOOKY is defined as informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
RICK is defined as twist suddenly so as to sprain. It is also defined as a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick’ and `wrick’ are British). It is also defined as a stack of hay. It is also defined as pile in ricks.
ROCK is defined as move back and forth or sideways. It is also defined as hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint). It is also defined as pitching dangerously to one side. It is also defined as material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth’s crust. It is also defined as cause to move back and forth. It is also defined as United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984). It is also defined as a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western. It is also defined as a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter. It is also defined as (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable.
ROCKY is defined as full of hardship or trials. It is also defined as abounding in rocks or stones. It is also defined as causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements. It is also defined as liable to rock.
ROOK is defined as common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow. It is also defined as (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard. It is also defined as deprive of by deceit.
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