An exclamation of surprise.

(UK) To pause and remain still whilst doing nothing but surveying the environment around oneself.

(idiomatic) By divine will.

By the force of; by means of. / (by extension) Because of; by reason of.

plural of bycatch

(chiefly music, language learning) To play (an instrument) or sing or to learn music without reading or memorizing sheet music; to learn a language without instruction. / To do by guessing, to improvise.

(transitive, obsolete) To have sex with. / (intransitive, dated) To rest from labour; to take a break.

plural of by-product

Any of several desserts largely consisting of a chocolate cake with a chocolate sauce.

(nonstandard) simple past tense of hang by a thread