plural of play on words

(transitive) To completely empty.

(transitive) To remove by hacking; to cut off / (transitive) To annoy

(UK, historical) A large clock, once hung in inns, erroneously thought to derive from a tax on clocks.

(transitive) To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.

(transitive) To locate by following a scent.

(obsolete) To take off (clothing). / (slang) To kill, to bump off

(idiomatic, UK) Embellished. / (idiomatic, UK) (manner) Extremely; in a similar way, but taken to an extreme.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.

(Japan, music) The instrumentals.