(nautical) A kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.

(colloquial, dated) A small, insignificant fellow.

(firearms) A dummy round of ammunition used to check ammo feed and other mechanical problems. / A cap or cover that snaps into place.

(uncountable, music, stringed instruments) The act of plucking a string in a way that makes it hit the fingerboard. / (countable, music, stringed instruments) A note played in such a way.

a pair of male/female interlocking disks used to fasten a piece of clothing in place of buttons

The game of apple bobbing.

Any saltwater snail; a marine gastropod mollusk with a shell (contrasted with sea slug).

A member of the black snake family found in Australia, Pseudechis australis

An aquatic salamander of the genus Amphiuma.

plural of Congo snake