A purplish red colour, like that of a red violet flower.

Of a purplish red colour, like that of a red violet flower.

Involving extreme force or motion. / Involving physical conflict. / Likely to use physical force. / Intensely vivid. / Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.

(transitive, archaic) To urge with violence.

(obsolete) An assailant.

A violinist who is assigned to play the second violin part.

A violinist who is assigned to play melody (usually more technically difficult music).

The second violin part in an orchestral score, generally a harmony to the first violin's melody and generally less technically demanding.

(basketball) A turnover occurring when the team with possession, having brought the ball over the half-court line causes it to cross back over the line without interference from the other team.

(basketball) The act of entering the free-throw lane before the free-throw shot has left the shooter's hands.