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| NOUN: | 1. A part of the earth's surface: area, district, locality, neighborhood, quarter, region, tract, zone. Informal : neck of the woods. See TERRITORY. 2. Slang. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke: bang, blow2, clout, crack, hit, lick, pound, slug3, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop. Informal : bash, biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang : conk, paste. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 3. Slang. An act of drinking or the amount swallowed: draft, drink, potation, pull, quaff, sip, sup, swill. Informal : swig. See MOUTH. | | VERB: | 1. To encircle with or as if with a band: band1, begird, cincture, compass, encompass, engirdle, gird, girdle, girt, ring1. Archaic : engird. See EDGE. 2. Slang. To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid): drink, imbibe, pull on, quaff, sip, sup. Informal : swig, toss down or (off). Idioms: wet one's whistle. See MOUTH. 3. Slang. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply: bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop1, slam, slog, slug3, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. Informal : biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang : conk, paste. Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone. See ATTACK, STRIKE.
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