N. impulse,
impulsion,
impetus,
momentum,
push,
pulsion, thrust,
shove,
jog,
jolt,
brunt,
booming,
boost, throw,
explosion,
propulsion,
percussion,
concussion,
collision, occursion|,
clash,
encounter, cannon, carambole,
appulse,
shock,
crash,
bump,
impact,
elan, charge, beating, blow,
dint, stroke,
knock,
tap,
rap,
slap,
smack,
pat,
dab,
fillip,
slam,
bang,
hit,
whack,
thwack,
cuff,
squash,
dowse,
swap,
whap,
punch,
thump,
pelt,
kick, punce|,
calcitration, ruade, arietation|, cut, thrust,
lunge, yerk|,
carom,
carrom, clip *,
jab, plug*, sidewinder*, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer,
mall,
maul,
mallet,
flail, ram,
rammer,
battering ram,
monkey, pile-driving engine,
punch,
bat,
cant hook,
cudgel,
ax,
dynamics,
seismometer,
accelerometer, earthquake detector
V. give an impetus,
impel,
push, start, give a start to, set going, drive,
urge,
boom, thrust,
prod,
foin,
cant,
elbow, shoulder,
jostle,
justle,
hustle,
hurtle,
shove,
jog,
jolt,
encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against,
impinge,
boost,
bunt,
carom, clip y,
fan, fan out,
jab, plug *, strike,
knock,
hit,
tap,
rap,
slap,
flap,
dab,
pat,
thump, beat, blow,
bang,
slam,
dash,
punch,
thwack,
whack, hit hard, strike hard,
swap,
batter, dowse|,
baste,
pelt,
patter,
buffet,
belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at,
pink,
lunge,
yerk,
kick,
calcitrate,
butt, strike at, whip *c, (punish) 972, come into a collision, enter into collision,
collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw
Phr. "a hit, a very palpable hit"
N. agitation,
stir,
tremor,
shake,
ripple,
jog,
jolt,
jar,
jerk,
shock,
succussion,
trepidation,
quiver,
quaver, dance, jactitation|, quassation|, shuffling 7c, v,
twitter,
flicker,
flutter,
turbulence,
perturbation,
commotion,
turmoil, disquiet,
tumult, tumultuation|,
hubbub,
rout,
bustle,
fuss,
racket,
subsultus,
staggers, megrims,
epilepsy, fits,
carphology,
chorea,
floccillation, the jerks, st. vitus's dance,
tilmus,
spasm,
throe,
throb,
palpitation,
convulsion, disturbance,
chaos,
restlessness,
ferment, fermentation,
ebullition,
effervescence,
hurly-burly, cahotage,
tempest, storm, ground swell, heavy sea,
whirlpool,
vortex,
whirlwind V. be agitated &c,
shake,
tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf,
quiver,
quaver,
quake,
shiver,
twitter,
twire,
writhe,
toss,
shuffle,
tumble,
stagger,
bob,
reel,
sway,
wag,
waggle,
wriggle, wriggle like an eel, dance,
stumble,
shamble,
flounder,
totter,
flounce,
flop,
curvet,
prance,
cavort,
squirm,
throb,
pulsate, beat,
palpitate, go pitapat,
flutter,
flitter,
flicker,
bicker,
bustle,
ferment,
effervesce,
foam,
boil, boil over, bubble up,
simmer, toss about, jump about, jump like a parched pea, shake like an aspen leaf, shake to its center, shake to its foundations, be the sport of the winds and waves, reel to and fro like a drunken man, move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard,
agitate,
shake,
convulse,
toss,
tumble,
bandy,
wield,
brandish,
flap,
flourish,
whisk,
jerk,
hitch,
jolt,
jog,
joggle,
jostle,
buffet,
hustle,
disturb,
stir, shake up,
churn,
jounce,
wallop,
whip,
vellicate Adj. shaking,
agitated,
tremulous,
desultory, subsultory|, saltatoric, quasative,
shambling,
giddy-paced,
saltatory,
convulsive, unquiet, restless, all of a twitter
Adv. by fits and starts, subsultorily|, per saltum, hop skip and jump, in convulsions, in fits
Phr. tempete dans un verre d'eau, words relating to matter
Habit Roget’s Thesaurus §613 N. habit,
habitude, assuetude|, assuefaction|,
wont, run, way, common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things, matter of course, beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground,
prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice,
prevalence,
observance,
conventionalism,
conventionality, mode, fashion,
vogue,
etiquette, order of the day, cry, conformity,
consuetude, dustoor, one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae, laudator temporis acti, rule, standing order,
precedent,
routine,
red-tape,
red-tapism,
pipe clay,
rut, groove,
cacoethes, bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit &c,
addiction,
trick, training, seasoning, second nature,
acclimatization, knack &c
V. be wont, fall into a rut, fall into a custom, tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten, stare super antiquas vias, move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way,
habituate,
inure,
harden, season,
caseharden,
accustom,
familiarize,
naturalize,
acclimatize, keep one's hand in, train, get into the way, get into the knack of, learn, cling to, adhere to,
repeat, acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick, addict oneself to, take to, get into, be habitual, prevail, come into use, become a habit, take root, gain upon one, grow upon one
Adj. habitual,
accustomary,
prescriptive, accustomed, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence,
consuetudinary,
wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent,
everyday, household, garden variety,
jog,
trot, well-trodden,
well-known, familiar,
vernacular,
trite,
commonplace,
conventional, regular, set, stock, established,
stereotyped, prevailing, prevalent, current, received, acknowledged, recognized,
accredited, of course, admitted, understood,
conformable,
&c. 82, according to use, according to custom, according to routine, in vogue, in fashion, in, with it, fashionable,
wont, used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to,
habituated, in the habit of,
habitue, at home in, seasoned, imbued with, devoted to, wedded to,
hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted,
ingrafted, permanent,
inveterate,
besetting,
naturalized, ingrained
Adv. habitually, always, as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards, more suo, more solito, ex more, as a rule, for the most part, usually, generally, typically, most often, most frequently
Phr. cela s'entend, abeunt studia in mores, adeo in teneris consuescere multum est, consuetudo quasi altera natura, hoc erat in more majorum, "how use doth breed a habit in a man!", magna est vis consuetudinis, morent fecerat usus