This page gathers the 2,895 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “War”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 28 of 29: from “tsukidashi” to “waridashi”.
- tsukidashi noun A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent backwards and out using a rhythmic thrusting motion.
- tsukihiza noun a situation in which a rikishi accidentally touches the dohyo with his knee, his opponent thus winning
- tsukiotoshi noun A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent down using a thrusting movement on his rib cage or shoulder.
- tsukitaoshi noun A kimarite in which the attacker, after a heated slapping exchange, thrusts his opponent over onto his back or side.
- tsukite noun The situation in which a rikishi accidentally touches the dohyo with his hand, his opponent thus winning.
- tsumatori noun a kimarite in which the attacker reaches down and picks up his opponent's foot (at the toes) and pulls back and up forcing him to fall…
- tsuridashi noun A kimarite in which the attacker grips his opponent's mawashi and heaves him into the air, lifting him over and out of the ring.
- tsuriotoshi noun A kimarite in which the attacker grips his opponent's mawashi, lifts him, and swings him sideways and down. A lifting bodyslam.
- tsutaezori noun A kimarite in which the attacker dives under his opponent's arm whilst maintaining a grip on it, then leans back, forcing him to fall…
- tubage noun The process of lining a heavy gun by insertion of a tube of wrought iron, etc.
- tube artillery noun Weapons that have barrels, rather than delivered by missiles or rockets (e.g. mortars and field guns).
- tuck up verb To protect one's face by covering it with the gloves
- turn verb To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- turn around verb To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.
- turn in succession verb To change course one at a time in sequence, with all ships following the track of the leading ship as if on rails and turning at the same…
- turnpike noun A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise.
- turret noun A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits…
- turret farm noun A battleship with an unusually-large number of main-battery turrets (generally five or more).
- turtle noun An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.
- turtleback noun An armor layout with an armored deck which slopes downwards towards the sides of the ship and connects to the lower edge of the main belt…
- tweak verb From a catapult, to strike a target with a missile.
- tweener noun A boxer in various newcomer weight classes whose names often contain super, light or junior.
- tweep verb To kill; to assassinate.
- twelve noun Front (front side of something, position in front of something).
- twenty noun An old English division of infantry.
- u adj Usually in parentheses: abbreviation of unclassified.
- U-boat noun Any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War.
- uchigake noun a kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent forward, hooks his opponent's leg with his own, and pulls him over backwards.
- uchimuso noun A kimarite in which the attacker sweeps one of his opponent's legs up by hitting his inner thigh, then pulling him with the other hand.
- uke noun The training partner against whom tori performs a move.
- unblouse verb To untuck (leggings from footwear); to make (pants or trousers) unrestricted or untightened at the ankle, often as a sign of rank or…
- unbreech verb To free the breech of (a cannon etc.) from its fastenings or coverings.
- uncase verb To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body.
- uncover verb To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.
- under arms adj Equipped with weapons (of a country, army etc.); in a state of armed, military readiness.
- under the gun prep_phrase Too close to be subject to artillery fire.
- undercharge verb To put too small a charge into.
- underhammer noun A firing mechanism where the hammer is mounted under the frame, behind the barrels, and forward of the trigger.
- underhold noun An unfair seizing of an opponent under the arms.
- underhook noun A clinch hold performed by putting an arm under the opponent's arm, and holding the opponent's midsection or upper body.
- underkill noun The situation where a weapon does too little destruction, or less than it potentially could.
- underlug noun One of the locking lugs on a break-action firearm that extend from the bottom of the barrels under the chamber(s) and connect into the…
- undress parade noun A substitute for dress parade in bad weather, the companies parading without arms, and the ceremony shortened.
- unicorn noun A howitzer.
- unit noun A member of a military organization.
- unit of issue noun Synonym of unit (“a standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed”)
- unmask verb To expose something that was concealed or shielded from an enemy.
- unrep noun The act of taking on fuel without putting into port.
- unryu-gata noun The normal ring-entering ceremony performed by yokozuna, consisting of both offensive and defensive moves.
- unsight verb To lose sight on a target
- unsighted adj Not furnished with a sight.
- up the pole prep_phrase Teetotal; not drinking any alcohol.
- up the spout prep_phrase In the chamber, having an ammunition round in a weapon's chamber.
- uppercard noun The part of a wrestling show towards the end of the card (programme or schedule). It is the most prestigious part of the show compared to…
- uppercut noun A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin.
- URL noun Initialism of unrestricted line officer.
- utchari noun a kimarite in which the attacker, in a last ditch effort, drops his hips while twisting and pulling his opponent up and past him, sometimes…
- valet noun A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male…
- vampire noun Synonym of anti-ship missile (ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one.
- vane noun One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
- vanguard noun The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.
- VC noun Initialism of Victor Charlie (“Vietcong”).
- vedette noun A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger.
- vent-piece noun In a breechloading firearm, a vertical sliding block with a conical plug on its front surface to seal the firing chamber and close the…
- ventometer noun An instrument for sighting a rifle.
- vertrep noun Syllabic abbreviation of vertical replenishment.
- very well intj A standard response by a superior to a report or confirmation.
- veteranize verb To reenlist for service as a soldier.
- VFR direct adv Bypassing normal channels, particularly skipping intervening levels in the chain of command.
- vicenary noun An officer in command of twenty men.
- victory roll noun A wrestling pin in which the attacking wrestler jumps onto the opponent's shoulders from behind and rolls forward. As the attacker flips…
- victual verb To provide (military troops, a place, a ship, etc., or oneself) with a stock of victuals or food; to provision.
- victualling noun The process of supplying food.
- ville noun A Vietnamese village.
- vodka noun A Russian.
- volt verb To perform this movement.
- voltigeur noun One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.
- volunteer noun One who enters into military service voluntarily (but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers)…
- wadcutter noun a special-purpose bullet designed for shooting paper targets, usually at close range and at subsonic velocities.
- wagnerite noun A mercenary from the Wagner Group PMC.
- wagonmaster noun A military transport officer.
- wagonmaster general noun A high-ranking officer responsible for overseeing military transport and logistics, particularly in the Continental Army during the…
- wakey noun The day on which one wakes up and travels home.
- walk back the cat verb To reconstruct the sequence of events in order to identify the point of failure in an operation and ascertain responsibility.
- walk down verb To continually advance (on an opponent) and punch (the opponent) in order to control the fight and dominate the opponent, while shrugging…
- walk one's shots verb To repeatedly observe the fall of shot of one's weapon and use this data to adjust one's aim until one hits one's target.
- walking fire noun A line of infantry equipped with automatic weapons advancing in a coordinated attack.
- walking patient noun A patient whose injuries and/or illness are relatively minor, permitting the patient to walk and not require a litter.
- walkout noun Synonym of ringwalk (“fighter's glamorous entrance into the ring”).
- walkover noun A match whose winner is declared because the other boxer does not appear in the ring within one minute of the official time.
- walt noun Someone who impersonates a veteran (retired member of the armed forces).
- wanted cargo noun In naval control of shipping, a cargo which is not immediately required by the consignee country, but will be needed later.
- war baby noun An officer owing his position to the need of the time rather than competence.
- war chest noun A fund to finance a war.
- war game noun A simulation (by whatever means, physical or digital), for training and strategy purposes, of a military operation involving two or more…
- war of attrition noun A prolonged war in which the warring sides try to defeat their opponents by wearing them out.
- warble noun In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to…
- ward noun A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- warhorse noun Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight.
- waridashi noun A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's arm at the biceps and pushes him back and out.