slag

Definitions of slag
  1. noun
    a single complete movement
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    beat, maatslag
    a stroke or blow
    fleer, haal, klap, muilpeer, opflikker, por, stoot
    a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
    klop
    the act of hitting vigorously
    knockdown
    a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet
    knock-out, opkoper, uitdrager
    a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
    geselslag
    a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
    stomp, vuistslag
    (boxing) a blow with the fist
    eindschot, eindsprint, eindspurt, kick, schop, trap
    the act of delivering a blow with the foot
    opstreek
    an upward stroke from the tip to the heel of the bow
    dolkstoot, steek
    a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
    opstoot, uppercut
    a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin)
    hamerslag
    the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
    aai, baffer, beuk, doodklap, dreun, hengst, hijs, kleun, lel, loeier, opdoffer, opdonder, opduvel, oplawaai, oplazer, opsodemieter, opstopper, optater, peut, peuter, poeier, ram, watjekouw, zwieper
    a severe blow
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    beweging
    a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  2. noun
    a stroke or blow
    synonyms: beat, maatslag
  3. noun
    an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
    synonyms: deuk, klap, knak, knauw, schok
  4. noun
    (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
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    ketsstoot, misser, misstoot, schuiver
    a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
    jive, swing
    in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
    swing
    the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
    weggedrag
    hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
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    manoeuvre, speelwijze
    a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
  5. noun
    a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
    synonyms: bestrijding, duel, gevecht, kamp, strijd, treffen, tweegevecht, tweekamp, worsteling
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    Ardennenoffensief
    a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise
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    veldslag
    a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
    zeegevecht, zeeslag
    a pitched battle between naval fleets
    noodweer, zelfverdediging
    a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
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    rechtshandeling
    a military engagement
  6. noun
    a sudden very loud noise
    synonyms: geschal, geschetter, ontploffing
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    geruis, ruis
    sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
  7. noun
    the sound of stroke or blow
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    geluid, geluidje, toon
    the sudden occurrence of an audible event
  8. noun
    a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
    synonyms: golfbeweging, ondulatie, undulatie
  9. noun
    an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
    synonyms: golfbeweging, ondulatie, undulatie
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    aberratie, abnormaliteit, afwijking, anomalie, deviatie, ecart
    a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
    transpositie
    an event in which one thing is substituted for another
    conjunctuur, conjunctuurbeweging, conjunctuurgolf
    recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline
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    afwisseling, alteratie, alternantie, alternatie, alternering, keer, variatie, variëteit, verandering, wending
    an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
  10. noun
    any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
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    crawl
    a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
    vlinderslag
    a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
    schoolslag
    a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick
    rugcrawl, rugslag
    a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
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    motoriek, voortbewegen
    self-propelled movement
  11. noun
    the act of rotating as if on an axis
    synonyms: aswenteling, omwenteling, rotatie, toer
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    effect, pirouette, schroef, spin, wervelbeweging, werveling
    the act of rotating rapidly
    supinatie
    rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward
    draai, draaibeweging, draaiing, wending, wenteling, zwenk, zwenking
    turning or twisting around (in place)
    draai, draaibeweging
    the act of winding or twisting
    pirouette
    (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet)
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    beweging
    a change of position that does not entail a change of location
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