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Synonyms:
- clinker, dragnet, barb, stumble, fluff, misstep, brick, miscue, cockpit, decoy, familiarity, faux pas, creel, clanger, screwup, fishing line, indiscretion, bait, oversight, gaffe, drifter, mistake, boob, fumble, boo-boo, solecism, lapse, drift net, fishing rod, blunder, trip, flub, bobble, slipup, inaccuracy, goof, fault, slip
Examples:
- - The schooner also made an attempt to " talk bunting," or show colors; but she had nothing of the kind on board but some old ragged signals that formerly belonged to the ill- fated brig Swan; and one of these was accordingly run up to the end of the main gaff. - "An Old Sailor's Yarns", Nathaniel Ames
- - The boom should be eight and a half inches long and three- eighths of an inch in diameter, and the gaff five inches long and a quarter of an inch in diameter. - "What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes", Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- - After the united efforts of Ian and Donald had drawn it to the surface, Junkie was allowed to strike the gaff into it, and a loud cheer greeted the monster of the deep as it was hurled into the bottom of the boat. - "The Eagle Cliff", R.M. Ballantyne
Antonyms:
- civility, courtesy, attention, manners, exactitude, pleasantry, inerrancy, exactness, proprieties, mores, infallibility, gesture, preciseness, correctness, strictness, amenity, accuracy, perfection, form, precision, formality
