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loose
has definitions from the fields of sexuality,sport
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[ adjective ] not restrained or confined or attached
Examples "a pocket full of loose bills" "knocked the ball loose" "got loose from his attacker" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The statistics hardly indicated that the Pirates needed extra batting practice , but Murtaugh also turned his men loose at Busch_Stadium yesterday . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)She had taken him out of the schoolhouse and closed the school for the summer , after she saw Miss_Snow crack Joel across the face with a ruler for letting a snake loose in the schoolroom . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
Examples "loose gravel" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)His soil was `` nothing special '' , just prairie land , but he had harrowed in compost until it was loose , spongy and brown black . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
Examples "a loose ball" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)He broke that boy ( Air_Force fullback Nick_Arshinkoff ) in two and knocked him loose from the football '' . The Texans made themselves a comforting break on the opening kickoff when Denver 's Al_Carmichael was jarred loose from the ball when Dave_Grayson , the speedy halfback , hit him and Guard Al_Reynolds claimed it for Dallas . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] without restraint
Synonyms Examples "cows in India are running loose" Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)Jess wasted a_few seconds trying to yank them loose . (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)Then we have informed a large_number of our crew that when they reach the United_States , they will be punished but that in the meanwhile , they may run loose and are expected to perform their jobs in_good_order . |
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[ verb ] turn loose or free from restraint
Examples "let loose mines" "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" Used in print (Glenn Infield, "America's Secret Poison Gas Tragedy"...)I have been loath to believe that any nation , even our present enemies , could or would be willing to loose upon mankind such terrible and inhumane weapons . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not officially recognized or controlled
Synonyms Examples "an informal agreement" "a loose organization of the local farmers" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)They were disturbed by his idiotic bravado - as , when his bodyguard , Yankee_Schwartz , complained that he had been snubbed by Dave_Miller , a prize-fight referee , chieftain of a Jewish gang and one of four brothers of tough reputation , who were Hirschey , a gambler politician in loose beer running league with Torrio and O_'_Banion , Frank , a policeman , and Max , the youngest . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] emptying easily or excessively
Synonyms Examples "loose bowels" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)I eat too_much eggs and poark it sowered [ on ] my stomack and turn loose on me '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Examples "loose clothing" "the large shoes were very loose" Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)It had the features of a man bewhiskered by clumps of loose feathers . |
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[ adjective ] not literal
Examples "a loose interpretation of what she had been told" "a free translation of the poem" Used in print (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)He has employed from his section rich immediate materials which in a loose sense can be termed Southern . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
Synonyms Examples "idle talk" "a loose tongue" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not carefully arranged in a package
Examples "a box of loose nails" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 13467
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[ adjective ] not fixed firmly or tightly
Examples "the bolts became loose over time" "a loose chair leg" "loose bricks" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having escaped, especially from confinement
Synonyms Examples "a convict still at large" "searching for two escaped prisoners" "dogs loose on the streets" "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not bound or fastened or gathered together
Examples "loose pages" "loose papers" Related terms |
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