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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| bonk | / | Noun, Noun |
| go to the wall | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| blow up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the buffers | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| knock the stuffing out of | /x/x// | Phrase, Verb |
| hit a snag | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| crash | / | Noun |
| hit the gas | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| flake out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the fan | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the ceiling | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| come to grief | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the skids | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the pavement | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| hammer | /x | Noun |
| hit one's stride | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the bottle | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| come to a stop | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run out of gas | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| kick | / | Noun |
| hit the dirt | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| jump | / | Noun |
| crash and burn | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| knock out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| run short | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the trail | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| burn out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| call it quits | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| bounce off the walls | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| stop short | // | Phrase, Verb |
| huck | / | Name |
| choke | / | Verb |
| hit the ground running | /x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| run someone ragged | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall off the wagon | //x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| break a sweat | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the sack | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| balk | / | Noun |
| hit the deck | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall on one's face | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| run over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| be riding for a fall | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lose it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| conk out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lose one's nerve | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the hay | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the road | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| wimp out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| sweat it out | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| take a spill | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| feel the pinch | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| knock down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hit it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take a dive | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take its toll | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| catch one's breath | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| put the pedal to the metal | /x/x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| totter | /x | Noun |
| come up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| beat the clock | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| kick out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| run out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| shoot one's bolt | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| have had it | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the roof | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| bottom out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| street | / | Noun |
| break the bank | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| come to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tread water | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| slack off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| run out the clock | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| shut down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| burn up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| kill | / | Verb |
| take a tumble | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| biff | / | Name |
| take a breath | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| break into a run | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hang tough | // | Phrase, Verb |
| spin one's wheels | x// | Phrase, Verb |
| run out on | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| throw in the towel | /xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| stroke | / | Noun |
| beat a retreat | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hang one on | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| lose | / | Verb |
| cough up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| get stuck in | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| crack up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| access | /x | Noun, Verb |
| accident | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| accounted | x/x | Verb |
| ace | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| achieve | x/ | Verb |
| achievement | x/x | Noun |
| affect | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| afflict | x/ | Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| allocated | /xxx | Adjective |
| already | x/x | Adverb |
| amazed | x/ | Adjective |
| amounted | x/x | Verb |
| anisotropic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| anvil | /x | Noun, Verb |
| arch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| archway | /x | Noun |
| arrive | x/ | Verb |
| arrive at | x// | Phrase, Verb |
| assaulted | x/x | Verb |
| assigned | x/ | Adjective |
| astonish | x/x | Verb |
| attack | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| attain | x/ | Verb |
| attic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backhand | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bailey | /x | Name |
| ball | / | Noun, Verb |
| bang | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| barricade | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| barrier | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| base hit | // | Phrase, Noun |
| baseball | // | Noun |
| bash | / | Noun, Verb |
| bat | / | Noun, Verb |
| batter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| been | / | Verb |
| befall | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| belt | / | Noun, Verb |
| berm | / | Noun, Verb |
| beset | x/ | Verb |
| bestseller | //x | Noun |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| blast | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bomb | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bombard | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| bonanza | x/x | Noun |
| boom | / | Noun, Verb |
| bop | / | Noun, Verb |
| border | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bounce | / | Verb, Noun |
| box | / | Noun, Verb |
| brain | / | Noun, Verb |
| break even | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| breast | / | Noun, Verb |
| brick | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| broadside | /x | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| buff | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| buffet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulkhead | /x | Noun |
| bullet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulwark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bump | / | Noun, Verb |
| bump into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| bunker | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bunt | / | Noun, Verb |
| burke | / | Name, Verb |
| busted | /x | Adjective |
| buttress | /x | Noun, Verb |
| came | / | Noun |
| cannon | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| capstone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| capture | /x | Verb, Noun |
| car | / | Noun |
| cardboard | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| carry | /x | Verb, Noun |
| carton | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| catch | / | Verb, Noun |
| catch up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| cavity | /xx | Noun |
| ceiling | /x | Noun |
| chainsaw | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| chimney breast | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| chop | / | Noun, Verb |
| cladding | /x | Noun |
| clap | / | Noun, Verb |
| clash | / | Noun, Verb |
| click | / | Verb, Noun |
| cliff | / | Noun |
| clocked | / | Adjective |
| club | / | Noun, Verb |
| coinage | /x | Noun |
| collide | x/ | Verb |
| collision | x/x | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun, Verb |
| come through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| concerned | x/ | Adjective |
| confronted | x/x | Verb |
| connect | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| conspiracy | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| contacted | /xx | Verb |
| contested | x/x | Adjective |
| contract | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cope | / | Verb, Noun |
| corner | /x | Noun, Verb |
| correspondence | xx/x | Noun |
| corrugated | /xxx | Adjective |
| cosh | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| coup | / | Noun, Verb |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| courtyard | /x | Noun |
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| croquet | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| crush | / | Verb, Noun |
| cudgel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| culminate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| curtain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cyclone | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dado | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dam | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| damaged | /x | Adjective |
| darkened | /x | Adjective |
| deadlock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| decked | / | Adjective |
| defeated | x/x | Adjective |
| destroy | x/ | Verb |
| devastate | /xx | Verb |
| developed | x/x | Adjective |
| dike | / | Noun, Verb |
| dispatch | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| disqualified | x/xx | Adjective |
| disrupted | x/x | Adjective |
| distressed | x/ | Adjective |
| door | / | Noun, Verb |
| doorway | /x | Noun |
| dose | / | Noun, Verb |
| double | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| douse | / | Verb, Noun |
