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got
     1. v. simple past tense of get
           We got the last bus home.
     2. v. (British, Australian, NZ) past participle of get
           By that time we'd got very cold.
           I've got two children.
           How many children have you got?
     3. v. Expressing obligation.
           I can't go out tonight, I've got to study for my exams.
     4. v. (Southern US, with to) must; have (to).
           I got to go study.
     5. v. (Southern US, slang) have
           They got a new car.
           He got a lot of nerve.
     6. v. (Southern US, AAVE, euphemistic, slang) to be murdered
           He got got.
     get
          1. v. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
                I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
                Lance is going to get Mary a ring.
          2. v. To receive.
                I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
                You need to get permission to leave early.
                He got a severe reprimand for that.
          3. v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. (See usage notes.)
                I've got a concert ticket for you.
          4. v. (copulative) To become.
                I'm getting hungry; how about you?
                Don't get drunk tonight.
          5. v. To cause to become; to bring about.
                That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.
                I'll get this finished by lunchtime.
                I can't get these boots off upright - (or on'upright,).
          6. v. To fetch, bring, take.
                Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
                I need to get this to the office.
          7. v. To cause to do.
                Somehow she got him to agree to it.
                I can't get it to work.
          8. v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards
                The actors are getting into position.
                When are we going to get to London?
                I'm getting into a muddle.
                We got behind the wall.
          9. v. To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
                to get a mile
          10. v. To cause to come or go or move.
          11. v. To cause to be in a certain status or position.
          12. v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
                We ought to get moving or we'll be late.
                After lunch we got chatting.
          13. v. To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
                I normally get the 7:45 train.
                I'll get the 9 a.m. flight to Boston.
          14. v. To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
                Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
          15. v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).
                I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!
                The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure.
          16. v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
                Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.
                I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
                I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me.
          17. v. (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
                "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot.".
          18. v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
                He got bitten by a dog.
          19. v. To become ill with or catch (a disease).
                I went on holiday and got malaria.
          20. v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
                He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
          21. v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
                That question's really got me.
          22. v. To find as an answer.
                What did you get for question four?
          23. v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
                The cops finally got me.
                I'm gonna get him for that.
          24. v. To hear completely; catch.
                Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
          25. v. To getter.
                I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
          26. v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
          27. v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
                to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson
          28. v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
                Get her with her new hairdo.
          29. v. (informal, mostly, imperative) Go away; get lost.
          30. v. (euphemism) To kill.
                They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
          31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
          32. n. (dated) Offspring.
          33. n. Lineage.
          34. n. (sports) A difficult return or block of a shot.
          35. n. Something gained.
          36. n. (UK, regional) A git.
          37. n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
an
     1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
     2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
     3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
     4. conj. (archaic) If
     5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
           An it harm none, do what ye will.
     6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
     7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
     8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
           I was only going twenty miles an hour.
itchy
     1. adj. Having or creating an itch, causing a person or animal to tend to want to scratch.
trigger
     1. n. A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
           Just pull the trigger.
     2. n. A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
     3. n. An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
           Sleeping in an unfamiliar room can be a trigger for sleepwalking.
     4. n. A concept or image that upsets somebody.
           I can't watch that violent film. Blood is one of my triggers.
     5. n. (psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action in a person.
     6. n. (music) An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
     7. n. (music) A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
     8. n. (electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
     9. n. (databases) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
     10. n. (online gaming) A text string that, when received by a player, will cause the player to execute a certain command.
     11. n. (archaic) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
     12. v. To fire a weapon.
     13. v. To initiate something.
           The controversial article triggered a deluge of angry letters from readers.
     14. v. (transitive, sensitive) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone).
           This story contains a rape scene and may be triggering for rape victims.
     15. v. (intransitive, especially, electronics) To activate; to become active.
finger
     1. n. (anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
           Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers.
     2. n. (zoology) Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly:
     3. n.          The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
     4. n.          One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
     5. n.          One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robin, pl=s (Triglidae).
     6. n. Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly:
     7. n.          (cuisine) Finger-shaped pieces of food.
                   chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers
     8. n.          (chemistry) A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
     9. n.          (UK regional, botany, usually in plural, obsolete) (altname, foxglove) (D. purpurea).
     10. n. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly:
           a finger of land; a finger of smoke
     11. n.          (botany) Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
     12. n.          (anatomy, obsolete) A lobe of the liver.
     13. n.          (historical) The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
     14. n.          The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
     15. n.          (nautical) (clipping of finger pier): a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.
     16. n.          (aviation) (altname, jet bridge): the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
     17. n. Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
     18. n.          (obsolete) (altname, hand), the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.
     19. n.          (US, obsolete slang) A policeman or prison guard.
     20. n.          (US, rare slang) An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
     21. n.          (US, rare slang) A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
     22. n. (units of measure) Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
     23. n.          (historical) (altname, digit): former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of frac
     24. n.          (historical) A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½(nbsp)inches (11.43nbspcm).
     25. n.          (historical) (altname, digit): frac, 1, 12 the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.
     26. n.          (originally US) An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
                    Gimme three fingers of bourbon.
     27. n. (fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
     28. n. (informal, obsolete) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
     29. n. (informal, rare) Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
     30. n. (UK slang) A person.
     31. n. A chicken finger.
     32. n. (especially in the phrase 'give someone the finger') An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
     33. v. To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in, to finger.
     34. v. To poke or probe with a finger or fingers.
     35. v. To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang
     36. v. (transitive, music) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
     37. v. (transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
     38. v. (transitive, computing) To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.
     39. v. (obsolete) To steal; to purloin.
     40. v. (transitive, obsolete) To execute, as any delicate work.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary