All dragoon synonyms
dra·goon
D d verb dragoon
- sign up — a token; indication.
- egg on — to incite or urge; encourage (usually followed by on).
- put into effect — law, rule: enforce
- bear down — If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- pin down — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- bowl over — To bowl someone over means to push into them and make them fall to the ground.
- twist someone's arm — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- horn in — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- tyrannise — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- nag — to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
- despotize — To behave like a despot.
- terrorise — to fill or overcome with terror.
- draught — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- victimise — to make a victim of.
- turn on — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- fire up — start ignition of
- key up — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
- speed up — an increasing of speed.
- browbeat — If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.
- bulldoze — If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- domineer — Assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.
- oppress — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- tyrannize — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
noun dragoon
- cuirassiers — Plural form of cuirassier.
- chasseurs — Plural form of chasseur.
- horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.