All hackling synonyms

verb hackling

• mop — a wry face; grimace.
• pick — to cast (a shuttle).
• pick up — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
• rinse — to wash lightly, as by pouring water into or over or by dipping in water: to rinse a cup.
• scrape — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
• scrub — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
• soak — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
• spruce up — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
• sweep — to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
• vacuum — a space entirely devoid of matter.
• wash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
• wipe — to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of: He wiped the furniture with a damp cloth.
• bath — A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body.
• blot — If something is a blot on a person's or thing's reputation, it spoils their reputation.
• cauterize — If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
• cauterise — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
• clarify — To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
• deodorise — Alternative spelling of deodorize.
• deodorize — If you deodorize something, you remove unpleasant smells from it.
• deterge — to wash or wipe away; cleanse
• edulcorate — to free from acids, salts, or impurities by washing; purify.
• erase — delete
• expunge — Erase or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant).
• expurgate — Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account).
• launder — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
• lave — to wash; bathe.
• neaten — to make neat: a day spent neatening the kitchen shelves.
• polish — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
• purge — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
• purify — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
• rake — inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
• rasp — to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
• refine — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
• sanitize — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
• sanitise — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
• scald — to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
• scour — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
• shampoo — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
• soap — a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
• sponge — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
• sterilize — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
• sterilise — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
• swab — a large mop used on shipboard for cleaning decks, living quarters, etc.
• whisk — to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke: She whisked everything off the table with her arm.
• winnow — to free (grain) from the lighter particles of chaff, dirt, etc., especially by throwing it into the air and allowing the wind or a forced current of air to blow away impurities.
• absterge — to wipe clean or cleanse
• clear the decks — to prepare for action, as by removing obstacles from a field of activity or combat
• depurate — to cleanse or purify or to be cleansed or purified
• do up — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• elutriate — Separate (lighter and heavier particles in a mixture) by suspension in an upward flow of liquid or gas.