action
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Definition
noun (English)
1. The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.Examples: "pump-action shotgun"countableuncountable
2. (music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.Examples: "The run in bar 12 is almost impossible with this piano's heavy action."countableuncountable
3. (music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a string instrument.Examples: "You're getting fret buzz because the action is too low."countableuncountable
4. (slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.Examples: "She gave him some action."; "I hope to get a bit of action with the hot guy from the club."Synonyms: aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, coition, commerce, commixtion, congress, conjunctioncountableslanguncountable
5. (military) Combat.Examples: "He saw some action in the Korean War."countableuncountable
6. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).countableuncountable
adj (English)
1. (Manglish) arrogantManglish
verb (English)
1. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.Examples: "‘Here, give me the minutes of Monday’s meeting. I’ll action your points for you while you get on and sort out the open day.’"; "Violent reactions from the Jewish authorities were expected and difficulties of actioning the new guidelines were foreseen."; "HMRC said that one reason they had not actioned her appeal was because she had said in her appeal form ‘I am appealing against the overpayment for childcare for 2003-04, 2004-05’, thus implying she was disputing her ‘overpayment’."transitive
2. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.Examples: "‘I have no business to settle with you—arrest me, Sir, at your peril and I’ll action you in law for false imprisonment.’"; "“Scrip threatened me at first with an action for slander—he spoke of actions to the wrong man though—action! no, no no. I should have actioned him—ha! ha! [...]”"; "I have actioned him for Libel, but he won’t plead, and says he will make himself bankrupt & won’t pay a penny."archaictransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary