impulse

Roget category 276

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.3. Motion conjoined with force

#276. Impulse

noun

impulse, impulsion, impetus — momentum — push, pulsion^†, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost [U.S.], throw — explosion etc. (violence) 173 — propulsion etc. 284.
percussion, concussion, collision, occursion^†, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole^†, appulse^†, shock, crash, bump — impact — elan — charge etc. (attack) 716 — beating etc. (punishment) 972.
blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab — fillip — slam, bang — hit, whack, thwack — cuff etc. 972 — squash, dowse, swap, whap^†, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce^†, calcitration^† — ruade^† — arietation^† — cut, thrust, lunge, yerk^† — carom, carrom^†, clip [Slang], jab, plug [Slang], sidewinder [U.S.], sidewipe^†, sideswipe [U.S.].
hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail — ram, rammer^† — battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat — cant hook — cudgel etc. (weapon) 727 — ax etc. (sharp) 253.
[Science of mechanical forces] dynamics — seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector.

verb

give an impetus etc. n. — impel, push — start, give a start to, set going — drive, urge, boom — thrust, prod, foin [Fr.] — cant — elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle^†, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter — run against, bump against, butt against — knock one's head against, run one's head against — impinge — boost [U.S.] — bunt, carom, clip y — fan, fan out — jab, plug [Slang].
strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash — punch, thwack, whack — hit hard, strike hard — swap, batter, dowse^†, baste — pelt, patter, buffet, belabor — fetch one a blow — poke at, pink, lunge, yerk^† — kick, calcitrate^† — butt, strike at etc. (attack) 716 — whip etc. (punish) 972.
come into a collision, enter into collision — collide — sideswipe — foul — fall foul of, run foul of — telescope.
throw etc. (propel) 284.

adjective

impelling etc. v. — impulsive, impellent^† — booming — dynamic, dynamical — impelled etc. v..

phrase

a hit, a very palpable hit" [Hamlet].

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