get

/ɡɛt/ verbnoun
3 letters1 syllable4 points in Scrabble®5 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS30
VERB
1

Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot.

2

Receive as a retribution or punishment.

3

Take vengeance on or get even.

“We'll get them!”

4

Achieve a point or goal.

5

Move into a desired direction of discourse.

6

Go through (mental or physical states or experiences).

“get an idea”

“get nauseous”

7

Irritate.

“Her childish behavior really get to me”

“His lying really gets me”

8

Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.

“Let's get down to work now”

9

Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase.

10

Apprehend and reproduce accurately.

11

Enter or assume a certain state or condition.

“It must be getting more serious”

12

Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).

13

Attract and fix.

14

Receive a specified treatment (abstract).

15

Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher.

16

Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.

17

Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition.

18

Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.

19

Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.

20

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.

“She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight”

21

Go or come after and bring or take back.

22

Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of.

“did you get it?”

“She didn't get the joke”

23

Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.

24

Acquire as a result of some effort or action.

“You cannot get water out of a stone”

“Where did she get these news?”

25

Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone.

“The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake”

26

Evoke an emotional response.

“Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time”

27

Overcome or destroy.

28

Purchase.

“What did you get at the toy store?”

29

Reach and board.

NOUN
1

A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent.

WORD FORMS
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Starts & ends withG … T
Syllablesget
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