One word

Rive

Word of the day on 13 February 2010.

Winning tweet

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navinsasikumar
What do you call the rive ~n doppelganger of a watchmaker? A split second

Good uses

  • tama001
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    rive overcast sky / chatoyant icicle of eaves / ephemeral dazzling sunlight #haiku #senryu #artwiculate
  • JonPowles
    64
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    Most haiku are wimps ~ Poems should crush, rive, frighten; ~ Grab you by the throat *** I hate #haiku
  • harrarp
    62
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    Moses' voice did roar as thunder. His cane did rive the sea asunder.
  • TiddK
    59
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    On River Styx's farthest shore / You and I arrive / Entwined in life and now in death / Nothing can us rive
  • StarOfSavannah
    57
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    The four horsemen come/ Bringing with them doom and gloom/ Rive the modern world #haiku
  • ultracutebot
    57
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    when mismatched marriages rive, sometimes the best friendships really thrive
  • dmriver
    57
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    @artwiculate Why don't you come right out and say it, you love dm-rive-r. :))
  • DrMobs
    51
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    So if rive means to divide, why doesn't derive mean to multiply?
  • Gardencomet
    50
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    I rive your letters one by one/ what you did can't be undone/ I'll finish what now I've begun/ put your 'love' where shines not the sun
  • SJHatzi
    50
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    And even if you were to try, this heart of mine you'll never rive. All you can do is pain me, nothing can ever break me.
  • lithiumzombie
    49
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    soft, streaming river / thy fluvial meanders / maketh mountains rive #haiku #artwiculate
  • Ysabeluna
    48
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    painful rive : D I V O R C E
  • Eridanus
    47
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    IF you can boldly rive th'infinitive:•Yours the Black Hole & all that's in it•And--what is more--you'll have ar-rive-d, my son!
  • MaltaGoddess
    44
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    He won't need to rive my underwear tonight. While we're having dinner I'll whisper to him I am not wearing any.
  • MaxRaunchiness
    44
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    I love for you to dress up in your figure skating outfit from the Olympics. Just don't rive me with the blades.
  • LBY3
    44
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    @artwiculate What God has joined together, let no chainsaw rive apart.
  • DaveCurry
    43
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    Rive comfort food? Split pea soup.
  • DrJillZ
    41
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    @artwiculate She won't just break your heart. She will rive it into its constituent atoms
  • marcosarroyos
    41
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    Plumber's occupational hazard : Butt rive
  • Wifsie
    40
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    Men who rive wood warm themselves twice. #artwiculate
  • osmarjardim
    40
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    Left side brain + right side brain = Un-rive-d?
  • drchavi
    39
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    Why is a rive in the earth called an earthquake and a rive in the heart a heartbreak...
  • tWordBird
    39
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    "Holy rive-ing, Batman - it's the Ripper!" / "Don't worry, Robin - he'll split, soon!"
  • rickybobbygpig
    38
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    tender parsley leaves / rive them with my two front teeth / guinea pig delight
  • OddlyStarry
    38
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    Years of strain and stress build up, suddenly they rive! Repercussions spread outward. Underground rocks, or a rocky relationship.
  • catmar604
    38
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    Any way it's sliced / We cannot go on like this / Rive, splitsville, kiss off #IHeartHaiku
  • coinopratdchris
    37
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    Henry tried to rive my head with a hammer, but he forgot about my metal plate from Nam.
  • AaronLivingston
    33
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    A rive at your destination - split up. #artwiculate
  • languageNhumor
    32
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    my heart you did rive / self-esteem and existence upended / but I have survived / derivational prefix appended: / post- /// #artwiculate
  • kado56
    32
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    If there' s one thing I really can't stand it's people who like to always rive their infinitives
  • JoeKnaack
    32
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    rive just SOUNDS like something Thor would do to his arch enemies with his hammer #artwiculate
  • docrajen
    31
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    Do whatever ~ dont rive the hearts ~ for there are no spare parts.
  • minibtweet
    31
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    Only a wooden heart would rive if a Valentine wish is denied, my heart will go on pumping although broken it may feel #artwiculate
  • bwlightning
    31
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    That which is worth halving is rive with danger. #artwiculate

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