batting - (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base

best - the supreme effort one can make; "they did their best"

worst - the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"

activity - any specific activity; "they avoided all recreational activity"

bid, play - an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"

braving, confronting, coping with, tackling, grappling - taking the bull by the horns

fling, go, offer, whirl, crack, pass - a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

essay - a tentative attempt

foray - an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics"

contribution, share, part - any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor; "I am proud of my contribution to the team's success"; "they all did their share of the work"

liberation - the attempt to achieve equal rights or status; "she worked for women's liberation"

mug's game - a futile or unprofitable endeavor

power play, squeeze play, squeeze - an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power

research effort - an attempt to solve some problem through research

seeking - an attempt to acquire or gain something

stab, shot - informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"

shot - an attempt to score in a game

nisus, pains, striving, strain - an effortful attempt to attain a goal

struggle, battle - an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"

takeover attempt - an attempt to take control of a corporation

run, test, trial - the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"

test, trial - the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"

pick up the gauntlet, take a dare - be dared to do something and attempt it

act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

struggle, fight - make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

have a go, give it a try - make an attempt at something; "I never sat on a horse before but I'll give it a go"

grope - search blindly or uncertainly; "His mind groped to make the connection"

endeavor, endeavour, strive - attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

give it a try, give it a whirl - try; "let's give it a whirl!"

adventure, gamble, run a risk, take a chance, take chances, risk, chance, hazard - take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

lay on the line, put on the line, risk - expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"

test, try out, try, essay, examine, prove - put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

judge - form an opinion of or pass judgment on; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"

verify, control - verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments; "Are you controlling for the temperature?"

float - circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

field-test - test something under the conditions under which it will actually be used; "The Army field tested the new tanks"

decide, make up one's mind, determine - reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

court-martial - subject to trial by court-martial

ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

degust - taste with relish; "degust this wonderful soup"

probe, examine - question or examine thoroughly and closely

rehear, retry - hear or try a court case anew

anguish, pain, hurt - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

afflict - cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

rack - stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"

cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"

melt, melt down, run - reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"

don, put on, get into, wear, assume - put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"