Connections Answers

These words all describe different actions you do with your fingers on a phone, tablet, or any touchscreen device.

To tap means to quickly touch the screen once, like pressing a button. To swipe is to slide your finger across the screen, often to change pages. You scroll by moving your finger up or down to see more information. To pinch means using two fingers (like your thumb and index finger) to zoom in or out on the screen.

This group describes different ways to relax or do nothing. To chill means to calm down or hang out casually, a common American slang. When you loaf, you are spending time lazily, avoiding work. To lounge means to sit or lie in a very comfortable and relaxed position. To veg (short for "vegetate") means to relax completely, often doing something simple like watching TV.

These words are all different places where you can sit to eat inside a restaurant.

A bar is a long, high surface where you sit on tall stools, often for drinks. A booth is a comfortable seating area with two benches facing each other and a table between them, often against a wall. A counter is another long surface, usually where you sit on stools facing the kitchen or service area. A table is the common furniture with chairs where most people sit.

This group's words are common vegetables with their first letter removed!

* ALE is a type of beer; it comes from KALE (a leafy green vegetable).

* EEK is a sound of surprise or fear; it comes from LEEK (a long, white-and-green vegetable).

* HIVE is where bees live; it comes from CHIVE (a thin green herb).

* QUASH means to stop something strongly; it comes from SQUASH (a large vegetable, often orange).