distract

Definition

  • verb: to cause (someone) to stop thinking about or paying attention to someone or something and to think about or pay attention to someone or something else instead
  • verb: to turn aside
  • synonyms: divert, separated, insane

Examples

  • The music was very 'distracting'.

  • a 'distracting' noise

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Counting all your blessings The second you're down on your knees - Christian! - What? - You're distracting me. - Okay. - You done? - Get a little high - High... Oh... (..)
    2018 Fifty Shades Freed
  • (..) Unhook yourself. Do it! - Do it! - I can't get-- You can do it! Come on, Vince! Dom! I'm pulling up to distract him! Come on, boy! Shot doesn't get better than this. Son of a bitch! Take me off here, or I'll have to unhook the wire! (..)
    2001 The Fast and the Furious
  • (..) Run! Percy! Come on! - We have to find its weak spot. - Does it have one? Percy, distract it for me. I got this. Bad bull. Hey, rust bucket! Damn it, Jackson. Do you have any idea (..)
    2013 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters