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# gelingen
## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German gelingen, from Old High German gilingan, a prefixed form of lingan, from Proto-West Germanic *lingwan. Compare Yiddish געלינגען (gelingen).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡəˈlɪŋən/, [ɡəˈlɪŋŋ̩]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ge‧lin‧gen
* Rhymes: -ɪŋn̩

### Verb

gelingen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present gelingt, past tense gelang, past participle gelungen, past subjunctive gelänge, auxiliary sein)
* (intransitive) to turn out well, to work out, to go smoothly, to succeed, to come off
    Synonym: glücken
    Antonym: misslingen
** 2011, Lorett Sachs, Glück (k)ein Geheimnis: Lyrik für viele Stimmungen, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN, page 7, poem Guten Morgen - neuer Tag:
    Deine Stunden, Augenblicke mal sehen, ob du gelingst.Your hours, moments let's see if you turn out well.
** 2011, Heiko Alexander, Erfolg beginnt im Kopf: Die Geheimnisse des NLP, C. H. Beck (e-book version without page numbers):
    […] Sie [können] zu einer Sache auch sagen: Du bist eine Kleinigkeit und als solche nehme ich dich wahr. Selbst wenn du mir jetzt nicht gelingst, wird mich das nicht aufhalten![…] you [can] also say to an affair: You are child's play and thus I perceive you. Even if you don't work out by now, this can not stop me!
** 2015, Tim Krohn, Nachts in Vals:Während sie über die Brücke ging, glitt sie aus, doch es gelang ihr, sich aufzufangen.As she crossed the bridge she slipped over, but she managed to catch herself.

#### Usage notes

* Chiefly used impersonally (i.e. in the third person). The other forms (first and second person) are uncommon and poetic.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Related terms

* Gelingen
* gelingend, gelungen
* misslingen

### Further reading

* “gelingen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “gelingen” in Duden online
* “gelingen” in OpenThesaurus.de
* “gelingen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *gilingan, from Proto-West Germanic *lingwan.

### Verb

gelingen
* to succeed
* to happen to befall
* to be pleasing, to be satisfying

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gelingen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
# water joint
## English

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### Noun

water joint (plural water joints)
* (architecture) A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken, intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “water joint”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
# استعراض
## Arabic
### Noun

اِسْتِعْرَاض • (istiʕrāḍ) m
* verbal noun of اِسْتَعْرَضَ (istaʕraḍa) (form X)
* survey
* inspection
* parade
* review

#### Declension
### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “عرض”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
# 火烌仔性
## Chinese

| | | ash; stove ash; plant ash | minutely; young; dutyminutely; young; duty; responsibility | sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity |
| trad. (火烌仔性) | trad. (火烌仔性) | 火烌 | 仔 | 性 |
| simp. $^#$(火烌仔性) | simp. $^#$(火烌仔性) | 火烌 | 仔 | 性 |
| alternative forms | alternative forms | 火灰仔性 | 火灰仔性 | 火灰仔性 |

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hóe-hu-á-sèng
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-hu-á-sèng
*** Tâi-lô: hué-hu-á-sìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoefhu'afsexng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/

### Noun

火烌仔性
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) hot temperament; bad temper

#### Synonyms

* (Hokkien) 火烌性, 生馬性／生马性, 草仔性
# waz
## English
### Noun

waz
* Alternative form of wazz (“act of urination”)

### See also

* waz up

### Anagrams

* Zaw

## Jersey Dutch
### Alternative forms

* wās
* wāz
* was

### Etymology

Cognate to Dutch was (“was”). Compare English was.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɑs/

### Verb

waz
* was (third person singular past tense of the copula)
** 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:Hāi waz nît tevrêde täus […]He was not content at home […]

## Middle High German
### Etymology

Inherited from Old High German waz.

### Pronoun

waȥ
* what

#### Related terms

* wër (“who”)

#### Descendants

* Alemannic German: waas, waa, was, wa (unstressed)
* Central Franconian: wat
* Cimbrian: bas, baz (Luserna)
* Hunsrik: was, wat
* German: was
* Luxembourgish: wat
* Yiddish: וואָס (vos)

### References

* Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “waz”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* whaz, hwaz, hwat

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwat. Cognate with Dutch wat, English what, Danish hvad. More at what.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /was/

### Pronoun

waȥ
* what

#### Related terms

* wer (“who”)

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: waz, was, wat
** Alemannic German: waas, waa, was, wa (unstressed)
** Central Franconian: wat
** Cimbrian: bas, baz (Luserna)
** Hunsrik: was, wat
** German: was
** Luxembourgish: wat
** Yiddish: וואָס (vos)

#### References

* Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvas/
* Rhymes: -as
* Syllabification: waz

### Noun

waz f
* genitive plural of waza

## Yola
### Verb

waz
* Alternative form of waas
** 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 12-14:az avare ye trad dicke londe yer name waz ee-kent var ee vriene o' livertie, an He fo brake ye neckarès o' zlaves.for before your foot pressed the soil, your name was known to us as the friend of liberty, and he who broke the fetters of the slave.

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114
# kacamic
## Albanian
### Etymology

Compound of *kaca + mitë, related to mitëz 'roe'.

### Noun

kacamíc m (plural kacamica, definite kacamici, definite plural kacamicat)
* stag

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kacamic”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
# misanthropy
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek μισανθρωπία (misanthrōpía), from μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos), from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”). The word is analysable as miso- +‎ -anthropy.

### Noun

misanthropy (countable and uncountable, plural misanthropies)
* A negative view or hatred of the human race.
** 1817, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Revolt of Islam, Author's Preface
    Hence gloom and misanthropy have become the characteristics of the age in which we live, the solace of a disappointment that unconsciously finds relief only in the wilful exaggeration of its own despair.
** 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

#### Synonyms

* Timonism (bitter misanthropy)

#### Hyponyms

* disanthropy
* misandry
* misogyny
* misopedia

#### Derived terms

* misanthrope
* misanthropic
* misanthropist

#### See also

* anthropophobia

### Anagrams

* Amphitryons
# paññā
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* पञ्ञा (Devanagari script)
* পঞ্ঞা (Bengali script)
* පඤ‍්ඤා (Sinhalese script)
* ပညာ or ပည္ညာ or ပၺ္ၺႃ or ပၺ်ၺႃ (Burmese script)
* ปญฺญา or ปัญญา (Thai script)
* ᨷᨬ᩠ᨬᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ປຎ຺ຎາ or ປັຎຎາ or ປັນຍາ (Lao script)
* បញ្ញា (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄐𑄴𑄐𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “wisdom, intelligence”).

### Noun

paññā f
* wisdom
* insight, understanding
* (Buddhism) transcendental wisdom (MWB.)

#### Descendants

* → Burmese: ပညာ (pa.nya)
* → Khün: ᨷᨬ᩠ᨬᩣ
* → Lao: ປັນຍາ (pan nyā)
* → Lü: ᦔᧃᦍᦱ (ṗanyaa)
* → Middle Chinese: 般若 (MC paen nyaeX)
** Mandarin: 般若 (bōrě)
** Cantonese: 般若 (bo1 je5, but3 je5)
** Hakka: 般若 (pat-ngiâ)
** Min Nan: 般若 (poa̍t-jiá, poa̍t-ché, pat-jé)
** → Japanese: 般若(はんにゃ) (hannya)
** → Korean: 반야(般若) (banya)
** → Vietnamese: bát nhã (般若)
* → Mon: ပညာ (pɔnɲa)
* → Northern Thai: ᨷᨬ᩠ᨬᩣ
* → Old Khmer:
** Khmer: បញ្ញា (paññaa)
* → Shan: ပိင်ႇၺႃႇ (pìng nyàa)
* → Thai: ปัญญา (bpan-yaa)
# さむらふ
## Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さむらふ – see the following entry. :
| 【侍さむらう】 | [verb] (copula) to be [verb] verbal suffix Alternative spelling 候う |
(This term, さむらふ (samurafu), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.) :
# استلام
## Arabic
### Noun

اِسْتِلَام • (istilām) m
* verbal noun of اِسْتَلَمَ (istalama) (form VIII)
* receiving
* submission
* veneration
* kissing with reverence

#### Declension
### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “استلام”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
# morfema
## Albanian
### Noun

morfema
* inflection of morfemë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Asturian
### Noun

morfema m (plural morfemes)
* morpheme (smallest linguistic unit)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French morphème. By surface analysis, morf- +‎ -ema.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [murˈfɛ.mə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [morˈfe.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [moɾˈfe.ma]

### Noun

morfema m (plural morfemes)
* (linguistics) morpheme

#### Related terms

* al·lomorf
* morfologia

### Further reading

* “morfema”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Italian
### Etymology

From morfo- +‎ -ema.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /morˈfɛ.ma/
* Rhymes: -ɛma
* Hyphenation: mor‧fè‧ma

### Noun

morfema m (plural morfemi)
* (linguistics) morpheme

#### Derived terms

* morfematico
* morfemico

### Anagrams

* faremmo

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /moʁˈfẽ.mɐ/ [mohˈfẽ.mɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /moʁˈfẽ.mɐ/ [mohˈfẽ.mɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /moɾˈfẽ.mɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /moʁˈfẽ.mɐ/ [moχˈfẽ.mɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /moɻˈfe.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muɾˈfe.mɐ/
* Rhymes: -emɐ
* Hyphenation: mor‧fe‧ma

### Noun

morfema m (plural morfemas)
* (linguistic morphology) morpheme (smallest linguistic unit of meaning)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /morfěːma/
* Hyphenation: mor‧fe‧ma

### Noun

morféma f (Cyrillic spelling морфе́ма)
* morpheme
    Synonym: mòrfēm

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moɾˈfema/ [moɾˈfe.ma]
* Rhymes: -ema
* Syllabification: mor‧fe‧ma

### Noun

morfema m (plural morfemas)
* morpheme

### Further reading

* “morfema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# kacamicat
## Albanian
### Noun

kacamicat
* definite nominative/accusative plural of kacamic
# зал
## Kazakh
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian зал (zal), from German Saal.

### Noun

зал • (zal)
* hall

#### Declension
## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [zaɫ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɫ

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Saal.

#### Noun

зал • (zal) m inan (genitive за́ла, nominative plural за́лы, genitive plural за́лов)
* hall
* (colloquial) living room
    Synonym: гости́ная (gostínaja)
* Clipping of тренажёрный зал (trenažórnyj zal, “gym”).

##### Derived terms

* вокза́л (vokzál)
* спортза́л (sportzál)

##### Descendants

* → Armenian: զալ (zal)
* → Azerbaijani: zal
* → Even: зал (zal)
* → Evenki: зал (zal)
* → Kazakh: зал (zal)
* → Kyrgyz: зал (zal)
* → Yakut: саала (saala)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

зал • (zal) f inan pl
* genitive plural of за́ла (zála)

### Anagrams

* лаз (laz)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Saal or French salle. Compare Russian зал (zal), Polish sala.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [zaɫ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

зал • (zal) m inan (genitive за́лу, nominative plural за́ли, genitive plural за́лів)
* hall

#### Derived terms

* спортза́л m (sportzál)
* тренаже́рний зал m (trenažérnyj zal, “gym”)

### Noun

зал • (zal) f inan pl
* genitive plural of за́ла (zála)

### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зал”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “зал”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “зал”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
# brattishing
## English

* This entry needs a photograph or drawing for illustration. Please try to find a suitable image on Wikimedia Commons or upload one there yourself!

### Noun

brattishing (plural brattishings)
* A brattice.
* (architecture) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.

### Verb

brattishing
* present participle and gerund of brattish
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “brattishing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
# gelastic
## English
### Etymology

From γελαστής (gelastḗs, “laughter”), from γελάω (geláō, “I laugh”) + -ic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒəˈlæstɪk/
* Rhymes: -æstɪk

### Adjective

gelastic
* Pertaining to laughter, used in laughing, or to be the subject of laughter.
* (medicine) Relating to a particularly severe form of epileptic fit, in which there is a sudden burst of energy.

#### Derived terms

* hypergelastic
* misogelastic

#### Related terms

* agelast
* agelastic
* hypergelast
* katagelasticism
# さうらふ
## Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さうらふ – see the following entries. :
| 【候そうろう】 | [verb] to serve [verb] to be |
| 【候そうろう】4 | [verb] (archaic) Alternative form of 候う (“to serve; to be”) Alternative spelling 候ふ |
(This term, さうらふ (saurafu), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as さうらふ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as さうらふ.) :
# جنوبي
## Arabic
### Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of جَنُوب (janūb, “south”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

### Adjective

جَنُوبِيّ • (janūbiyy) (feminine جَنُوبِيَّة (janūbiyya), masculine plural جَنُوبِيُّونَ (janūbiyyūna), feminine plural جَنُوبِيَّات (janūbiyyāt))
* southern
    Coordinate term: شَمَالِيّ (šamāliyy)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: cənubi
* → Chagatai: جنوبی
** Uyghur: جەنۇبىي (jenubiy)
** Uzbek: janubiy
* → Hindustani:
** Hindi: जनूबी (janūbī)
** Urdu: جنوبی (janūbī)
* → Ottoman Turkish: جنوبی
** Crimean Tatar: cenübiy
* → Persian: جنوبی
# croquignole
## English
### Noun

croquignole (uncountable)
* Alternative form of crokinole
* This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
# voice-over
## English
### Alternative forms

* voiceover

### Etymology

From voice +‎ over.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈvɔɪsoʊvɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈvɔɪsəʊvə/
* Hyphenation: voice-‧over

### Noun

voice-over (plural voice-overs)
* A production technique, in which pictures are accompanied by the voice of an unseen actor or reporter. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
* A voice-overed release, especially of foreign content. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
* The voice audio track of such a broadcast. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
** 2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker‎:With Reality [Winner]’s voice-overs doing the bulk of the dramatic work, the movie depends heavily on editing to keep the action moving visually, and “Winner” may well prove to be one of the best-edited movies this year.

#### Derived terms

* voice-over artist

#### See also

* dub, dubbing, revoice

### Verb

voice-over (third-person singular simple present voice-overs, present participle voice-overing, simple past and past participle voice-overed)
* (ambitransitive) To supply the voice audio track for (a broadcast).

### Anagrams

* overvoice
# جيلاتي
## Arabic
### Noun

جِيلَاتِيّ • (jīlātiyy) m
* alternative form of جِيلَاتُو (jīlātū, “ice cream”)
# 生荒地
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shēnghuāngdì
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄉㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēnghuāngdì
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄉㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shenghuangdì
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^1$-huang$^1$-ti$^4$
*** Yale: shēng-hwāng-dì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenghuangdih
*** Palladius: шэнхуанди (šɛnxuandi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/

### Noun

生荒地
* (agriculture) uncultivated land; virgin soil

#### Synonyms

* (Hokkien) 青埔
# idiomë
## Albanian
### Noun

idiómë m
* (linguistics) idiom

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “idiomë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* Newmark, L. (1999) “idiomë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
# Bridgertonian
## English
### Etymology

From Bridgerton +‎ -ian.

### Noun

Bridgertonian (plural Bridgertonians)
* A fan of the alternate history regency romance television series Bridgerton.
** 2021 April 13, Jane Shilling, “The real reason Regé-Jean Page won't be returning to Bridgerton”, in The New Zealand Herald‎:Now that it has been confirmed that Page will definitely not be returning there are a lot of Bridgertonians who are "burning for him" to return.
** 2023, Catherine Curzon, Inside the World of Bridgerton: True Stories of Regency High Society‎, unnumbered page:Any Bridgertonian will be familiar with their fair share of dukes, but the class was also occupied by marquises, earls, viscounts, barons and their families.
** 2024 December 24, Kevin Courtney, “Christmas TV and movie guide: the best shows and films to watch”, in The Irish Times‎:Ncuti Gatwa returns as the umpteenth Doctor for a new Christmas special, and there’s glad tidings for both Whovians and Bridgertonians as none other than Nicola Coughlan joins Gatwa for a rip-roaring, fun frolic through space, time and retro-futuristic fashion.

### Adjective

Bridgertonian (comparative more Bridgertonian, superlative most Bridgertonian)
* Related to or characteristic of Bridgerton.
** 2021 August 15, Jane Shilling, “Singletons in possession of a phone are in want of romance”, in The Telegraph‎:While we can be certain the producers hope their experiment soon progresses from Austenesque decorum to a more Bridgertonian unlacing of corsets, the casting application form assumes that would-be participants are ready for an alternative to the mores of modern dating.
** 2022 August 24, Peter Bradshaw, “Mr Malcolm’s List review – Regency romcom served with cake-icing of irony”, in The Guardian‎:Mr Malcolm’s List understands its parameters and limitations and the value of leaving the fourth wall unbroken, and maybe above all it understands that Bridgertonian intrigue is in the brisker tradition of Georgette Heyer, not [Jane] Austen.
** 2023 October 18, Harriet Walker, “10 things we’ve learnt from Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story”, in The Times‎:Coleen herself is similarly restrained, and all the more damning for it: “I always knew [Rebekah] liked attention,” she says earnestly over a Bridgertonian orchestral version of Toxic by Britney Spears..
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Bridgertonian.
# mousing
## English

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### Verb

mousing
* present participle and gerund of mouse

### Noun

mousing (countable and uncountable, plural mousings)
* The act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above.
* (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
* A ratchet movement in a loom.
* (computing) Use of the mouse

#### Derived terms

* mousing hook

### Adjective

mousing (comparative more mousing, superlative most mousing)
* Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.
** 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:mousing saints

#### Derived terms

* mousingly
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “mousing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

### Anagrams

* souming
# отстоявам
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

отстоя́ (otstojá) +‎ -вам (-vam)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [otstoˈja̟vɐm]

### Verb

отстоя́вам • (otstojávam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective отстоя́)
* (transitive) to uphold, to maintain, to support, to stick to
    отстоявам някаква позицияotstojavam njakakva pozicijato uphold certain position [within an argument or dispute]
    отстоявам дадени ценностиotstojavam dadeni cennostito stick to certain values
* (transitive) to defend, to stand up for, to vindicate
    отстоявам правата си ― otstojavam pravata si ― to defend one's rights

#### Conjugation

$^1$Dialectally marked.

### References

* “отстоявам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “отстоявам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
# high as a kite
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Adjective

high as a kite (not comparable)
* (simile, colloquial) Very much under the influence of drugs; extremely high.
** 1983, Gordon Gano (lyrics and music), “Blister in the Sun”, in Violent Femmes, performed by Violent Femmes:When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff / Yeah, and I'm so strung out / I'm high as a kite, I just might / Stop to check you out

#### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:stoned or Thesaurus:drunk

#### Related terms

* higher than a kite

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “high as a kite adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present