cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dross
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹɒs/
ipa: /dɹɔs/
ipa: /dɹɑs/
ipa: /dɹɔs/
ipa: /dɹɒs/
rhymes: -ɒs
rhymes: -ɔːs
Forms: form: drosses
form: drossing
form: drossed
form: drossed
form: drosse
Etymology: From Middle English drosse, dros, from Old English drōs, from Proto-Germanic *drōhs (“dregs, sediment”).
Also compare Old English drōsna, drōsne (“a ground, sediment, lees, dregs, dirt, ear wax”), from Proto-Germanic *drōhsnǭ, *drōhsnō (“dregs, sediment”), derived from *drōhs. Alternatively, this may be from *dragjō + *-snō (“yeast, sediment”; compare *dragjō (“yeast”)), as if from *drēcg + -sn.
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“sediment, yeast”).
Cognate with Scots dros, drose, drosse (“small particles, fragments, dross”), Middle Dutch droes (“dregs”), Dutch droesem (“dregs”), German Drusen (“lees, dregs”), Latin fracēs (“grounds or dregs of oil”). Related also to drast, dregs.
Senses: glosses: To remove dross from.
cristobalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cristobalites
Etymology: Named for the type locality at Cerro San Cristóbal, Mexico, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral of volcanic rocks that solidified at a high temperature. Cristobalite is chemically identical to quartz, with the chemical formula SiO₂, but has a different crystal structure. Crystals are always microscopic, and usually form small rounded masses.
Related terms: silicate
silica group
paranoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/
ipa: /ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/
ipa: /ˈpɛɹ.əˌnɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Forms: form: more paranoid
form: most paranoid
Etymology: From paranoia + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.
examples: text: But can the people on TV see me or am I just paranoid?
ref: 1984, Rockwell, “Somebody's Watching Me”:
text: People generally want to believe good news, and Max was so paranoid about germs that he'd really love to believe Plum Island was spewing antibiotics and vaccine into the air.
ref: 2003, Nelson DeMille, Plum Island:
glosses: Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust.
Derived terms: nonparanoid
paranoidly
paranoidness
paranoid personality disorder
paranoid schizophrenia
paranoid schizophrenic
technoparanoid
ultraparanoid
unparanoid
paranoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/
ipa: /ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/
ipa: /ˈpɛɹ.əˌnɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Forms: form: paranoids
Etymology: From paranoia + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A person suffering from paranoia.
snarky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnɑɹ.ki/
ipa: /ˈsnɑː.ki/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ki
Forms: form: snarkier
form: snarkiest
Etymology: From snark + -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from snark (“to snort”), by onomatopoeia (1866). Compare Low German snarken (“to snore”), North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka. In the sense “sarcastic” popularized in the late 1990s.
Senses: examples: text: In spite of its inherent banality, and because my editors let me relieve my dyspepsia by writing snarky captions, it is regularly one of the more popular destinations on the Globe and Mail website.
ref: 2011 October 19, “You may know me as a snarky caption writer whose work went viral”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
examples: text: 'I hate you,' she said briefly, and Philip understood. 'I couldn't help it,' he said; 'I did want to do something by myself.' And Lucy understood. 'And besides,' he said, 'I was coming back for you. Don't be snarky about it, Lu.
ref: 1910, E. Nesbit, chapter 12, in The Magic City:
text: 'E barks. "I'll do me work meself, yeh 'ear?" An' then 'e gits so snarky that I clear.
ref: 1918, C. J. Dennis, “Dad”, in Digger Smith:
synonyms: cranky
glosses: Irritable, irritated.
Derived terms: word: snark
word: snarkily
word: snarkiness
word: snarkism
essiac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the surname of the inventor, Rene Caisse, spelled backwards.
Senses: glosses: A herbal infusion claimed by some to be able to cure cancer.
lambda expression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lambda expressions
Senses: glosses: An algebraic expression representing a function by binding one or more parameters to an expression which may contain those parameters.
Synonyms: lambda term
Hypernyms: expression
todo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: todos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of to-do.
allways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of always.
Arwel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ)wəl/
ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ)wɛl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)wɛl
Etymology: From Welsh, derivation uncertain. Possibly "prominent".
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Welsh.
squat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /skwɒt/
ipa: /skwɑt/
ipa: /skwɔt/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: squatter
form: squattest
Etymology: From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).
The sense “nothing” may be the source or a derivation of diddly-squat.
Senses: examples: text: The SQUILL-INSECT. […] So called from ſome ſimilitude to the Squill-fiſh: chiefly, in having a long Body cover'd with a Cruſt compoſed of ſeveral Rings or Plates. The Head is broad and ſquat. He hath a pair of notable ſharp Fangs before, both hooked inward like a Bulls horns.
ref: 1681, Nehemiah Grew, “Of Creeping Insects [part I, section VII, chapter III]”, in Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham College. … Whereunto is Subjoyned the Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts, London: Printed by W. Rawlins, for the Author, →OCLC, page 176:
text: What in the midst lay but the Tower itself? / The round squat turret, blind as the fool's heart, / Built of round stone, without a counterpart / In the whole world. […]
ref: 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, in Men and Women, London: Chapman & Hall, →OCLC, stanza XXXI:
text: On the gentle slopes there are farms, ancient and rocky, with squat, moss-coated cottages brooding eternally over old New England secrets in the lee of great ledges […]
ref: 1927 March, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Colour Out of Space”, in Amazing Stories, New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, published September 1927, →ISSN:
glosses: Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
examples: text: [H]im there they found, / Squat like a toad, cloſe at the ear of Eve, / Aſſaying by his deviliſh art to reach / The organs of her fancy', and with them forge / Illuſions as he liſt, phantaſms and dreams, […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 799–803:
glosses: Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.
squat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skwɒt/
ipa: /skwɑt/
ipa: /skwɔt/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: squats
form: squatting
form: squatted
form: squatted
Etymology: From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).
The sense “nothing” may be the source or a derivation of diddly-squat.
Senses: examples: text: He was not going to squat henlike on his place as the cockies around him did.
ref: 1901, Miles Franklin, “An Introduction to ’Possum Gully”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 10:
glosses: To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
topics: exercise
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
examples: text: For those who are having, or have had, trouble squatting we suggest learning how to squat by performing the front squat […] The front squat allows you almost no alternative but to perform the exercise correctly.
ref: 1994, Kurt Brungardt, Mike Brungardt, Brett Brungardt, The Complete Book of Butt and Legs, New York, N.Y.: Villard Books, →ISBN, page 161:
topics: exercise
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
glosses: To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
examples: text: Huddled together in loathsome files, they squat there over night, or until an inquisitive policeman breaks up the congregation with his club, which in Mulberry Street has always free swing.
ref: 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “A Raid on the Stale-beer Dives”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 77:
glosses: To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
examples: text: "But there seemed to be little satisfaction got out of this run; every moment the hare squatted, and the hounds lost the scent time after time."
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 76:
glosses: To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
glosses: To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
examples: text: The old homepage for L2TP, www.l2tpd.org, has been squatted by a domain squatter. A malicious person could reinstate this domain with malicious code on it.
ref: 2006, Paul Wouters, Ken Bantoft, Building and Integrating Virtual Private Networks with Openswan:
glosses: To cybersquat.
examples: text: I can't believe they squatted my favorite faction!
qualifier: board games
glosses: To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits.
Derived terms: squattage
squatter
squatting
squattocracy
Related terms: cache
coagulate
cogent
squat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skwɒt/
ipa: /skwɑt/
ipa: /skwɔt/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: squats
Etymology: From Latin squatina.
Senses: glosses: The angel shark (genus Squatina).
perigee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒiː/
ipa: /ˈpɛɹ.ə.d͡ʒi/
Forms: form: perigees
Etymology: From French périgée via Latin perigeum, perigaeum, ultimately from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “near”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).
Senses: examples: text: As the moon wheels around Earth every 28 days and shows us a progressively greater and then stingier slice of its sun-lightened face, the distance between the moon and Earth changes, too. At the nearest point along its egg-shaped orbit, its perigee, the moon may be 26,000 miles closer to us than it is at its far point.
ref: 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.
examples: text: Conjunctions of I and II [Io and Europa] occur when they are near perigee and apogee respectively; conjunctions of II and III [Europa and Ganymede] occur when II [Europa] is near perigee.
ref: 1995, John H. Rogers, The Giant Planet Jupiter, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335:
text: The resolution of the images obtained by this American probe [Messenger] will depend on its altitude [above Mercury] at any one time: about ten meters at perigee (200km altitude), but only one 1 km at apogee (15000km).
ref: 2002, Serge Brunier, Solar System Voyage, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36:
text: [Nereid’s] apogee—farthest point from Neptune—is five times the distance of its perigee—its closest point.
ref: 2010, Ruth Walker, Mary M. Shaffrey, et al., Exploring Space: The High Frontier, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 129:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is closest to the planet: the periapsis of any satellite.
qualifier: possibly archaic outside astrology
glosses: The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is closest to the Earth.
Hyponyms: proxigee
Derived terms: perigeal
perigean
perigee moon
Related terms: periapsis
periastron
perihelion
ferroequinology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin ferrum (“iron”) + Latin equus (“horse”) + English -logy; from iron horse
Senses: examples: text: Anyone interested in Colorado ferroequinology, get yourself a copy of the DeLorme atlas. This shows the alignments of lots of old railroad grades
ref: 1993 December 5, J. Alan Septimus, “Re: altitudes (was Re: Engines (Re: Amtrak derails in Boise ...))”, in rec.railroad (Usenet):
text: 1995 January 30, Glenn Laubaugh, “BRASS KEY”, rec.railroad, pdx.general, and or.general, Usenet
The BRASS KEY...is the unofficial, unauthorized internet newspaper of ferroequinology (Latin: Study of Iron Horses) in the Pacific Northwest.
text: It has been well-established by the ferroequinology cognoscenti that train whistles cause a serious distubance among mosquitos, making them far less willing to strike their victims.
ref: 1995 July 6, Paul Marsh, as quoted by Craig Symington, “Nebraska, Mosquitos, trains and girlfriends....”, in bit.listserv.railroad (Usenet):
glosses: The study of railways in general, but especially locomotives.
Derived terms: ferroequinologist
free-throw lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free-throw lanes
Senses: examples: text: Players must remain outside the free-throw lane until the ball leaves the free-throw shooter's hands.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The rectangular or trapezoidal area between the free-throw line and the end line.
charity stripe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charity stripes
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The free-throw line.
half-court line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-court lines
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The line parallel to the end lines and midway between them.
half-court violation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-court violations
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A turnover occurring when the team with possession, having brought the ball over the half-court line causes it to cross back over the line without interference from the other team.
shotgun shack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shotgun shacks
Senses: examples: text: And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack / And you may find yourself in another part of the world
ref: 1980, “Once in a Lifetime”, in Remain in Light, performed by Talking Heads:
text: Although preservationists claim the “Shotgun Shack” is one of only two remaining houses of this type on Capitol Hill, the city has condemned the building and ordered it and another house in the same block to be demolished. […]
ref: 2004 November 8, Duncan Spencer, “HillScape”, in The Hill, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2004:
text: He might actually be able to do something with the shotgun shack that Martina had glimpsed in her single lightning visit to Durrongo since she arrived.
ref: 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 55:
glosses: Synonym of shotgun house.
synonyms: word: shotgun house
shotgun wedding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shotgun weddings
Etymology: From the implication that the groom was forced to the altar by shotgun-wielding relatives of the bride.
Senses: examples: text: If Red Skelton's joke can still elicit laughs, it is only because there is a minority who can still remember a shotgun wedding and even recall the understandings that lay behind that insistence, now seeming quaint, that a couple sleeping together should really be married.
ref: 2012, Charles W. Dunn, American Culture in Peril, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant.
glosses: A wedding which is made in haste or under duress.
examples: text: But all this fails when we try to have a shotgun wedding between the two great theories of nature, relativity and quantum theory.
ref: 2021, Michio Kaku, The God Equation:
glosses: Any similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people, organizations, components, or concepts.
Related terms: shotgun marriage
white wedding
grass widow
shotgun offense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shotgun offenses
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An offense in which the quarterback sets up at a distance behind the center and the ball is snapped through the air.
offensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɛnsɪv/
ipa: /ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/
Forms: form: more offensive
form: most offensive
form: offencive
Etymology: From Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if by analogy with défensif. Offendre is from Latin offendere (“to offend”); see offend.
Senses: examples: text: Some people find pornography offensive.
text: An offensive smell.
text: A survey at Yale University had 63% of students wanting professors to issue “trigger warnings” before saying anything that some might find offensive or could cause painful emotions.
ref: 2016 September 12, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Political Incorrectness Is Just a Strategy”, in Time:
text: Britain’s police are especially zealous. Officers spend thousands of hours sifting through potentially offensive posts and arrest 30 people a day. Among those collared were a man who ranted about immigration on Facebook and a couple who criticised their daughter’s primary school.
ref: 2025 May 15, “Europe’s free-speech problem”, in The Economist:
antonyms: inoffensive
glosses: Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
examples: text: The army's offensive capabilities. An offensive weapon.
text: In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
ref: 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
antonyms: defensive
glosses: Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
examples: text: The offensive coordinator is responsible for ordering all rushing plays.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Having to do with play directed at scoring.
Synonyms: word: aggressive
english: Intending to cause envious offense
translation: Intending to cause envious offense
word: invidious
word: unheard-of
Derived terms: counteroffensive
counter-offensive
cyberoffensive
inoffensive
nonoffensive
non-offensive
offensive and defensive alliance
offensive back
offensive foul
offensive guard
offensive line
offensive line of scrimmage
offensively
offensiveness
offensive tackle
offensive to pious ears
offensive zone
overoffensive
superoffensive
unoffensive
Related terms: offend
offense
offensive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɛnsɪv/
ipa: /ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/
Forms: form: offensives
form: offencive
Etymology: From Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if by analogy with défensif. Offendre is from Latin offendere (“to offend”); see offend.
Senses: examples: text: The Marines today launched a major offensive.
text: In Central Hupeh, the Japanese launched another offensive from the Kingshan region, but instead of moving southwestward to cooperate with another column of theirs to capture Shasi, this column swerved to the northwest and succeeded in capturing Chunghsiang on the Han River.
ref: 1939 January, Lin Yu, “The "China Incident"”, in Philippine Magazine, volume XXXVI, number 1, →OCLC, page 121:
text: Israel has launched a major aerial and ground offensive into the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, its biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years, in what it described as an “extensive counter-terrorism effort”.
ref: 2023 July 3, Bethan McKernan, Peter Beaumont, “Israel attacks Jenin in biggest West Bank incursion in 20 years”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An attack.
examples: text: He took the offensive in the press, accusing his opponent of corruption.
glosses: The posture of attacking or being able to attack.
Derived terms: charm offensive
counter-offensive
prawn cocktail offensive
take the offensive
fermata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɜːˈmɑːtə/
ipa: /ˌfɜːɹˈmɑtə/
rhymes: -ɑːtə
Forms: form: fermatas
form: fermate
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian fermata, from fermare (“to stop”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The notation ⟨◌͒⟩ of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest.
Synonyms: word: hold
word: bird's-eye
word: ◌͒
piccolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkələʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɪkoloʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɪkəloʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɪkl̩oʊ/
Forms: form: piccolos
form: piccoli
Etymology: From Italian piccolo (“small”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A piccolo piano.
synonyms: octave flute
glosses: A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.
examples: text: [A]s I fled I felt Laploshka's reproachful eyes watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo—out of his two francs.
ref: 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Soul of Laploshka”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 71:
synonyms: word: busser
word: commis waiter
word: omnibus
glosses: A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
glosses: A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox.
synonyms: quarter bottle
snipe
glosses: A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.
Derived terms: piccoloist
puccalo
piccolo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkələʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɪkoloʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɪkəloʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɪkl̩oʊ/
Etymology: From Italian piccolo (“small”).
Senses: examples: text: There is also the Piccolo Trumpet, built in D, which can with ease attack high notes which are outside the range of the ordinary B flat instrument, as well as the rarely used Bass Trumpet.
ref: 1945, Christian Darnton, You and Music, 2nd edition, New York: Pelican Books, retrieved 20 Feb 2022, page 65:
glosses: Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments.
larghetto
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian larghetto, diminutive of largo.
Senses: examples: text: Play larghetto here, even though it’s marked largo.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Slower than adagio but not as slow as largo; nearly andantino.
larghetto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: larghettos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian larghetto, diminutive of largo.
Senses: examples: text: Which tempo do you want, largo or larghetto?
glosses: The larghetto tempo.
examples: text: The larghetto from this suite is one of the composer’s most evocative works.
glosses: A composition or movement to be played larghetto.
larghissimo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Italian larghissimo.
Senses: examples: text: Play larghissimo here; drag out every note.
glosses: As slowly as possible.
larghissimo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian larghissimo.
Senses: glosses: The slowest tempo.
buzzword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌzwɜː(ɹ)d/
ipa: /ˈbʌzwɜɹd/
rhymes: -ʌzwɜː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: buzzwords
form: buzz word
form: buzz-word
Etymology: Coined in the 1970s in the United States, from
buzz + word.
Senses: examples: text: Their salespeople know all the right buzzwords, but they can't really help you solve your problems.
text: Ideology is a [George Cabot] Lodge buzzword, as they say in business schools, the first word that sends many executives and students who would emulate them, into fury.
ref: 1972 May 14, Marylyn Bender, “Harvard's Brahmin Radical”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: There is great confusion and debate about what a blockchain even is—some people argue it’s become a meaningless buzzword—but the standard definition describes a shared, decentralized, cryptographically secure, immutable digital ledger.
ref: 2018 June 19, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “Inside the Crypto World's Biggest Scandal”, in Wired, →ISSN:
glosses: A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.
Derived terms: buzz-phrase
buzzword bingo
buzzword compliance
buzzword compliant
buzzwordy
Related terms: blind with science
buzzword compliance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ironic parallel with standards compliance.
Senses: examples: text: The UDDI-over-Bluetooth support is only in there for buzzword compliance.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: The practice of ensuring that a product supports a set of features considered important for marketing, regardless of whether they are valuable features.
Related terms: buzzword compliant
standards compliance
buzzword compliant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more buzzword compliant
form: most buzzword compliant
Etymology: Ironic parallel of standards compliant.
Senses: examples: text: Our latest release is 100% buzzword compliant.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Supporting all features considered important by marketing, regardless of their actual value.
Related terms: buzzword compliance
standards compliant
standards compliant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Other vendors' products may be cheaper, but ours are standards compliant.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Fully supporting all relevant published standards.
standards compliance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Other vendors may be cheaper up front, but our standards compliance will save you in the long run.
glosses: The practice of adhering strictly to published standards.
Related terms: buzzword compliant
compliance
standard
mezzo-soprano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛtsoʊsəˈpɹænoʊ/
Forms: form: mezzo-sopranos
Etymology: From Italian mezzosoprano.
Senses: glosses: A voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
glosses: A person having such a voice.
Coordinate terms: sense: voice types
word: soprano
sense: voice types
word: contralto
sense: voice types
word: countertenor
sense: voice types
word: tenor
sense: voice types
word: baritone
sense: voice types
word: bass
Related terms: soprano
con sordino
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Italian con sordino.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: With the mute.
Related terms: con sordini
state machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: state machines
Senses: examples: text: This algorithm will produce a state machine for parsing a given context-free grammar.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of finite-state machine.
glosses: The state machinery; state apparatus.
garbage collection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garbage collections
Senses: synonyms: rubbish collection
glosses: A service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility.
examples: text: Java uses a technique known as garbage collection to remove objects that are no longer needed. The garbage collector is Java's grim reaper.
ref: [2002, Patrick Niemeyer, Jonathan Knudsen, Learning Java, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 135:
text: Generational garbage collection has proved to be a highly effective organisation, offering significant performance improvements for a wide range of applications.
ref: 2016, Richard Jones, Antony Hosking, Eliot Moss, The Garbage Collection Handbook, CRC Press, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: GC
glosses: An automatic mechanism that frees up resources (such as allocated memory) that are no longer in use.
Derived terms: GC
Related terms: garbage collect
garbage collector
BNF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Could we write BNF for this instead of trying to describe it in text?
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Backus-Naur form.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Backus normal form.
Derived terms: ABNF
BNF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BNFs
Senses: examples: text: COMING NEXT ISH: A department devoted to the BNF of tomorrow. 'Twill be the neofan of today who is the Tucker or Laney of tomorrow. So QUANDRY, the BNZ of tomorrow, will bring you biografies^([sic]) of lesser known fen.
ref: 1950 October, Lee Hoffman, “Chaos”, in Quandry, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2011, page 5:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Big Name Fan, a famous member of fandom; a celebrity fan.
Derived terms: BNFdom
man-to-man defense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: man-to-man defenses
Senses: examples: text: They'll have trouble playing a man-to-man against such a fast guard and tall center.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A defense in which each player guards a particular opposing player.
Related terms: mark
zone defense
zone defense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zone defenses
Senses: examples: text: Outside shooting is essential to beating a zone defense.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A defense in which each player covers an area of the court.
fast break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fast breaks
Senses: examples: text: Their pressure defense gives them a lot of fast breaks off of steals.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An offensive play in which a team, having won possession of the ball, moves the ball downcourt as quickly as possible, attempting to get an easy shot before the defense can set up.
Related terms: transition game
airball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airballs
Etymology: * From air + ball.
* The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim.
Senses: examples: text: As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball.
text: Johnson also could have tied the game, at 66-66 with 14 seconds left. But his jump shot was an airball. From that scramble Lopez emerged with the first of his key foul shots.
ref: 1990 April 3, David Levine, “COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Fordham Defeats Iona to Advance”, in The New York Times:
text: Bryant’s path to becoming a champion, after all, began with a series of infamous misses: his playoff airballs as a rookie against Utah. Clarkson sees those airballs as a metaphor for Bryant’s clunky start against the Jazz two decades later.
ref: 2021 April 13, Bill Oram, “Remembering Kobe Bryant’s final game: Five years later, five untold stories about the Lakers legend’s 60-point night”, in The New York Times:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.
glosses: An unfunny joke or remark.
airball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: airballs
form: airballing
form: airballed
form: airballed
Etymology: * From air + ball.
* The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim.
Senses: examples: text: Tatum struggled with fatigue through the final two rounds of the postseason and was exhausted to the point he was airballing shots by the time the Warriors were closing out the championship.
ref: 2022 August 8, Jared Weiss, “Jayson Tatum opens up on lessons from Celtics’ finals loss, Kevin Durant trade”, in The New York Times:
text: The Timberwolves lost 128-125 when KAT airballed a falling 30-footer at the buzzer.
ref: 2024 January 23, Zach Harper and Shams Charania, “Joel Embiid’s 70-point NBA welcome to Victor Wembanyama. Plus, Shams on Heat-Hornets trade”, in The New York Times:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To throw an airball.
glosses: To make an awfully unfunny joke or remark.
nang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: năng
ipa: /næŋ/
rhymes: -æŋ
Forms: form: nangs
Senses: examples: text: I reckon the thing that brings on a trip the quickest is definitly^([sic]) a nang (nitrous oxide bulb) while listening to REALLY intense music
ref: 1996 March 5, Justin O'Brien, “how long before you peak on acid?”, in alt.drugs (Usenet):
text: "helicopters" these days refers to those silly hats with propellers on top, which come with a free ounce of smack at any local K-mart.^([sic]) Y'know, next to the nangs (or bulbs - nitrous oxide for whipped cream).
ref: 1998 October 18, “noise” from hello.net.au and start.net.au, “H ?”, in alt.drugs.hard (Usenet):
synonyms: whippet
glosses: A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream.
nang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: năng
ipa: /næŋ/
rhymes: -æŋ
Forms: form: more nang
form: most nang
Etymology: Multicultural London English, from Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole nyanga, potentially from West African languages, such as Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”) or Hausa yanga (“boastfulness”).
Senses: examples: text: That was well nang!
text: The wings were seriously a peng ting. The chips were nang. Burger was sick – the assembly was on point. The fillet was a serious ting – the thickness was there. Bossman did well.
ref: 2016 December 9, Adam Boult, quoting Elijah Quashie, “These brilliant videos about London's takeaway chicken shops are a YouTube hit”, in The Daily Telegraph:
glosses: excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
Synonyms: fabulous
splendid
garbage collector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garbage collectors
form: garbage-collector
Senses: glosses: A worker who removes refuse.
examples: text: Java uses a technique known as garbage collection to remove objects that are no longer needed. The garbage collector is Java's grim reaper.
ref: 2002, Patrick Niemeyer, Jonathan Knudsen, Learning Java, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 135:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: GC
glosses: An algorithm, procedure or thread dedicated to garbage collection: reclaiming resources which are no longer in use.
Synonyms: sense: worker who removes refuse
word: bin man
word: dustman
word: garbage man
word: garbo
word: refuse collector
word: sanitation engineer
word: trashman
word: Kabaadi
word: binman
word: garbage collector
word: garbageman
word: trash man
Hypernyms: word: collector
word: person
Hyponyms: word: dustwoman
Related terms: garbage collect
garbage collection
transition function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transition functions
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A function from (state, input symbol) to state describing what state to move to on receiving a given input in a given state.
examples: text: If (U#95;1,#92;psi#95;1) and (U#95;2,#92;psi#95;2) are two complex charts, then the transition function is #92;psi#95;#123;12#125;#58;#92;psi#95;1(U#95;1#92;capU#95;2)#92;rightarrow#92;psi#95;2(U#95;1#92;capU#95;2), given by #92;psi#95;#123;12#125;#61;#92;psi#95;2#92;circ#92;psi#95;1#123;-1#125;. We say M is a complex manifold if it has an atlas of complex charts (U,#92;psi), such that all the transition functions are holomorphic, as maps from #92;mathbb#123;C#125;ᵐ to itself.
ref: 2007, Dominic D. Joyce, Riemannian Holonomy Groups and Calibrated Geometry (Oxford graduate texts in mathematics), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 76:
synonyms: transition map
qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: A homeomorphism that bijects between the subsets of the images of two overlapping coordinate charts that are shared in the preimage: For (U_1,φ₁) and (U_2,φ₂) coordinate charts with U_1∩U_2≠∅, the transition functions φ₁₂=φ₂∘φ₁⁻¹ and its inverse φ₂₁=φ₁∘φ₂⁻¹ may be constructed.
Related terms: state machine
coordinate chart
atlas
garbage collect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: garbage collects
form: garbage collecting
form: garbage collected
form: garbage collected
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To destroy (an object that is no longer in use) during the process of garbage collection
Synonyms: GC
Hypernyms: collect
Related terms: garbage collection
garbage collector
Backus-Naur form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bækəs naʊə fɔːm/
ipa: /bækəs naʊɚ fɔɹm/
Forms: form: Backus-Naur forms
Etymology: From the names of computer science pioneers John Backus and Peter Naur. The notation was developed by Backus in 1959 (as Backus normal form) to describe computer languages, specifically ALGOL 58, and expanded and used by Naur in the ALGOL 60 report (the result of a January 1960 meeting). The name change to Backus-Naur form was at the suggestion of Donald Knuth.
Senses: examples: text: While context-free grammars (which, by the way, directly correspond to Backus-Naur forms) define the syntax of declarations, statements, and expressions, etc. (i.e. the structure of a program), the regular grammars define the syntax of identifiers, numbers, strings, etc. (i.e., the basic symbols of the language).
ref: 1991, Bernd Teufel, Organization of Programming Languages, Springer, page 26:
text: 2004, Jason H. Moore, Lance W. Hahn, Systems Biology Modeling in Human Genetics Using Petri Nets and Grammatical Evolution, Kalyanmoy Deb, et. al. (editors), Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, GECCO 2004, Proceedings, Part 1, Springer, LNCS 3102, page 396,
Here, a Backus-Naur Form (BNF) grammar is specified that allows a computer program or model to be constructed by a simple genetic algorithm operating on an array of bits.
text: The most common syntactic metalanguage adopted in the computing world is Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF). There are many slightly different variants of EBNF, but all of them are based on Backus-Naur Form (BNF), developed in the 1960s for describing the syntax of the Fortran and Algol 60 programming languages.
ref: 2011, Airi Salminen, Frank Tompa, Communicating with XML, Springer, page 215:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A formal notation for context-free grammars.
wikipedia: ALGOL 58
ALGOL 60
Communications of the ACM
Donald Knuth
International Organization for Standardization
John Backus
Peter Naur
World Wide Web Consortium
Synonyms: sense: formal notation
word: Backus normal form
sense: formal notation
word: BNF
Derived terms: sense: formal notation
alt: ABNF
word: augmented Backus-Naur form
sense: formal notation
alt: EBNF
word: extended Backus-Naur form
Related terms: Chomsky normal form
metasyntax
lane violation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lane violations
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The act of entering the free-throw lane before the free-throw shot has left the shooter's hands.
Related terms: free-throw lane
violation
points in the paint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Points scored from within the free-throw lane.
alley-oop
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alley oop.
alley-oop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: alley-oops
form: alley-ooping
form: alley-ooped
form: alley-ooped
Senses: examples: text: At the sound Mike's heart alley-ooped into his throat.
ref: 1967 August, John Devaney, “Sails in the Sky”, in Boys' Life, volume 57, number 8, page 24:
text: I got my hand under Grandma's behind, and we alley-ooped her into the passenger seat.
ref: 2010, Janet Evanovich, Sizzling Sixteen:
text: Eventually, Trish was able to open up enough room to charge Lita, who alley-ooped her over the top rope with a big body drop.
ref: 2020, L. J. Tracosas, WWE Kicking Down Doors, page 49:
glosses: Alternative form of alley oop.
zonk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɒŋk/
rhymes: -ɒŋk
Forms: form: zonks
form: zoink
Etymology: First attested around 1950. Unknown origin, likely imitative, of echoic origin.
Senses: examples: text: There will always be two doors that hold zonks, so regardless of whether you initially chose the grand prize or a zonk, Monty will always be able to show you a zonk not chosen.
ref: 2003-10-1, Gregory Arthur Baer Life: The Odds (And How to Improve Them), Penguin, page 237
text: A live, mane-embellished, SAG-card-carrying lion, I should point out, who was likely being staged for a few minutes off to the side before he would be used as a freaking “Zonk!” on a freaking game show, for crying out loud.
ref: 2003-12-30, Jerrilyn Farmer, Mumbo Gumbo: A Madeline Bean Novel, HarperCollins, page 204
text: A zonk was way overdue, yet the boys knew that the Seniors knew they would think this was a zonk and would trick the boys by making this another real prize.
ref: 2004, Jay Mechling, On My Honor: Boy Scouts and the Making of American Youth, University of Chicago Press, page 124
text: I have three empty coffee cans, two with prizes and one with a slip of paper that says "Zonk."
ref: 2004, Timothy V. Rasinski, Nancy Padak, Effective reading strategies: teaching children who find reading difficult, Pearson/Prentice Hall, page 150
text: Avoid the Zonk / On the TV show Let's Make a Deal, contestants often had to choose between three curtains.
ref: 2006-05-09, Bruce Frey, Statistics hacks, O'Reilly Media, page 208
text: Once a contestant picked a door, Monty would often open one of the other two doors to reveal a zonk, […]
ref: 2008, Max H. Bazerman, Don A. Moore, Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, John Wiley & Sons, page 53
text: Behind two doors is a “zonk,” that is, something amusing but of little or no value, such as a goat, […]
ref: 2009, Victor Shoup, A Computational Introduction to Number Theory and Algebra, Cambridge University Press, page 217
glosses: An unfavorable card or token, or undesirable or worthless item used as a prize in a contest or game show (such as Let's Make a Deal).
glosses: The feeling of a drug taking hold.
glosses: A cigarette hand-rolled from tobacco and cannabis.
zonk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɒŋk/
rhymes: -ɒŋk
Forms: form: zonks
form: zonking
form: zonked
form: zonked
form: zoink
Etymology: First attested around 1950. Unknown origin, likely imitative, of echoic origin.
Senses: glosses: To hit hard .
glosses: To make (someone) sleepy or delirious, to put into a stupor .
examples: text: After two hours of studying, I zonked out.
glosses: To become exhausted, sleepy or delirious.
raw_tags: followed by “out”
Derived terms: zonk out
zonked
zonk out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zonks out
form: zonking out
form: zonked out
form: zonked out
form: zoink out
Senses: examples: text: After a full day of playing, you'd think that kid would finally zonk out.
glosses: To fall suddenly into a very deep sleep.
Related terms: zonk
zonked
out like a light
gladiator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlædiˌeɪtɚ/
Forms: form: gladiators
form: gladiatour
Etymology: From Latin gladiātor, from gladius (“sword”). See also English gladius.
Senses: examples: text: My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.
ref: 2002, Dirk Wittenborn, Fierce People:
text: And it's because something of the mundanely manual still adheres to darts that the players' heroic walk of honour from the green room to the oche is so incongruous. The fanfare begins, the strobes go wild, the crowds roar, hostesses wearing the sort of tinsel dresses that drove me crazy when I was eighteen escort the gladiator into the arena, only he's not a gladiator, he's a plumber.
ref: 2017, Howard Jacobson, “The Wages of Indulgence is Darts”, in The Dog’s Last Walk (and Other Pieces), London; New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
glosses: A disputant in a public controversy or debate.
glosses: A professional boxer.
glosses: Synonym of heelwalker (“Any of the order Mantophasmatodea of carnivorous, wingless insects that superficially resemble a cross between praying mantises and phasmids.”).
synonyms: word: heelwalker
extra: (“Any of the order Mantophasmatodea of carnivorous, wingless insects that superficially resemble a cross between praying mantises and phasmids.”).
Derived terms: gladiatorial
gladiatorian
gladiatorism
gladiatorlike
gladiatorship
Related terms: gladiatress
gladiatrix
gladiolus