cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
alicorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/
ipa: /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔːn/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: alicorns
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian alicorno.
Senses: glosses: A unicorn.
examples: text: He admits that powdered alicorn will delay the death of a poisoned pigeon, but says that any other horn will do the same thing by retarding assimilation.
ref: 1930, Odell Shepard, The Lore of the Unicorn, London: Unwin and Allen, →ISBN, Chapter VI:
text: "This happens to be my last voyage. But even so, I intend no coercion. If he does not value the alicorn to the extent of ten thousand Spanish dollars, I'll keep it myself. I'm rather fond of the thing. You see, it's a genuine unicorn's horn, and they're exceedingly few."
ref: 1933, Alexander Laing, The Sea Witch, Farrar & Rinheart:
text: Two kinds were on the market: Unicornum Verum (Alicorn), thought to be Mammoth Tusk, and Unicornum Falsum, Narwhal tusks.
ref: 1945, Patrick Henry Yancey, Origins from mythology of biological names and terms, page 46:
text: What a fabulous beast was the mythical unicorn — with its horse's head and hoofs, and a single horn, the alicorn, growing out of its forehead.
ref: 1982 May-June, F. G. Walton Smith, “The Unicorn that Goes to Sea”, in Sea Frontiers: Bulletin of the International Oceanographic Foundation, volume 28, number 3, page 130:
text: The horn of the male narwhal, which sailors called the unicorn of the sea, is thought to have been the unicorn's horn, or alicorn, of medieval commerce. It was very widely believed that alicorn could be used to detect poisons, and when ground and added to a potion would prevent poisoning.
ref: 2008 April 21, Judyth A. McLeod, In a Unicorn's Garden: Recreating the magic and mystery of medieval gardens, Murdoch Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 15:
text: Tests to verify the authenticity of alicorn—most of which involved placing spiders near the horn and observing their reactions—were numerous, but apparently few detected bogus horn, for narwhal tusks, masquerading as unicorn horn, made their way into shops across Europe.
ref: 2010 October 19, Allan Zola Kronzek with Elizabeth Kronzek, The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter, 3rd edition, New York: Broadway Books, page 297:
topics: fantasy
glosses: The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient.
alicorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/
ipa: /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔːn/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: alicorns
Etymology: Term already associated with unicorns and reinterpreted as a blend of Latin āla (“wing”) with unicorn, popularized by Bearing an Hourglass (1984) and other fantasy novels by Piers Anthony.
Senses: examples: text: The Alicorn. He be a winged unicorn, the finest equine flesh extant, the adoration of every fair and innocent maiden. For that steed I would give anything.
ref: 1984 August, Piers Anthony, Bearing an Hourglass, Del Rey Books, published 1992, →ISBN, →OL, page 171:
text: A silver portal opens in the sky and a^([sic]) ebony alicorn stallion gallops from it the silver tips on his black wings shine in the sun's light.
ref: 1999 May 15, Twyligtsky <twyligtsky@aol.comSKYMAGE>, “Re: RP: First appearence!^([sic])”, in alt.mythology.mythic-animals (Usenet), message-ID <19990515145319.05236.00000939@ng-fs1.aol.com>:
text: Rarity: Why, you've become an alicorn! I didn't even know that was possible.
Pinkie Pie: [wearing a costume horn and wings] Alicorn party!
ref: 2013 February 16, M.A. Larson, “Magical Mystery Cure” (16:32), in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, season 3, episode 13, spoken by Rarity and Pinkie Pie (Tabitha St. Germain and Andrea Libman):
topics: fantasy
glosses: A mythological creature, a mixture of pegasus and unicorn: a winged horse with a single horn on its head.
Synonyms: sense: winged horse
word: pegacorn
sense: winged horse
word: unipeg
sense: winged horse
word: unisus
Mamduh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَمْدُوح (mamdūḥ).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic that means "[a] praised [person]", or someone who is always mentioned in a positive way.
Aghori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sanskrit अघोर (aghora, “fearless”).
Senses: glosses: A tribe of Hindu ascetics who are or were thought to eat the flesh of corpses.
on the lam
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lam (“flight, escape”).
Senses: examples: text: The President: 'Hello... I am still on the lam from debt collectors.'
ref: 2004, Nintendo EAD, Pikmin 2, Nintendo, space e-mail
text: Their top hitman, Joe Russo, was on the lam after murdering Joe Barboza in San Francisco.
ref: 2007, Howie Carr, The Brothers Bulger:
text: There have been more bank runs, executives on the lam, arrests and credit panics than the country has seen in years.
ref: 2012 September 15, “Vietnam: A Tiger at Bay”, in The Economist:
text: Charges of Russian meddling, including allegations of vote-buying by a Moldovan oligarch on the lam in Russia, could have substance.
ref: 2024 November 25, Fred Weir, “In shifting world, post-Soviet states look back to a constant: Russia”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: Running away, usually from the police; on the run.
Related terms: lambaste
take it on the lam
jack plug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jack plugs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A type of audio connector.
Related terms: jack
TRS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TRSes
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of total return swap.
glosses: Initialism of tip, ring, sleeve: a type of electrical connector (TRS connector).
glosses: Initialism of Telephone Relay Service.
subminiature
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + miniature.
Senses: examples: text: Vacuum tubes and other circuit components have been produced in miniature and subminiature versions.
ref: 1952 March, Leonard Engel, “Little Gadget with a Large Future”, in Harper's Magazine, volume 204, number 1222, page 57:
glosses: Compact or smaller than miniature.
examples: text: Other Minolta cameras from $27 to $270, including subminiature, "snapshot," 35mm rangefinder and single lens reflex models...
ref: 1964 November, “Minolta Hi-matic 7”, in Sunset, page 136:
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: of photography equipment and techniques using a smaller frame than 35mm
subminiature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subminiatures
Etymology: From sub- + miniature.
Senses: examples: text: One of these Raytheon Subminiatures takes the place of two old style tubes and its small size results in lower microphonics.
ref: 1948 April, “Sounds Good to Her: Raytheon CK510AX”, in Electronics, volume 21, number 4, page 143:
glosses: Any item smaller than that considered miniature, especially electronic and electromechanical devices
examples: text: The popularity of today’s wide-angle lenses and the subminiatures with their inherently great depth of field testify to the success of this technique.
ref: 1958 September, “10 ways to dramatize the ordinary”, in Popular Photography, volume 3, number 45, page 60:
glosses: A subminiature camera, generally with a frame smaller than 35mm
roadblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roadblocks
Etymology: From road + block.
Senses: glosses: Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
examples: text: to hit roadblocks
text: Transgender people face roadblocks in accessing healthcare, and it’s not going away even after archaic rules denying healthcare access to transgender people are lifted and more of us become insured.
ref: 2015 September 16, Andy Marra, “Many trans people still are denied healthcare because of their identity”, in The Guardian:
text: America’s jobs recovery hit a major roadblock in August as the Delta variant threatened the labor market recovery, and the US economy added far fewer jobs than expected.
ref: 2021 September 3, Anneken Tappe, “The August jobs numbers have economists worried. Here’s why”, in CNN:
text: Over the past decade, the products hit roadblocks. Siri ran into technological hurdles, including clunky code that took weeks to update with basic features, said John Burkey, a former Apple engineer who worked on the assistant.
ref: 2023 March 15, Brian X. Chen, Nico Grant, Karen Weise, “How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the A.I. Race”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: bar
word: drag
word: barrier
word: bone in the throat
word: bump in the road
word: hindrance
word: impediment
word: obstruction
word: obstacle
word: encumbrance
word: hurdle
word: roadblock
word: stumbling block
word: hitch
glosses: An obstacle or impediment.
roadblock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roadblocks
form: roadblocking
form: roadblocked
form: roadblocked
Etymology: From road + block.
Senses: glosses: To prevent, hinder.
orse
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin [Term?].
Senses: topics: law
glosses: otherwise.
orse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin [Term?].
Senses: topics: law
glosses: otherwise.
leathery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛðəɹi/
Forms: form: more leathery
form: leatherier
form: most leathery
form: leatheriest
Etymology: From leather + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The beef jerky was tough and leathery.
text: The Agaricales have basidiocarps which are fleshy to subfleshy or rarely, almost leathery (but if the latter then the hymenophore is not poroid).
ref: 1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 422:
text: It is a staggering work, leathery and reliclike, with most of Pop Art embedded in its fragile surfaces.
ref: 2007 January 5, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.
Derived terms: leatheriness
leathery jacket
leathery turtle
clinch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɪnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃ
Forms: form: clinches
form: clinching
form: clinched
form: clinched
Etymology: 16th-century alteration of clench.
Senses: glosses: To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
examples: text: “Beloved shipmates, clinch the last verse of the first chapter of Jonah—‘And God had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.’”
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 9, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: To clasp; to interlock.
glosses: To fasten securely or permanently.
examples: text: I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.
text: Vincent Kompany was sent off after conceding a penalty that was converted by Stephen Hunt to give Wolves hope. But Adam Johnson's curling shot in stoppage time clinched the points.
ref: 2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To make certain; to finalize.
synonyms: word: clasp
word: grasp
word: grip
word: beclasp
word: begrasp
word: begrip
word: belock
word: clasp
word: clench
word: clinch
word: cling
word: clutch
word: enclasp
word: fang
word: fondle
word: glaum
word: grab
word: grabble
word: grasp
word: grip
word: hang on
word: hold on
word: hold tight
word: hold
word: nab
word: nim
word: seize
word: stranglehold
word: take
glosses: To hold firmly; to clench
examples: text: to clinch the teeth or the fist
text: [T]ry if the heads of the nails [of horseshoes] be fast, and whether they be well clinched; if not, send presently for a smith; always stand by while the smith is employed.
ref: 1731 (date written, published 1745), Jonathan Swift, “[Directions to Servants.] The Duty of Servants at Inns.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume XVI, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 175:
synonyms: word: attach
word: join
word: put together
word: accouple
word: affix
word: assemble
word: associate
word: attach
word: bewed
word: bind
word: clasp
word: clinch
word: combine
word: conglomerate
word: conglutinate
word: conjoin
word: connect
word: construct
word: couple
word: entwine
word: fay
word: fix
word: graft
word: hitch
word: hook
word: inosculate
word: interlink
word: join
word: joint
word: knit
word: knot
word: link
word: marry
word: piece together
word: piecen
word: pinion
word: put together
word: splice
word: unite
word: wed
word: yoke
glosses: To set closely together; to close tightly.
glosses: To hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to avoid being hit while resting momentarily
examples: text: It put the U.S. on the brink of clinching a spot in the quarterfinals.
ref: 2023 August 31, Seattle Times:
glosses: To secure a spot (e.g., at the divisional championship) before the end of regular season play by having an insurmountable lead.
glosses: To embrace passionately.
Derived terms: unclinch
clinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɪnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃ
Forms: form: clinches
Etymology: 16th-century alteration of clench.
Senses: glosses: Any of several fastenings.
glosses: The act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed.
examples: text: to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon
text: to secure anything by a clinch
synonyms: grip
grasp
glosses: The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
synonyms: clench
glosses: A pun.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
examples: text: More likely, he was letting her know that his visit this morning was not going to end in a clinch—or something steamier. It was going to be about sitting at a table, drinking coffee and talking.
ref: 2015, Judith Arnold, Moondance:
text: So, then, to the health secretary’s “steamy clinch” with Gina Coladangelo, the lobbyist and long-term friend he took on as an aide last year […]
ref: 2021 June 25, Marina Hyde, “Matt Hancock, the one-time sex cop now busted for a dodgy clinch”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A passionate embrace.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
qualifier: combat sports
glosses: The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
examples: text: COOMBE: He got the clinch only last week — eighteen months. You see it's no good having anybody here as ain't got a^([sic]) unblemished character. We don't want to have the bluebottles come sniffing round here, do we?
ref: 1882, Henry Herman, Henry Arthur Jones, The Silver King:
glosses: A prison sentence.
Derived terms: clinch-built
Related terms: clench
clincher
clinch nut
geez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
ipa: /ɡiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
ipa: /d͡ʒiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Etymology: Abbreviation of geezer.
Senses: examples: text: Hi geez, you alright?
synonyms: word: babber
word: billy
word: bredrin
word: bruv
word: bud
word: buddo
word: buddy
word: butty
word: chaver
word: china
word: chuck
word: chum
word: cock
word: cocker
word: cobber
word: compadre
word: comrade
word: companion
word: cove
word: crony
word: dawg
word: dude
word: duck
word: fam
word: fettler
word: friend
word: geez
word: geezer
word: gink
word: good old boy
word: homeskillet
word: homie
word: kith
word: lover
word: marrow
word: mate
word: matey
word: mucker
word: old bean
word: pal
word: pardner
word: peeps
word: shag
word: sport
word: surry
word: tovarish
word: wantok
glosses: Informal address to a male.
bursary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɝsɚi/
ipa: /ˈbɝsəɹi/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səɹi
Forms: form: bursaries
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursaria, from bursarius.
Senses: glosses: A monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies.
glosses: The treasury of a religious order or public institution.
Related terms: bursar
drown out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drowns out
form: drowning out
form: drowned out
form: drowned out
Senses: examples: text: He uses the music to drown out other noises around him.
text: The fire had burned through the night and seemed barely affected by the efforts to drown it out and almost as if it were simply bored of the festival it had created, the fire lessened at daybreak.
ref: 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 27, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 142:
text: Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries, the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems.
ref: 2014 November 18, Daniel Taylor, “England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard”, in The Guardian:
text: Stop using your words as weapons / They're never gonna shoot me down / Stop, it's time that you learned a lesson / My love is gonna drown you out
ref: 2022 November 10, Ava Max, Melanie Fontana, Michel Schulz, Ryan Tedder, Madison Love, Cirkut, “Weapons”, in Diamonds & Dancefloors, performed by Ava Max:
text: But Harry, in his civilian suit, was also a reminder of the schism between the traditional and the modern in the royal family that can’t be drowned out by pageantry.
ref: 2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: outdin
glosses: To cover, obscure, or overwhelm by being louder or more intense than.
big O
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big Os
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Upper bound function; see big O notation.
examples: text: Various sections of the brain are activated during the Big O, including the limbic system.
ref: 2024 August 26, Kimberly Delarosa, “Can Orgasms Make You Smarter? Here’s What Experts Say”, in Glamour:
qualifier: usually preceded by "the"
glosses: Orgasm.
synonyms: word: aunti/aunti Emma
word: big O
word: chandu
word: Chinese tobacco
word: dopium
word: dream gun
word: dream stick
word: fi-do-nie
word: gee
word: God's medicine
word: gondola
word: goric
word: guma
word: hop/hops
word: meconium
word: midnight oil
word: mud
word: ope
word: pen yan
word: pin gon
word: pox
word: skee
word: toxy
word: when-shee
word: yen
word: ze
word: zero
glosses: Opium.
bursar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɝsɚ/
ipa: /ˈbɜːsə/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bursars
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursārius, from bursa (“purse”) (English purse).
Senses: glosses: The treasurer of a university, college or school.
topics: education
glosses: A student funded by a bursary.
Derived terms: bursarship
bursary
Related terms: bursa
disburse
power of the purse
purse
purser
reimburse
basketweaving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæsk.ɪtˌwɪiv.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈbæsk.ətˌwɪiv.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: basket weaving
Etymology: From basket + weaving.
Senses: glosses: The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
examples: text: All the classes he takes are basketweaving.
glosses: Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
atomic bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atomic bombs
Etymology: Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in his 1914 novel The World Set Free.
Senses: examples: text: The gaunt face hardened to grimness, and with both hands the bomb-thrower lifted the big atomic bomb from the box and steadied it against the side.
ref: 1914, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 2, in The World Set Free:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: atom bomb
A-bomb
fission bomb
glosses: A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission.
examples: text: Nine different countries have the atomic bomb as of 2022.
synonyms: the bomb
glosses: The possession of one or more atomic bombs; the ability to launch a nuclear attack.
raw_tags: with the
Hypernyms: nuclear weapon
nuke
superbomb
weapon of mass destruction
WMD
Coordinate terms: hydrogen bomb
H-bomb
neutron bomb
Related terms: nucleomitophobia
nuclear weapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear weapons
Senses: examples: text: When Kissinger went to Moscow on March 24 for four days of talks aimed at setting the agenda for Summit III, he reported that Brezhnev seemed to be confronting some of the same problems as we were of military opposition to a permanent agreement to limit offensive nuclear weapons. Thus we knew from the outset that it would be very difficult to produce a major SALT breakthrough at Summit III.
ref: 1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973–1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1024:
text: Even if they managed to strike Japan, the United States or South Korea with nuclear weapons — a big if, given that they do not have a reliable delivery system — they could not save themselves from ultimate defeat.
ref: 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times:
glosses: A weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion.
Synonyms: atomic weapon
thermonuclear weapon
nuke
Related terms: weapon of mass destruction
cul8r
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: c u l8r
Etymology: From c (abbreviation for see) + u (Internet slang for you) + l8r (Internet slang for later).
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of see you later.
Related terms: TTYA
TTYL
nuclear bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear bombs
Senses: examples: text: In the seaside town that they forgot to bomb / Come, come, come, nuclear bomb
ref: 1988, Morrissey, “Everyday Is Like Sunday”, in Viva Hate:
glosses: A nuclear weapon.
wikipedia: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
nuclear weapon
Synonyms: word: A-bomb
word: atom bomb
word: atomic bomb
word: nuke
Hyponyms: dirty bomb
fission bomb
fusion bomb
gun-type bomb
H-bomb
hydrogen bomb
implosion bomb
isomer bomb
N-bomb
neutron bomb
plutonium bomb
thermonuclear bomb
uranium bomb
Related terms: doomsday bomb
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
nuclear war
uranium
neptunium
plutonium
sinsemilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪnsɪˈmɪlə/
rhymes: -ɪlə
Forms: form: sensemilla
Etymology: From Spanish sin semilla (literally “without seeds”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘One day he’s Allah this, Allah that. Next minute it’s big busty blondes, Russian gymnasts and a smoke of the sinsemilla.’
ref: 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 284:
text: […] Tatum, who wears a different color Danskin every day, or Wayne, who grows sinsemilla in his actual closet, or Boomer, who's always hugging everyone since his family did EST.
ref: 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Ask Me if I Care”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
glosses: A form of cannabis where only the female is allowed to blossom. Without pollen from the male plant, the female blossoms produce no seeds, forming large panicled flowers.
umbrella organisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umbrella organisations
form: umbrella organization
Senses: glosses: An organisation that coordinates the activities of a number of member organisations and hence promotes a common purpose.
mun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: maun
Etymology: From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.
Senses: examples: text: Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.
ref: 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village:
glosses: Must.
mun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: muns
Etymology: From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth.
Senses: examples: text: A common cry at Coventry on Good Friday is: One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns, / Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns.
ref: 1847, J O Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial words:
glosses: The mouth, jaw.
mun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Senses: glosses: man
mun
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Senses: examples: text: tha wut spudlee out the Yemors, and screedle over mun
ref: 1746, Exmoor Courtship, published 1879, page 50:
qualifier: Somerset
glosses: them
mun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: muns
Etymology: Clipping of mundane.
Senses: examples: text: Jade grabs a handful of brownies and nibbles on then,^([sic]) trying to keep her mun from reaching right to the screen to get some[…]
ref: 1997 October 29, Jade [username], “Re: Male dragon in need of mate ^_^”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet):
text: Wait a sec.... You mean.. this is a GAME??
 And here I thought that nine tae five job my mun goes to everyday^([sic]) was a game and Norrath was my home..
ref: 1999 November 4, Milelarau [username], “Re: Roleplaying”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):
text: Any suggestions on how to successfully turn this into a good SL, which will bring the characters back into the range of normalcy, without leaving the muns feeling deprived of everything their characters earned?
ref: 2001 December 31, JamesStein, “Successfully Powering Down a Campaign”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):
synonyms: roleplayer
RPer
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
court martial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courts martial
form: court martials
form: court-martial
form: courtmartial
Etymology: A calque of French cour martiale, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.
Senses: topics: government
law
military
politics
war
glosses: A court where cases of military law are heard.
topics: government
law
military
politics
war
glosses: A trial before such a tribunal.
Related terms: drumhead court-martial
general court-martial
special court-martial
summary court-martial
court martial
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: court martials
form: court martialing
form: court martialling
form: court martialed
form: court martialed
form: court martialled
form: court martialled
form: court-martial
form: courtmartial
Etymology: A calque of French cour martiale, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.
Senses: topics: government
law
military
politics
war
glosses: To subject to trial in a military court.
marihuana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marihuanas
Senses: examples: text: In Canada, marihuana cigarettes rarely contain any tobacco, and may vary in size from a few hundred milligrams up to a several gram "bomber."
ref: 2011, Vera Rubin, Cannabis and Culture, page 510:
glosses: Alternative spelling of marijuana.
duncy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more duncy
form: most duncy
Etymology: From dunce + -y.
Senses: glosses: Like a dunce; dull-witted.
gable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡeɪ.bəl/
rhymes: -eɪbəl
Forms: form: gables
Etymology: The southern English term gable probably came from Old French gable (compare modern French gâble), from Old Norse gafl. The northern form gavel is perhaps also akin to Old Norse gafl, masculine, of the same meaning (compare Swedish gavel, Danish gavl). See gafl for more etymology information.
Senses: examples: text: It was a queer sort of place—a gable-ended old house, one side palsied as it were, and leaning over sadly.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 2, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 10:
text: Although there were important developments in the internal organization of Cape houses during this period, their most obvious element is the gable. End-gables were common in medieval northern European and particularly Dutch buildings, but central gables set into the long side of roofs were more unusual and became the quintessential feature of the Cape Dutch style.
ref: 2002, Tony Pinchuck, Barbara McCrea, South Africa, →ISBN:
text: Qionglin Village in Kinhu with its well-preserved ancestral halls, arches, and old Fujian-style houses with interesting gables is famous for having more shrines than any other village on Kinmen.
ref: 2017 March, Piera Chen, Dinah Gardner, Lonely Planet Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 10th edition (Travel), Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=73fDDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT700&lpg=PT700:
topics: architecture
glosses: The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
Derived terms: bell-gable
bell gable
box gable
clock gable
Dutch gable
Flemish gable
gabled
gable end
Gable Head
gablelike
gable roof
gablet
gable window
gablewise
neck-gable
Related terms: pediment
peaked roof
pitched roof
gable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡeɪ.bəl/
rhymes: -eɪbəl
Forms: form: gables
Senses: examples: text: First, striking sail, their tacklings then they loosed.
And (with their gables stoop'd) their mast imposed
Into the mast-room.
ref: 1577–83, George Chapman, The Works of George Chapman. Poems and minor translations.The Hymns of Homer: A Hymn to Apollo., Chatto and Windus 1875 https://archive.org/details/cu31924013128347/page/n367:
glosses: A cable.
competitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/
ipa: /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/
ipa: [kəmˈpɛɾɪtɪv]
ipa: [kəmˈpɛɾətɪv]
ipa: [kəmˈpɛɾəɾɪv]
ipa: /kəmˈpetətɪv/
ipa: [kəmˈpeɾətɪv]
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkɔmpəʈɪʈɪv/
Forms: form: more competitive
form: most competitive
Etymology: From Latin competītus (past participle of competere) + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: The final remnants of the competitive spirit between companies will be eliminated, and there is no reasonable prospect that the dull uniformity of standardisation will be offset by greater efficiency in operation.
ref: 1947 January and February, “The Transport Nationalisation Bill”, in Railway Magazine, page 2:
text: Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.
ref: 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
antonyms: cooperative
anticompetitive
glosses: Of or pertaining to competition.
glosses: Inclined to compete.
raw_tags: of someone's character
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Capable of competing successfully.
examples: text: competitive antagonist
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to the inhibition of the effects of a chemical substance by another substance competing with it for binding or bonding.
glosses: Cheap, especially used of quality products.
raw_tags: of prices
Derived terms: anti-competitive
competitive advantage
competitive authoritarianism
competitive eater
competitive eating
competitive edge
competitive exclusion
competitively
competitive market
competitiveness
competitive person
competitive tendering
competitivity
hypercompetitive
noncompetitive
non-competitive
overcompetitive
precompetitive
procompetitive
radiocompetitive
semicompetitive
supercompetitive
ultracompetitive
uncompetitive
insignia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɪɡ.ni.ə/
Forms: form: insignias
form: insignia
Etymology: From Latin īnsīgnia, nominative plural of īnsīgne (“emblem, token, symbol”). Doublet of ensign.
Senses: examples: text: The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.
ref: 2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution, The Center for International Security and Cooperation:
synonyms: word: emblem
word: keycard or ID card or access card
word: pin
glosses: A patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization.
examples: text: The former Protector tendered him the oaths, and presented him with the insignia of office, performing the ceremonies of installation.
ref: 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
text: The most sacred part of the ceremony followed when the new king was anointed with holy oil to confirm his semi-divine status. He was then invested with the royal insignia: the ring, sword, crown, sceptre and rod. Finally, the newly crowned monarch received the homage of his leading subjects.
ref: 2021, Tracy Borman, Crown and Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II, Grove Atlantic, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction.
examples: text: But if autumn wear the insignia of nature's royalty, its purple and gold, in only the shaded lane or the green field with its one or two old trees, what is its more than eastern pomp in a wooded empire like the New Forest!
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 80:
text: Rule 23: “The stress of love makes it hard to eat and sleep.” To these empirical laws we can add the various other insignia of love.
ref: 2006, P. Goodrich, The Laws of Love: A Brief Historical and Practical Manual, page 49:
glosses: A mark or token by which anything is known.
Synonyms: word: insigne
Related terms: sign
signal
signature
signet
signet ring
signum
insignia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɪɡ.ni.ə/
Etymology: From Latin īnsīgnia, nominative plural of īnsīgne (“emblem, token, symbol”). Doublet of ensign.
Senses: glosses: plural of insignium
glosses: plural of insigne
ta-da
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: note: usually sung
ipa: /təˈdɑː/
Forms: form: tada
form: ta-dah
form: tahdah
Etymology: Imitative, supposed to represent a fanfare. First attested in the 1920s.
Senses: examples: text: "I give you the Illusion of the Reborn Hand. Ta-daaa!"
ref: 1978, Barry B. Longyear, Circus World, published 1982, page 94:
synonyms: voilà
presto
behold
glosses: Used to present something intended to be surprising, impressive, or pleasing.
Related terms: ta
ta ta
hey presto
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: abracadabra
alakazam
hey pass
glosses: Used by stage magicians, when performing a magic trick.
examples: text: If you take the next left, you’ll see a big shop and hey presto, you’re there.
text: They stick a couple of old potshards together, search for one or two adjacent cultures, stick a label on the restored find and—hey, presto!—once again everything fits splendidly into the approved pattern of thought.
ref: 1968, Erich von Däniken, Chariots of the Gods?, Putnam:
synonyms: ta-da
voilà
glosses: Indicates a sudden desirable conclusion or change, as if by magic
SOED
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.
Related terms: OED
SOED
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of sudden-onset explosive diarrhea.
luchador
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luchadors
form: luchadores
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish luchador.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A Mexican professional wrestler, frequently (but not always) masked.
cirrhosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈɹoʊ.sɪs/
Forms: form: cirrhoses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κιρρός (kirrhós, “tawny”) and -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.
glosses: Interstitial inflammation of kidneys, lungs, and other organs.
Derived terms: cirrhosed
cirrhotic
hepatocirrhosis
Laennec's cirrhosis
pseudocirrhosis
antipruritic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipruritics
Etymology: From anti- + pruritic.
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a medical agent that stops itching.
West Nile fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disease caused by the West Nile virus that is transmitted from birds to mosquitoes and then to people. Symptoms include drowsiness, headache and nausea, pain in the abdomen, a rash, and swollen glands, and may prove fatal.
Related terms: West Nile encephalitis
impetigo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmpɪˈtaɪɡəʊ/
ipa: /ɪmpəˈtaɪɡoʊ/
rhymes: -aɪɡəʊ
Forms: form: impetigos
form: impetigoes
form: impetigines
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin impetīgō, from impetĕre (literally “to rush upon, assail, attack”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: school sores
glosses: A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.
Related terms: impetigenous
impetiginous
spacewalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacewalks
Etymology: From space + walk.
Senses: glosses: Any activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft or space station in space.
Synonyms: EVA
extravehicular activity
Derived terms: spacewalker
spacewalk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spacewalks
form: spacewalking
form: spacewalked
form: spacewalked
Etymology: From space + walk.
Senses: glosses: To perform a spacewalk.
Derived terms: spacewalking
punk rocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punk rockers
Senses: glosses: A person who plays, or is a fan of, punk rock.
Synonyms: punk
punker
extravehicular activity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extravehicular activities
form: EVA
Senses: examples: text: “His venture into the vacuum of space began the history of extra-vehicular activity that makes today’s Space Station maintenance possible,” NASA said on Twitter.
ref: 2019 October 11, Nataliya Vasilyeva, Marcia Dunn, “Alexei Leonov, 1st human to walk in space, dies in Moscow”, in AP News, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022:
glosses: Any activity done by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft etc.
Synonyms: EVA
Hyponyms: LEVA
moonwalk
spacewalk
Derived terms: EVA
EVA suit
extravehicular activity suit
LEVA
Related terms: intravehicular activity
IVA
EVA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EVAs
Senses: examples: text: Zaine is fit and has plenty of EVA experience, moving easily in her suit.
ref: 2019, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin, Macmillan, page 338:
qualifier: space flight
glosses: Initialism of extravehicular activity.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of ethylene-vinyl acetate.
glosses: Initialism of extreme value analysis.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of economic value added.
Derived terms: sense: spaceflight
word: EVA suit
sense: spaceflight
word: LEVA
Related terms: sense: spaceflight
word: IVA
give something a shot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives something a shot
form: giving something a shot
form: gave something a shot
form: given something a shot
Senses: examples: text: I don’t think it will work, but I suppose you could give restarting the computer a shot.
text: But the prospect of Harris at the top of the ticket was making him rethink that switch. Mr. Gaines now says he is open to at least considering her. “If Kamala steps up, that would change history,” he said. “I’d give her a shot.”
ref: 2024 July 24, Jeremy W. Peters, Audra D. S. Burch, Clyde McGrady, quoting Nathan Gaines, “Black Voters Feel Excited, and Worried, about a Kamala Harris Campaign”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To try or attempt (something); to give something a try.
griffon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪfən/
rhymes: -ɪfən
Forms: form: griffons
Etymology: See griffin.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of griffin (legendary creature)
glosses: A breed of dog usually called the Brussels griffon, reminiscent of the legendary creature.
glosses: A griffon vulture.
Derived terms: Brussels griffon
hatchetman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hatchetmen
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hatchet man.
backsplash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækˌsplæʃ/
rhymes: -æʃ
Forms: form: backsplashes
Etymology: From back + splash.
Senses: glosses: A vertical covering on a wall rising above a countertop or other work surface to protect the wall from spills and to decorate the wall.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: The small splash of water that occurs when an oar enters the water to begin a stroke, just before the rower reaches the catch.
Related terms: fireback
backsplash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækˌsplæʃ/
rhymes: -æʃ
Forms: form: backsplashes
form: backsplashing
form: backsplashed
form: backsplashed
Etymology: From back + splash.
Senses: examples: text: He succeeded in cutting the pad of his right palm quite badly on the blade of a paring knife before seizing two of the C-cells, but he felt this no more than he felt the burns he had sustained when he had been backsplashed.
ref: 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
text: More importantly, the use of the delta tube prevents dangerous backsplashing of the agent that can occur when an impinging sparger is used improperly.
ref: 2004, Yin Sun, Detection Technologies for Chemical Warfare Agents and Toxic Vapors, page 92:
glosses: To splash backward.
Code of Military Justice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Uniform Code of Military Justice
anthrax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.θɹæks/
Forms: form: anthraxes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “abscess, boil”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
glosses: The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.
Synonyms: charbon
Cumberland disease
malignant edema
Siberian plague
splenic fever
ragsorter's disease
woolsorter's disease
Derived terms: Amerithrax
anthracic
anthracoid
anthraxlike
antianthrax
glossanthrax
nonanthrax
Related terms: anthracite
anthracene
alcoholism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔˌlɪzəm/
other: /ˈælkəhɒˌlɪzəm/
ipa: /ˈælkəhɒˌlɪzəm/
Forms: form: alcoholisms
Etymology: From alcohol + -ism. Derived from New Latin alcoholismus chronicus, coined by the Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss in 1849.
Senses: examples: text: chronic alcoholism
text: struggle with alcoholism
text: effects of alcoholism
text: He sought treatment for alcoholism at a rehabilitation clinic.
text: Alcoholism can lead to serious health problems.
synonyms: dipsomania
glosses: A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Acute alcohol poisoning.
Hypernyms: sense: addiction
english: AUD; DSM5
translation: AUD; DSM5
word: alcohol use disorder
Derived terms: antialcoholism
-holism
Related terms: alco
alcoholic
alcoholical
alcoholically
alcoholicity
alcoholise
alcoholist
alcoholize
alkie
alky
nonalcoholic
non-alcoholic
sagacity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈɡæ.sə.ti/
ipa: /səˈɡæ.sɪ.ti/
rhymes: -æsɪti
Forms: form: sagacities
Etymology: From French sagacité, from Latin sagācitās (“sagaciousness”), from sagāx (“of quick perception, acute, sagacious”), from sāgiō (“I perceive by the senses”). Equivalent to sagac(ious) + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Young ladies have great penetration in such matters as these; but I think I may defy even your sagacity, to discover the name of your admirer.
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 15, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
text: Immediately after the meal, when he was alone again, he set to work to examine Drayton’s papers, of which there lay quite a mass on the table near him and, leaning toward the lamp on his elbow, he weighed the meaning of each with a certain sideward sagacity of gaze, a sagacity that smiled in its self-sureness.
Swiss Family Robinson- "....near the mouth of a creek, towards which all our geese and ducks betook themselves; and I, relying on their sagacity, followed in the same course."
ref: 1904, M. P. Shiel, The Evil That Men Do, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Chapter:
text: See Thesaurus:wisdom
synonyms: sagaciousness
wisdom
glosses: The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
examples: text: […] this Beast [the Ichneumon] is not only enemy to the Crocodile and Asp, but also to their Egs, which she hunteth out by the sagacity of her nose, and so destroyeth them […]
ref: 1607, Edward Topsell, The History of Four-footed Beasts, Serpents, and Insects, London: G. Sawbridge et al., published 1658, page 352:
glosses: Keen sense of smell.
Synonyms: wisdom
Related terms: sagacious
hold forth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds forth
form: holding forth
form: held forth
form: held forth
Senses: glosses: To extend or offer, propose.
examples: text: Behind him an excitable Frenchman was holding forth in declamatory style to a group of astonished residents.
ref: 1908, R. Forsythe, “Our Hippopotamus Hunt”, in The Wide World Magazine, volume XX, London: George Newnes, Ltd., page 400:
text: The girls all liked to hear him talk. They often gathered in a little circle while he sat on a bench, and held forth to them, laughing.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: […]they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: Warmed to the woman somewhat, I admit it. She holds forth like a man and smokes myrrhy cigarettes through a rhino-horn holder.
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 55:
synonyms: expatiate
harangue
glosses: To talk at great length.