cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Allfather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Allfathers
Senses: examples: text: We shall keep our God, but he will be an Allfather, and not an all-but-All-tormentor.
ref: 1882, John Torrey Morse (Jr.), Henry Cabot Lodge, Robert Percival Porter, The International Review - Volume 12, page 574:
text: The suggestion of a belief in an Allfather has however been challenged with much force by Mr. Hartland,” but has been adopted by Mrs. Parker in her work on the Euahlayi tribe.
ref: 1907, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London:
text: The Indo-European belief in an 'Allfather' may have inspired the Christian concept of 'Our Father in Heaven'.
ref: 1985, Roger Pearson, Anthropological Glossary, page 7:
glosses: Alternative form of All-Father.
All-Fathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of All-Father
Allfathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Allfather
tegulines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teguline
violin spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: violin spiders
Senses: synonyms: brown spider
fiddle-back
reaper
glosses: Any recluse spider (Loxosceles and Sicarius spp.), known for the violin-shaped marking on its thorax.
violin spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of violin spider
allegorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allegorisms
Etymology: From allegory + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: These two tendencies correspond, mutatis mutandis, with the development of symbolism and allegorism in twentieth-century literature.
ref: 1999, Tullio Pagano, Experimental Fictions, page 149:
text: Schmidt makes a rather surprising statement when he ventures to assert that in general S. Irenaeus avoids allegorism, that when he uses it the exegesis is mostly typology, and that allegoristic passages are not for him determinative for faith.
ref: 2001, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, page 255:
text: Jordan Bartel of the Chicago Tribune named the chapter a timeless and saw a feasible Emmy recommendation for Vincent Kartheiser, however sensed the kitchenette sink allegorism and finishing voiceover was a itty-bitty heavyhanded.
ref: 2014, Doris Medina, Mad Men 252, →ISBN:
text: He prefers a figural “attitude” to the pagan and primitive allegorisms and symbolisms, flags and emblems, which in his mind owe their strength and modern, global popularity to the powerful sense of history that the girual though had developed.
ref: 2018, E. Khayyat, Istanbul 1940 and Global Modernity:
glosses: The use of allegory.
examples: text: He goes so far as to affirm that in Scripture 'all has a spiritual meaning, but not everything has a literal meaning' (De princ. 2,3,5). We have here the point of departure for all the exaggerations of medieval allegorism.
ref: 2000, Henri de Lubac, Medieval Exegesis Vol 2: The Four Senses Of Scripture, page 277:
text: The issue of the merits or demerits of allegorism became pronounced at the close of the 13th century and was keenly contested in the polemical literature of the second Maimonidean controversy.
ref: 2007, Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum, Encyclopaedia Judaica - Volume 3, page 645:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The belief that the primary value and significance of what is earthly and tangible is the way it points to the divine.
allegorisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allegorism
de-extremization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + extremization.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, this paper seeks to answer two fundamental questions: What is the real purpose of the de-extremization campaign? And will it help improve interethnic relations and make Xinjiang more prosperous? It finds that Beijing’s current labels of extremism and terrorism in Xinjiang are the result of the CPC’s securitization campaign conducted between 1990 and 2010, which slowly turned Uyghur nationalism and numerous Islamic practices into existential threats. Hence, the de-extremization campaign may not be aimed at fighting international Islamic terrorism, as stated by the CPC, but rather at forcefully assimilating the Uyghur community into the larger Chinese nation, which the campaign will fail to do. While the majority of Uyghurs might temporarily yield to Beijing’s Sinification campaign, it can be expected that a significant minority among them will resist it and adopt a more radicalized stance against the Chinese state. Ultimately, the de-extremization campaign will produce a hopeless and angry group of Uyghurs that will undermine Xinjiang’s long-term security, stability, and development.
ref: 2016, Patrik Meyer, China's De-extremization of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, →OCLC, page 2:
glosses: a type of reeducation
l'ees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of l'ee
pillararene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillararenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of macrocyclic hydrocarbons formed from hydroquinone entities linked by methylene bridges
pillararenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillararene
bowtiearene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BowtieArene
Etymology: From bowtie and arene; compare pillararene, calixarene etc.
Senses: examples: text: Here we present BowtieArene, a novel fluorescent dual macrocycle, featuring a central tetraphenylethylene‐derived fluorophore and two pillar‐like, pentagon‐shaped cavities which are comparable to pillar[5]arene.
ref: 2019 December 5, Sheng‐Nan Lei, Xiao Hongyan, Zeng Yi, Tung Chen-Ho, Wu Li-Zhu, Cong Huan, “BowtieArene: A Dual Macrocycle Exhibiting Stimuli‐Responsive Fluorescence”, in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, volume 59, →DOI:
text: Another example of pillararenes modification with a fluorescent material is the so-called BowtieArene, which consists of a tetraphenylethylene (TPE) fluorophore and two pillar[5]arenes
ref: 2020, Ono, Toshikazu, and Yoshio Hisaeda, “Vapochromism of Organic Crystals Based on Macrocyclic Compounds and Inclusion Complexes”, in Symmetry, volume 12, →DOI, page 1903:
text: A new fluorescent dual macrocycle, denoted as bowtiearene, was recently reported by Cong and coworkers as a combination of TPE moieties and pillar[5]arene rings
ref: 2020, Lou, Xin‐Yue, and Ying‐Wei Yang, “Aggregation‐induced emission systems involving supramolecular assembly”, in Aggregate, →DOI:
text: […]new NACs based on pillararene derivatives and other important synthetic macrocycles, such as biphen[3]arene, leaning pillar[6]arene (i.e., leaning tower[6]arene), geminiarene, bowtiearene, cucurbit[6]uril, hybrid[3]arene, and tiara[5]arene have been developed and recently reported.
ref: 2021, Wu, Jia‐Rui, and Ying‐Wei Yang, “Synthetic Macrocycle‐Based Nonporous Adaptive Crystals for Molecular Separation”, in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, volume 60, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A macrocycle composed of a fluorophore suspended in a pillararene
damsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tricyclic lactone (3aS,6S,6aS,9aR,9bR)-6,9a-dimethyl-3-methylidene-3a,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9b-octahydroazuleno[8,7-b]furan-2,9-dione
danionine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Related to, or characteristic of the danionins
declinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of declinate
defibrillize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: defibrillizes
form: defibrillizing
form: defibrillized
form: defibrillized
Senses: glosses: To remove fibrils (from)
defibrillized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defibrillize
defibrillized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: From which the fibrils have been removed
Noeline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French, a 20th-century variant of Noelle.
ufonaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ufonauts
form: UFOnaut
Etymology: From UFO + -naut.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
ufology
glosses: A pilot or passenger of a UFO.
ufonauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ufonaut
conversation pit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conversation pits
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A depressed section of flooring within a larger room, having built-in seating and sometimes a central table.
conversation pits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conversation pit
Clarry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæ.ɹi/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈklɛ.ɹi/
rhymes: -æɹi
Etymology: Clipping of Clarence + -y.
Senses: glosses: A nickname for a man named Clarence.
crawling peg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crawling pegs
Etymology: Coined by English economist John Williamson.
Senses: examples: text: Many analysts assume that a floating rate would have the same general tendency over time as a rate devaluing according to a crawling peg, but this is not certain. If the exchange rate is “undervalued,” for example, in the sense that foreign exchange is in excess supply, a crawling-peg policy would preserve the undervaluation; a floating exchange rate would appreciate and therefore be less inflationary.
ref: 1991, Paul Beckerman, The Economics of High Inflation, Springer, →ISBN, page 144:
text: “Many emerging-market economies have tried a number of technical devices: the fixed rate peg, varieties of crawling peg, currency boards and even dollarization,” Mr. Greenspan said in a recent speech. “The success has been mixed. Where successful, they have been backed by sound policies.”
ref: 1999 January 2, Joseph Kahn, quoting Alan Greenspan, “Era May End For Floating Currencies”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: An exchange rate regime that allows depreciation or appreciation to happen gradually.
crawling pegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crawling peg
pufflet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pufflets
Etymology: From puff + -let.
Senses: examples: text: a cheese pufflet; a pufflet of smoke
text: That scarce discernible pufflet of smoke and dust is a revolution.
ref: 1890, James Russell Lowell, The Writings of James Russell Lowell: Poems, page 104:
text: Repeat with the remaining squares and line the pufflets up on the baking sheets, spacing them about 1/2 inch apart.
ref: 2006, Dorie Greenspan, Baking: From My Home to Yours, page 149:
text: The sky was a turquoise blue with only pufflets of cloud; the sun lay on my neck and arms; far out, a flat sea shimmered like a blue cloth.
ref: 2014, Rachel Joyce, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, page 238:
glosses: Something small and puffy.
pufflets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pufflet
credit squeeze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: credit squeezes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of credit crunch.
synonyms: word: credit crunch
credit squeezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of credit squeeze
creepie-peepie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creepie-peepies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of creepy-peepy.
creepie-peepies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creepie-peepie
halped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of halp
halping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of halp
crispener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crispeners
Etymology: From crispen + -er.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A circuit or device that modifies a video signal to make the picture look more crisp.
crispeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crispener
EVSE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EVSEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electric vehicle supply equipment (charger)
bench saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bench saws
Senses: glosses: Synonym of table saw.
synonyms: word: table saw
bench saws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bench saw
crossroader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossroaders
Etymology: From crossroad + -er, from their habit of travelling from place to place.
Senses: glosses: A gambling cheat.
crossroaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossroader
creepy weepy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creepy weepies
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: examples: text: Made by the NBC in America, with occasional music recorded at Forest Lawn Cemetery, this creepy-weepy began with a conversation between Young Dr Malone and his sister in a kitchen.
ref: 1962, The Bulletin, page 33:
text: […] novels (creative, commercial writing; mainstream, science fiction welcome; some experimental; few romances, gothics, creepy weepies); and textbooks (subjects not out of date each year, preferably landmark text).
ref: 1984, Paula Deimling, 1985 Writer's Market: Where to Sell What You Write, page 965:
glosses: A story with Gothic and romance elements.
creepy weepies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creepy weepy
CRU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CRUs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of collective reserve unit.
CRUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CRU
longevity noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longevity noodles
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 長壽麵／长寿面 (chángshòumiàn)
Senses: glosses: A yi mein noodle of a kind eaten on birthdays in China to celebrate a long life.
longevity noodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longevity noodle
longevity peach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longevity peaches
Senses: glosses: A lotus seed bun (shǒutào) shaped and coloured like a peach, typically served on an elderly person's birthday in China to celebrate their old age.
longevity peaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longevity peach
COBR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: COBRA
Cobra
coordinate_terms: COBRA
Cobra
glosses: Initialism of Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms.
chipster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chipsters
Etymology: From chip + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: Computerworld
The PC chipsters, such as Motorola and Intel, plan to compete with themselves by shipping aggressively priced and powered reduced instruction set computing (RISC) chips.
text: Every two or three years, the chipsters managed to quadruple the number of transistors per chip.
ref: 1995, SouthWest Organizing Project, Intel Inside New Mexico, page 5:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A microchip manufacturer.
chipsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chipster
gravel cruncher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravel crunchers
Senses: examples: text: They developed a tremendous respect for the gravel crunchers after sweating out a few rounds of artillery and observing at painfully close range how rocky a Korean hill can be.
ref: 1952, Naval Aviation News, page 9:
text: Nonaka seized on the critical importance of those who stormed the beaches first—the “gravel crunchers” as the Marines called them. It was a dangerous job.
ref: 2012, Daniel Denison, Robert Hooijberg, Nancy Lane, Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A member of the military who is deployed on the ground rather than airborne.
gravel crunchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravel cruncher
ground cruncher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground crunchers
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of gravel cruncher.
synonyms: word: gravel cruncher
ground crunchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ground cruncher
stump grinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stump grinders
Senses: synonyms: stump cutter
glosses: A piece of heavy equipment that removes tree stumps by means of a rotating cutting disc that chips away the wood.
stump cutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stump cutters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stump grinder.
synonyms: word: stump grinder
stump grinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stump grinder
stump cutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stump cutter
appliance computer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appliance computers
Senses: examples: text: While consumer computers offer color graphics, joysticks, and other video game spinoffs, their computational ability is not nearly as powerful as that of some similarly priced appliance computers.
ref: 1988, Random House Value Publishing, Home Computers, →ISBN, page 53:
text: While the MK14 was providing British enthusiasts with an affordable way to explore microprocessors, the first “appliance computers,” the Commodore PET2001 and Apple II, were being released in the USA.
ref: 2014, Gerard Alberts, Ruth Oldenziel, Hacking Europe: From Computer Cultures to Demoscenes, page 53:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer sold to consumers as a unit ready to be switched on and used, rather than a kit for self-assembly.
appliance computers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appliance computer
APV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: APVs
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of administrative point of view.
APVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of APV
architecturalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: architecturalizes
form: architecturalizing
form: architecturalized
form: architecturalized
Etymology: From architectural + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make architectural; to bring into the sphere of architecture.
architecturalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of architecturalize
architecturalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of architecturalize
architecturalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of architecturalize
space guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of space gun
spade mashie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spade mashies
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A kind of golf club, the number six iron.
spade mashies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spade mashie
zero balancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of manual therapy claiming to manipulate energy fields within the human skeleton to improve physical and mental well-being.
zero chills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zero chill
zero morphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zero morphism
gaystream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaystreams
Etymology: Blend of gay + mainstream
Senses: examples: text: With money, influence, and good looks, they weren't quite mainstream, but part of the emerging gaystream, those targeted by the New York Times, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and marketers of the pantsuit.
ref: 2011, Nick Krieger, Nina Here Nor There: My Journey Beyond Gender, page 1:
text: Can alterity and diversity be preserved in the gaystream era? Looking raises these questions and explores the tensions between queerness and assimilation.
ref: 2019, Ava Laure Parsemain, The Pedagogy of Queer TV, page 171:
glosses: A homosexual mainstream.
spam in a can
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the tinned meat product called SPAM.
Senses: examples: text: The lab rat, experimental object, “Spam in a can” idea wasn't NASA's vision of the astronaut, but this unpleasant dimension of astronaut life did seep into spaces with a claim to public attention.
ref: 1998, Jodi Dean, Aliens in America, page 78:
text: Many of the 324 candidates […] were convinced that astronauts were going to be “spam in a can,” mere passengers in a capsule controlled by NASA technicians on the ground.
ref: 2011, G. Scott Thomas, A New World to be Won, page 26:
glosses: Astronauts whose mission involves confinement in a small space capsule.
kerried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kerry Packered.
Senses: glosses: knackered; exhausted; worn out
Synonyms: fatigued
sparks fly
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to describe a verbal or physical confrontation of an angry or heated nature taking place.
glosses: Used to describe two people who are romantically or sexually attracted to each other.
spark arrester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spark arresters
Senses: examples: text: Although certain overseas railways make fairly extensive use of spark arresters (apart from wood-burning locomotives) they are rare in this country, for, as Sir Nigel Gresley once remarked, the best way to avoid spark throwing is to make sure the engine is master of its job; [...].
ref: 1941 September, “The Why and the Wherefore: Fires in Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 432:
glosses: Alternative spelling of spark arrestor.
spark arresters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spark arrester
nonticking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ticking.
Senses: examples: text: […] except for two testimonials to modern living: a rusted and bent Singer Sewing Machine Company sign that hung askew in a corner; and a nonticking alarm clock with the words "Big Ben" still visible on its face.
ref: 1971, Arnold B. Barach, Famous American Trademarks, page iii:
text: If you have a ticking clock, switch to an electric, nonticking one. If you have an electric clock with a bright or blinking LED, switch to one with a less glaring display.
ref: 2002, Nancy Butcher, 101 Ways to Fall Asleep, page 29:
text: […] looking at the device and the wires and the small nonticking digital clock.
ref: 2015, Luchia Dertien, Gnomon, page 191:
glosses: That does not produce a ticking sound.
spasm war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spasm wars
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A nuclear war consisting of arbitrary uncoordinated strikes, without an overarching strategy.
spasm wars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spasm war
special situation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: special situations
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An atypical event with the potential to alter the future course of a business, with material impact on the company's value.
special situations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of special situation
special service requirements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of special service requirement
Spielbergesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Spielbergesque
form: most Spielbergesque
Etymology: From Spielberg + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the works of Steven Spielberg (born 1946), American filmmaker and producer.
sploop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sploops
Senses: glosses: The sound of something wet and gooey; splat.
glosses: A gooey mess; a splash or splatter.
sploops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sploop
SPOTREP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SPOTREPs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of spot report.
SPOTREPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SPOTREP
spot report
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spot reports
Etymology: Compare on the spot.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: SPOTREP
glosses: A report on enemy activity filed immediately after observation.
spot reports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spot report
Devonshire split
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Devonshire splits
Senses: glosses: A sweet bun split in half and filled with cream and jam.
Devonshire splits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Devonshire split
fire-worshipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire-worshippers
Senses: glosses: One who reveres fire.
spreadover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spreadovers
Senses: examples: text: The eight-hour day spreadover was imposed on the Scottish miners in December of last year following upon the most open and flagrant betrayal by the Miners' Federation […]
ref: 1931, W. Gallacher, “The Scottish Miner's Strike”, in The Communist Review, volume 3, page 345:
text: The total duration from sign-on to sign-off is called the spreadover of a shift. Many of the scheduling rules are dependent on ranges of spreadover lengths. Often, scheduling methods would simply cost a shift by its spreadover since actual wage cost is usually proportional to spreadover.
ref: 2004, Joseph Y-T. Leung, Handbook of Scheduling:
qualifier: employment
glosses: The variable arrangement of duties and breaks within overall work periods of fixed duration.
spreadovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spreadover
sofa spud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sofa spuds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of couch potato.
synonyms: word: couch potato
sofa spuds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sofa spud
squawk book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squawk books
Senses: examples: text: Remember, for pilots it is very important to keep detailed notes in your squawk book and set aside some time to discuss the problem with your technician.
ref: 2001, Edward R. Maher, Avionics Troubleshooting and Repair, page xvi:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aircraft engineer's notebook listing the faults that need attention.
squawk books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squawk book
squeegee bandit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squeegee bandits
Senses: glosses: A person who cleans the windows of a car while it is stopped in traffic and then demands payment.
squeegee bandits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squeegee bandit
stagger-through
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stagger-throughs
Etymology: Deverbal from stagger through, modeled after readthrough and walkthrough. So called because there may be notional staggers (mistakes, pauses for discussion, etc.).
Senses: examples: text: And so I went there with the rehearsal pianists and we just did stagger-throughs, so that we could time it, so that we could know what was going on.
ref: 1998, Opera, volume 49, numbers 7-10, page 1036:
text: There may be a “stagger-through” in between, a run-through with occasional stops for critical discussions and changes.
ref: 2016, Don Harmon, Producing in Theater, page 45:
topics: broadcasting
entertainment
lifestyle
media
music
television
theater
glosses: The rehearsal of an entire show.
Related terms: readthrough
stagger-throughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stagger-through
standards and practices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: The department at a television network that is responsible for the moral, ethical, and legal implications of what is broadcast.
childwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From child + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: Tourists are particularly fascinated by the latest in Chinese childwear, pants which are purposely split in the rear, revealing bare buttocks and permitting “instant relief" without the inconvenience of undressing or undiapering the child.
ref: 1982, Exclusively Yours, volume 35, numbers 9-15, page 66:
glosses: Synonym of childrenswear.
synonyms: word: childrenswear
undiaper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undiapers
form: undiapering
form: undiapered
form: undiapered
Etymology: From un- + diaper.
Senses: examples: text: Tourists are particularly fascinated by the latest in Chinese childwear, pants which are purposely split in the rear, revealing bare buttocks and permitting “instant relief" without the inconvenience of undressing or undiapering the child.
ref: 1982, Exclusively Yours, volume 35, numbers 9-15, page 66:
text: The narcotics officers undiaper the infant. There, in the diaper, is an ounce of heroin.
ref: 1998, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, volume 8, page 55:
glosses: To remove the diaper from.
undiapers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undiaper
undiapering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undiaper
starter home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starter homes
Senses: examples: text: Those starter homes came in all kinds over the years: mill worker’s cottages, shotgun homes, bungalows, ramblers, split-levels, two-bedroom tract homes.
ref: 2022 September 25, “Whatever Happened to the Starter Home?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: starter house
glosses: A relatively small and inexpensive home, typically the first that a person or family can afford to purchase.
Related terms: first-time buyer
starter house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starter houses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of starter home.
synonyms: word: starter home
starter homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starter home
starter houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starter house
status offender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: status offenders
Senses: examples: text: The Department concluded that if the State fully complied with the Federal requirement for deinstitutionalization of status offenders it would need substantially more group homes and child caring facilities.
ref: 1978, Removing Status Offenders from Secure Facilities, United States: General Accounting Office, page 77:
text: In reality, many children who become status offenders come from neglectful or dysfunctional homes in which the parents or responsible adult has not cultivated the appropriate adult-child relationship and fundamental respect has broken down.
ref: 1999, Preston Elrod, R. Scott Ryder, Juvenile Justice: A Social, Historical, and Legal Perspective, page 340:
glosses: One who commits a status offense; especially a juvenile delinquent taken into state care for uncontrollable behavior at home.
status offenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of status offender
status offense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: status offenses
Senses: glosses: An action that is prohibited to a certain class of people, such as consumption of alcohol by minors, or mixed-race marriages under apartheid.
Related terms: status offender
status offenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of status offense
stealth games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stealth game
steel beach picnic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steel beach picnics
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: steel beach party
glosses: An event with food, sporting contests, etc. held on the flight deck of a ship.
steel beach party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steel beach parties
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of steel beach picnic.
synonyms: word: steel beach picnic
steel beach picnics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steel beach picnic
steel beach parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steel beach party
writing spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writing spiders
Senses: glosses: A spider, Argiope aurantia, that spins webs with stabilimenta that look like scribbling.
writing spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of writing spider
step deal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: step deals
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A scriptwriter's contract paid in installments as progress is made.
step deals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of step deal
step on the laughs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: steps on the laughs
form: stepping on the laughs
form: stepped on the laughs
form: stepped on the laughs
Senses: examples: text: "The timing is very different — at first I was speaking too quickly, stepping on the laughs," said Mr. Jillette. "So I'd wait, and I thought, my God, I'm turning into Shecky Greene here, standing and waiting for the laughs."
ref: 1987, New York Theatre Critics' Reviews, volume 48, page 121:
text: "Now remember, Candy," my father warned me sternly, "wait till it's quiet to say your lines. Don't step on the laughs."
ref: 2011, Candice Bergen, Knock Wood, page 41:
text: Don't “step on the laughs” just because you are long on content and short on time.
ref: 2012, Diane Windingland, Cat Got Your Tongue?, page 42:
glosses: To tell jokes too rapidly when performing comedy, failing to milk the maximum laughter from the audience.
outshowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of outshow
Kaitaia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A town in Far North district, Northland, New Zealand.
liquorice stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liquorice sticks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of licorice stick.
liquorice sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liquorice stick
stick on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks on
form: sticking on
form: stuck on
form: stuck on
Senses: examples: text: […] took him to the nick, stuck him on, and he spent the night in the flowery.
ref: 1931, The Police Journal, volume 4, page 501:
text: You can be stuck on for anything from serious misconduct to minor infringements of the police's absurdly draconian and catch-all disciplinary codes, which make it possible for a senior officer with a grudge against a junior to stick him on for almost anything. For example, the PC may have been caught slipping unobtrusively into a restaurant or pub on his ground to scrounge […] a drink or a meal.
ref: 1995, Verbatim, volume 22, number 3, page 13:
text: But because you're under pressure for numbers and it looks good on your report that you done x number of processes, you can't come in and say 'Well, I didn't stick him on because I felt that it was a better result just to tell him off.'
ref: quoted in 2005, Mike McConville, Dan Shepherd, Watching Police, Watching Communities (page 200)
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: To charge (someone) with an offence.
stilyag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stilyaga.
stiliaga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stiliagi
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stilyaga.
stiliag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stilyaga.
stiliagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stiliaga
tusovka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tusovkas
form: tusovki
Etymology: From Russian тусо́вка (tusóvka).
Senses: glosses: A group of Russian youths who met in public as part of a hippie-like subculture of the 1980s and 1990s.
tusovki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tusovka
tusovkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tusovka
stir up the animals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stirs up the animals
form: stirring up the animals
form: stirred up the animals
form: stirred up the animals
Senses: examples: text: He styled himself both a Prohibition-flouting "Baltimoron" and "an incurable snob," the voice of "the intelligent minority" determined "to stir up the animals."
ref: 2001, Richard P. Horwitz, The American Studies Anthology, page 50:
text: The Japanese were often skittish about elections: they wanted to control who they got as top administrators and feared elections might stir up the animals.
ref: 2013, Rupert Wilkinson, Surviving a Japanese Internment Camp:
glosses: To cause public discontent or controversy.
cross-trail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cross-trails
form: cross-trailing
form: cross-trailed
form: cross-trailed
Etymology: From cross- + trail.
Senses: examples: text: BBC Two cross-trailed a new costume drama that was starting on BBC One that week.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: To broadcast a trailer on one channel or station advertising content that will appear on another.
cross-trailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cross-trail
cross-trails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cross-trail
cross-trailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cross-trail
ill name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ill names
Senses: antonyms: good name
glosses: A bad reputation.
Related terms: ill-named
cockying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cocky
cockied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cocky
woggins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woggin
aphorisming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aphorism
aphorismed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aphorism
straw buyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straw buyers
Senses: synonyms: straw man
glosses: The third party who makes a straw purchase for another person.
straw buyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straw buyer
apifacture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apis (“bee”) and factus past participle of faciō (“I do, make”).
Senses: examples: text: Next let vs somewhat digresse from Manufacture, to Apifacture, (and with Salemon the wife, send the sluggard to imitate the painefull and laborious Bees) for the increase of Hony and Wzxe in England, Scotland and Ireland, and others of his Maiesties dominions, and let mans helpe succour this Apifacture, if it may be so called, as followeth.
ref: 1629, Gerard de Malynes, Consuetudo, Vel Lex Mercatoria, Or The Antient Law-Merchant:
text: That this might be duly effected, the king granted to Geddie twenty acres of marsh-land in the east end of the park of Falkland, 'to be enclosed, trenched, and planted with such herbs, trees, &c., as is most suitable and convenient for the maintenance and food of an apifacture ; and ordered a convenient house to be built therein for that purpose, and did ordain the treasurer and receivers of his majesty's revenues to pay John Geddie the sum of ₤200 sterling for building and accomplishing the said apifacture.'
ref: 1858, Domestic Annals of Scotland:
text: Certainly Sibbald's account of Falkland makes no mention of Gedde's apifacture in the Royal Park, nor is there any physical sign of it in Slezer's view of the Palace and surrounding countryside drawn in the early 1690s
ref: 1994 July, DJ Bryden, “John Gedde's bee-house and the Royal Society”, in Notes and Records of the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science, volume 48, number 2:
glosses: The production of honey by bees.
stretchout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stretchouts
Etymology: Deverbal from stretch out.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stretch-out.
stretchouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stretchout
strike suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strike suits
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A lawsuit of questionable merit brought in the hope of gaining a private settlement, before going to court, that would be less than the defendant's legal costs.
strike suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strike suit
stroke house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stroke houses
Senses: glosses: A cinema that shows pornographic films.
stroke book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stroke books
Senses: examples: text: One of the things that Barrus has done, no doubt for the money, is Mineshaft, a novel issued in pulp by MagCorp as, supposedly, a sadomasochistic stroke book. The joke is on MagCorp and those who snub books which, judged by their covers, are written for the mass (cheap pornography) market. Mineshaft is the finest satire in gay literature.
ref: 1986 February 15, Lars Eighner, “A Homosexual Norman Mailer?”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 5:
text: The stained mattress on the floor was littered with stroke-books and the walls were papered with photographs of women who appeared to be wearing nothing but a thin coating of Wesson Oil.
ref: 1993, Stephen King, Nightmares & Dreamscapes:
glosses: A pornographic book or magazine.
stroke houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stroke house
stroke books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stroke book
LEL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LELs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of lower explosive limit.
LEL
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lel.
butter mochi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of mochi cake made with butter, eaten in Hawaii.
myroblyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪɹəblaɪt/
Forms: form: myroblytes
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek μυροβλύτης (muroblútēs, “myron-gushing”), from the ancient μῠ́ρ(ον) (múron) + -ο- (infix) + the Hellenistic verb βλύ(ζω) (blúzō) + -της (-tēs).
Senses: examples: text: The final scene on the cope shows both Catherine's martyrdom and two angels carrying her body to Mt. Sinai, which would remind viewers that Catherine was a myroblyte; [...]
ref: 2003, Wendy R. Larson, “Narrative Threads: the Pienza Cope's Embroidered Vitae and Their Ritual Setting”, in Studies in Iconography, volume 24:
text: This miracle signals that she has become a myroblyte, a healing saint.
ref: 2015, Haruko Nawata Ward, “Images of the Incarnation in the Jesuit Japan Mission's Kirishitanban Story of Virgin Martyr St. Catherine of Alexandria”, in Image and Incarnation: The Early Modern Doctrine of the Pictorial Image, Brill:
glosses: A saint whose relics or place of burial are said to have produced the Oil of Saints ("an aromatic liquid with healing properties" or "holy water (very much like myrrh)") or the odour of sanctity.
Derived terms: myroblytic
tin roof sundaes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tin roof sundae
sanitary engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The engineering and construction of sewerage systems.
sanitary engineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanitary engineers
Senses: glosses: A person who works in sanitary engineering.
sanitary engineers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanitary engineer
extraterrestial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of extraterrestrial.
extraterrestial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of extraterrestrial.
Arny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Diminutive + -y.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Arnold, from the Germanic languages.
SEND
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Acronym of special educational needs and disability.
sarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sard
sarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sard
ill-named
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ill-named
form: most ill-named
Senses: glosses: Poorly named; given an unsuitable name.
ill names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ill name
good names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good name
academy chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: academy chains
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Synonym of multi-academy trust.
synonyms: word: multi-academy trust
academy chains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of academy chain
multi-academy trust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multi-academy trusts
Senses: topics: education
synonyms: academy chain
glosses: A trust that operates more than one academy school.
multi-academy trusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multi-academy trust
tortoise beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tortoise beetles
Senses: glosses: A beetle in the taxonomic tribe Cassidini within the subfamily Cassidinae of the family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles).
myroblytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myroblyte
myroblytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myroblytai
Senses: glosses: Synonym of myroblyte.
synonyms: word: myroblyte
wax tablet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wax tablets
Senses: glosses: A tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax, used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.
wheretowards
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Etymology: From where- + towards.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wheretoward.