cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
top it off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tops it off
form: topping it off
form: topped it off
form: topped it off
Senses: examples: text: The boss fired Fred and, to top it all off, he asked security to escort him to the door.
synonyms: top it all
top it all off
glosses: To emphasize or underscore; to make something even better or worse.
underscore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌn.dəˌskɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈʌn.dɚˌskoɹ/
Forms: form: underscores
Etymology: From under- + score.
Senses: examples: text: He walks into the house and picks up a pen. The thought he has is a brilliant idea. He must write it down. Only two words need to be written. The underscore adds importance. / BOUNTY HUNTER
ref: 2007, Richard D. Ondo, “Used Cars in West Virginia”, in A Third Cell in America: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 15:
synonyms: underline
low line
glosses: A line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A piece of background music.
underscore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌn.dəˈskɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌʌn.dɚˈskɔɹ/
Forms: form: underscores
form: underscoring
form: underscored
form: underscored
Etymology: From under- + score.
Senses: examples: text: By convention, Rubyists usually underscore their method names.
ref: 2011, Matt Aimonetti, MacRuby: The Definitive Guide: Ruby and Cocoa on OS X, page 14:
glosses: To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
examples: text: I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.
text: The tale thus underscores in expressive form the semiparadoxical fact that traders can lie by telling the truth.
ref: 1986, Richard Bauman, Story, Performance, and Event: Contextual Studies of Oral Narrative:
text: Biden on Monday unveiled new measures to tackle antisemitism on college campuses and senior officials underscored the need to combat anti-Jewish hate.
ref: 2023 October 31, Stephen Collinson, “A new wave of antisemitism threatens to rock an already unstable world”, in CNN:
glosses: To emphasize or draw attention to.
Related terms: word: underbar
word: undertie
alt: &
word: ampersand
alt: *; ⁂
word: asterisk and asterism
alt: @
word: at sign
alt: \
word: backslash
alt: •
word: bullet
alt: † ‡
word: dagger
alt: °
word: degree symbol
alt: #
word: number sign
alt: ′
word: prime
english: underscore
translation: underscore
word: tilde
alt: |
word: vertical bar
alt: |
word: pipe
Hustis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hustises
Etymology: Variant of Eustis.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
kleptophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From klepto- + -philia.
Senses: synonyms: kleptolagnia
glosses: A paraphilia in which a person is sexually aroused by stealing.
Related terms: kleptomania
MSFC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MSFCs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of multilayer switch feature card.
burgundy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜ.ɡən.di/
ipa: /ˈbɝ.ɡən.di/
Forms: form: burgundies
Etymology: 1881, from attributive use of Burgundy (“wine from Burgundy”) from Burgundy wine, from Burgundy (“region of France”) + wine.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Burgundy (red wine).
examples: text: Burgundy is everywhere in fashion right now, thanks to Miu Miu and Saint Laurent, but a makeup item is an easier, more instantly gratifying way to get involved. It’s also extremely flattering on almost everyone. Eye colours just pop against burgundy and garnet.
ref: 2024 April 26, Sali Hughes, “Burgundy is having a fashion moment – and it’s a flattering makeup shade, too”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
related: word: Burgundy
glosses: A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.
Derived terms: burgundyish
burgundy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜ.ɡən.di/
ipa: /ˈbɝ.ɡən.di/
Forms: form: more burgundy
form: most burgundy
Etymology: 1881, from attributive use of Burgundy (“wine from Burgundy”) from Burgundy wine, from Burgundy (“region of France”) + wine.
Senses: examples: text: She and her beige-chemised assistant entered the salonlike fourth-floor showroom and were ushered into a smaller private room with burgundy carpeting that matched Rubylee's J. Tiktiner print dress.
ref: 1981, “Texas Monthly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 9, number 1, page 96:
related: word: Burgundy
glosses: Of a deep purple red color like that of Burgundy wine.
Related terms: beef bourguignon
bourguignonne
redophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redophiles
Etymology: From red + -o- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: A person who is attracted to redheads.
virid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪɹɪd/
rhymes: -ɪɹɪd
Etymology: From Middle English viride (“verdigris”, adjective, noun) [and other forms] + English -id (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives and nouns). Viride is borrowed from Latin viridis (“green; (figuratively) fresh; lively; young, youthful”), from vireō (“to be green or verdant; to sprout new green growth; to flourish; to be lively or vigorous”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to procreate; to produce; to increase; to raise”). Doublet of verdant and vert.
Senses: examples: text: In January 1208 the king ordered for a chaplain a robe of virid or burnet with a hood of coney skin 'like our other chaplains', […]
ref: 1951, Doris Mary Stenton, “Annotations”, in English Society in the Early Middle Ages ‹1066–1307›, 2nd edition, Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1959, →OCLC, footnote 29, page 276:
text: As to the regulation of the fire, if it is too hot the colour of the flowers will be yellow; if it is too cold the colour of the flowers will be virid or purple[…].
ref: 1980, Joseph Needham, edited by Ho Ping-Yu, Science and Civilisation in China, volume 5, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
text: To inspect (a patient's) color includes (an examination) of the skin of (his/her) face and of the entire body. (Among the colors) the five types of virid, red, yellow, white, and black are distinguished; […]
ref: 1994, Paul U[lrich] Unschuld, “Diagnosis”, in Learn to Read Chinese: An Introduction to the Language and Concepts of Current Zhongyi Literature, volume 1 (Texts, Transcription, Vocabulary, Translations), Brookline, Mass.: Paradigm Publications, →ISBN, page 249:
text: I am drawn to the eccentric color words, which need, and often defy, definition. […] virid, a dangerously alive green; […]
ref: 2013, Coleman Barks, “The VOICE inside WATER”, in Hummingbird Sleep: Poems, 2009-2011, Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, footnote 5, page 82:
glosses: A green colour.
virid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪɹɪd/
rhymes: -ɪɹɪd
ipa: /ˈvaɪɹɪd/
rhymes: -aɪɹɪd
ipa: /ˈvɪɹɪd/
rhymes: -ɪɹɪd
Forms: form: virids
Etymology: PIE word
 *wisós
Either:
* from virus + -id (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives and nouns); or
* from translingual viridae (“grouping of viruses”) + English -id; viridae is derived from Latin virus (“poison; venom; (New Latin) virus (infectious organism)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime”)) + translingual -idae (suffix forming names of families of animals).
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Any of a group of related viruses.
topaz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəʊˌpæz/
ipa: /ˈtoʊˌpæz/
Forms: form: topazes
Etymology: From Old French topace (compare French topaze), from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).
Senses: glosses: A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities.
examples: text: In the market‐place stand the fruitsellers, who sell all kinds of fruit: ripe figs, with their bruised purple flesh, melons, smelling of musk and yellow as topazes, citrons and rose‐apples and clusters of white grapes, round red‐gold oranges, and oval lemons of green gold.
ref: 1891, Oscar Wilde, A House of Pomegranates, Moffat, Yard and Company, published 1918, page 123:
text: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
ref: 2012 March 24, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128:
glosses: An often clear, yellowish-brown gemstone cut from this.
glosses: A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.
examples: text: Elgin. Topaz a Saltier and Chief Ruby, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; and the Field Topaz, and Saltier, and Chief Ruby, was the Arms of King Robert the Bruce, they altering the Field from Pearl (as he bore it) to Topaz. / Eglington. Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Saphyr three Flower-de-Liss Topaz, for Montgomery; 2d and 3d, Ruby three Anulets Topaz', ston'd Saphyr, for the Title of Eglington; […]
ref: 1720, Francis Nichols, Rudiments of Honour, page 296:
text: The Field is Ruby, on a Bend Topaz, three Martlets Diamond. […] 4. Pearl, on a Bend Diamond, nine Annulets conjoined in three Links Topaz.
ref: 1726, John Guillim, The Banner Display'd; Or, an Abridgment of Guillim, page 504:
text: (1) Pearl, a Cross, Ruby, with the Effigies of our Saviour thereon, Topaz, born in Memory of one of the Family's fighting against the Turks. (2) Topaz, a Chief Indented, Saphire. (3) Ruby, three covered Cups, Topaz […]
ref: 1754, John Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the ..., page 71:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Or (gold or yellow), in blazoning by precious stones.
glosses: Either of two species of very large hummingbirds in the genus Topaza.
glosses: A ruby-topaz hummingbird, Chrysolampis mosquitus, the male of which has bright ruby feathers on the head and topaz on the throat
topaz
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəʊˌpæz/
ipa: /ˈtoʊˌpæz/
Etymology: From Old French topace (compare French topaze), from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).
Senses: glosses: Of a yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.
Derived terms: blue topaz
Colorado topaz
false topaz
rose topaz
topazolite
Related terms: Killiecrankie diamond
topaz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəʊˌpæz/
ipa: /ˈtoʊˌpæz/
Forms: form: topazes
form: toepass
form: topass
form: toupas
Etymology: Various theories. Hobson-Jobson mentions as possibilities a corruption of Persian (from Turkish) top-chi, "gunner", or a connection with topee, from the hats they wore.
Senses: glosses: A black Catholic soldier in the British Army.
trimetazidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A cytoprotective antiischemic drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris.
VSPAN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V-SPAN
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: VLAN-based SPAN.
cerulean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈɹuːli.ən/
rhymes: -uːliən
Forms: form: ceruleans
form: cærulean
Etymology: From Latin caeruleus (“blue”) + -an, from caelum (“sky, heaven”) + -uleus (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine […]
ref: 2014, William H. Gass, On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry, page 59:
glosses: A greenish-blue color.
glosses: Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Jamides.
cerulean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈɹuːli.ən/
rhymes: -uːliən
Forms: form: more cerulean
form: most cerulean
form: cærulean
Etymology: From Latin caeruleus (“blue”) + -an, from caelum (“sky, heaven”) + -uleus (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: As far to the west as Monica could see, her world was a sea of fog, […]. Above it arched a cerulean sky; as the sun climbed to the zenith, […], the fog gradually took on a bluish tinge.
ref: 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter II, in The Understanding Heart:
text: Oh Ramona, if there was only some kind of future / And these cerulean skies / Something in our skies, something in our skies
ref: 1995, “The Hearts Filthy Lesson”, in 1. Outside, performed by David Bowie:
text: But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets?
ref: 2006, Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, spoken by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep):
glosses: Sky-blue.
Derived terms: cerulean blue
cerulescence
celadon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛlədən/
ipa: /ˈsɛlədɒn/
ipa: /ˈsɛləˌdɑn/
Forms: form: celadons
Etymology: Borrowed from the French céladon, from the character named Céladon, who wore pale green ribbons, in the novel L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé, from Latin Celadon, a warrior's name in Ovid's Metamorphoses, related to Ancient Greek κέλᾰδος (kélădos, “din, clamour”).
Senses: examples: text: Eau de Nil (“water of the Nile”) is a tricky color to pin down precisely. It is a light-greenish hue, more saturated than celadon, less gray than sage.
ref: 2018 February 13, Katy Kelleher, “Eau de Nil, the Light-Green Color of Egypt-Obsessed Europe”, in The Paris Review:
glosses: A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray.
glosses: A pale green Chinese glaze.
glosses: A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze.
celadon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛlədən/
ipa: /ˈsɛlədɒn/
ipa: /ˈsɛləˌdɑn/
Forms: form: more celadon
form: most celadon
Etymology: Borrowed from the French céladon, from the character named Céladon, who wore pale green ribbons, in the novel L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé, from Latin Celadon, a warrior's name in Ovid's Metamorphoses, related to Ancient Greek κέλᾰδος (kélădos, “din, clamour”).
Senses: examples: text: [H]e stroked a soft blue cat with celadon eyes which had appeared from nowhere and now made itself comfortable in his lap […].
ref: 1941, Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Penguin 1971 edition, page 40:
glosses: Of a pale green colour tinted with gray.
claret
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈklæɹət/
ipa: /klɛːɹət/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ˈklæɹɪ/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ˈklæɹə/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /klɛːɹə/
rhymes: -æɹɪt
rhymes: -æɹət
rhymes: (hyperforeign) -æɹɪ
rhymes: (hyperforeign) -æɹə
Forms: form: more claret
form: most claret
Etymology: From Middle English claret, from Middle French claret, from Medieval Latin clārātum vīnum, from clārus.
Compare tent (“Spanish red wine”), also from color
Senses: examples: text: Dhondt drives a claret 1927 Bugatti Royale Type 41, a real spanker, Sixsmith.
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
glosses: Of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.
claret
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈklæɹət/
ipa: /klɛːɹət/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ˈklæɹɪ/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ˈklæɹə/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /klɛːɹə/
rhymes: -æɹɪt
rhymes: -æɹət
rhymes: (hyperforeign) -æɹɪ
rhymes: (hyperforeign) -æɹə
Forms: form: clarets
form: clareting
form: clareted
form: clareted
Etymology: From Middle English claret, from Middle French claret, from Medieval Latin clārātum vīnum, from clārus.
Compare tent (“Spanish red wine”), also from color
Senses: examples: text: We clareted and champagned till two—then supped, and finished with a kind of regency punch composed of madeira, brandy, and green tea, no real water being admitted therein. There was a night for you!
ref: 1814, George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron:
text: By night, again, we miss the bright cafe, the brilliantly illuminated offices, and the fringe of guests smoking and clareting […]
ref: 1869, Andrew Wynter, Subtle Brains and Lissom Fingers:
glosses: To drink claret.
kelly green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: American coinage, in reference to the Irish surname Kelly and the association of Ireland with the color green.
Senses: examples: text: They were on their way to a clambake, a Friday night with friends at the marina. Wearing a kelly green tennis dress with white espadrilles, she was carrying a sheet cake resembling a flag, blueberries and strawberries as the stars and stripes arranged across a layer of whipped cream.
ref: 2022, Ling Ma, “Tomorrow”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
glosses: A bright green colour.
hunter green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunter greens
Etymology: hunter + green
Senses: examples: text: It is not, thank God, hunter green, the green that for a decade now has permeated every product line from polo shirts to potato peeler handles
ref: 2000, Rob Levandoski, Serendipity green, page 115:
glosses: A dark green colour.
hunter green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: hunter + green
Senses: glosses: Of a dark green colour.
midnight blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midnight blues
Senses: glosses: a dark blue colour, almost black.
midnight blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of a dark blue colour, almost black.
sky blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sky blue
form: most sky blue
form: sky-blue
Senses: examples: text: “Hi! Kostandi!” called out an old sailor in a sky-blue cloak. “How are things with you?”
ref: 1952, Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 1, in Carl Wildman, transl., Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, translation of Βίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá], →ISBN, page 3:
roman: Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá
synonyms: cerulean
glosses: Of a vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day.
sky blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sky blues
form: sky-blue
Senses: glosses: A vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day.
examples: text: Hence, Suffolk dairy wives run mad for cream,
 And leave their milk with nothing but the name;
 Its name derision and reproach pursue,
 And strangers tell of three-times-skimm'd sky-blue.
ref: 1800, Robert Bloomfield, The Farmer's Boy:
text: To be sure, your Aunt Betsey lives in a brick house, and has a sight of furniture, […] yet she has all her bread to buy by the loaf, and the milk is sky-blue; as to cream, I don't believe they ever heard on't.
ref: 1836, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man:
glosses: Milk excessively diluted with water, or from which the cream was too closely skimmed.
royal blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: royal blues
Senses: examples: text: This engine was used for hauling Viceregal trains, and was painted royal blue.
ref: 1953 September, G. R. Mahon, “Irish Railways in 1853”, in Railway Magazine, page 627:
glosses: A deep, bright blue colour.
royal blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more royal blue
form: most royal blue
Senses: glosses: Of a deep, bright blue colour.
slate blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slate blues
Senses: glosses: A dark, bluish-grey colour.
slate blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a dark, bluish-grey colour.
eggshell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛɡʃɛl/
Forms: form: eggshells
Etymology: From Middle English eggeshell, ege schelle, egg-shel, egg shelle (also as Middle English eye schell, ey-schel, ey-schelle), partially continuing Old English ǣġsċill, ǣġsċyll (“eggshell”), equivalent to egg + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), German Eierschale (“eggshell”), Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”).
Senses: examples: text: Like Egge-ſhels mou'd upon their Surges, crack'd / As eaſily ’gainſt our Rockes.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 380:
glosses: The shell around an egg.
coordinate_terms: robin's-egg blue
glosses: A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell of many chickens.
Derived terms: eggshellful
eggshell blue
eggshell rule
walk on eggshells
eggshell
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛɡʃɛl/
Forms: form: more eggshell
form: most eggshell
Etymology: From Middle English eggeshell, ege schelle, egg-shel, egg shelle (also as Middle English eye schell, ey-schel, ey-schelle), partially continuing Old English ǣġsċill, ǣġsċyll (“eggshell”), equivalent to egg + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), German Eierschale (“eggshell”), Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”).
Senses: glosses: Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
examples: text: eggshell porcelain
glosses: Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell.
examples: text: This clear varnish is available in gloss, matt and eggshell finishes.
glosses: Very matt, having a low reflexivity, like an eggshell.
forest green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forest greens
Senses: hypernyms: green#Noun
coordinate_terms: word: army green
english: similar
translation: similar
word: olive green
word: pine green
word: racing green
word: ;
word: more at Appendix:Colors § Greens
glosses: A dark green colour, like that of forest foliage.
forest green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a dark green colour, like that of forest foliage.
Related terms: greenwood
olive drab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olive drabs
form: OD
Senses: hypernyms: olive green
glosses: A greyish green colour, like that of a ripe green olive; almost invariably with a matte finish.
glosses: Cloth of an olive drab colour, used often for military uniforms.
olive drab
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: OD
Senses: glosses: Of a greyish green colour, like that of a ripe green olive.
peacock blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peacock blues
Senses: glosses: A brilliant, dark blue-green colour, like the plumage of a peacock.
peacock blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Jo read the following words, inscribed in peacock blue ink, in a near cursive hand.
ref: 1980 April 19, Andrea Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
glosses: Of a brilliant blue-green colour.
powder blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powder blues
Senses: examples: text: Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis.
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 88:
text: She took the ice, looking very appealing in powder blue with a traily skirt.
ref: 1995, Kathryn Ellis, A Stroke of Luck, page 80:
glosses: A very pale blue colour.
powder blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a very pale blue colour.
reseda
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈsiːdə/
ipa: /ˈɹɛsɪdə/
ipa: /ɹəˈsidə/
Etymology: From French réséda, from Latin resēda, said by Pliny the Elder (23–79 C.E.) to be from resēdāre (“to soothe”), from re- (“again”) + sēdāre (“to assuage, calm”)), an allusion to the healing properties of the plant.
Senses: examples: text: By mixing a weaker bath than the one indicated the cotton dyes up a dark green, and the wool acquires a dull and weak reseda shade.
ref: 1876 September, M. Hommey, “6. Experiments upon the Uses of Aniline Black, by Vanadium, in Dyeing Woollen and Mixed Tissues”, in Charles O'Neill, editor, The Textile Colourist: A Monthly Journal of Bleaching, Printing, Dyeing, and Finishing Textile Fabrics, and the Manufacture and Application of Colouring Matters, volume II, number 9, Manchester: Palmer and Howe, 1, 3, & 5, Bond Street; London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; Glasgow: Porteus Bros.; Bradford: Thomas Brear; New York, N.Y.: John Wiley and Son, →OCLC, page 150:
text: Sateens a 1s. 4½d., 32in. wide, will be very useful, and always look nice, whether as whole or part dresses. There is one of French grey that has a most satin like surface, and another of reseda shade, which is again likely to have a run as a fashionable colour.
ref: 1877 March 28, “The Boudoir. Spring Novelties.”, in The Bazaar, the Exchange and Mart, and Journal of the Household, volume XVI, London: [s.n.] 32, Wellington-Street, Strand, W.C., →OCLC, pages 198–199:
glosses: Having a pale greyish-green colour like the flowers of a reseda plant; mignonette.
sea green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea greens
Senses: glosses: A blue-green colour, mostly green.
sea green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sea-green
form: seagreen
Senses: glosses: Of a blue-green colour, mostly green.
Derived terms: sea-green incorruptible
breeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Forms: form: breedings
Etymology: From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: In analysing the ecological conditions of an animal population we have above all to focus our attention upon the most sensitive stages within the life cycle of the animal, that is, the period of breeding and larval development.
ref: 1950, Gunnar Thorson, “Reproductive and Larval Ecology of Marine Bottom Invertebrates”, in Biological Reviews, volume 25, number 1, pages 1–45:
text: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true.
ref: 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 222:
glosses: Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
glosses: The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
glosses: The act of copulation in animals.
glosses: The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
examples: text: She had her breeding at my father's charge.
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
glosses: Nurture; education; formation of manners.
examples: text: Your dog has good breeding.
text: Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
glosses: Descent; pedigree; extraction.
topics: LGBT
glosses: Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex.
Derived terms: antibreeding
breeding ground
breeding hips
cobreeding
cross-breeding
dog breeding
inbreeding
linebreeding
line breeding
nonbreeding
non-breeding
outbreeding
postbreeding
prebreeding
selective breeding
stockbreeding
unbreeding
xbreeding
breeding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *brēdende, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.
glosses: Of, relating to or used for breeding.
Derived terms: breeding ground
breeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *brēdende, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.
glosses: present participle and gerund of breed
apple-green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple-greens
form: apple green
Senses: examples: text: New bills always seemed to have such a lovely pale green colour, apple-green.
ref: 1961, Ross Russell, “If You Can’t Get Five—”, in The Sound, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., →LCCN, →OCLC, part 2, page 181:
synonyms: apple
glosses: A bright green colour with a light tint of yellow, like that of a Granny Smith apple.
apple-green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apple-green
form: most apple-green
Senses: glosses: Of an apple-green (noun sense) colour.
Alice blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the name of Alice Roosevelt Longworth (daughter of Theodore Roosevelt), who favoured the colour and made it fashionable in the US.
Senses: glosses: A pale blue colour.
Alice blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the name of Alice Roosevelt Longworth (daughter of Theodore Roosevelt), who favoured the colour and made it fashionable in the US.
Senses: glosses: Of a pale blue colour.
nonchalant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt/
ipa: /ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/
Forms: form: more nonchalant
form: most nonchalant
Etymology: Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir (“to be unconcerned”), from non- (“not”) + chaloir (“to have concern for”), from Latin non (“not”) + calēre (“to be warm”).
Senses: examples: text: We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.
text: On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.
ref: 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:
text: […] The Mexican government's response to the American bombing was admirably laid back. General Enrique Diaz Gonzales and Consul General Raul Michel met with United States officials, who issued apologies and an invitation to come to "the next rocket shoot" at White Sands. The Mexican citizenry was similarly nonchalant. "Bomb Blast Fails to Halt Spring Fiesta," said the El Paso Times headline, noting that "many thought the explosion was a cannon fired for the opening of the fiesta."
ref: 2010, Mary Roach, “You Go First: The Alarming Prospect of Life Without Gravity”, in Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 90:
text: Undaunted by the occasion, Ruthe went on to become the first 15-year-old to run a sub-four-minute mile, even managing a nonchalant shrug of the shoulders as he crossed the finish line.
ref: 2025 March 29, George Ramsay and Patrick Snell, “Aged 15, New Zealander Sam Ruthe has already run a four-minute mile. He would ‘love to try and qualify’ for the 2028 Olympics”, in CNN:
glosses: Casually calm and relaxed.
examples: text: He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter.
glosses: Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached.
Synonyms: sense: casually calm
word: carefree
word: cool
word: mellow
word: easygoing
word: calm
word: carefree
sense: indifferent
word: blasé
word: unconcerned
word: apathetic
Derived terms: nonchalantism
nonchalantly
nonchalantness
Related terms: nonchalance
superhet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsuːpəˈhɛt/
ipa: /ˌsupɚˈhɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: superhets
Etymology: Abbreviation of superheterodyne receiver.
Senses: glosses: Superheterodyne receiver.
superheterodyne receiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superheterodyne receivers
form: superhet
form: supersonic heterodyne receiver
Senses: glosses: A radio receiver that mixes (beats or heterodynes) a locally produced frequency with the incoming frequency
Related terms: heterodyne
receiver
supersonic heterodyne receiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersonic heterodyne receivers
Senses: glosses: superheterodyne receiver
authentication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃn/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: authentications
Etymology: From authenticate + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: document authentication
text: strong authentication
text: The museum required scientific tests for the authentication of the painting.
glosses: Something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something; or the process of doing so.
examples: text: digital authentication
text: Online banking uses two-factor authentication.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: identification
glosses: Proof of identity required by a user to log on to some network or access some resource.
glosses: A hallmark or assay-mark on a piece of metalwork.
Synonyms: authentification
Derived terms: deauthentication
nonauthentication
reauthentication
two-factor authentication
swazzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɒz(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɒzəl
Forms: form: swazzles
form: swatchel
form: swozzle
Etymology: From swatchel, probably from German schwätzeln, from schwatzen.
Senses: glosses: A device to change the voice to make it more raspy, used in Punch and Judy performances
swazzle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɒz(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɒzəl
Forms: form: swazzles
form: swazzling
form: swazzled
form: swazzled
form: swatchel
form: swozzle
Etymology: From swatchel, probably from German schwätzeln, from schwatzen.
Senses: examples: text: Of course there was more to swazzling than what I could do instinctively. I had to learn to switch from the swazzled voice of Punch to the pantomime-dame voice of Judy.
ref: 2005, Bill Drummond, Mark Manning, The Wild Highway, page 384:
text: In the background, Mr Punch could be heard swazzling, “That's the way to do it!”
ref: 2018, Robert Charles Hines, Twists and Turns: 13 Tales of the Uneasy, page 126:
glosses: To speak using a swazzle.
allegiance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈliː.d͡ʒəns/
Forms: form: allegiances
form: allegiaunce
Etymology: From Middle English alegiaunce, from Anglo-Norman alegaunce (“loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord”), variant of Old French ligeance, from lige (“vassal, liegeman”). More at liege.
Senses: examples: text: With what a feeling of joyful security did her heart go back to its old allegiance! Till now she had scarcely been aware of its strength, for she had known it but by its disappointment—now she fully admitted that early and passionate emotion with which Robert Evelyn had inspired her was indeed her destiny;...
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 83:
text: It was always going to be a hot occasion for Declan Rice and Jack Grealish, the one-time Ireland internationals who subsequently switched their allegiances.
ref: 2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: adherence
fidelity
loyalty
glosses: Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.
Derived terms: counterallegiance
oath of allegiance
pledge of allegiance
altercate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːltəkeɪt/
Forms: form: altercates
form: altercating
form: altercated
form: altercated
Etymology: From Latin altercor.
Senses: glosses: To argue, quarrel or wrangle.
Synonyms: aggress
Derived terms: altercation
altercator
Herts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: British postal abbreviation of Hertfordshire.
Derived terms: Hertsmere
swatchel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈswɒt͡ʃ(ə)l/
Forms: form: swatchels
Etymology: See swazzle.
Senses: glosses: swazzle
Related terms: swatchel-cove
swatchel-box
betcha
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛt͡ʃə/
rhymes: -ɛtʃə
Forms: form: betchya
form: betchu
Etymology: From bet + -cha. Second sense possibly from bet your rather than bet you.
Senses: examples: text: I betcha any money that that's the case.
text: ‘[A]nd I’ll betcha Ignatz here’d think the top of a cocoanut tree nineteen times wonderfuller.’
ref: 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 19:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of bet you.
examples: You betcha! (meaning You can bet your bottom dollar!)
glosses: Can be sure of it.
Related terms: getcha
gotcha
you betcha
getcha
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪt͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˈɡɛt͡ʃə/
rhymes: -ɪtʃə
rhymes: -ɛtʃə
Forms: form: getchya
form: gitcha
Etymology: Written form of a reduction of get you.
get + -cha
Senses: examples: text: Look out, or Daddy's gonna getcha!
text: We all go through that. Don't let it getcha down.
glosses: Contraction of get you.
examples: text: Yeah, I getcha, smarty pants.
glosses: Understand; comprehend.
examples: Getcha butt over here!
glosses: Contraction of get your.
Synonyms: sense: understand
word: gotcha
sense: understand
word: gotchya
sense: contraction of "get your"
word: getcho
Related terms: gotcha
gotta
letcha
letchya
gotcha
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒ.tʃə/
ipa: /ˈɡɑ.tʃə/
rhymes: -ɒtʃə
homophone: gacha (US)
Forms: form: gotchya
form: gottcha
form: gotchu
Etymology: From got + -cha.
Senses: examples: text: I gotcha now, ya little twerp.
text: Yeah, I gotcha. Good thinkin'!
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of got you.
gotcha
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒ.tʃə/
ipa: /ˈɡɑ.tʃə/
rhymes: -ɒtʃə
homophone: gacha (US)
Forms: form: gotchya
form: gottcha
form: gotchu
Etymology: From got + -cha.
Senses: examples: text: Gotcha! Go on in...
glosses: I have got you covered, I've got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone).
examples: text: Gotcha! And don't ever do that to me again.
glosses: I caught you (as when successfully bringing someone to reckoning or effecting some form of retribution).
examples: text: Gotcha! You never noticed the whoopie cushion!
glosses: I got you by surprise (indicating a successful trick or prank).
examples: text: Gotcha! You just want me to stay here for now.
glosses: I understand you or what you said.
Related terms: getcha
gotcha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒ.tʃə/
ipa: /ˈɡɑ.tʃə/
rhymes: -ɒtʃə
homophone: gacha (US)
Forms: form: gotchas
form: gotchya
form: gottcha
form: gotchu
Etymology: From got + -cha.
Senses: examples: text: Review the work thoroughly and make sure there are no gotchas.
glosses: A potential problem or source of trouble.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A potential problem or source of trouble.
A feature of a system or a program that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistake or non-function.
examples: text: gotcha question
text: They change the number at random intervals and if you miss a sign. What a gotcha!
glosses: An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
examples: text: You're asking me a ridiculous hypothetical question that no one can reasonably answer. You need to stop with your gotchas.
text: The gotcha in your second paragraph needs more developing. You don't have enough evidence that the author is contradicting himself.
glosses: An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually (but not necessarily) in a deceptive or disingenuous way.
examples: text: Now here's another few gotchas that you can do to implement it.
text: Wireless was the first gotcha when installing the distro.
glosses: An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
Derived terms: game of gotcha
gotcha journalism
Related terms: gotta
letcha
letchya
user-friendly
hafta
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæftə/
rhymes: -æftə
Forms: form: hasta
form: hafta
form: hadda
form: hadda
Etymology: Written form of a reduction of have to.
Senses: examples: text: I hafta fill in my tax return.
glosses: Contraction of have to: be required to; must.
wikipedia: reduction (linguistics)
Related terms: gotta
hasta
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæstə/
rhymes: -æstə
Etymology: Written form of a reduction of has to.
Senses: examples: text: He hasta visit the doctor.
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta: Contraction of has to; is required to.
hasta
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæstə/
rhymes: -æstə
ipa: /ˈɑːstə/
rhymes: -ɑːstə
ipa: /ˈhæstə/
rhymes: -æstə
Etymology: From Spanish hasta (“until”), especially hasta luego (“until later”).
Senses: glosses: goodbye
Derived terms: hasta la pasta
hasta pasta
hasta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæstə/
rhymes: -æstə
ipa: /ˈɑːstə/
rhymes: -ɑːstə
ipa: /ˈhʌstə/
rhymes: -ʌstə
ipa: /ˈhæstə/
rhymes: -æstə
ipa: /ˈɑːstə/
rhymes: -ɑːstə
Forms: form: hastas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit हस्त (hasta).
Senses: examples: text: A prudent prayer, and a vigorous dance, with many interwoven leaps and twirls and pirouettes, and hastas all around.
ref: 2009 January 21, Joe Fiorito, “Tamil dance fine gesture even for our crop of snow”, in Toronto Star:
qualifier: Indian classical dance
glosses: A hand gesture used to depict the meaning of a song
kinda
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪndə/
ipa: /ˈkaɪnə/
rhymes: -aɪnə
Forms: form: kinder
Etymology: Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.
Senses: examples: text: I kinda hafta do this right now.
text: That’s kinda funny.
text: But when I spoke about it he just smiled and shook his head, and started whistling to himself kinda soft.
ref: 1912 October 12, Courtney Ryley Cooper, “Somewhere Safe to Sea”, in Collier’s, volume 50, Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, page 18:
text: … He got on Forty-second Street, and he was kinda fresh from the start. At Sixty-sixth he came sasshaying^([sic]) right down the car and said ‘Hello, patootie!’ Well, I drew myself up …
ref: 1920 April 10 – August 28, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, chapter 11, in The Little Warrior [Jill the Reckless], New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 8 October 1920, →OCLC, section 1, page 194:
text: In those days, flour sacks was kinda purty. They might come printed up with flowers on em, or birds.
ref: 2006, Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent, Same Kind of Different as Me, page 13:
text: The facial expression on my mask kinda looks like Han Solo in the carbonite …
ref: 2010, Eric Anthony Galvez, Reversal: When a Therapist Becomes a Patient, page 37:
text: It makes me feel better that I’m not the only one who fantasizes about being struck down by a meteor on my way to work. Mind you, I’m not actively suicidal at all. I just kinda think being dead without actually killing myself would be easier and way less exhausting.”
ref: 2023 December 2, Tim Graham, “American Psychological Association Announces “Feeling Like Dying But Not Really Suicidal” New Baseline For Normal Mental Health”, in The Hard Times, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2025:
synonyms: sorta
glosses: Kind of; somewhat.
kinda
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪndə/
ipa: /ˈkaɪnə/
rhymes: -aɪnə
Forms: form: kindsa
form: kinder
Etymology: Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.
Senses: examples: text: Carmiesha had never once busted him in a lie, and she never had no kinda drama with him and no other chick. She damn sure couldn't say that for Dre.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 128:
text: What kinda music do ya want ta play? Do ya want volume or somethin' more subtle?
ref: 2008, Jacob Curtis, The Song Itself: A Gnostic Remembrance, page 68:
glosses: Contraction of kind of.
Derived terms: kindasorta
kinda sorta
some kinda
sortakinda
sorta kinda
kinda
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪndə/
ipa: /ˈkaɪnə/
rhymes: -aɪnə
Forms: form: kinder
Etymology: Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.
Senses: examples: text: "Are you afraid of a little bit of rain?" "Kinda, yeah."
text: Ah, I see. Meely doesn't tease you. You're best friends, is that right? / Kinda.
ref: 2000, Ken Wells, Meely LaBauve, New York: Random House, →ISBN, page 212:
glosses: Yes in some respects but no in other respects.
kinda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪndə/
ipa: /ˈkaɪnə/
rhymes: -aɪnə
ipa: /ˈkɪndə/
rhymes: -ɪndə
ipa: /ˈkaɪndə/
ipa: /ˈkaɪnə/
rhymes: -aɪnə
Forms: form: kindas
Etymology: After the town of Kinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Senses: examples: text: In the wild, when a baboon called a kinda pairs with a chacma or yellow baboon, their progeny is still a baboon — but it's a hybrid of interest to Society grantees Jane Phillips-Conroy and Clifford Jolly, who are tracking gene flow in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park.
ref: 2006, The National Geographic Magazine, volume 212, numbers 4-6, page 18:
glosses: A subspecies of baboon, Papio cynocephalus kindae, primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania.
kindsa
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Forms: form: kinda
Etymology: Written form of a reduction of "kinds of"
Senses: examples: text: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Four hour flight & I saw the Rocky Mountains & all kindsa shit from the plane, the view was so clear.
text: Manny don't sell one kinda pizza, or two kindsa pizzas, or ten kindsa pizzas.
ref: 1993, Kent Harrington, A Brother to Dragons, page 151:
text: 'Cause Johnny has a girlfriend name of Rose and she's a good girl knows all kindsa grammar and she's gonna graduate an' be a secretary in a big company in Manhattan and John don't wanna be no dumb ass trying to marry Rose.
ref: 2005, Frank McCourt, Teacher Man, page 78:
text: These were natural kindsa waves, pursued the driver. Lightning made them.
ref: 2006, Leinster Murray, Operation Terror, page 58:
glosses: Contraction of kinds of, plural of kind of.
Related terms: kinda
sortsa
lemme
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛmi/
ipa: /ˈlɛmɪ/
ipa: /ˈlɛmi/
ipa: /ˈlɛme/
ipa: /ˈlɛmɪ/
rhymes: -ɛmi
Forms: form: lemmie
Etymology: Written form of a reduction of let me.
Senses: examples: text: Lemme go!
text: Hey, lemme see that bag. What’s in there?
glosses: Let me.
wikipedia: reduction (linguistics)
Related terms: gimme
mighta
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: might + -a
Senses: examples: text: ‘Got summat fer yeh here – I mighta sat on it at some point, but it’ll taste all right.’
ref: 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of might've (“might have”).
Related terms: coulda
woulda
shoulda
musta