cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭng
ipa: /wɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: wings
form: winging
form: winged
form: winged
form: wung
form: wung
Etymology: From Middle English winge, wenge, from Old Norse vængr ("wing of a flying animal, wing of a building"; compare vængi (“ship's cabin”)), from Proto-Germanic *wēingijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus related to wind.
Cognate with Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish vinge (“wing”), Elfdalian waingg (“wing”), Faroese vongur (“wing”), Icelandic vængur (“wing”), Norwegian Nynorsk veng (“wing”).
Replaced native Middle English fither (from Old English fiþre, from Proto-Germanic *fiþriją), which merged with Middle English fether (from Old English feþer, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō). More at feather.
Senses: glosses: To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
examples: text: Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
glosses: To fly.
glosses: To add a wing (extra part) to.
raw_tags: of a building
examples: text: I lost all my notes I'd made, so was partially winging the meeting.
glosses: To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
synonyms: word: fling
word: hurl
word: bung
word: cast
word: chuck
word: chunk
word: cook
word: dash
word: dump
word: feck
word: fling
word: jerk
word: heave
word: hield
word: hoy
word: huck
word: hurl
word: hurtle
word: launch
word: lob
word: peck
word: peg
word: pick
word: pitch
word: precipitate
word: project
word: quoit
word: shy
word: slight
word: skew
word: sling
word: thrill
word: throw
word: toss
word: traject
word: warp
word: whang
word: whip
word: whop
word: wing
glosses: To throw.
glosses: To furnish with wings.
examples: text: ⁠Deep folly! yet that this could be—
⁠That I could wing my will with might
⁠To leap the grades of life and light,
And flash at once, my friend, to thee: […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 62:
glosses: To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
glosses: To traverse by flying.
cold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /qʰowd/
ipa: /kəʊld/
ipa: [kʰɔʊ(ɫ)d]
ipa: [kʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
note: younger
ipa: /kɒld/
note: younger
ipa: [kʰɔɫd]
enpr: kold
ipa: /koʊld/
ipa: /kaʉld/
ipa: [kʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
homophone: coaled
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: colds
Etymology: From Middle English cold, colde, from Old English cald, ċeald (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldą (“coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Cognates
Compare Saterland Frisian Keelde (“cold”), West Frisian kjeld (“cold”), Dutch koude (“cold”), German Low German Kolle, Koll (“cold”), German Kälte (“cold”), Danish kulde (“cold”), Swedish köld (“cold”), Norwegian kulde (“cold”), Icelandic kuldi (“cold”).
Senses: examples: text: Come in, out of the cold.
glosses: A condition of low temperature.
examples: text: The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.
glosses: A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
raw_tags: with 'the'
examples: text: I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week
text: Dr. Jon S. Abramson, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Wake Forest Medical School, has found no medical evidence to support feeding a cold and starving a fever. He is particularly offended by the latter part of the phrase. […] “Always feed both colds and fevers,” Abramson said.
ref: 2016 September 16, Hailey Middlebrook, “Should you really feed a cold and starve a fever?”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
examples: text: Who the fuck is this, pagin' me at 5:46 in the morning? / crack of dawn and now I'm yawnin' / wipe the cold out my eye, see who's this pagin' me and why
ref: 1994, Notorious B.I.G., Warning:
text: But I remember this, moms would lick her finger tips / to wipe the cold out my eye before school with her spit
ref: 1996, Ghostface Killah, All That I Got Is You:
glosses: Rheum; sleepy dust.
Synonyms: sense: low temperature
word: coldness
topics: illness
medicine
sciences
word: common cold
topics: illness
medicine
sciences
word: coryza
topics: illness
medicine
sciences
word: head cold
topics: illness
medicine
sciences
word: pose
Coordinate terms: freeze
frost
Derived terms: word: bitter cold
word: catch a cold
word: catch cold
word: catch one's death of cold
word: chest cold
word: cold-sensitive
word: cold shock response
word: cold sore
english: cold allergy
translation: cold allergy
word: cold urticaria
word: cold virus
word: come in from the cold
word: common cold
word: head cold
word: in from the cold
word: leave someone out in the cold
word: paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
word: rose cold
word: take cold
cold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /qʰowd/
ipa: /kəʊld/
ipa: [kʰɔʊ(ɫ)d]
ipa: [kʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
note: younger
ipa: /kɒld/
note: younger
ipa: [kʰɔɫd]
enpr: kold
ipa: /koʊld/
ipa: /kaʉld/
ipa: [kʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
homophone: coaled
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: more cold
form: most cold
Etymology: From Middle English colde, from Old English calde, ċealde (“coldly”), from the adjective (see above).
Senses: examples: text: The steel was processed cold.
glosses: At a low temperature.
examples: text: The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
text: Two weeks after it closed, he started rehearsals for Cheer Up, a new play by Mary Roberts Rinehart booked into the Harris Theatre. It was to open cold without any out-of-town tryout under the direction of a young Cecil B. DeMille […]
ref: 2008, Geddeth Smith, Walter Hampden: Dean of the American Theatre, page 104:
glosses: Without preparation.
examples: text: Now Little Bo Peep cold lost her sheep / And Rip van Winkle fell the hell asleep
ref: 1986, Run-DMC, Peter Piper.:
glosses: In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.
Derived terms: cut someone cold
down cold
out cold
stop cold
Related terms: cool
fresh
lukewarm
tepid
hot
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: hŏt
ipa: /hɒt/
ipa: /hɔt/
enpr: hät
ipa: /hɑt/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: haught (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: hotter
form: hottest
Etymology: From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Swedish het (“hot”), Icelandic heitur (“hot”).
Superseded non-native Middle English chaud, from Old French chaut (“hot”); and early Modern English calent, from Latin calēns (“hot”).
Senses: examples: text: Oak burns hot and lasts a long time. Its smoke is a medium to heavy flavor but not too overpowering. It leaves a buttersmooth, nutty finish.
ref: 2013, Ted Reader, Gastro Grilling: Fired-up Recipes To Grill Great Everyday Meals, Penguin Canada, →ISBN:
glosses: Hotly; at a high temperature.
examples: text: Whatever happened, braking into the next-to-last hairpin, a blue-sky turn called Cog Cut, Durelle went in too hot.
ref: 1994, Cycle World Magazine, page 74:
text: He went in hotter than he could have, the Cforce snugging him into the bucket seat. At the first switchback, there was already a hundred-foot drop-off […]
ref: 2009, Dan Vining, Among the Living, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: He rolled over on his belly and raised up enough to see the second chopper coming in hotter, more deliberately than the first. Hollister grabbed Jrae by the ...
ref: 2014, Dennis Foley, Take Back the Night: A Novel of Vietnam, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
text: They were coming in hotter than Dash liked, nose down toward the watery surface […]
ref: 2016, Patrick Carman, Omega Rising, Random House Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 26:
text: “When landing on dirt, gravel, or pavement, you'll be coming in hotter, faster than a runway made of grass, so try and keep that in mind.
ref: 2019, David W. Nelson, Ghost Squadron: Wwii Teenage Pilot, →ISBN:
text: "You're coming in hotter than we'd like." "Roger that, Huygens, increasing reverse thrust by 20%."
ref: 2021, Christine D. Shuck, G581: Mars:
glosses: Rapidly, quickly.
examples: text: to come in hot; to go in hot
text: We would pop over the riverbank and come down hot (shooting) on a designated target. […] We started rolling in hot with rockets, then suddenly we started taking fire from the […]
ref: 2015, Dave Barr, Four Flags, The Odyssey of a Professional Soldier: Part 1: US Marine Corps Vietnam 1969-72, Israeli Defence Force 1975-77, Helion and Company, →ISBN, page 121:
text: "Shakedown is rolling in hot in Nakhoney right now. You're just in time. They've been getting shot at and are in overwatch for India 21 patrolling," […]
ref: 2016, Stephen Robertson CD BA ATPL, Go for Shakedown, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
glosses: While shooting, while firing one's weapon(s).
hot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hŏt
ipa: /hɒt/
ipa: /hɔt/
enpr: hät
ipa: /hɑt/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: haught (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: hots
form: hotting
form: hotted
form: hotted
Etymology: From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Swedish het (“hot”), Icelandic heitur (“hot”).
Superseded non-native Middle English chaud, from Old French chaut (“hot”); and early Modern English calent, from Latin calēns (“hot”).
Senses: synonyms: heat up
glosses: To heat; to make or become hot.
examples: text: Turf war's hotting up.
ref: 2018, “Clean Slate”, in Wentworth:
glosses: To become lively or exciting.
hot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hŏt
ipa: /hɒt/
ipa: /hɔt/
enpr: hät
ipa: /hɑt/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: haught (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: hots
Etymology: From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Swedish het (“hot”), Icelandic heitur (“hot”).
Superseded non-native Middle English chaud, from Old French chaut (“hot”); and early Modern English calent, from Latin calēns (“hot”).
Senses: glosses: A hot meal, usually in the phrase "three hots" (i.e. three hot meals per day) or derivations such as three hots and a cot.
Related terms: the hots
warm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɔːm/
ipa: /wɔɹm/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: warms
form: warme
Etymology: From Middle English warmen, wermen, wyrmen, from Old English wierman (“to make warm”) and wearmian (“to become warm”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmijan and *warmōn. Cognate with Dutch warmen, German wärmen, Swedish värma.
Senses: examples: text: Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?
text: Sit ye down before the fire , my dear , and have a warm
ref: 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
lukewarm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m
ipa: /ˌluːkˈwɔːm/
ipa: /ˌlukˈwɔɹm/
ipa: /ˈluk.wɔɹm/
Forms: form: lukewarmer
form: more lukewarm
form: lukewarmest
form: most lukewarm
Etymology: From Middle English leukwarm, lukewarm (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) + warm. Compare Saterland Frisian luukwoarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German luukwarm (“lukewarm”), German lauwarm (“lukewarm”). First element believed to be an alteration of Middle English lew (“tepid”) (> English dialectal lew), from Old English hlēow (“warm, sunny”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz, *hlūmaz, *hleumaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱel(w)e-, *k(')lēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Dutch lauw (“tepid”), German lau (“lukewarm”), Faroese lýggjur (“warm”), Swedish ljum (“lukewarm”), ljummen (“lukewarm”) and ly (“warm”), Danish lummer (“muggy”), Danish and Norwegian lunken (“tepid”), dialectal Swedish ljummen (“lukewarm”).
Senses: examples: text: Wash it in lukewarm water.
text: My curry is lukewarm.
topics: temperature
synonyms: word: Laodicean
word: lew
word: luke
word: tepid
coordinate_terms: underwarm#Adjective
glosses: Between warm and cool.
examples: text: The suggestion met with only a lukewarm response.
text: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: The centre-vestibule "open" type of coach, which met with a very lukewarm reception when first introduced over half-a-century ago, is now used in increasing numbers as a non-dining vehicle.
ref: 1957 July 23, D. S. M. Barrie, “Sixty Years of British Express Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 457:
synonyms: word: indifferent
word: unconcerned
word: adiaphroistic
word: apathetic
word: apathistical
word: blasé
word: deaf
word: cool
word: shiftless
word: dispassionate
word: dull
word: enervated
word: gallionic
word: halfhearted
word: heartless
word: impassive
word: ineffervescible
word: insouciant
word: indifferent
word: insensible
word: jaded
word: languid
word: languorous
word: Laodicean
word: lethargic
word: listless
word: lackadaisical
word: lotophagous
word: lukewarm
word: mopey
word: nonchalant
word: nonplussed
word: phlegmatic
word: pococurante
word: spiritless
word: supine
word: tepid
word: torpid
word: torpedinous
word: unaroused
word: uncaring
word: unconcerned
word: unenthusiastic
word: unimpressible
word: uninterested
word: unlively
word: unmoved
word: untouched
word: unzealous
word: world-weary
glosses: Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
Derived terms: lukecold
lukecool
lukewarmish
lukewarmism
lukewarmist
lukewarmly
lukewarmness
lukewarmth
fresh
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɛʃ/
rhymes: -ɛʃ
Etymology: From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective.
Cognate with Scots fresch (“fresh”), West Frisian farsk (“fresh”), Dutch vers (“fresh”), Walloon frexh (“fresh”), German frisch (“fresh”), French frais (“fresh”), Norwegian and Danish frisk (“fresh”), fersk, Icelandic ferskur (“fresh”), Lithuanian prėskas (“unflavoured, tasteless, fresh”), Russian пре́сный (présnyj, “sweet, fresh, unleavened, tasteless”). Doublet of fresco and frisk.
Slang sense possibly shortened form of “fresh out the pack”, 1980s routine by Grand Wizzard Theodore.
Senses: examples: text: We are fresh out of milk.
text: Hell of a surprise in the seventh season premiere of Game Of Thrones. Arya Stark, fresh off a nigh Cersei-level ambush of the Frey household, comes upon a small campfire surrounded by fresh-faced red cloaks.
ref: 2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: recently; just recently; most recently
fresh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɛʃ/
rhymes: -ɛʃ
Forms: form: freshes
Etymology: From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective.
Cognate with Scots fresch (“fresh”), West Frisian farsk (“fresh”), Dutch vers (“fresh”), Walloon frexh (“fresh”), German frisch (“fresh”), French frais (“fresh”), Norwegian and Danish frisk (“fresh”), fersk, Icelandic ferskur (“fresh”), Lithuanian prėskas (“unflavoured, tasteless, fresh”), Russian пре́сный (présnyj, “sweet, fresh, unleavened, tasteless”). Doublet of fresco and frisk.
Slang sense possibly shortened form of “fresh out the pack”, 1980s routine by Grand Wizzard Theodore.
Senses: examples: text: They went on very well with their work until it was nigh done, when there came the second epistle to Noah's fresh, and away went their mill, shot, lock, and barrel.
ref: 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, Nebraska, published 1987, page 21:
glosses: A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
examples: text: […]And take his bottle from him. / When that's gone, / He shall drink naught but brine, for I'll not show him / Where the quick freshes are.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: A stream or spring of fresh water.
examples: text: When they cross any great Water, or violent Fresh, or Torrent, they throw Tobacco, Puccoon, Peak, or some other valuable thing, that they happen to have about there, to intreat the Spirit presiding there, to grant them a safe passage. It is call'd a Fresh, when after very great Rains, or (as we suppose) after a great Thaw of the Snow and Ice lying upon the Mountains Page 43 to the North West, the Water descends, in such abundance into the Rivers, that they overflow the Banks which bound their Streams at other times.
ref: 1705, Robert Beverley, Jr., History and Present State of Virginia:
glosses: The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.
fresh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɛʃ/
rhymes: -ɛʃ
Forms: form: fresher
form: freshest
Etymology: 1848, US slang, probably from German frech (“impudent, cheeky, insolent”), from Middle High German vrech (“bold, brave, lively”), from Old High German freh (“greedy, eager, avaricious, covetous”), from Proto-West Germanic *frek, from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (“greedy, outrageous, courageous, capable, active”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- (“to be quick, twitch, sprinkle, splash”).
Cognate with Old English frec (“greedy; eager, bold, daring; dangerous”) and Danish fræk (“naughty”). More at freak.
Senses: examples: text: No one liked his fresh comments.
glosses: Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.
examples: text: Hey, don't get fresh with me!
text: “Fresh guy,” explained Aileen, “last night as I was going home at Twenty-third and Sixth. Sashayed up, so he did, and made a break. I turned him down, cold, and he made a sneak; […]
ref: 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Brief Début Of Tildy”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 256:
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:
glosses: Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious.
Derived terms: fresher
freshness
get fresh
cool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ko͞ol
ipa: /kuːl/
ipa: /kul/
ipa: /kʉl/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /kʲɪul/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /kʲuːl/
note: working-class
ipa: /kʲeul/
rhymes: -uːl
Forms: form: c00l
form: coo
form: k00l
form: kewl
form: kool
form: qewl
form: qool
Etymology: From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (“cool, cold, tranquil, calm”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz, *kōluz (“cool”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian köil (“cool”), West Frisian koel (“cool”), Dutch koel (“cool”), Limburgish kool (“cool”), German Low German köhl (“cool”), German kühl (“cool”). Related to cold.
Senses: examples: text: in the cool of the morning
glosses: A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
synonyms: calmness
composure
glosses: A calm temperament.
glosses: The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
Thai
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪ/
homophone: taille
homophone: tie
homophone: Ty
ipa: /θaɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /t̪ʰɑj/
Forms: form: more Thai
form: most Thai
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai). Doublet of Tai and Dai.
Senses: examples: text: A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand to research the diversity and distribution of tarantulas in the country.
ref: 2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Thailand.
Synonyms: Thailandish
Derived terms: Thai boxer
Thai boxing
Thai fermented rice
Thai fermented sweet rice
Thai Ridgeback
Thai sweet fermented rice
Thai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪ/
homophone: taille
homophone: tie
homophone: Ty
ipa: /θaɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /t̪ʰɑj/
Forms: form: Thai
form: Thais
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai). Doublet of Tai and Dai.
Senses: examples: text: The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate governments.
ref: 1958, Russell H. Fifield, The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia: 1945-1958, New York: Harper & Brothers, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263:
glosses: A person living in or coming from Thailand.
related: word: Thaï
glosses: A domestic cat breed.
glosses: The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao).
glosses: Thai cuisine; traditional Thai food.
Synonyms: word: Thailander
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Thailandish
Related terms: Siamese
Wiktionary’s coverage of Thai terms
quadruple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/
ipa: /kwɒˈdɹuː.pəl/
ipa: /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/
ipa: /kwɑˈdɹʌp.əl/
ipa: /ˈkwɑd.ɹə.pəl/
rhymes: -uːpəl
Etymology: From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.
Senses: examples: text: He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.
glosses: Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
Derived terms: quadruple stop
quadruple time
simple quadruple time
quadruple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/
ipa: /kwɒˈdɹuː.pəl/
ipa: /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/
ipa: /kwɑˈdɹʌp.əl/
ipa: /ˈkwɑd.ɹə.pəl/
rhymes: -uːpəl
Forms: form: quadruples
form: quadrupling
form: quadrupled
form: quadrupled
Etymology: From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.
Senses: examples: text: Quadrupling four gives sixteen.
glosses: To multiply by four.
examples: text: Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.
text: Overall, consumer spending on fast tech has quadrupled to £11.6bn since 2023, surveys carried out for Material Focus suggested.
ref: 2025 June 25, Chris Vallance, “'Fast tech' warning as demand for cheap gadgets heats up”, in BBC, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2025:
glosses: To increase by a factor of four.
examples: text: On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines.
ref: 1950 September, “Network News: Watford Tunnel, L.M.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 641:
text: Quadrupling the short remaining stretch of three-track railway north of Rugby, left over by the turn of the century modernisation, is a possibility that could be pursued.
ref: 2019 October 23, “Railtalk: HS2 delay - time for lateral thinking”, in Modern Railways, page 7:
text: A long-term aspiration is to quadruple the cross-country route between Peterborough and Werrington Junction, removing any conflict between trains on the Spalding and Leicester lines.
ref: 2020 April 22, Paul Shannon, “Felixstowe: Is 47 trains a day achievable?”, in Rail, page 52:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.
Derived terms: quadruplet
quadruple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/
ipa: /kwɒˈdɹuː.pəl/
ipa: /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/
ipa: /kwɑˈdɹʌp.əl/
ipa: /ˈkwɑd.ɹə.pəl/
rhymes: -uːpəl
Forms: form: quadruples
Etymology: From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.
Senses: glosses: Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skating
sports
synonyms: quad
glosses: A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
Derived terms: sense: related to all parts of speech
word: Pythagorean quadruple
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple bluff
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple-click
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple double
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple-header
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple-masted
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple scull
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple star
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple star system
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple thread
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple whole
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple whole note
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: quadruple witching
sense: related to all parts of speech
word: simple quadruple time
Related terms: single
solo
double
twofold
triple
threefold
quadruple
fourfold
quintuple
pentuple
fivefold
loner
singleton
monad
pair
couple
twosome
duo
dyad
trio
threesome
triad
troika
foursome
quartet
tetrad
fivesome
quintet
pentad
only one
singlet
twin
one of two
doublet
triplet
one of three
quadruplet
one of four
quintuplet
pentuplet
one of five
sextuple
hextuple
sixfold
septuple
heptuple
sevenfold
octuple
eightfold
ninefold
nonuple
tenfold
decuple
sixsome
sextet
hexad
sevensome
septet
heptad
eightsome
octet
octad
ninesome
nonet
ennead
tensome
decet
decad
sextuplet
hextuplet
one of six
one of seven
septuplet
heptuplet
octuplet
one of eight
one of nine
nonuplet
one of ten
decuplet
elevenfold
undecuple
hendecuple
twelvefold
duodecuple
thirteenfold
tredecuple
a hundredfold
centuple
multiple
elevensome
twelvesome
thirteensome
hundredsome
one of eleven
undecuplet
hendecuplet
one of twelve
duodecuplet
one of thirteen
tredecuplet
one of a hundred
centuplet
one of many
multiplet
quadruplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɒˈdɹʌplət/
ipa: /kwɑˈdɹuːplət/
ipa: /kwɑˈdɹʌplət/
ipa: /kwɑˈdɹuplət/
Forms: form: quadruplets
Etymology: From quadruple + -et.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A set of four, particularly
A tuplet of four notes.
glosses: A set of four, particularly
A sequence of four elements.
glosses: One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
glosses: A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.
Synonyms: quartet
Derived terms: prime quadruplet
Related terms: single
solo
double
twofold
triple
threefold
quadruple
fourfold
quintuple
pentuple
fivefold
loner
singleton
monad
pair
couple
twosome
duo
dyad
trio
threesome
triad
troika
foursome
quartet
tetrad
fivesome
quintet
pentad
only one
singlet
twin
one of two
doublet
triplet
one of three
quadruplet
one of four
quintuplet
pentuplet
one of five
sextuple
hextuple
sixfold
septuple
heptuple
sevenfold
octuple
eightfold
ninefold
nonuple
tenfold
decuple
sixsome
sextet
hexad
sevensome
septet
heptad
eightsome
octet
octad
ninesome
nonet
ennead
tensome
decet
decad
sextuplet
hextuplet
one of six
one of seven
septuplet
heptuplet
octuplet
one of eight
one of nine
nonuplet
one of ten
decuplet
elevenfold
undecuple
hendecuple
twelvefold
duodecuple
thirteenfold
tredecuple
a hundredfold
centuple
multiple
elevensome
twelvesome
thirteensome
hundredsome
one of eleven
undecuplet
hendecuplet
one of twelve
duodecuplet
one of thirteen
tredecuplet
one of a hundred
centuplet
one of many
multiplet
quintuplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪnˈtʌplət/
ipa: /kwɪnˈtjuːplət/
ipa: /kwɪnˈtʌplət/
ipa: /kwɪnˈtuplət/
rhymes: -ʌplət
rhymes: -uplət
Forms: form: quintuplets
Etymology: From quintuple + -et, from Middle French quintuple.
Senses: glosses: A group of five, particularly (music) a tuplet of five notes to be played in the time for four.
glosses: One of a group of five, particularly babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
glosses: A cycle adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.
Synonyms: sense: five things
word: quintet
Related terms: twin
single
solo
double
twofold
triple
threefold
quadruple
fourfold
quintuple
pentuple
fivefold
loner
singleton
monad
pair
couple
twosome
duo
dyad
trio
threesome
triad
troika
foursome
quartet
tetrad
fivesome
quintet
pentad
only one
singlet
one of two
doublet
triplet
one of three
quadruplet
one of four
quintuplet
pentuplet
one of five
sextuple
hextuple
sixfold
septuple
heptuple
sevenfold
octuple
eightfold
ninefold
nonuple
tenfold
decuple
sixsome
sextet
hexad
sevensome
septet
heptad
eightsome
octet
octad
ninesome
nonet
ennead
tensome
decet
decad
sextuplet
hextuplet
one of six
one of seven
septuplet
heptuplet
octuplet
one of eight
one of nine
nonuplet
one of ten
decuplet
elevenfold
undecuple
hendecuple
twelvefold
duodecuple
thirteenfold
tredecuple
a hundredfold
centuple
multiple
elevensome
twelvesome
thirteensome
hundredsome
one of eleven
undecuplet
hendecuplet
one of twelve
duodecuplet
one of thirteen
tredecuplet
one of a hundred
centuplet
one of many
multiplet
sextuplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sextuplets
Etymology: From sextuple + -et.
Senses: glosses: A group of six objects.
glosses: One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A group of six notes played in the time of four.
A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first, third and fifth notes.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A group of six notes played in the time of four.
A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first and fourth notes; a double triplet.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A group of six notes played in the time of four.
A group of six notes played in the time of four, with an accent only on the first note.
Synonyms: sense: six notes played in the time of four
word: sextolet
Coordinate terms: sense: one of six born together
word: twin
Related terms: single
solo
double
twofold
triple
threefold
quadruple
fourfold
quintuple
pentuple
fivefold
loner
singleton
monad
pair
couple
twosome
duo
dyad
trio
threesome
triad
troika
foursome
quartet
tetrad
fivesome
quintet
pentad
only one
singlet
twin
one of two
doublet
triplet
one of three
quadruplet
one of four
quintuplet
pentuplet
one of five
sextuple
hextuple
sixfold
septuple
heptuple
sevenfold
octuple
eightfold
ninefold
nonuple
tenfold
decuple
sixsome
sextet
hexad
sevensome
septet
heptad
eightsome
octet
octad
ninesome
nonet
ennead
tensome
decet
decad
sextuplet
hextuplet
one of six
one of seven
septuplet
heptuplet
octuplet
one of eight
one of nine
nonuplet
one of ten
decuplet
elevenfold
undecuple
hendecuple
twelvefold
duodecuple
thirteenfold
tredecuple
a hundredfold
centuple
multiple
elevensome
twelvesome
thirteensome
hundredsome
one of eleven
undecuplet
hendecuplet
one of twelve
duodecuplet
one of thirteen
tredecuplet
one of a hundred
centuplet
one of many
multiplet
septuplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septuplets
Etymology: From septuple + -et.
Senses: glosses: A group of seven, particularly (music) a tuplet of seven notes.
examples: text: Lady (Alyson Levy): Where are my babies? Where are my babies?
Xavier (Vernon Chatman): Keep it down, lady, we got families around here.
Lady: Aaaah, have you seen my babies?
Xavier: I'm poppin' a peek at a smokin' babe right now.
Lady: I lost seven of my babies!
Xavier: Tragic, I've got septuplets myself. I don't know what I'd do if I lost them. Good thing I'm a responsible parent. You should try it sometime.
ref: 2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 4:
glosses: One of a group of seven, particularly one of seven babies born at the same birth.
Synonyms: sense: group of 7
word: septet
topics: music
entertainment
lifestyle
word: septimole
octuplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octuplets
Etymology: From octuple + -et.
Senses: glosses: A group of eight things, particularly
An eight-part multiplet.
glosses: A group of eight things, particularly
A group of eight children born together.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A group of eight things, particularly
A group of eight notes played in the time of six.
Synonyms: sense: any of group of 8
word: octet
quagmire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkwæɡ.maɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈkwæɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkwɔɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: quagmires
Etymology: Recorded since 1579, from quag + mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775.
Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire.
Senses: examples: text: That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers’ boots
text: Never did I see a more dreary and depressing scene. Miles on miles of quagmire, varied only by bright green strips of comparatively solid ground, and by deep and sullen pools fringed with tall rushes, in which the bitterns boomed and the frogs croaked incessantly: miles on miles of it without a break, unless the fever fog can be called a break.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
synonyms: marsh
marshland
mire
quag
glosses: A swampy, soggy area of ground.
examples: text: The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
text: Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union.
text: "And what was this, my beloved brother, but a vain yielding to unbridled imagination, which, like a spring confined to one spot, collects its pure clear waters, and in at once a beauty and a blessing; but which, allowed to spread abroad in every direction, oozes through the marshy earth, becomes stagnant, and is habited by the loathsome reptile. That which would have been a green haunt, with its fair fountain, is a dreary and useless quagmire. Is it not thus with the mind, Guido?"
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 168-169:
text: I’ve had my doubts about Daenerys’ ability to rule, inspired in part by the quagmire in Meereen. Still, this feels like a precipitous decline. The queen of sobriquets has always been power hungry.
ref: 2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2021:
text: The only way to know Shakespeare is through his works, and his works are textual quagmires.
ref: 2021 November 24, Stephen Marche, “The Algorithm That Could Take Us Inside Shakespeare’s Mind”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: predicament
word: ass in a sling
word: bind
word: bucket of syrup
word: calvary
word: cross
word: cross to bear
word: difficulty
word: dilemma
word: dire straits
word: doghouse
word: fix
word: hole
word: jam
word: kettle of fish
word: ordeal
word: pickle
word: pinch
word: plight
word: predicament
word: quandary
word: quagmire
word: situation
word: spot
word: spot of bother
word: sticky situation
word: sticky wicket
word: tight spot
word: trouble
glosses: A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
quagmire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkwæɡ.maɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈkwæɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkwɔɡ.mɑɪə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: quagmires
form: quagmiring
form: quagmired
form: quagmired
Etymology: Recorded since 1579, from quag + mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775.
Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire.
Senses: glosses: To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.
quaghog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quaghogs
Etymology: From Amerindian kwag-hawg.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quahog.
quaint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kwānt
ipa: /kweɪnt/
ipa: [kʰweɪ̯nt]
rhymes: -eɪnt
Forms: form: quaints
Etymology: From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscō (“I know”).
Senses: examples: text: The rest looked on, horrified, as Clarice trussed up her habit and in open view placed her hand within her queynte crying, ‘The first house of Sunday belongs to the sun, and the second to Venus.’
ref: 2003, Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, page 9:
glosses: The vulva.
quake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kweɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
Forms: form: quakes
Etymology: From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”), related to Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin vexō (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”).
Senses: examples: We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.
glosses: A trembling or shaking.
examples: text: California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month.
text: Well, everybody talks about the California quakes
But the first time I ever felt the earth shake
Was in Miami, when Amy touched me.
ref: 1985, “Miami, My Amy”, in L.A. to Miami, performed by Keith Whitley:
glosses: An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
examples: text: But HS1 was more exposed to the COVID quake than most given its inherent reliance on international travel, which had collapsed, leaving cross-Channel operator Eurostar stacked with millions of debt.
ref: 2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 44:
glosses: Something devastating, like a strong earthquake.
Hyponyms: frost quake
marsquake
moonquake
planetquake
starquake
Derived terms: afterquake
antiquake
aquake
cowquake
crustquake
fleshquake
genderquake
heartquake
icequake
megaquake
mercuryquake
microquake
mindquake
miniquake
quake grass
quake lake
quakeproof
quakesome
quaketail
quakey
quaky
seaquake
skyquake
spacequake
sunquake
superquake
Swift Quake
timequake
toquake
Trumpquake
venusquake
viewquake
waterquake
worldquake
youthquake
rainbow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪnboʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹeɪmboʊ/
enpr: rān'bō
enpr: rām'bō
ipa: /ˈɹeɪnbəʊ/
Etymology: From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”).
Senses: glosses: Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.
examples: text: That Asian-American actor Thomas Ikeda contributes a pleasingly frantic Panthino would not be considered rainbow enough.
ref: 1994, John Simon, Of Dogs, Their Masters, and Others, in New York magazine, September 5 1994, page 51
text: He went along with them because the Pack was a rainbow group — two Italian-Americans, a black man, a Jew (Bishop), and a sometime Englishman (Lawford) — and they were making a point.
ref: 2006, Anthony Summers, Robbyn Swan, Sinatra: The Life, page 246:
text: The 1999 June elections led to a surprise change in the governing coalition from the long-term ruling Christian Democrats to a rainbow group of Greens, Liberals, and Socialists.
ref: 2007, Melissa Haussman, Birgit Sauer, Gendering the state in the age of globalization, page 67:
text: […] it seemed to me to be naive indeed for the Liberal Democrats to believe that they could simply enter into a rainbow alliance against the Labour Government.
ref: 2007, Hooson, in a Letter to the Western Mail, 19 June 2007, published in Crossing the Rubicon: coalition politics Welsh style by John Osmond, page 28
text: Mayawati has succeeded in building a social coalition that inverts the pyramid of caste/class hierarchy by building a rainbow alliance of social groups, now dominated by that greatest underclass of all, namely Dalits.
ref: 2008, Bidyut Chakrabarty, Indian politics and society since independence, page 76:
glosses: Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
examples: text: Similarly, the question of who belongs in such a rainbow alliance isn't set. It can include gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals. It can include people who are 'questioning' which culture they belong to [...]
ref: 2005, Alan McKee, The public sphere: an introduction, page 167:
glosses: LGBT.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Composed entirely of different suits.
raw_tags: of a flop
examples: text: rainbow attack
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.
Synonyms: sense: multicolored
word: motley
word: multihued
word: polychromatic
word: multicolored
sense: made up of several races or ethnicities
word: multiethnic
sense: made up of several races or ethnicities
word: multiracial
sense: made up of several races or ethnicities
word: rainbowed
sense: made up of several factions
word: multipartisan
rainbow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪnboʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹeɪmboʊ/
enpr: rān'bō
enpr: rām'bō
ipa: /ˈɹeɪnbəʊ/
Forms: form: rainbows
form: rainbowing
form: rainbowed
form: rainbowed
Etymology: From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”).
Senses: glosses: To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
examples: text: We saw birds and butterflies rainbowing in the sun; lazy lizards crawling in the heat; inguanas blinking on stone wall, with mouth wide open for flies; poisonous snakes, not only carved on walls, but gliding through the grass.
ref: 1917, G[ulian] L[ansing] Morrill, The Devil in Mexico, Minneapolis, MN: [?], page 55:
glosses: To take the appearance of a rainbow.
examples: text: “She's going to learn to belay while I'm climbing? What if I fall?” “You're not going to fall while rainbowing a 5.8, and besides, she'll catch you.” “I could die.” “That would be tragic,” I said. Kaitlyn crossed her arms.
ref: 2016, Kristin Lenz, Art of Holding On and Letting Go, Elephant Rock Books, →ISBN:
text: called “rainbowing.” Different routes were color coordinated. ... Using hand-me-down equipment and learning as much as she could, Brittany began climbing outdoors. She found like-minded people and joined organizations such as Brown ...
ref: 2021, Ann McCallum Staats, Thrill Seekers: 15 Remarkable Women in Extreme Sports, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN:
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes.
Related terms: 🌈
xerox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/
ipa: /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/
ipa: /ˈseɾoks/
Forms: form: xeroxes
form: Xerox
Etymology: Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).
Senses: examples: text: Hand me that xerox, would you?
text: There were twenty pictures in the envelope, xeroxes but clear enough. They documented the scene pretty much as I imagined it.
ref: 2009, David Ebershoff, The 19th Wife, Random House, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: A photocopy.
raw_tags: in Canada
examples: text: The xerox broke down yesterday.
glosses: A photocopier.
Synonyms: photocopy
xerox copy
Derived terms: xerocracy
xeroxable
Xerox art
xerox copy
xeroxer
xeroxlore
xerox machine
xerox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/
ipa: /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/
ipa: /ˈseɾoks/
Forms: form: xeroxes
form: xeroxing
form: xeroxed
form: xeroxed
form: Xerox
Etymology: Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).
Senses: examples: text: I xeroxed the report for all the people at the meeting.
glosses: To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.
raw_tags: in Canada
Synonyms: sense: make a paper copy
word: copy
sense: make a paper copy
word: photocopy
Derived terms: xeroxer
xeroxable
yakitori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jækɪˈtɔəɹi/
Forms: form: yakitori
form: yakitoris
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 焼(や)き鳥(とり) (yakitori), from 焼(や)き (yaki, “grilled, toasted”) + 鳥(とり) (tori, “bird”).
Senses: examples: text: Friday night on Ninsei. He passed yakitori stands and massage parlors, a franchised coffee shop called Beautiful Girl, the electronic thunder of an arcade.
ref: 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 10:
text: We should have the bazaars full of yakitori pitches and geishas in bamboo cages.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 851:
glosses: A Japanese shish kebab-type dish made with small pieces of chicken or other ingredients cooked on skewers, often marinated in soy sauce or seasoned with salt.
Related terms: kushiyaki
shishkabob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shishkabobs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shish kebab.
shish kebob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shish kebobs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shish kebab.