cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bias
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪəs/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈbajas/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /baˈjæs/
rhymes: -aɪəs
Forms: form: biases
form: biasses
form: biasing
form: biassing
form: biased
form: biased
form: biassed
form: biassed
Etymology: c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570).
From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century.
The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from Vulgar Latin *biaxius (“with two axes”).
Senses: examples: text: Our prejudices bias our views.
text: No doubt they overlook the L.M.R.'s allegedly faulty financial estimates for the Euston-Liverpool/Manchester scheme, which have biassed the Treasury, and perhaps the open-minded Dr. Beeching, against electrification without renewed examination of projects.
ref: 1963 June, “News and Comment: Le Plan Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 364:
glosses: To place bias upon; to influence.
examples: 2002, H. Dijkstra, J. Libby, Overview of silicon detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 494, 86–93, p. 87.
On the ohmic side n⁺ is implanted to provide the ohmic contact to bias the detector.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To give a bias to.
bias
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪəs/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈbajas/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /baˈjæs/
rhymes: -aɪəs
Forms: form: more bias
form: most bias
Etymology: c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570).
From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century.
The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from Vulgar Latin *biaxius (“with two axes”).
Senses: examples: text: Thou, trumpet, there’s my purſe; / Now cracke thy lungs, and ſplit thy braſen pipe: / Blow, villaine, till thy ſphered Bias cheeke / Out-ſwell the collicke of puft Aquilon: / Come, ſtretch thy cheſt, and let thy eyes ſpout bloud: / Thou bloweſt for Hector.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
synonyms: biased
glosses: Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
glosses: Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
bias
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪəs/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈbajas/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /baˈjæs/
rhymes: -aɪəs
Etymology: c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570).
From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century.
The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from Vulgar Latin *biaxius (“with two axes”).
Senses: examples: text: to cut cloth bias
glosses: In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
wave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wāv
ipa: /weɪv/
homophone: waive
rhymes: -eɪv
Forms: form: waves
form: waving
form: waved
form: waved
Etymology: From Middle English *wave, partially from waven (“to fluctuate, wave”) (see above) and partially from Middle English wawe, waghe (“wave”), from Old English wǣg (“a wave, billow, motion, water, flood, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“motion, storm, wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”). Cognate with North Frisian weage (“wave, flood, sea”), German Woge (“wave”), French vague (“wave”) (from Germanic), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 (wēgs, “a wave”). See also waw.
Senses: examples: text: If the electron had wavelike properties, then what was disturbing the medium in which the wave existed? What was waving?
ref: 2021, Michio Kaku, The God Equation:
glosses: To generate a wave.
wave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wāv
ipa: /weɪv/
homophone: waive
rhymes: -eɪv
Forms: form: waves
form: waving
form: waved
form: waved
Etymology: See waive.
Senses: examples: text: Ladies and gentlemen—I am ordered by Miss Woodhouse to say, that she waves her right of knowing exactly what you may all be thinking of, and only requires something very entertaining from each of you, in a general way.
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 119:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of waive.
role-playing video game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: role-playing video games
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A genre of video game that uses gameplay elements found in a paper-and-pencil role-playing game, such as character classes and leveling up.
fireman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪɹmən/
ipa: /-ˌmæn/
ipa: /ˈfaɪəmən/
Forms: form: firemen
Etymology: From fire + -man.
Senses: examples: text: By February 1944 there were over two thousand women employed at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company [...]. There were also female firemen on almost every shipyard crane [...].
ref: 1993, Nancy F. Cott, editor, History of Women in the United States. Historical Articles on Women's Lives and Activities. 15. Women and War, page 432:
text: For firemen everywhere rescuing cats from trees has been as much a part of the job as tackling blazing buildings.
ref: 30 June 2019, Don't call us for cats stuck in trees', Fire Brigade warns (Daily Telegraph)
topics: firefighting
government
synonyms: firefighter
smoke eater
glosses: Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
examples: text: He looked around his cab at his black greasy fireman, saying 'shovel on a little more coal, and when we cross that White Oak Mountain, you can watch Old 97 roll'.
ref: ca. 1913 The wreck of Old 97 [ballad, Blue Ridge Mountains], verse 3
text: No grass grew under a train when the engineer let Fireman McLash take the throttle.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IX, in Capricornia, page 140:
text: A few keen enginemen, such as Driver Rosewarne of York, could coax good work out of them when engaged in heavy East Coast express service, but to most footplate crews, especially firemen, they were rather heartbreaking and backbreaking machines, and gradually were relegated to secondary or fast goods duties.
ref: 1949 May and June, R. A. H. Weight, “A Short-Lived Pacific Class”, in Railway Magazine, page 196:
text: I was elated to pass because there were times when I did not think I was physically capable. It is quite rare for a woman to become a fireman.
ref: 2013 August 24, Sophie Wyllie, quoting Tina Pinney, “Volunteer Tina steams ahead and becomes qualified fireman on North Norfolk Railway”, in Eastern Daily Press, →ISSN:
text: The driver remained at his post, while telling fireman Jim Nightall to get down on the track and run back to uncouple the burning wagon from the rest.
ref: 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948:
text: (the latter is informal)
topics: nautical
rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: stoker
bakehead
coordinate_terms: engineman
glosses: A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
hypernyms: footplateman
coordinate_terms: engineer
glosses: An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
topics: business
mining
glosses: A safety inspector in coal mines.
Derived terms: firemanic
fireman's carry
firemanship
Related terms: fire brigade
fire engine
fire extinguisher
fire hose
fire hydrant
fireplug
fire station
fire truck
tillerman
stoker
firewoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firewomen
Etymology: From fire + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A female firefighter.
glosses: A female fireman (person who heats a steam engine).
Hypernyms: word: fireperson
word: firefighter
trepanation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɛpəˈneɪʃən/
Forms: form: trepanations
Etymology: From New Latin trepanatio, formed from French trépan (“a drill”), itself from Latin trepanum, ultimately from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “an auger, a drill”).
Senses: examples: text: Creed had suffered […] a swelling to the brain that the tribe’s chief physic treated with trepanation.
ref: 2022, Paul McAuley, Beyond the Burn Line, Gollancz, page 75:
text: According to the doctors, Lula, 79, underwent a trepanation: having a 3cm hole made in the skull to insert a drain to remove the bleeding.
ref: 2024 December 10, Tom Phillips, Tiago Rogero, “Brazilian president in intensive care after emergency brain surgery”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The practice of drilling a hole in the skull as a physical, mental, or spiritual treatment.
Synonyms: sense: drilling a hole in the skull
word: trepanning
sense: drilling a hole in the skull
word: trephination
sense: drilling a hole in the skull
word: trephining
Related terms: burr hole
craniotomy
stub
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: stŭb
ipa: /stʌb/
ipa: /stʊb/
rhymes: -ʌb
Forms: form: stubs
form: stubbing
form: stubbed
form: stubbed
Etymology: From Middle English stubbe (“tree stump”), from Old English stybb, stubb (“tree stump”), from Proto-West Germanic *stubb, from Proto-Germanic *stubbaz (compare Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr, Faroese stubbi (“stub”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-; compare steep (“sharp slope”). Doublet of stob.
Sense extended in Middle English to similarly shaped objects. Verb sense “strike one’s toe” is recorded 1848; “extinguish a cigarette” 1927.
Senses: glosses: To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
glosses: To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
examples: text: I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark.
glosses: To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
Derived terms: stub out
unstubbed
honest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒn.ɪst/
ipa: /ˈɔː.nɪst/
ipa: /ˈɑ.nɪst/
ipa: /ˈɑ.nəst/
note: Indic
ipa: /(h)ɔ.nɛsʈ/
rhymes: -ɒnɪst
rhymes: -ɔːnɪst
rhymes: -ɑnɪst
Forms: form: honests
form: honesting
form: honested
form: honested
Etymology: From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”).
Senses: examples: text: You have very much honested my lodging with your presence.
ref: 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
honest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒn.ɪst/
ipa: /ˈɔː.nɪst/
ipa: /ˈɑ.nɪst/
ipa: /ˈɑ.nəst/
note: Indic
ipa: /(h)ɔ.nɛsʈ/
rhymes: -ɒnɪst
rhymes: -ɔːnɪst
rhymes: -ɑnɪst
Forms: form: more honest
form: most honest
Etymology: From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”).
Senses: examples: text: It wasn’t my fault, honest.
glosses: Honestly; really.
edifice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛd.ɪ.fɪs/
Forms: form: edifices
form: ædifice
Etymology: From Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, a classical borrowing of Latin aedificium (“building”), derived from aedificāre (“to build, establish”) (whence also English edify).
Senses: glosses: A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.
examples: text: The real difficulty was moral, not intellectual. Was the whole edifice of Ptolemy to be destroyed?
ref: 1904, Edward S. Holden, “Copernicus”, in Popular science monthly, volume 65, page 117:
text: With a great thump on the table, Poirot demolished his carefully built up edifice.
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 165:
glosses: An abstract structure, such as a school of thought, an argument, a theoretical position, etc.
Derived terms: edifice complex
Related terms: sense: terms related to edifice (noun)
word: edificant
sense: terms related to edifice (noun)
word: edification
sense: terms related to edifice (noun)
word: edificator
sense: terms related to edifice (noun)
word: edificatory
sense: terms related to edifice (noun)
word: edificial
sense: terms related to edifice (noun)
word: edifier
sense: terms related to edifice (noun)
word: edify
sense: terms related to edifice (noun)
word: edifyingly
sense: terms related to edifice (noun)
word: edifyingness
fixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪkst/
note: Indic
ipa: /fɪksɖ/
note: Indic
ipa: /-əɖ/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fix
misdemeanor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪsdɪˈmiːnə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: misdemeanors
form: misdemeanour
Etymology: From mis- + demeanor.
Senses: topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
coordinate_terms: felony
glosses: A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.
raw_tags: in UK
examples: text: Because of the mother's lack of affection and the judgments made by everybody around her, the child is in opposition to everybody. Her misdemeanors may be partly the expression of her inner revolt.
ref: Quoted in 2002, The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler (page 32)
glosses: Any act of misbehavior.
Synonyms: misdeed
petty crime
Derived terms: misdemeanant
misdemeanist
misdemeanorize
misdemeanorous
felony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fĕ'lə-nē
ipa: /ˈfɛləni/
rhymes: -ɛləni
Forms: form: felonies
form: fellonie
Etymology: From Middle English felony, felonie, from Old French felonie (“evil, immoral deed”), from felon (“evildoer”). Ultimately of Proto-Germanic origin. More at felon. By surface analysis, felon + -y.
Senses: examples: text: There ſhall be in England, ſeuen halfe peny Loaues ſold for a peny: the three hoop'd pot, ſhall haue ten hoopes, and I vvill make it Fellony to drink ſmall Beere.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 138, column 2:
text: First, as felony prosecutor, I prosecute high-level felonies including homicides; sexual assaults; child endangerings; shootings and other felonious assaults; and media cases.
ref: 2015, Kenneth J. Peak, Pamela M. Everett, Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process:
text: Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department.
ref: 2024 May 16, Casey Gannon, “Pennsylvania man charged with threatening Biden in online video”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 May 2025:
text: Many experts have also expressed skepticism about the significance of this case and its legal underpinnings, which employed an unusual legal theory to seek a felony charge for what is more commonly a misdemeanor, and Mr. Trump will undoubtedly seek an appeal.
ref: 2024 May 30, The Editorial Board, “Donald Trump, Felon”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2024:
text: “If people can trust in him to run the country, you should trust in somebody that did their time and want to reinstate themselves,” Jeremiah says. “Especially if your leader has got 30-something felonies and I just have one.”
ref: 2024 December 15, Kaan Ozcan and Sabrina Clay, “These convicted felons say if Trump can be elected president they shouldn’t face a stigma when applying for jobs”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2024:
topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
coordinate_terms: misdemeanor
glosses: A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.
raw_tags: in UK
Derived terms: composition of a felony
felony murder
felony murder rule
felony stop
felony traffic stop
nonfelony
subfelony
telefelony
Related terms: word: felon
word: felonious
word: felonize
english: less serious crime
translation: less serious crime
word: misdemeanor
imprisonment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/
Forms: form: imprisonments
form: emprisonment
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman emprisonement, from Old French emprisonnement. See imprison + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: His sinews woxen weake and raw / Through long emprisonment and hard constraint.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 2:
text: Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by forcibly detaining one in the public streets.
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
text: Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
ref: 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
glosses: A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
Synonyms: incarceration
jaildom
Derived terms: false imprisonment
imprisonment warrant
life imprisonment
overimprisonment
reimprisonment
cyclops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sī'klŏps
ipa: /ˈsaɪˌklɑps/
enpr: sī'klŏps
ipa: /ˈsaɪˌklɒps/
Forms: form: cyclops
form: cyclopes
form: cyclopses
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
glosses: A one-eyed creature of any species.
glosses: A person with only one working eye.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.
topics: hobbies
horology
lifestyle
glosses: A small magnifying lens in the crystal of a watch to aid in reading the date.
Derived terms: biclops
cyclopamine
cyclopean
Cyclopean
Cyclopean architecture
cyclopess
cyclopia
cyclopic
cyclops girl
cycloptic
psyche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sī'kē
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: /ˈsɑe.ki/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: [ˈsɑe̯.ki]
Forms: form: psyches
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).
Senses: examples: text: I've been driving in L.A. / And the world, it feels too big / Like a floating ball that's bound to break / Snap my psyche like a twig
ref: 2022 January 28, Em Beihold, Nick Lopez, Dru DeCaro, “Numb Little Bug”, in Egg in the Backseat, performed by Em Beihold:
text: We feel we have been victimised over the centuries. It’s part of our psyche – underneath it all we side with the underdog.”
ref: 2023 November 20, Rory Carroll, Lisa O'Carroll, “‘It’s part of our psyche’: why Ireland sides with ‘underdog’ Palestine”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The human soul, mind, or spirit.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
glosses: A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia.
psyche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sī'kē
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: /ˈsɑe.ki/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: [ˈsɑe̯.ki]
ipa: /ˈsaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
enpr: sī'kē
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: /ˈsɑe.ki/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: [ˈsɑe̯.ki]
Forms: form: psych
Etymology: Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”)
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of psychology.
psyche
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: sī'kē
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: /ˈsɑe.ki/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: [ˈsɑe̯.ki]
ipa: /ˈsaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
enpr: sī'kē
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: /ˈsɑe.ki/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: [ˈsɑe̯.ki]
Forms: form: psych
Etymology: Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”)
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of psych.
psyche
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sī'kē
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: /ˈsɑe.ki/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: [ˈsɑe̯.ki]
ipa: /ˈsaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
enpr: sī'kē
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: /ˈsɑe.ki/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.ki/
ipa: [ˈsɑe̯.ki]
Forms: form: psyches
form: psyching
form: psyched
form: psyched
form: psych
Etymology: Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”)
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of psych.
Aeneas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈniː.əs/
Forms: form: Æneas
form: Eneas
Etymology: From Latin Aenēās, from Ancient Greek Αἰνείας (Aineías).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A Trojan hero and the legendary ancestor of Romans.
examples: text: And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 9:33-34:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Related terms: Aeneid
statua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstatʃʊə/
ipa: /ˈstatjʊə/
Forms: form: statuas
form: statuae
Etymology: From Latin statua. Doublet of statue.
Senses: examples: text: whilst he played, he put his ring upon the finger of Venus' statua, which was thereby, made in brass […]
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:
glosses: A statue.
exemplum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exempla
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exemplum (“example”). Doublet of example and sample.
Senses: glosses: An example.
examples: text: In the Middle Ages preachers had enlivened their sermons with exempla – edifying tales of judgements upon sinners and mercies shown to the pious.
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 90:
glosses: A story demonstrating a moral point; a parable.
Related terms: exemplum virtutis
pax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: păks
ipa: /pæks/
rhymes: -æks
homophone: packs
Etymology: From Middle English pax and Latin pax (“peace”). Doublet of peace. See peace. As school slang, originally used at Winchester College, Hampshire, in the United Kingdom.
Senses: examples: text: Fortune is Bardolphs foe, and frownes on him: for he hath ſtolne a Pax, and hanged muſt a be: […] Exeter hath giuen the doome of death, for Pax of little price.
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], page 80, column 2:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
examples: text: to make pax with someone
text: to be good pax (i.e., good friends)
text: "I say, Lu! I'm sorry I didn't believe you. I see now you were right all along. Do come out. Make it Pax."
ref: 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
qualifier: school slang
glosses: Friendship; truce.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The kiss of peace.
topics: Christianity
glosses: A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary.
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several notable periods of peace in human history, particularly owing to unquestionable hegemony on the model of the Pax Romana.
pax
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: păks
ipa: /pæks/
rhymes: -æks
homophone: packs
Etymology: From Middle English pax and Latin pax (“peace”). Doublet of peace. See peace. As school slang, originally used at Winchester College, Hampshire, in the United Kingdom.
Senses: synonyms: word: fainites
word: barlafumble
qualifier: school slang
glosses: A cry for peace or truce in children's games.
pax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: păks
ipa: /pæks/
rhymes: -æks
homophone: packs
Forms: form: pax
Etymology: Abbreviation of passenger; -x is an abbreviation marker as in DX, TX, Dx, Rx, etc.
Senses: glosses: A passenger; passengers.
qualifier: hospitality industry
glosses: A guest (at an event or function).
examples: text: $30 per pax
qualifier: restaurant industry
glosses: A restaurant guest, when counting; person.
Derived terms: paxhole
fideo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish fideo.
Senses: glosses: noodles or vermicelli, or a dish or soup containing such.
arf
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)f
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of woof (“sound of a dog's bark”).
synonyms: word: woof
extra: sound of a dog's bark
glosses: Synonym of woof (“expressing strong physical attraction”).
synonyms: word: woof
extra: expressing strong physical attraction
Synonyms: bow-wow
woof
flexitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɛk.sɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /flɛk.sɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: flexitarians
Etymology: Blend of flexible + vegetarian.
Senses: glosses: One who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but not strictly so.
Coordinate terms: word: semitarian
word: vegetarian
word: vegan
english: food culture
translation: food culture
word: omnivore
english: food culture
translation: food culture
word: carnivore
word: demitarian
flexitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɛk.sɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /flɛk.sɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more flexitarian
form: most flexitarian
Etymology: Blend of flexible + vegetarian.
Senses: glosses: Being a flexitarian.
raw_tags: of a person
qualifier: a diet
glosses: Being what a flexitarian might eat.
raw_tags: of food
testata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of testatum
righto
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪtoʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹaɪtəʊ/
Forms: form: right-ho
form: righteo
form: rightio
form: righty-o
form: righty-oh
form: right-oh
form: right-o
Etymology: From right + -o.
Senses: examples: text: "You can count me in." "It may be really rather formidable. We shall have possibly to tackle a prize-fighter." "Right-o!" said Malone, cheerfully.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Which Introduces Some Very Physical Phenomena”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: Okay; all right.
Derived terms: all righto
nutritional yeast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutritional yeasts
Senses: glosses: A pale yellow preparation of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, often used as a nutritional supplement and flavoring by vegetarians and vegans due to its high protein content and selection of B vitamins.
okay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Received Pronunciation, stressed form
ipa: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
note: General American, stressed form
ipa: /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
note: Ghanaian
ipa: [ˌɔˈkej]
ipa: /əˈkeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: okays
form: OK
form: O.K.
form: ok
form: okeh
form: okey
Etymology: A respelling of OK.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of OK.
okay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: Received Pronunciation, stressed form
ipa: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
note: General American, stressed form
ipa: /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
note: Ghanaian
ipa: [ˌɔˈkej]
ipa: /əˈkeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: okays
form: okaying
form: okayed
form: okayed
form: OK
form: O.K.
form: ok
form: okeh
form: okey
Etymology: A respelling of OK.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of OK.
okay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: Received Pronunciation, stressed form
ipa: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
note: General American, stressed form
ipa: /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
note: Ghanaian
ipa: [ˌɔˈkej]
ipa: /əˈkeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: more okay
form: okayer
form: most okay
form: okayest
form: OK
form: O.K.
form: ok
form: okeh
form: okey
Etymology: A respelling of OK.
Senses: examples: text: One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round.
ref: 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of OK.
okay
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: note: Received Pronunciation, stressed form
ipa: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
note: General American, stressed form
ipa: /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
note: Ghanaian
ipa: [ˌɔˈkej]
ipa: /əˈkeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: more okay
form: most okay
form: OK
form: O.K.
form: ok
form: okeh
form: okey
Etymology: A respelling of OK.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of OK.
okay
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: note: Received Pronunciation, stressed form
ipa: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
note: General American, stressed form
ipa: /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
note: Ghanaian
ipa: [ˌɔˈkej]
ipa: /əˈkeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: OK
form: O.K.
form: ok
form: okeh
form: okey
Etymology: A respelling of OK.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of OK.
Derived terms: A-OK
a-okay
k
'kay
kay
m'kay
okayish
okayly
okayness
okey-dokey
okie-dokie
otay
pay or okay
media
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiː.di.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɛ.di.ə/
ipa: /ˈmi.di.ə/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmiɖ(ɪ)jɑ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmeɖ(ɪ)jɑ/
rhymes: -iːdiə
Forms: form: medias
form: mediae
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin media, the feminine nominative of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). In the sense of a unit of dry measure, via Spanish media. Doublet of medium, medio, and mediate.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: tenuis
glosses: A voiced stop consonant.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
glosses: Synonym of cuarto: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L
synonyms: word: cuarto
extra: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L
Synonyms: sense: vein of insect wing
word: M
Derived terms: acute otitis media
chronic suppurative otitis media
media archaeologist
media archaeology
medial
service media
tunica media
media
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiː.di.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɛ.di.ə/
ipa: /ˈmi.di.ə/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmiɖ(ɪ)jɑ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmeɖ(ɪ)jɑ/
rhymes: -iːdiə
ipa: /ˈmiːdiə/
ipa: /ˈmidi.ə/
rhymes: -iːdiə
ipa: /ˈmiː.di.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɛ.di.ə/
ipa: /ˈmi.di.ə/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmiɖ(ɪ)jɑ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmeɖ(ɪ)jɑ/
rhymes: -iːdiə
Forms: form: media
form: medias
Etymology: Latinate plural of medium, particularly as a clipping of communications media and often reinterpreted as singular or mass noun, from Latin media, neuter plural form of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”).
Senses: examples: text: As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media and, second, web-based media, traditional print-based media has declined in popularity.
qualifier: often treated as uncountable
glosses: Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
examples: text: Fighter pilots are depicted as cool in popular media like Top Gun.
text: […] yet they are all wildly popular pieces of media, viewed by millions of Christians and non-Christians alike. Why? Because they are first and foremost masterful movies and TV shows. Their creators made something worth seeing and sharing.
ref: 2020, Jordan Raynor, Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do, page 161:
qualifier: often treated as uncountable
glosses: The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published.
examples: text: Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.
qualifier: often treated as uncountable
glosses: The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
raw_tags: with a definite article
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
Derived terms: antimedia
bimedia
bimediality
cybermedia
dead media
digital media
drive-by media
earned media
electronic media
enemedia
godi media
Godi media
growing media
hypermedia
intermedia
legacy media
lost media
Lutyens' media
mainstream media
mass media
media advocacy
media bridge
media center
mediacentric
media circus
mediacracy
mediacrat
mediacy
media darling
media democracy
media event
mediafan
mediagenic
media-historical
media hype
mediakin
media kit
medialect
mediamacro
mediamaking
media outlet
mediaperson
mediasation
media-savvy
mediascape
mediaspeak
mediasphere
media studies
media stunt
mediatic
media whore
MediaWiki
mediazation
mediot
megamedia
metamedia
mixed media
moist media
multimedia
new media
news media
nonmedia
old media
open media
optical media
polymedia
print media
rich media
SOCMINT
soft media
streaming media
transmedia
trial by media
viral media
watermedia
yellow media
Ziomedia
media
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiː.di.ə/
ipa: /ˈmɛ.di.ə/
ipa: /ˈmi.di.ə/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmiɖ(ɪ)jɑ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmeɖ(ɪ)jɑ/
rhymes: -iːdiə
ipa: /ˈmiːdiə/
ipa: /ˈmidi.ə/
rhymes: -iːdiə
Etymology: Shortening from multimedia, from multi- + media (“forms of communication”).
Senses: examples: text: I have media files stored on an external hard drive.
text: Adjust media sound in multiple apps
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Clipping of multimedia.
mojibake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌməʊd͡ʒiˈbɑːki/
ipa: /-keɪ/
ipa: /ˌmoʊd͡ʒiˈbɑki/
ipa: /-keɪ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 文字化け (mojibake), from 文字 (moji, “character”) + 化ける (bakeru, “to transform, take a different form”, generally in a negative way).
Senses: examples: text: Alas, you'll even see “text” files where some lines have one encoding but other lines have different encodings. You are guaranteed to see mojibake.
ref: 2012, Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall, Jon Orwant, Programming Perl, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 285:
text: The space behind the door is filled with mojibake, more specifically, a mojibake that is made of pieces of my memory. “Why? Why do I like girls?” I hear a younger voice of mine echoing in the room.
ref: 2021, Lydia Chen, When the Flowers Withered, Singapore: Partridge Publishing, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding.
Related terms: emoji
South Yemen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula, existing from 1967 until 1990. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.
Related terms: Aden
North Yemen
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Yemen
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Senses: glosses: Official name of South Yemen: a former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula.
Related terms: Aden
North Yemen
South Yemen
Yemen
North Yemen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula, existing from 1918 to 1990, as a monarchy until 1962 and then a republic. Official names: Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962) and Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990).
Related terms: Kingdom of Yemen
South Yemen
Yemen
Yemen Arab Republic
Kingdom of Yemen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kingdom of Yemen
Senses: glosses: Former official name of North Yemen: a former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula; used from 1918–1962, when the country was a monarchy.
Related terms: North Yemen
South Yemen
Yemen Arab Republic
Yemen Arab Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Yemen Arab Republic
Senses: glosses: Official name of North Yemen: a former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula; used from 1962–1990, when the country was a republic.
Synonyms: North Yemen
Middle East
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Middle East
Etymology: From middle + East formed in English, modeled on Far East and Near East. First use appears c. 1876.
Senses: examples: text: The expected announcement is tied to his trip to the Middle East next week, where he’ll visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the officials said.
ref: 2025 May 7, Alayna Treene, “Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf”, in CNN:
topics: geopolitics
government
politics
glosses: The geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey.
examples: text: Well, what may happen in the Middle East? I agree there are uncertainties, but when he was condemning the policy of the Government with regard to the Turkish peace, had he thought for a moment of the financial effect of the policy which he advocated?
ref: 1920 April 21, House of Commons, quoting Austen Chamberlain, “Budget proposals, Committee of Ways and Means”, in The Parliamentary Debates, volume 128, page 455:
topics: geopolitics
government
politics
glosses: The region between the Near East and the Far East.
Synonyms: Mideast
Derived terms: Greater Middle East
MENAMiddle East respiratory syndrome
Middle Eastern
Middle Easterner
Middle Easternism
Middle Easternization
Middle Easternize
Middle Eastern Time
Middle East Standard Time
Middle East syndrome
claire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: claires
Etymology: Borrowed from French claire, the feminine form of clair (“clear”).
Senses: examples: text: In order to prepare the ground of the claire for the reception of oysters, it must first be cleared of stones and all vegetation which may cover it, then the necessary slope from the center towards the sides may be given it.
ref: 1891, William Keith Brooks, The Oyster: A Popular Summary of a Scientific Study, page 132:
text: A barrel of lime was spread around the edge of the claire, so as to be gradually washed into the water and furnish the material required by oysters in the fabrication of the shell. Until October the oysters in the claire remained exceedingly poor, […]
ref: 1900, Report of the Commissioner, volume 25, United States. Bureau of Fisheries, page cxxxii:
glosses: A small enclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.
Related terms: clear
biomaterial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biomaterials
Etymology: From bio- + material.
Senses: examples: ref: 2015 December 22, “In Vitro Evaluation of Spider Silk Meshes as a Potential Biomaterial for Bladder Reconstruction”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
coordinate_terms: biomatter
biotissue
glosses: A nonviable, biocompatible material used in a medical device, intended to interact with biological systems or to evaluate, treat, augment, or replace any tissue, organ, or function of the body.
Derived terms: nanobiomaterial
sprog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sprŏg
ipa: /spɹɒɡ/
ipa: /sprɔɡ/
ipa: /sprɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔɡ
rhymes: -ɑɡ
Forms: form: sprogs
Etymology: 1940s, originally service slang. Perhaps from obsolete sprag (“lively young man”), of unknown origin.
Senses: examples: text: To test this hypothesis further, he and his mate Fifer persuaded 16 women, heavy with child, to read a story called The Cat in the Hat to their unborn sprogs, twice a day, during the last few weeks of their pregnancies.
ref: 1984 September 13, Donald Gould, Forum: Suck it and see, page 54:
text: Any guardianship or trusts that you set up when your children were little sprogs may no longer be needed.
ref: 2008, Julian Knight, Wills, Probate, & Inheritance Tax For Dummies, UK, unnumbered page:
text: Kids will love the climbing wall and NZ′s highest vertical slide. If the sprogs get bored with reality, movie make-believe (p232) is right next door.
ref: 2010, Brett Atkinson, Sarah Bennett, Scott Kennedy, New Zealand′s South Island, Lonely Planet, page 220:
glosses: A child.
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: RAF
glosses: A new recruit.
glosses: Semen.
glosses: A deflection-limiting safety device used in high performance hang gliders.
Synonyms: sense: child
word: ankle-biter
sense: child
word: bairn
sense: child
word: crib lizard
sense: child
word: crotch fruit
sense: child
word: crotch goblin
sense: child
word: kid
sense: child
word: rug rat
sense: semen
word: cum
sense: semen
word: jizz
sense: semen
word: spoof
Derived terms: sproglet
sprog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sprŏg
ipa: /spɹɒɡ/
ipa: /sprɔɡ/
ipa: /sprɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔɡ
rhymes: -ɑɡ
Forms: form: sprogs
form: sprogging
form: sprogged
form: sprogged
Etymology: 1940s, originally service slang. Perhaps from obsolete sprag (“lively young man”), of unknown origin.
Senses: examples: text: You must have been terrified, it′s not like today with film stars sprogging babies everywhere.
ref: 2007, Libby Purves, Love Songs and Lies, unnumbered page:
text: ‘How′s it all going with your boyo in the valleys? Any plans for sprogging or vows or anything serious yet?’
ref: 2008, Lucy Diamond, Over You, unnumbered page:
text: ‘Women lose their sexual drive after they′ve sprogged,’ Norman Potting interjected.
ref: 2009, Peter James, Dead Tomorrow, unnumbered page:
glosses: To produce children.
examples: 2004, Kathryn Fox, Malicious Intent, Pan MacMillan Australia, unnumbered page,
The kid was fathered by the same guy who sprogged into Debbie Finch′s throat.
synonyms: word: spoof
word: blow one's load
word: blow one's wad
word: blow a nut
word: breed
word: bust
word: bust a nut
word: come
word: cream
word: cum
word: ejaculate
word: explode
word: get off
word: go off
word: jizz
word: juice
word: nut
word: pop
word: shoot a rope
word: shoot off
word: shoot one's load
word: shoot one's wad
word: skeet
word: spray one's shorts
word: sprog
word: spoof
word: splooge
word: spooge
word: spunk
word: spurt
glosses: To ejaculate, to come.
Hogmanay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒɡməˌneɪ/
ipa: /ˌhɒɡməˈneɪ/
ipa: /ˈhɑɡməˌneɪ/
ipa: /ˌhɑɡməˈneɪ/
ipa: /ˈhɔɡməne/
ipa: /ˌhɔɡməˈne/
ipa: /ˈhʌɡməne/
Forms: form: Hogmanays
form: Hogmoney
Etymology: From Scots Hogmanay, probably from Old French aguillanneuf (“last day of the year”).
Senses: examples: text: Each year the Hogmanay celebration and the Christmas market on Princes Street Gardens that accompanies it, together with the ever-growing international festival and fringe, eats up more and more of our public spaces.
ref: 2020 January 5, Kevin McKenna, “Rebel alliance ready to put a halt to the ‘disneyfication’ of Edinburgh”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: New Year's Eve.
glosses: A celebration or gift for New Year's Eve.
whee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: oui
homophone: we
homophone: wee
homophone: Wii
Senses: examples: text: Up came the revs again, slam the door shut, kick the stick off the throttle and up through the gears, down the others side! Whee! Made it again!
ref: 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 175:
text: She twisted the rubber band extra tight. Sure enough, the tractor spun off much faster. Whee! She really liked to see it go fast on the living room floor.
ref: 2001, Ricardo L Garcia, Coal camp days: a boy's remembrance:
text: It'll be a secret! Whee!
ref: 2009, Phil and Kaja Foglio, Girl Genius, Volume 9, page 81:
glosses: An expression of pleasure or enjoyment, mostly from rapid physical motion.
Synonyms: sense: childish expression of enjoyment
word: whoopee
sense: childish expression of enjoyment
word: yay
sense: childish expression of enjoyment
word: yeah
sense: childish expression of enjoyment
word: yippee
whee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: oui
homophone: we
homophone: wee
homophone: Wii
Forms: form: whees
form: wheeing
form: wheed
form: wheed
Senses: examples: text: What a wheeing dost thou keep, / Thou Minion of the Spring, / All the Winter long you sleep, / And all the Summer long you sing.
ref: 1745, Ornithologia Nova; or a New General History of Birds, volume 2, “The nightingale”, page 286:
text: Bullets ricocheted off the walls and the ceiling, wheeing by him, and his face stung from chips of stone.
ref: 1970, Philip José Farmer, The Mad Goblin:
glosses: To make a high-pitched sound.
examples: text: Sometimes, we whee together, at the same time, for the same reason, feeling the same thing. And sometimes – these are the best of times – we can’t really tell who started the whee, or who’s wheeing more.
ref: 2014, Bernard De Koven, A Playful Path, page 172:
glosses: To cry whee.
examples: text: In Princeton marches of eighty-seven, sixty, seventy-six, fifty-two, fifty-eight, thirty-two and sixty-two yards, in which he had the whole-hearted support of a wheed-up Tiger team, Kazmaier passed for three touchdowns, thirty-three and forty-five yards to wingback Dick Pivirotto, four yards to end Len Lyon.
ref: 1952, Irving Marsh, Edward Ehre, Best Sports Stories, published 1952, page 146:
text: Los Angeles Rams, wheed up by 102,368, largest crowd ever to watch NFL game, who jampacked Coliseum, controlled San Francisco's Y. A. Tittle, gave own Norm Van Brocklin plenty of passing room to upset Western Division-leading 49ers 37-24[…]
ref: 1957 November 18, “Scoreboard”, in Sports Illustrated:
glosses: To excite; to arouse; to energize.
terms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɜːmz/
ipa: /tɝmz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mz
Senses: glosses: plural of term