cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Crayola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by Alice (Stead) Binney, the wife of the founder of the company. From French craie (“chalk”) + oleaginous; cf. -ola.
Senses: qualifier: trademark
glosses: A brand of art supplies from the Crayola company, especially crayons.
chilleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: chill + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chill
cheerfuller
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cheerfuler
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cheerful: more cheerful
cheerfullest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cheerfulest
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cheerful: most cheerful
charminger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of charming: more charming
charmingest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […]but at Sèvres and other places for shaping of courtly clay, the charmingest things were done,[…]
ref: 1871 June 1, John Ruskin, “Letter VI”, in Fors Clavigera. Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, volume I, Orpington, Kent: George Allen, →OCLC, page 9:
glosses: superlative form of charming: most charming
Cavendish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkævəndɪʃ/
Forms: form: Cavendishes
Etymology: * (English village): "Cāfna's enclosure", from Old English personal name *Cāfna + edisċ (“pasture”); recorded as Kauanadisc in 1086 (DB).
* (in Vermont): Likely named after William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire.
* (banana): Named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8046).
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A locality in Alberta.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A local service district in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A community, ward and former township in Trent Lakes, Peterborough County, Ontario.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A rural community of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States.
glosses: A town and census-designated place therein, in Windsor County, Vermont, United States.
glosses: A township in the Shire of Southern Grampians, Victoria, Australia.
Derived terms: cavendish
Cavendish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkævəndɪʃ/
Forms: form: Cavendishes
Etymology: * (English village): "Cāfna's enclosure", from Old English personal name *Cāfna + edisċ (“pasture”); recorded as Kauanadisc in 1086 (DB).
* (in Vermont): Likely named after William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire.
* (banana): Named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.
Senses: examples: text: Crucially, almost the entirety of exported bananas are Cavendishes.
ref: 2018, Chris Fitch, Globalography: Our Interconnected World revealed in 50 Maps, page 10:
synonyms: Chinese banana
dwarf banana
glosses: The most commonly sold banana; one of the triploid (AAA) cultivars of Musa acuminata.
glosses: Alternative form of cavendish (“type of tobacco”).
Catt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
capabler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of capable: more capable
capablest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of capable: most capable
Cancun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Cancún.
Callaghan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Callahan
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A census-designated place in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A ranching community in Webb County, Texas, United States.
Related terms: O'Callaghan
Cadiz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈdɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɑːdɪz/
ipa: /ˈkeɪ.diːz/
Forms: form: Cádiz
form: Cadis
Etymology: From Spanish Cádiz, from Arabic قَادِس (qādis), from Latin Gādēs, from Ancient Greek Γάδειρα (Gádeira), from Phoenician 𐤂𐤃𐤓 (gdr /⁠gādēr, gādīr⁠/).
Senses: glosses: Places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Umingan, Pangasinan, Philippines.
examples: Meronyms: Andres Bonifacio, Banquerohan, Barangay 1 Pob., Barangay 2 Pob., Barangay 3 Pob., Barangay 4 Pob., Barangay 5 Pob., Barangay 6 Pob., Burgos, Cabahug, Cadiz Viejo, Caduha-an, Celestino Villacin, Daga, Jerusalem, Luna, Mabini, Magsaysay, Sicaba, Tiglawigan, Tinampa-an, V. F. Gustilo — barangays of Cadiz
glosses: Places in the Philippines:
A city in Negros Occidental, Philippines.
glosses: Places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines.
glosses: Places in Spain:
A port city and municipality, the capital of the province of Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain.
glosses: Places in Spain:
A province of Andalusia, Spain.
glosses: Places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California, United States.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Trigg County, Kentucky, United States.
examples: text: “Cadiz isn't going to become the garbage dump capital of the world,” said Patrick Erbacher, a grocer who is vice president of the Cadiz Jaycees.
ref: 1974 July 6, “Ohio Town Opposes A Plan for Dumping New York Garbage”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2024:
glosses: Places in the United States:
A village, the county seat of Harrison County, Ohio, United States, also located in Cadiz Township.
Related terms: Gaditanian
autonomous communities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autonomous community
Segovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Segovian
form: most Segovian
Etymology: From Segovia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Segovia or surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain.
Segovian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Segovians
Etymology: From Segovia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Segovia or surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain.
Segovians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Segovian
throw together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws together
form: throwing together
form: threw together
form: thrown together
Senses: examples: text: Let's throw together a simple spreadsheet to track our expenses.
text: He managed to throw together a makeshift shelter using branches and leaves.
synonyms: word: knock together
english: of nearly any assembled objects
translation: of nearly any assembled objects
word: slap together
word: knock up
word: whip up
word: ;
english: chiefly of buildings
translation: chiefly of buildings
word: throw up
word: run up
glosses: To assemble rapidly, without precision.
throw on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws on
form: throwing on
form: threw on
form: thrown on
Senses: examples: text: He threw on a T-shirt and raced outside.
glosses: To hastily put on (clothes).
examples: text: Could you please throw on the lights?
glosses: To activate, to turn on (a device etc.).
examples: text: I threw on a movie to pass the time.
text: If you need something to keep you motivated, this is a good song to throw on. The chorus repeats "Chambea, jala," which means to keep hustling.
ref: 2024 May 13, Laura Hanrahan, “The 22 Best Bad Bunny Songs”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: To start playing; to put on (a film, song etc.).
examples: text: City, who lost Kevin De Bruyne to injury midway through the second half, threw on Sergio Aguero for his final appearance but there was no fairytale ending for the club's greatest goalscorer as Chelsea closed out the win.
ref: 2021 May 29, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To send or add desperately.
throw over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws over
form: throwing over
form: threw over
form: thrown over
Senses: examples: text: I failed to strike anything of any benefit at all, and I became entirely disgusted and threw the whole thing over.
ref: 1909, Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society:
glosses: To discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).
examples: text: The girl he was engaged to at Clapton Hill tried to get it out of him, and threw him over partly because he refused, and partly because, as she said, he fairly gave her the "'ump."
ref: 1901, H G Wells, Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland:
glosses: To break off relations with (a friend, romantic partner etc.).
Synonyms: sense: discard
word: abandon
sense: discard
word: give up
sense: end relationship
word: break up with
sense: end relationship
word: dump
Ossetians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ossetian
tie clip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tie clips
Senses: synonyms: tie clasp
glosses: A clip used to fasten the front and back parts of a tie.
cellaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cellar
cellared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cellar
cellared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a cellared building
glosses: Provided with a cellar.
Derived terms: uncellared
tightfitting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tightfitting
form: most tightfitting
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tight-fitting.
times table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: times tables
Senses: examples: text: Patrick: Zadak is class president. He's also the fastest at times tables.
Joel Zadak: Four times five: twenty.
ref: 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
glosses: Multiplication table.
floodproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of floodproof
floodproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of floodproof
floodproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of floodproof
gibberishlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gibberishlike
form: most gibberishlike
Etymology: From gibberish + -like.
Senses: examples: text: It also features, on one track, the first English lyrics by the lead singer, Jon Thor Birgisson, who usually sings in Icelandic (or occasionally Hopelandic, a gibberishlike invented tongue).
ref: 2008 June 25, Nate Chinen, “Keeping Things Artful While Picking Up the Tempo”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of gibberish; apparently nonsensical.
tinwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tinworks
Etymology: From tin + work.
Senses: examples: text: The most obvious part on a tractor is the tinwork – the nose cone, bonnet and wings: they are out there for all to see. If these parts look shabby, the rest of the tractor will look just like any other tractor, but get the tinwork right and your tractor will impress, and stand head and shoulders above everybody else's in the line-up.
ref: 2017, Richard Lofting, Vintage and Classic Tractor Restoration, page 228:
glosses: Products manufactured using tin (the metal).
antimacassared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From antimacassar + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The tournament, the nation’s bid to join the global sporting big time, has been a passing disaster for the city’s cultural institutions, which for ages have supported the local economy and given Vienna its glorious, albeit somewhat undeservedly, antimacassared reputation.
ref: 2008 June 26, Michael Kimmelman, “In Battle for Vienna: Soccer 1, Culture 0”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having an antimacassar.
Tiruchchirappalli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tiruchirappalli.
Tirthankara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tirthankaras
form: Tirthankar
form: tirthankar
form: tirthankara
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit तीर्थंकर (tīrthaṃkara, “ford-maker”), from तीर्थम् (tīrtham, “ford”) + कर (kara, “maker”), where "ford" refers to the crossing across the material world.
Senses: glosses: A person who achieves enlightenment through asceticism and who then becomes a role-model teacher for those seeking spiritual guidance.
bridesman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridesmen
form: brideman
form: bride's-man
form: best maid
Etymology: From bride + -s- + man, by alteration of earlier brideman; compare bridesmaid.
Senses: examples: text: It was customary, in those days, for the bride's-man and maiden, and a few select friends, to visit the newly married couple after they had retired to rest […].
ref: 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 7:
text: According to him, on the following Thursday, the bridesmen, numbering “six, eight, even ten or more,” rode on horseback with four wagons to get the bride.
ref: 2005, Susan Karant-Nunn, The Reformation of Ritual, page 26:
glosses: A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding.
examples: text: She might be renting a tux, however, as she is willing to have a bridesman.
ref: 2008 June 26, Katie Zezima, “Bride-to-Be Takes a Chance on eBay for a Bidding Bridesmaid”, in New York Times:
glosses: A male bridesmaid; a man who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party.
Coordinate terms: bridesmaid
bridesmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridesman
titman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪt.mən/
rhymes: -ɪtmən
Forms: form: titmen
Etymology: Compound of tit (“chickadee, one of various small animals”) + man (“human male”).
Senses: glosses: The runt of a litter.
glosses: A short person.
tinworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tinwork
tinworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tinworks
Senses: glosses: A factory where tin products are manufactured.
nonpoverty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + poverty.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, the number of students testing above the cutoff in high-poverty districts increased by 121 percent this year, twice the increase in nonpoverty districts.
ref: 2008 June 26, “New York Gifted Programs: The Education Dept. View”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not pertaining to or afflicted by poverty.
nonpowdery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + powdery.
Senses: glosses: Not powdery.
Related terms: nonparticulate
granular
titubation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titubations
Senses: glosses: The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling.
overboots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overboot
titubations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titubation
antiprogress
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiprogress
form: most antiprogress
Etymology: From anti- + progress.
Senses: glosses: Opposing progress.
Tivoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪ.və.lɪ/
ipa: /ˈtɪ.və.li/
Etymology: From Italian Tivoli, from Latin Tībur.
Senses: glosses: An ancient city in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy.
glosses: An eastern suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 7072).
glosses: A town in Grenada.
Tivoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪ.və.lɪ/
ipa: /ˈtɪ.və.li/
Etymology: From Italian Tivoli, from Latin Tībur.
Senses: glosses: A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table with a curved upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups.
bandhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From band + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Since officially declaring bandhood around the turn of the millennium, the Bad Plus has convincingly modeled a closed society.
ref: 2008 June 27, Nate Chinen, “A Close-Knit Trio Turns Itself Into a Quartet for a Night”, in New York Times:
text: Traditionalists turned rockers turned rocking traditionalists, Los Lobos have forged strong family ties that have succored them for more than two decades of bandhood.
ref: 1996 June, SPIN, volume 12, number 3, page 64:
glosses: The state of being a musical band.
cashlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cashlike
form: most cashlike
Etymology: From cash + -like.
Senses: examples: text: “They wanted to reduce their inventory, so they decided to gear up their sales campaign using cashlike arguments deliberately.”
ref: 2008 June 27, Gretchen Morgenson, “Suit Claims UBS Misled Investors”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of cash.
toad-strangler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toad-stranglers
Senses: examples: text: "I mean, hit's a toad-strangler of a rain," he proffered. "I mean!" she agreed. "Reckon your daddy'll keer, me a-follerin' this-a-way?" "Reckon he mought."
ref: 1940, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, When the whippoorwill:
text: It's not what I'd call a sprinkle, and it's not a chip washer or a gully washer — it's a real regular toad-strangler, and I've seen 'em like this in Arkansas when it turns all the roads into black gumbo.
ref: 1943, James Hilton, The story of Dr. Wassell:
text: It rained in memory of Noah, a toad-strangler that threatened to wash them all into a gully that foamed and churned with red water
ref: 1998, Sheldon Russell, The Savage Trail:
glosses: A very heavy downpour of rain.
Synonyms: word: gully-washer
word: cob-floater
alt: duck-drowner
word: duck-drownder
word: frog-strangler
alt: goose-drowner
word: goose drownder
word: lightwood-knot floater
word: sod-soaker
word: trash-mover
word: sheep drowner
toeside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toesides
Etymology: From toe + side.
Senses: examples: toeside turn
qualifier: board sports
glosses: the side of the board nearest the toe.
heelside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heelsides
Etymology: From heel + side.
Senses: examples: heelside turn
qualifier: board sports
glosses: the side of the board nearest the heel.
Tom and Jerry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛɹi
Forms: form: Tom and Jerries
Etymology: Introduced to publicize the 1821 stage play Tom and Jerry, or Life in London.
Senses: glosses: A cocktail composed of eggnog, brandy, rum and an egg.
Related terms: Tom-and-Jerry shop
golflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more golflike
form: most golflike
Etymology: From golf + -like.
Senses: examples: text: To portray court pastimes, there are backgammon boards, musical instruments and works of art: a hand scroll depicting women playing a golflike game and a hanging scroll with demonstrations of equestrian skills.
ref: 2008 June 27, Wendy Moonan, “Housecleaning on a Grand Scale”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the game of golf.
tomcod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomcods
form: tomcod
Etymology: From French tacaud?, probably influenced by Tom, tom.
Senses: synonyms: Atlantic tomcod
tommycod
frostfish
winter cod
glosses: Any of species Microgadus tomcod, of edible cod found in the Atlantic.
synonyms: Pacific tomcod
glosses: Any of species Microgadus proximus, found in the Pacific.
glosses: Any of species Menticirrhus saxatilis (syn. Menticirrhus nebulosus) of kingfishes
glosses: Any of species Sebastodes paucispinis of jacks.
lacquerwares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacquerware
maternalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maternalists
Etymology: From maternal + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Self-conscious maternalists like Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Perkins ensured that New Deal programs were biased in favor of traditional two-parent families.
ref: 2008 June 27, David Brooks, “The Sam’s Club Agenda”, in New York Times:
glosses: A supporter of maternalism.
maternalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maternalist
tomcods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tomcod
toilet tissue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toilet tissues
Senses: glosses: toilet paper
miragelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more miragelike
form: most miragelike
Etymology: From mirage + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes Mr. Eliasson’s falls are almost miragelike, especially after dark, when unobtrusive lighting makes them shimmer white against the muffled cityscape.
ref: 2008 June 27, Roberta Smith, “Cascades, Sing the City Energetic”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mirage.
townlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of townlet
propellerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more propellerlike
form: most propellerlike
Etymology: From propeller + -like.
Senses: examples: text: It does not spin, but it has four hinged, motorized walls that open and close like giant butterfly wings, imparting a slight illusion of propellerlike rotation.
ref: 2008 June 27, Ken Johnson, “A Trip Through the Revolving Doors of Perception”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a propeller.
stigmatalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stigmatalike
form: most stigmatalike
Etymology: From stigmata + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The cluster of scurrying ants — like that stream from the stigmatalike wound in another hand in the film — recur throughout the exhibition, migrating across faces, gathering in corners, exploring bodily orifices.
ref: 2008 June 27, Roberta Smith, “Reflections Through a Surrealistic Eye: Dalí and the Camera”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of stigmata.
nonstigmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + stigmatic.
Senses: glosses: Not stigmatic.
thread snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thread snakes
Senses: synonyms: threadsnake
slender blind snake
glosses: Any of the fossorial snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
Derived terms: black thread snake
Cape thread snake
Damara thread snake
Haitian border thread snake
long-tailed thread snake
Martin Garcia thread snake
Peter's thread snake
Samana thread snake
Sindh thread snake
slender thread snake
Tello's thread snake
western thread snake
unclassically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unclassically
form: most unclassically
Etymology: From unclassical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It looks great there, clean but organic — fecund, tumid, enwrapping — and unclassically classical.
ref: 2008 June 27, Holland Cotter, “Raw Materials of a Life, Revealed by Sculpture”, in New York Times:
glosses: In an unclassical manner.
unclassical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unclassical
form: most unclassical
Etymology: From un- + classical.
Senses: glosses: Not classical.
Derived terms: unclassically
unclassifiability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unclassifiable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unclassifiable.
extraarticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + articular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated outside of a joint.
Derived terms: extraarticularly
finish with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finishes with
form: finishing with
form: finished with
form: finished with
Senses: examples: text: After finding out he'd been cheating, I had to finish with him.
glosses: To put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally.
examples: text: After finishing with his homework, he was allowed to use his game machine.
text: After finishing with his game machine, he put it away and went to sleep.
glosses: To complete; to end the use of.
Related terms: word: finished
die off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dies off
form: dying off
form: died off
form: died off
Senses: synonyms: die out#Verb
glosses: To suffer a series of deaths; to die one by one; to progressively become extinct. (If a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, the entire group dies over a period of time.)
examples: text: The student guitar club died off after a few years.
synonyms: die out#Verb
glosses: To become defunct or nonexistent.
synonyms: die down#Verb
glosses: Of music, noise, etc., to reduce in volume until no longer audible.
Derived terms: word: die-off
word: dieoff
Related terms: word: die back
word: kill off
dine out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dines out
form: dining out
form: dined out
form: dined out
Senses: glosses: To have dinner away from one's house, usually at a restaurant.
Synonyms: eat out
Derived terms: dine out on
Related terms: dine in
dine-in
dip out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dips out
form: dipping out
form: dipped out
form: dipped out
Senses: glosses: To leave a place without informing anyone.
fat quarter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fat quarters
Etymology: The piece is made by folding a metre-square piece of fabric into quarters and cutting along the folds; it is fat in comparison with a quarter of a metre off the roll, which would be a long thin piece only 25 centimetres wide.
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A square piece of fabric measuring 50 centimetres along each side.
fat quarters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fat quarter
disagree with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disagrees with
form: disagreeing with
form: disagreed with
form: disagreed with
Senses: examples: text: The sausage I bought at the market is disagreeing with me.
glosses: To cause (a person or animal) to feel sick; to cause nausea, vomiting or diarrhea when consumed.
raw_tags: of a food or drink
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: disagree with.
biodatas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biodata
hand round
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hands round
form: handing round
form: handed round
form: handed round
Senses: examples: text: The waiters were handing round champagne to the guests.
glosses: To pass something to everyone in a group.
mamaguy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mamaguys
form: mamaguying
form: mamaguyed
form: mamaguyed
Etymology: From Spanish mamar gallo (“to suckle a rooster”). (?).
Senses: glosses: To dupe or deceive, especially by means of flattery.
mamaguyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mamaguy
mamaguying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mamaguy
mamaguys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mamaguy
mimiviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mimivirus
dob in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dobs in
form: dobbing in
form: dobbed in
form: dobbed in
Senses: examples: text: I can't believe you dobbed her in.
glosses: To betray (someone) by informing on them.
examples: text: I'll dob in some money to cover the cost.
glosses: To contribute (something).
dole out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: doles out
form: doling out
form: doled out
form: doled out
Senses: examples: text: The McCains, by contrast, dole out such homespun wisdom as "in Arizona, the only way to get around the state is by small private plane" and understand that in this crazy modern world where the typical family owns eleven homes and spends hundreds of thousands of dollars per year on household staff, you can't possibly expect transportation alternatives to gain popularity.
ref: 2008 July 15, w:Matthew Yglesias, “Obama's Elitism Problem, Continued”, in The Atlantic:
text: Only then did we learn that he doled out billions in secret, last-minute bonuses to his staff last month, just before Bank of America took over and just before the government ponied up a second bailout to cover Merrill’s unexpected $15 billion fourth-quarter loss.
ref: 2009 January 25, Frank Rich, “No Time for Poetry”, in New York Times:
text: The animators, writers and Gilbert do a fantastic job of making Laura an eminently crush-worthy figure of adolescent yearning but the episode doles out scenes of her and Bart together sparingly.
ref: 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: To distribute in apportioned amounts.
Synonyms: sense: distribute in small portions
word: dish out
sense: distribute in small portions
word: mete out
doss about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dosses about
form: dossing about
form: dossed about
form: dossed about
Senses: glosses: To be idle, to shirk one's work or duty.
doss around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dosses around
form: dossing around
form: dossed around
form: dossed around
Senses: glosses: To be idle, to shirk one's work or duty.
double over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: doubles over
form: doubling over
form: doubled over
form: doubled over
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: double up, buckle over
text: doubled over in pain
text: A padded knee shattered my balls. I doubled over in the hallway, coughing up blood and yellow stuff I thought might be bile.
ref: 2005, Mike Philbin, CHIMERAWORLD #1, page 113:
text: “Do you have documents on you?” asked one of the guards. “Good, then we’ll know how to mark your grave if you fall behind the convoy.” The joke made his comrades double over with laughter.
ref: December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time:
hypernyms: bend over
glosses: To bend over deeply at the waist.
examples: text: He doubled over the sheet of paper and wrote something on the back.
qualifier: fabric
glosses: To fold in half.
raw_tags: of paper
draw down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws down
form: drawing down
form: drew down
form: drawn down
Senses: glosses: To lower (curtains, a portcullis, etc.).
examples: text: If there is confidence that the current strategy is working, then that should enable the United States to steadily draw down its forces starting in July, based on conditions on the ground,[…]
ref: 2010, Richard Lee Armitage, Samuel R. Berger, Daniel Seth Markey, US Strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Council on Foreign Relations, →ISBN:
glosses: To reduce (e.g. by withdrawal).
examples: text: DRAWDOWN OF EQUIPMENT IN STORAGE
Mr. ADDABBO. General, in the event of sudden need for drawdown would you draw down from your modern equipments or would you draw down from equipment that is in storage, the older equipment?
ref: 1974, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1974: Hearings Before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, page 601:
glosses: To reduce (e.g. by withdrawal).
To initiate a drawdown (withdrawal of equipment, supplies, etc., potentially to provide it to another party).
examples: text: We need to draw down 10 million dollars.
glosses: To acquire or pull in, as funding.
draw even
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws even
form: drawing even
form: drew even
form: drawn even
Senses: synonyms: draw level
equalize
glosses: To attain the same level as a competitor.
raw_tags: followed by with
drift apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drifts apart
form: drifting apart
form: drifted apart
form: drifted apart
Senses: examples: text: We used to be good friends but we drifted apart over the years.
text: To think of what we've been, and not to kiss again, seems like pretending it isn't ending, two friends drifting apart, two friends but one broken heart
ref: 1931, John Klenner, Just Friends:
glosses: To lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness.
raw_tags: of companions
Pamplonan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pamplonan
form: most Pamplonan
Etymology: From Pamplona + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.
Pamplonan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pamplonans
Etymology: From Pamplona + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.
drone on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drones on
form: droning on
form: droned on
form: droned on
Senses: glosses: to talk in a boring manner for a long time.
drop away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drops away
form: dropping away
form: dropped away
form: dropped away
Senses: examples: text: Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 9, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: To become less or fewer.
drop round
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drops round
form: dropping round
form: dropped round
form: dropped round
Senses: glosses: To visit somewhere for a short period.
Synonyms: drop by
drop in
pop round
pop by
pop in
ease off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eases off
form: easing off
form: eased off
form: eased off
Senses: examples: text: You should ease off him a while, or he might get upset.
text: If you take this medicine, the pain should ease off after a few hours.
glosses: to reduce pressure; to become less serious
edge up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: edges up
form: edging up
form: edged up
form: edged up
Senses: examples: text: The charity fund edged up toward its goal as more and more people donated.
text: It was almost too dark to see, but I edged up to the light-switch and turned it on.
glosses: To approach or move toward a target little by little, or furtively.
fall about the place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: falls about the place
form: falling about the place
form: fell about the place
form: fallen about the place
Senses: glosses: To laugh uncontrollably.
fart about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: farts about
form: farting about
form: farted about
form: farted about
Senses: glosses: To waste time, or to fool about.
Synonyms: fart around
fool around
I don't care
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: IDC
Senses: synonyms: word: I don't give a fuck
word: I don't give a shit
word: see if I care
word: what do I care
glosses: Indicates that the speaker has no interest or emotional investment in the topic at hand.
synonyms: it doesn't matter
I don't mind
glosses: Indicates agreement or polite acceptance.
Coordinate terms: english: broadly synonymous
translation: broadly synonymous
word: who cares
Related terms: care
Bondiana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From Bond + -iana.
Senses: examples: text: The scales fall from your eyes pretty quickly but the allure of Bond and Bondiana is potent while it lasts.
ref: 2007, William Boyd, Bamboo: essays and criticism:
text: When a character in a 1966 farce called Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title says to another, "You've been watchin' too many of those James Bond movies," it's probable that he is referring as much to a general climate of Bondiana as much as to the handful of actual Bond films then in release.
ref: 2009, Jeremy Packer, Secret agents: popular icons beyond James Bond, page 25:
glosses: items relating to the fictional spy James Bond.
slippingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slippingly
form: most slippingly
Etymology: From slipping + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a slipping motion.
Bond
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bonds
Etymology: An occupational surname, from Old Norse bóndi ("peasant," "farmer").
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: A unisex given name from Old Norse.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Tennessee, United States.
Derived terms: Bond County
Bondesque
Bond event
Bond girl
Bondian
Bondiana
Bond-like
Bondverse
Bond villain
James Bond
methandienone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metandienone
Senses: examples: text: This time, the entire team tested positive for the steroid methandienone, the federation said.
ref: 2008 June 28, Juliet Macur, “11 Bulgarian Weight Lifters Are Dropped From Games”, in New York Times:
glosses: methandrostenolone
methandrostenolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An orally-effective anabolic steroid formerly used as a muscle growth aid by bodybuilders.
Synonyms: metandienone
methandienone
concertantes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concertante
concertatos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concertato
nonspecialty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + specialty.
Senses: examples: text: Heinen’s has won “best cheese selection” honors from Cleveland Magazine for several years running, a tall order for a nonspecialty shop.
ref: 2008 June 28, Ron Lieber, “Food-Shopping Tips Direct From the Store Manager”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not specialty.
nonspoken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + spoken.
Senses: examples: text: Flevares and Perry (2001) found that math teachers used from five to seven nonspoken representations of mathematical ideas per minute (almost one every 10 seconds) in their classrooms, and gesture was by far the most frequent[…]
ref: 2005, Susan Goldin-Meadow, Hearing gesture: how our hands help us think, page 109:
glosses: Not spoken.
reapproach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reapproaches
form: reapproaching
form: reapproached
form: reapproached
Etymology: From re- + approach.
Senses: examples: text: In a statement issued late Friday, Precision said it would reapproach Grey Wolf’s board if the merger agreement with Basic was terminated.
ref: 2008 June 28, Reuters, “Oil Driller Spurns a Takeover Offer for a Third Time”, in New York Times:
glosses: To approach again or anew.
reapproaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reapproach
reapproaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reapproach
reapproached
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reapproach
ukiyoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ukiyoe
Senses: examples: text: Along with Kabuki theater and ukiyoe woodblock prints, taiko is one of Japan’s most popular and respected art forms in the West.
ref: 2008 June 28, The Associated Press, “Daihachi Oguchi, 84, Japanese Drummer, Dies”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of ukiyo-e.
ambigendered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ambi- + gendered.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Cumming’s Dionysus in “The Bacchae” is conceived as a rock star, the rhythm-and-blues Maenads as his backup singers and groupies, and his feud with his cousin Pentheus, king of Thebes, as an encounter of the hedonistic, ambigendered, exotic Other, with “the fear of letting that into your culture,” Mr. Tiffany said.
ref: 2008 June 29, Celia Mcgee, “The Greeks Hoist the Dramatic Flag of Scotland”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of both genders.
Synonyms: ambigender
bigendered
duck-drownder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck-drownders
Senses: examples: text: The "duck drownder" flood along the Mississippi and the tributaries […].
ref: 1971, Guy Harold Smith with Robert M. Basile, Conservation of natural resources:
glosses: A very heavy rain.
antipluralist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipluralist
form: most antipluralist
Etymology: From anti- + pluralist.
Senses: examples: text: He hails women’s suffrage as progressive and damns immigration restriction as antipluralist and reactionary.
ref: 2008 June 29, David Frum, “Point of Origin”, in New York Times:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Opposing sociological pluralism.
antipluralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipluralists
Etymology: From anti- + pluralist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: One who opposes sociological pluralism.
antipluralistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipluralistic
form: most antipluralistic
Etymology: From anti- + pluralistic.
Senses: examples: text: Lichtman’s thesis is embedded in his title: American conservatism should be seen as an ideology devoted above all to advancing “an antipluralistic ideal of America as a unified, white Protestant nation.”
ref: 2008 June 29, David Frum, “Point of Origin”, in New York Times:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Opposing sociological pluralism.
antipluralists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antipluralist
contortionate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contortionate
form: most contortionate
Etymology: From contortion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: So it’s hard not to be amused at Nina L. Khrushcheva’s contortionate attempts to recruit him as a sociopolitical figurehead for the land of his birth in her earnest and urgent “Imagining Nabokov: Russia Between Art and Politics.”
ref: 2008 June 29, Steve Coates, “Reading Lolita in Moscow”, in New York Times:
glosses: contorted or contorting
counterstudy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterstudies
Etymology: From counter- + study.
Senses: examples: text: Then he wrote: “The upshot is a set of studies and counterstudies that, at most, could leave a judge uncertain about the proper policy conclusion.”
ref: 2008 June 29, Adam Liptak, “Gun Laws and Crime: A Complex Relationship”, in New York Times:
glosses: A study that goes against another study.
counterstudies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterstudy
flimflammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flimflammers
Etymology: From flimflam + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And “The Real McCoy” turned the story of the famous boxer Kid McCoy into the tall yet intimate tale of a flimflammer who slugged and conned his way to notoriety at the turn of the 20th century.
ref: 2008 June 29, Louisa Thomas, “Violent Love”, in New York Times:
glosses: A swindler; a con artist.
flimflammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flimflammer
midmatch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + match.
Senses: examples: text: Injuries and other midmatch dramas are hardly unusual for Jankovic, who calls on trainers with regularity.
ref: 2008 June 29, Christopher Clarey, “Williams Sisters Find the Grass Is Greener”, in New York Times:
glosses: During a match.
midmatch
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + match.
Senses: examples: text: We left the stadium midmatch because the crowd was getting violent.
text: Oft-injured even in his youth, he is breaking down in new places in his tennis dotage: a fractured rib and abdominal injury in 2022 and the hip injury in 2023, sustained midmatch in his straight-set defeats to Mackenzie McDonald in the second round in Australia.
ref: 2023 May 18, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, in The New York Times:
glosses: During a match.
minitrucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minitruck
minitruck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minitrucks
Etymology: From mini- + truck.
Senses: examples: text: Recent attempts to market practical part-time pickups in the United States — the Subaru Baja, for instance — and earlier minitruck efforts like the Rabbit-based Volkswagen Pickup and the Omni-based Dodge Rampage never fired buyers’ imagination.
ref: 2008 June 29, Paul Duchene, “Part-Time Pickups Back From the Outback”, in New York Times:
glosses: A compact pickup truck designed for light duty.
multilight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + light.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, at 13th Street the chain stuck close to the most conservative kind of modernism, with giant pilasters and multilight windows that would not have been out of place on a turn-of-the-century women’s club.
ref: 2008 June 29, Christopher Gray, “Midday Havens, Lost to a Faster-Paced City”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having or pertaining to more than one light.
preswim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + swim.
Senses: examples: text: For Torres, the chore is far more elaborate, as her two stretchers work in tandem to contort and flex her body, in a 20-minute preswim version of the two-hour sequence they do three times a week at her home.
ref: 2008 June 29, Elizabeth Weil, “A Swimmer of a Certain Age”, in New York Times:
glosses: Before a swim.
postswim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + swim.
Senses: glosses: After a swim.
rashy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæʃi/
rhymes: -æʃi
Forms: form: more rashy
form: most rashy
Etymology: From rash + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “What is this dry, rashy patch on my neck?”
ref: 2008 June 29, Virginia Heffernan, “The Oracle Collective”, in New York Times:
glosses: Exhibiting a rash.
examples: text: “Other coals are rashy, being interspersed or interbedded with shales and clays, causing them to come off the face in slabs and blocks....”
ref: 1983 December 6, "Robert C. Nelson", "Feeder/crusher machine", US Patent 4418872:
text: rashy gravel
ref: 1743, William Ellis, The Modern Husbandman:
glosses: Mixed or layered with impurities.
rashy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæʃi/
rhymes: -æʃi
Forms: form: rashies
Senses: examples: text: "As far as we can tell, Darcy took a cream Malibu surfboard with him to One Tree at Wooli and went for a surf in very small swell some time around 4pm. We think he was wearing a dark rashy."
ref: 2025 July 10, Rafqa Touma, “‘One in a million’: teen surfer found on remote island 14km off Australian coast”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of rashie (“rash guard”)
drownder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drownders
Etymology: From drownd + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or animal that is suffering or has suffered drowning.
glosses: That which drowns.
Derived terms: duck-drownder
goose-drownder
sailcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sailcraft
form: sailcrafts
Etymology: From sail + craft.
Senses: glosses: A boat with one or more sails.
glosses: The art of sailing.
examples: text: But a discussion paper published in 2006 by the Brookings Institution called for a much bigger commitment, with government prizes ranging from $15 million for an Earth-Moon solar sailcraft race to as much as $100 million a year for improvements in African agriculture. Mr. McCain’s own proposal for spurring development of alternative energy sources was foreshadowed by a bill introduced last year in Congress that would establish a prize for breakthroughs in the development of hydrogen power.
ref: 2008 June 29, George Johnson, “Eureka! Where Do I Cash the Check?”, in New York Times:
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A spacecraft endowed with sail for propulsion purposes.
sailcrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sailcraft
sailcloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sailcloth