cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
squawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skwɔːk/
ipa: /skwɔk/
ipa: /skwɑk/
ipa: /skwoːk/
rhymes: -ɔːk
Forms: form: squawks
Etymology: First attested in 1821. Unknown, but probably of imitative origin (compare dialectal Italian squacco (“small-crested heron”) and English quack).
Senses: glosses: A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
examples: text: That was the last roundup for McCutcheon’s Cresswell; it never moved from that field again. Not that there was any squawk from the landlord; the two of them owned it, of course.
ref: 1983, Stephen King, Uncle Otto's Truck:
glosses: A complaint or objection.
examples: text: We think instructors should stress the importance of writeups on all maintenance squawks after the completion of each flight. More important, something should be done by the aircraft operator to correct such squawks.
ref: 1969, American Aviation, volume 32:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
glosses: The American night heron.
examples: text: The function-hiding code above, for instance, goes through a different (but widely used) compiler with nary a squawk.
ref: 2012, Scott Meyers, Effective C++ Digital Collection: 140 Ways to Improve Your Programming:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A warning message indicating a possible error.
Derived terms: squawk book
squawk box
squawk duck
squawk sheet
squawk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skwɔːk/
ipa: /skwɔk/
ipa: /skwɑk/
ipa: /skwoːk/
rhymes: -ɔːk
Forms: form: squawks
form: squawking
form: squawked
form: squawked
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: squawk
form: squawk
form: squawked
form: squawk
form: squawkest
form: squawked
form: squawkedst
form: squawks
form: squawketh
form: squawked
form: squawk
form: squawked
form: squawk
form: squawked
form: squawk
form: -
form: squawking
form: squawked
Etymology: First attested in 1821. Unknown, but probably of imitative origin (compare dialectal Italian squacco (“small-crested heron”) and English quack).
Senses: examples: text: The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
glosses: To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
glosses: To speak out; to protest.
examples: text: "I'll slit your throat if you squawk on us," Krantz threatened.
ref: 1948, Andrew Geer, The Sea Chase, page 68:
glosses: To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
examples: text: That way, if you type = instead of ==, the compiler will squawk because you can't assign something to a constant.
ref: 1993, Steve Maguire, Writing Solid Code:
text: You want the compiler to squawk if you try to instantiate for a type that doesn't implement IPrioritizable.
ref: 2013, Bill Sempf, Chuck Sphar, Stephen R. Davis, C# 5.0 All-in-One For Dummies:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
examples: text: After discovering that the hydraulic system is faulty, the pilots squawked 7700 and declared mayday.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
glosses: To back out in a mean way.
poliomyelitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏ'lĭōmīəlīʹtĭs
enpr: pō'lĭōmīəlīʹtĭs
ipa: /ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/
ipa: /ˈpəʊlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/
Forms: form: poliomyelitides
Etymology: Borrowed from German Poliomyelitis, from the Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”) + μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “-itis”). Compare French poliomyélite.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: infantile paralysis
polio
glosses: Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.
Derived terms: antipoliomyelitis
postpoliomyelitis
cockapoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockapoos
form: cockerpoo
Etymology: Blend of cocker spaniel + poodle with influence from cockatoo.
Senses: synonyms: spoodle
glosses: A cross between an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.
quadriceps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒd.ɹɪ.sɛps/
ipa: /ˈkwɑːd.ɹəˌsɛps/
Forms: form: quadricepses
form: quadriceps
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- + -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
Synonyms: quads
Derived terms: quadricipital
Related terms: biceps
triceps
quadricep
quadriceps femoris
quadriceps tendon
quadricepsplasty
cockerpoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockerpoos
Etymology: Blend of cocker spaniel + poodle
Senses: examples: text: A mixed bag of Cockerpoo, shih tzu, and Lhasa apso, a breed which Charmaine's little sister called a "lapsed abscess."
ref: 2003, John Farris, The Fury and the Power, page 276:
text: I remember my dog December — a little black-and-white cockerpoo named for the month I got her — following closely at my heels as she always did, [...].
ref: 2005, Carole Fletcher, Healed by Horses: A Memoir, page 37:
text: The Cockapoo or Cockerpoo (Cocker Spaniel + Poodle) was developed in the US in the 1960s.
ref: 2006, Iain Zaczek, Dogs Facts, Figures & Fun, page 52:
glosses: Alternative form of cockapoo.
readiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛdinəs/
rhymes: -ɛdinəs
Forms: form: readinesses
Etymology: From ready + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: readiness for civil emergencies
text: We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:
text: England had won just two of their previous six matches prior to facing Spain and manager Sarina Wiegman had been questioned about their readiness to defend their European title in Switzerland this summer.
ref: 2025 February 26, Emma Sanders, “'A proper English performance' against Spain”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: The state or degree of being ready; preparedness.
examples: text: his readiness to help
text: It was a long, enduring scream — one that would send her back into a time and into a childhood which had been forgotten with the readiness that we forget unpleasant moments in our lives.
ref: 1976 December 18, Tommi Avicolli, “Previn's Bleak Book Has Note of Hope”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 18:
glosses: Willingness.
extensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛnsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: extensors
Senses: examples: text: Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.
ref: 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part.
Derived terms: extensor carpi radialis brevis
extensor hood
extensor pollicis brevis
extensor pollicis longus
flexoextensor
hyperextensor
Related terms: flexor
quadriceps
triceps
flexor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɛksə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: flexors
form: flector
Etymology: From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“I bend”).
Senses: examples: text: Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.
ref: 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual:
glosses: A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
Derived terms: flexor carpi radialis
flexor carpi ulnaris
flexor digitorum communis
flexor digitorum profundus
flexor digitorum superficialis
lateroflexor
Related terms: biceps
extensor
preparedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈpɛə(ɹɪ)dnɪs/
ipa: /pɹɪˈpɛɹ(ə)dnəs/
Forms: form: preparednesses
Etymology: From prepared + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: preparedness for battle
text: preparedness for an exam
text: On her preparedness to return to Labour's front bench under new Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer, she is non-committal.
ref: 2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 35:
glosses: The state of being prepared.
glosses: Precautionary measures in the face of potential disasters.
Synonyms: readiness
Related terms: preparation
vocal cord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vocal cords
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: vocal band
vocal fold
plica vocalis
glosses: Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the human larynx whose vibrations help to produce the voice.
Derived terms: false vocal cord
true vocal cord
Related terms: glottis
vocal fold
vocal ligament
tricolour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtrɪkələ
ipa: -lɔː/
ipa: /ˈtraɪˌkʌlə/
ipa: /ˈtraɪˌkʌlɚ/
Forms: form: tricolours
form: tricolor
Etymology: An anglicisation of the French tricolore; the flag originated in France. Equivalent to tri- + colour.
Senses: examples: text: Tricolours are seen in the national flags of over twenty countries, including Belgium, France, India, Italy, Russia, The Netherlands and Ireland.
text: Journalists too were unwelcome and photographers had to conceal cameras. “He’s with the Guardian,” a man in his 60s, holding a tricolour, shouted.
ref: 2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A flag consisting of three stripes that are either vertical or horizontal, all of equal size, and each of a different colour.
examples: text: […] to the Indian red. The black, to complete the racial tricolor, was yet to come. The white population settled, as the more advanced Indian groups had, in areas having the most comfortable temperatures.
ref: 1946, Russell Humke Fitzgibbon, Flaud C. Wooton, Flaud Conaroe Wooton, Latin America: Past and Present, page 38:
text: David Hammons would go one^([sic]) to produce his own national colors, to subvert the boundaries of nation with his Pan-African Flag (1990), a version of the American tricolor reimagined in the black internationalist tones of red, green, and black.
ref: 2019 January 31, W. Ian Bourland, Bloodflowers: Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Photography, and the 1980s, Duke University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Anything which is composed of three colours.
tricolour
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtrɪkələ
ipa: -lɔː/
ipa: /ˈtraɪˌkʌlə/
ipa: /ˈtraɪˌkʌlɚ/
Forms: form: tricolor
Etymology: An anglicisation of the French tricolore; the flag originated in France. Equivalent to tri- + colour.
Senses: examples: text: tricolour film
head_nr: 2
glosses: Having three colours.
Synonyms: trichromatic
trichrome
tricolored
Derived terms: tricolour shark
tricolour sharkminnow
Related terms: english: American or British flags, which have three colours but not three equal-width stripes
translation: American or British flags, which have three colours but not three equal-width stripes
word: red, white and blue
discretise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: discretises
form: discretising
form: discretised
form: discretised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of discretize.
mota
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thurston... I think it's 10:30. We're calling from Providence, Rhode Island. Did you find your shit? You gotta watch the mota, Thurston, your fuckin memory just goes out the window.
ref: 1988, “Providence”, in Mike Watt (lyrics), Sonic Youth (music), Daydream Nation, performed by Sonic Youth, Enigma Records:
glosses: Alternative form of mootah.
triceps brachii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The triceps in the upper arm.
Synonyms: triceps
triceps extensor cubiti
biceps brachii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biceps brachiorum
form: biceps brachii
Etymology: Ellipsis of musculus biceps brachii (“two-headed muscle of the arm”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The flexor in the upper arm.
Synonyms: sense: The flexor in the upper arm
word: biceps
sense: The flexor in the upper arm
word: biceps cubiti
Hon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Honourable (in the titles of Members of Parliament)
Related terms: Rt Hon
Hon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An surname of unexplained English origin, or borrowed from Cantonese 韓 /韩 (hon4) or Hakka 韓 /韩 (Hòn).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hon.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of honorable.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of Honourable.
Derived terms: Rt. Hon.
Rt Hon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Rt. Hon.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of Right Honourable (in the titles of Members of Parliament).
Related terms: Hon
Rt. Hon.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Rt Hon
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of Right Honourable, in the titles of MPs, Members of Parliament.
Related terms: Hon.
lambast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lambasts
form: lambasting
form: lambasted
form: lambasted
Senses: examples: text: Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government.
ref: 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:
glosses: Alternative form of lambaste.
socket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒkɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɑkɪt/
rhymes: -ɒkɪt
Forms: form: sockets
Etymology: From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: jack, outlet, receptacle, wall socket
text: Each seat must have a 230V socket, a USB socket, a coat hook, reading light and cup holder.
ref: 2021 December 29, “Network News: HS2 rolling stock”, in RAIL, number 947, page 7:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.
An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.
A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
glosses: Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.
The socket head for a socket wrench.
glosses: Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.
A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
examples: text: Chriſt calls his Miniſters, Lux Mundi, the light of the World, Matth. 5. 14. therefore they must be alwayes giving forth their luſtre; their light must not go out till it be in the ſocket or till violent death as an extinguisher put it out.
ref: 1671, Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes, page 8:
text: The candle burned to its socket, the fire went out, the night air grew heavy with silence, before Herbert lay down.
ref: 1856, L. S. Lavenu, chapter XXXIII, in Erlesmere; or, Contrasts of Character, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 336:
glosses: Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.
The hollow of a candlestick.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: network socket
glosses: One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
glosses: A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.
Derived terms: alveolar socket
ball-and-socket joint
cock-socket
cock socket
eye-socket
pole-socket
socket bolt
socket pipe
socket pole
socket wrench
tube socket
Related terms: WebSocket
socket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒkɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɑkɪt/
rhymes: -ɒkɪt
Forms: form: sockets
form: socketing
form: socketed
form: socketed
Etymology: From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.
Senses: examples: text: Her head and trunk were carved out of, or rather into, the bole of a great red cedar. She seemed to be part of the tree itself, as if she had grown there at its heart, and the carver had only chipped away the outer wood so that you could see her. Her arms were spliced and socketed to the trunk, and were flung wide in a circling, compelling movement.
ref: 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 6, in Klee Wyck:
glosses: To place or fit in a socket.
inaccurate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈæ.kjʊ.ɹət/
ipa: /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/
ipa: /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹət/
ipa: /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/
ipa: /ɪnˈæk.jɚ.ɪt/
ipa: /-ət/
Forms: form: more inaccurate
form: most inaccurate
Etymology: From in- + accurate. See also unaccurate.
Senses: examples: text: It is not benchmarkable and it will almost inevitably be fudgeable and inaccurate to some extent, even with your best efforts to attribute benefits to specific IT changes.
ref: 2003, Iain Aitken, Value-Driven IT Management, page 253:
text: The DNC organized the petition drive when it became clear this week that the network was prepared to ignore criticism of its decision to air a right-wing, factually inaccurate mocudrama that dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims in order to serve a cheap, callous political agenda two months before the election.
ref: 2006, Bruce R. Lindsey, Douglas J. Band, Comments About ABC Entertainment's 9/11 Film, ABC News, page 1:
glosses: Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.
Synonyms: incorrect
wrong
Derived terms: inaccurateness
inaccuracy
inaccurately
emphysema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛmfɪˈsiːmə/
ipa: /ˌɛmfɪˈsimə/
ipa: /ˌɛmfɪˈzimə/
ipa: /ˌɛmfə-/
rhymes: -iːmə
Forms: form: emphysemas
form: emphysemata
Etymology: Multiple origins. Partially from post-Classical Latin emphȳsēma (“swelling”), from Ancient Greek ἐμφῡ́σημα (emphū́sēma), from ἐμφῡσάω (emphūsáō, “to puff up”). Also borrowed from Middle French emphysema, from the same Latin source; compare French emphysème. Attested from the late 16th century.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: pneumatosis
glosses: An abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly the lungs.
examples: text: The panacinar emphysema shows higher compliance with lungs then the centriacinar emphysema 5 .
ref: 2015 June 5, Geeta Shroff, “Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in the treatment of emphysematous COPD: a case report”, in Clinical Case Reports, volume 3, →DOI:
text: His family announced the death on social media on Thursday, but provided no details. In 2024, Mr. Lynch announced that he had developed emphysema after years of smoking, and that as a result any subsequent films would have to be directed remotely.
ref: 2025 January 16, J. Hoberman, “David Lynch Dead: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director Was 78”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of pulmonary emphysema, a chronic lung disease, one type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Derived terms: aeroemphysema
antiemphysemic
emphysematous
emphysemic
thalamus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθæləməs/
Forms: form: thalami
form: thalamuses
Etymology: From Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos, “an inner chamber, a bedroom, a bed”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
holonyms: diencephalon
glosses: Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
glosses: A thallus.
glosses: An inner room or nuptial chamber.
Derived terms: hypothalamus
thalamectomy
thalamic
thalamically
Related terms: thalamo-
tro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tros
Etymology: From Khmer ទ្រ (trɔɔ).
Senses: glosses: A type of spike fiddle made from traditionally used in Cambodia and played vertically.
Related terms: tro tro
cortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɹtɛks/
ipa: /ˈkɔːtɛks/
rhymes: -ɔɹtɛks
Forms: form: cortexes
form: cortices
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cortex (“cork, bark”).
Senses: examples: text: In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are linked with emotional learning and the processing of fear.
ref: 2011 April 8, Amie Ninh, “Liberal vs. Conservative: Does the Difference Lie in the Brain?”, in TIME:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The outer surface of a piece of flint.
Hyponyms: adrenal cortex
allocortex
anterior cingulate cortex
archicortex
cerebellar cortex
cerebral cortex
cingulate cortex
cytocortex
entorhinal cortex
insular cortex
isocortex
mesocortex
motor cortex
neocortex
orbitofrontal cortex
paleocortex
paracingulate cortex
prefrontal cortex
renal cortex
somatic sensory cortex
somatosensory cortex
visual cortex
Coordinate terms: bark
cork
Derived terms: word: cerebrocortex
word: cortexless
word: cortical
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: cortico-
word: endocortex
word: epicortex
word: exocortex
word: hemicortex
word: koniocortex
word: paracortex
word: precortex
word: proopiomelanocortic
word: retinex
word: striate cortex
word: subcortex
quietus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kwaɪˈiːtəs/
Forms: form: quietuses
Etymology: Short for Medieval Latin quiētus est (literally “he is quiet”). First attested in the 1530s. Earlier attested as Late Middle English quietus est. Doublet of coy, quiet, quit, and quite.
Senses: examples: text: Olive's specific terrors and dangers had by this time very much blown over; Basil Ransom had given no sign of life for ages, and Henry Burrage had certainly got his quietus before they went to Europe.
ref: 1885–1886, Henry James, chapter XXX, in The Bostonians […], London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 16 February 1886, →OCLC, 2nd book, page 284:
glosses: A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
examples: text: When he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin?
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 265:
text: After a good deal of firing, and lying in wait - for every time he heard a shot down he'd go, and on coming to the surface, would only expose about two or three inches of his nose to fire at - we managed to give him his quietus.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 336:
synonyms: word: demise
word: fatality
word: death
word: celestial transfer
word: decease
word: decomposition
word: defunction
word: dematerialization
word: demise
word: dirt nap
word: doom
word: exit
word: expiration
word: fatality
word: liquidation
word: mortality
word: quietus
word: repose
word: sleep of the just
word: sunset
word: the big sleep
word: crash
word: downfall
word: fall
word: (the) bane
word: (the) end
glosses: Death.
glosses: Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).
Related terms: quiescence
quiet
quietude
nek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neks
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans nek. Doublet of neck.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A col (a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks).
adaxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ad- + axial.
Senses: examples: text: […]it has been transformed, except in a few taxa where lobules are always explanate, into a galeate water-sac, which is formed wholly from the lobule, with the external surface from the adaxial leaf surface.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.
examples: text: In zebrafish, the adaxial cells are precursors to the embryonic slow muscle fibers.
qualifier: developmental biology
glosses: adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.
Derived terms: adaxialize
adaxially
gammadion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gammadions
form: gammadia
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek γαμμάδιον (gammádion), diminutive of γάμμα (gámma), after the resemblance of each of the symbol’s arms to the Greek letter gamma: Γ.
Senses: glosses: A fylfot or swastika.
gammation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gammations
form: gammatia
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gammadion.
seething
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːðɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Filled with unexpressed anger; in a state of being livid.
examples: text: There Grendel was watching his blood flow out into the seething tarn.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 31:
text: But as the nation’s most populous state stares down a seething climate crisis, one that cranked temperatures into triple digits last fall and set off a series of infernos that exploded, into bone dry air, the rebuilding process is beginning to look different.
ref: 2021 January 15, Debra Kamin, “Hounded by Wildfires, Californians Rethink Their Willingness to Rebuild”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: In a state of extreme volatility; about to boil over; boiling, bubbling.
examples: text: Otis was unfeignedly thankful to lay down his work for a little while and escape from the seething, whining, weakly hive, impotent to help itself, but strong in its power to cripple, thwart, and annoy the sunken-eyed man, who, by official irony, was said to be “in charge” of it.
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 29:
glosses: In a state of unceasing and furious activity.
seething
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːðɪŋ
Forms: form: seethings
Etymology: From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Over the winter-solid Roads, goes a great seething,— of mounted younger Gentlemen riding together by the dozens upon rented horses, Express Messengers in love with pure Velocity, Disgruntl'd Suitors with Pistols stuff'd in their Spatterdashes, seal'd Waggons not even a western Black-Boy would think of detaining.
ref: 1997, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 39, in Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part Two: America, page 395:
glosses: The action of the verb to seethe.
seething
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːðɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English sethyng; equivalent to seethe + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of seethe
great uncle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great uncles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of great-uncle.
migrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of migrate
RESPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Acronym of Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.
insolvent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn-sŏlvʹ-ənt
ipa: /ɪnˈsɒlv.ənt/
ipa: /ɪnˈsɑːɫv.ənt/
ipa: /ɪnˈsɒɫv.ənt/
rhymes: -ɒlvənt
Forms: form: more insolvent
form: most insolvent
Etymology: From in- + solvent.
Senses: examples: text: an insolvent debtor
text: Pathfinder is keen to stress it is not insolvent, but owner Barry Cordell, who is in his late 80s, has decided he can no longer bankroll the company.
ref: 2025 October 15, “News: Pathfinder to run final trains”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 13:
glosses: Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.
glosses: Owing more than one has in assets.
examples: text: an insolvent estate
glosses: Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner.
Derived terms: insolvency
insolvently
insolvent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn-sŏlvʹ-ənt
ipa: /ɪnˈsɒlv.ənt/
ipa: /ɪnˈsɑːɫv.ənt/
ipa: /ɪnˈsɒɫv.ənt/
rhymes: -ɒlvənt
Forms: form: insolvents
Etymology: From in- + solvent.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: One who is insolvent; an insolvent debtor.
IAU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of International Astronomical Union, an association of professional astronomers, founded in 1919.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The main belt asteroid 5000 IAU, named after the astronomical union.
prehistoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒɹɪk
Forms: form: more prehistoric
form: most prehistoric
form: pre-historic
Etymology: From pre- (“before”) + historic, q.v., similar to slightly earlier ante-historic.
Senses: examples: text: Was it then in a pre-historic time that the Romans wandered into these lands?
ref: 1832 October, Foreign Quarterly Review, page 369:
text: The cartoon image of prehistoric woman being dragged by the hair by her caveman-husband probably conditions the perceptions of archaeologists far more than they realize.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 137:
synonyms: ante-historic
qualifier: properly
glosses: Of or relating to the epoch before written record.
synonyms: antediluvian
qualifier: inexact or humorous
glosses: Ancient; very old, outdated, etc.
Derived terms: prehistorically
prehistoric age
Related terms: prehistory
precontact
Levant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈvænt/
ipa: /ləˈvɑnt/
ipa: /lɪˈvɑnt/
ipa: /ləˈvænt/
rhymes: -ænt
Forms: form: the Levant
Etymology: Borrowed from French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”) (cf. also the present participle levāns), from levis (“light, not heavy”).
Senses: synonyms: Mashreq
Greater Syria
glosses: A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).
Coordinate terms: english: where the sun sets; western Mediterranean
translation: where the sun sets; western Mediterranean
word: Maghreb
word: Ponant
Derived terms: Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Levantine
Levant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈvænt/
ipa: /ləˈvɑnt/
ipa: /lɪˈvɑnt/
ipa: /ləˈvænt/
rhymes: -ænt
Forms: form: Levants
Etymology: Borrowed from French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”) (cf. also the present participle levāns), from levis (“light, not heavy”).
Senses: synonyms: levanter
glosses: An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea.
examples: text: [I]t was bound by G. Levitsky […] in turquoise Levant, stamped back and front with the Crosby crest in gold.
ref: 1976, Geoffrey Wolff, Black Sun, New York Review of Books, published 2003, page 173:
glosses: A type of leather.
retronymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more retronymic
form: most retronymic
Etymology: From retronym + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a retronym.
Synonyms: retronymous
Derived terms: retronymically
Related terms: retronymously
embarrassed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/
note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/
Forms: form: more embarrassed
form: most embarrassed
Etymology: Past participle of embarrass.
Senses: examples: text: After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed.
antonyms: honored
proud
coordinate_terms: ashamed
shy
glosses: Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
examples: text: […] they could let their eyes hover tenderly on the far-off white cliffs that so often had signalled to the embarrassed English a promise of safety.
ref: 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
glosses: Impeded; obstructed; in an awkward situation.
Synonyms: word: abashed
word: ashamed
word: discombobulated
word: embarrassed
word: mortified
word: red in the face
word: shamed
word: shamefaced
word: scundered
Hypernyms: word: disgraced
word: humiliated
Derived terms: embarrassedly
I'm embarrassed
temporarily embarrassed millionaire
unembarrassed
Related terms: word: blush
word: cringe
word: red as a beetroot
word: humble
word: shame
word: shy
embarrassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/
note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/
Etymology: Past participle of embarrass.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of embarrass
AHAM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers.
violoncello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvaɪələnˈtʃɛləʊ/
ipa: /ˌviːələnˈtʃɛləʊ/
ipa: /ˌvaɪələnˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/
rhymes: -ɛləʊ
Forms: form: violoncellos
form: violoncelli
Etymology: A borrowing of Italian violoncello (“little violone”), from violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”, forming diminutives), violone itself being derived from viola + -one (“-oon”, forming augmentatives).
Senses: examples: text: A tentative violoncello is playing, invisible and plaintive, then stops with an asthmatic scrape of catgut.
ref: 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 110:
text: Preserved under the rock-hard amber varnish was a beautifully crafted mythological scene depicting a nude man in a lush landscape playing a violoncello to a rapt audience of peaceful animals, including a jaguar, lion, swan, fox, peacock, horse, parrot, dogs, badger, deer, bull, ostrich, and no less than an elephant coming over the hill to join them.
ref: 2016, Fred R. Kline, Leonardo’s Holy Child, Pegasus Books Ltd., →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of cello.
synonyms: word: cello
cor anglais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɔːɹ ˈɒŋɡleɪ/
ipa: /ˌkɔɹ ɔŋˈɡleɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: cors anglais
Etymology: Borrowed from French cor anglais (literally “English horn”), calqued from a misunderstanding of Middle High German engellisches horn (“angelic horn”), from the resemblance of the instrument to horns played by angels as depicted in the Middle Ages.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family that is pitched in F, one-fifth lower than the oboe and is consequently approximately one-third longer than the oboe.
Synonyms: English horn
nemeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɛməsiːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of nemesis
in addition
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
ref: 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
glosses: Also; as well; besides.
Synonyms: addedly
additionally
further
furthermore
epi-
Related terms: add
additional
RTU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RTUs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of remote terminal unit.
glosses: Initialism of real-time ultrasonography.
RTU
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: RTUs
form: RTUing
form: RTUed
form: RTUed
form: RTU'd
form: RTU'd
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of return to unit.
sensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛn.sə/
ipa: /ˈsɛn.sɚ/
homophone: censer
homophone: censor
homophone: senser
rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sensors
Etymology: Originated 1925–30, formed as a Latin loanword from sentiō (“to feel”) + -tor (“-er”). By surface analysis, sense + -or.
Senses: examples: text: The smoke sensor triggered the alarm.
text: Modern phones contain a light sensor that adjusts brightness.
text: A motion sensor detected movement in the empty room.
glosses: A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.
Derived terms: aptasensor
chemosensor
crossed loop sensor
fluorosensor
geosensor
glucosensor
gravisensor
gyrosensor
image sensor
immunosensor
intersensor
intrasensor
magnetosensor
mechanosensor
microsensor
minisensor
multisensor
nanosensor
neurosensor
osmosensor
phagosensor
photosensor
sensel
sensor array
sensorchip
sensorgram
sensorization
sensorless
sensorlike
somatosensor
thermosensor
xenosensor
Related terms: senser
ill at ease
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ill at ease
form: most ill at ease
Etymology: Compare to malaise, a similar formation from French.
Senses: glosses: Anxious; unsure; uneasy.
glosses: Uncomfortable.
Related terms: doldrums
malaise
melancholy
unease
relay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːleɪ/
ipa: /ɹiˈleɪ/
ipa: /ˈɹiːleɪ/
rhymes: -iːleɪ
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: relays
Etymology: From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin.
Senses: topics: hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: A new set of hounds.
glosses: A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
examples: text: There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Retribution”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 594:
glosses: A new set of anything.
glosses: A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: relay race
glosses: A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: relay race
glosses: A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. The most common events are 4×100 meter and 4×400 meter competitions.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
Derived terms: Indian relay
mail relay
radio relay
reed relay
relay cylinder
relay race
relay strike
spam relay
Swedish relay
time-delay relay
relay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːleɪ/
ipa: /ɹiˈleɪ/
ipa: /ˈɹiːleɪ/
rhymes: -iːleɪ
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: relays
form: relaying
form: relayed
form: relayed
Etymology: From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin.
Senses: examples: text: The CCTV cameras relay what's going on to the headquarters.
text: Can you relay this message to John?
glosses: To pass on or transfer (information).
topics: hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: To release a new set of hounds.
glosses: To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another.
glosses: To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses.
Synonyms: sense: to relay a message
word: convey
relay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːleɪ/
ipa: /ɹiˈleɪ/
ipa: /ˈɹiːleɪ/
rhymes: -iːleɪ
rhymes: -eɪ
ipa: /ˌɹiːˈleɪ/
ipa: /ˌɹiˈleɪ/
rhymes: -iːleɪ
homophone: re-lay
ipa: /ˈɹiːleɪ/
ipa: /ɹiˈleɪ/
ipa: /ˈɹiːleɪ/
rhymes: -iːleɪ
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: relays
form: relaying
form: relaid
form: relaid
Etymology: From re- + lay.
Senses: examples: text: Over this section the 16th class are allowed to haul 800 tons, compared with 600 tons only by the 13th and 14th, and 450 tons by the 12th class engines, and in this way, without any expenditure on civil engineering works or relaying with heavier rails, the introduction of the 16th class has almost doubled the line capacity.
ref: 1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 640:
text: A reader writes that some Ballachulish branch services are still worked by Class 2 2-6-0s Nos. 46460 and 78052, which have had to be retained at Oban until a tight curve on the outside line of the railway pier, used by coal and oil traffic for the island steamers, has been relaid to standards suitable for the diesels.
ref: 1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Modern Railways, page 427:
glosses: Alternative spelling of re-lay.
HMI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HMIs
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: Initialism of human-machine interface.
examples: text: A regular package here would give you six pieces of 1K tungsten lights, ten pieces of inky-dinkies, one HMI if you're lucky.
ref: 2015, Harriet Margolis, Alexis Krasilovsky, Julia Stein, Shooting Women: Behind the Camera, Around the World, page 151:
glosses: Initialism of hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide, a kind of lamp.
Related terms: SCADA
SCADA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SCADAs
Senses: topics: business
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
software
glosses: Acronym of supervisory control and data acquisition, an electrical network typically containing at least IED's, RTU's, and a master station equipped with an HMI; used to monitor and control process automation systems, such as those used by electrical and water utilities.
holla back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holla backs
form: holler back
Senses: glosses: A holler back; a reply.
glosses: An echo of voices, much like the response of a crowd to a cheerleader.
glosses: Feedback.
holla back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hollas back
form: hollaing back
form: hollaed back
form: hollaed back
form: holler back
Senses: examples: text: “Earth to Kimi, holla back,” Yvonne taunts after I miss another easy serve.
ref: 2008, Sandra Foy, This Life Isn't Perfect Holla, →ISBN:
text: When depression or breakdown is hollerin' at you . . . . holla back. When temptation or weakness is hollerin' at you . . . . holla back.
ref: 2012, Vanessa Clark, Essential Encouragement: Poetry with a Purpose, →ISBN, page 71:
text: “Holla back, girl! Where are you?” Mara asked, feeling a flush of happiness at hearing Eliza's throaty voice.
ref: 2013, Melissa de la Cruz, Sun-Kissed, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: To reply.
examples: text: I have a goatee, moustache, and medium thick eyebrows. Here to meet some cool peeps so Holla back at your Boy.
ref: 2003, Qvmagazine - Volume 6, Issues 1-2:
text: So holla back at me beautiful sista girl Let this chocolate lover into your chocolate world
ref: 2007, Eldon M. Thomas, Poems by E Presents from the Light to the Darkness and Back to Life, page 1434324362:
text: “Anyway,” She grabbed his dick through his black silk boxers, “I'll holla back big man."
ref: 2009, Ian J. Findlay, Saunie Brown, Women: The New Doggs, →ISBN:
text: You don't break up with me then try to holla back at me. So that's when she called asking if we can have a sexual type of relationship.
ref: 2010, M. L. Matthews, I Am Not the Father: Narratives of Men Falsely Accused of Paternity, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: To make or respond to romantic or sexual overtures.
examples: text: Holla back when you get outta church. just got ya message, i saw it when it popped up.
ref: 2006, Sexton Classford, The Reading: What You Knew You Didn't Know, →ISBN, page 30:
text: I feel ya man, go set her straight on Cally and holla back at me.
ref: 2009, Adriana Jai Wynn-Yeldell, Climbing Trees and Hiding in the Bushes, →ISBN, page 338:
text: “Alright I'll do that and holla back on Monday with the 411. Talk to you soon cuz."
ref: 2010, Tamika Davis, If I Knew Back Then What I Know Now, →ISBN, page 39:
text: I'll holla back at you later, he wrote, ending our conversation.
ref: 2012, Earl Sewell, Back To Me, →ISBN:
glosses: To contact again at a later time.