cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
one up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one ups
form: one-up
Senses: examples: text: WePay wants to get one-up in the mobile payments race with its new iOS app for small businesses.
glosses: An advantage over someone.
raw_tags: in phrases like "get one up on someone"
examples: text: If you hit that block, you can get a one up.
topics: video-games
glosses: Alternative spelling of 1-up (“extra life”).
Related terms: get one up on
go one better
one-upmanship
show off
show up
one-up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: one-ups
form: one-upping
form: one-upped
form: one-upped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of one up.
one-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-ups
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of one up.
Derived terms: one-upsmanship
one-upwomanship
one-upmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)wʌnˈʌpmənʃɪp/
ipa: /wənˈəpmənˌʃɪp/
Forms: form: one-upmanships
form: one-upsmanship
form: one-up-manship
form: oneupmanship
Etymology: From one-up + -manship, probably modelled after gamesmanship.
Senses: examples: text: They are focused on one-upmanship, which is the essence of a competitive spirit.
text: [V]arious emirates wanted their own ‘international’ airport, then an ‘international’ harbour, then cement factories, then container ports, then petro-chemical plants, then skyscraper hotels and, most recently, ‘international’ trade centres. […] The impetus for these projects continues to be ‘one-upmanship’ and inter-emirate competition for commercial pre-eminence and regional prestige. […] Outsiders, anxious to win lucrative contracts, have consistently taken advantage of these features of competitive one-upmanship among the UAE member states.
ref: 1981, Shahram Chubin, editor, Security in the Persian Gulf I: Domestic Political Factors (IISS Special Series; I), Montclair, N.J.: Published for the International Institute for Strategic Studies by Allanheld, Osmun & Co. Publishers, →ISBN, pages 29–30:
text: Rather than indulge in historical oneupmanship – who knows, maybe the scratchings around the cave paintings were the first primitive hypertext links? – we will begin our brief overview of the history of hypertext in the same era as the birth of the technology which supports it.
ref: 1991, Cliff McKnight, Andrew Dillon, John Richardson, “How Did We Get Here?”, in Hypertext in Context, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: The art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor.
examples: text: I think all readers will be impressed by the manner in which Marwick places his own analysis in relation to previous studies both of sorcery and of conflict in general. His punctiliousness here contrasts sharply with the practice of some anthropologists who, in a contest of one-upmanship, score points either by ignoring earlier work or even by baldly asserting that it was all wrong.
ref: 1965, Max Gluckman, “Foreword”, in M[axwell] G[ay] Marwick, Sorcery in Its Social Setting: A Study of the Northern Rhodesian Ceŵa, Manchester: Published by the University of Manchester at the University Press, →OCLC, page v
text: Even these debates rarely constituted an exchange of ideas; they more resembled a contest of sectional champions, or a game of righteous, intellectual, and regional one-upsmanship.
ref: 2002, John Patrick Daly, “The Evangelical Vision of the South and Its Future”, in When Slavery was Called Freedom: Evangelicalism, Proslavery, and the Causes of the Civil War (Religion in the South), Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: A succession of instances of outdoing a competitor.
Derived terms: one-upwomanship
Related terms: one-downmanship
brinksmanship
gamesmanship
one up
dick-measuring contest
graham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪ.əm/
note: General American, æ-tensing, alternative pronunciation
ipa: /ɡɹæm/
note: General American, æ-tensing, alternative pronunciation
ipa: /ˈɡɹeəm/
homophone: gram
homophone: gramme
rhymes: -æm
Forms: form: grahams
Etymology: Named after Sylvester Graham.
Senses: glosses: Flour made by grinding wheat berries including the bran.
examples: text: These classic, wholesome grahams are sweetened only with honey and molasses, and contain no saturated fat.
ref: 2001, Vegetarian Times, number 289, page 59:
glosses: A graham cracker.
Synonyms: graham flour
Derived terms: graham cracker
Related terms: whole-wheat flour
killing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪl.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ
Forms: form: more killing
form: most killing
Etymology: From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.
Senses: glosses: That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
examples: text: Should true Proportion ev'ry Mortal grace, / And Semetry be seen in ev'ry Face: / Beauty no longer would be thought divine, / Nor would its Charms with half the Lustre shine: / No courtly Dame a killing Look could boast, / If once the Foils of Homeliness were lost.
ref: 1756, Edward Ward, A Compleat and Humorous Account of All the Remarkable Clubs and Societies in the Cities of London and Westminster, page 134:
text: He sprang to open the door for the ladies, when they retired, with the most killing grace […]
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: Devastatingly attractive.
examples: text: Livia found her ‘killing’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.
ref: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 471:
glosses: That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from killing (adjective)
word: killingly
sense: Terms derived from killing (adjective)
word: killingness
killing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪl.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kill
Frederick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛd(ə)ɹɪk/
Etymology: From German Friedrich, Friederich and influenced by Latin Friderīcus, Frederīcus, from Old High German Fridurih, from Frankish *Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks (“peace king, peaceful ruler”).
Senses: examples: text: Have you not heard speak of Mariana, the sister of Frederick, the great soldier who miscarried at sea?
ref: Act III, Scene I
text: When I referred to the confusion which would result from the presence in the house of two people with the same name, she tossed her head and said it would be easy to obviate that by calling me Frederick instead of Fred. - - - Imagine Harry Bolles and other kindred spirits calling me stiff, august Frederick! I vowed that this should not be brought to pass - - -
ref: 1892, Robert Grant, The Reflections of a Married Man, Scribner, pages 98–99:
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Weld County, Colorado.
glosses: A tiny city in Rice County, Kansas.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A ghost town in Macomb County, Michigan.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Miami County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A town in Brown County, South Dakota.
Derived terms: Frederick County
Fredericktown
King Frederick VIII Land
Prince Frederick
Related terms: sense: pet forms
word: Fred
sense: pet forms
word: Freddie
sense: pet forms
word: Freddy
sense: pet forms
word: Erick
sense: rare spellings
word: Frederic
sense: rare spellings
word: Fredrick
sense: rare spellings
word: Frideric
sense: female given names
word: Frederica
situate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪt͡ʃ.u.eɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɪt.ju.eɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɪt͡ʃ.u.ət/
ipa: /ˈsɪt.ju.ət/
Forms: form: situates
form: situating
form: situated
form: situated
form: scituate
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin situātus, past participle of Medieval Latin situō (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).
Senses: examples: text: The statue is situated in a corner hardly visible to the public, except through a window from an outside maintenance area situated behind the building.
glosses: To place on or into a physical location.
examples: text: The mayor is situated between probable censure and possible recall.
text: Other critiques have not focussed on the lexicography but rather have situated Hobson-Jobson within a larger postcolonialist critique of the British imperial project.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487:
text: In the following sections, I situate my work more explicitly within several contemporary contexts.
ref: 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 7:
glosses: To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc.
Related terms: site
situation
situate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪt͡ʃ.u.eɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɪt.ju.eɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɪt͡ʃ.u.ət/
ipa: /ˈsɪt.ju.ət/
Forms: form: more situate
form: most situate
form: scituate
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin situātus, past participle of Medieval Latin situō (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).
Senses: examples: text: Wadley in Berkshire is situate in a vale, though not so fertile a soil as some vales afford […].
ref: , II.ii.3
text: Pleasure situate in hill and dale.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: […] the farm Kafferskraal No. 62 is not situate within a released area and its acquisition by the South African Native Trust is consequently not contemplated.
ref: 1938, letter from South African Secretary for Native Affairs to N L Henwoodhttps://www.justice.gov.za/lcc/jdgm/2002/3-00.pdf
glosses: Situated.
examples: text: [...] graunted unto ye sayd Arthure Herrys for his Creast on the heaulme a Stagges head losengy couppe siluer & gules horned gold situate on a wreathe gold & azure mantelled gules doubled siluer which togither w ye sayd ancient Armes viz[…] In the yere of our Lord God MCCCCClxxviij […]
ref: 1917, Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, page 218:
text: The arms of the College of Surgeons in Endinburgh, I fancy, afford the only instance of what is presumably a corpse, the blazon being: "Azure, a man (human body) fesswise between a dexter hand having an eye on the palm issuing out of a cloud downward and a castle situate on a rock proper, within a bordure or charged with several instruments peculiar to the art (sic); on a canton of the first a saltire argent surmounted of a thistle vert, crowned of the third."
ref: 2013, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide To Heraldry, →ISBN:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Situated; located.
posted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpoʊstɪd/
ipa: /ˈpəʊstɪd/
rhymes: -əʊstɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of post
exception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əkˈsɛpʃən/
ipa: /ɪkˈsɛpʃən/
homophone: acception stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: exceptions
Etymology: From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō. Equivalent to except + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: the exception of a rule
glosses: The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
examples: text: That rule is usually true, but there are a few exceptions.
text: The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had abolished slavery but allowed one major exception: slavery remained appropriate as punishment for a crime.
ref: 2012, Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow, →ISBN, page 31:
synonyms: outlier
antonyms: commonness
generality
glosses: That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
topics: law
glosses: An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
qualifier: usually followed by to or against
glosses: An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.
examples: text: null pointer exception
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.
Hyponyms: checked exception
unchecked exception
Derived terms: be no exception
every rule has an exception
exceptionable
exceptioner
exception handler
exceptionless
exception that proves the rule
exceptious
first-chance exception
make an exception
management by exception
personal exception
state of exception
take exception
there is an exception to every rule
without exception
with the exception of
Related terms: except
exceptional
exception handling
gamesmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamesmanships
Etymology: From game + -s- + -manship or gamesman + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: They kept the other team waiting on the field until the last possible moment – that was a clear case of gamesmanship.
text: [Tina] Satter’s film, with its dramatization of the investigators’ formalized gamesmanship and [Reality] Winner’s strategic maneuvering, is fascinating but narrow, both regarding the protagonist and the law at large.
ref: 2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent.
Derived terms: namesmanship
Related terms: game
gamesman
one-upmanship
brinksmanship
unsporting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsporting
form: most unsporting
Etymology: From un- + sporting.
Senses: glosses: unfair, or not sportsmanlike
examples: text: The bright, unsporting boy is labelled a swot, geek or nerd, the artist any other term that throws his masculinity into doubt.
ref: 2011, Brent D. Taylor, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires:
glosses: Not taking part in sport; unsporty.
tactic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæktɪk/
rhymes: -æktɪk
Forms: form: tactics
form: tactick
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós, “fit for ordering”), from τάσσω (tássō, “to order, to arrange”).
Senses: examples: text: Omar has challenged Elliott Abrams’s record in Latin America, taken a firm line against Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, and advocated for—wait for it—the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine (even though the headlines have focused on her expressing support for the right to boycott as a tactic).
ref: 2019 September 10, Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect, number Fall 2019:
synonyms: scheme
stratagem
plan
maneuver
course of action
coordinate_terms: strategy
glosses: A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A maneuver used against an enemy.
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.
Derived terms: counter-tactic
countertactic
delaying tactic
delay tactic
scare tactic
tactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæktɪk/
rhymes: -æktɪk
Forms: form: tactick
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós, “fit for ordering”), from τάσσω (tássō, “to order, to arrange”).
Senses: examples: text: But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]
ref: 1831, Thomas Campbell, The Power of Russia:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: tactical
glosses: Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical
Derived terms: intertactic
basically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪ.sɪk.(ə.)li/
enpr: bāʹsĭk-(ə)lē
ipa: /ˈbeɪ.sɪk.koʊ.li/
Forms: form: more basically
form: most basically
Etymology: From basic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: They've added some fancy features, but it's basically still a crappy car.
glosses: In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
glosses: Essentially; mostly; pretty much.
examples: text: I shouldn't have done it, basically.
text: To get your eyes tested, you should basically go to the opticians.
qualifier: filler
glosses: Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.
Synonyms: sense: in a fundamental manner
word: essentially
word: fundamentally
sense: for the most part
word: chiefly
word: more often than not
word: mostly
over one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: over one’s head
Senses: examples: text: This is way over my head. Can you explain it more simply?
glosses: More complex or confusing than one can understand; beyond one’s comprehension.
examples: text: I’m in over my head on this project. Can you help?
text: Fuck Waist Deep, I'm in over my head / But it's cool, I'ma make it, I'm Good like Meagan
ref: 2009, “I Can’t Feel My Face”, in Da Drought 3, performed by Lil Wayne:
glosses: More than one can handle; too much (especially in over one's head).
examples: text: He just shot a spectacularly over his head round of golf and beat all of us.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Performing at a level greatly superior to one's usual level of performance.
examples: text: [Y]ou suspect that he's building a case to go over your head and talk to your boss about performance in your section.
ref: 2005, Robert H. Vaughn, The Professional Trainer: A Comprehensive Guide, page 121:
topics: business
glosses: Directed to someone with authority over the person, so as to avoid requiring the approval of the person himself or herself.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, head.
Synonyms: in too deep
out of one's depth
reform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/
ipa: /ˌɹiːˈfɔːm/
ipa: /ɹɪˈfɔɹm/
ipa: /ɹəˈfɔɹm/
ipa: /ɹɪˈfɔːm/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: reforms
Etymology: From Middle English reformen, from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme.
Senses: examples: text: The elections need to undergo a serious reform.
text: Major reform is needed to improve the efficiency in the factory.
text: 19 February 2011, Barack Obama, Presidential Weekly Address, America Will Win the Future
[…] over the past two years, my administration has made education a top priority. We’ve launched a competition called “Race to the Top” – a reform that is lifting academic standards and getting results; not because Washington dictated the answers, but because states and local schools pursued innovative solutions.
glosses: The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
Synonyms: reformation
amendment
rectification
correction
Derived terms: anti-reform
monetary reform
reform mathematics
reform school
spelling reform
thought reform
Related terms: reformation
waterlogged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more waterlogged
form: most waterlogged
Senses: examples: text: The sudden inundation from the remnants of Ida transformed familiar scenes of life in New York into otherworldly and waterlogged chaos on Wednesday night.
ref: 2021 September 1, Michael Levenson, Anne Barnard, “Scenes from New York City as Ida paralyzes region”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Soaked with water.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: In danger of sinking because of excess water onboard.
Synonyms: sense: soaked with water
word: drenched
word: saturated
word: sodden
word: wet
Related terms: waterlog
comprehension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌkɔmpɹɪˈhenʃn̩/
Forms: form: comprehensions
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French compréhension, from Latin comprehensiō (“taking together”), from com- (“with, together”) + prehendō (“take”).
Senses: examples: text: Students will be tested on their comprehension of sentences in the foreign language.
text: What appeal to him are the broad visions, the specious comprehension of the social order as a whole which a planned system promises.
ref: 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 428:
glosses: A thorough understanding.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
topics: education
glosses: Reading comprehension.
Synonyms: understanding
Derived terms: incomprehension
intercomprehension
listening comprehension
miscomprehension
noncomprehension
reading comprehension
uncomprehension
Related terms: comprehend
comprehensibility
comprehensible
comprehensive
comprehensiveness
waterlog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: waterlogs
form: waterlogging
form: waterlogged
form: waterlogged
form: water-log
form: water log
Etymology: From water + log.
Senses: glosses: To saturate with water.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To make (a boat) heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding it with water.
prepared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈpɛəd/
ipa: /pɹɪˈpɛɹd/
ipa: /pɹəˈpɛɹd/
ipa: /pɹɪˈpeːd/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /pɹɪˈpeəd/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /pɹɪˈpiəd/
ipa: /pɹɪˈpeɹd/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /pɹɪˈpɜː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
Forms: form: more prepared
form: most prepared
Etymology: From prepare + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The journalist interviewed an eye-witness who was not prepared to disclose his identity.
glosses: Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).
raw_tags: followed by the preposition to
Synonyms: equal
Hyponyms: well-prepared
Derived terms: ill-prepared
preparedly
prepared mustard
preparedness
prepared piano
prepared statement
unprepared
prepared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈpɛəd/
ipa: /pɹɪˈpɛɹd/
ipa: /pɹəˈpɛɹd/
ipa: /pɹɪˈpeːd/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /pɹɪˈpeəd/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /pɹɪˈpiəd/
ipa: /pɹɪˈpeɹd/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /pɹɪˈpɜː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
Etymology: From prepare + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prepare
deadstick landing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadstick landings
Etymology: This term does not come from a reference to an aircraft's stick (“control stick”); rather, the stick in this term is, originally, a wooden propeller that has lost its engine power (from circa World War I). The term was extended to any aircraft (even jets) by an obvious extension of the metaphor. This term also does not involve the same metaphor as stick the landing (which see for more), although in some light aircraft, in some conditions, a highly skilled pilot might potentially stick the landing even if it is a deadstick landing.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A forced landing without propulsion of an aircraft that normally operates with propulsion.
Related terms: stick the landing
dash off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dashes off
form: dashing off
form: dashed off
form: dashed off
Senses: examples: text: I have to dash off to the store, but I'll be back soon.
glosses: To leave a place quickly or briefly.
examples: text: Let me dash off a quick note.
text: In the '50s, she worked as an usherette at the famed Apollo Theater, joined a jazzy trio called the Halos, recorded as the "Dee" half of a short-lived Shirley & Lee-ish Jay & Dee, and dashed off tunes in her spare time.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: To write quickly or informally.
riches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ɪtʃɪz
Etymology: From Middle English riches, plural of riche (“power, wealth”), from Old English rīċe (“power, authority, dominion”). Confused with Middle English richesse (“wealth”), from Old French richesse, from riche (“rich, wealthy”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *rīki (“rich”) from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”), Old English racu (“explanation, reasoning”). More at rich.
Senses: examples: text: Cal.[…]Sometimes a thouſand twangling Inſtruments
 Will hum about mine eares ; and ſometime voices,
 That if I then had wak'd after long ſleepe,
 Will make me ſleepe againe, and then in dreaming,
 The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches
 Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd
 I cri'de to dreame againe.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 12:
glosses: Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
examples: text: You will enjoy the riches of this forest.
glosses: An abundance of anything desirable.
Derived terms: embarrassment of riches
Related terms: rich
riches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ɪtʃɪz
Etymology: From rich + -es (plural suffix) by analogy with poors (“poor people”).
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Chander Lall Mookerji wrote to me thus: “The youngs and the olds, the highs and the lows, the riches and the poors, all join together in praising Your Honour’s magnanimity.”
ref: 1929 March, A. C. Amy, “‘Well, when I was at the War—⁠—’”, in William H[eaton] Horrocks, C. J. Coppinger, editors, Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, volume LII, number 3, London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd. […], page 189:
text: In Antiquity has also existed social conflicts between the poor men and the riches.
ref: 2012, Constantin Portelli, “The Italian Fascism”, in The Big Transition, Pittsburgh, Pa.: RoseDog Books, →ISBN:
text: […] South America used to be a heaven for the riches and the hell for the poors and it's true.
ref: 2015, Jings Chen, chapter 18, in South Texas Never Raided, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN:
text: She slips her rosary out of her purse, works her fingers over the beads, and continues chanting her list of deads. It’s one of her many lists. And one of her many quirks. She’s list obsessed. The deads, the gays, the riches, the poors, the outs, the down-and-outs. […] And, after my sister, Opal committed suicide, she dipped deeper into the buggy pot. […] After Dad passed, our long-distance phone conversations took on all kinds of new eccentricities. […] The deads were not going to be disregarded, according to Mom.
ref: 2016, A. Wilding Wells, “Snowvale”, in Sunshine Bleeds a Black Edge (The Wild Things; 3), Hyp Notic Press, →ISBN:
text: They live in the forest, steal from the riches and help the poors.
ref: 2020, Derya Öztürk, chapter 9, in Robin Hood (Stage-1), İstanbul: Maviçatı Yayınları, →ISBN:
text: The riches have money not happiness / The poors are happy but penniless
ref: 2021, Manya Srivastava, “Don't Judge a Book by It's^([sic]) Cover”, in Alfesha Zeeshan, Saher Beig, compilers, Musing, Rourkela, Odisha: Unvoiced Heart; Spectrum of Thoughts, →ISBN, page 77:
synonyms: wealthies
antonyms: poors
glosses: Rich people.
counter
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.tə/
ipa: /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/
note: in fast speech
ipa: [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ]
rhymes: -aʊntə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.
Senses: examples: text: running counter to all the rules of virtue
ref: 1693, [John Locke], “§94”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
examples: text: a hound that runs counter
text: She hated being pregnant; it ran counter to everything she wanted from her body
ref: 2004, Bee Lavender, Maia Rossini, Mamaphonic: Balancing Motherhood and Other Creative Acts:
text: which [darts] they never throw counter, but at the back of the flyer
ref: 1615, George Sandys, “(please specify the page)”, in The Relation of a Iourney Begun An: Dom: 1610. […], London: […] [Richard Field] for W. Barrett, →OCLC:
glosses: In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.
counter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.tə/
ipa: /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/
note: in fast speech
ipa: [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ]
rhymes: -aʊntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: counters
Etymology: From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.
Senses: glosses: Something opposite or contrary to something else.
examples: text: Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
examples: text: Seymour, sitting in an old corduroy armchair across the room, a cigarette going, wearing a blue shirt, gray slacks, moccasins with the counters broken down, a shaving cut on the side of his face […]
ref: 1959, J. D. Salinger, Seymour: An Introduction:
glosses: The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
glosses: The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
examples: text: with kindly counter under mimic shade
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Teares of the Muses”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
glosses: An encounter.
examples: text: Arsenal lacked urgency and penetration in a lazy, lacklustre opening half, sucked in by Forest's strategy of sitting back in blocks of defence waiting to hit them on the counter.
ref: 2024 January 30, Phil McNulty, “Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners in title race after they close gap to leaders Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: counterattack
counter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.tə/
ipa: /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/
note: in fast speech
ipa: [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ]
rhymes: -aʊntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: counters
form: countering
form: countered
form: countered
Etymology: From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.
Senses: examples: text: I don't remember the conversation totally verbatim, yet I remember the tone — increasingly angry on my part, and flippant and snide on his. We countered back and forth at least three times.
ref: 1979 February 10, Pat M. Kuras, “The Rubber Gun Backfires”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 5:
text: In a war of words that has broken out between Khan and Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, the Mayor was accused of sending revenue-raising proposals to Shapps some three weeks late, giving him little choice but to extend negotiations. Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability."
ref: 2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8:
coordinate_terms: counteract
counterargue
counterbalance
countervail
glosses: To contradict, oppose.
examples: text: His left hand countered provokingly.
ref: 1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
examples: text: David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.
ref: 2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 23:
glosses: To take action in response to; to respond.
glosses: To encounter.
counter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊn.tə/
ipa: /ˈkaʊn.tɚ/
note: in fast speech
ipa: [ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈkʰaʊ̯.nɚ]
rhymes: -aʊntə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.
Senses: examples: text: His carrying a knife was counter to my plan.
text: He could not compel Mrs. Proudie to say that the report was untrue; nor could he condescend to make counter hits at her about her own daughter, as his wife would have done.
ref: 1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage:
text: Innumerable facts attesting the counter principle.
ref: a. 1865, Isaac Taylor, Mind in Form:
text: It was, however, most interesting work, and the moulders themselves were a decent crowd, never tired of making jokes about themselves such as the hoary one that moulders did not live long, which however ran counter to the other one that no germs could live in a foundry—the atmosphere was too foul.
ref: 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 342:
synonyms: opposite
contrasted
opposed
adverse
antagonistic
glosses: Contrary or opposing
Derived terms: word: counter agent
word: counter fugue
word: counter current
word: counter curve
word: counter revolution
word: counter poison
sense: See also
word: counter-
Darth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɑɹθ/
ipa: /dɑːθ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)θ
Etymology: From the Star Wars universe, where it is used as a title for Sith Lords. (There are Darth Vader, Darth Tyranus, Darth Maul etc.) Blend of dark + death (the derivation from Dark Lord of the Sith is a later development).
Senses: examples: text: Consider the threat of an evil hacker, Darth, who can not only eavesdrop on your network connection but also alter the messages that are sent.
ref: 2000, David G. Messerschmitt, Understanding Networked Applications: A First Course (textbook), Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, page 400
text: […] glaring malevolently across his desk at me in the manner that had earned him the nickname “Darth” among his elite cadre of audio penetration officers.
ref: 2000, Antonio J. Mendez, Malcolm McConnell, The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA, HarperCollins, published 2000, →ISBN, page 186:
text: The evil Darth Leonard steals the formula and a young couple must get it back (real life Ward Leonard is a legendary recluse who has hiked the Appalachian Trail something like 20-30 times).
ref: 2005, John Illig, Pacific Dream: A Pacific Crest Trail Through-Hike, Elderberry Press, →ISBN, page 74:
text: I’m sure Darth Hoodie has some other illegal way of messing with inexperienced quarterbacks on the road.
ref: 2015 November 27, Jimmy Kempski quoted in "Patriots-Broncos prediction roundup" in Boston Globe
glosses: Used as a title or name for an evil person.
Related terms: Darth Vader
mezzo piano
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Italian mezzo (“middle”) + piano (“soft, quiet”)
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: moderately soft
Synonyms: mp
mezzo piano
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Italian mezzo (“middle”) + piano (“soft, quiet”)
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: moderately soft
Synonyms: mp
waveform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waveforms
Etymology: From wave + form.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The shape of a wave function represented by a graph showing some dependent variable as function of an independent variable.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The shape of a physical wave, such as sound, electric current or electromagnetic radiation, or its representation obtained by plotting a characteristic of the phenomenon (such as voltage) versus another variable, often time.
freestyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/
ipa: /fɹiˌstaɪəl/
Forms: form: freestyles
form: free-style
Etymology: From free + style.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
swimming
glosses: A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
swimming
glosses: A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.
The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.
The skiing style commonly referred to as skating.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted.
examples: text: In the world of hip hop, many freestyle artists have been known to speak, “Check one, check two!” into the microphone. The phrasing serves two purposes: (1) to put the freestyle artist on rhythm with the beat and (2) […]
ref: 2014, Michael W. Waters, Freestyle: Reflections on Faith, Family, Justice, and Pop Culture, Fresh Air Books, →ISBN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing.
examples: text: (While there are definitely a large number of Japanese cookbooks out there with detailed instructions and measurements, it was this freestyle cooking philosophy I most frequently encountered.)
ref: 2012, Sarah Marx Feldner, A Cook's Journey to Japan: 100 Homestyle Recipes from Japanese Kitchens, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Anything done in an improvised or unrestricted way.
examples: text: A not always visibly but nevertheless significantly Latin music, freestyle originated alongside hip-hop in the Bronx and achieved a quicker yet more fleeting commercial success. The style’s similarities to contemporaneous R&B and hi-NRG endeared it to pop radio programmers, […]
ref: 2012 March 2, Nick Minichino, “A Quick Primer On Freestyle: 1980s Dancepop's Most Underheralded Genre”, in The Village Voice:
text: Already a veteran DJ-producer on New York’s freestyle scene, 23-year-old Frankie Bones was flown to England for an Energy rave.
ref: 2012, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash, Soft Skull Press, page 281:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Ellipsis of Latin freestyle, a form of electronic dance music.
Derived terms: freestyler
freestyle wrestling
freestylist
Latin freestyle
Miami freestyle
freestyle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/
ipa: /fɹiˌstaɪəl/
Forms: form: freestyles
form: freestyling
form: freestyled
form: freestyled
form: free-style
Etymology: From free + style.
Senses: examples: text: And just hours after the famous golfer died in an airplane accident, I freestyled to a less talented rival, “Stop now before you get hurt / Your whole style should never take flight like Payne Stewart.”
ref: 2016, Jensen Karp, Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big, Crown, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.
raw_tags: in rap music
glosses: To improvise one's dance moves; dance freely.
glosses: To improvise something in an unrestricted way.
SAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SACs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of senior aircraftman.
glosses: Initialism of saeculum ante Christum (“era before Christ”).
SAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Sacramento.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Strategic Air Command.
topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: Acronym of surface air consumption.
Related terms: english: Military Airlift Command
translation: Military Airlift Command
word: MAC
english: Tactical Air Command
translation: Tactical Air Command
word: TAC
TAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TACs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of tactical air command.
examples: text: Darrell S. Mudd, The Boys of Chattahoochee: Sons of the Greatest Generation
There were six tactical officers (TACs) in 95th Company, each in charge of a platoon of 40 officer candidates. TACs were not responsible for classroom or field instruction, as their title might suggest, […]
text: The TACs were commissioned officers; most were infantry officers and OCS graduates. They were lieutenants and called “sir.”
ref: 2017, John R. Oreskovich, SCUMBAG: The Education of an American Officer, page 40:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Clipping of tactical officer.
Related terms: english: See entry under Mac acronyms
translation: See entry under Mac acronyms
word: MAC
word: SAC
TAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Tacoma.
topics: media
publishing
glosses: Initialism of The American Conservative.
Derived terms: SEATAC
instar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnstɑː/
ipa: /ˈɪnstɑɹ/
Forms: form: instars
Etymology: From Latin instar (“form, likeness”), which is of obscure origin.
Senses: glosses: Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.
examples: text: In A. orientalis, first and second instars were more susceptible than third instars to H. bacteriophora TF strain, […]
ref: 2005, Nematodes as biocontrol agents, edited by Parwinder S. Grewal, Ralf-Udo Ehlers, and David I. Shapiro-Ilan, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 133:
glosses: An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development.
examples: text: We avoided Tourist Homes, country cousins of Funeral ones, old-fashioned, genteel and showerless, with elaborate dressing tables in depressingly white-and-pink little bedrooms, and photographs of the landlady’s children in all their instars.
ref: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 2, page 148:
text: California spirituality is a late instar of America’s utopian impulse, and corporate meritocracy derives from the Whig dream of the self-made man that entranced young Abraham Lincoln.
ref: 2014 January 8, Caleb Crain, “The Democratic Personality”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: A stage in development.
instar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnstɑː/
ipa: /ˈɪnstɑɹ/
ipa: /ɪnˈstɑː/
ipa: /ɪnˈstɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈɪnstɑː/
ipa: /ˈɪnstɑɹ/
Forms: form: instars
form: instarring
form: instarred
form: instarred
Etymology: From in- + star.
Senses: examples: text: Yet mark with shining steps the humbler way;
And, as angelic feet instar the sky,
Drop the bright sparks along the wilderness.
ref: 1882, Frederick Randolph Abbe, The Temple Rebuilt: A Poem, page 125:
text: Espey could distinguish through the clear darkness the fringed branches of a pine-tree clinging to the heights above and waving against the instarred sky, and below a vague moving whiteness […]
ref: 1893, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 72, page 507:
text: He was dreaming, surely; or were those deep, instarred eyes really fixed upon him with that wistful gaze which he had seen only twice before?
ref: 1896, Mary Noailles Murfree (pseudonym Charles Egbert Craddock), In the Tennessee mountains, 14th edition, page 209:
glosses: To stud or adorn with stars or other brilliants; to star.
glosses: To make a star of; set as a star.
haematophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /hɪˌmætəˈfeɪɡəs/
Forms: form: hæmatophagous
form: hematophagous
Etymology: From haemato- + -phagous.
Senses: examples: text: The leech is a haematophagous creature.
synonyms: sanguivorous
glosses: Feeding on blood.
Hyponyms: solenophagous
telmophagous
Related terms: hematophagy
hematophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haematophagous.
boobie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boobies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of booby (“a woman's breast”).
carping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)pɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carp
carping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)pɪŋ
Forms: form: more carping
form: most carping
Senses: examples: text: Having thus acknowledged what I owe those who have aided and approved me, I turn to another class; a small one, so far as I know, but not, therefore, to be overlooked. I mean the timorous or carping few who doubt the tendency of such books as "Jane Eyre:" in whose eyes whatever is unusual is wrong; whose ears detect in each protest against bigotry -- that parent of crime -- an insult to piety, that regent of God on earth. I would suggest to such doubters certain obvious distinctions; I would remind them of certain simple truths.
ref: 1847, Charlotte Brontë, “Preface”, in Jane Eyre, 2nd London edition:
text: However, since there are 488 pages in all for a bargain price of a guinea one must not be too carping.
ref: 1962 June, “New Reading on Railways: Locomotives of British Railways, by H. C. Casserley & L. Asher, Spring Books, 21s.”, in Modern Railways, page 432:
text: Written as a ripost to Samuel Constant’s short story "Le Mari sentimental", in which the husband is driven to despair and ultimately suicide by his carping wife, Mistress Henly begins with an account of the wife’s reading of the Constant story and how as a reader she links the text of imagination to the realities of her own life.
ref: 2005, Suellen Diaconoff, Through The Reading Glass, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 110:
glosses: complaining excessively.
Derived terms: carpingly