cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fansign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfænsaɪn/
Forms: form: fansigns
form: fan sign
Etymology: From fan + sign. Initially gained popularity in the sense of a photograph of a person with an inscription in 2012. Gained popularity in the sense of a meet-and-greet with a K-pop artist in 2016.
Senses: examples: text: Fansigns can go from okay to weird as fans are really known to show devotion and dedication to their idols […]
ref: 2013 March 12, rhysia.wordpress.com, Fansign? What the heck is that?! – Rhysia
glosses: A photograph of a person with an inscription (often on the body or a piece of paper) used on the Internet as an autograph of a celebrity or as a sign of love for a celebrity from a fan.
examples: text: Most fans would relish the chance to see their idols live in concert at least once, or attend a fansign event and get a personal signature!
ref: 2021 January 7, Wonderful, Tips on How to Win a K-pop Video Call Fansign Event by Wonderful
synonyms: fansigning
qualifier: South Korean idol fandom
glosses: A meet-and-greet with a K-pop artist where fans can ask questions, receive autographs, take photos or receive hugs.
fan sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæn saɪn/
Forms: form: fan signs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fansign.
fansigns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fansign
piss out one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pisses out one's ass
form: pissing out one's ass
form: pissed out one's ass
form: pissed out one's ass
form: piss out of one's ass
Etymology: The watery form of the fecal matter and fluid feel of the bowel movements is likened to urination in this phrase.
Senses: examples: text: I ran to the bathroom and pissed out my ass for an hour, thanks to that old hamburger I ate.
glosses: To have severe diarrhea.
piss out of one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pisses out of one's ass
form: pissing out of one's ass
form: pissed out of one's ass
form: pissed out of one's ass
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of piss out one's ass.
pisses out one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of piss out one's ass
pissing out one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of piss out one's ass
pissed out one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of piss out one's ass
pisses out of one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of piss out of one's ass
pissing out of one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of piss out of one's ass
pissed out of one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of piss out of one's ass
Mézières
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Part of Charleville-Mézières, a commune in northern France.
glosses: A municipality in Fribourg canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A village and former municipality in Vaud canton, Switzerland, now in Jorat-Mézières municipality.
dropsondes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dropsonde
dropsonde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropsondes
Etymology: From drop + sonde.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A weather-observing device dropped from an aircraft.
devotionalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devotionalisms
Etymology: From devotional + -ism.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Devotional behaviour.
isoleukotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + leukotoxin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An epoxide derived from linoleic acid, systematically named 9,10-epoxy-12Z-octadecenoic acid.
Synonyms: coronaric acid
Longwy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France, close to the borders of both Belgium and Luxembourg.
Cruden Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: By the 1890s, however, efforts were being made to popularise Port Errol ^([sic]) and Cruden Bay as seaside resorts, and on August 24, 1893, a branch was authorised from Ellon to Cruden Bay, and thence northwards to the fishing haven of Boddam.
ref: 1956 January, H. A. Vallance, “Northwards from Aberdeen”, in Railway Magazine, page 12:
glosses: A village on the Bay of Cruden in north-east Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0936).
bootROM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bootROMs
Etymology: From boot + ROM.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A read-only memory used for the initial boot process of a computer or device.
Grimoldby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grimoldbys
Etymology: From the Old Norse personal name Grimaldi + býr (“farmstead”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Grimoldby and Manby Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3988).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old Norse.
archdeanery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archdeaneries
Etymology: From archdean + -ery.
Senses: glosses: The headquarters, or jurisdiction of an archdean.
auspiced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of auspice
Manby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Manbys
Etymology: From the Old Norse personal name Manni + býr (“farmstead; town”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Grimoldby and Manby Parish Council) in, and the administrative centre of East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3987).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old Norse.
goobery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more goobery
form: most goobery
Etymology: From goober + -y.
Senses: glosses: Gooey, drooly and mucky.
wheesh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Of imitative origin. Compare hush.
Senses: glosses: A plea or demand for silence; hush.
wheesh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wheeshes
form: wheeshing
form: wheeshed
form: wheeshed
Etymology: Of imitative origin. Compare hush.
Senses: glosses: To silence (a person, noise, etc) or to be silent.
wheesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheeshes
Etymology: Of imitative origin. Compare hush.
Senses: glosses: Silence; hush.
null-grav
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Relating to, producing, or designed for a condition of zero gravity.
null-grav
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: null-gravs
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Zero gravity.
holy cats
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Expressing astonishment.
fan signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fan sign
butt-kicking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From butt + kicking.
Senses: glosses: A beating; a decisive or humiliating defeat; a severe reprimand.
glosses: The action of inflicting a severe beating or defeat.
butt-kicking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more butt-kicking
form: most butt-kicking
Etymology: From butt + kicking.
Senses: glosses: Aggressive, violent, tough; strong, powerful.
ziphead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zipheads
Etymology: From zip + head.
Senses: glosses: A silly or dumb person.
cough candy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cough candies
Senses: glosses: cough drops
Sondheim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sondheims
Etymology: Borrowed from German Sondheim.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Erroll
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Errolls
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Port Erroll
Hueffer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hueffers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hüffer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Hergesheimer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hergesheimers
Etymology: Variant of German Hargesheimer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Hiaasen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hiaasens
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Hiaasen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
Hoffenberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hoffenbergs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hoffenberg, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Fairstein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fairsteins
Etymology: Probably a variant of Feuerstein.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Lescroart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lescroarts
Etymology: Borrowed from French Lescroart.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Leovy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Leovys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Howdershelt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Howdershelts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
cod reggae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Non-Jamaican reggae, seen as inauthentic and lacking in soulfulness
Tierneys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tierney
lay bye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lay byes
Senses: examples: text: Taking a gamble the decision was made to leave the caravan in the lay bye and use the one car to venture into town to sample some of the local hospitality.
ref: 1988, Dr. K, His Last Supper, page 38:
text: He stopped at a lay bye somewhere along the way for a rest and a drink.
ref: 2010, Nsununguli Mbo, A Crisis of the Heart, page 145:
text: Five minutes later the coach was again passing the lay bye, just as the words “The Mayor of Bayswater he had a pretty daughter and the hair on her dickydido hung down to her knees" rang out from the back of the coach.
ref: 2016, Howard Robinson, Haven On Tour, page 60:
glosses: Alternative form of lay-by.
lay byes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lay bye
lay-bye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lay-byes
Senses: examples: text: Jennie pulled over into a lay-bye, turned off the engine and buried her head in her hands. She wept.
ref: 2014, Marit Meredith, The Loss:
text: I can't believe he's that clever to have boarded a boat or an aeroplane without being spotted. Also we've found a Range Rover in a lay-bye outside Belfast.
ref: 2014, Michael Pekenham, Love Thine Enemy:
text: The assassin's anonymous white van wound serenely along the coast road in the shimmering heat of a June afternoon. ere was no other trac on the road and the assassin raked the hazy distance ahead in search of the lay-bye where he was sure steve had stopped to answer the assassin's promised telephone call at exactly half-past three.
ref: 2018, Susan Widdicombe, Tales of Inner Turmoil I, page 83:
glosses: Alternative form of lay-by.
lay-byes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lay-bye
sandproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sandproof
form: most sandproof
Etymology: From sand + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Protecting against, or resistant to, sand.
PAHO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Pan-American Health Organization.
overbowled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overbowl
overbowls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overbowl
overbowling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overbowl
overwarn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overwarns
form: overwarning
form: overwarned
form: overwarned
Etymology: From over- + warn.
Senses: glosses: To warn excessively.
overwarned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overwarn
overwarns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overwarn
overwarning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overwarn
drag hunted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drag hunt
Fana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fanas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Faña.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
glosses: A borough of Bergen, Vestland, Norway.
Gooley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gooleys
Etymology: Two main origins:
* An Americanized spelling of French Goulet.
* A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gabhlaigh (“descendant of Gabhlach”), a byname from gabhlach (“forked; branching”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gooleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gooley
Fanas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fana
Skiathos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in the Northern Sporades
glosses: A town in Greece located on the island of the same name.
Gaudino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gaudinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Gaudino.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Dager
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dagers
Etymology: * As a Catalan surname, variant of Daguer, from the noun daguer (“knifesmith”).
* As a Hispanic (Spanish) surname, variant of Basque (Gipuzkoa) Daguer, a variant of French Daguerre, a habitational name from de + Aguerre, a place in Béarn, itself from Basque. See Aguirre.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Catalan.
inunct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inuncts
form: inuncting
form: inuncted
form: inuncted
Etymology: From Latin inunctus, perfect passive participle of inunguere (“to anoint”). Doublet of anoint.
Senses: examples: text: The contents of one of these is to be inuncted for at least twenty minutes once daily after thorough cleansing on the inner surface of the thighs, the flanks, and the forearms.
ref: 1901, The Medical Standard - Volume 24, page 93:
text: She now picks up the baby: sees that the cord is not bleeding, and with warm oil, alboline, vaseline, or warm fresh lard, thoroughly inuncts the baby […]
ref: 1907, Transactions of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania Annual Session, volume 44, page 250:
text: [Undecyclenic acid] has certainly proved efficient in the majority of the chronic types of 'athlete's foot' […] The patient is instructed to inunct a small quantity once or twice weekly between his toes […]
ref: 1953, Henry C. G. Semon, An Atlas of the Commoner Skin Diseases, 4th edition, page 52:
glosses: To smear with ointment.
Related terms: inunction
Dagers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dager
Gaudinos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaudino
inuncts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inunct
inuncting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inunct
DiLuzio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DiLuzios
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Luzio.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Ehrenreich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ehrenreichs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Ehrenreich.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ehrenreichs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ehrenreich
DiLuzios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of DiLuzio
hooligan firm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hooligan firms
Senses: examples: text: Being involved with the most feared, vicious, brutal and violent hooligan firm in the country is a buzz that cannot be given to you by any amount of drink or drugs.
ref: 2011, Andrew Woods, No One Likes Us, We Don't Care: True Stories from Millwall, Britain's Most Notorious Football Holigans, Kings Road Publishing, →ISBN, page 7:
text: And are you part of a hooligan firm or do you try and stay out of trouble?
ref: 2013, James Bannon, Running with the Firm, Random House, →ISBN, page 233:
text: The only variation comes in the form of which hooligan firm the author belonged to, which will be presented as the toughest and most loyal gang in the country.
ref: 2018, Cyprian Piskurek, Fictional Representations of English Football and Fan Cultures: Slum Sport, Slum People?, Springer, →ISBN, page 177:
text: During the build-up to the UEFA European Championship tournament in 2016, as part of a more prolonged online campaign to disseminate gendered ideological values and nationalist propaganda, one prominent Russian hooligan firm – the 'Gladiators' of Spartak Moscow – published a short video clip on YouTube.
ref: 2021, Katherine Dashper, Sport, Gender and Mega-Events, Emerald Group Publishing, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: group that participates in football hooliganism or other sports-related hooliganism
Synonyms: football firm
Elting
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eltings
Etymology: Borrowed from German Elting.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Cada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cadas
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Czech Čada.
* Borrowed from Tagalog Cada.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cadas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cada
Eltings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Elting
Buening
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Buenings
Etymology: Borrowed from German Büning.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Chiappone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chiappones
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Chiappone.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Chiappones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chiappone
Buenings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Buening
Coyt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Coyts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cotugno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cotugnos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cotugno.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Cotugnos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cotugno
Coyts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Coyt
Shipton-on-Cherwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4816).
Corneys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Corney
McCuiston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCuistons
Etymology: Variant of McQuiston
Senses: glosses: A surname.
blabbish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blabbish
form: most blabbish
Senses: glosses: That blabs
Thirlby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Thirlbys
Etymology: From the Old Norse personal name Þrilli or Þrylli + býr (“village, settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE485839).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Thirlbys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thirlby
McCuistons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCuiston
McOrmicks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McOrmick
blackbean
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blackbeans
form: blackbeaning
form: blackbeaned
form: blackbeaned
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blackball.
synonyms: word: blackball
blacketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blacketeers
Senses: examples: text: “I didn't realise that they were letting blacketeers and slum landlords into the Rotary Club these days.”
ref: 2013, Siân Busby, A Commonplace Killing, page 52:
glosses: Blend of black marketeer.
blacketeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blacketeer
blacklet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blacklets
Etymology: From black + -let.
Senses: glosses: A speck of soot.
glosses: A hoverfly of the genus Cheilosia.
blacklets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blacklet
blacksmithery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The work of a blacksmith
Synonyms: blacksmithing
blacksome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blacksome
form: most blacksome
Etymology: From black + -some.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat black; dusky
Lattanzios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lattanzio
bladderet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bladderets
Etymology: From bladder + -et.
Senses: glosses: A small bladder; a vesicle
bladderets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bladderet
Bingleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bingley
Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England.
Pruszków
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Pruszków.
Senses: glosses: A city in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
Otwock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Otwock.
Senses: glosses: A town in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
with every breath
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: They supported her case with every breath.
glosses: Said at every considerable opportunity; said repeatedly and constantly.
death play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
stock-market
glosses: The buying of company stock based on the belief that an executive in the company will soon die, with the expectation that the stock will rise in price because of it.
Mińsk Mazowiecki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
root of all evil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roots of all evil
Etymology: Genericized in other phrases from money is the root of all evil.
Senses: examples: text: idleness is the root of all evil, lust is the root of all evil
glosses: Something that is perceived to be a root cause of all the world's evil.
Related terms: money is the root of all evil
roots of all evil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of root of all evil
sibling rivalry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sibling rivalries
Senses: glosses: Competition or animosity between siblings in one family.
sibling rivalries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sibling rivalry
treads lightly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tread lightly
treading lightly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tread lightly
trod lightly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of tread lightly
treaded lightly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of tread lightly
glosses: past participle of tread lightly
trodden lightly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of tread lightly
take a bite out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a bite out of
form: taking a bite out of
form: took a bite out of
form: taken a bite out of
Senses: examples: text: I took a bite out of the apple and immediately realized it was rotten.
text: Godzilla took a bite out of Optimus Prime
ref: 2005, Neil Cicierega, “The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny”, in Dinosaurchestra, performed by Lemon Demon:
glosses: To bite into something once for the purpose of eating.
examples: text: The police took a bite out of crime in the area.
text: I took a bite out of my homework today.
text: Like Scruff McGruff took a bite out of crime
ref: 2005, Neil Cicierega, “The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny”, in Dinosaurchestra, performed by Lemon Demon:
glosses: To reduce something by removing or completing part or all of it.
Related terms: take a bite
takes a bite out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take a bite out of
taking a bite out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take a bite out of
took a bite out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take a bite out of
taken a bite out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take a bite out of
bioattack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioattacks
form: bio-attack
Etymology: From bio- + attack.
Senses: glosses: An attack against a large number of people using bioweapons.
bioattacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioattack
bio-attack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bio-attacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bioattack.
bio-attacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bio-attack
scout's honor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Scout's honor.
scout's honor
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Scout's honor.
single child
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single children
Senses: glosses: Synonym of only child (one who has no siblings).
synonyms: word: only child
extra: one who has no siblings
single children
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of single child
basketball shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basketball shoe
Etymology: Originally designed for basketball players, then later became used by the general public.
Senses: glosses: A pair of bulky athletic shoes, manufactured to be shock absorbent and stable for the footing.
Hyponyms: Jordans
basketball shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: One of a pair of basketball shoes.
Thrupps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thrupp
Blumes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Blume
Sondheims
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sondheim
Errolls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Erroll
shitgame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitgames
Etymology: From shit + game.
Senses: glosses: A video game of exceedingly poor quality.
shitgames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitgame
Hueffers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hueffer
Hergesheimers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hergesheimer
Chorltons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chorlton
Hiaasens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hiaasen
Hoffenbergs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hoffenberg
Fairsteins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fairstein
Lescroarts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lescroart
Leovys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Leovy
Talybont-on-Usk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and community in south Powys, Wales, historically in Breconshire (OS grid ref SO1122).
Howdershelts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Howdershelt
Amatos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Amato
Schindlers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schindler
leave someone in the dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaves someone in the dust
form: leaving someone in the dust
form: left someone in the dust
form: left someone in the dust
Senses: examples: text: The company has currently no plans to switch away from the old designs, so they could very easily be left in the dust.
synonyms: leave for dust
glosses: To completely overtake a competitor.
punched paper tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪp
Forms: form: punched paper tapes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of paper tape.
synonyms: word: paper tape
punched paper tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punched paper tape
virtue ethicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virtue ethicists
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosopher or other thinker who advocates or employs virtue ethics.
Thackley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A northern suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1738).
Braubach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality on the right bank of the Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Rüdesheim am Rhein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town on the Rhine in Hesse, Germany.
wikipedia: Rüdesheim
Rüdesheim am Rhein
dolphin-striker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolphin-strikers
Etymology: From dolphin + striker.
Senses: examples: text: The martingale, when single, is secured round the boom end, clenched, spliced, or with a running eye, rove through a sheave in the dolphin-striker, and in on the forecastle, on the opposite side to the royal stay.
ref: 1848, William N. Brady, The Kedge-Anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant, page 76:
text: The dolphin-striker was triced up, the boats were taken on board, and the old sounds of conning the helın began again.
ref: 1854, Elisha Kent Kane, The U. S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir J. Franklin, page 414:
text: Before the Admiral brought up, he was in our hawse, with our dolphin-striker thumping on his poop --- our cable out to the clinch.
ref: 1857, Sir Charles Napier, George Butler Earp, The History of the Baltic Campaign of 1854, page 407:
text: His pride and delight in the figure were extreme. He was always having it washed and touched with paint; and he used to go out on the dolphin-striker to enjoy a perfect view of its beauties.
ref: 1860, Herbert Grey, The voyage of the Lady, page 135:
glosses: Alternative form of dolphin striker.
dolphin-strikers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dolphin-striker
staghorn fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staghorn ferns
Senses: glosses: Any of the epiphytic ferns in the genus Platycerium, often cultivated for their distinctive foliage, shade tolerance, and ability to grow off of the ground.
staghorn ferns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staghorn fern
Little Stoke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb north of Bristol in Stoke Gifford parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6181).
glosses: A suburb of Stone, Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9132).
Related terms: Bradley Stoke
Great Stoke
Stoke Gifford
Stedeford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stedefords
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kindon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kindons
Etymology: Variant of Kingdon.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A rural locality in Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.
raccoon tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raccoon tails
Senses: synonyms: coon tail
glosses: A hair extension with horizontal stripes, associated with the emo scene.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raccoon, tail.
Related terms: coon tail
coontail
sword fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sword ferns
Senses: glosses: Any fern in the genus Nephrolepis, typically with long, straight-sided fronds shaped like a two-edged sword, and widely grown as houseplants.
glosses: Some ferns in the genus Polystichum which look like the typical Nephrolepis sword ferns.
sword ferns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sword fern
kick someone's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kicks someone's ass
form: kicking someone's ass
form: kicked someone's ass
form: kicked someone's ass
Senses: examples: text: With their star quarterback back on the field, the Doves are going to kick the Pigeons' asses tonight.
synonyms: beat someone's ass
qualifier: sometimes considered
glosses: To clobber someone; to beat someone severely.
examples: text: Then the horse kicked Pat's ass. Needless to say, she was not happy!
qualifier: sometimes considered
glosses: To actually kick someone in the buttocks.
kandi kid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kandi kids
Senses: examples: text: The kandi kid is rolling hard. His sweaty teenage face is bathed in a supernaturally bright light, even though the surrounding rave is lit only by colored lasers and black lights.
text: This is a neon rave, and these are throwbacks, kandi kids and not-so-young kids […]
ref: 2018, Kim Savage, In Her Skin: A Novel:
text: Seth recognizes one, Aina, from her rainbow kandi-kid-style bracelets and hair ties.
ref: 2021, Konn Lavery, Rave:
glosses: Alternative spelling of candy kid.
kandi raver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of candy raver.
Mackauer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mackauers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mackauer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
pony bead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pony beads
Senses: glosses: A large colorful plastic bead, rounded but flattened at the holes, associated with children's arts and crafts.
Czogolsz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Czogolszes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Petuch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Strothmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Strothmanns
form: Strothman
Etymology: Borrowed from German Strothmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Strothman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Strothmans
Etymology: Variant of Strothmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Lafargue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lafargues
Etymology: Borrowed from French Lafargue.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Bastani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bastanis
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian بستنی (bastani).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Persian.
terrellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terrella
rabbit's-foot fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rabbit's-foot ferns
Senses: synonyms: hare's-foot fern
squirrel's-foot fern
bear's-foot fern
deer's-foot fern
ball fern
glosses: Any fern in the genus Davallia (including those formerly classified in a separate genus, Humata), often grown as houseplants for their foliage and for their furry-looking rhizomes that grow partly above ground.
glosses: A similar fern in the related family Polypodiaceae, of species Phlebodium aureum.
rabbit's-foot ferns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rabbit's-foot fern
Zeisler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zeislers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zeisler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Roughan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Roughans
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ruadhacháin (“descendant of Ruadhachán”), a double diminutive of ruadh (“red”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
DiGiantommaso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DiGiantommasos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Giantommaso.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Beemyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beemyns
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Eitzen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eitzens
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Greatrex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Greatrexes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Rentsch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rentsches
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Schwartzbaum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schwartzbaums
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Clisby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Clisbys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
von Ziegesar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: von Ziegesars
Senses: glosses: A surname.
McPartin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McPartins
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bienkov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bienkovs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
benshengren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benshengren
form: Benshengren
Etymology: From Mandarin 本省人 (běnshěngrén), literally "original province people" (from the point of view that Taiwan is a province of the Republic of China).
Senses: examples: text: What surprised me was that it was not a "waishengren" who had such a deep consciousness of Chinese history, but a "bensheng-ren"[...]Many Japanese people residing in Taiwan, including myself, receive a lot of help from benshengren, who are fluent in Japanese. We often hear them complain about waishengren and China, while they appear to cherish Japan.
ref: 2000 August 18, Takefumi Hayada, “The complexity of the Taiwanese”, in Taipei Times:
text: Gu Xionghua remembered when he first got to Taiwan there was no Benshengren in the army.
ref: 2011, Joshua Fan, China's Homeless Generation: Voices from the Veterans of the Chinese Civil War, 1940s-1990s, Routledge, →ISBN, page 60:
text: The tsunami of around 1.5 million exiles who accompanied Chiang to Taiwan produced two castes: benshengren — people from this province — and waishengren — people from outside this province.
ref: 2021 August 4, Sarah A. Topol, “Is Taiwan Next?”, in The New York Times Magazine:
coordinate_terms: waishengren
glosses: Han Chinese who came to Taiwan from mainland China before 1945, often having experienced Japanese rule, as compared to Han Chinese who came to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945, following the Chinese Civil War (waishengren).
Benshengren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of benshengren (“Han Chinese in Taiwan before 1945 and their descendants”).
slaps on hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slap on the hand
slap on the arm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slaps on the arm
form: slaps on arms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slap on the wrist.
slaps on the arm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slap on the arm
slaps on arms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slap on the arm
voice changers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voice changer
shift stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪk
Forms: form: shift sticks
Senses: glosses: manual transmission
Temujin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠵᠢᠨ (temüǰin). Possibly from Proto-Turkic *temürči(n) (“blacksmith”).
Senses: glosses: Given name of Genghis Khan.
Related terms: Genghis Khan
circumwent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Likely influenced by went (simple past tense of go).
Senses: examples: text: We must get him out of the house, sir—we must circumwent him;
ref: 1877, William Makepeace Thackeray, Miscellanies, Household edition, volume 3, New York: Harper & brothers, →OCLC, page 353, column 1:
text: After what you've done for me, I should be sorry to circumwent you […]
ref: 1883, The Sunday at Home: A Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading, London: Religious Tract Society, page 644, column 2:
text: To circumwent this dilemma, another strategy was conceived to target oncogenic RAS proteins.
ref: 2005, Wolfgang Arthur Schulz, Molecular Biology of Human Cancers: An Advanced Student's Textbook, Dordrecht: Springer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 466, →ISBN:
glosses: Misspelling of circumvent.
voice over broadband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: A transmission technique that enables a user to make and receive telephone calls over a broadband connection.
Related terms: voice over IP
qRD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Powell River Regional District
alt: former name
word: qathet
alt: short form
word: qathet Regional District
glosses: Abbreviation of the qathet Regional District: a regional district of British Columbia, Canada. Seat: Powell River.
qathet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Comox for "working together".
Senses: synonyms: word: Powell River Regional District
alt: former name
word: qRD
word: qathet Regional District
glosses: Ellipsis of the qathet Regional District: a regional district of British Columbia, Canada. Seat: Powell River.
Related terms: qathet Regional District
qRD
qathet Regional District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Regional District of qathet
Etymology: From Comox term for "working together" + regional district.
Senses: glosses: A regional district of Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada. Seat: City of Powell River.
Synonyms: english: former name
translation: former name
word: Powell River Regional District
word: qathet
word: qRD
Coordinate terms: City of Powell River
Comox
Éy7á7juuthem
Powell River
Derived terms: qRD
Related terms: district
qathet
qRD
region
regional district
Powell River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Powell
River Powell
glosses: A river in Powell River, Powell River, Regional District of Powell River, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada, whose source is Powell Lake, and whose mouth is on the Salish Sea; Both the river and its source, the lake, are named for Israel Wood Powell, 19th-century Commissioner of Indian Affairs for British Columbia.
examples: text: The community of Wilson Creek, south of Sechelt, is to be called ts'uḵw'um, and Saltery Bay, east of Powell River, is now sḵelhp.
ref: 2021 August 19, “2 Indigenous place names restored on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast”, in CBC News:
glosses: A city and municipality on the Powell River, Regional District of Powell River, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: Ellipsis of the City of Powell River: a district municipality of the Regional District of Powell River, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada.
synonyms: Regional District of Powell River
Powell River Regional District
qathet Regional District
Regional District of qathet
qathet
glosses: Ellipsis of Powell River Regional District, former name of the qathet Regional District: a regional district of British Columbia, Canada.
synonyms: Powell
River Powell
Powell's River
coordinate_terms: Powell Valley
Powell's Valley
glosses: A river in Tennessee and Virginia, of United States, a tributary of Clinch River, that feeds the Tennessee River; Named for 18th-century explorer Ambrose Powell, who was on the expedition that explored the river.
Derived terms: City of Powell River
Powell River Regional District
Powell River Valley
Regional District of Powell River
apathize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: apathizes
form: apathizing
form: apathized
form: apathized
Senses: glosses: To make or become apathetic or insensible.
apathized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of apathize
apathized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: apathetic
apaugasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: radiance, glory
aperispermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + perispermic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: having no albumen around the embryo of the seed
apetaloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + petaloid.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike T. apetalon, petals are usually present but, just to confuse matters further, there is an apetaloid form where the petals have been transformed into stamens while the inner whorl of stamens has disappeared altogether.
ref: 1988, The Plantsman, volumes 10-11, page 225:
glosses: apetalous
half-barrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-barriers
Senses: examples: text: [...] all crossings with lifting half-barriers will be equipped in this way. [...]. At level crossings where there are to be half-barriers, train-operated through track-circuiting, the barriers will be timed to lower fully about five seconds before the fastest train can reach the crossing.
ref: 1960 September, “Talking of Trains: New level-crossing signs”, in Trains Illustrated, page 519:
glosses: At an automatic half-barrier level crossing, a lifting barrier that does not block the whole road when in the horizontal position, placed on the left side in the UK according to driving on the left, and mostly used on narrower or quieter roads instead of two lifting barriers either side of the railway crossing.
half-barriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-barrier
Ampère meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ampère meters
Senses: glosses: Dated form of ammeter.
Ampère meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ampère meter
hototay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hoˈt̪oː.t̪aɪ̯/
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 好到底 (hou² dou³ dai², “good to the last drop”, literally “good till the bottom”), according to Manuel (1948). Compare Tagalog hototay.
Senses: synonyms: hototay soup
glosses: Chinese soup of Cantonese origin typically made of chicken breast, carrots, peas, poached eggs, etc.
electric meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric meters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of electricity meter.
synonyms: word: electricity meter
electric meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric meter
Handrahan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Handrahans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mertons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Merton
sailor's eyeball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sailor's eyeballs
Senses: glosses: An alga, Valonia ventricosa, with the form of eyeball-sized spheres.
Eiseley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eiseleys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
hizzie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hizzies
Etymology: Shortened from hizzouse + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hizzy.
hizzies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hizzy
glosses: plural of hizzie
digital sharecropping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Nicholas G. Carr in 2006.
Senses: examples: text: Here's one: digital sharecropping will not be long for this world. Of all the terms that creators from the sharing economy will demand, the right to own their creativity will be central.
ref: 2008, Lawrence Lessig, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: When all is said and done, the notion of a hybrid economy turns out to be nothing more than an upbeat version of digital sharecropping, a scenario in which all of us have the right to remix sounds and images and spread them through networks that profit from our every move.
ref: 2014, Astra Taylor, The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
qualifier: social media
glosses: A system where the intellectual property generated by users is owned and sold by just a few digital platforms.
Related terms: sharing economy