cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
col.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of column.
glosses: Abbreviation of colonel.
glosses: Abbreviation of colour.
Derived terms: il. col.
kibitka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪˈbɪtkə/
Forms: form: kibitkas
form: kabitka
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian киби́тка (kibítka); see there for more.
Senses: examples: text: Three kinds of conveyances are available: the telega, or cart without springs, which has to be changed at every station, and for which a charge of about 8d. is made at every stage; the kibitka, or cart (in winter a sledge) with a hood; and the tarantas, a kind of carriage on wooden springs, which admits of the traveller lying down full length, and which can be made very comfortable at night.
ref: 1868, “Route 25: London to Pekin […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 329:
glosses: A Russian type of telega or sleigh with a (usually rounded) cover over the passenger seats.
examples: text: On 12 January, having hired horses for himself, his servant and the guide, and three camels to carry their baggage, including a kibitka, or Turcoman tent, he left Kazala, ostensibly bound for the Russian garrison town.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 328:
glosses: A circular tent or yurt used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.
Synonyms: sense: tent
word: yurt
kabouter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kabouters
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kabouter (“gnome”).
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A tiny folkloric man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or a smurf.
sultana bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sultana birds
Senses: glosses: A western swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio.
purple swamphen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purple swamphens
Senses: glosses: Various species in the Porphyrio genus of the Rallidae family, including Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrio madagascariensis, Porphyrio poliocephalus, Porphyrio indicus, Porphyrio pulverulentus, and Porphyrio melanotus.
Synonyms: African purple swamphen
purple coot
purple gallinule
purple moorhen
sultana bird
ka-ching
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: -ɪŋ
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kerching.
synonyms: word: kerching
kadkhoda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kædˈkəʊdə/
/kædˈxəʊdə/
Forms: form: kadkhodas
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian کدخدا (kadxodâ).
Senses: glosses: In and around Iran, the leader or head of a village.
trog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɒɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: trogs
Etymology: Short for troglodyte.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I'm sharing a cell with a couple of trogs who make you look like the swan of Avon.’
ref: 1984, Martin Amis, Money, Vintage, published 2005, page 253:
glosses: A hooligan, lout.
trog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɒɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: trogs
form: trogging
form: trogged
form: trogged
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: examples: text: So down Westwood Road I trogged, looking left, looking right, searching high and low for Slade Alley.
ref: 2015, David Mitchell, Slade House:
glosses: To walk laboriously; to trudge.
Derived terms: trog off
kajatenhout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The tree Pterocarpus angolensis (bloodwood).
mikvah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mikvahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mikveh.
shidduch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪdəx/
Forms: form: shidduchs
form: shidduchim
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שידוך (shídekh), deriving from Hebrew שִׁדּוּךְ (shidúkh, “matchmaking”).
Senses: glosses: A system of matchmaking in which Jewish singles are introduced to each other.
examples: text: When you're engaged, you have a chiyuv to set up your friends too. You might not have anybody in mind for your friends before you're engaged, but once you are, you obtain a special power that makes it possible to sense a good shidduch when you see one.
ref: 2002 May 15, Harry Weiss, “60 ways to be a frummie”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
glosses: A pairing under this system.
shidduch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪdəx/
Forms: form: shidduches
form: shidduching
form: shidduched
form: shidduched
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שידוך (shídekh), deriving from Hebrew שִׁדּוּךְ (shidúkh, “matchmaking”).
Senses: glosses: To arrange a match via shidduch.
Derived terms: word: shidduched
Related terms: shadchan
nail bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nail bars
Senses: examples: text: But if the mix is no longer about life's essentials, and instead a new wave of chichi cafés, artisan bakers and fancy nail bars—are we right to ask, not how useful is your high street, but how bougie?
ref: 2025 August 2, Cathy Hawker, “How bougie is your high street?”, in FT Weekend, House & Home, page 1:
synonyms: nail salon
glosses: A beauty salon dedicated to nail care e.g. manicures and pedicures.
synonyms: wrecking bar
jimmy
pinchbar
glosses: A crowbar.
eco-village
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eco-villages
form: ecovillage
Etymology: From eco- + village.
Senses: glosses: A small self-sustaining and eco-friendly community.
Related terms: eco-city
eco-town
eco-friendly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eco-friendly
form: eco-friendlier
form: most eco-friendly
form: eco-friendliest
form: ecofriendly
Etymology: From eco- + friendly.
Senses: examples: text: Reducing plastic waste is a crucial problem for today’s environment, and whether it’s recyclable and biodegradable phone cases or sustainable fashion, there are plenty of eco-friendly products that can help you reduce your footprint.
ref: 2020 October 22, Kai Burkhardt, “31 eco-friendly products to live sustainably in 2024”, in CNN:
text: To cut carbon, a steel industry by-product (known as ground granulated blast-furnace slag) has been incorporated into the pier, as an eco-friendlier alternative, to traditional concrete.
ref: 2023 February 8, “Network News”, in RAIL, number 976, page 25, photo caption:
synonyms: word: green
word: environmentally friendly
word: environment-friendly
word: eco-friendly
word: ecological
word: ecologically friendly
word: green
antonyms: eco-unfriendly
glosses: Ecologically friendly; not damaging to the natural environment.
ecovillage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecovillages
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eco-village.
watch list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watch lists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of watchlist.
neofascism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neofascisms
form: neo-fascism
Etymology: From neo- + fascism.
Senses: examples: text: Six years after destruction of the Axis powers and their political philosophy, neo-fascism remains an inchoate and weak force in Europe. Nevertheless, such types of movements registered definite gains last spring, above all in Germany and Italy, the countries that produced this form of nationalist dictatorship.
ref: 1951 July 16, C. L. Sulzberger, “Neo-Fascism Gains Sharply, Showing Animosity for U.S.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Neofascism is unlike its 1930s predecessor, in that today a global elite of the absurdly wealthy and influential is steering an ideology that wants a shrinking government, falling taxes on high incomes, and authoritarian control over recalcitrants, nonconformists, collective bodies and "losers" in the market society, including the disabled and young unemployed.
ref: 2011 June 1, Guy Standing, “Who will be a voice for the emerging precariat?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A right-wing political movement inspired by fascism, especially by that of fascist Italy.
Related terms: neofascist
neofascist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neofascist
form: most neofascist
form: neo-fascist
form: neo-Fascist
Etymology: From neo- + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: Throughout this area, which includes the Ruhr, Germany's industrial arsenal, there has been a steady growth in Nationalist and neo-Fascist sentiments in the last six months.
ref: 1949 April 6, Drew Middleton, “Neo-Fascism rises in North Germany”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The neoliberal era in the United States ended with a neofascist bang.
ref: 2016 November 17, Cornel West, “Goodbye, American neoliberalism. A new era is here”, in The Guardian:
text: Italian opposition leaders have called on Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government to ban neofascist groups after a chilling video emerged of hundreds of men making fascist salutes during an event in Rome.
ref: 2024 January 8, Angela Giuffrida, “Meloni urged to ban neofascist groups after crowds filmed saluting in Rome”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to neofascism.
neofascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neofascists
form: neo-fascist
form: neo-Fascist
Etymology: From neo- + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: By this summer, everything — her youthful admiration for Benito Mussolini, her party’s links to neofascists, her often extreme rhetoric — had been forgiven.
ref: 2023 July 27, David Broder, “What’s Happening in Italy Is Scary, and It’s Spreading”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A follower of neofascism.
Central Atlas Tamazight
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Berber language spoken by some three million people in central Morocco.
best of
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: A rubber consists of the best of three games, unless one side wins the first two games.
ref: 1911, Hugh Chisholm, The encyclopædia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and ...:
glosses: The attainment of a majority of wins in (an odd-numbered series of games).
examples: He was listening to The Best of the Pink Floyd, smoking a joint.
glosses: The marketed-as-best works of (a particular artist) in compilation.
floormate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floormates
Etymology: From floor + -mate.
Senses: glosses: A person with whom one shares a floor in a building.
human knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human knots
Senses: glosses: A team-building exercise in which a group of people form a circle and hold hands with others in the circle, and then disentangle themselves.
hold hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds hands
form: holding hands
form: held hands
form: held hands
Senses: glosses: Of two or more people, to clasp each other's hands.
ignoramuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ignoramus
ignoramuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ignoramus
xanthelasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zænθɪˈlæzmə/
Forms: form: xanthelasmas
form: xanthelasmata
Etymology: From New Latin xanthelasma, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + ἔλασμα (élasma, “metal plate, foil”).
Senses: glosses: A deposit of cholesterol on the eyelid.
Derived terms: xanthelasmic
xanthelasmoidea
Related terms: xanthoma
junkanoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junkanoos
form: Joncanoe
form: Jonkonnu
form: jonkonnu
form: Junkanoo
Etymology: From John Canoe, the older name of the festival, perhaps named after folk hero John Canoe.
Senses: glosses: A parade held in the Bahamas.
examples: text: Rafael sang from his stuffings, the beat swirled, the brass blasted, and in a three-month period, America bought a bargeful of the Munings' "junkanoo" sound.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 274:
text: Junkanoo also became established among expatriate Bahamian communities, notably in Miami and Toronto, where Junkanoo bands were to be seen at the Orange Bowl and Caribana parades respectively.
ref: 2000, Michael Craton, Gail Saunders, A History of the Bahamian People, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 490:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A style of goombay traditionally played on goatskin drums and cowbells during the parade.
Derived terms: Junkanooer
jungermanniaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Jungermanniaceae + -ous
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the plant family Jungermanniaceae.
Johnny-jump-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Johnny-jump-ups
Etymology: From Johnny + jump + up.
Senses: examples: text: He spoke almost dreamily, as if he was all by himself, out in the woods, picking johnny-jump-ups.
ref: 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 6:
glosses: Any of several violets or pansies.
glosses: Any of several violets or pansies.
Viola bicolor (American field pansy)
glosses: Any of several violets or pansies.
Viola cornuta (tufted pansy)
glosses: Any of several violets or pansies.
Viola pedunculata (California golden violet)
glosses: Any of several violets or pansies.
Viola tricolor (heartsease, wild pansy, pansy, et al.)
glosses: Volatinia jacarina (blue-black grassquit bird)
jiggambob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəmbɒb/
Forms: form: jiggambobs
Senses: glosses: Something that one does not know the name of.
jargonaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑː(ɹ).ɡəˌnɔːt/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡəˌnɔt/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡəˌnɑt/
Forms: form: jargonauts
Etymology: Blend of jargon + argonaut
Senses: examples: text: Only a generation ago, some academic jargonaut coined prioritize, meaning “give priority to” or “rank in order of importance,” and stiffs like me ran to the ramparts to denounce it as ugly, bureaucratic and unnecessary.
ref: 2006 September 24, William Safire, “On Language: Pretexting”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Nov 2012:
glosses: Someone who uses jargon, especially to an excessive degree.
Synonyms: jargoneer
jargonist
Japanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanisms
Etymology: From Japan + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A custom peculiar to Japan.
glosses: A word, phrase or linguistic feature typical of Japan.
glosses: A word, phrase or linguistic feature typical of Japan.
Wasei-eigo; Japanese coinages using English words
raw_tags: in particular
back matter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backmatter
form: back-matter
Senses: examples: Meronyms: afterword, epilogue, postscript; appendix, addendum, supplement; index; bibliography; endnotes
synonyms: end matter
antonyms: front matter
coordinate_terms: body matter
body text
glosses: The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text.
Synonyms: word: back matter
word: end matter
Meronyms: word: afterword
word: appendix
word: bibliography
word: colophon
word: glossary
word: index
Related terms: back of the book
return to one's muttons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: returns to one's muttons
form: returning to one's muttons
form: returned to one's muttons
form: returned to one's muttons
form: get back to one's muttons
Etymology: Humorous calque translation of French revenons à nos moutons, from "La Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin"
Senses: examples: H. R. Haweis
I willingly return to my muttons.
glosses: To get back to the business at hand.
wikipedia: La Farce de maître Pathelin
bad iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: bad luck.
Synonyms: bad trot
badding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bad
prefigurate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈfɪɡəɹeɪt/
/pɹiːˈfɪɡjʊɹeɪt/
Forms: form: prefigurates
form: prefigurating
form: prefigurated
form: prefigurated
Etymology: From Latin praefiguratus. Equivalent to pre- + figurate.
Senses: examples: text: This Mathuſalah or Mathuſalem, as the holy ſcripture ſayth, was of longeſt lyfe, and being borne in the viij. generation from Adam did prefigurate the .viij. age of the world, which ſhall be the time of the Reſurrection, which ſhall begin in the laſt day, and neuer after ſhall haue ende.
ref: 1569, Richard Grafton, “The First Age, and First Part of this Chronicle”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume I, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 7:
glosses: To prefigure.
enzyme inhibitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enzyme inhibitors
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: molecules that bind to enzymes and decrease their activity
enzyme inhibitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enzyme inhibitor
paludose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paludose
form: most paludose
Etymology: From Latin paludosus (“marshy”).
Senses: examples: a paludose thistle
glosses: Growing or living in marshy places; marshy.
intergroup
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + group.
Senses: examples: text: And because people derive personal esteem and meaning from their group memberships, they are naturally inclined to evaluate their ingroups positively in comparison to outgroups. When an ingroup’s dominant social position is secure or not contested by lower-status outgroups, intergroup harmony is expected to prevail. But when perceived as illegitimate and/or challenged by other groups, ingroup members can be expected to defend their group’s social position by engaging in pro-ingroup and/or anti-outgroup behaviors.
ref: 2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025, page 40:
coordinate_terms: interindividual
interpersonal
intragroup
glosses: Taking place between groups, especially between social groups.
intergroup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intergroups
Etymology: From inter- + group.
Senses: examples: text: Often compared to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or associations, intergroups are also similar to lobbying groups because they receive external assistance in the form of financial and/or secretarial support.
ref: 2017, Stelios Stavridis, Davor Jancic, Parliamentary Diplomacy in European and Global Governance, page 102:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A group of members of the European Parliament of no particular party or committee, to facilitate the exchange of views.
intragroup
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + group.
Senses: examples: intragroup squabbling within the corporation
glosses: Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
Coordinate terms: interindividual
interpersonal
intergroup
bulletproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bulletproof
bulletproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulletproof
bulletproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bulletproof
bulletproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of making something bulletproof.
examples: text: The rear seat areas looked unfinished, waiting for more time to weld in more bulletproofing.
ref: 2008, Thomas Sherry, Shatter (page 553)
glosses: Bulletproof material.
bulletproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bulletproof
SAVAK
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian ساواک (sâvâk).
Senses: examples: text: The CIA wanted SAVAK to serve as its eyes and ears against the Soviets.
ref: 2007, Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, published 2008, page 105:
glosses: The Iranian security and intelligence service from 1957 to 1979.
supportability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supportabilities
Etymology: From support + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: Its supportability came to an end when a fire at a parts supplier destroyed the molds for key parts.
glosses: The characteristics of a non-consumable product that allow it to continue being useful at low cost.
ensiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Etymology: From ensifer + -ous.
Senses: glosses: sword-bearing.
nonvenomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + venomous.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-venomous.
freeloads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of freeload
freeloaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of freeload
Buddhist Era
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Buddhist Era
Senses: glosses: A calendrical system dating from after the death of the Buddha (taken as 543 BCE).
self-injury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-injuries
Etymology: From self- + injury.
Senses: glosses: self-harm
binge drinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binge drinkers
Senses: glosses: One who engages in binge drinking.
foxtrotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foxtrot
foxtrotted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foxtrot
loading screen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loading screens
Senses: examples: text: The color graphic loading screens are some of the best I've seen on a C64 and serve their purpose well — to distract the subscriber while the slow 1541 drive transfers the program into the C64's RAM.
ref: 1986, Mike Cane, The Computer Phone Book: Guide to using online systems:
text: So, as long as you don't mind the substantial lack of 'player involvement', and the strange purple-skinned people on the loading screen, Tie-Break is a neatly put-together and enjoyable game.
ref: 1990, Adidas Championship Tie-Break (game review in Your Sinclair magazine issue 59, November 1990)
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A graphical display shown while a program loads (e.g. from cassette tape or video games).
Derived terms: loading screen tip
Related terms: splash screen
geekiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geeky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being geeky.
foraying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foray
forayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foray
Snake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Snakes
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The sixth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
topics: video-games
glosses: An early computer game, later popular on mobile phones, in which the player attempts to manoeuvre a perpetually growing snake so as to collect food items and avoid colliding with walls or the snake's tail.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename:
A river in the northwestern United States, tributary to the Columbia.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Snake Island.
hybridise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hybridises
form: hybridising
form: hybridised
form: hybridised
Etymology: From hybrid + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridize.
Derived terms: hybridiser
prehybridised
unhybridised
line break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: line breaks
form: line-break
form: linebreak
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A point in writing where text that would normally continue on the same line starts at the beginning of a new line.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: newline
line feed
carriage return
glosses: A character indicating that subsequent characters should appear on a separate line of text.
examples: text: Toby Flood replaced Wilkinson at the break and scrum-half Ben Youngs scored almost directly from the restart, spotting a gap down the short side and linking well with Tuilagi down the right flank, and nine minutes later full-back Ben Foden extended England's lead following a bullocking line-break by Tuilagi.
ref: 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: a break made through the opposition's defensive line
screencap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screencaps
Etymology: Clipping of screen capture.
Senses: examples: text: No Context Succession and No Context Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which share screencaps from the shows involving funny lines – naturally, out of context. The general formula of a viral post from a No Context account is a screencap of a character saying or doing something ridiculous or relatable: in other words, the magic ingredients of a meme.
ref: 2022 September 22, Jess Thomson, “‘Becoming a meme totally helps a show’: is TV being written with epic gifs in mind?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A screenshot.
screencap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: screencaps
form: screencapping
form: screencapped
form: screencapped
Etymology: Clipping of screen capture.
Senses: glosses: To take a screenshot.
screengrab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screengrabs
form: screen grab
Etymology: From screen + grab.
Senses: examples: text: "Let's boot out @GNRailUK and bring in @TfL to run our line," he tweeted later that year on June 25, sharing a screengrab of the latter's proposals.
ref: 2019 November 20, Daniel Puddicombe, “Should Transport for London take over suburban services?”, in Rail, page 34:
text: The picture accompanying the article was in fact a screengrab of a video published by Reuters on 3 February and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showing humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.
ref: 2025 May 22, “Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo”, in The Guardian:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A screenshot.
screengrab
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: screengrabs
form: screengrabbing
form: screengrabbed
form: screengrabbed
form: screen grab
Etymology: From screen + grab.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To generate a screenshot.
hybridises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hybridise
hybridising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hybridise
nailgun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nailguns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nail gun.
hybridised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hybridise
non-breaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonbreaking
Etymology: From non- + breaking.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not generating a line break, as in non-breaking space or non-breaking hyphen.
humdingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humdinger
hash collision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hash collisions
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The situation where two or more inputs to a hash function produce identical output.
Hypernyms: collision
deadly embrace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadly embraces
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: deadlock
khazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːzi/
rhymes: -ɑːzi
Forms: form: khazis
form: carsey
form: carsy
form: karsey
form: karsy
form: karzey
form: karzy
form: karzi
form: kazi
Etymology: Variant of carsey, from euphemistic Cockney corruption of Italian casa (“house”), possibly via Polari [Term?] and Sabir [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: Carsey,... a w.c.
ref: 1961, Eric Partridge, Dictionary of Slang, page 1029:
text: You made a real thorough search? Everywhere? Outhouses, karzey, the lot?
ref: 1968, T.E.B. Clarke, chapter XIII, in Trail of Serpent, page 122:
glosses: An outhouse or lavatory: a place used for urination and defecation.
examples: text: Well, that plan's down the khazi.
text: Have you seen the carsy? Just a bucket with a seat on top.
ref: 1967, J. Burke, chapter V, in Till Death Us Do Part, page 84:
glosses: A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation (also figurative).
Synonyms: sense: outhouse
word: bathroom
sense: fixture
word: toilet
Derived terms: down the khazi
go down the khazi
antinovel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antinovels
form: anti-novel
Etymology: From anti- + novel.
Senses: examples: text: Digressions are usually considered a characteristic feature of the antinovel tradition.
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A novel that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the novel, such as a coherent plot and protagonist.
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Any style of writing that deviates from the norm of technical conventions used in writing literature.
Derived terms: antinovelist
antinovelistic
denial-of-service attack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denial-of-service attacks
Senses: qualifier: computer security
glosses: A type of network computer attack that attempts to render a particular service (e.g. web site) unavailable to its audience.
Related terms: DoS
denial of service
nuke
interop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening; compare op (“operation”).
Senses: examples: text: Using CLR types with classic C++ libraries is an example of C++ interop, which is discussed in greater detail in Chapter 12.
ref: 2007, Gordon Hogenson, C++/CLI: The Visual C++ Language for .NET, page 92:
text: Generally, we will want to avoid doing heavy image processing in WPF without C++ interop because of performance issues. After all, we are looping through and applying operations to over 2 million pixels, 30 times a second!
ref: 2017, Mansib Rahman, Beginning Microsoft Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0, page 56:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: interoperability
Interglossa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin inter- + Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “language”).
Senses: glosses: A constructed language devised by Lancelot Hogben (1895–1975).
mouthfeel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaʊθˌfil/
Forms: form: mouthfeels
form: mouth feel
Etymology: From mouth + feel.
Senses: examples: text: Dark ale tends to have a creamy mouthfeel.
text: Liquid foods which are essentially Newtonian fluids may be considered to have their texture or “mouthfeel” adequately described by their viscosity.
ref: 1962, Samuel A. Matz, Food Texture, Westport, CT: The AVI publishing company, page 41:
text: “Unctuous is probably quite a good description, but there's a sweetness, too, and a mouthfeel,” ventures Heston Blumenthal, chef at the Fat Duck at Bray.
ref: 2000 January 28, Oliver Burkeman, quoting Heston Blumenthal, “Things that make you go yum”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The disappearance of hummus from the shelves after a hygiene problem at a plant supplying supermarkets has revealed the depth of popular addiction to this appealing paste. Its taste, at once earthy and refreshing, now has a large place in the British palate. Its grainy texture offers what food chemists call “mouthfeel” at its best.
ref: [2007 February 23, “In praise of … hummus”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: “So to start with,” Adria says, “it [a transgender woman's penis] doesn’t get as hard, it doesn’t really ejaculate, and it has a different mouthfeel. Can we please talk about the mouthfeel? Why is no one talking about the mouthfeel?” she repeats, looking straight into the camera through her clear-framed glasses as the camera zooms in.
ref: 2018 August 24, Katherine Cross, “The Oscar Wilde of YouTube fights the alt-right with decadence and seduction”, in The Verge:
text: Our five tasters[…]conducted a blind test of the biscuits. They were asked to assess them on their appearance (an even golden-brown); aroma (biscuity); mouthfeel (either pleasantly chewy or with a satisfying crunch); and flavour (balanced, perfumed with golden syrup and earthy with oats).
ref: 2023 April 22, Yvonne C. Lam, “Supermarket Anzac biscuit taste test: from ‘beautiful’ to ‘an intense workout’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: handfeel
skinfeel
glosses: A feeling (other than taste) perceived inside the mouth.
The texture of food, drink, etc. as perceived by the mouth.
examples: text: I have a much better mouthfeel since my broken tooth has been repaired.
coordinate_terms: handfeel
skinfeel
glosses: A feeling (other than taste) perceived inside the mouth.
The sensations of the tongue when it moves around in the mouth.
belle of the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belles of the ball
Senses: glosses: The woman who is the most beautiful or attractive at a dance or similar function
textmode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From text + mode.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A display that supports text but not graphics.
upside-down cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upside-down cakes
Senses: glosses: A fruit-based cake that is inverted after cooking.
virtualise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: virtualises
form: virtualising
form: virtualised
form: virtualised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of virtualize.
untyped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + typed.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not typed.
untyped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + typed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of untype
turboload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turboloads
Etymology: From turbo- + load.
Senses: examples: text: Even headerless LOADs will work with the Sprint, though be warned, it can't cope with the now common turboload.
ref: 1985, Speed Trials (in Your Spectrum issue 14, May 1985)
text: Saboteur and Turbo Esprit (I bought both) have one turboload side and one ordinary load. So if you do have problems with the fast load, you can load in the other side.
ref: 1986, “Lloyd Mangram's Forum”, in Crash, number 29:
text: I don't think the Server64 is being taken any further, the programmer was losing interest when I emailed him a few months ago and it can't accept turboloads […]
ref: 1997, Jason, “c64 Server64 Question”, in comp.sys.cbm (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software mechanism that loads data from cassette tape more rapidly than usual, saving time and making software piracy more difficult.
Synonyms: fastloader
speedloader
turboloader
angsty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: angstier
form: angstiest
Etymology: From angst + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Jackson said industrial relations felt "angsty" at a national level.
ref: 2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE MD: consider impact of strikes on passengers”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 11:
glosses: Fraught with angst.
glosses: Fraught with angst.
Insecure and moody or thorny.
raw_tags: of a teenager
Derived terms: angstiness
yaqona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yaqonas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yagona.
flamebait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flame + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).
Senses: glosses: Content in an online forum, such as a newsgroup, with the intent of provoking anger, resulting in flames and sometimes flamewars.
Related terms: ragebait
choc ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choc ices
Etymology: Shortened from chocolate and ice cream.
Senses: glosses: A block of vanilla ice cream with a chocolate (or chocolate-like) coating
glosses: A black person considered to have assimilated into white culture; an Oreo.
Synonyms: word: Eskimo pie
Related terms: ice cream bar
choc-ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choc-ices
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of choc ice.
joke shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joke shops
Senses: synonyms: gag store
glosses: A shop selling items for use in practical jokes.
contraplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From contra- + -plex.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telegraphy
coordinate_terms: diplex
glosses: Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
Related terms: duplex
fromard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fromards
Senses: glosses: A froe.
Synonyms: rending-axe
miniboss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minibosses
form: mini-boss
Etymology: From mini- + boss.
Senses: examples: text: One of MadWorld's minibosses is about to turn our hero into a flapjack.
ref: 2009, Nintendo Power, volumes 237-239, page 58:
topics: video-games
glosses: A minor or incidental boss in a video game.
Synonyms: midboss
retrogamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrogamers
Etymology: From retro- + gamer.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A retrogaming enthusiast.
kirigami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɪɹɪˈɡɑːmɪ/
rhymes: -ɑːmi
Etymology: From Japanese 切り紙 (きりがみ, kirigami), from 切り (きり, kiri, “to cut”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).
Senses: glosses: An art similar to origami, with cutting permitted.
Coordinate terms: jianzhi
papercutting
Related terms: chiyogami
origami
register variable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: register variables
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A variable whose value is stored directly in a register for faster access.
overhot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From over- + hot.
Senses: examples: text: Laurentius assigns this reason, because the liver overhot draws the meat undigested out of the stomach, and burneth the humours.
ref: 1821, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, The Classics of Medicine Library, page 264:
text: In the human mind both attraction and repulsion play; and here also, as in outward nature, the attraction is the stronger force. We are, however, not to forget that we here use the words in a figurative sense. We are availing ourselves of that correspondence between the world without and the world within, which is one of the strongest evidences that all things arose from a Divine Mind, in whose likeness we are created. By that correspondence alone is language possible, to be a means of intercommunication of man with man, and an important instrument for developing as well as for expressing thought. In this figurative sense of the words “drawing” and “driving,” we say that the child is drawn toward what is bright in color, sweet in taste, harmonious in sound, comfortable and pleasant to the sense of touch, and driven from the dull and dirty, the bitter and nauseous, the ill-odored, the harsh and discordant, the rough and prickly, the overhot or overcold.
ref: 1883, The Independent 1883-08-30: Volume 35, Issue 1813, Open Court Publishing Company, page 1095:
text: The newly made furniture would fall apart, spread; it would die at once in the heat as all furniture eventually must in houses overhot with steam.
ref: 1923, The Saturday Evening Post, G. Graham, page 61:
glosses: Excessively hot.
uncarpeted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + carpeted.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: rugless
text: On opening the mildewed door, he flashed a tunnel of light down the passage, uncarpeted and dreary, which ended in a broad, straight, wooden staircase leading to the upper floor.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
synonyms: carpetless
glosses: Not carpeted.
megachurch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megachurches
form: mega-church
Etymology: From mega- + church.
Senses: examples: text: This American style of religion has begun to spread around the world through the efforts of what the authors call pastorpreneurs, who have modeled themselves on their American counterparts, building megachurches and entrepreneurial empires.
ref: 2009 March 31, Michiko Kakutani, “Almighty Empire With a Global Reach”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2018:
text: Millions of Americans fell in love with the prosperity gospel and its new kind of preacher. Charming though not effusive, polished but not slick, these favored few could as easily have appeared on Piers Morgan Tonight as behind their megachurch Sunday pulpits.
ref: 2013, Kate Bowler, Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
text: The pastor told CNN on Tuesday that no members of his megachurch have contracted the virus. MacArthur also said he doubted the accuracy of California’s coronavirus numbers.
ref: 2020 August 12, Daniel Burke, “California church defies public health orders, holds indoor services for thousands with no social distancing”, in CNN:
coordinate_terms: superchurch
megamosque
glosses: A church with an atypically large congregation.
wahoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wahoos
Etymology: Perhaps from Wahoo, an obsolete spelling of Oahu, where the fish is found.
Senses: synonyms: word: ono
glosses: Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
Hypernyms: Scombridae
Coordinate terms: mackerel
tuna
bonito
wahoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wahoos
Etymology: From Creek uhawhu.
Senses: glosses: The winged elm, Ulmus alata.
wahoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wahoos
Etymology: From a Dakota word, the first element of which is cognate to Lakota waŋ (“arrow”).
Senses: glosses: Euonymus atropurpureus, an eastern burning bush.
wingmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wingman
malaphor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæ.lə.fə/
ipa: /ˈmæl.ə.fɔː/
ipa: /ˈmæl.ə.foɹ/
Forms: form: malaphors
Etymology: Blend of malapropism + metaphor; attributed to Lawrence Harrison in the Washington Post article "Searching for Malaphors" (Aug. 6, 1976).
Senses: examples: text: What I conclude from this admittedly narrow data base is that, while the malaphor flourishes in bureaucratic compost, it will grow just about anywhere. The following malaphors are my pick of the letters. They were uttered in the home, on the farm, in the street.
ref: 1977, Benefit Payments Report, California Dept. of Benefit Payments, Health and Welfare Agency, →OCLC, page 5:
text: Among Swift's favorite malaphors are "He's a ragged individualist"; "I was up at the crank of dawn"; and "He's a fly in the oatmeal."
ref: 2012, George Michael Killenberg, Public Affairs Reporting Now: News of, by and for the People, Taylor & Francis:
synonyms: Dundrearyism
coordinate_terms: mixed metaphor
glosses: An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing an often nonsensical result.
Related terms: antiproverb
idiom blend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idiom blends
Senses: glosses: A malaphor: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
mercantilist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mercantilist
form: most mercantilist
Etymology: From mercantile + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: According to the mercantilist thinking that dominated European thought between the 16th and 18th centuries, poverty was socially useful. True, it was miserable for the poor. But it also kept the economic engine humming by ensuring the availability of plentiful cheap labour.
ref: 2013 July 27, “Penury portrait”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8846:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
Hypernyms: illiberal
protectionist
protectionistic
procontrol
mercantilist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercantilists
Etymology: From mercantile + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: On this point there was no difference between mercantilists and feudalists, between crowned planners and vested interests, between centralizing bureaucrats and conservative particularists.
ref: 1957 [1944], Karl Polanyi, chapter 6, in The Great Transformation, Beacon Press: Boston, page 70:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: One who believes in mercantilism.
mortuaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortuary
minuends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minuend
leban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laban
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic لَبَن (laban, “milk”).
Senses: glosses: Coagulated sour milk diluted with water.
glosses: Yoghurt (as used in Middle Eastern cuisine).
glosses: A fermented liquor made with coagulated sour milk.
Related terms: english: yoghurt cheese
translation: yoghurt cheese
word: labneh
word: yogurt
word: yaourt
moseyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mosey
moseys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mosey
mousier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of mousy: more mousy
mousiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mousy: most mousy
messier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of messy: more messy
messiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of messy: most messy
multiplicands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiplicand
in Abraham's bosom
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Biblical phrase; see Bosom of Abraham.
Senses: glosses: No longer living; dead.
wikipedia: Bosom of Abraham
saburra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin saburra (“grit, sand”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Foul granular matter deposited in the alimentary canal by the decomposition of food
Derived terms: saburral
coa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coas
Etymology: From Spanish coa.
Senses: glosses: A primitive hoe, a sharp wooden rod formerly used by Native Americans to till the soil.
coas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coa
undecagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From undecagon + -al.
Senses: glosses: Having eleven sides and angles.
glosses: Of or pertaining to an undecagon.
Synonyms: hendecagonal
deles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dele
deles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dele
uncharted waters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uncharted water
intrinsic motivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intrinsic motivations
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
coordinate_terms: extrinsic motivation
glosses: The incentive to undertake an activity based on the expected enjoyment of the activity itself, rather than external benefits that might result.