cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wishy-washy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪʃ.iˌwɒʃ.i/
ipa: /ˈwɪʃ.iˌwɑ.ʃi/
ipa: /ˈwɪʃ.iˌwɔ.ʃi/
Forms: form: wishy-washier
form: more wishy-washy
form: wishy-washiest
form: most wishy-washy
Etymology: Reduplication of washy; more at Wikipedia under ablaut reduplication. The wish portion of the term is explained much more by the ablaut reduplication than by any coincidental semantic appropriateness (such as that wishy-washy people wish that they could have it both ways), although the latter effect may play some nonzero cognitive role in word-finding. Compare also swish, swash, splish, and splash regarding any possible sound symbolism.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: vacillating, vacillatory
text: Not wanting to be pressed for details, public relations gave a wishy-washy answer.
text: I’m not about to vote Conservative myself (I’m a wishy-washy centrist who liked Tony Blair’s early work and has since mostly voted Labour, with an occasional swing to the Liberal Democrats and Greens)[…]
ref: 2023 July 17, Rhymer Rigby, “Sick of this Conservative government? That shouldn’t stop you having Tory friends”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: murky#Adjective
opaque#Adjective
;
unhelpful#Adjective
glosses: Wavering; lacking in commitment, certainty, support, and (often) clarity; namby-pamby.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: watered-down, diluted, dilute
text: The wishy-washy orange juice served by the cafeteria not only failed to be sweet; it was barely orange.
text: Usually the quality of the liquor is judged by the "bite" of it. The hotter the better. A drink of first class, aged whisky would be ridiculed in most parts of Maine as a wishy-washy beverage fit only for mollycoddles. The Down East "soak" wants something that stings and burns all the way, and usually he gets it[…]
ref: 1915, “Maine booze turns an iron tub blue”, in The Mixer and Server:
text: And you will appreciate drinking the hot cup, or rather billy, of tea—which is more than one can call the wishy-washy concoction served up in some 'tea-houses'.
ref: 2006, Gipsy Petulengro, Romany Hints for Outdoor Living and Tips for Ramblers, page 7:
glosses: Thin or watery.
Related terms: wish-wash
hey
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: hā
ipa: /heɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: hae
homophone: hay
Forms: form: hay
form: heigh
Etymology: From Middle English hey, hei, also without h- in ey, from Old English *hē, ēa (interjection), attested as first element in hēlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”). Cognate with Dutch hé, hei (“hi, hey”), German hei (“hey, wow”), Danish and Swedish hej (“hello, hey”), Faroese hey (“hey, hello”), Old Norse, Icelandic and Norwegian hei (“hey”), Polish hej (“hey, hello”), Romanian hei, Russian эй (ej, “hey”); see heigh. Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: for example, Burmese ဟေး (he:), Finnish hei, Unami hè, and Mandarin 哎 (āi), and various sound-alikes as Ancient Greek εἶα (eîa) and Latin eia, eho, Sanskrit हे (he). See also hello.
Senses: examples: text: Hey, look at this!
text: Hey! Listen!
glosses: An exclamation to get attention.
examples: text: Hey! Stop that!
glosses: A protest or reprimand.
examples: text: Hey! This is new!
glosses: An expression of surprise.
examples: text: Hey! How's it going?
glosses: An informal greeting, similar to hi.
examples: text: Hey? How's that?
glosses: A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.
examples: text: "Who 's a cur - now - hey?"
ref: 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page vi. 54:
glosses: Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
examples: text: The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".
glosses: A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
Synonyms: sense: exclamation to get attention
word: oi
word: yo
sense: expression of surprise
word: blimey
word: gee whiz
word: yowzah
word: wow
sense: for repetition or explanation
word: eh
sense: for repetition or explanation
word: huh
sense: informal greeting
word: hi
word: howdy
word: wotcher
word: hello
word: ahem
word: ahoy
topics: nautical
transport
word: cooee
word: hey
word: heyo
word: hoi
word: hoo man
word: oi oi
word: yoohoo
Hyponyms: word: lo
word: heads up
word: hist
word: psst
Derived terms: but hey
heyday
hey hey
hey ho
hey Joe
heyo
hey pass
hey presto
hey rube
hey Rube
hey there
hey up
hey ya
like hey-go-mad
stomp clap hey
what the hey
yehey
Related terms: word: huh
word: hay is for horses
word: attention
word: pay attention
hey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hā
ipa: /heɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: hae
homophone: hay
Forms: form: heys
form: heying
form: heyed
form: heyed
form: hay
form: heigh
Etymology: From Middle English hey, hei, also without h- in ey, from Old English *hē, ēa (interjection), attested as first element in hēlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”). Cognate with Dutch hé, hei (“hi, hey”), German hei (“hey, wow”), Danish and Swedish hej (“hello, hey”), Faroese hey (“hey, hello”), Old Norse, Icelandic and Norwegian hei (“hey”), Polish hej (“hey, hello”), Romanian hei, Russian эй (ej, “hey”); see heigh. Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: for example, Burmese ဟေး (he:), Finnish hei, Unami hè, and Mandarin 哎 (āi), and various sound-alikes as Ancient Greek εἶα (eîa) and Latin eia, eho, Sanskrit हे (he). See also hello.
Senses: glosses: To greet with a "hey"
hey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hā
ipa: /heɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: hae
homophone: hay
Forms: form: heys
Etymology: From French haie (“hedge”), with reference to the weaving patterns used in hedgelaying. Doublet of hedge and quay.
Senses: topics: country-dancing
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.
hey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hā
ipa: /heɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: hae
homophone: hay
Forms: form: heys
Etymology: See he.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of he (“Hebrew letter”).
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: Yah-ta-hey
put up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of put-up.
put up with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts up with
form: putting up with
form: put up with
form: put up with
Etymology: From put up + with.
Senses: examples: text: I put up with a lot of nonsense, but this is too much.
text: Will you be able to put up with me for another 56 more years?
ref: 2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight (motion picture), spoken by Celine (Julie Delpy):
synonyms: word: abear
word: abide
word: aby
word: accept
word: allow
word: bear
word: bide
word: brook
word: dree
word: endure
word: forbear
word: go along with
word: live with
word: pass
word: pocket
word: pouch
word: put up with
word: stand
word: stick
word: stomach
word: suffer
word: swallow
word: take
word: take sitting down
word: thole
word: tolerate
word: undergang
word: undergo
glosses: To endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying.
examples: text: Thousands of teens in foster care would love to put up with you.
ref: 2012, adoptuskids.org:
text: We put up with a family friend, who was an extremely gracious and hospitable host.
ref: 2022, Chowdhury I. Zaman, In the Corridors of Elysium, page 180:
glosses: To be taken in; to be sheltered (put up).
Related terms: put up
put down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: put downs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of put-down.
put in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts in
form: putting in
form: put in
form: put in
Etymology: From put + in.
Senses: examples: text: Just put in the key for the ignition and turn it.
glosses: To place inside.
examples: text: They put me in the state pen for a year for that.
text: They put me in with an absolute maniac for a cellmate.
glosses: To place inside.
To imprison or place in a prison cell.
examples: text: I'm going to the bank to put in for a transfer.
glosses: To apply, request, or submit.
examples: text: I put in an extra hour at work today.
text: Despite his success, the comedian liked to put in appearances at some of the smaller venues.
glosses: To contribute.
examples: text: We put in at Brixham, a most excellent fishing Town, but very dirty and disagreeable.
ref: 1773, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 18:
text: “They were bound for Quebec—hadn’t any notion of coming to P. E. I. They had a long rough voyage and water got scarce, so the captain of the New Moon put in here to get some.
ref: 1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 7”, in Emily of New Moon:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To call at (a place or port), especially as a deviation from an intended journey.
examples: text: The defendant has put in a plea of not guilty.
glosses: To declare or make official
examples: text: We've put in carrots in the east field.
glosses: To plant a crop.
glosses: To make (a telephone call).
examples: text: Put in my name as your emergency contact.
glosses: To fill in on a form or questionnaire; to use as an answer on a form or questionnaire.
examples: text: I'm putting in a new water heater in the spring.
glosses: To install or deliver.
examples: text: She put six shots in him.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To injure the body of (someone).
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: To distribute type that is ready for composing.
Derived terms: word: put-in
put out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: put outs
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of putout.
put out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more put out
form: most put out
Senses: examples: text: He was put out at the mere suggestion of misconduct.
text: Gordon told GCN that when the bill was first reviewed in the House, it received a 70-49 vote, one vote short of the majority it needed to pass. Gordon said that gay and lesbian activists were "extremely put-out" over this narrow loss.
ref: 1991 May 4, Elizabeth Yukins, “Maryland Passes Gay Hate Crimes Bill”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
text: Lao Bingyi had a bruise growing dark on her forehead and her left sleeve was soaked in blood that might have been her own or someone else’s, but her pinned braids were still pristine, and she looked mightily put out.
ref: 2022 October 25, Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands, Tordotcom, →ISBN:
glosses: Taking offense; indignant.
put off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts off
form: putting off
form: put off
form: put off
Senses: examples: text: Don't put off your homework to the last minute.
text: Don't put your homework off to the last minute.
text: Don't put it off to the last minute.
text: Don't put it off.
glosses: To postpone, especially through procrastination.
examples: text: The storm put off the game by a week.
text: The storm put the game off by a week.
text: I'm too busy to see Mr Smith today. I'll have to put him off.
glosses: To delay (a task, event, etc.).
examples: text: Please be quiet. I'm trying to concentrate and you're putting me off.
glosses: To distract; to disturb the concentration of.
examples: text: Almost drowning put him off swimming.
glosses: To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).
examples: text: This type of firewood puts off a strong smell.
glosses: To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.).
examples: text: to put off a mask
text: The power of turning into an animal has this serious disadvantage that it lays you open to the chance of being wounded or even slain in your animal skin before you have the chance to put it off and scramble back into your human integument.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 207:
glosses: To take off (something worn).
Derived terms: word: off-putting
word: putoff
Related terms: hold off
put on
take off
set off
throw off
put off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more put off
form: most put off
Senses: examples: text: The guest was quite put off by an odor.
glosses: offended, repulsed
examples: text: All but the most dedicated were put off by the huge task.
glosses: daunted or fazed
put by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts by
form: putting by
form: put by
form: put by
Etymology: From put + by.
Senses: examples: text: Our family has been putting food by for generations.
text: I have put by a few hundred pounds for a rainy day.
coordinate_terms: lay aside
lay away
lay by
lay in
lay up
put aside
put away
save
store
store away
store up
glosses: To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use.
examples: text: When the lesson was finished, she put by her books and papers.
text: For Christian shame, put by this barbarous brawl:
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 320:
text: I refolded and put by his letter and the draft for the fifty pounds,
ref: 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: When I came first to Caulds I sought to prevail upon him to accept the eldership, but he aye put me by, and when I heard his tale I saw that he had done wisely.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard.
examples: text: I managed to put that transaction by accounts payable.
glosses: To perform an action without attracting the attention of.
examples: text: The Bow Spring put by to avoid colliding with the Manzanillo II.
glosses: Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision
Synonyms: sense: save
word: save
word: put away
word: set aside
word: put aside
word: lay aside
word: lay by
word: lay up
word: accumulate
sense: remove, reject
word: put away
sense: remove, reject
word: set aside
sense: remove, reject
word: put aside
sense: remove, reject
word: lay aside
sense: do without notice
word: sneak past
sense: do without notice
word: get past
anglicize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: anglicizes
form: anglicizing
form: anglicized
form: anglicized
Senses: glosses: American and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicise.
Hispanicize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Hispanicizes
form: Hispanicizing
form: Hispanicized
form: Hispanicized
form: Hispanicise
form: hispanicise
form: hispanicize
Etymology: From Hispanic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To render Spanish, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, or style.
glosses: To translate into Spanish.
Related terms: Hispania
Hispanicisation
Hispanicism
Hispanicist
Hispanicization
Hispanicizer
Hispaniola
Hispano-
Hispano
hispano-
Hispanophile
Hispanophilia
Hispanophilic
Hispanophilically
Hispanophobe
Hispanophobia
Hispanophobic
Hispanophobically
Hispanophone
Hispanophonia
Hispanophonic
Hispanophonically
trustworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: trŭst-'wûr-thē
ipa: /ˈtɹʌst.wɜː.ði/
ipa: /ˈtɹʌstˌwɜɹ.ði/
ipa: [ˈtɹʌstˌwɝ.ði]
ipa: /ˈtɹast.wɜː.ði/
ipa: /ˈtɹast.wøː.ði/
Forms: form: more trustworthy
form: trustworthier
form: most trustworthy
form: trustworthiest
Etymology: From trust + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: The storage of cryptographic secrets is one of the paramount requirements in building trustworthy systems.
ref: 2014, Thomas Feller, Trustworthy Reconfigurable Systems:
glosses: Deserving of trust, reliable.
Synonyms: believable
convincing
credible
dependable
ethical
honest
honorable
kosher
principled
reliable
responsible
righteous
secure
sensible
straight
true
trustable
trusty
truthful
unfailing
Derived terms: untrustworthy
Related terms: trustful
kata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkætə/
rhymes: -ætə
Forms: form: katas
form: kata
Etymology: From Japanese 型 (literally “pattern, model”).
In English use since the 1950s.
Senses: examples: text: judo kata
text: About fifty kata, or "formal exercises," are practiced at the present time, some having been passed down from generation to generation, others having been developed fairly recently.
ref: 1979, Masatoshi Nakayama, Best Karate: Heian, Tekki, page 12:
text: Katas are a series of motions, such as punches, strikes, and kicks, arranged in a specific pattern. The pattern allows the motions to flow into one another. A student must learn a new kata to advance to each new belt level.
ref: 2006, Kelley MacAulay, Bobbie Kalman, Karate in Action, page 22:
text: When the competitor's name is called, she stands on the designated line, bows to the panel of judges, and announces the name of the kata she will perform.[…]She then performs the kata. When she is finished, her opponent performs her kata. At the end of the second kata, both return to the mat area to await the decision of the judging panel.
ref: 2009, Thomas W. Hanlon, The Sports Rules Book, Human Kinetics, page 161:
ref: 2010, Kenji Tokitsu, The Katas: The Meaning Behind the Movements:
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Any of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.
examples: text: These kata will give you the C# syntax for inheritance.
ref: 2020, Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene, Head First C#, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 728:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: code kata
glosses: A short programming exercise to improve one's skills through practice and repetition.
Derived terms: gun kata
kata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkætə/
rhymes: -ætə
Forms: form: katas
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”). Compare cata-.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of kata thermometer.
examples: text: kata factor
glosses: A drop (in temperature).
kata
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkætə/
rhymes: -ætə
Forms: form: more kata
form: most kata
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”). Compare cata-.
Senses: examples: text: Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
ref: 1985, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes, page 43:
text: Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.
ref: 2005, Animation journal, volumes 13-15:
antonyms: ana
glosses: In a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
kata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkætə/
rhymes: -ætə
Forms: form: katas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gata (“type of Armenian pastry”).
order
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.də/
ipa: /ˈɔɹ.dɚ/
ipa: [ˈɔɹ.ɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈɔːdə(r)/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
Forms: form: orders
form: ordering
form: ordered
form: ordered
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: order
form: order
form: ordered
form: order
form: orderest
form: ordered
form: orderedst
form: orders
form: ordereth
form: ordered
form: order
form: ordered
form: order
form: ordered
form: order
form: -
form: ordering
form: ordered
form: ordre
Etymology: From Middle English ordre, from Old French ordre, ordne, ordene (“order, rank”), from Latin ōrdinem, accusative of ōrdō (“row, rank, regular arrangement”, literally “row of threads in a loom”), from Proto-Italic *ordō (“to arrange”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂or-d-, from *h₂er-.
Related to Latin ōrdior (“begin”, literally “begin to weave”). In sense “request for purchase”, compare bespoke. Doublet of ordo.
Senses: examples: text: We need to order them alphabetically.
glosses: To set in some sort of order.
examples: text: The books in the shelf need ordering.
glosses: To arrange, set in proper order.
examples: text: to order troops to advance
text: He ordered me to leave.
text: I hate being ordered around by my co-workers.
glosses: To issue a command to; to charge.
examples: text: You can now order most products to be delivered to your home.
text: to order groceries
text: to order food from a restaurant
glosses: To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
examples: text: persons presented to be ordered deacons
ref: 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC:
glosses: To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
Synonyms: sense: arrange into some sort of order
word: sort
sense: arrange into some sort of order
word: rank
sense: issue a command
word: command
Derived terms: backorder
counterorder
foreorder
inorder
made-to-order
mail-order
make to order
misorder
orderability
orderable
order about
order around
orderer
order of magnitude
order out
order to cash
overorder
preorder
reorder
underorder
unorder
well-order
what the doctor ordered
just what the doctor ordered
Related terms: ordain
orderly
ordinal
ordinary
untrustworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnˈtɹʌstˌwɜː(ɹ)ði/
Forms: form: more untrustworthy
form: untrustworthier
form: most untrustworthy
form: untrustworthiest
Etymology: From un- + trustworthy.
Senses: examples: text: While a corrupt Chuch and untrustworthy nobles and kings scraped for power, businessmen in Italy honored pledges of businessmen from England and Scandinavia. This trust (some have called it honor among thieves) is still a hallmark of modern brokerage.
ref: 2000, Robert Sobel, The Big Board: A History of the New York Stock Market, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: Not deserving of trust; unreliable.
Synonyms: sense: not deserving of trust, unreliable
word: inaccurate
sense: not deserving of trust, unreliable
word: insincere
sense: not deserving of trust, unreliable
word: unreliable
sense: not deserving of trust, unreliable
word: faithless
hangdog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hangdogs
Etymology: From hang + dog.
Senses: synonyms: word: sneak
word: gallows bird
word: crack-hemp
word: crack-rope
word: gallows
word: gallows bird
word: hang dog
word: hangdog
word: hempie
word: scapegallows
word: slip-halter
word: wag-halter
glosses: A base, degraded person.
Derived terms: hangdoggish
hangdoggy
hangdog
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hang + dog.
Senses: examples: text: The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look.
ref: 1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Henry Esmond:
text: Asper Argo, the Well-Beloved, Commdor of the Korellian Republic greeted his wife’s entry by a hangdog lowering of his scanty eyebrows. To her at least, his self-adopted epithet did not apply. Even he knew that.
ref: 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 16, page 180
text: He looked at them in a kind of dread, not daring to ask for details; and he observed that they, too, looked as though they had been in a battle; something hangdog in their looks suggested that they had been put to flight.
ref: 1953, James Baldwin, “The Seventh Day”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Classics), London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN:
glosses: Low; sneaking; ashamed.
hangdog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hangdogs
form: hangdogging
form: hangdogged
form: hangdogged
Etymology: From hang + dog.
Senses: examples: text: With a twenty-one to three victory, Pinewood high-stepped it off the field while our Falcons hangdogged their way to the locker room.
ref: 2012, Wendy Delsol, Flock, page 230:
text: Just a few stragglers left hangdogging around, latchkey types with no place to be, cutting up in the dim and bleachered gym perimeter.
ref: 2017, David Eric Tomlinson, The Midnight Man, page 37:
glosses: To move or loiter in a sneaking or ashamed manner.
hang-by
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hang-bys
form: hang-bies
Etymology: From hang + by.
Senses: examples: text: ; I am not afraid of you nor them neither, your hang-by's here. You must have your poets, and your potlings; your solados and foolados; to follow you up and down the city
ref: 1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: A dependent; a hanger-on.
hangbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hangbirds
Etymology: From hang + bird.
Senses: glosses: The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), whose nest is suspended from the limb of a tree.
hanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæŋ.ə/
ipa: /ˈhæŋ.ɚ/
ipa: [ˈheɪŋ.ɚ]
rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
homophone: hangar
ipa: /ˈhaŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈhæŋɡɚ/
rhymes: -æŋɡə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈhæŋ.ə/
ipa: /ˈhæŋ.ɚ/
ipa: [ˈheɪŋ.ɚ]
rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
homophone: hangar
Etymology: Blend of hunger + anger.
Senses: examples: text: The physiology of hanger. The carbohydrates, proteins and fats in everything you eat are digested into simple sugars (such as glucose), amino acids and free fatty acids. These nutrients pass into your bloodstream from where they are distributed to your organs and tissues and used for energy […]
ref: 2015, Amanda Salis, “The science behind being "Hangry"”, in CNN "The conversation":
glosses: Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
Related terms: hangry
hanger-on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hangers-on
form: hanger on
Etymology: Agent noun of hang on.
Senses: examples: text: Her love was sought, I do aver, / By twenty beaux and more; / The king himself has follow'd her / When she has walk'd before. / But now her wealth and finery fled, / Her hangers-on cut short all […]
ref: c. 1760-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex, Mrs Mary Blaze:
text: Not that he was what is commonly called a Screw; that is to say he was not a mere screw; but he was acute and malicious; saw everybody's worth and position at a glance; could not bear to expend his choice wines and costly viands on hangers-on and toadeaters, though at the same time no man encouraged and required hangers-on and toadeaters more.
ref: 1895, Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil: Or; The Two Nations, page 161:
text: The Rhymney (51 route miles), once an impecunious hanger-on of the Taff Vale, had enjoyed its own route through Caerphilly into Cardiff since 1871, [...].
ref: 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 158:
text: “I thought you really liked us.” “I did. Deeply and desperately. And all I wanted was for you to like me. Instead, you treated me like... an afterthought.” “I have got absolutely no really close female friends anymore.” “An annoyance.” “Oh, nice going, dipshit.” “A hanger-on.” “Stand over there and just pretend not to listen.” “I can do that.” “An inconvenience.” “You did R-S-veep "yes."” “Sort of hard to shuffle things around at this late stage.”
ref: 2023 August 31, William Meny & Paul Simms, “A Weekend at Morrigan Manor” (18:31 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 9, spoken by The Guide (Kristen Schaal):
glosses: Someone who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service.
topics: business
mining
glosses: An onsetter.
Synonyms: onhanger
Related terms: flunky
oh boy
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: oboy
Senses: examples: text: Oh, boy! I can't wait to tell my friends about this!
glosses: An expression of delight or joy.
examples: text: Oh, boy. This is going to be a lot of work.
text: Oh, boy. Now what do I do?
text: I read the news today—oh, boy / About a lucky man who made the grade
ref: 1967, Lennon–McCartney, “A Day in the Life”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:
glosses: An expression of dismay, resignation, frustration, or annoyance (sarcastic).
Derived terms: goshwowboyoboy
Related terms: yay
uh oh
oh no
oh man
NES
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛn iː ɛs/
Forms: form: NESes
Senses: glosses: Initialism of night eating syndrome.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of native English speaker.
examples: text: The strategy that has dominated recently for the last couple of years is to tap the d-pad as fast as humanly possible with one finger, known as hypertapping in the gaming community. In NES Tetris, this skill is crucial, since the speed increases when moving up levels, culminating in level 29, where the pieces usually drop to the bottom of the board in less than ⅓ of a second. However, hypertapping has several limitations.
ref: 2021 June 16, Tzvi Kalb, “What is Old is New Again: NES Tetris”, in The Science Survey:
text: The internal NES clock must accurately measure down to milliseconds for its games to work properly.
ref: 2023 December 1, Evelynn Kersting, “GAMES AND TIME”, in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, page 11, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2025:
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Nintendo Entertainment System.
Related terms: topics: video-games
word: SNES
topics: video-games
word: Nintendo
NES
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɛn iː ɛs/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of News Election Service.
glosses: Initialism of National Election Studies.
glosses: Initialism of Nortel Energy Saver.
glosses: Initialism of National Employment Service of Canada).
glosses: Abbreviation of Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
ouch
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -aʊtʃ
Etymology: Uncertain. Some sources say the interjection is attested since 1838 (and specifically in American English) and derives ultimately from German autsch, perhaps specifically via Pennsylvania German outch (“cry of pain”), as early attestations of the interjection are from Pennsylvania. However, others say the interjection is a "mere" or "natural" exclamation attested since the mid 1600s, and the 1933 OED cites one instance of a verb "ouch" in 1654, "Sancho Pancas Runs Ouching round the mountaine like a ranck-Asse".
Senses: examples: text: Ouch! You stepped on my toe! That hurt!
glosses: An expression of one's own physical pain.
examples: text: Ouch! Her sunburn looks awful.
glosses: An expression in sympathy at another's pain.
examples: text: Ouch. How could you say that?
glosses: A reply to an insult seen as savage (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking).
examples: text: Ouch, I really wanted to do that.
glosses: An expression of disappointment.
examples: text: Ouch, one hundred thousand dollars for a car! I could never afford that!
glosses: Expressing surprise at the high price of something.
Synonyms: sense: in all of the above senses
word: oof
sense: in all of the above senses
word: ow
sense: in all of the above senses
word: owie
sense: in all of the above senses
word: youch
sense: in all of the above senses
word: yow
sense: in all of the above senses
word: yowch
ouch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -aʊtʃ
Forms: form: ouches
Etymology: Uncertain. Some sources say the interjection is attested since 1838 (and specifically in American English) and derives ultimately from German autsch, perhaps specifically via Pennsylvania German outch (“cry of pain”), as early attestations of the interjection are from Pennsylvania. However, others say the interjection is a "mere" or "natural" exclamation attested since the mid 1600s, and the 1933 OED cites one instance of a verb "ouch" in 1654, "Sancho Pancas Runs Ouching round the mountaine like a ranck-Asse".
Senses: examples: text: RhuliGel soothes the itches and ouches of summer.
ref: 1986 June, “RhuliGel Soothes the Itches and Ouches of Summer [advertisement]”, in Myrna Blyth, editor, Ladies’ Home Journal, volume CIII, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Meredith Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 161, column 2:
synonyms: ooch
glosses: Something that causes discomfort or pain.
ouch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -aʊtʃ
Forms: form: ouches
form: ouching
form: ouched
form: ouched
Etymology: Uncertain. Some sources say the interjection is attested since 1838 (and specifically in American English) and derives ultimately from German autsch, perhaps specifically via Pennsylvania German outch (“cry of pain”), as early attestations of the interjection are from Pennsylvania. However, others say the interjection is a "mere" or "natural" exclamation attested since the mid 1600s, and the 1933 OED cites one instance of a verb "ouch" in 1654, "Sancho Pancas Runs Ouching round the mountaine like a ranck-Asse".
Senses: examples: text: Imperturbability your skill, not mine / I ouch out loud and clear / Your forgiveness, like Pope's divine / I'm just an angry queer
ref: 1984 April 21, “Mousie Mousie Wildflower”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
glosses: To exclaim "ouch!" in discomfort or pain.
Derived terms: ouchie
ouchless
ouchy
ouch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -aʊtʃ
Forms: form: ouches
Etymology: Variant forms.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ouche.
put out feelers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts out feelers
form: putting out feelers
form: put out feelers
form: put out feelers
Etymology: An allusion to animals which use their feelers to gain awareness of their surroundings.
Senses: examples: text: I will put out feelers and see what I can find out about that.
glosses: To explore or watch for; to ask around; to investigate.
Synonyms: test the waters
Related terms: put out
feel
feeler
trial balloon
feeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːlə/
ipa: /ˈfiːləɹ/
rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: feelers
Etymology: From Middle English feler, feeler, felar, equivalent to feel + -er. Animal organ definition from 1660s. Transferred sense of "proposal put forth to observe the reaction it gets" is from 1830.
Senses: examples: text: Are you more of a feeler or more of a thinker?
glosses: Someone or something that feels.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
examples: text: I sent out some feelers but they didn't seem interested.
text: This survey is designed to get a feeler about how the citizens feel about the proposed new highway.
text: In 1905, the Russo-Japanese war fought itself to a standstill, and with the destruction of Rozhiestvensky's fleet at Tsushima, the Japanese, for financial reasons, had to put out feelers for peace.
ref: 1952 July, the late H. Carew, “By Special Train in the Far East”, in Railway Magazine, page 488:
text: Mr. Dayan's peace feeler would he more attractive to Cairo if it were accompanied by suggestions from Jerusalem, public private, for safeguarding Israeli security interests there without sacrificing Cairo's claim to ultimate sovereignty.
ref: 1972 August 30, “Dayan's Peace Feeler”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
glosses: a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself
Derived terms: feelered
feeler gauge
put out feelers
touchy-feeler
hyperlink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hīʹ-pə(r)-lĭngk'
ipa: /ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌlɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: hyperlinks
Etymology: From hyper- + link, or a blend of hypertext + link.
Senses: examples: text: Click the hyperlink to go to the next page.
synonyms: link
hypernyms: link
glosses: Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.
examples: text: Copy the hyperlink and paste it into an email.
glosses: The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink's target or function.
Synonyms: word: hyperlink
word: link
Hyponyms: word: backlink
word: dead link
word: text link
Derived terms: hyperlink cinema
Related terms: word: hypertext
word: linkify
word: linkback
word: linkrot
word: link doping
word: link whoring
word: link whore
word: link spam
word: click me
hyperlink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hīʹ-pə(r)-lĭngk'
ipa: /ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌlɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: hyperlinks
form: hyperlinking
form: hyperlinked
form: hyperlinked
Etymology: From hyper- + link, or a blend of hypertext + link.
Senses: examples: text: Their Web page hyperlinks to your Web site.
ref: 2001, Barbara Notarius, Gail Sforza Brewer, Open Your Own Bead & Breakfast, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons, page 165:
glosses: To point to another document by a hyperlink.
raw_tags: of a hypertext document
examples: text: One valuable thing a blogger often does is hyperlink to magazine and newspaper stories or other interesting blogs, she says.
ref: 2004 April 15, Gregory M. Lamb, “Blogs: Here to Stay - With Changes”, in Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: To add a hyperlink to a document.
examples: text: Indeed, what consumers will see on a Web site is likely to vary depending on the point or Web page at which they access the Web site, how many pages they “hyperlink” through when reviewing the site, and how much of the page containing the disclosure is displayed by consumers' Web browsers without requiring additional scrolling.
ref: 1999, John Graubert, Jill Coleman, “Consumer Protection and Antitrust Enforcement at the Speed of Light: The FTC Meets the Internet”, in Canada–United States Law Journal, volume 25, page 275:
glosses: To use a hyperlink to jump to a document.
Derived terms: hyperlinkable
nonhyperlinked
put one over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts one over
form: putting one over
form: put one over
form: put one over
form: get one over on
form: pull one over
Senses: glosses: To succeed in a deception.
examples: text: "[Y]ou surely aren't thinking you can put one over on me in this business? Tell me, you don't take me for that sort of ivory-skulled boob?"
ref: 1913, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 9, in The Little Nugget:
text: He is the bad-boy-made-good, and in Brazil, particularly in Rio de Janeiro, everyone loves someone who can put one over on authority.
ref: 2007 May 16, Andrew Downie, “Brazil Braces for a (Bogus) Soccer Milestone”, in Time, retrieved 28 Jun 2015:
glosses: To fool, trick, or deceive.
Related terms: put on
put-up
put to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts to
form: putting to
form: put to
form: put to
Senses: examples: text: I'll put it to the committee and see what they say.
glosses: To ask or pose a question, or make a proposal or suggestion.
Derived terms: I put it to you
Related terms: compare put in
put to the test
defenestrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɛnɪstɹeɪt/
ipa: /dəˈfɛnɪstɹeɪt/
Forms: form: defenestrates
form: defenestrating
form: defenestrated
form: defenestrated
Etymology: First attested in 1904; back-formation from defenestration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from New Latin dē- (“out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -ātiō (“-ation”).
Senses: examples: text: I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!
ref: 1998 September 25, Lane Smith, quoted in "TFK Q&A: Lane Smith and Jon Scieszka", in Time for Kids
glosses: To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
examples: text: The cultural historians of science 'feel the need to defenestrate science, or at least take it off its pedestal' (Pumfrey. Rossi & Slawinski 1991. p. 3).
ref: 1998, Barry J. Fraser, Kenneth George Tobin, International Handbook of Science Education, volume 2:
text: Ever since he helped to defenestrate Richard Nixon in 1974, Mr Woodward has been a sort of super-reporter ...
ref: 2001, The Economist, volume 381, numbers 8498-8501, page 42:
text: According to the guidebooks, they do it so strenuously that women would very much like to defenestrate the custom.
ref: 2004, Mary Carey, Kim Berquist, Writing from a Small Country: Anthology of the Creative Writing Club, Luxembourg:
glosses: To throw out; to remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.
examples: text: This posting was written on a Windows 95 PC,
Defenestrate it immediately. Install Linux. :-)
ref: 1998 December 17, Darren Salt <news@youmustbejoking.demon.com.uk>, "Re: Coding speccy games in the good 'ole days", message-ID <48B60EA729%news@youmustbejoking.demon.com.uk>, comp.sys.sinclair, Usenet http://google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/msg/8b00481a8be589d2
text: ◦ Enable one-click uninstalls of unwanted OS and application features with a Defenestrate icon.
ref: 2001 July 21, "Packet Rat" (pseudonym), "Judge Rat calls for a Microsoft defenestration", on GCN: Government Computer News
text: 2007 May 16, Richard Stallman, speech, Free Software and Beyond: Human Rights in the Use of Software and Other Published Works,
Now of course people who want freedom shouldn't use Windows at all, you've got to defenestrate your computer, which means either you throw Windows out of the computer, or you throw the computer out the window.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To remove a Windows operating system from (a computer).
Derived terms: defenestration
defenestrator
Related terms: autodefenestrate
grandiloquent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/
Forms: form: more grandiloquent
form: most grandiloquent
Etymology: From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loquēns, present participle of loquor (“I speak”). Compare eloquent.
Senses: examples: text: The American people believe that they have a free country, and we are treated to grandiloquent speeches about our flag and our reputation for freedom and enlightenment.
ref: 1898, William Graham Sumner, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, in War and Other Essays, Yale, published 1911, page 324:
qualifier: their language or writing
glosses: Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: sense: overly wordy or elaborate
word: verbose
Derived terms: grandiloquently
ungrandiloquent
Related terms: grandiloquacity
grandiloquence
grandiloquism
grandiloquize
grandiloquous
grandiloquy
magniloquent
splendiloquent
infundibulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more infundibulated
form: most infundibulated
Etymology: From infundibulum (“a funnel-shaped cavity or organ”), from Latin infundibulum (“funnel”), from īnfundō (“pour in or upon”).
Senses: glosses: funnel-shaped
Synonyms: infundibular
omphaloskepsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɒmfələˈskɛpsɪs/
Forms: form: omphaloscepsis
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”) + σκέψις (sképsis, “perception, reflection”).
Senses: glosses: Contemplation of or meditation upon one's navel; navel-gazing.
examples: text: Act we must; for we cannot sit rapt in educational omphaloscepsis while youngsters grow up and become the fathers and mothers of the next generation.
ref: 1948, John Frederick Wolfenden, The Public Schools To-day: A Study in Boarding School Education, University of London Press, page 108:
text: 1952, William Harold Ingrams, Hong Kong, H. M. Stationery Off., page 22,
… like the Muslims who saw Mecca as the world's navel, the British saw London as the world's capital. Omphaloscepsis has always been one of the world's troubles.
text: Calamy alone is not debunked; and Calamy has defended omphaloskepsis and has set himself the ideal of free personal contemplation and recollection.
ref: 1975, Donald Watt, Aldous Huxley, the Critical Heritage, →ISBN, page 308:
text: This approach has been referred to as an omphaloskeptic method of design, so called after the term omphaloskepsis used to describe the technique of meditation through contemplation of the navel (from the Greek "omphalos" for navel and "skepsis" for examination).
ref: 1998, Louis C. Burmeister, Elements of Thermal-Fluid System Design, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, pages 31:
glosses: Ratiocination to the point of self-absorption.
Derived terms: omphaloskeptic
Related terms: omphalomancy
omphalomesenteric
omphalopsychic
omphalopsychite
magic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmad͡ʒɪk/
ipa: /ˈmæd͡ʒɪk/
rhymes: -ædʒɪk
Forms: form: magick
form: magicke
form: magique
Etymology: From Middle English magik, magyk, from Old French magique (noun and adjective), from Latin magicus (adjective), magica (noun use of feminine form of magicus), from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós, “magical”), from μάγος (mágos, “magus”). Ultimately from Old Iranian, probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gʰ- (“to be able to, to help; power, sorcerer”). Displaced native Old English ġealdor (survived in Middle English galder), and dwimmer.
Senses: examples: text: a magic wand
text: a magic dragon
synonyms: magical
glosses: Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
examples: text: a magic moment
synonyms: wonderful
amazing
glosses: Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.
examples: text: a magic show
text: a magic trick
synonyms: magical
glosses: Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
examples: text: I cleaned up the flat while you were out. —Really? Magic!
glosses: Great; excellent.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.
examples: text: The code is full of magic numbers and we can't figure out what they mean.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable
Derived terms: bimagic
doubly magic
magically
magic bullet
magic carpet
magic circle
magic constant
magic cookie
magic cube
magic dust
magic e
magic eye
magic lantern
magic marker
magic mist
magic mud
magic mushroom
magic nigger
magic number
magic point
magic realism
magic smoke
magic square
magic sugar
magic sword
magic trick
magic wand
multimagic
tetramagic
trimagic
magic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmad͡ʒɪk/
ipa: /ˈmæd͡ʒɪk/
rhymes: -ædʒɪk
Forms: form: magics
form: magicking
form: magicked
form: magicked
form: magick
form: magicke
form: magique
Etymology: From Middle English magik, magyk, from Old French magique (noun and adjective), from Latin magicus (adjective), magica (noun use of feminine form of magicus), from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós, “magical”), from μάγος (mágos, “magus”). Ultimately from Old Iranian, probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gʰ- (“to be able to, to help; power, sorcerer”). Displaced native Old English ġealdor (survived in Middle English galder), and dwimmer.
Senses: examples: text: He pictured them standing about the dim hallway, magicked into immobility, glazed and mute, one with a hand raised, another bending to set down a bag, and Licht before them, nodding and twitching like a marionette, as usual.
ref: 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
text: The Western professionals magic so much money offshore that it is impossible to put a reliable figure on it.
ref: 2018, Oliver Bullough, chapter 8, in Moneyland, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 132:
text: None can be magicked overnight.
ref: 2021 October 6, Philip Haigh, “Rail freight has a key role in boosting Britain's resilience”, in RAIL, number 941, page 47:
synonyms: conjure up
magic up
glosses: To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic.
Derived terms: magic up