cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tikam-tikam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈt˭ɪk˭am ˌt˭ɪk˭am]
ipa: [ˈt˭i-]
Forms: form: tikam
form: tikam tikam
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay tikam-tikam (“to stab repeatedly; to choose randomly”), from a reduplication of tikam.
Senses: examples: text: Because school children were forgoing food to play tikam-tikam games with their pocket money, hawkers were eventually banned from selling tikam-tikam to children.
ref: 2013, Kok Yang Tan, From the Blue Windows: Recollections of Life in Queenstown, Singapore, in the 1960s and 1970s, Ridge Books, →ISBN:
text: By day, she sold entrance tickets to those who wanted to try their luck at the teeming gambling stalls within the “City Park”, catering to the Chinese residents in the town. By night, she assisted at a pinball stall, collecting tickets and putting out tennis balls for a game of “tikam tikam”.
ref: 2019, Yik Kwei, The Adventurous Streak - Revised, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN:
glosses: A kind of lucky draw or lottery-like game popular throughout the 1950s to the 1970s; usually, prizes are won by pulling slips of paper or numbered tickets from a board.
tikam-tikam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈt˭ɪk˭am ˌt˭ɪk˭am]
ipa: [ˈt˭i-]
Forms: form: tikam
form: tikam tikam
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay tikam-tikam (“to stab repeatedly; to choose randomly”), from a reduplication of tikam.
Senses: examples: text: They cannot complain. Tikam-tikam means, play with chance. Sometimes win, sometimes lose.
ref: 2021 December 24, Yap Swi Neo, You Might Want To Marry My Husband: Reflections from Life, Monsoon Books Pte. Limited, →ISBN:
text: Some days, it felt more like gambling than expert precision: Just tikam-tikam, lah! (Malay for “choose randomly,” commonly used by impatient people queueing to buy 4D tickets).
ref: 2023 March 3, Sophia Shi Yin Chin, Dancing On The Edge Of Greatness: Making Leadership Personal, World Scientific Publishing Company, →ISBN:
glosses: To choose (something) at random.
tikam-tikam
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈt˭ɪk˭am ˌt˭ɪk˭am]
ipa: [ˈt˭i-]
Forms: form: tikam
form: tikam tikam
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay tikam-tikam (“to stab repeatedly; to choose randomly”), from a reduplication of tikam.
Senses: examples: text: it's open secret that finance industry is all tikam tikam one.
ref: 2018 December 30, koja6049, lowyat.net:
glosses: Arbitrarily chosen; characterized by random choices.
watermark disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disease afflicting willows, caused by the bacterium Brenneria salicis.
Libacao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Aklan, Philippines.
Madalag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Alcantara, Romblon, Philippines.
glosses: A municipality of Aklan, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Jose Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines.
Makato
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Aklan, Philippines.
Numancia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Aklan, Philippines.
hawk tuahing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hawk tuah
hawk tuahed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hawk tuah
hawk tuahs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hawk tuah
Tangalan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Aklan, Philippines.
underinventiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underinventivenesses
Etymology: From underinventive + -ness or under- + inventiveness.
Senses: examples: text: For all its silliness and underinventiveness, Rats stands no chance of being trounced by the culturally predatory Cats.
ref: 1984 February 4, Michael Bronski, “Cats: Straight and Boring”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 17:
glosses: The fact of being underinventive; insufficient inventiveness.
ramsh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ramson.
Shluh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chleuh.
Shleuh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chleuh.
homophorically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more homophorically
form: most homophorically
Etymology: By surface analysis, homophoric + -ally.
Senses: hypernyms: exophorically
coordinate_terms: deictically
glosses: In a homophoric way.
tikam tikam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tikam-tikam.
tikam tikam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tikam-tikam.
tikam tikam
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tikam-tikam.
Aguid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Antadao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Balugan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Bangaan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Fidelisan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Kilong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Nacagang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Pide
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Suyo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Possibly from Ilocano suyo.
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Pidigan, Abra, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Bagulin, La Union, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Luna, La Union, Philippines.
Derived terms: Suyo Proper
Barbaza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Antique, Philippines.
Bugasong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Antique, Philippines.
Culasi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Antique, Philippines.
Greystoke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4430).
Festi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Festival Alabang (a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines).
lesbian chic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lesbian chics
Senses: examples: text: Critics attacked what they perceived to be the key feature of lesbian chic, i.e., 'cheque-writing dykes who [look] suspiciously like the average Tory shithead's daughter' (Solanas 1993, p. 5).
ref: 2008 February 19, Veronika Koller, Lesbian Discourses: Images of a Community, Routledge, →ISBN, page 149:
text: […] the fever surrounding lesbian chic in the 1990s belied "a larger cultural anxiety about the dangers of the lesbian body, exemplified by the simultaneous embrace of the 'new femme' as cutting edge and the denunciation of real-life lesbians as perverse and depraved".
ref: 2020 September 14, Kate Farhall, Sex, Feminism and Lesbian Desire in Women’s Magazines, Routledge, →ISBN, page 2007:
synonyms: lipstick lesbian
designer dyke
femme
glosses: A feminine lesbian.
Chaling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: chäʹlǐngʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 茶陵 (Chálíng).
Senses: glosses: A county of Zhuzhou, Hunan, China.
Gringley on the Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7390).
Related terms: Little Gringley
yellow-billed spoonbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow-billed spoonbills
Senses: glosses: A species of spoonbill, Platalea flavipes, of Australia, having yellow facial skin, bill, and legs.
yellow-billed spoonbills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow-billed spoonbill
painted buttonquail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: painted buttonquails
Senses: glosses: A species of buttonquail, Turnix varius, endemic to Australia,
painted buttonquails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of painted buttonquail
black-tailed nativehen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-tailed nativehens
Senses: glosses: A species of nativehen, Tribonyx ventralis, endemic to Australia.
black-tailed nativehens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black-tailed nativehen
Grinshill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in northern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5223).
Alas-Kluet Batak
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the speakers of Alas Batak and Kluet Batak.
Alas-Kluet Batak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The film is also being remade in Alas-Kluet Batak.
glosses: Batak languages spoken mainly by the Alas Batak and Kluet Batak ethnic groups in Indonesia and parts of the world.
Related terms: Batak
doll-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more doll-like
form: most doll-like
Etymology: doll + -like. To avoid the triple l in the regularly formed spelling dolllike. As with shelllike, the triple-L spelling is rarer but still found.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a doll or dolls.
Skenfrith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and community in north-east Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4520).
Mandailing Batak
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the speakers of Mandailing Batak.
Mandailing Batak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The film is also being remade in Mandailing Batak.
glosses: A Batak language spoken mainly by the Mandailing Batak ethnic group in Indonesia and parts of the world.
Related terms: Batak
upgauge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upgauges
form: upgauging
form: upgauged
form: upgauged
Senses: examples: text: A flight is initially scheduled on a Boeing 737-800. Due to high demand, the airline might upgauge the flight to a Boeing 737-900, which has a larger passenger capacity.
text: They have proposed a scheme forcing airlines to upgauge the planes serving La Guardia. But at a capac ity constrained, slot-controlled airport like La Guardia, discriminating against regional aircraft could jeopardize service to countless, communities communities as large as Jacksonville, Knoxville, Columbus, Dayton, Louisville, Savannah and dozens more.
ref: 2007 September 28, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation, Airline Delays and Consumer Service: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, volume 4, U.S. Government Printing Office, →ISBN, pages 49-50:
text: Following the postpandemic recovery, pilot shortages have lead many airlines, especially in the United States, to upgauge (move from regional jets up to 100-plus set narrowbodies) their fleets.
ref: 2024, Vitaly Guzhva, Sunder Raghavan, Damon J. D'Agostino, Aircraft Leasing and Financing: Tools for Success in International Aircraft Acquisition and Management, 2 edition, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 36:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: What an airline does when it replaces an originally scheduled aircraft with a larger one of a similar type.
hawk tua
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hawk tuah.
upgauges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upgauge
upgauging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of upgauge
VMDKs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VMDK
in trade
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in kind (“of paying or giving, with goods or services, as opposed to cash”).
synonyms: word: in kind
extra: of paying or giving, with goods or services, as opposed to cash
Guiting Power
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Manorial affix is from the le Poer family.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0924).
Related terms: Temple Guiting
egg-ceptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more egg-ceptional
form: most egg-ceptional
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eggceptional.
egg-cellent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more egg-cellent
form: most egg-cellent
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eggcellent.
egg-straordinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more egg-straordinary
form: most egg-straordinary
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eggstraordinary.
rose syrup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rose syrups
Senses: glosses: A syrup made from rosewater, with sugar added.
rose-water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rose-waters
form: rose-watering
form: rose-watered
form: rose-watered
Senses: glosses: To add or infuse with rose water.
glosses: To render something mild or pleasant.
rose-waters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rose-water
rose-watering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rose-water
rose-watered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rose-water
Graves' ophthalmopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
synonyms: word: thyroid eye disease
word: TED
glosses: An autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the orbit and periorbital tissues.
thyroid eye disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Graves' ophthalmopathy.
synonyms: word: Graves' ophthalmopathy
tremorigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tremorigenic
form: most tremorigenic
Senses: glosses: tremorgenic
oxido-reductive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oxidoreductive.
cytosinearabinoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cytosine arabinoside.
nonlymphoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not lymphoblastic.
nongranulocytopenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not granulocytopenic.
nonmyelosuppressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not myelosuppressed.
nonoutbreak
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not relating to an outbreak.
granulocytapheresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The removal of granulocytes from blood.
mucotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That is toxic to mucous membranes.
mulundocandin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mulundocandins
Senses: glosses: An antifungal agent of the echinocandin class.
computer programmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: computer programmers
form: computer-programmer
Senses: glosses: Synonym of programmer (“one who writes computer programs”).
synonyms: word: programmer
extra: one who writes computer programs
Related terms: computer program
computer programme
computer programming
computer programmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of computer programmer
hold on to your hat
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hold onto your hat.
hang on to your hat
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hang onto your hat.
pok-a-tok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pok-ta-pok.
rose syrups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rose syrup
Kansas Territory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An organized incorporated territory of that existed from 1854 to 1861.
deonymisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: loss of the onymic function and/or character of a proper name
cross-jurisdictional
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cross-jurisdictional
form: most cross-jurisdictional
Etymology: By surface analysis, cross- + jurisdiction + -al.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: multijurisdictional, multijurisdiction
glosses: Involving multiple jurisdictions.
Related terms: word: cross-jurisdictionally
bearing the brunt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bear the brunt
sema-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign, mark”).
Senses: glosses: Communicating meaning.
glosses: Giving signals.
Synonyms: sense: communicating meaning
word: semanto-
Related terms: sematic
aposematic
semantics
semasiology
semaphore
video gamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of video game
videocasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of videocast
videocaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videocasters
Etymology: From videocast + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, videocasts.
videocasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videocaster
puts a band-aid on a bullet wound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put a band-aid on a bullet wound
has the whole bakery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have the whole bakery
having the whole bakery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have the whole bakery
had the whole bakery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have the whole bakery
counts one's days
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of count one's days
counting one's days
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of count one's days
counted one's days
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of count one's days
DLF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DLFs
Etymology: Initialism
Senses: glosses: Initialism of dead last finish or "dead last finisher"; the act of completing a race but coming in last, the person who completed a race in last place.
examples: text: This is a curiously weak effect by the DLF alone, but it is extremely magnified by phopholipase A ^([sic]) and even more by phospholipase A plus calcium ion.
ref: 2001, John Joseph Fenton, Toxicology: A Case-Oriented Approach, page 525:
text: Beides erythrocytes, DLF is able to attack platelets, mast cells and leukocytes. The mode of action of DLF is still open to question .
ref: 2013, B. Damerau, R. Schroeterl, W. Vogt, “Studiess on Binding of the Direct Lytic Factor (DLF) of Cobra Venom (Naja naja) to Red Cell Membranes”, in H. Peeters, editor, Protides of the Biological Fluids, page 267:
text: The main venom factors involved in hemolysis are phospholipase A₂ (PLA₂) and the direct lytic factor (DLF).
ref: 2016, E. Condrea, “Hemolytic Effects of Snake Venoms”, in D. Eaker, T. Wadström ·, editor, Natural Toxins, page 212:
glosses: Initialism of direct lytic factor, a peptide found in cobra venom
examples: text: It was the opinion of first investigators that DLF originated in the brain [16], more precisely, in the hypothalamus [17–19] and adenohypophysis [20].
ref: 2012, František Kölbel, Vratislav Schreiber, “The endogenous digitalis-like factor”, in Ernst-Georg Krause, Roland Vetter, editor, Biochemical Mechanisms in Heart Function, page 112:
text: DLF have been suggested to be steroid, lipid, or peptide, but the exact chemical nature of these subtances in healthy adults has not been established.
ref: 2013, S. Vasdev, L. Longerich, E. Johnson, D. Brent, M. H. Gault, “Digitalis-like factors in plasma of healthy human adults”, in E. Erdmann, K. Greeff, J.C. Skou, editor, Cardiac Glycosides 1785–1985:
text: Too often investigators have ignored the fact that high concentrations were required for "DLF" activity in the assay systems, and that these high concentrations are never achieved in vivo.
ref: 2013, Norman K. Hollenberg and Steven W. Graves, “Endogenous sodium pump inhibition: Current status and therapeutic opportunities”, in Guy Paillotin, editor, European Agricultural Research in the 21st Century:
glosses: Initialism of digitalis-like factor, a substance found to be elevated in the blood serum of hypertensive mammals with a digoxin-like immunoreactivity.
DLF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism
Senses: examples: text: The DLF commitment followed by some months the presentation to the DLF of a list of projects well in excess of this amount and the DLF had decided on a preliminary basis on the projects it would finance .
ref: 1960, United States. Congress. House. Government Operations, Operations of the Development Loan Fund: 86-2, 1960, page 521:
text: A large proportion of DLF assitance during the last year—17 loans totaling $279 million—went to South Asia, mainly to India and Pakistan.
ref: 1960 September 5, “DLF Extends Operations to Assis Many Less Developed Countries”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly:
text: The DLF provided significant capital funds for the purchase of materials or equipment for individual projects.
ref: 2018, David C. Engerman, The Price of Aid: The Economic Cold War in India, page ii:
glosses: The Development Loan Fund.
examples: text: The range in orientation of DLF digital libraries is illustrated by data from the DLF survey.
ref: 2002, Daniel I. Greenstein, Suzanne Elizabeth Thorin, The Digital Library: A Biography, page 2:
text: In contrast, the most succinct definition arising from the community of library practice is that set forth by the Digital Library Federation (DLF): "Digital Libraries are organization that provide the resources, including the specialized staff, to selct, structure, offer intellectual access to, interpret, distribute, preserve the integrity of, and ensure the persistence over time of collections of digital works so that they are readily and economically available for use by a defined community or set of communities".
ref: 2003, Ann P. Bishop, Nancy A. Van House, Barbara Pfeil Buttenfield, Digital Library Use: Social Practice in Design and Evaluation, page 87:
text: From its beginning, the DLF has sought to "bring together—from across the nation and beyond—digitized materials that will be made accessible to students, scholars, and citzens everywhere, and that document the building and dynamics of America's heritage and cultures."
ref: 2007, Diane Kresh, The Whole Digital Library Handbook, page 25:
glosses: The Digital Library Federation
examples: text: Having initially been deployed to support Dhofar Force, the SAF gradually became drawn into counter-insurgency operations against the DLF.
ref: 2024, Geraint Hughes, Britain and the Dhofar War in Oman, 1963–1976:
text: On 14 August 1964, an army jeep from the Sultan's Armed Forces ran over a land mine laid by the DLF killing the driver and wounding a passenger.
ref: 2011, John Beasant, Oman: The True-Life Drama and Intrigue of an Arab State:
text: The original statement denounced the Al Bu Said dynasty, but the movement's aims were not made clear, and the communique/ merely said that the DLF would fight until 'the flag of freedom flies high in the sky of our beloved Dhofar'.
ref: 2013, Fred Halliday, Arabia Without Sultans:
glosses: The Dhofar Liberation Front
Kansas City barbecue sauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kansas City barbecue sauce
sopho-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒ.fə-/
ipa: /səˈfɒ/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise, wise man”) and σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).
Senses: glosses: wise, intelligent, wisdom
long memories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long memory
calls it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of call it
calling it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of call it
called it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of call it
eaten the onion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat the onion
eats the onion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat the onion
eating the onion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat the onion
sees something green in one's eye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of see something green in one's eye
seeing something green in one's eye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of see something green in one's eye
saw something green in one's eye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of see something green in one's eye
seen something green in one's eye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of see something green in one's eye
is no match for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be no match for
being no match for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be no match for
was no match for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be no match for
been no match for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be no match for
keeps one's tits on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep one's tits on
keeping one's tits on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keep one's tits on
kept one's tits on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keep one's tits on
in a mess
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: In a pickle, in a fix, in the soup.
counts to five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of count to five
counting to five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of count to five
counted to five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of count to five
counts to three
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of count to three
counting to three
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of count to three
counted to three
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of count to three
extends one's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of extend one's hand
extending one's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of extend one's hand
extended one's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of extend one's hand
clocks the tea
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clock the tea
clocking the tea
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clock the tea
clocked the tea
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clock the tea
turns up the volume on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn up the volume on
turning up the volume on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of turn up the volume on
turned up the volume on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn up the volume on
rips someone's head off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rip someone's head off
ripping someone's head off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rip someone's head off
ripped someone's head off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rip someone's head off
fogs a mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fog a mirror
fogging a mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fog a mirror
fogged a mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fog a mirror
beats the drum for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beat the drum for
beating the drum for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beat the drum for
beaten the drum for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of beat the drum for
hingey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hingey
form: most hingey
form: hingy
Etymology: From hinge (“to be in poor health”) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: He then rose from his seat visibly agitated, and placing both hands in his pockets, as was his wont on important and dignified occasions, to show the small boys how much he was at ease, planted himself in a hingey attitude before the small desk of the principal, and began: […]
ref: 1853, The U.S. Democratic Review, volume 32, page 169:
text: The natural line of my somewhat hingey sidearm throw was falling across a rock, snagging and dragging the line.
ref: 2015, Mark Kingwell, Measure Yourself Against the Earth, page 266:
glosses: Out of sorts, slightly unwell, ill.
smashes someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smash someone's head
smashing someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smash someone's head
smashed someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smash someone's head
bashes someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bash someone's head
bashing someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bash someone's head
bashed someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bash someone's head
flies solo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fly solo
flying solo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fly solo
flew solo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fly solo
flown solo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fly solo
bashes someone's face in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bash someone's face in
bashing someone's face in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bash someone's face in
bashed someone's face in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bash someone's face in
leaves someone to their fate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of leave someone to their fate
leaving someone to their fate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leave someone to their fate
left someone to their fate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leave someone to their fate
pisses on someone's cornflakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of piss on someone's cornflakes
pissing on someone's cornflakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of piss on someone's cornflakes
pissed on someone's cornflakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of piss on someone's cornflakes
has one's finger on the trigger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's finger on the trigger
having one's finger on the trigger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's finger on the trigger
had one's finger on the trigger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's finger on the trigger
gets misty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get misty
getting misty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get misty
got misty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get misty
gotten misty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get misty
gives someone hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone hell
giving someone hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give someone hell
gave someone hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give someone hell
given someone hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give someone hell
-obe
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Abstracted from aerobe and microbe, both formed in French using the Ancient Greek word βίος (bíos, “life”).
Senses: glosses: Indicating a life-form, often microscopic
Derived terms: -obic
-obite
-obious
Related terms: -biont
-biotic
-biosis
bio-
TV programme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TV programmes
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of television program.
television programme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: television programmes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of television program.
television programmes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of television programme
TV programmes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TV programme
ballin' the jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See Wikipedia at Ballin' the Jack § Origin.
Senses: glosses: Daringly running a locomotive at high speed.
raw_tags: of a railroad engineer
glosses: Dancing a dance named after the daring act of the railroad engineer.
raw_tags: of dancers
pegleg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peglegs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peg-leg.
peglegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pegleg
breaks someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break someone's face
breaking someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break someone's face
broke someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break someone's face
broken someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break someone's face
Rhind
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
smashes someone's face in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smash someone's face in
smashing someone's face in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smash someone's face in
smashed someone's face in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smash someone's face in
ties in knots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tie in knots
tying in knots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tie in knots
breaks the wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break the wheel
breaking the wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break the wheel
broke the wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break the wheel
broken the wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break the wheel
pulls the shutters down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull the shutters down
pulling the shutters down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull the shutters down
pulled the shutters down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull the shutters down
basks in the sunshine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bask in the sunshine
basking in the sunshine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bask in the sunshine
basked in the sunshine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bask in the sunshine
sells the family silver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sell the family silver
selling the family silver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sell the family silver
sold the family silver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sell the family silver
throws wobblies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw wobblies
throwing wobblies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw wobblies
threw wobblies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw wobblies
thrown wobblies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw wobblies
plows one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of plow one's way
plowing one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plow one's way
plowed one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plow one's way
ploughs one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of plough one's way
ploughing one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plough one's way
ploughed one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plough one's way
rides hard and puts away wet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ride hard and put away wet
riding hard and putting away wet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ride hard and put away wet
rode hard and put away wet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ride hard and put away wet
pours honey on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pour honey on
pouring honey on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pour honey on
poured honey on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pour honey on
calls a lid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of call a lid
calling a lid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of call a lid
called a lid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of call a lid
follows to the grave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of follow to the grave
following to the grave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of follow to the grave
followed to the grave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of follow to the grave
puts the toothpaste back in the tube
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put the toothpaste back in the tube
putting the toothpaste back in the tube
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put the toothpaste back in the tube
gotten one's kicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get one's kicks
shows someone a good time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of show someone a good time
showing someone a good time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of show someone a good time
showed someone a good time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of show someone a good time
shown someone a good time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of show someone a good time
whips up a storm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whip up a storm
whipping up a storm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whip up a storm
whipped up a storm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whip up a storm
carries the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carry the ball
carrying the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carry the ball
carried the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carry the ball
sings for one's supper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sing for one's supper
singing for one's supper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sing for one's supper
sang for one's supper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of sing for one's supper
sung for one's supper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of sing for one's supper
cranks one's hog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crank one's hog
cranking one's hog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crank one's hog
cranked one's hog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crank one's hog
turns one's color
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn one's color
turning one's color
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of turn one's color
turned one's color
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn one's color
having time on one's hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have time on one's hands
takes the mask off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take the mask off
taking the mask off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take the mask off
took the mask off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take the mask off
taken the mask off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take the mask off
has a poor time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a poor time of it
having a poor time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a poor time of it
had a poor time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a poor time of it
has a good time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a good time of it
having a good time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a good time of it
had a good time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a good time of it
has a hard time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a hard time of it
having a hard time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a hard time of it
had a hard time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a hard time of it
waves goodbye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wave goodbye
waving goodbye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wave goodbye
waved goodbye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wave goodbye
has an easy time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have an easy time of it
having an easy time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have an easy time of it
had an easy time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have an easy time of it
cares a whit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of care a whit
caring a whit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of care a whit
cared a whit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of care a whit
keeps good time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep good time