cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Turkish coffee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turkish coffees
form: turkish coffee
Senses: examples: text: When a cup of coffee is wanted, the requisite amount of finely powdered coffee is measured into one of these little coffee-pots; water enough to fill the pot is poured in, and it is set upon live coals, until it heats up to just the boiling point. It is then, without straining or otherwise settling the grounds, poured out into a tiny cup, and this is Turkish coffee.
ref: 1881, Francis Beatty Thurber, Coffee; from Plantation to Cup, New York: American Grocer Publishing Association, page 35:
text: Larissa, 107 miles from Salonica, is reached at 10.33, and there is a halt of 17 min. while vendors of oranges, cheese, meat on skewers, sweetmeats, and Turkish coffee do a brisk trade.
ref: 1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:
glosses: Coffee prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot, possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup, where the dregs settle.
Synonyms: Greek coffee
greek coffee
hypoparathyroidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoparathyroidisms
Etymology: From hypo- + parathyroid + -ism.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
antonyms: hyperparathyroidism
coordinate_terms: euparathyroidism
pseudohypoparathyroidism
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
glosses: deficiency of parathyroid hormone.
mundu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mundus
Etymology: From Malayalam മുണ്ട് (muṇṭŭ).
Senses: glosses: A garment resembling a dhoti, worn around the waist in Kerala, the Tulunadu region, and Maldives.
angakkuq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angakkuqs
Etymology: From (Eastern Canadian) Inuktitut ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ (angatkoq), ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ (angakkoq).
Senses: examples: text: The shaman (angakkuq), because of his/her disposition and training …, was the only one who knew how to bridge the gap between the various categories of beings and communicate with all of them ….
ref: 2002, Louis-Jacques Dorais, 'Inuit', Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, ed. Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto 2002, p. 141
glosses: An Inuit shaman.
Synonyms: english: from Inuvialuktun
translation: from Inuvialuktun
word: angatkuq
english: from Greenlandic
translation: from Greenlandic
word: angakok
word: angekok
raw_tags: of angakok
angakkuqs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angakkuq
unhyphenate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unhyphenates
form: unhyphenating
form: unhyphenated
form: unhyphenated
Etymology: From un- + hyphenate.
Senses: examples: text: The dictionary chose to unhyphenate "cry-baby", and listed it as "crybaby".
glosses: To remove or displace a hyphen from.
cry babies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cry baby
unhyphenates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unhyphenate
unhyphenating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unhyphenate
pentahelicenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentahelicene
dripper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drippers
Etymology: From drip + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of drip: one who drips.
glosses: A dripping cake.
glosses: An outlet in the microtubing used in drip irrigation.
examples: text: The act of preparing a wick to vape, usually done by adding a few drops and soaking the wick in e-juice or taking a few pulls without heating the coil. This is not relevant for drippers/drip-style atomizers.
ref: 2015, Vaping 101: Everything You Need To Know:
text: However, there are actually two ways of delivering the tasty flavoring (and nicotine, if you’re into that) into your mouth using an atomizing method; you could use a tank, or you could use a dripper.
ref: 2018 March 1, Steven Kahn, “Drippers vs Tanks – Electronic Cigarettes”, in Gazette Review:
glosses: Synonym of drip tip.
synonyms: word: drip tip
Derived terms: dripperline
drippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dripper
bismuthides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bismuthide
road burn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road burns
Senses: glosses: skin injury caused by abrasion with road surfaces
Synonyms: road rash
tooth socket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tooth sockets
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of dental alveolus.
synonyms: word: dental alveolus
REIT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rēt
ipa: /riːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: reet
Forms: form: REITs
Senses: examples: text: Some have used sale-leasebacks to real-estate investment trusts (REITs). In a sale-leaseback, a hospital sells its facilities, and then leases back those same facilities from the REIT.
ref: 2018 January 9, Brian Alexander, “America's Rural Hospitals Are Dangerously Fragile”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2019:
topics: business
finance
real-estate
glosses: Acronym of real estate investment trust, an investment device where the holding company uses the funds invested to hold real estate.
superheroic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superheroic
form: most superheroic
Etymology: From super- + heroic.
Senses: examples: text: One gets the distinct impression that Kirby, the genre's greatest master of superheroic action, doesn't quite know what to do with a non-able-bodied man who is not a villain.
ref: 2014, José Alaniz, Death, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a superhero; reminiscent of a superhero.
limited partnerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limited partnership
limited liability companies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limited liability company
likability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: likabilities
Senses: examples: text: Women who make executive decisions and tell people what to do (instead of asking them what they’d like to do) win points for being decisive but lose far more points for likability. The press (and plenty of others) call these women bossy, pushy, and opinionated, and the adjectives quickly get nastier from there.
ref: 2016, Therese Huston, “The Decisiveness Dilemma”, in How Women Decide: What’s True, What’s Not, and What Strategies Spark the Best Choices, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, pages 91–92:
glosses: Alternative spelling of likeability.
Derived terms: unlikability
by-the-book
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more by-the-book
form: most by-the-book
form: by-the-books
Senses: examples: text: Given the troubled Bayou State's long history of rogues and demagogues, the most unusual thing about Gov. Jindal may be his record of by-the-book ethics.
ref: 2007 December 11, David von Drehle, “Bobby Jindal”, in Time:
glosses: Strictly adhering to rules, legal requirements, or official procedures.
Related terms: word: by the book
European perch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European perches
form: European perch
Senses: glosses: A freshwater fish of species Perca fluviatilis in the family Percidae, native to northern Eurasia.
Synonyms: sense: Perca fluviatilis
word: redfin perch
sense: Perca fluviatilis
word: English perch
sense: Perca fluviatilis
word: perch
Grand Banks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A marine region and underwater plateau of relatively shallow seabed in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, located southeast of Newfoundland, which has long served as a major fishing ground.
your ass
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: Why is your ass always so late?
glosses: you (singular); you (singular).
examples: text: Sit your ass the hell back down, before I bust you upside your head!
glosses: yourself, often used as an intensifier.
Coordinate terms: my ass
your ass
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: A: My dog ate my homework.
B: Your ass.
glosses: A sarcastic expression of disbelief.
Synonyms: my ass
my eye
my foot
yeah, right
bullshit
spannel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spannels
Senses: glosses: Spaniel, a dog breed.
sandbagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sandbag
sandbagging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandbaggings
Senses: glosses: The act or process of filling and laying sandbags, such as before a storm in anticipation of flooding.
glosses: The striking of a person with a sandbag or other heavy object.
examples: text: We've seen such games as Sandbagging (managers knowingly lowball sales forecasts as a negotiating ploy) spread with surprising speed, because when the game appears to “work” for one manager, others follow suit[…]
ref: 2009, Mauricio Goldstein, Philip Read, Games at Work, Jossey-Bass, →ISBN, page 16:
text: Sandbagging takes place when workers do not notify the manager as soon as they complete their assigned tasks. Sandbagging can take place especially when there is a perception that reporting an early task completion will result in a corresponding reduction in the time allowed for that task the next time it has to be performed.
ref: 2014, Mandyam M. Srinivasan, Lean Maintenance Repair and Overhaul, New York: McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, page 106:
text: FIDE has slapped a former Chinese chess prodigy, Li Haoyu, with a ban for what the global governing body of chess termed “sandbagging at chess competitions” in a report published on their website ….
ref: 2025 August 10, “Li Haoyu, ex-Chinese chess prodigy, banned for ‘sandbagging’ after dropping 400 ELO points in year, losing 13 games in row”, in The Indian Express:
glosses: Hiding the full strength, skill, or difficulty of something or someone early in an engagement, in order to gain an advantage.
examples: text: “Sandbagging” in the M&A legal context refers to the right of the buyer to seek indemnification for a breach of a seller’s reps and warranties even though the buyer had knowledge of the misrepresentation on which it is basing its claim prior to the closing date. U.S. case law on sandbagging varies widely across jurisdictions and is subject to change over time.
ref: 2017, Stephen M. Bainbridge, Mergers and Acquisitions: A Transactional Perspective, St. Paul, MN: Foundation Press, →ISBN, page 346:
text: In the United States, sandbagging is a matter of state law, and the state laws are inconsistent on the matter.
ref: 2023, Robin A. Boyle-Laisure, Teaching Contract Drafting, page 55:
topics: law
glosses: The act of bringing a claim for breach of a covenant or misrepresentation even though the person bringing the claim knew about the issue before closing the transaction and did it anyway.
qualifier: restaurant kitchen jargon
glosses: Serving premade food, such as precooked appetizers that need only reheating.
salt clay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A dough usually made mainly from salt, flour and water (sometimes with cornstarch), moldable into shapes while soft but which then hardens.
glorying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glory
Derived terms: gloryingly
Sinai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪˌnaɪ/
/ˈsiˌnaɪ/
Etymology: From Vulgate Latin Sinai, from Ancient Greek Σινάι (Sinái), from Hebrew סִינַי (Sináy).
Senses: glosses: A peninsula in eastern Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.
synonyms: Gebel Musa
Jabal Musa
Jebel Musa
glosses: A mountain in Sinai Peninsula; the location where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God.
Derived terms: Sinaic
Sinaitic
Related terms: Horeb
ringside seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ringside seats
Senses: glosses: A seat in the front row of a boxing or wrestling match.
examples: text: The remote area will offer astronomers a ringside seat for the sky spectacular.
ref: 1970 March 9, “Sky Spectacular”, in Time:
synonyms: box seat
glosses: Any vantage point providing an excellent view.
pike-perch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pike-perch
form: pike-perches
form: pikeperch
Etymology: From pike + perch.
Senses: glosses: Any of the five species of fish in the genus Sander of the family Percidae (perches and darters).
Synonyms: zander
percoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin perca (“perch”).
Senses: glosses: Of or belonging to Percoidea, a taxonomic superfamily in the order Perciformes.
Synonyms: percoidean
percoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: percoids
Etymology: From Latin perca (“perch”).
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percidae (originally named "Percoides" before family-name endings were standardized).
glosses: Any fish in the superfamily Percoidea
common carp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common carps
form: common carp
Senses: glosses: A fish in the carp family, of species Cyprinus carpio.
dirt nap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dirt naps
Etymology: First attested in 1981; dirt (alluding to a dead person’s burial in the earth) + nap (euphemistic in a manner somewhat like with put to sleep but jocular via dark humor).
Senses: examples: text: You go in there without enough men, you’re liable to end up takin’ a dirt nap.
ref: 1989, Laurence Gonzales, The Still Point, “Anatomy of a Drug Bust”, ‘Two: Fort Harrison’, page 119
text: When I bust my gat, motherfuckers take dirt naps
ref: 1994, Christopher Wallace, “Gimmie the Loot”, in Ready to Die: Christopher Wallace:
text: The 54th episode — which deals with a protagonist causing someone's death — is named: Dirt Nap
ref: 2008, Seth Hoffman, Matt Olmstead, “Dirt Nap”, in Prison Break:
text: Besides, no one wants to see Indiana take the big dirt nap like a commoner.
ref: 2008 May 30, “Indiana Jones rides again in 'Crystal Skull'”, in Kennebeck Journal:
text: ...Sasha could be a big part of either burying Boston when their starters rest or simply allowing Kobe a rest without his own squad getting a dirt nap.
ref: 2008 June 4, Gary Dzen, “Blog Wars: Part 3”, in Celtics Blog: The Boston Globe:
text: He may as well have dug a 6-foot hole and settled in for a dirt nap.
ref: 2008 June 6, Steve Campbell, “Astros' promising start withers on road”, in The Houston Chronicle:
text: Dirt Nap: Courteney Cox's Series Is Canceled
ref: 2008 June 10, Matt Mitovich, “Dirt Nap: Courteney Cox's Series Is Canceled”, in The CW, KREN, Reno:
text: Nobody from the Golf Channel, Nike or PGA Tour need bother taking the fast trip to a long dirt nap just yet.
ref: 2008 June 18, Steve Elling, “Haney says Woods will be back 'better than ever'”, in CBS Sports:
synonyms: word: quietus
word: the big sleep
word: death
word: celestial transfer
word: decease
word: decomposition
word: defunction
word: dematerialization
word: demise
word: dirt nap
word: doom
word: exit
word: expiration
word: fatality
word: liquidation
word: mortality
word: quietus
word: repose
word: sleep of the just
word: sunset
word: the big sleep
word: crash
word: downfall
word: fall
word: (the) bane
word: (the) end
qualifier: indelicate
glosses: A state of permanent rest; the state of death.
wikipedia: dark humor
Derived terms: take a dirt nap
bootmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bootmakers
Etymology: From boot + maker.
Senses: examples: text: "He was one of those men," said Isabella, "who have no separate existence from their tailor, unless, indeed, a portion be claimed by the glover and bootmaker. I should as soon think of marrying a suit of clothes."
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 48:
glosses: A maker of boots; a cobbler.
zowie
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /ˈzaʊɪ/
Forms: form: kazowie
Senses: examples: text: Zowie, what a walloping those Browns got in New York yesterday! A few more like that and the blow-up in Washington, then watch the anvil chorus in St. Louis.
ref: 1908 July 17, Thomas S. Rice, “Nationals Swat at Lively Clip Until New Orleans Steps Into Breach.”, in The Washington Times, Washington D.C., archived from the original on 07 Nov 2016, page 10:
glosses: An indication of astonishment or admiration.
Synonyms: wow
wowie zowie
corps de ballet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corps de ballet
Etymology: French
Senses: examples: text: And the gymnastic corps de ballet, choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, gives further, infectious life to that feeling of perpetual motion, of a speeding, unceasing course of human events.
ref: 2015 August 5, “Review: `Hamilton,' Young Rebels Changing History and Theater”, in The New York Times:
glosses: chorus line, ballet personnel
pervs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perv
pervs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of perv
perving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of perv
perved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perv
frisbeed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frisbee
Jedidiah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛdɪˈdaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Forms: form: Jedediah
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew יְדִידְיָה (“beloved of Yahweh”).
Senses: examples: text: And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him. And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 12:24-25:
glosses: A name of King Solomon.
glosses: A rare male given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Jed
one strike and you're out
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: The training was intense and they had a strict one-strike-and-you're-out policy when it came to sleeping in.
glosses: If one fails, one will not be given a second chance.
Tycho
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪ.kəʊ/
ipa: /ˈtaɪ.koʊ/
rhymes: -aɪkəʊ
Senses: glosses: Tycho Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer
Nanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Uncertain, probably from Old Norse Nanna, with Norse levelling of -nþ- to -nn- from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”), related to *ninþaną (“to dare”); or possibly from an Old Norse baby talk word for "mother," as in nanna, nanny.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A goddess, the wife of Balder.
Nanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒋀𒆠 (ᵈnanna /⁠Nanna⁠/).
Senses: synonyms: Nanna-Suen
Sin
Suen
glosses: The god of the moon in Sumerian mythology.
Nanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nannas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Nanna.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
unhyphenated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unhyphenate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unhyphenate
triple bluff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple bluffs
Senses: glosses: An action which is intended to be perceived as a double bluff, but which is in fact merely a bluff.
Related terms: double bluff
quadruple bluff
traffic jams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traffic jam
effed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛft/
rhymes: -ɛft
Senses: examples: text: “Holy moly. What the heck is happening here? Hey, hey! Let me out of here. Hey, you. Give me back control of my body.” “[scoffs] Nah, dude, this is my body. You already effed it up.” “No, it's not.” “Whatever, man. I don't take orders from a reflection. [chuckles]” “I'm not a reflection. Help! I think an anaphasic alien took over my body.”
ref: 2022 September 22, Mike McMahan, “Reflections” (4:41 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 3, episode 5, spoken by Samanthan Rutherford (Eugene Cordero):
glosses: simple past and past participle of eff
post games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post game
dark horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dark horse
latchstrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of latchstring
intradas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intrada
intubations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intubation
tsk tsks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tsk tsk
old-school
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more old-school
form: most old-school
Senses: examples: text: Many railway officers complain that the deep interest of the old-school railwaymen in their job is dying; the B.T.C.'s new approach seems calculated to hasten its death and breed thousands more time-servers.
ref: 1962 November, “Talking of Trains: The One-day Strike”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 291:
text: The seat reservations are also old-school, with labels in the back of seats.
ref: 2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The Next King of Scotland”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 51:
glosses: Alternative form of old school.
squad car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squad cars
Senses: examples: text: Yesterday he was sleeping in his accustomed place beneath the strong arm squad car. A new driver was on duty and he failed to look underneath.
ref: 1922 July 24, “Loses All his Nine Lives: Bonny, Police Mascot and Champion, Crushed by Car”, in New York Times, page 16:
text: 2008, 2 officers, 3 others hurt when van hits Chicago squad car," ChicagoTribune.com, 3 Jun. (retrieved 23 June 2008),
Five people were injured, including two Chicago police officers, when a squad car collided with a minivan while responding to an emergency call.
text: The gardai pulled in and were helping the male driver when another vehicle ploughed into the back of the patrol car. [...] Sources said that, to the shock of the arresting gardai, it later emerged that the driver that crashed into the squad car was an officer based at a garda station close to the Border.
ref: 2015 March 23, Ken Foy, Robin Schiller, “Garda is quizzed over squad car hit-and-run”, in The Herald, Dublin:
glosses: A police car.
free rider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free riders
Senses: synonyms: stowaway
glosses: One who gets a free ride on a ship, or similar; one who rides on a means of transportation gratis.
examples: text: The store failed because all of the manager's friends were free riders who drove paying customers away.
synonyms: word: freeloader
word: bloodsucker
word: bummer
word: freeloader
word: free rider
word: gadfly
word: leech
word: mooch
word: moocher
word: parasite
word: scrounge
word: scrounger
word: scunge
word: smell-feast
word: sponge
word: sponger
word: sucker
word: trencher mate
glosses: Someone who obtains goods or services legally without paying.
examples: text: A lighthouse is the classic example of a public good because it is difficult to prevent a ship (a free rider) from using it.
text: Trump also promises to attack the sources abroad that he blames for the country’s malaise: economic interdependence, transnational criminals, traditional allies he sees as free riders on America’s long-running global beneficence.
ref: 2024 December 12, Eric Cortellessa, “Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year”, in Time:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: One who obtains benefit from a public good without paying for it directly.
qualifier: industrial relations
glosses: A worker at an open shop who is able to enjoy the benefits negotiated by a union without being a member of the union.
Derived terms: free-rider problem
Related terms: free ride
let George do it
public good
tragedy of the commons
kindergarden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kindergardens
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of kindergarten.
Related terms: kintergarden
pearl of wisdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearls of wisdom
Senses: examples: text: "I am desolated to lose the pearls of wisdom that habitually fall from your cultivated lips," returned Haddo.
ref: 1908, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 3, in The Magician:
text: How about this pearl of wisdom after France lost to Scotland again, this time in Paris? He said: "You always lose when your opponents score and you don't."
ref: 2008 June 8, Ivan Speck, “Meet Raymond Domenech, the maddest coach at Euro 2008”, in Daily Mail Online, UK, retrieved 23 Jun 2008:
glosses: A succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept.
Related terms: aphorism
tip
pearls of wisdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearl of wisdom
juniper berry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juniper berries
Senses: glosses: The berrylike female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers.
juniper berries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juniper berry
buddy up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buddies up
form: buddying up
form: buddied up
form: buddied up
Senses: glosses: To form small teams, especially pairs, often to reduce the likelihood of any one person suffering harm without being noticed or to suit the nature of a task to be accomplished.
extemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extemporal
form: most extemporal
Etymology: From Latin extemporāl(is) (“extemporary, unrehearsed”).
Senses: glosses: Extemporaneous.
Derived terms: extemporally
extemporary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extemporary
form: most extemporary
Senses: examples: text: Earle of Dorset, who had a great mastership in extemporary Oratory, had the boldness to cope with the Abp., and replied to him concerning his justifying of yᵉ picture, […]
ref: 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 105:
glosses: Extemporaneous.
Derived terms: extemporarily
extemporariness
ex tempore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ex tempore
form: most ex tempore
form: extempore
Etymology: From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).
Senses: glosses: carried out with no preparation; impromptu
ex tempore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ex tempore
form: most ex tempore
form: extempore
Etymology: From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).
Senses: glosses: without preparation; extemporaneously
ex tempore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ex tempores
form: extempore
Etymology: From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).
Senses: glosses: Something improvised.
locutory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: locutories
Senses: glosses: A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries where the monks were allowed to converse.
Related terms: elocution
interlocutor
locutionary
sadza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Shona sadza.
Senses: examples: text: Locals would speak sorrowfully about the state of affairs, often while nursing their sole plate of sadza (maize porridge) for the day.
ref: 2007 February 16, “Zimbabwe’s Slide (1 Letter)”, in New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of nshima (“maize porridge”).
synonyms: word: nshima
extra: maize porridge
subpattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subpatterns
Etymology: From sub- + pattern.
Senses: glosses: A pattern that is contained in another, larger pattern.
camelback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camelbacks
Etymology: From camel + back.
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Senses: examples: text: We travelled across the desert on camelback.
coordinate_terms: horseback
glosses: The backs of camels.
examples: text: An empty camelback is a blessing and a curse: it is easy to carry, but it means you have no water.
glosses: A flexible water container worn on the back.
examples: text: My friend lived in a camelback; we used to have fun climbing out of the window onto the roof below.
glosses: A house with a second storey that does not completely cover the ground floor.
examples: text: The camelbacks were designed to help with the visibility problems inherent in putting the driver behind the entire engine.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A railway locomotive that has its cab in the middle as opposed to at the end.
examples: text: He fell back relieved into his favourite camelback with a gin and tonic.
glosses: A sofa or chair whose back has a raised middle part.
examples: text: We require four million tons of camelback each year.
text: The camelback rubber produced in this plant is shipped around the world.
text: In 1942 almost 86,000,000 pounds of camelback—a 25-percent increase over 1941—were made available for recapping purposes, and the output of this product is continually increasing. Dealer establishments are as busy as beehives. They have about 90 percent of the recapping equipment. In the testimony before you yesterday one of the proponents of this bill admitted that independent dealers had 88 percent of all the recapping machinery there is in the United States. We estimate that it is probably about that figure, although we thought it was a little higher, probably 90 percent. In addition to recapping tires for the general public, they also are doing this work on Government-owned tires, including the military, with the result that the independent dealer has retreaded hundreds and hundreds of thousands of tires, at a substantial profit, during said period.
ref: 1943 November 10, Lyle M. Buckingham, “Distribution of motor-vehicle tires. [Testimony.]”, in Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Government Printing Office, page 51:
glosses: A type of rubber used in tyre restoration.
glosses: One or more hump-shaped hills on a straight portion of rollercoaster track, designed to lift riders out of their seats and provide a feeling of weightlessness.
circuit court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circuit courts
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A court that sits at more than one location in the district that it serves.
common nail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common nails
Senses: glosses: A nail with a mostly smooth uncoated shank less than one third the diameter of its head, used for interior construction, especially framing.
common nails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common nail
two by fours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two by four
glomps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glomp
sinker nails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinker nail
studmuffins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of studmuffin
circuit courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circuit court
mess tent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mess tents
Senses: glosses: a tent used to shelter people eating in a group, especially in a military or working setting.
berzerker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berzerkers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of berserker.
peace treaty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peace treaties
Senses: glosses: An agreement to end fighting or conflict.
over the edge
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: coordinate_terms: off the reservation
over the line
;
beyond the pale
glosses: insane, having lost control.
Related terms: don't cut yourself on that edge
shahtush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shahtush
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shahtoosh.
shatoosh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shatooshes
form: shatoosh
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shahtoosh.
expressionlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From expressionless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being without an expression.
Related terms: expressionless
expression
express
dungheap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dungheaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dung heap.
Derived terms: McDungheap's
dungheaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dungheap
peace treaties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peace treaty
bendy straw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bendy straws
Senses: glosses: A drinking straw with a corrugated, bendable section
strengthless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more strengthless
form: most strengthless
Etymology: From Middle English strengthles, streintheles, strencthelæs, equivalent to strength + -less.
Senses: examples: text: And as the vvretch vvhoſe feuer-vveakned ioynts, / Like ſtrengthleſſe hinges buckle vnder life, / […] euen ſo my limbes, / VVeakened vvith griefe, being novv enragde vvith griefe, / Are thrice themſelues: […]
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], signature [A4], verso:
glosses: Being powerless or weak; lacking strength.
glosses: Having no special abilities or talents; lacking strengths.
Derived terms: strengthlessly
strengthlessness
strengthlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From strengthless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being without power, impotence.
glosses: The state of being without talent, talentlessness.
Derived terms: strength
strengths
strengthless
fly-by-nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fly-by-night
talentlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From talentless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being without talent.
Derived terms: talent
talentless
da bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈbɒm/
ipa: /dəˈbɑːm/
Senses: examples: text: Though I cannot argue that reason is dope, phat, chill, fly, sick, or da bomb, and strictly speaking I cannot even justify or rationalize reason, I will defend the message on the mosaic: we ought to follow reason.
ref: 2021, Steven Pinker, Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters, Penguin Books, →ISBN:
glosses: The best; the ultimate cool thing.
Synonyms: the bomb
hyperactiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyperactive (“hyper + active”) + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being hyperactive.
Synonyms: hyperactivity
Death Valley driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Death Valley drivers
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A move in which the wrestler throws the opponent off their shoulders and falls in the direction that the opponent's head is facing, driving the opponent's head or back into the mat.
water over the dam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I have two other philosophies. One is: Do the best you can with what you have. The other is: Don't worry about water over the dam.
ref: 1942 December 7, “One Year of War”, in Time:
glosses: An event or set of events which has already happened and cannot be changed.
Synonyms: water under the bridge
brucelloses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: brucella + -oses
Senses: glosses: plural of brucellosis
wood screw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood screws
Senses: glosses: A screw designed for a wood or a similar material, with a point, a relatively coarse thread, a thick shank, and, usually, an unthreaded portion of the shank at the head end.
machine screw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machine screws
Senses: glosses: A screw designed for metal or a similar material, usually with no point and a relatively fine thread, intended for prepared, threaded holes.
sweated bullets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sweat bullets
sweats bullets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sweat bullets
lullable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lull + -able.
Senses: examples: text: This suit followed, which statutorily obviously was too late, and plaintiffs' claim barred, — unless, plaintiffs' counsel (even though apparently gullible and lullable) says equity, frowns on such gulling and lulling.
ref: 1987, Adolph J. Levy, Solving statute of limitations problems, page 305:
glosses: Able to be lulled.
teniae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenia
taeniae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taenia
eulachon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːləkɒn/
Forms: form: eulachons
form: eulachan
form: olachen
form: oolachan
form: oolican
form: oolichan
form: oolakan
form: oulachan
form: oulachon
form: oulakan
form: ulicon
form: ulikon
form: ulichon
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinook Jargon ulakan, from Clatsop Chinook.
Senses: examples: text: The Tsimshian Indians of British Columbia observe certain ceremonies when the first olachen fish of the season are caught.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 254:
glosses: Synonym of candlefish.
synonyms: word: candlefish
vaishya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaishyas
form: vaiśya
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Vaishya.
capelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capelins
form: capelin
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French capelan, from Provençal and Old Occitan capelan, from Late Latin cappellānus (“chaplain”). Doublet of chaplain.
Senses: examples: text: The birds are spread - so that we can see what they are like; and the men catching capelins are elevated up out of the umiak, where they practically float on the gunwale, so that we can perceive that they are the main figures and see their work-movements (fig. 250).
ref: 1983, Bodil Kaalund, translated by Kenneth Tindall, The Art of Greenland: Sculpture, Crafts, Painting, page 161:
text: Capelin are widely distributed in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Sea Okhotsk, and along the Kamchatka Peninsula.
ref: 1996, (US) National Academy of Sciences, The Bering Sea Ecosystem, page 107:
text: Capelin is a relatively small, pelagic species found in the North-East Atlantic, the Barents Sea, Southwest of Greenland, off the coast of Labrador, and around Newfoundland.
ref: 2009, Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir, Who Gets What?, page 20:
glosses: A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
shoot first and ask questions later
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shoots first and asks questions later
form: shooting first and asking questions later
form: shot first and asked questions later
form: shot first and asked questions later
Senses: glosses: To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation.
glosses: To act boldly.
Related terms: first blood
guns blazing
preemptive
shoot from the hip
unilocular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, uni- + locule + -ar.
Senses: synonyms: uniloculate
coordinate_terms: bilocular
biloculate
;
multilocular
multiloculate
multiloculated
plurilocular
glosses: Having a single locule or loculus (chamber, cell, or compartment).
Related terms: monocellular
unicellular
unicompartmental
unilobar
unilobular
assimilator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assimilators
Senses: glosses: A person or thing which assimilates.
glosses: In algae, a filament of cells involved with photosynthesis, usually full of chloroplasts.
k-rad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From k- + rad, from hacker and skateboarding slang.
Senses: glosses: Very good; excellent.
Pathet Lao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpa.tɛt ˈlaʊ/
Etymology: From Lao ປະເທດລາວ (pa thēt lāo), from ປະເທດ (pa thēt, “country, state”) + ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).
Senses: glosses: A communist nationalist movement and political party in Laos, which took power in 1975 after a civil war.
wikipedia: Pathet Lao
old-oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: olive oil after it has been purified and rendered limpid.
trichoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichoblasts
Etymology: From tricho- + -blast.
Senses: glosses: A hair-like filamentous protrusion from the side of an organism, especially, an alga.
smelling salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smelling salts
Senses: glosses: ammonium carbonate, sometimes with added perfume, that is inhaled as a mild irritant to the mucous membranes, to help restore consciousness.
glosses: Any material used in this way.
for what it's worth
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: The phrase may have originally been used to qualify a statement of advice, opinion, or suggestion by referring to such a statement and describing it separately from making it.
Senses: examples: text: Take my advice for what it’s worth—don’t marry Garth: marry some old fool.
ref: 1877, Julian Hawthorne, Garth, page 343:
text: “Well,” said he, “I have a suggestion to make, for what it’s worth.”
ref: 1908, Armand Both, The Half-smart Set, Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 276:
text: There were seven of us from America, and, for what it’s worth, I thought it was a fairly impressive group.
ref: 1999, Bruce Northam, Brad Olsen, In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology, →ISBN, page 21:
text: For what it’s worth, the same holds true for fish bowls: overfill and you’ll suffocate the guppies.
ref: 2005, Jennifer Rosen, Waiter, There’s A Horse In My Wine, →ISBN, page 253:
glosses: Considering what limited worth this advice, opinion, or suggestion might have for you; used to soften the presentation of unsolicited advice or information that may not be relevant.
Synonyms: FWIW
Related terms: two cents' worth
penny for your thoughts
vergaloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vergaloos
Senses: examples: text: See, the Catherine pear, and the vergaloo, how rich, juicy, and delicious.
ref: 1822, Noah Webster, The American Spelling Book: Containing the Rudiments of the English Language, page 70:
glosses: Dated form of virgalieu.
virgalieu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virgalieus
Senses: examples: text: If "Virgalieu" is the term by which the White Doyenne pear is most generally known, (and this can not be denied) then to adopt the latter will produce just the confusion against which Mr. Eaton protests; and this is really the fact; for not half those who grow this pear will know what you mean, if you call it the White Doyenné.
ref: 1861, Peter B. Mead, The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, volume XVI, page 280:
glosses: A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; also called White Doyenne.
Synonyms: word: vergaloo
vergaloue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vergaloues
Senses: glosses: virgalieu, a variety of pear.
potassium bicarbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: potassium hydrogen carbonate
glosses: An odorless, slightly basic substance which is soluble in water and often used to offset acidity.
cosmotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kosmotropic.
Related terms: cosmotrope
giant house spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant house spiders
Senses: glosses: Any of certain large house spiders, formerly in species Tegenaria duellica, now in three species Eratigena atrica, Eratigena duellica, and Eratigena saeva.
house spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house spiders
Senses: glosses: Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
yellow sac spider, Cheiracanthium inclusum, a common house spider worldwide.
glosses: Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
black house spider, Badumna insignis, an Australian spider also found in New Zealand;
glosses: Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
brown house spider, Steatoda grossa, a spider with cosmopolitan distribution;
glosses: Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
American house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum, a cobweb spider;
glosses: Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
daddy long-legs spiders, of the Pholcidae family;
glosses: Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica;
glosses: Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
giant house spider, Eratigena atrica, syn. Tegenaria gigantea;
glosses: Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
hobo spider, Tegenaria agrestis, aggressive house spider;
glosses: Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis;
glosses: Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
tiny house spider, Oonops domesticus
huntsman spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huntsman spiders
Senses: glosses: Any spider from the taxonomic family Sparassidae.
modulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Morphologically modulate + -ory
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to modulation.
Derived terms: angiomodulatory
biomodulatory
bronchomodulatory
cardiomodulatory
comodulatory
cytomodulatory
genomodulatory
immunomodulatory
inflammomodulatory
mechanomodulatory
metamodulatory
neuromodulatory
oncomodulatory
transmodulatory
vasomodulatory
water boatmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water boatman
goitrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more goitrogenic
form: most goitrogenic
Senses: examples: text: The present studies demonstrate that iodine depletion increases the sensitivity of the thyroid to the goitrogenic effects of thyrotropin.
ref: 1968 July, G. A. Bray, “Increased sensitivity of the thyroid in iodine-depleted rats to the goitrogenic effects of thyrotropin”, in The Clinical Journal of Investigation, 47(7): 1640-1647:
text: Seventy-eight compounds were screened for goitrogenic action. Of these, 12 were found to be effective, but only thiouracil, propylthiouracil, 2-amino-thiazole and Dithane were found to be markedly active.
ref: 1948, J. Seifter, W. E. Ehrich, “Goitrogenic Compounds: Pharmacological and Pathological Effects”, in Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 92(3): 303-314:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or being a goitrogen
Synonyms: sense: of or pertaining to that which reduces the production or effects of thyroid hormones
word: antithyroid
Derived terms: goitrogenicity
baal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːl/
ipa: /ˈbɑːl/
rhymes: -ɑːl
Forms: form: baals
Etymology: From Baal.
Senses: glosses: a false deity or idol
glosses: Catholic or Orthodox icons of the saints.
Synonyms: sense: a false deity
word: false god
Related terms: baal chesed
baal-ha-bos
scoopstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scoop + stone, from being scooped up from the sea.
Senses: glosses: amber