cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bite off more than one can chew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bites off more than one can chew
form: biting off more than one can chew
form: bit off more than one could chew
form: bitten off more than one could chew
Senses: examples: text: I think I bit off more than I could chew when I agreed to paint this house by myself.
synonyms: cut off more than one can chew
glosses: To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.
Related terms: dog that caught the car
have eyes bigger than one's stomach
grasp all, lose all
eat an elephant one bite at a time
too many balls in the air
too much on one's plate
kuh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kuhs
Senses: glosses: The sound produced in English by the letter k or a hard c.
Derived terms: kicking kuh
grand poobah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹænd ˈpuːbɑː/
Forms: form: grand poobahs
form: Grand Poobah
Etymology: From Pooh-Bah, the name of a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado (1885).
Senses: examples: text: He once played golf with the grand poobah of their company.
glosses: A person who is important or high-ranking.
glosses: An extremely pompous person.
Synonyms: important person
Related terms: poobah
head honcho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head honchos
Senses: examples: text: The head honcho is hard to reach because they are too busy.
text: As if being head honcho of the Grand Royal empire wasn't demanding enough, Mike D has his own personal business interests, namely the X-Large clothing company he started with two friends, and X-Large's boutiques (in New York, San Francisco and LA, where the Beasties are now based).
ref: 2007, Simon Reynolds, Bring the Noise, Soft Skull Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 182:
text: Well, I'm the boss… Head Honcho. El Numero Uno. Mr. Big. The Godfather. Lord of the Rings. The Bourne… Identity. Er… Taxi Driver. Jaws. I forgot the question quite a while back. Who are you, again?
ref: 2008, Graham Linehan, “The Speech”, in The IT Crowd, season 3, episode 4 (television production), spoken by Douglas (Matt Berry):
synonyms: word: big man
word: big enchilada
word: grand poobah
word: baron
word: big cheese
word: big enchilada
word: big gun
word: big kahuna
word: big man
word: big name
word: big noise
word: big shot
word: bigwig
word: big wheel
word: boss
word: grand poobah
word: head honcho
word: heavy hitter
word: heavyweight
word: high muckamuck
word: high muckety-muck
word: king of all one surveys
word: king of the castle
word: king of the hill
word: kingpin
word: macher
word: mayor
word: muckamuck
word: muckety muck
word: mugwump
word: numero uno
word: poobah
word: rooster
word: somebody
word: top banana
word: top cat
word: top dog
word: top gun
word: very important person
word: VIP
word: wheel
glosses: The person in charge; the highest-ranking person in an organization.
on one's own
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: A seven-year-old can get dressed on his own, but it might take a long time.
text: 1966, Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell (English lyrics), Dusty Springfield (vocalist), You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, 1965, Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Io che non vivo (senza te),
Don't you see / That now you've gone, / And I'm left here on my own, / I will have to follow you / And beg you to come home.
text: Private operators, for the most part have done an admirable job of keeping these aging aircraft flying, but FAA has essentially said, “It’s public-use aircraft. You’re on your own.”
ref: 2004 May 13, James B. Hull, Oversight Hearing on Firefighting Preparedness:
text: They may adamantly reject help and insist that they can manage on their own.
ref: 2008, Barbara M. Newman, Philip R. Newman, Development Through Life: A Psychosocial Approach, page 215:
text: After Bridge of Orchy, the line climbs steeply into the wild country of Rannoch Moor. The railway builders chose a different route across the moor from the road - we are completely on our own up here.
ref: 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 39:
glosses: Unaided; without assistance or help from others.
examples: text: I love cheese on toast, but I won't eat cheese on its own.
glosses: Alone, without another's immediate company.
Synonyms: on one's tod
on one's bill
by oneself
from the get-go
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: from the git-go
Senses: examples: text: I watched him closely from the get-go because I did not trust him.
text: I am 15 and in love with a fellow that goes to college in another state. I met him during the summer vacation and liked him from the get go.
ref: 1960 November 8, J. F., “Tell It to Jan: Are College Boys True to the Girls Back Home”, in Baltimore Afro-American, five ★ edition, 69th year, number 31, Baltimore, Md.: Afro-American Co., →ISSN, Afro Magazine section, page 6, column 1:
text: An artist from the get-go, Gilot declared at the age of 21 that she “felt painting was my whole life”, and her output ranges from portraits to landscapes, still lifes to collage.
ref: 2023 June 12, Katy Hessel, “‘Blatant sexism’: why is a great painter who lived to 101 still defined by a man she left in the 1950s?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: From the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting.
Synonyms: the word go
off the bat § Synonyms
roes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: plural of roe
beleaguered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈliːɡəd/
Forms: form: more beleaguered
form: most beleaguered
Etymology: From beleaguer + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: a beleaguered stronghold
text: a beleaguered town
text: 4,500 British and Indian troops and twelve thousand camp-followers, including some three dozen British wives, children and nannies, found themselves beleaguered in what Kaye described as little better than ‘sheep-folds on the plain’.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 220:
glosses: Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.
examples: text: a beleaguered ego
text: a beleaguered identity
text: a beleaguered real estate market
text: Chelsea were coping comfortably as Liverpool left Luis Suarez too isolated. Steven Gerrard was also being forced to drop too deep to offer support to the beleaguered Jay Spearing and Jordan Henderson rather than add attacking potency alongside the Uruguayan.
ref: 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
text: Ministers have not ruled out stripping the beleaguered operator of its franchise when it comes up for renewal on October 16.
ref: 2022 September 21, Mel Holley, “Network News: MPs debate Avanti West Coast future as MD departs”, in RAIL, number 966, page 15, photo caption:
text: The beleaguered prime minister will attempt to shore up her crumbling support by gathering her cabinet ministers at No 10 on Monday evening and then embarking on a series of meetings with mutinous Tory MPs before the next budget in a fortnight’s time.
ref: 2022 October 16, Pippa Crerar, “Liz Truss fights for survival as even allies say she could have only days left”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Beset by trouble or difficulty.
beleaguered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈliːɡəd/
Etymology: From beleaguer + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beleaguer
narr
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: narrs
form: narring
form: narred
form: narred
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gnar.
AFU
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of all fucked up.
Related terms: SNAFU
FUBAR
AFU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: But what of land obtained through historical fraud? Why has the AFU not moved decisively to investigate the origin of property titles, especially where the state was the original grantor or lessee?
ref: 2025 May 16, Stan Itshegetseng, “Afrikaner ‘Refugees’ Saga: Final Betrayal, Whiteness, Land, and the War on South Africa’s Sovereignty”, in African Times:
glosses: Initialism of Asset Forfeiture Unit.
AFU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Ukrainian ЗСУ (ZSU).
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Synonyms: ZSU
on the spot
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He liked the house, so he made an offer on the spot.
text: There are in the Armies a great many Inſtances of Gun-ſhot Wounds of the Arm near the Scapula, which require Amputation at the Shoulder; but the Apprehenſion of loſing their Patients on the Spot by the Hæmorrhage, has deterred Surgeons from undertaking it.
ref: 1739, Samuel Sharp, “Of Amputation” (chapter XXXVII), in A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery, London: J. Brotherton, page 221:
synonyms: right away
then and there
glosses: At that very moment.
examples: text: All the sudden questions put him on the spot and he had to think quickly.
synonyms: on the stand
glosses: Having to answer or decide without warning or preparation.
examples: text: This report comes from our man on the spot in Gaza.
text: We exercised by jumping up and down on the spot.
text: I had accepted an engagement to go out with Mystofilms Ltd. in Fake of Dead Man's Bush—the dwarf-men picture, you know, taken on the spot among the Australian bushmen.
ref: 1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, “The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers”, in Lord Peter Views the Body:
text: […] on October 29, 1888, the Russian imperial train was derailed at Borki by defective track, and twenty-one persons were killed. Although these did not include the Emperor Alexander III, who escaped with a bruising, a footman serving coffee to him at the critical moment, and his dog, which was lying on the floor beside him, were both killed on the spot.
ref: 1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, pages 251–252:
synonyms: in place
on location
on site
on the premises
in the room
glosses: In a particular place.
Related terms: word: hit the spot
word: on the dot
word: on-the-spot
snafu
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of SNAFU.
snafu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snafus
Senses: examples: text: There's plenty of time for dating later on—look at Janet Reno. Okay, don’t look at Janet Reno. However, assuming that you are seeking romance (and that a cigar is just a cigar), your best bet is to warn would-be companions of potential scheduling snafus ahead of time.
ref: 1998 March, Ellen Tien, “Love Q&A”, in Elizabeth Crow, editor, Mademoiselle, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 81, column 3:
text: Tesla’s first decade was plagued by unmet deadlines, technical snafus and cost overruns.
ref: 2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of SNAFU.
Related terms: fubar
snafu
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snafus
form: snafuing
form: snafued
form: snafued
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To screw up, fuck up, or foul up.
refrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: refrains
form: refraining
form: refrained
form: refrained
Etymology: From Middle English refreynen, from Anglo-Norman refraindre, Middle French refreindre (from Latin refringere), and Anglo-Norman refrener, Middle French refrener (from Latin refrenare).
Senses: examples: text: Refrain thy foot from their path.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 1:15:
text: The presence even for a moment among a party of debauchees of a woman endued with every quality of modesty and not less severe than beautiful refrained the humorous sallies even of the most licentious but her departure was the signal for an outbreak of ribaldry.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 14:
glosses: To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
examples: text: And nowe I saye unto you: refrayne youreselves from these men, and let them alone [...].
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts:
text: As I went down the river, all dissatisfaction at my lot passed away, and by the time Dartmouth came in view I could no longer refrain myself, but threw my cap into the air, and barely caught it from falling overboard as I shouted, "Hurrah for merry England![…]"
ref: 1899, Sabine Baring-Gould, A Book of the West, Volume 1 Chapter 18:
glosses: To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
synonyms: hold
glosses: To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
examples: text: Refrain from these men, and let them alone.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 5:38:
text: They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
text: July 5, 1731, Jonathan Swift, letter to Vanessa
If you knew how I struggle for a little health, what uneasiness I am at in riding and walking, and refraining from every thing agreeable to my taste
text: I will [...] tell you the story of what has happened to me, if you like, but you must refrain from interruptions.
ref: 1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Time Traveler Returns”, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 36:
glosses: To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
raw_tags: with preposition "from"
examples: text: Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To abstain from (food or drink).
refrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: refrains
Etymology: From French refrain, from the Old French verb refraindre (“to break off, repeat”), from Latin re- (“back, again”) + frangō (“break”); compare Occitan refranhs (“a refrain”), refranher (“to repeat”). See refract and the verb refrain.
Senses: examples: text: For perhaps as much as thirty seconds they kept it up. It was a refrain that was often heard in moments of overwhelming emotion. Partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and majesty of Big Brother, but still more it was an act of self-hypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise.
ref: 1949, George Orwell, chapter 1, in Nineteen Eighty-Four:
glosses: The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
synonyms: old saw
glosses: A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.
Samantha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈmænθə/
ipa: [səˈmɛənθə]
Etymology: It was recorded in the 17th century in England.
Most probably a feminine form of Samuel, possibly influenced by Anthea. Other suggestions include Aramaic ܫܡܥܢܬܐ (šemʿanta, “listener”, noun), from ܫܡܥ.
In India, Samantha can be interpreted as a variant spelling of Samanta, from Sanskrit समन्त (samanta, “universal, adjacent”).
Senses: examples: text: These country girls, as they were called, had queer names, which added to the singularity of their appearance. Samantha, Triphena, Plumy, Leafy, Ruhamah, Lovey, and Florilla were among them.
ref: 1876, Phebe Ann Hanaford, Women of the Century, page 525:
text: "Its name is Samantha Jo, after Josiah and me. - - - If it had been a boy, we was layin' out to call it Josiah Sam, - Sam for Samantha."
ref: 1888, Marietta Holley, Josiah Allen's Wife as a P.A. and P.I.: Samantha at the Centennial, page 577:
text: "Middle of the depression - who's going to give a kid a nutty name like Samantha? Today's another matter, but around then, from what I hear, people weren't thinking about these stylish names."
ref: 1967, Howard Fast, Samantha, I Books, published 2004, →ISBN, page 42:
text: But here's my favorite name: Samuel. It's from the Bible. If it's a girl, name it Samantha. That sounds like something in a prayer, doesn't it? I think it's a name in the Chronicles. I've been reading the Bible every night." - - -
She found the Book of Chronicles and scanned it. - - - There was no Samantha in either the first or the second book of the Chronicles.
ref: 1985, Bobbie Ann Mason, In Country, Harper&Row, →ISBN, pages 182, 183:
text: Although US officials have been sounding the alarm about the imminent risk of famine in the war-torn strip, USAID Administrator Samantha Power is the first official to publicly agree with an assessment that famine is already taking place.
ref: 2024 April 11, Jennifer Hansler, “USAID administrator says it is ‘credible’ to assess famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Sam
Sammy
Sami
Sammie
penectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: penectomies
Etymology: From penis + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of the penis.
Synonyms: phallectomy
Derived terms: autopenectomy
penectomize
Merkur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A defunct automobile brand produced by the Ford Motor Company in the late 1980s.
glosses: The western name given to the Russian VA spacecraft.
come again
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Who says he did?" / "Aubry." / "Yeah? A guy in for murder? Come again." / "Glad to. Beebe says so too."
ref: 1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, page 120
text: Vincent: A "please" would be nice. / The Wolf: Come again? / Vincent: I said a "please" would be nice. / The Wolf: Get it straight, Buster. I'm not here to say "please". I'm here to tell you what to do.
ref: 1994, Pulp Fiction:
qualifier: by ellipsis
glosses: A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.
glosses: Used as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit.
Related terms: cut and come again
Wills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪlz/
rhymes: -ɪlz
Forms: form: Willes
Etymology: From Will + -s (patronymic suffix).
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic, meaning “son/daughter of Will”.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A number of places:
A locality in the Shire of Boulia, western Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A number of places:
A township in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A number of places:
A township in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A number of places:
An unincorporated community in Hughes, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States.
Wills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪlz/
rhymes: -ɪlz
Etymology: From the clipping of William + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name William.
Wills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪlz/
rhymes: -ɪlz
Senses: glosses: plural of Will
willies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The meaning "spell of nervousness", recorded since 1896, stems perhaps from the woollies, a dialectal term for "nervous uneasiness", probably in reference to the physical itchiness of wool garments. Or it might be a play on words relating to the ballet Giselle, performed in Paris in 1846, where the stage is flooded by the Wilis, who are the spooky, ephemeral, beautiful but evil ghosts of virgins who died before their wedding day. Watching the Wilis in Giselle is meant to give you the willies. Most English speakers pronounce 'Wilis' as 'willies'.
Senses: glosses: plural of willy
willies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the willies
Etymology: The meaning "spell of nervousness", recorded since 1896, stems perhaps from the woollies, a dialectal term for "nervous uneasiness", probably in reference to the physical itchiness of wool garments. Or it might be a play on words relating to the ballet Giselle, performed in Paris in 1846, where the stage is flooded by the Wilis, who are the spooky, ephemeral, beautiful but evil ghosts of virgins who died before their wedding day. Watching the Wilis in Giselle is meant to give you the willies. Most English speakers pronounce 'Wilis' as 'willies'.
Senses: examples: text: Staying in the haunted house gave me the willies.
text: I get the willies when I see closed doors. Even at work, where I am doing so well now, the sight of a closed door is sometimes enough to make me dread that something horrible is happening behind it, something that is going to affect me adversely.
ref: 1974, Joseph Heller, Something happened, page 3:
glosses: A feeling of nervousness or fear.
Synonyms: sense: anxiety
word: creeps
sense: anxiety
word: heebie-jeebies
sense: anxiety
word: collywobbles
sense: anxiety
word: fear
bêche de mer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bêche-de-mer.
peterman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petermen
Etymology: From peter (“a safe, cash box”) + man (the former being 17th-century slang, still in use).
Senses: glosses: A safecracker.
Synonyms: peteman
safebreaker
safecracker
yegg
yeggman
peterman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petermen
Etymology: After the apostle Peter, a fisherman.
Senses: glosses: A fisherman.
glosses: A fishing boat with identical bow and stern.
eating disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eating disorders
form: eating-disorder
Senses: glosses: Any psychological disorder characterized by abnormal eating habits.
Hyponyms: anorexia nervosa
binge eating disorder
bulimia nervosa
EDNOS
pica
rumination disorder
Derived terms: eating-disordered
economical with the truth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Believed to be from a quotation by the British-Irish statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke (1729–1797): “Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatever: But, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an œconomy of truth. It is a sort of temperance, by which a man speaks truth with measure that he may speak it the longer.”
Senses: examples: text: I would be being economical with the truth if I were to tell you that I was enjoying myself.
text: A senior British civil servant, arguing that the book ‘Spycatcher’ should not be published, let slip how ‘being economical with the truth’ is an option in matters of government policy. The phrase became a headline in Australia, highlighting, as much as anything, British duplicity. In fact, it originated with Edmund Burke, the eighteenth century statesman and constitutional theorist. […] In effect, the idea of ‘being economical with the truth’ underlines the challenge any manager or public servant faces – that unguarded, inappropriate, or even appropriate comment can lead to damaging and undesirable reactions.
ref: 1987, Andrew Kakabadse, Ron Ludlow, Susan Vinnicombe, Working in Organisations, Aldershot, Hants: Gower, →ISBN:
text: So, I am now asking you, was he economical with the truth? Bearing in mind you are now telling us that there were heaps of telephone conversations, things that you described elsewhere as “lovely” conversations, “nice” conversations, “interesting” conversations and that when politicians ring you, you take notice.
ref: 2013 November 6, House of Commons Treasury Committee (UK), Project Verde (HC 728-II (incorporating HC 300, Session 2013–14)), volume II, London: The Stationery Office Ltd., published 23 October 2014, →ISBN, page Ev 85:
text: There was one overriding technique used by both sides to dupe the public, and it was the deliberate omission of key information about any demoralising incident, operation or battle, such as facts about their own or even the enemy's losses. […] This approach can probably be best described as ‘being economical with the truth’ – a phrase whose literal meaning has rather been lost over the years, as it has rather erroneously come to signify telling outright lies.
ref: 2016, Ian Garden, Battling with the Truth: The Contrast in the Media Reporting of World War II, [Stroud, Gloucestershire]: The History Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Not telling the whole truth, especially in order to present a false image of a situation; untruthful; lying. Often used with sarcasm or satire.
wikipedia: Edmund Burke
Related terms: suppressio veri
login
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒɡ.ɪn/
rhymes: (UK) -ɒɡɪn
Forms: form: logins
form: log-in
Etymology: A deverbal from log in.
Senses: examples: text: I've forgotten my login again.
text: If you’re currently confused considering she [Billie Eilish] made $50 million in one year—don’t forget about how high Billie’s taxes must be and how high her expenses presumably are. Anyway, if you need me, I’ll be here using my friend’s ex’s mom’s Netflix log-in.
ref: 2024 September 4, Mehera Bonner, Samantha Olson, “Behold, A Breakdown of Billie Eilish's Massive Net Worth”, in Cosmopolitan:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: logon
sign-in
sign-on
glosses: Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.
examples: text: Your login failed because you weren't connected to the office network.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: logon
log-on
sign-in
sign-on
antonyms: logoff
logout
glosses: The process or an instance of logging in.
Derived terms: autologin
login CSRF
login name
Related terms: word: log in
word: login wall
word: log off
word: log on
word: log out
word: credentials
login
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒɡ.ɪn/
rhymes: (UK) -ɒɡɪn
Forms: form: log-in
Etymology: A deverbal from log in.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of log in.
emergicenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emergicenters
Etymology: emergency center. Compare surgicenter, urgicenter.
Senses: glosses: a clinic, often in a shopping mall, offering immediate outpatient treatment for minor ailments and injuries
injuries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of injury
injuries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of injury
Estuary English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A variety of English accent, spreading out from London into the area of the Thames estuary, containing features of received pronunciation, Cockney and other regional accents.
Essex man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Essex men
Senses: glosses: A stereotype of a working class conservative voter in the south-east of England, characterized by brash and right-wing views and few cultural or intellectual interests, save an interest in wealth and material goods.
Related terms: Essex girl
Mondeo Man
laryngectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: laryngectomies
Etymology: From laryng- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of part or all of the larynx, most often performed in cases of laryngeal cancer.
Derived terms: hemilaryngectomy
laryngectomee
laryngectomize
pharyngolaryngectomy
competitive eating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: gurgitation
glosses: A sport where participants have to consume vast amounts of food in a short time.
Related terms: competitive eater
sated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Forms: form: more sated
form: most sated
Etymology: From Middle English satet, satyt, saded. Equivalent to sate + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: When she is sated with his body, she will find the error of her choice
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 19:
glosses: In a state of complete and thorough satisfaction; having one’s appetite fully satisfied, by having enough of something.
glosses: Quelled of thirst or hunger.
Synonyms: word: satiate
word: satiated
word: satisfied
english: as pertains to food
translation: as pertains to food
word: full
Derived terms: satedness
unsated
sated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Etymology: From Middle English satet, satyt, saded. Equivalent to sate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past of sate
HTH
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of hope this helps.
aromatherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌrəʊməˈθɛrəpi/
Forms: form: aromatherapies
Etymology: From aroma + therapy.
Senses: topics: alternative-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect mood and promote health.
Derived terms: aromatherapist
Frankenstein's monster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein assembled a monster from human corpses; it eventually escaped his control.
Senses: glosses: Frankenstein's monster, the creature from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel
Frankenstein's monster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Frankenstein's monsters
Etymology: In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein assembled a monster from human corpses; it eventually escaped his control.
Senses: examples: text: Like the English language, the eukaryote cell is a chimera, a Frankenstein's monster, assembled from bits and pieces of genetic information...
ref: 1991, Euan George Nisbet, Living Earth: A Short History of Life and Its Home, page 84:
text: He is like a Frankenstein's monster in reverse: everything that is pretty is combined together to produce a perfect androgyne.
ref: 1995, Roger Horrocks, Jo Campling, Male Myths and Icons: Masculinity in Popular Culture, page 141:
glosses: A thing that is cobbled together from parts of other things.
examples: text: They created a Frankenstein's monster which they did not imagine could grow out of their control.
ref: 1968, Harold Joseph Laski, Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time, page 109:
text: Somehow, the law does not always seem to serve those who created it, becoming at times a Frankenstein's monster of sorts.
ref: 1977, Norman R. Augustine, Augustine's Laws, page 68:
glosses: A creation that overpowers or slips out of the control of its creator, often proceeding to turn on its creator or harm others.
Synonyms: Frankenstein
frankenstein
Frankensteinian monster
frankensteinian monster
frankenstein monster
Frankenstein monster
pushy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʊʃ.i/
rhymes: -ʊʃi
Forms: form: pushier
form: pushiest
Etymology: From push + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Pushy parents 'ruin sports days'
ref: 2005 June 24, BBC:
synonyms: obtrusive
sharp-elbowed
antonyms: unpushy
glosses: Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.
Derived terms: pushily
pushiness
unpushy
Related terms: push
python
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɪθən/
ipa: /ˈpaɪθɑn/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -aɪθən
rhymes: (General American) -aɪθɑn
Forms: form: pythons
Etymology: From Latin pȳthon, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), older name of Delphi.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A type of large constricting snake.
glosses: A penis.
Hypernyms: topics: zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: snake
Hyponyms: word: ball python
word: black-headed python
taxonomic: Python bivittatus
word: Burmese python
taxonomic: Morelia spilota
word: carpet python
taxonomic: Morelia spilota spilota
word: diamond python
word: Ramsay's python
alt: Malayapython reticulatus
word: reticulated python
word: royal python
word: sand python
word: water python
word: woma python
Derived terms: drain the python
pig in the python
pythoness
pythonic
pythonlike
siphon the python
syphon the python
manila
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɐˈni.lɐ/
ipa: /məˈnɪlə/
rhymes: -ɪlə
Etymology: From Manila.
Senses: examples: text: a manila envelope
glosses: Made of manila paper or material like it.
glosses: Yellow-brown; colored like manila paper.
Derived terms: manila envelope
manila folder
manila paper
manila
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɐˈni.lɐ/
ipa: /məˈnɪlə/
rhymes: -ɪlə
Forms: form: manilas
Etymology: From Manila.
Senses: glosses: Fiber made from abaca (Manila hemp), used to make ropes and manila paper.
glosses: The yellow-brown color of manila.
glosses: A kind of cheroot manufactured in Manila.
Derived terms: nonmanila
kir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kirs
Etymology: Borrowed from French kir, named after Félix Kir, mayor of Dijon.
Senses: glosses: A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine.
wikipedia: Félix Kir
Derived terms: kir royal
Essex girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Essex girls
Senses: glosses: A stereotype of a young woman from Essex, characterized as vacuous, promiscuous, and materialistic.
Related terms: Essex man
Fulham virgin
Jersey girl
Valley girl
Sloane Ranger
ethical investment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethical investments
Senses: glosses: a financial investment that screens the companies to be invested in for their social outlook and business morality
ethnic cleansing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Possibly a calque of Serbo-Croatian etničko čišćenje, though this is probably attested later. Popularized by (and still often associated with) the wars in former Yugoslavia during the 1990s; however, versions of the phrase have been attested since the 1860s in various languages (with the earliest attestation translating directly to the phrase being Romanian purificare etnică from 1941) and it probably arose independently on numerous occasions.
Senses: examples: text: These television stations are part of the apparatus and power of Milosevic. This is the apparatus he has used to do the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.
ref: 1999 April 24, Martin Kettle, Alex Brummer, quoting Tony Blair, “The bombing goes on”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic group by those of another.
Synonyms: word: ethnic purge
Related terms: religious cleansing
genocide
holocaust
Holocaust
mass murder
matron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪtɹən/
rhymes: -eɪtɹən
Forms: form: matrons
Etymology: From Middle English matrone, from Old French matrone, from Latin mātrōna (“married woman”), from māter (“mother”). Doublet of matrona.
Senses: examples: text: grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
glosses: A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank.
examples: text: But there’s no bottome, none / In my Voluptuouſneſſe : Your Wiues, your Daughters, / Your Matrons, and your Maides, could not fill vp / The Ceſterne of my Luſt, and my Deſire / All continent Impediments would ore-beare / That did oppoſe my will.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 146, column 2:
text: “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,[…].
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank.
A woman with the character of a mother or matriarch.
examples: text: the matron of a school or hospital
glosses: A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank.
A woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of an establishment or institution, especially, the nursing officer or chief nurse of a hospital.
examples: text: Roman matrons, sexually exhausted, were fond of trout caught in a little stream in the Vosges Mountains.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 237:
glosses: A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children.
glosses: A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.
glosses: A female prison officer.
Derived terms: bridesmatron
jury of matrons
matronage
matronal
matronhood
matronism
matronize
matronlike
matronliness
matronly
matron of honor
matron of honour
matronship
ooh, matron
undermatron
Related terms: matrix
matrona
matroneum
Euro-sceptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euro-sceptics
Etymology: From Euro- + sceptic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eurosceptic.
Derived terms: Euro-sceptical
Euro-scepticism
Euro-sceptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Euro-sceptic
form: most Euro-sceptic
Etymology: From Euro- + sceptic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eurosceptic.
Eurosceptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurosceptics
form: Euro-sceptic
form: Euroskeptic
form: Euro-skeptic
form: euroskeptic
form: eurosceptic
Etymology: From Euro- + sceptic.
Senses: examples: text: For all the talk of increased numbers and new alliances though, there are question marks over whether the Euroskeptics are capable of forming a single coherent parliamentary force.
ref: 2018 June 4, Maïa de La Baume, “Populist plan for 2019 election puts EU in crosshairs, The next European Parliament could well have more Euroskeptic voices. But can they work together?”, in politico.eu:
glosses: One who is sceptical of European integration, such as the EEC, the EC, the EP, the EU, the Euro, etc.
glosses: One who is skeptical of increasing the powers of the European Union
Derived terms: Eurosceptical
Euroscepticism
Eurosceptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Eurosceptic
form: most Eurosceptic
form: Euro-sceptic
form: Euroskeptic
form: Euro-skeptic
form: euroskeptic
form: eurosceptic
Etymology: From Euro- + sceptic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Eurosceptics or Euroscepticism
Euro-scepticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Euroscepticism.
Related terms: Euro-sceptic
Euro-sceptical
Euroscepticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euro-scepticism
form: Euro-skepticism
form: Euroskepticism
Etymology: From Euro- + scepticism.
Senses: glosses: Opposition to or scepticism of increasing European integration, such as the EEC, the EC, the EP, the EU, the Euro.
glosses: Opposition to or scepticism of the increasing powers of the European Union.
Related terms: Eurorealism
Eurosceptic
Eurosceptical
Eurostar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjʊəɹəʊstɑː(ɹ)/
Etymology: Commercial name, from Euro- + star.
Senses: examples: text: Eurostar operates two stations in this region.
text: On April 4 2018, the first commercial trains began running between London and Amsterdam. Current Eurostar Chief Executive Mike Cooper said: "The departure of our first commercial service to Amsterdam represents a historic milestone for Eurostar and the growth of international high-speed rail."
ref: 2019 December 4, Richard Clinnick, “Under the sea with Eurostar”, in Rail, pages 50–51:
glosses: A high-speed passenger train service connecting London with mainland European cities via the Channel Tunnel.
glosses: A similar intercity service in Italy.
Eurostar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjʊəɹəʊstɑː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Eurostars
Etymology: Commercial name, from Euro- + star.
Senses: glosses: A train on these services.
examples: text: Now that the Mallard upgrade to GNER's Mark 4 coaches is complete the entire fleet is now available for service and the Eurostars are no longer required to maintain the timetable.
ref: 2006, Electric Railway:
glosses: A British Rail Class 373 (now largely superseded by Class 374) on any service.
evening primrose oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hypernyms: seed oil
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glosses: Oil, extracted from the seeds of the evening primrose, used as a complementary medicine (for example, to relieve premenstrual stress).
extra-virgin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of extra virgin.
extra-virgin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extra-virgins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of extra virgin.
extra virgin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: extra-virgin
Senses: glosses: Of a fine grade of unrefined virgin olive oil.
extra virgin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extra virgins
form: extra-virgin
Senses: glosses: An olive oil of this grade.
virgin olive oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virgin olive oils
Senses: glosses: An olive oil obtained from the first pressing of the olives.
Synonyms: virgin oil
Related terms: extra-virgin olive oil
extra-virgin
extropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extropies
Etymology: First coined to serve as an antonym of entropy, substituting its en- element (representing the prepositional prefix ἐν (en), en, “in” in its Ancient Greek etymon ἐντροπία (entropía), entropia, “a turning towards”) with ex- (representing the Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex), ex, “out of”, “from”); because ἐξ (ex) takes the form ἐκ (ek) when prefixed to an element beginning with τ (t), the analogical spelling is ectropy (or, alternatively, ektropy), as if after the Ancient Greek *ἐκτροπία (ektropía, “a turning out of”).
Senses: examples: text: Extropy uptake, extropy output and entropy production. [...] Jin is the incoming extropy flow, while Jout is the outgoing one. Extropy inflow / outflow is the extropy of the incoming / outgoing material[…]
ref: 1999, Wolfgang Hofkirchner, The Quest for a Unified Theory of Information: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Foundations of Information Science, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 272:
glosses: Negentropy.
Derived terms: extropian
extropian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Extropian
Etymology: From extropy + -an.
Senses: examples: text: While a recent EU report recommended adopting the Californian free enterprise model to build the ‘infobahn’, cutting-edge artists and academics have been championing the ‘post-human’ philosophy developed by the West Coast's Extropian cult.
ref: 1995 September, Richard Barbrook, Andy Cameron, “The Californian Ideology”, in Mute, volume 1, number 3, →ISSN:
glosses: Of, or relating to extropy.
extropian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extropians
form: Extropian
Etymology: From extropy + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Though [Chris Hables Gray] does go out of his way to remind the reader that nearly all of us are bio-enhanced (that is a vaccination scar, isn’t it?), he’s neither a chrome-eyed Extropian nor a Rifkinesque fear-mongerer.
ref: 2001?, Rob Lightner, Amazon review of Cyborg Citizen: Politics in the Posthuman Age by Chris Hables Gray
text: The Extropian movement has an active Web presence. Here is one statement on “What Is an Extropian”: Extropians seek to use technology intelligently to overcome genetic, biological, psychological, cultural, and neurological limits to the pursuit of life, liberty, and boundless achievement. An extropian is an optimist, a neophile, an explorer […]
ref: 2002, Stephen Wilson, Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 155:
glosses: An adherent or advocate of, or an activist for, extropy or extropianism and its goals or principles.
Derived terms: extropianism
tatty cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tatty cakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tattie cake.
GOTO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊ.tuː/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊ.tu/
Forms: form: GOTOs
Etymology: From go to, a keyword for this purpose in many programming languages.
Senses: examples: text: The setjmp/longjmp facility in C is essentially a GOTO.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Any construct which produces an unstructured jump in the flow of execution.
Derived terms: GOTO-less
GOTO
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊ.tuː/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊ.tu/
Forms: form: GOTOs
form: GOTOing
form: GOTOed
form: GOTOed
Etymology: From go to, a keyword for this purpose in many programming languages.
Senses: examples: text: If we were GOTOed from 310 we GOTO 320.
ref: 1983, Charles Seiter, Robert Weiss, Pascal for BASIC Programmers, Addison Wesley Publishing Company:
text: You can create loops by telling the computer to GOTO an earlier line.
ref: 1983, C. Regena, Programmer's reference guide to the TI-99/4A, page 18:
text: Cross reference programs show program structure by displaying line numbers that are GOTOed or GOSUBed to from other lines in the program, and listing the line numbers in which different variables appear.
ref: 1984, Microcomputing:
text: There is no way of falling into or GOTOing a procedure. The procedure can only be invoked by name as a subroutine.
ref: 1987, Douglas S. Stivison, Introduction to Turbo Pascal, Sybex, →ISBN:
text: She and her hosts could not understand one another until Hopper remembered some COBOL commands. "MOVE," she said, pointing to herself. "GOTO Osaka Hotel." The Japanese immediately understood and delivered her to her lodging.
ref: 1990, Computer Languages, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 44:
text: Next - goto the next entity defined in the module
ref: 1991, Gerald C. Cohen, Structured Representation for Requirements and Specifications, NASA, page 25:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To reach (a point in a program) by means of a GOTO instruction.
pharyngitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharyngitides
Senses: glosses: Inflammation of the pharynx.
Synonyms: sore throat
raw throat
Derived terms: nasopharyngitis
pharyngitic
rhinopharyngitis
tonsillopharyngitis
piracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɪɹəsi/
Forms: form: piracies
form: pyracy
Etymology: From Medieval Latin pīrātia, from Classical Latin pīrāta + ia, or Ancient Greek πειρατεία (peirateía).
Senses: examples: text: How should the international community respond to Somali piracy?
topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: pirateship
qualifier: crime
glosses: Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
glosses: A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
examples: text: Some video game consoles use specially designed cartridges to make software piracy more difficult.
ref: 2022 March 11, “Russia has reportedly legalised piracy in the face of economic sanctions”, in GamesIndustry.biz:
glosses: The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.
glosses: The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Kleptoparasitism.
Synonyms: sense: robbery at sea
word: buccaneerism
sense: breaking intellectual property law by making unauthorized copies
word: bootlegging
sense: breaking intellectual property law by making unauthorized copies
word: file sharing
Hyponyms: air piracy
Derived terms: antipiracy
anti-piracy
biopiracy
counterpiracy
cyberpiracy
e-piracy
porch piracy
Related terms: pirate
pirate radio