cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pleading the blood of Jesus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plead the blood of Jesus
pleaded the blood of Jesus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plead the blood of Jesus
re-wears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-wear
re-wearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-wear
re-worn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of re-wear
putts from the rough
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of putt from the rough
putting from the rough
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of putt from the rough
putted from the rough
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of putt from the rough
over-heats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of over-heat
over-heating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of over-heat
over-heated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of over-heat
bites in the ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bite in the ass
biting in the ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bite in the ass
bit in the ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bite in the ass
bitten in the ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of bite in the ass
stands sentry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand sentry
standing sentry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand sentry
stood sentry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand sentry
takes coals to Newcastle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take coals to Newcastle
taking coals to Newcastle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take coals to Newcastle
took coals to Newcastle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take coals to Newcastle
taken coals to Newcastle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take coals to Newcastle
calls into doubt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of call into doubt
calling into doubt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of call into doubt
called into doubt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of call into doubt
job-shadows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of job-shadow
job-shadowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of job-shadow
job-shadowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of job-shadow
house-arrests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of house-arrest
house-arresting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of house-arrest
house-arrested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of house-arrest
puts the squeeze on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put the squeeze on
putting the squeeze on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put the squeeze on
gets the push
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get the push
getting the push
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get the push
got the push
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get the push
pitches camp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pitch camp
pitching camp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pitch camp
pitched camp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pitch camp
sows one's oats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sow one's oats
sowing one's oats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sow one's oats
sowed one's oats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sow one's oats
sown one's oats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of sow one's oats
gets a word in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get a word in
getting a word in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get a word in
got a word in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get a word in
gotten a word in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get a word in
sits on one's laurels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sit on one's laurels
sitting on one's laurels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sit on one's laurels
sat on one's laurels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sit on one's laurels
round-tables
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of round-table
round-tabling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of round-table
round-tabled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of round-table
drops one's beads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drop one's beads
dropping one's beads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drop one's beads
dropped one's beads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drop one's beads
throws under a bus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw under a bus
throwing under a bus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw under a bus
threw under a bus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw under a bus
thrown under a bus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw under a bus
yellow paint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: visual cues that mark the interactability of an object, especially in an unsubtle or distracting way.
Related terms: handholding
signpost
show-runs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of show-run
show-running
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of show-run
show-ran
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of show-run
Tesla-swaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tesla-swap
Tesla-swaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Tesla-swap
Tesla-swapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Tesla-swap
LS-swaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LS-swap
LS-swaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of LS-swap
LS-swapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of LS-swap
K-swaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of K-swap
K-swaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of K-swap
K-swapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of K-swap
does oneself a mischief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do oneself a mischief
doing oneself a mischief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do oneself a mischief
did oneself a mischief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do oneself a mischief
done oneself a mischief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do oneself a mischief
makes it so that
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make it so that
making it so that
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make it so that
made it so that
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make it so that
tippy-tapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tippy-tap
tippy-tapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tippy-tap
fujoshi out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fujoshis out
form: fujoshiing out
form: fujoshied out
form: fujoshied out
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Alternative form of fujo out
muriate of potash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hypernyms: muriate#Noun
chloride#Noun
coordinate_terms: muriate of soda
glosses: Synonym of potassium chloride.
synonyms: word: potassium chloride
talks nasty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of talk nasty
talking nasty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of talk nasty
talked nasty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of talk nasty
thin-slices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thin-slice
thin-sliced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thin-slice
indicts a ham sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of indict a ham sandwich
indicting a ham sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of indict a ham sandwich
indicted a ham sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of indict a ham sandwich
out-Muslims
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of out-Muslim
out-Musliming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of out-Muslim
out-Muslimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of out-Muslim
pulls up short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull up short
pulling up short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull up short
pulled up short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull up short
pulls short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull short
pulling short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull short
pulled short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull short
pulls short up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull short up
pulling short up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull short up
pulled short up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull short up
pre-pends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pre-pend
pre-pending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pre-pend
pares to the bone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pare to the bone
paring to the bone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pare to the bone
pared to the bone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pare to the bone
catches hold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of catch hold
catching hold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of catch hold
caught hold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of catch hold
grabs hold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grab hold
grabbing hold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grab hold
grabbed hold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grab hold
has one's moons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have one's moons
having one's moons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have one's moons
had one's moons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have one's moons
yumeshipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yumeshippers
Etymology: Likely a gender-neutral adaptation of the Japanese 夢女子(ゆめじょし) (yumejoshi), + shipper.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of selfshipper
synonyms: word: selfshipper
kebabche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kebabcheta
form: kebabche
Senses: glosses: A Bulgarian dish of grilled mincemeat in a cylinder.
lutenitsa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lutenica
form: lyutenitsa
Senses: glosses: A type of Balkan vegetable chutney.
Steeple Mountain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From steeple + mountain. From being a mountain with steeple-shaped peaks.
Senses: glosses: A mountain on Io, a moon of planet Jupiter.
kitchen salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitchen salts
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: kosher salt, NaCl, sea salt (sometimes coinstantial)
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
hypernyms: common salt
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salt[Appendix:Glossary#broad|broad]] sense>
coordinate_terms: table salt
rock salt
road salt
glosses: A grade of common salt identical to table salt except coarser; usually differentiated from rock salt.
estimated time of departure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estimated times of departure
Senses: synonyms: ETD
hypernyms: time of departure
departure time
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time#Noun
glosses: The time when something (e.g., a ship, vehicle, aircraft, cargo, person, or emergency service) is expected to depart a certain place.
Related terms: estimated time of arrival
estimated time of restoration
permastuck
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more permastuck
form: most permastuck
Etymology: From perma- + stuck.
Senses: glosses: Permanently stuck.
permasick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more permasick
form: most permasick
Etymology: From perma- + sick.
Senses: glosses: Perpetually or habitually sick; always sick, permanently sick.
permabitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permabitches
Etymology: From perma- + bitch.
Senses: glosses: One who frequently acts like a bitch; a constant bitch, a permanent bitch.
permaslut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permasluts
Etymology: From perma- + slut.
Senses: glosses: A perpetual or habitual slut; a permanent slut.
permasluts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permaslut
permabitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permabitch
permasuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permasuits
Etymology: From perma- + suit.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: A suit that, through some magical intervention, can never be removed once worn.
permasuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permasuit
-varin
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From var(iant) + -in.
Senses: glosses: Variant with propyl side chain.
glosses: Shortened 3-carbon alkyl side chain instead of pentyl (5-carbon).
glosses: Shortened side chain compared to a related compound.
bonkability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bonk + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: Darling, what an absolute scream! I know, we could both answer a few ads and compare notes afterwards. Marks out of ten for looks, brains and bonkability!
ref: 1994, Jill Mansell, chapter 14, in Sheer Mischief, London: Headline, published 2001, →ISBN, page 118:
text: I wonder how much this youth culture and the implications that women have a duty to be young and thin, no matter how old they are, impacts on a lot of blokes. Often we are only judged in terms of our ‘bonkability’. I use a phrase in my presentations: ‘Our bankability depends on our bonkability’. I think that is still true and I hate it. It is superficial and it does no justice at all to the complex beings that all people are.
ref: 1998, Sue Jackson, Gael Wallace, quoting Maggie Millar, Women of Substance, St Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 113:
text: There were no two ways about it – she was staring at a vision of total bonkability. She stood stock-still and gawped. Woody’s feet were bare and he was wearing old, battered jeans and a soft checked shirt that looked at least a hundred years old. […] He looked as hot as hell. She had an urge to lean over and lick him.
ref: 2013, Eleanor Prescott, “Roxy”, in Could It Be I’m Falling in Love?, London: Quercus, →ISBN, page 44:
glosses: The quality of being bonkable.
DEPDev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛp.dɛv/
Etymology: Coined by Republic Act No. 12145 in 2025.
Senses: synonyms: NEDA
glosses: Abbreviation of Department of Economy, Planning, and Development.
NEDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: DEPDev
glosses: Acronym of National Economic and Development Authority.
completely and utterly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: "Doctor, have you ever witnessed the spectacle of a strong will and high courage becoming completely and utterly dominated, less through lack of strength than excess of imagination, by a creature of far inferior qualities, but overwhelming impudence?[…]"
ref: 1905, Henry C. Rowland, The Mountain of Fears, Two Gentlemen:
text: She stood in the shaft of light that streamed through the open door, and he saw her plainly. And he saw at a first glance that she was completely and utterly a stranger to him.
ref: 1927, William Byron Mowery, Pirates Of The Muskeg:
text: For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.
ref: 2017 October 26, Melissa Reph, “You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'”, in The Muhlenberg Weekly, Muhlenberg College, page 3:
glosses: Totally; entirely.
Related terms: complete and utter
don't got
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: That don't got nothin' on me!
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: don't have; doesn't have.
birchrind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birchrinds
admittedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From admitted + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The state of defendant’s admittedness was when complainant left him in January was £11 17s. 6d. Defendant admitted then that he owed that amount and evn more.
ref: 1890 June 28, “Parramatta Police Court”, in The Cumberland Mercury and Parramatta Gazette, volume XXV, number 1732, Parramatta, N.S.W.: Fuller’s Lightning Ptg. Works Co., →OCLC, page 4, column 6:
text: Settlement by the insurer has to be effected within 30 days from the date of the admittedness certificate, but as this class of insurance is, in common with all others, of the net loss variety, the underwriter is entitled to deduct from the gross amount of loss his share in all recoveries and distributions from the estate, his share of the salvage proceeds on disposal, and his proportion of any other compensating salvages which may accrue.
ref: 1941 July, Gordon Lowe, “A possibility of contractual security”, in The Industrial Heating Engineer: Air Conditioning and Ventilation, volume III, number 11, London: John D. Troup, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 72, column 2:
text: This freedom, happening as restrained engagement with what-is, as “admittedness (Eingelassenheit) into the revealing, the harboring-forth, of what-is as a particular something,” carries into consummation the intricate self-differentiating Happening named as the Being of what-is.
ref: 1995, William Lovitt, Harriet Brundage Lovitt, “Man”, in Modern Technology in the Heideggerian Perspective (Problems in Contemporary Philosophy; 17), volume I, Lewiston, N.Y.; Queenston, Ont.; Lampeter, Ceredigion: The Edwin Mellen Press, →ISBN, page 107:
text: In the instant case, there were oral communications, lien release letters covering specified periods of time, plus a request for a third joint check, followed by a subsequent admittedness of further indebtedness by OWNERS.
ref: [2005], Records and Briefs of the California First District (Civil No. A031915), San Francisco, Calif.: [The Court], →OCLC, page 15, lines 20–23:
text: Loving the rosaries of frank admittedness, throes of sinking ships and snakes speaking English.
ref: 2011 February 8, Anthony Haas, Dawn Peyote, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 216:
glosses: The quality of being admitted.
good laugh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: good laughs
Senses: examples: text: Overall, the place is, to use the technical term, “a good laugh” and definitely romantic.
ref: 2019 May 10, Grace Dent, “No. Fifty Cheyne, London SW3: ‘A good laugh’ - restaurant review”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: “We get on well. He [Adam Peaty] is a good laugh. And if someone is going to be further up the rankings, you want it to be someone from Great Britain.”
ref: 2021 April 13, Sean Ingle, quoting James Wilby, “Adam Peaty brilliant but beatable, says Team GB rival James Wilby”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Chiefly preceded by a: Someone (or something) that is very amusing or entertaining.
harajaku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harajakus
Senses: glosses: street fashion originated in the Harajaku district of Tokyo, Japan
Stokes' theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: curl theorem
Kelvin-Stokes theorem
glosses: A theorem in vector calculus that relates the integral of the curl of a given vector field over some surface to the line integral of the vector field around the boundary of the surface.
Kelvin-Stokes theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kelvin-Stokes theorem
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Stokes' theorem
synonyms: word: Stokes' theorem
Eales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
sfija
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sfijas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sfiha.
sunvozertinib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug used for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer.
linvoseltamab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anti-cancer medication used in cases of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
sebetralstat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medication used to treat hereditary angioedema.
AFGE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Federation of Government Employees
hurls chunks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hurl chunks
hurling chunks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hurl chunks
hurled chunks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hurl chunks
maizypop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From maizy + pop, after popcorn and perhaps lollipop. Coined by its promoter Seymour W. Bonsall.
Senses: examples: text: So here was Timothy McShanus deserting the baked meats, to say nothing of his convenient corner in the buffet, to go out and stare at a red shepherdess with picture books and maizypop to sell.
ref: 1906 June–November, Max Pemberton, “The Diamond Ship. […]”, in Cassell’s Magazine, Illustrated, London; Paris; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Cassell and Company, Limited, →OCLC, page 101, column 1:
text: Refreshments at Hampstead diversified and mild; cockles, winkles, meat pies (miles of ’em)—coloured “Hy”talian pasty-looking little rainbows, green gooseberries shivery and sour, even to look at, ices, “Ole Tom’s” real “ole horiginal hokey,” nougat (not from Persia), maizypop, no end of drinks, active and passive, sarsaparilla, dandelion, burdock beer, ginger ale, and soft drinks of sorts; […]
ref: 1906 July 8, Emily Soldene, “London Week by Week”, in Evening News, number 12,198, Sydney, N.S.W., published 14 July 1906, →OCLC, page 7, column 3:
text: “[…] An American would regard the Valley of Rocks at Lynton simply as a piece of waste around[.] He would want to erect a merry-go-round and a giant wheel, and a switchback railway there, with a number of kiosks for the sale of monkey nuts, maizypop, and ice cream soda.” / “Which shows that the American has no soul?” I asked. / “Not at all,” said the professor. “It requires a soul to appreciate the pleasures of munching maizypop and riding on a scenic railway rather than lazing peacefully in the Valley of the Rocks.[…]”
ref: 1911 September 23, “Arduous Pleasures (Scene New York.)”, in The Calgary Daily Herald, mail edition, 28th year, number 2987, Calgary, Alta., →OCLC, page 12, column 5:
glosses: Popcorn (snack food), especially with molasses.
wikipedia: New York Herald
Related terms: popmaize
crackerjack
double-fists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of double-fist
sore-throated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sore-throated
form: most sore-throated
Etymology: From sore throat + -ed
Senses: glosses: Afflicted with a sore throat.
makes someone's skin creep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make someone's skin creep
making someone's skin creep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make someone's skin creep
made someone's skin creep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make someone's skin creep
makes someone's flesh crawl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make someone's flesh crawl
making someone's flesh crawl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make someone's flesh crawl
made someone's flesh crawl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make someone's flesh crawl
makes someone's toenails curl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make someone's toenails curl
making someone's toenails curl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make someone's toenails curl
made someone's toenails curl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make someone's toenails curl
busks it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of busk it
busking it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of busk it
busked it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of busk it
metal-detects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of metal-detect
metal-detecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of metal-detect
metal-detected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metal-detect
lies like a rug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lie like a rug
lying like a rug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lie like a rug
lied like a rug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lie like a rug
throws pearls before swine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw pearls before swine
throwing pearls before swine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw pearls before swine
threw pearls before swine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw pearls before swine
thrown pearls before swine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw pearls before swine
gets across the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get across the line
getting across the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get across the line
got across the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get across the line
gotten across the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get across the line
re-Latinises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-Latinise
re-Latinising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-Latinise
re-Latinised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-Latinise
re-Latinizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-Latinize
re-Latinizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-Latinize
re-Latinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-Latinize
out-does
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of out-do
out-doing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of out-do
out-did
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of out-do
out-done
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of out-do
back-taxis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of back-taxi
back-taxiing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of back-taxi
back-taxied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of back-taxi
hangs by a hair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hang by a hair
hanging by a hair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hang by a hair
hung by a hair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hang by a hair
tips the balance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tip the balance
tipping the balance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tip the balance
tipped the balance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tip the balance
re-purposes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-purpose
re-purposing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-purpose
re-purposed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-purpose
bro-zones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bro-zone
bro-zoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bro-zone
bro-zoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bro-zone
video-chats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video-chat
video-chats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of video-chat
video-chatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of video-chat
hard-blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hard-block
hard-blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard-block
hard-blocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hard-block
hard-blocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hard-block
house-hunts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of house-hunt
house-hunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house-hunt
house-hunted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of house-hunt
drops the hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drop the hammer
dropping the hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drop the hammer
dropped the hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drop the hammer
gets the drop on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get the drop on
getting the drop on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get the drop on
got the drop on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get the drop on
gotten the drop on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get the drop on
knee slides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knee slide
knee slides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knee slide
knee sliding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knee slide
knee slid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knee slide
has a good mind to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a good mind to
having a good mind to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a good mind to
had a good mind to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a good mind to
makes a fool out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make a fool out of
making a fool out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make a fool out of
made a fool out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make a fool out of
hits the showers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the showers
hitting the showers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit the showers
hits the shower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the shower
hitting the shower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit the shower
hits on all six
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit on all six
re-arranges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-arrange
re-arranging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-arrange
re-arranged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-arrange
puts the kybosh on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put the kybosh on
putting the kybosh on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put the kybosh on
gets one's head together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's head together
getting one's head together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get one's head together
got one's head together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get one's head together
gotten one's head together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get one's head together
goes sing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go sing
going sing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go sing
went sing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go sing
gone sing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go sing
re-brands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-brand
re-branding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-brand
re-branded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-brand
raises someone's shackles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of raise someone's shackles
raising someone's shackles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of raise someone's shackles
raised someone's shackles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raise someone's shackles
raises from the dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of raise from the dead
raising from the dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of raise from the dead
raised from the dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raise from the dead
blows water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blow water
blowing water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blow water
blew water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of blow water
blowed water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blow water
blown water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of blow water
shifts the goalposts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shift the goalposts
shifting the goalposts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shift the goalposts
shifted the goalposts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shift the goalposts
flaps one's lips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flap one's lips
flapping one's lips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flap one's lips
flapped one's lips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flap one's lips
yellowback fusilier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellowback fusiliers
Senses: glosses: A pelagic marine fish (Caesio xanthonota), native to the tropical Indo-Pacific. It usually grows to about 40 cm (16 in) and typically has a greyish blue colour with a bright yellow zone on the back.
true jellyfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: true jellyfishes
form: true jellyfish
Etymology: From true (sense 5.1).
Senses: glosses: Any of the class Scyphozoa of jellyfish; a marine animal with a gelatinous, usually transparent, bell-shaped body, often with trailing tentacles that can sting.
crispettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crispette
wagon load
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagon loads
Senses: examples: text: As wagon load after wagon load of prisoners was taken away, a large crowd of shoppers along Fourteenth Street and Sixth Avenue stopped to watch them.
ref: 1902 April 30, “Hand-to-Hand Fight in a Tenderloin Raid: 62 Prisoners Taken by Capt. Sheehan in an Alleged Poolroom. […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2025:
text: “Maizypop” was first fed to the Londoners last spring when a New Yorker, who planned and executed the “invasion,” gave away a wagon load of it to the great crowd of pleasure-makers that gathers on Hampton Heath on Easter Monday—a bank holiday.
ref: 1905 December 14, “‘Maizypop’ in London”, in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, volume XLIX, number 30, Seattle, Wash., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 3:
text: The recording boasts a wagon load of country and Americana music luminaries including Guy Clark, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Eliza Gilkyson, Dan Penn, Gretchen Peters, Ian Tyson, Jimmy LaFave and Augie Meyers, along with some cherry-picked vintage recordings that add the voices of Johnny Cash, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Lead Belly and Tex Ritter, Mexican norteno and mariachi groups, French Canadian songs and other colorful elements from U.S. border regions.
ref: 2015 June 13, Randy Lewis, “Tom Russell to preview new cowboy opera on Saturday at McCabe's”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2015:
glosses: Alternative form of wagonload.
wagon loads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagon load
launches lunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of launch lunch
launching lunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of launch lunch
launched lunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of launch lunch
strikes at the heart of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strike at the heart of
striking at the heart of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strike at the heart of
wagon-load
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagon-loads
Senses: examples: text: On one occasion he saw wagon-loads of these unfortunate creatures brought from Andersonville to Columbia, (to which he had been removed,) and, as they were too weak to get out, the end of the wagon was taken up and they were "dumped out" on the court-yard.
ref: 1864 December 18, “A History of Suffering”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2025:
text: What Benjamin found in those wagon-loads of papers was enough to get him started in business.
ref: 1981 March 7, Dan Lauck, “Pages of History, Volumes of Value”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2017:
text: Then there are public and commercial lots and on-street parking farther from the waves, which, depending on how many wagon-loads of kids and gear you’re schlepping, may not be a viable option.=
ref: 2024 July 26, Karen Garcia, “Don’t feed the meter, save money and buy a parking permit at these LA and OC beaches”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2024:
glosses: Alternative form of wagonload.
wagon-loads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagon-load
drives someone to the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drive someone to the wall
driving someone to the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drive someone to the wall
drove someone to the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of drive someone to the wall
driven someone to the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of drive someone to the wall
whips some skull on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whip some skull on
whipping some skull on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whip some skull on
whipped some skull on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whip some skull on
cuts slingload
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cut slingload
cutting slingload
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cut slingload
strains the potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strain the potatoes
straining the potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strain the potatoes
strained the potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strain the potatoes
blows the roof off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blow the roof off
blowing the roof off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blow the roof off