cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Liffey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪfi/
rhymes: -ɪfi
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Life.
Senses: examples: text: That there, that's not me
 I go where I please
 I walk through walls
 I float down the Liffey
ref: 2000, “How to Disappear Completely”, in Kid A, performed by Radiohead:
glosses: A river in Ireland that flows from the Wicklow Mountains for around 75 miles (125 km) through Dublin to the Irish Sea.
Derived terms: Liffey water
Mersey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməːzi/
ipa: /ˈmɜː-/
ipa: /ˈmɚzi/
ipa: /ˈmɝ-/
ipa: /ˈmɛrze/
ipa: /ˈmɛrzɪ/
ipa: /ˈmɛrzi/
ipa: /ˈmøːzi/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈmeːzi/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈmɛːzi/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈmɜː(ɹ)zɪ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi
Etymology: From Old English mæres ēa (“boundary river”).
Senses: glosses: A river in England that flows for about 113 km (70 mi) to the Irish Sea at Liverpool.
Derived terms: Ashton upon Mersey
Heaton Mersey
Merseybeat
Merseyside
Meuse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjuːz/
homophone: mews
homophone: muse
homophone: Muse
Etymology: From French Meuse.
Senses: synonyms: Maas
glosses: A major river that flows about 901 km (560 mi) from France through Belgium and the Netherlands to the North Sea.
glosses: A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Bar-le-Duc (INSEE code 55).
Oder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Oder.
Senses: glosses: A river in central Europe, that flows from the Czech Republic through Poland and Germany to the Baltic Sea.
wikipedia: Oder
Derived terms: Oder-Neisse Line
luke
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /l(j)uːk/
ipa: /lɪu̯k/
rhymes: -uːk
Etymology: From Middle English leuȝke, leuk, leuke, lewk, lewke, louk, luk, luke, probably from Old English *hlēoc beside hlēow- (whence lew); compare rēoc and rēow, slēac and un-slēaw, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Let me have nine penn'orth o' brandy and water luke, and the inkstand, will you, miss?
ref: 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers:
text: Then one of them turned coward on account of the exceeding chill,
cast away his faith, and desired to bathe himself
in the luke water, and turned from his companions;
but he died as soon as he touched the water,
and the warmness was turned into death to him […]
ref: 1881, Ælfric, trans. Walter W. Skeat, Aelfric’s Lives of Saints, page 249
text: Next thing, I have a confrince with Barry and I tells him, 'Frankly, kid, it don't look any too hot over there at Regal. In fack, very luke.'
ref: 1946, Arthur Kober, That Man is Here Again: The Adventures of a Hollywood Agent, Random House:
text: Secondly, fresh, preferably luke to warm water must be provided in waterers every day to avoid dehydration, weakening and ‘going light’. […] Warm to luke water is given in waterers as an alternative because all fowl drink more water if it is not excessively cold, […]
ref: 1983, C. Darrel Sheraw, Lou Horton, Bill Durbin, The Call Duck Breed Book, page 106:
text: Same time, if you put the other hand in cold water and then in luke water, you will feel luke warm water is hot.
ref: 2016, Ankur and Vandana Mehrotra, You Can Do It: Find Answers to All Your Questions on How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur Now:
glosses: lukewarm
Derived terms: lukecold
lukeness
lukewarm
catte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cattes
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of cat.
tendril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛn.dɹəl/
Forms: form: tendrils
Etymology: From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adjective)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (verb)).
Senses: examples: text: The Gourd, / And thirſty Cucumer, vvhen they perceive / Th' approaching Olive, vvith Reſentment fly / Her fatty Fibres, and vvith Tendrils creep / Diverſe, deteſting Contact; […]
ref: 1708, [John Philips], “Book I”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 17:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A hair-like tentacle.
examples: text: Her blond hair was tied into a half up, half down style with face-framing tendrils.
ref: 2025 July 2, Yola Mzizi, “With All Eyes on Them, a ‘WAG’ Style Emerges”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Anything shaped like a tendril or coil.
Derived terms: tendril perversion
tendril
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛn.dɹəl/
Etymology: From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adjective)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (verb)).
Senses: examples: text: Kissing the tendril fingers - at first because Mina, its mother, did not - but later with a rapture begot by its breath on her breast.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 275:
glosses: Having the shape or properties of a tendril; thin and coiling; entwining.
spirally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From spiral + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The bees always alighten at the bottom of the spike, and, crawling spirally up it, sucked one flower after the other.
ref: 1862, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening - Volume 3, page 163:
text: a spirally grooved surface
glosses: In a spiral fashion.
silesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silesias
Senses: examples: text: "Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. He followed this up by pitching first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop.
ref: 1910, H G Wells, The History of Mr Polly, page 27:
glosses: Silesian textile made of flax or cotton.
Frankfurt-am-Main
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Frankfurt am Main.
Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Frankfurt an der Oder.
pares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pare
ostia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ostium
Spey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: spā
ipa: /speɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: spae
homophone: spay
Senses: glosses: A major river in Highland council area and Moray council area, Scotland, that flows to the Moray Firth.
Derived terms: Grantown-on-Spey
Spey casting
Spey rod
Speyside
Strathspey
Rhone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -əʊn
Forms: form: Rhône
Etymology: From French Rhône.
Senses: glosses: A major river in Switzerland and France that flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea.
trig
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪɡ/
ipa: [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: trigger
form: triggest
Etymology: From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“loyal, faithful, true”). Cognate with Old English trīewe (“faithful, loyal, true”). More at true.
Senses: glosses: True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
glosses: Safe; secure.
examples: text: Aye, the Chicopee, a fine-un, she were. Clean-built and trig-lookin’! None more fleet in ‘64 than she...
ref: 2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe):
glosses: Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
examples: text: we possess of pig's skin and stirrups to keep them square and trig
ref: 1857, J. Rarey, “The Taming of Horses”, in British Quarterly Review:
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:
text: The [torture] stories seemed incongruent with the men telling them – a trim, trig lot who, given a few pounds more flesh, might have stepped right out of a recruiting poster.
ref: 1973, Newsweek, April 16
glosses: Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
glosses: Active; clever.
trig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪɡ/
ipa: [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: trigs
Etymology: From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“loyal, faithful, true”). Cognate with Old English trīewe (“faithful, loyal, true”). More at true.
Senses: glosses: A dandy; coxcomb.
trig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪɡ/
ipa: [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: trigs
Etymology: Clipping of trigonometry.
Senses: glosses: Trigonometry.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: A trig point.
Derived terms: trig identity
trig pillar
trig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪɡ/
ipa: [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: trigs
Etymology: See trigger.
Senses: examples: text: You might as well smite that saw with your fist ; you might as well put a trig under the dam and stop it, as to practise on him
ref: 1850, Sylvester Judd, Richard Edney and the Governor's Family:
glosses: A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
glosses: The mark for players at skittles, etc.
trig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪɡ/
ipa: [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: trigs
form: trigging
form: trigged
form: trigged
Etymology: See trigger.
Senses: glosses: To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
trig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪɡ/
ipa: [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: trigs
form: trigging
form: trigged
form: trigged
Etymology: Compare Danish trykke (“to press”).
Senses: examples: text: By how much more a mans skin is full treg'd with flesh, blood and natural Spirits.
ref: 1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC:
glosses: To fill; to stuff; to cram.
trig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪɡ/
ipa: [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: trigs
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Triglyceride.
trig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪɡ/
ipa: [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪɡ]
rhymes: -ɪɡ
Forms: form: trigs
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae.
tribute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪbjuːt/
Forms: form: tributes
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English tribut, from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuō (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”). See tribe.
Senses: examples: text: Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.
text: the passing tribute of a sigh
ref: 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:
glosses: An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
examples: text: Did you catch the Up in Smoke tribute in that episode of That '70s Show?
glosses: An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.
examples: text: The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.
glosses: A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
glosses: Extortion; protection money.
glosses: A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
examples: text: The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable
ref: 1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […] :
text: 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]
topics: business
mining
glosses: A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
glosses: Ellipsis of cum tribute.
Synonyms: encomium
heriot
Derived terms: cum tribute
I volunteer as tribute
tribute act
tribute band
tribute money
tribute wall
Related terms: tribe
tribal
tributary
tribute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɪbjuːt/
Forms: form: tributes
form: tributing
form: tributed
form: tributed
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English tribut, from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuō (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”). See tribe.
Senses: examples: text: Amorous Trifler, that spendeth[…]his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne.
ref: 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia:
glosses: To pay as tribute.
Related terms: attribute
contribute
distribute
achromatopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achromatopias
Senses: glosses: Synonym of achromatopsia.
synonyms: word: achromatopsia
third degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Attested from 1900. The phrase, meaning "intense interrogation by police," likely refers to the Third Degree of Master Mason in Freemasonry, the ceremony for which included an interrogation. Alternatively, it reflects the practice of interrogation under torture, where three degrees of torture were recognized, of increasing intensity. In other contexts, three degrees of interrogation were recognised, with torture being the third degree.
Senses: examples: text: When I came home at 4 a.m., my dad really gave me the third degree.
text: In the book I use the terms "third degree" and "torture" interchangeably because "third degree" has become synonymous with torture and the interviewees often used them interchangeably.
ref: 2020, Jinee Lokaneeta, The Truth Machines, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 168:
glosses: Intensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession
Related terms: Spanish Inquisition
11th
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: 11ᵗʰ
Senses: examples: text: Final data for the year shows that suicide was the 11th leading cause of death nationwide, with more than 14 deaths for every 100,000 people.
ref: 2023 April 13, Deidre McPhillips, “Suicide rises to 11th leading cause of death in the US in 2021, reversing two years of decline”, in CNN:
glosses: Abbreviation of eleventh.
12th
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: 12ᵗʰ
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of twelfth.
MDPE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of medium-density polyethylene.
extensification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of making something (more) extensive.
glosses: The geographic spread and distribution of any technology, especially agriculture.
Related terms: extensify
ROV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ROVs
Senses: examples: text: ‘So ROVs are great for shallower areas, but not so great on a trip like this.’
ref: 2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 55:
glosses: Initialism of remotely operated vehicle (“remote control robot submarine etc”).
glosses: Initialism of recreational off-road vehicle.
Related terms: sense: remotely operated vehicles
word: AUV
sense: remotely operated vehicles
word: OPV
sense: remotely operated vehicles
word: RPV
sense: remotely operated vehicles
word: UAV
sense: remotely operated vehicles
word: UCAV
word: ATV
word: drone
word: dirt bike
INTERCAL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A parody programming language created in 1972.
action group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: action groups
Senses: glosses: A group of people who come together temporarily to accomplish some task or take part in some organised collective action.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A component of a naval task force.
converter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈvɜːtə/
ipa: /kənˈvɝtɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: converters
form: convertor
Etymology: From convert + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Mekydro transmission employs a single converter and a four-speed mechanical gearbox, which has the advantage of cheapness and simplicity for the same number of gear changes, and does away with the necessity for constantly emptying and filling converters, which tends to harm the oil by aeration.
ref: 1960 January, “The Swindon Type "4" diesel-hydraulic units”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 41–42, referring to a torque converter:
glosses: A person or thing that converts.
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A person or thing that converts.
A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A person or thing that converts.
A retort or furnace, used e.g. in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.
glosses: A person or thing that converts.
A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person or thing that converts.
A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.
coordinate_terms: unit convertor
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A person or thing that converts.
A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.
glosses: A person or thing that converts.
A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.
glosses: A person or thing that converts.
Regional term for remote control.
Derived terms: analog-to-digital converter
arc converter
Bessemer converter
buck converter
Cadillac converter
catalytic converter
console converter
delta-sigma converter
digital converter box
digital-to-analog converter
ferroelectric converter
ink converter
interconverter
maniverter
nanoconverter
nonconverter
pentagrid converter
photoconverter
regional converter
rotary converter
seroconverter
sigma-delta converter
teleconverter
time stretch analog-to-digital converter
time-to-digital converter
torque converter
wide-angle converter
come home to roost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes home to roost
form: coming home to roost
form: came home to roost
form: come home to roost
form: the chickens come home to roost
Senses: examples: text: At some point, he warned, sentiment among foreign investors could turn against America's deteriorating fundamentals, triggering a sharp sell-off in U.S. stocks and bonds that would threaten to throw the economy's expansion into reverse. "Will those risks ever come home to roost? One can't predict with great confidence," said Summers.
ref: 2005 February 25, Paul Blustein, “Foreign Investment^s Flip Side; U.S. Trade Deficit Swells Along With Consumption, Debt”, in Washington Post:
glosses: To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).
Related terms: come back to bite
crosswise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cross-wise
Etymology: From Middle English croswyse, crose wyse, equivalent to cross + -wise.
Senses: glosses: crossing; lying across
Derived terms: crosswisely
crosswise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: cross-wise
Etymology: From Middle English croswyse, crose wyse, equivalent to cross + -wise.
Senses: glosses: transversely; so as to lie across
Derived terms: one-half crosswise
New Year's Eve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: New Year's Eves
Senses: glosses: The holiday occurring on the last day of the year, celebrated on December 31st in cultures following the Gregorian calendar.
Related terms: word: New Year's Day
sense: whereas watch night is the night that begins at sundown on New Year's Eve and ends with sunrise on New Year's Day
alt: not identical to New Year's Eve – New Year's Eve is the entire day before New Year's Day
word: watchnight
ringpiece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ringpieces
Etymology: From ring + piece.
Senses: glosses: The anal sphincter
Synonyms: ring
Related terms: puke one's ring
Erik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eric
form: Erick
form: Eriq
form: Erique
Etymology: A spelling variant of Eric, or directly borrowed from modern Swedish Erik.
Senses: examples: text: San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson successfully underwent surgery to fix a muscle tear in his left forearm, according to the team. Per the Sharks, Karlsson is expected to be reevaluated in March.
ref: 2022 January 25, The Athletic Staff, “Sharks’ Erik Karlsson has surgery on left forearm; to be reevaluated in March”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eric.
Related terms: Erika
Eric
Erich
Erick
Eriq
Erique
scrofulously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scrofulously
form: most scrofulously
Etymology: From scrofulous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: morally degenerate; corrupt
Related terms: scrofulous
scrofulousness
scrofulousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scrofulous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: state of being morally degenerate or corrupt
Related terms: scrofulous
scrofulously
gawky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɔːki/
rhymes: -ɔːki
Forms: form: gawkier
form: gawkiest
Etymology: From gawk + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The “gawky” illustrations look as though they may have been done by Belva Jean herself (Bulletin, Mar. 1989).
ref: 2009, Appalachian Children's Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, McFarland, →ISBN, page 77:
text: The woman had barely come up to Seth's shoulder. Petite with curly blonde hair and a dimpled smile. Nothing at all like Francine with her plain brown hair and hazel eyes. Just looking at the woman's picture had made her feel tall and gawky.
ref: 2020, Ann H. Gabhart, An Appalachian Summer, Revell, →ISBN:
glosses: Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.
qualifier: West Riding
glosses: Left-handed.
Synonyms: gauche
ungraceful
Derived terms: gawkily
gawkiness
gawky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɔːki/
rhymes: -ɔːki
Forms: form: gawkies
Etymology: From gawk + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "[…] Mrs. Sedley had forgiven his breaking the punch-bowl at the child's party. Don't you remember the catastrophe, Ma'am, seven years ago?"
"Over Mrs. Flamingo's crimson silk gown," said good-natured Mrs. Sedley. "What a gawky it was! And his sisters are not much more graceful. Lady Dobbin was at Highbury last night with three of them. Such figures! my dears."
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: Let not the inconveniently tall, the gawkies, the Maypoles, despair.
ref: 1870, Punch, volume 58, page 198:
glosses: An awkward, ungainly person.
coitus interruptus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin coitus (“sexual intercourse”) + interruptus (“interrupted, cut short”), the perfect passive participle of interrumpo (“to interrupt, to cut short”).
Senses: examples: text: Yet in the event, population continued to grow – even though signs began to appear that coitus interruptus was beginning to be used systematically to reduce family size.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 351:
text: We have come some way since sheep's bladder condoms but male contraceptive options are still pretty basic. Not counting one Chinese invention - a small electronic device worn in the underpants, which causes infertility for a month after a current is switched on briefly - it is still down to the old favourites: abstinence, coitus interruptus, condoms or vasectomy.
ref: 2003 October 7, Lucy Atkins, “Men on the pill? Yeah, right”, in The Guardian:
text: She'd long since caught the knack of moving with him, and closed her arms and legs around him. “You'll fly with me, Tiberius? Take the last fence with me?” He'd meant to pull out. Coitus interruptus was a term even the scholars failing their Latin knew before they left public school.
ref: [2013, Grace Burrowes, Once Upon a Tartan, Sourcebooks, →ISBN, page 287:
coordinate_terms: coitus reservatus
glosses: Sexual intercourse interrupted by withdrawal of the penis before ejaculation.
Related terms: get off at Haymarket
pull out
DW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Deutsche Welle.
glosses: Initialism of Doctor Who.
DW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DWs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of data warehouse.
glosses: Initialism of draw-well.
DW
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of diagonally to the wall.
Related terms: sense: diagonally to the wall
word: BDC
sense: diagonally to the wall
word: BDW
sense: diagonally to the wall
word: DC
sense: diagonally to the wall
word: FDC
sense: diagonally to the wall
word: FDW
DW
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of don't worry.
Related terms: DW-MRI
Shak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Shakespeare.
Shak.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shak (“abbreviation of Shakespeare”).
merm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merms
Etymology: Blend of man + perm
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
hairdressing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A permanent for a man.
merm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merms
Etymology: Blend of male + herm (“hermaphrodite”)
Senses: glosses: A pseudohermaphrodite.
Coordinate terms: ferm
commit to memory
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kəˈmɪts tu ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi/
Forms: form: commits to memory
form: committing to memory
form: committed to memory
form: committed to memory
Senses: examples: text: The poems in this collection are those that children love. With the exception of seven, they are short enough for children to commit to memory without wearying themselves or losing interest in the poem.
ref: 1904, Mary Elizabeth Burt, Poems That Every Child Should Know, Preface:
glosses: To learn by heart, to memorize.
commit a bill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: commits a bill
form: committing a bill
form: committed a bill
form: committed a bill
Senses: topics: law
glosses: To refer or entrust a piece of legislation to a committee (or others) to be considered and reported.
intrust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intrusts
form: intrusting
form: intrusted
form: intrusted
Etymology: From in- + trust.
Senses: examples: text: For reasons of her own, Pitanè had intrusted Æpytus, an Arcadian prince, with the charge of the maiden Evadne.
ref: 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 8, page 127:
glosses: Archaic form of entrust.
entrust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɹʌst/
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: entrusts
form: entrusting
form: entrusted
form: entrusted
form: intrust
Etymology: From en- + trust.
Senses: examples: text: Can I entrust you with a secret?
text: He entrusted me his daughter.
text: He entrusts that task to her.
text: The study of the main body of Hittite texts was intrusted^([sic]) to the Austrian scholar Hrozny, who in 1915 published a preliminary account of his results[…]
ref: 1920, Carl D. Buck, “Hittite an Indo-European Language?”, in Classical Philology, volume 15, number 2, →DOI, page 185:
text: The first step toward finding a way out of this place begins when we take a flamethrower to Newt Gingrich cum Alvin Toffler style laissez-faire futurism, which entrusts our collective fate to the tender mercies of the marketplace, or New Age cyberbole that would have us pin our hopes to a millennial blastoff.
ref: 2004, Geert Lovink, Uncanny Networks: Dialogues with the Virtual Intelligentsia, →ISBN, page 1742:
glosses: To trust to the care of.
Derived terms: entrustee
entrustment
re-entrust
esp
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: esp.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of esp..
cascade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæsˈkeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: cascades
form: cascading
form: cascaded
form: cascaded
Etymology: From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.
Senses: examples: text: Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk High are currently suspended, following a 30-metre breach of the Union Canal that occurred on August 12 after torrential rain and thunderstorms. The thousands of gallons of water that cascaded onto the railway line below washed away track, ballast and overhead line equipment, and undermined embankments along a 300-metre section of Scotland's busiest rail link.
ref: 2020 August 26, “Network News: Major flood damage severs key Edinburgh-Glasgow rail artery”, in Rail, page 21:
glosses: To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
examples: text: No matter how you tile or cascade the windows, each window's Minimize, Maximize, and Restore buttons work as usual.
ref: 2001, Greg M Perry, Sams teach yourself Microsoft Windows XP in 24 hours:
glosses: To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
examples: text: Child folders inherit the configuration of their parent folder, meaning that configuration settings cascade down through an application's virtual folder hierarchy.
ref: 2003, Adam Freeman, Allen Jones, Programming .NET Security:
glosses: To occur as a causal sequence.
examples: text: Relief arrived at Cardiff Canton depot on 1 September in the shape of the first of 12 Class 170 units cascaded from Greater Anglia.
ref: 2019 October, Rhodri Clark, “TfW seeks PRM derogation for Class 37 sets”, in Modern Railways, page 87:
glosses: To pass (something) down through a chain or system in a flow or series of movements.
examples: text: Then he began to choke. The next thing I knew, he cascaded onto my new carpet.
ref: 2011, Amanda Quick, With This Ring:
glosses: To vomit.
extractive principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts
Related terms: extract
traits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trāts
ipa: /tɹeɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
Senses: glosses: plural of trait
perm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɝm/
ipa: /pɜːm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: perms
Etymology: Short for permanent.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of permanent wave (“hairstyle”).
Derived terms: bubble perm
disco perm
merm
zoomer perm
perm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɝm/
ipa: /pɜːm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: perms
form: perming
form: permed
form: permed
Etymology: Short for permanent.
Senses: glosses: To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.
Derived terms: reperm
perm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɝm/
ipa: /pɜːm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: perms
Etymology: Short for permutation.
Senses: glosses: A permutation.
glosses: A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.
Derived terms: T perm
perm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɝm/
ipa: /pɜːm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: perms
Etymology: Short for permission.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Permission
red-backed shrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-backed shrikes
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized bird (Lanius collurio) of the shrike family that breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa, eating large insects, small birds, voles, and lizards.
Synonyms: word: pope
black-crested antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-crested antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A South American passerine bird in the antbird family, living in undergrowth in mangrove or other swampy forest and thickets near water, Sakesphorus canadensis.
antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ănt′-shrīk′
ipa: /ˈæntˌʃɹaɪk/
Forms: form: antshrikes
Etymology: From ant + shrike.
Senses: glosses: Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
Derived terms: Acre antshrike
Amazonian antshrike
bamboo antshrike
band-tailed antshrike
bar-crested antshrike
barred antshrike
black antshrike
black-backed antshrike
black-crested antshrike
black-hooded antshrike
blackish-gray antshrike
black-throated antshrike
Bolivian slaty antshrike
Castelnau's antshrike
Chapman's antshrike
chestnut-backed antshrike
Cocha antshrike
collared antshrike
fasciated antshrike
glossy antshrike
great antshrike
Guianan slaty antshrike
large-tailed antshrike
lined antshrike
mouse-colored antshrike
Natterer's slaty antshrike
pearly antshrike
Peruvian slaty antshrike
plain-winged antshrike
Planalto slaty antshrike
rufous-capped antshrike
rufous-winged antshrike
silvery-cheeked antshrike
Sooretama slaty antshrike
spot-backed antshrike
spot-winged antshrike
streak-backed antshrike
tufted antshrike
undulated antshrike
uniform antshrike
upland antshrike
variable antshrike
western slaty antshrike
white-bearded antshrike
white-shouldered antshrike
barred antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barred antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, of species Thamnophilus doliatus.
great antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family (Taraba major, syn. Thamnophilus major).
fasciated antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fasciated antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, in species Cymbilaimus lineatus (formerly Lanius lineatus).
black-throated antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-throated antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Frederickena viridis.
black-backed antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-backed antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Sakesphorus melanonotus.
Acre antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Acre antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus divisorius.
bamboo antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bamboo antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the species Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae, in the antbird family.
spot-backed antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spot-backed antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Hypoedaleus guttatus.
tufted antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tufted antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Mackenziaena severa.
large-tailed antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large-tailed antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Mackenziaena leachii, syn. Thamnophilus leachii
undulated antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undulated antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Frederickena unduligera.
collared antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collared antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family (Thamnophilus bernardi, syn. Sakesphorus bernardi)
silvery-cheeked antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silvery-cheeked antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Sakesphorus cristatus, Thamnophilus cristatus
black-hooded antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-hooded antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus bridgesi
lined antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lined antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus palliatus
Synonyms: chestnut-backed antshrike
chestnut-backed antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chestnut-backed antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family (Thamnophilus palliatus, syn. Lanius palliatus)
bar-crested antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bar-crested antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of species Thamnophilus multistriatus, in the antbird family.
Chapman's antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chapman's antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family (Thamnophilus zarumae).
white-bearded antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-bearded antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird (Biatas nigropectus) of the antbird family.
glossy antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glossy antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family (Sakesphorus luctuosus).
band-tailed antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: band-tailed antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Sakesphorus melanothorax.
black antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus nigriceps.
Cocha antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cocha antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus praecox.
blackish-gray antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackish-gray antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus nigrocinereus.
Castelnau's antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Castelnau's antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus cryptoleucus.
white-shouldered antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-shouldered antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family (Thamnophilus aethiops).
uniform antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uniform antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus unicolor,
upland antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upland antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus aroyae.
plain-winged antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plain-winged antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus schistaceus
mouse-colored antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouse-colored antshrikes
Senses: glosses: Thamnophilus murinus, a passerine bird of the antbird family, native to South America.
western slaty antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: western slaty antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus atrinucha.
Guianan slaty antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Guianan slaty antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus punctatus, (syn. Lanius punctatus).
Peruvian slaty antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peruvian slaty antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus caerulescens.
Synonyms: sense: Thamnophilus caerulescens
word: Peruvian antshrike
sense: Thamnophilus caerulescens
word: variable antshrike
Natterer's slaty antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Natterer's slaty antshrikes
Etymology: Named after Johann Natterer (1787–1843), Austrian naturalist and explorer.
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus stictocephalus.
wikipedia: Johann Natterer
Bolivian slaty antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bolivian slaty antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus sticturus
Planalto slaty antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Planalto slaty antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus pelzelni (syn. Thamnophilus punctatus pelzelni)
Sooretama slaty antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sooretama slaty antshrikes
Senses: examples: text: The Planalto Slaty-antshrike (Thamnophilus pelzelni) and the Sooretama Slaty-antshrike (T. ambiguus) are most easily distinguished by subtle and localized changes in plumage colors of males and females.
ref: 2007, Brazilian Journal of Biology, volume 67, page 873:
glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus ambiguus (syn. Thamnophilus naevius ambiguus).
streak-backed antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streak-backed antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus insignis.
Amazonian antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Amazonian antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus amazonicus.
variable antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: variable antshrikes
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird of the antbird family, in species Thamnophilus caerulescens.
rufous-winged antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rufous-winged antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus torquatus.
rufous-capped antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rufous-capped antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus ruficapillus.
spot-winged antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spot-winged antshrikes
Senses: glosses: a passerine bird of the antbird family (Pygiptila stellaris, syn Thamnophilus stellaris).
pearly antshrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearly antshrikes
Senses: glosses: Megastictus margaritatus, a passerine bird of the antbird family, native to South America.
phagocytize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phagocytizes
form: phagocytizing
form: phagocytized
form: phagocytized
form: phagocytise
Etymology: From phagocyte + -ize.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
immunology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: phagocytose
glosses: To ingest (something) by phagocytosis.
Maske
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maskes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Maske.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑɹt/
ipa: /bɑːt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
homophone: BART
homophone: baht (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: Barts
Senses: examples: text: The First Lord's daughter proud,
Snubbed earls and viscounts nightly—
She sneered at barts aloud.
And spurned poor Joe Golightly.
ref: 1867, W.S. Gilbert, Joe Golightly:
synonyms: Bt
glosses: Abbreviation or diminutive for baronet, later replaced by Bt. It is a post-nominative title; the pre-nominative is Sir (e.g. Sir John Smith Bart.).
Bart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑɹt/
ipa: /bɑːt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
homophone: BART
homophone: baht (non-rhotic)
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
Mantel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mantels
Senses: glosses: A surname.
dunkel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌŋ.k(ə)l/
rhymes: -ʌŋkəl
Forms: form: dunkels
Etymology: From German dunkel (“dark”).
Senses: examples: text: I drank dunkel export beer in the Bier Halle where all the girls were called Therese;
ref: 1994, A Stomach for Dissent: The Life of Raymond Postgate, 1896-1971, Keele University Press, page 168:
text: Recently, for instance, he brewed all dunkels for a period, only with different yeast strains.
ref: 1997, The New Brewer, page 120:
text: Bavarian dunkels are deep reddish-brown in colour.
ref: 2008, The Beer Book, DK, page 104:
text: Dunkels tend to be moderately hopped, made using dark malts, and offer malty, toffee, chocolate flavours. While weissbiers, helles and dunkels are not actually indigenous to Germany, altbier has its origins around the city of Düsseldorf,[…].
ref: 2014, Gavin D. Smith, Beer: A Global History (The Edible Series), Reaktion Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A type of dark German lager, typically ranging in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and characterized by its smooth malty flavor.
fahl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of faal.
chad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæd/
rhymes: -æd
homophone: Chad
Forms: form: chad
form: chads
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from the English slang term chat (“louse”). The word predates the chadless punch, which therefore cannot be its origin, and a derivation from Scots chad (“river gravel”) stated in some dictionaries is now thought to be nothing more than guesswork.
Senses: examples: text: The keypunch wasn't named after a Mr. Chadless; it was so named because, as expected, it punched tape while producing little or no chad.
ref: 2011 June 1, David P. Mikkelson, “Chad: Does the word ‘chad’ come from the Chadless keypunch, invented by a Mr. Chadless?”, in Snopes.com, retrieved 07 Sep 2016:
glosses: Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
examples: text: Prior devices of the type according to the present invention have been arranged to cut out the perforations completely at a single movement, thereby producing chads or waste material which often present difficult problems of disposal.
ref: 1939 May 20, Ross A. Lake, Printing Perforating Telegraph Apparatus, US Patent 2255794:
text: The small hinged discs of paper, called ‘chad’, remain attached to the body of the tape.
ref: 1959, J[ohn] W[illiam] Freebody, Telegraphy, London: Isaac Pitman & Sons, →OCLC:
text: Much of the controversy seems to revolve around ballot cards designed to be perforated by a stylus but which, either through error or deliberate omission, have not been perforated with sufficient precision for a machine to count them. In some cases a piece of the card—a chad—is hanging, say by two corners. In other cases there is no separation at all, just an indentation.
ref: 2000 December 12, Supreme Court of the United States, per curiam, “Bush v. Gore”, in United States Reports, volume 531, page 98 at 105:
glosses: One of these pieces of paper.
Derived terms: chad box
chadless
dimpled chad
hanging chad
pregnant chad
swinging-door chad
tri-chad
chad
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæd/
rhymes: -æd
homophone: Chad
Etymology: From ch- + had, from ich + had.
Senses: examples: text: Chad et in my meend, and zo chave still. Bet chawnt drow et out bevore tha begen'st agen, and than chell.
ref: 1839, An Exmoor Scolding, London: John Russell Smith, page 11:
glosses: I had
chad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæd/
rhymes: -æd
homophone: Chad
Forms: form: chads
Senses: topics: lifestyle
seduction-community
sexuality
qualifier: incel slang
glosses: Alternative spelling of Chad (“alpha-male; a virile man”).
Derived terms: chadmaxx
capstern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capsterns
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of capstan.